From Demigods to Werewolves

Chapter 20: Atlantia

Let me just say that when Isaac showed up at my front door, I was not expecting him to tell me that Derek kicked him out. So, I was not expecting that when I went over to Derek's apartment to have Derek tell me that it was better that we were away from each other. I wasn't lying when I felt my heart shatter. Deep down I somehow felt that he was doing this because he felt he needed to protect me instead of him not wanting to pursue a relationship with me but that voice was buried deep inside of me and replaced with the shattered spirit of a young girl who had her heart broken one too many times.

When I faded into the shadows, I didn't have a specific place in mind. My only goal was to escape from the man who I thought was repairing my heart and would treasure it. I guess I was wrong.

Allison answers the door a few minutes after I knock. She stares at me for a few seconds seeing the heartbroken look on my face before gesturing for me to follow her into the apartment.

"Who is it, Allison?" I hear Chris shout from the office. We stop in front of his office and he glances up from the papers he was looking at. Chris looked surprised to see me but his face quickly morphed into sympathy when he saw the heartbroken look on my face and the silent tears that were beginning to fall down my face. He gives a nod in the direction of Allison's room allowing Allison to guide me down the long hallway into her room. She gently pushes me onto her bed and just holds me as I continue to let my tears fall. When I begin to calm down, she finally asks me why I was crying which is when I spill out the events up the evening.

I spend the rest of the night at Allison's and when Chris comes to get us in the morning for breakfast, he held that sympathetic look on his face that he had on last night.

"Good morning, girls." He says leaning on the door frame, "I made pancakes."

"Thanks Dad," Allison says smiling at him. "We'll be out in a moment." Chris nods returning the smile. He gives me one more look before shutting the door.

"You feeling better, Atlantia." Allison asked wrapping her arms around me in a hug.

"I guess." I say softly still feeling broken but not like I needed to keep crying. Allison gave me a sympathetic squeeze before throwing the covers off of us and getting off the bed. After a moment, I do the same and follow her out the door ready to try to get through the day.

Allison must have had one point texted Lydia what happened because Lydia immediately told me when I slid into her car that all I had to do was say one word and she will walk right into Derek's apartment and beat the crap out of him. I had laughed and thanked her but deep down I knew she wouldn't be able to do anything to Derek since he was a six foot wall of muscle and a werewolf. I still appreciated the offer.

When I finally arrived at the school, the sadness from last night fell upon me again when I made eye contact with the other werewolves. Erica, Boyd, and Isaac immediately walked up to me asking what was going on since they had heard from Isaac that he got kicked out and now apparently I never returned home. I think at first they thought I had possibly lost my virginity to Derek if Erica's original look was anything to go by but when the three of them spotted the sadness and broken look in my eyes, the look had immediately dropped. With Allison's help, I explained what happened before making my way to class.

Classes was rough especially since it was the first day that I actually had to stay for the whole day since I couldn't leave early since I had no ride with Allison's dad driving me to school with Allison. It was also rough because I had no energy to get through any of the classes. Most of the teachers just left me alone as I obvious was not doing well except for Mrs. Blake. Like I told Derek, I felt like she hated me for some reason but I couldn't figure out why. She kept trying to engage me even though it was obvious I was going through some tough times mentally but I just powered through it instead of snapping at her though it was quite close. I may not lose it often but I still have the temper and bite of an Ares's kid. Gym was the best class because I could just sit there. However, to my surprise, the Alpha twins, I think their names were Aiden and Ethan, slid down next to me on the bleachers as the rest of the class were playing volleyball.