The Sword Of Tiberius

Chapter 19

I Admit It. I Like Him. 

| Juliette | 

I woke up in the morning with Adrian by my side. Looking at his face I felt that pull of my heart I always feel when I'm with him. I recalled what happened last night. Which might have been the best day of my life. Given that none of us talked about what that meant for our friendship. Or the fact that his girlfriends/boyfriends never stayed. Or the fact that I was like a sister to him. All we did was kiss, talk, kiss, look at the stars, kiss. I mean, what else did I need?

When Luna and James came back, of course hand in hand, I walked up to them. Straight to the point, I said,

" So when do we depart?" Luna raised an eyebrow,

" Why so sharp with what happened to you last night?" she said. I felt blood colour my cheeks. I cleared my throat,

" How do you know about that?" I asked. James smirked,

" I think we all knew since we met you both" The red in my cheeks deepened. Luna laughed and said, saving me from horrible embarrassment,

" We're gonna leave in half an hour. We only need one more spot to stop and rest then we reach Ireland. Then London."

I quickly walked away knowing what I needed to know. Just then Adrain woke up. He grinned at me. So, he didn't forget then. I gave him my ' you better not' eyes. He kept on grinning from his place. I rolled my eyes and turned away leaving him pouting.

When we had woken up and were ready to go, we all mounted the pegasi and flew off.

My first thought was, Wow this feels good, But then my senses came back to me and I slapped Adrains hands off as he played with my hair. We were moving at a normal pace, since, for the hour we'd been riding was godly fast. My heart beat faster as Adrian whispered in my ear,

" Why Jules, are you fighting? You want this. Accept it. " He was right, obviously. But I never really wanted to admit that. I thought it wouldn't do any of us good. We had a good friendship and this could lead to something much better or something worse. I wanted to believe I wasn't just a passing crush for him. Because I really liked him. It was high time I accepted that.

The sun was setting from the west, just as it always does, and we all decided it was time to stop. This time Tristen found an island close to Ireland. By Midday tomorrow we will reach Ireland. We would stay there for the night, let the Pegasi rest and then fly to London which we would reach in a day.

When we reached the island, there were a few people who lived there. August knew how to manipulate the mist. He did something I couldn't explain and we all started our camp in the woods beside the neighbourhood. August told us that no one would find us. I believed him.

We all made a small fire and sat around it. Luna wanted to tell us something.

" So it's time we actually made our plan. How are we going to steal an ancient sword from a museum?"

"Really, Luna, we don't have to decide that now. We'll make it when we reach London." Tristen said and scoffed. He was really rude, but I admit, I agree with him. Honestly, I didn't care much about the sword. I only wanted to find my mother. I was still going to help though. And Adrian would too. They were fellow demigods, weren't they? Luna looked at him incredulously for a minute and said,

" But - " she paused. " Actually you're right. That's what we should do" But then Cia started to argue,

" Stealing a sword from a museum isn't easy guys, even if we're demigods -" Her face went white as a sheet. She was looking at me, across from her. I immediately turned and saw a hound about to pounce.