Apprentice

Chapter 23: Trust me

Tia's POV

Waking up in Ridgedog's arms, I stretch in the morning sunlight. My arms brush his bare chest and memories of what happened last night fill my head making me flush a little. He's still asleep, looking peaceful. I smile at him. Was this was I had expected? No. Did I want this? Yes. Did I want this to happen a lot? Maybe. Answering questions in my head caused my brain to buzz-it was way too early and I was still tired from last night's activities. I smile again at the memories. Sighing, I brush my hand through his hair, gently twisting one of his spikes round in my finger, curling it. His hair was messy, not just from bedhead but from when I couldn't stop running my hands through it. It was perfect, he was perfect, despite all his flaws. Now he was, anyway. Before, he was some evil insane demigod. Now, he was sane and he was practically a saint. He looked like an angel, too.

His eyes flicker open and he shifts, pushing the covers off of me a bit. The cold air hits me and I groan, cuddling up into his bare body, trying to grab as much heat as I can. Grumbling under my breath, I tug the sheets back over me, yanking them all off him. He glares at me, and tries to tug them back. I wrap myself up like a giant marshmallow and grin smugly at him. He rolls his eyes, before puckering his mouth up, doing his puppy-dog eyes. Melting, I gave him half the sheet back, rolling into his already open arms. Leaning back into his shoulder, I look over at him as he shuts his eyes and sighs. "Don't go back to sleep" I mutter, slapping him lightly. His eyes open again, and he leans his head on mine. "Just shutting my eyes, calm down." he yawns. I kiss him gently on the cheek as his arms tighten on my bare chest, nuzzling my cheek. 

Ah, I think, delicious silence. A smile rises up onto my face and I relax on his cheek, sighing. This was how I wanted it to be, just me and him together, not saying anything, just here, relaxed. But, of course, someone had to ruin it, didn't they? "Good morning, love birds!" a cheery voice calls out, opening the giant window and letting a huge gust of wind blow into the bedroom, making us both shiver. "Deamon, we're naked under here..." Ridgedog mutters tiredly, tightening the covers around me. "I know. I came to visit you last night but you were having too much fun so I left..." he grins as I peek from under the covers to glare at him. He grabs hold of the covers, trying to yank them off. Ridgedog sighs, and sneaks further under the covers to kick Deamon where it hurts. "Asshole!" he curses, backing away. I snicker, eyeing Ridgedog as his arm snatches out to grab his pants next to the bed. He puts them on, stepping out of bed lazily, stretching. His bare chest and six pack makes my breathing falter for a second, and he winks at me. 

Deamon, rather jokingly, suddenly wraps his arms around Ridge who grins and tries to wriggle away, groaning. I giggle under the sheets, stretching again and reaching for my own trousers, but realize they are too far away for me to reach without crawling out from under the warmth into the cold and Deamon's view. Snapping my fingers, my clothes move towards me, and I pant with the effort. Grabbing them and tugging them on under the bed, I sigh, rolling out. So much for peaceful silence. Looking up, Ridgedog and Deamon are rolling around, play fighting on the floor. "Calm down children" I say calmly, leaning against the bedroom wall, until Deamon's hand shoots out to pull me into the fight. Cursing, I push him away, only to feel Ridge's hands constrict my movement. "Go on, Deamon, get her!" he laughs and I squeak as he tickles me. "GET OFF GET OFF GET OFF GET OFF!" I roar, trying to hold back the laughter. Kicking him violently away, I scoot away from Ridge to run out of the window and take off into the air, leaving the laughing hyenas behind me.

Note: Deamondog and Tiamon? No? Yeah, me neither...how about Tideamondog? Yeah no. OK, let's just...let's just carry on xD

Liam's POV

We were all gathered at a meeting in the woods. It was a cold, crisp morning even though the sun was shining down on us. Stretching, I sit at a respectable distance from Mitch- we weren't ready to come out and say it yet. "Alright, starting off the meeting, a spy was caught on this Island yesterday, led by Liam..." Sky begins, glancing at me. Everyone else does too, most of the looks I got were furious and disappointed, and I look away. "It wasn't a spy, she was trying to help me!" Mitch snaps. I stare at him in shock-he was sticking up for her? "I know that now, but what this meeting is about is linked. These actions caused five demigods to also appear on the island, one of them we went to war with many years ago. You may remember him as the flying man. His real name is Ridgedog and his apprentice is the spy, Tia." "She wasn't a spy!" Mitch yells again. "Quiet, or you will be banned from the meeting." Sky says coldly. I frown at him-why was he being so serious over something that wasn't that much of a big deal?