The Unwanted Goddess

Going On a Date With Apollo

I was staring at the white wall in front of me. I was surprised still replaying the events that happened earlier. Apollo asked me out and what surprised me was the fact that I said yes. Out of nowhere, Aphrodite appeared right in front of me. I was taken aback and took two steps back.

"Why are you here?" I asked, looking at her.

"I'm here to help you get ready for your date with Apollo," she squealed. I was surprised and covered her mouth.

"How do you know that I'm going on a date with Apollo."

Aphrodite started walking around the room, and then she sat down on my bed like a little girl. She was acting like a teenager who just came to her friend's sleepover. I was staring at her, looking at all my things.

"Honey, all of Olympus knows," she said, turning towards me. I looked towards her with a more surprised face.

"How?" how could all of Olympus know about the date I had with Apollo.

"Um, I don't know," she said, standing up again and walking around the room.

At that moment, I knew that she was the one who told Olympus about the date I had with Apollo. She got into my closet and started looking through my clothes.

"Don't worry about it, Hon. I'm here to help you out".

She pulled a dress out of nowhere, handing it out to me. She gave it to me and pushed me into the restroom.

After a few hours, she finally left the camp. She had chosen like a hundred outfits for all the different scenarios she made up in her head. Now I was lying in the pile of my clothes because I was too tired to put them away.

"Mama, what are we going to eat for dinner," Luke said, walking into the room. I sighed and got up from the clothes.

"I'm making spaghetti." I was already in the kitchen, and the food was making itself; the only thing I had to do was stir the spaghetti around.

After a few minutes, food was ready, and Luke was eating food. I looked at the time and saw that it was already five o'clock. I ran into my room and grabbed the nearest outfit that Aphrodite picked out for me. The outfit was a black long sleeve crop-top, a dark blue cardigan, and blue jeans. After another thirty minutes, I was finally done getting ready.

"Mama! Apollo is here," Luke said, walking into the room.

Apollo and I were sitting in the middle of a clearing; we were in a field of flowers, and it reminded me of the times I would spend with my mother. I looked around, and the view was so beautiful; everything about the picnic was beautiful. Apollo arrived with drinks. I smiled and took the glass in my hand.

"Thank you, Apollo." He sat down next to me and with a smile on his face.

"How do you like the picnic?" I looked at him and saw that he was nervous, really nervous. I instinctively grabbed his hand, he calmed down instantly.

"Come on," I said, pulling his hand.

We were both running around the clearing chasing each other, and I felt so peaceful. The whole thing was beautiful. The flowers smelled terrific, and Apollo was just so caring and adorable.

"I'm coming for you, Calypso," he said, catching up to me.

I started running, and out of nowhere, I was on the floor, and Apollo was right on top of me. I started laughing uncontrollably.

"Apollo, get off of me. You're heavy," I said, trying to push him off of me.

"You know you love me," He said, finally getting off of me. Now he was lying right next to me; we were both staring at the sky.

"It's beautiful," I said, still looking at the sky. It reminded me of the times I would spend with my mother.

"Yeah, it is," Apollo said. I turned towards him and saw him staring at me.

He blushed and got up. I slowly got up after him. He went to the picnic and together we both started eating and having fun. I was eating and looking at the field of flowers when out of nowhere I heard a guitar playing. I turned around and saw Apollo tuning a guitar.

He started playing this tune, and I instantly recognized it. It was "You are my kind" by Santana.

"Do you know the song?" he asked. I looked at him and smiled.

"Heck yeah, I do. I love this song."

I started singing while Apollo was playing the guitar. After the song was over, Apollo looked at me with wide eyes.

"I didn't know you could sing," he half yelled.

I looked down at the half-finished food and said, "not a lot of people hang out with me long enough to know I can sing."

He stood up and handed me his hand, I grabbed it, and I stood upright next to him. Out of nowhere, he picked me up bridal style and started running. I started giggling and laughing. Apollo was so weird.

"What are you doing?" I said during laughs.

"We are going to get some coffee," he said, running faster.

I didn't notice that we had teleported to central park. In the mid-afternoon sun, the whole city looked beautiful. Everyone was looking at us because we were laughing so loud. Apollo gently put me down; I looked at him laughing. He was so handsome when he laughs. He both started walking towards the city, and we ended up walking towards the nearest Starbucks. It wasn't an ordinary Starbucks; This was a greek Starbucks.

"Can I have a java chip, extra Nectar" I winked at the barista; I turned my head and saw that Apollo was giving the barista a really mean face.

"I would like a strawberry creme frappuccino," Apollo said, putting his arm around my shoulder. I looked back at the barista that quickly left to make our orders. After we paid, we found a quiet table away from the rest of the people; we were alone. I started looking around the store, and suddenly a bird appeared out of nowhere in front of us.

"You are needed on Olympus," the bird said before disappearing.