Athena

Packing//s2

Athena

4 weeks later; my arms had healed enough more me to use them but I have limits. Same goes for my voice.  Alice had made new and better braces for me.

"What?" I chuckled at Anthony while he was sitting in the armchair next to my hospital bed. He had been staring at me for a few minutes.
"I won't be able to see you everyday for the next few months for when you go to training and testing. I haven't taken out on a date or asked you to be mine-"
I snickered. "Tonight. " I said. "We'll go on our first date tonight.  After I get discharged from this place."
"What?!" Anthony blushed.
"Yeah. Surprise me." I smiled.
"Oh okay." He smiled back.

"Are you not coming with us?" I said after a few seconds of silence.
"I petitioned it but they said if I even try to sneak on the training and team trip I'll be arrested and loose my position at Atlas."
"You know you can always visit?"
"Yeah but it's different. I won't have anything to do back here because I'm literally with you 24/7 and it's just my life. You are my life, my home, my everything. Visiting is great but I wanna see you everyday."

Anthony

Athena laughed and held her softly clenched fist to her mouth to hide her cheeky smile.
"What?" I blushed.
"You're so cheesy." She chuckled and looked at me.

I got up to her and tickled her. She laid down and laughed. I stopped and I was above her.
"What?" She laughed and looked up at me.
I took one hand and held the side of her face and kissed her. Seconds later I find myself laying on top of Athena.

Willow

I scanned my card to Aphrodite's apartment to drop off cookies I had just baked.
I didn't see her around and went around to check the area with the plastic container still in my hands.

"Aphrodite?"  I saw her leaned over a book on her desk.
"Hm?" She sat up and looked at me.
"I made cookies..." I said with my normal, quiet tone.
I handed her the container and she opened it. "Thanks." She smiled "They smell great."
I nodded, holding my hands together.
"Shouldn't you be resting?" She said with a stuffed face of cookies.
"Yeah." I chuckled and shrugged "I just wanted to check on you."
"Well," Aphrodite moved her rolling chair and faced me "thank you."
I nodded once more. "But seriously, are you okay? I know that you have a really strong bond with Athena and us going away for a few months must be hard for you."

Aphrodite

"I'm fine, Willow." I nodded and smiled. "Thanks for the cookies."
"Of course." Willow smiled and pardoned herself from my home.
I leaned over my desk and book and began to break down at the fact of my sister and Willow going away.

Anthony

I woke up still laying on Athena when I could feel her squirming around.
I pushed myself up and could hear her whimpers. She had a face of fear but she was asleep.
"Athena?!" I shook her awake.
She gasped and immediately fell into my arms. She sobbed silently and I comforted her. "Another being alone nightmare?" I asked. She nodded without saying a response.

For Athena; those nightmares are horrible. She hates being alone. She's fine being alone in a room but alone for her whole life is what gets her. No one knowing who she is, no one supporting her etc. She didn't have a strong relationship with her parents and Apollo went missing when she was young. I guess her fear of being alone wasn't as bad until her traumatic experience with getting her powers. She was alone when she discovered them and no one supported her for a long period of time. I don't know how she really feels about being alone. All I know is that it's hard for her. Extremely hard for her.

Alice

Training was canceled for the next few days so Anthony took the opportunity to take Athena out. I was gonna spend my night alone, just taking a walking outside of Atlas.

Flynn

I snuck from the cafe to get cookies for myself when I got a glimpse of Alice standing outside alone.

I made my way over as I held the small paper bag between my lips to take off my coat.

Alice

"It's cold out." I heard Flynn behind me and he rested his jacket on me.
"Thanks." I smiled.
He looked down and smiled back. "Cookie?" He held out a paper bag ahead of me.
I reached in and took one. "Isn't the cafe closed?"
"I snuck in." He shrugged.
I laughed and took a bite.

Flynn

"What are you doing out here alone?" I asked and we laid down in the grass of the field, star gazing together.
"I just wanted some air." She responded. "Thinking about life back home."
"What's back home?"
"Mom. My brothers." She sighed "I haven't seen them in ages. You have anyone back home?"
"Nah." I said "I was born and raised here. My whole family is here."
"Lucky."
"Sorry." I said "I didn't mean-"
"It's fine." She chuckled. "There's some things that we don't have control of."
"Yup."

"Can I tell you something?" She said suddenly.
"Anything."
"I have a friend who really likes this guy. She's always there to comfort him and he returns the favor. She considers this boy as her best friend but she doesn't want to ruin the strong friendship they have. She's liked this boy for a while and she's thinking about making the first move-"

Alice

I was stopped by Flynn kissing me. He pulled back. "I'm not stupid ." He said softly with his hand still on my face.
I chuckled and kissed him back.

Willow

"You need to pack anything else?" Chris said behind me and I prepared my bags on the living room couch for tomorrow.
"No!" I hollered.

I gasped softly when I felt his arms wrap around my waist.
I chuckled and turned my body in his arms. He held his head down and leaned onto my shoulder, hugging my body. "Hey?" I comforted him. "Are you crying?"
He nodded. "Don't go. I don't want you to go."
I teared up and stuffed my face in the side of his neck.

Anthony

I woke up the next morning and saw Athena sleeping peacefully next to me with the blankets covering her bare body.  I ran my fingers down her hair and saw bite marks on her body.

"What even happened last night?" I thought to myself. "We had dinner at the beach, came back here, had se- oh...!"

I sat myself up and peered down at her. "She's leaving later today. I should move in while she's gone if she wants me to watch over the place."
I thought. "I'll go make her breakfast."