𝔅𝔲𝔯𝔡𝔢𝔫 - 𝔉𝔢𝔪𝔒ℭ𝔵𝔏𝔢𝔬 𝔙𝔞𝔩𝔡𝔢𝔷

9. Chariot Sickness? Are You Fr?

I had my headphones shared with Thalia again, but my eyes were closed as Labor by 'Paris Paloma played.

And I'm getting fucking tired

The capillaries in my eyes are bursting

Thalia nudged me, "reckon the Hunters would like this song?"

I nodded, but kept my eyes closed.

For somebody I thought was my savior

You sure make me do a whole lot of labor.

The calloused skin on my hands is cracking

"You okay?" Grover asked from beside me.

"Yea," my voice was hoarse. "I'm good."

And the silence haunts our bed chamber

You make me do

Too much labor!

"You sure?"

"Mhm."

Apologies for my tongue, and never yours

Busy lapping from flowing cup and stabbing with your fork

"Kiera, you don't look so good." Thalia murmured. "You look kind of pale."

I wasn't fine, my head was pounding and my vision swimming and I had nausea.

"I'm fine, guys, really."

If we had a daughter, I'd watch and could not save her

The emotional torture, from the head of your high table

She'd do what you taught her, she'd meet the same cruel fate

So now I've got to run, so I can undo this mistake.

At least I've got to try.

"Kiera, are you—"

My head snapped up. "I'm fine! Jesus! Give me a damned break!"

Thalia, Grover and Bianca stared at me. Zoë just shook her head from the driver seat. "Kiera Jackson has chariot sickness."

I just stared at her from the review mirror. Girlie, what—

"Chariot sickness?" Thalia asked, an eyebrow skeptically raised.

"Yes, like this." Zoë pointed at the car seat.

"A car?" I asked, rubbing my temples.

"Is this not a type of chariot?"

Thalia started describing the difference of chariots and cars to Zoë while I put my head back on the seat. Sex, Drugs, Etc. was the only thing keeping me sane at that moment.

"Oh, so. I would say 'carsick'?" Zoë asked.

"Yes."

"Okay. Thy has carsick."

Thalia physically face palmed herself. "Okay, just—just stop for today. Kiera is carsick. And stop saying 'thy' nobody says that."

"Hmph!"

Late night telephone

Calling all the wallflowers I know

Out the dark and into the light-ight-ight

Half love, half regret

Dressing up for Polaroids and cigarettes.

I saw a black shape in the sky, but didn't say anything. It was too small to be a plane or helicopter. Was that orange? Oh gods, I've really lost it now.

⋆✩𖤓✩⋆                    ⋆✩𖤓✩⋆                    ⋆✩𖤓✩⋆ 

Traffic got bad quick, especially with the holidays and all.

My iPod was still over 75%, which was damned near impossible considering we were driving for like, three hours.

Liquid Smooth by 'Mitski' had just begun, and I was allowed to switch seats with Bianca, she was okay with sitting next to Thalia on the left. Zoë had started to like me, and she was chatting with me in the front once my carsickness had gone away. We were relaxing for a while, enjoying music.

My blood is red and unafraid of living

Beginning to end

I'm liquid smooth, come touch me too

And feel my skin is plump and full of life

I'm in my prime

I'm liquid smooth, come touch me too

I'm at my highest peak, I'm ripe

about to fall

How I feel this river rushing through my veins

With nowhere else to go, it circles 'round.

Again, I had seen the same odd black shape behind us in the review mirror. That was the fourth time, and it was clearly following us, and trying to stay out of our vision. Not well enough if I can see them.

We stopped at a gas station, and I went in and bough an ice cold Dr. Pepper. In reality, I wanted to see the person, if they stopped somewhere and picked up close behind us, I'd see it. But I just said I was thirsty.

Thalia made me buy her a Red Bull, Grover wanted the can, Zoë wanted to try some Sprite, and Bianca wanted one too, because that's what Zoë got.

I —obviously—made them give me the funds, so I wasn't paying with my money, just the delivery girl.

I sat back down, and a familiar feeling washed over me, I ducked my head out of the car, and didn't see the black shape anywhere.

Odd.

We got back on the road as Zoë told me we were following Artemis's trail already.

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Like I said before, filler chapter, so its gonna be short, I'm working on another rn! Mwah!

—Author and Jeffery :]