Hades' girl and the angel

Part 12: Dagger through the heart

Liam's POV

I hate to say it but Mariah was right.

She was right and I was wrong.

It still hasn't occurred to me who Athena really is, but part of me feels guilty for what we did to her the other day at the church, as an angel we're meant to do what's right but I'm not exactly sure this was the right thing to do. After what she said at the boxing ring last night I spent the rest of the night sulking in my room, Mariah tried to give me some herbal tea but I refused still furious over her obnoxious actions.

It still hasn't occurred to me yet my girlfriend, actually, an ex-girlfriend is a demon from hell, does it get any worse? But after everything that's happened, I still have to go to school, Why did I think this mission would be easy?!

While attending school for a few weeks I have identified a few things somewhat interesting to me for example. The students came in groups of 3 or 4, The girls wearing the school dress most at a very short length, their long hair blew in the wind, faces pilled on with makeup. Mariah never approved of makeup, she would always say something like "the human body is not a canvas, it's God's work of art," The boys would wear grey shorts, white shirts and the school blue and white striped ties. Even in the school uniform, it wasn't hard to distinguish the particular social groups, the art students often accessorised their uniform with berets, hats or colourful scarves. The academic types were easily identified, they wore their uniform with no alterations and carried the school backpack with their heads down eager to get to the sanctity of the library, there was also a handful of goths that set themselves apart from everyone  else with their heavy use of eye makeup and spiky hairdos, I wondered how they would get away with it, surely they were breaching uniform regulations.

When I walked through the school doors I was shocked, I didn't think she would go this far.

damage.

everywhere.

windows are smashed, lockers are spray-painted in black paint, the floor covered in papers and glass, students look around in dismay, I saw one girl wipe a tear away. I walk to the end of the hallway avoiding the glass, unlike Mariah I wasn't immune to pain, I reach the end and on the back wall in black spray paint it says "surrender heaven" in all capitals, that's it. 

There's only one person who could've done this. I'm pissed. Anger and hatred fill my body, I curl my fist and stomp through the halls, people must've got the sense that I was mad because everyone moved out of the way when they saw me coming. I was so eager to get to Athena.

I saw Athena standing against the lockers with James and Harley most likely talking about the vandalism, the both of them looked confused but Athena looked sure of herself. I took long strides towards her, she turned around and looked at me with a hint of fear in her eyes. I pinned her up against the lockers and gave her the biggest death glare.

"There's no more faking it anymore Athena, I know who you are and I know you did this!" I shout in her face,"

"Hey! put her down right now!" James yells

"Stay out of this," I hiss, Harley let's out a helpless squeal and runs off, probably getting a teacher but I didn't care.

"Look I don't know what you're talking about," she hisses in pain, looks like the red eyes are back.

"Give it up," I say.

"Fine, you got me but just know that I know everything," I put my hand under the backside of his shirt and rip a feather out from his wings and dangle it in his face to show off. In and instance his face turns from anger to fear and he drops me from the lockers.

"How long have you known?" I mumble

"since the first day," she says with a sickening smile, crap, I failed, I failed my whole mission. Any hope of me succeeding my first mission down the drain but what I'm most upset at is the fact that I actually liked Athena and she stabbed me in the back. 

It was practically impossible to get through the day after Athena broke my heart. I was definitely not excited to have this conversation with Mariah, I slumped through the door looking depressed as ever.

"You were right, I was wrong," I say

"Look, Liam, I know you had a little crush on her but you need to really see her for who she is, the enemy," Mariah says

"What are we going to do? She's ruining everything here on North Barrow Island?" I ask

"We just need to serve our original purpose," She says calmly

"So basically, when she makes a mess, I have to clean it up," I say

"Pretty much," She says

Great. This should be fun. My girlfriend is now my nemesis. I guess that must explain why we couldn't make physical contact when we first met at the beach. We were polar opposites, from each end of the earth but part of me believes she's still good.

Hey everyone, sorry if this chapter was a bit short, but I hope you liked it, things are starting to get really heated now! Have a great day!