Apocalypse Love

Gathering

I got dressed and opened my door to see Michael standing there. I slightly jump back "Geez, Mikey. Give a girl a warning." He smirked "I scared you?" I hear the cockiness in his tone, causing me to roll my eyes. "No, don't be ridiculous" I lied to him. "You're such a liar." We left my room and joined the guys outside. I watched as they all were cheering and clapping for Michael, who was going to be the first ever male to be given the test of the Seven Wonders and it was coming close. I can see the way he smiles. I stand a little a far to not raise suspicion by Behold. Anyone who didn't follow Michael and his father couldn't know what we were. I didn't even know what we were at this point, I haven't had a single moment to myself to sort everything out. "Athena..." Michael voice pulled me from my feel thoughts. I lifted my head and gaze into his ocean blue eyes. "Hm?" I responded. He knit his brows together "You seem to be in deep thought, what about?" He asked me. I shrug my shoulders "Nothing, really." He arched a brow now and stared harder at me. "Having second thoughts about this all?" He then asked. "What? No, I've made my decision Mikey and it hasn't changed. I'll always follow you" I say with a smile on my lips. "Then what is keeping you thinking so deeply?" He asked. I looked around to see everyone had been around the fire the built. "Honestly, Us. I know I'm here to help you complete the Seven Wonders and become Supreme. But that isn't all I'm here for. Right?" I asked. "Where is this coming from?" He questioned. "The fact that I'm a girl and...still have girl feelings Michael. I just wanted to know if we're a thing or if--" he cut me off. "Athena, have my feelings for you not been clear enough?" He asked me. "Have I not shown you that as much as you follow me. I will follow you" he confessed. "As much as you stand by my side, I will stand by yours" he then tells me. I couldn't help but smile at his words. Michael then looked down at his watch on his wrist before turning to me. "Come on, I think now is the time to slip away" he whispered. He takes my hand and pulled me with him, circling around the school building and reach the back to see a bunch of trees in the distances. "Come on..." Michael whispered as we practically run towards the patch of trees. I see a short and small shadow as it stands between the trees. Michael let's go of my hand and hugged what I now see is Ms.Meads. "My boy! My boy!" She sighed, hugging him back. I appoarched closer and Ms.Meads is quick to pull me into a hug. "Athena, thank Satan you are okay..." She sighed.  I felt her love, wrapping my arms around her and hugging her back. "I've been so worried about you dear" she added. "Didn't I tell you that you're special? Now you know how much" she tells me. "Oh, my you're skin and bone! Don't they feed you here?" Ms.Mead asked. "We're fine! Tell me you took care of the problem?" He begged her.  How did it not bother anyone that a part of me was an angel? Maybe it was so little that it didn't matter? problem?" Michael asked Ms.Meads. "The problem is now a stack of over cooked country barbecue" she tells him, pulling away from me. "They can bury him in a shoe box" she added.  My heart sinks, knowing Ms.Meads must have murdered Baldwin. I didn't like Ms.Mead getting caught up in all this. She is so defenseless against the witch if something was to ever happen. "These people are the only ones who could pose a threat to me. Once I become Supreme I can destroy what they've built from within" he tells Ms.Meads. "I can remake what they've screwed up" he says. "And, you have Athena to help you win" Ms.Meads nudged me. "What would I do without you two?" Michael asked. "You don't ever have to worry about that Mikey" I step towards him and grab his hand. He pulled me into his side and wrapped his arm around me. "We have to get back, before anyone noticed" Michael suggested. "Go on now, make me proud you too" Ms.Meads smiled. Michael and take off back over to the school where all the guy were starting to head inside. Michael and I slipped in the line unnoticed.
  I followed Michael back to his room. "I have something to ask you, but don't take it the wrong way" I tell him. He turned to me "Do you think it's smart to involve Ms.Meads in all this?" I asked him. He knit his brows together "Meads, she isn't like us. She doesn't have any magic...at least not real magic" I went on. "She's completely defenseless if we fail--" he cut me off. "We aren't going to fail." "I know I just--" he cut me off yet again. "Why are you even bringing this up?" He questioned. "Because! Mikey! Ms.Meads is human! And she's the only mother figure I've ever had. She has never treated me like a freak and I don't want to lose that because we didn't think about her. Because we didn't protect her" I pointed out. He slowly appoarched me, taking my hands in his. "The witches don't know a thing about Ms.Meads. They know nothing of our plan" he reminded me. "She's safe. And I will protect her and you with everything I have in me" he tells me. "Now, let's get to bed. I have the Seven Wonders to win tomorrow night" he chuckled before pulling me towards him bed. We both laughed as we cuddled up to one another.