The Aftermath (Rachtavian fanfic)

Chapter 12

||Rachel||
It was pretty dark out, and we came back into our cave after a nice sunset walk. sitting on the bed, crying into a tissue while watching something on my laptop, was a woman in her early twenties, with long, shiny brown hair, perfect, glowing skin, and stunning green eyes. The strange thing was, her features and clothing kept shifting, and each one was more beautiful then the last.

"I'm sorry," she said, "I'm watching the notebook and I just couldn't control the tears!" but she composed herself, and stood up.

Neither me or Octavian said anything, because we were both a bit shocked. we weren't expecting Aphrodite to show up.

"So I've been keeping an eye on you two, for a few years now, because I knew you were made for each other. And so I feel it is partially my responsibility to tell you this, before Apollo comes along and lets you know himself. I am incredibly sorry and give you my condolences. It is quite sad, because I had really enjoyed watching this play out. Forbidden love is always so much fun, but not when it ends tragically. And so I-"

I had to interrupt, otherwise she never would have stopped talking. "I'm sorry, Aphrodite, but could you just kind of skip to the point?"

She glared at me, and I was scared for a second that I had just earned myself life as a pidgin, but then she responded.

"Well you seem to both have forgotten that when you took in the responsibilities of the oracle, you swore never to have a romantic relationship. "

I then realized that she was right. I had completely forgotten.

She then turned into her true godly form while me and Octavian looked away.

We stood in silence for minutes before Octavian finally talked.

"So what exactly does this mean?" he asked. And to answer his question, I lifted my hand and rested it on his cheek. I stared into his beautiful eyes before I leaned in and kissed him. It was a long, lingering kiss, because I knew it might be our last one ever.

I finally pulled away, and stared at his eyes for a moment before saying "you should probably go".

"But Rachel-" he tried to protest, but I wouldn't allow it.

"Just go, Octavian."

He grabbed his air mattress and sleeping bag, and left.

I lay down on the bed. I knew that I could have let him stay, but I didn't want to mess with all the oracle stuff. There was no way that I could do anything to prevent the things that could happen to both me and him we continued the relationship. So I made him leave.

I didn't cry. I knew that I should have been crying, but I wasn't. I just felt kind of numb inside. And I couldn't fall asleep. I just lay on my bed for hours, not feeling anything.

At about 3 in the morning, I got out of bed, and walked slowly through the woods. I walked into the Athena cabin and sat down on the edge of Annabeth's bed. It woke her up.

"Rachel?" she said, "it's 3 am, what are you doing here?"

"I couldn't sleep", I replied

"Is something wrong?" She asked me.

" Well, Aphrodite showed up in my cave and-" Then I started crying, because saying it out loud felt so real. I managed to tell her the rest of it in between sobs. And until everybody else woke up, we just lay there while I cried and cried and cried.

Authors note:
Double update!!! tell me if these author's notes are fun or annoying because I really have no idea. it's 1 am and I can't sleep so I'm writing. But tbh I probably can't sleep because I'm writing.