The First Times

First Rule Break

~Fast forward another couple of years.~

Ana was waiting impatiently that her parents would leave.

She was trying not to look in their direction or in direction of the clock that hung on the living room's wall. She was trying to look interested in the magazine that she had in her hands, though she would flip the pages very quickly barely paying attention. Finally, her parents appeared in front of her, both wearing suits.

"Ana..." Will began, sighing. "I know you're not happy to be alone tonight- believe me, if I knew that Benny would be free, he would be here-" Ana tried not to wince at the name of Benny, but said nothing. "-and we wouldn't feel guilty for leaving you alone..."

"Dad, not your fault..." Ana hugged him. Will hugged her teenage daughter back, knowing something was not right. He kept his doubts to himself, knowing that worrying Nico could lead to even bigger troubles. "Just... both of you go have fun in your conference and I'll be here, probably asleep in my bed..." Will raised an eyebrow, but said nothing else.

"Fair enough. Neeks!! We have to go!" Will announced, before Nico appeared walking up the hallway with a shoe in his hand. "Not done yet?"

"I couldn't find the brooch." Ana did wince this time upon hearing about the brooch. She had given it to Nico when she was twelve for Christmas and he had claimed it was a lucky charm for him. He had decided to wear it in every conference, both to keep him awake and that the conference was good. As soon as the other shoe was in its place, he hugged Ana too. "We love you, Principessa..."

"Love you too, Papà..." With that, the parents left the apartment. Ana stood in her place for a few minutes, burying the guilt she was feeling. But she was determined to do it anyway. "I'm sorry for this..." Ana rushed to her room and decided to get everything ready. She wasn't sure when she and them would return, but for pretense's sake.

She placed on some skinny jeans and a long-sleeved shirt with some boots and a jacket. She tied her long hair in a ponytail and nodded to herself. It was good enough. She took some money and the house keys and, in a last minute decision, a camera. Then, she left the apartment as well. Coming back in was a little risky, but she knew the conference was suppose to end at midnight and she would be home before that. It was 9 pm so far.

She immediately hailed a taxi- as Will and Nico had taken their car -and gave the address to the driver. She knew this was a dangerous situation, but she believed she was doing the right thing. And the right thing was to save Benny from those... monsters. She still got shudders while remembering the conversation she heard unintentionally. Shaking her head, she noticed she had arrived.

She paid the driver and stared at the house in front of her. It wasn't that later, yet the house had a party in full swing. She could see people puking on the bushes and giggling about it. Wrinkling her nose, she walked inside the house, ignoring the people and the 'illegal' things they were doing. She decided to take inconspicuous pictures of the whole thing while looking for Benny. Gods, many weren't even legal age!!

Praying to both Grandpa Apollo and Grandfather Hades that everything would end up OK, Ana walked around the house and, swallowing her naïveté, inside the different rooms. So far, everything was innocent enough, which mentally made her thank Tyche and swore to sacrifice the best stake at dinner later. But, for everything good, comes something bad and Ana was sure it would balance on her.

Opening the last door she hadn't checked, Ana could hear the unmistakeable laugh of Benny from inside. Gritting her teeth, she swung the door open to see Benny in nothing but underwear and two girls who obviously were seniors in the same state of undressing. But, unlike the girls, Benny seemed to be completely drunk.

"Ana!!" Benny greeted her with enthusiasm that the girls didn't match. Ana smiled softly at him and hugged him back. "Ana why are you so pretty?" He slurred, making Ana blink in surprise. No, he's drunk and won't remember anything in the morning...

"Benny, please get dress... I'm taking you home..." Ana announced. Benny pout but Ana knew how to hook him in. "Get dress now and I'll make you strawberry pancakes tomorrow..." Benny licked his lips and began getting dressed without any objection. Ana smiled smugly at the seniors, who looked murderous. "Oh! Smile, girls!" She took a front picture of them and the girls were livid. "I'm sure Uncle Travis would love these..."

"Talk and you're dead."

"...then again, if Uncle Travis doesn't like them, I'm use the NYPD would love them..." Ana continued, ignoring the girls who paled. The threat was there and no one would talk about it until Monday. But Ana wasn't keeping that promise. She will be showing the pictures to everyone she could. Except Benny's Mom.

As soon as Benny was dressed, she helped him downstairs. As soon as they were out, Ana hailed a taxi again and placed drunk Benny in the seat, directly to her house. She again paid for the taxi and lead Benny to the elevator, ignoring his blabbing about her being nice and pretty and why wouldn't he date him.

She made him collapse on the guest room's bed. She could hear his snores from across the wall, so she knew she'd have to explain things in the morning. She sat on the couch, head between her hands, thinking hard what to do. This would end up in a big punishment, bigger than the time she punched that girl at lunch.

She glanced up the clock. It read 10:30 pm. She had all night to think about it.

She would take the punishment without complains. She just hoped that they understood why she had done it.

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Part 1 of 2... where the end is!

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Good morning/afternoon/evening, everyone!

First, I apologize for not posting last weekend but I had fallen ill. And sadly I don't mean a 'cold-ill', I mean 'I-can't-get-up-of-bed-and-puke' ill, so I was basically a zombie. Then, the week turned really busy and I just couldn't find the strength to post.

That being said, I wanna thank Ashuri Benturi for the ideas for the last chapters of The First Times! Some of them were on the way already but you made me think of others and I was 'why didn't that cross my mind??'. So lots of thanks!

For my careless un-post of last week, I'm posting for the triple! I'd like to remind you that I'm leaving for my holidays next weekend, so I'm not sure if I'll be able to post. Therefore, I plan to write the next couple of days as much as I can and post on Tuesday/Wednesday... so stay tune!!

Updates this week!

The First Times: 3 chapters! I hope you like them! It's coming to an end...
Saving Time (A Caleo Story): 1 looooong chapter!!

I hope you guys enjoy this update! If I don't see you during the week, I'll see you when I come back!
xoxo, SilverHuntresses