Chapter 5

Daphne's POV

"Okay, so this is my bestie/neighbor, Alexa!" She was referring to a girl much shorter than she was, has jet black hair and green eyes. She had a cute smile too with dimples on both of her cheek.

"Hey," she raised a hand and I thought about shaking it, but erased the idea out of my head. I just then decided to copy her movement and add a nod.

"Hey to you too," I nodded. She seemed to be amused. Great. Then a boy came running towards us. He also had a dimples on both of his face. I'm stating to think that Pauline likes to hang out with people with dimples.

"Oh, and lets not forget one of the most important people of our group. Daphne, this is Connor." He showed me a much smaller smile than the others. He looks uncomfortable. Maybe he is shy.

"Hello Connor," I greeted him and he looked like he was trying to avoid eye contact with me. So, he just faced Alexa and kissed her on the lips. It was just a peck. Nothing deep,

"I gotta go Allie, but I'll see you soon okay?" He told Alexa.

"Sure, but where're you going anyway?"

"I'm meeting up with my dad."

"You never see your dad Connor," Alexa's voice sounded mean and angry.

"That's my point. I have to see him." Connor sounded more and more uncomfortable. He seemed to be hiding something.

"Well, bye then. But why couldn't you just wait? I mean, you could meet him after school right?"

"Allie, just trust me. I'll see you soon okay?"

"Alright, whatever."

Connor hugged Alexa and left in a hurry.

"He's not usually like this. I'm sorry for his rude behavior," Alexa said apologetically to me.

"It's alright," I said honestly.

"So, are you hungry? They just finished installing the new IHOP inside the school, and if we hurry, we can order first!" I do not have any idea what an IHOP is but I am going anyway. At least people want to hang out with me.

"Cool! Let's go then!" Then they both started to run. I ran as well. It has been a long time since I ran. I remember the last time I ran, Apollo was following me and I was trying to get away. Actually, I was not running, I was sprinting.

We entered inside a room filled with pictures of flat bread. The signs said "Pancakes" and "FlapJacks". The modern world sure have a lot of funny names to name simple things like flat bread.

We stood in the back of the line and a boy with a paper and "Pen" on his hands walked towards us.

"What'll it be today ladies?" The boy asked.

"Rooty Tooty Fresh N'Fruity," Pauline said.

"SIMPLE and FIT Two x Two x Two," Alexa said then she looked at me. "How 'bout you, what'll you have?"

"Um..." I was speechless. I did not understand anything of what they said. It all did not made any sense.

"You've never ordered in an IHOP before huh?" the boy asked me. I nodded. "Breakfast Sampler it is," he said before jogging off.

"Seriously? You've never been inside an IHOP before?" Pauline asked me. I just shook my head.

"Don't mind her. She's a major IHOP fan," Alexa said.

"Judge me if you will Alexa, I don't care. I Heart IHOP!" Pauline shouted and everybody inside the room started clapping.

"Don't be confused. Every time says "I Heart IHOP" they all clap. Its kind of a tradition," Alexa informed me. Alexa seemed to be clapping, so I clapped as well. "So, what do you eat usually at this time?"

I tried to remember what I used to eat before during this time, but I really can't remember. "I forgot."

"That's okay. IHOP will warm up to you soon. You'll love IHOP. With that, I guarantee." Alexa wasn't intimidating when you really got to know her. Maybe at first you'll think she's like that because of how she looks at you, but really, she's kind of adorable.

"Oh Yay!" Pauline squeeled. I wondered what made her do that, so I looked at what she was looking. It was just our food. We basically all had the same. Pancakes and meat strips or what people call it now, Bacon.

We took our food and sat in an empty table.

"Alright, dig in people!" Pauline said excitedly. She was the first one to eat, and to finish.

"Let's just eat," Alexa said.

I ate a few but I wasn't really hungry so I let Pauline finish my food for me instead.

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Apollo's POV

So, I just finished cleaning Ares's home. Man that was dirty. I sure hope I won't have to clean anything like that ever again in my immortal life. So, now I need a shower.

I opened the curtains inside the shower. It was already night time. I looked at the window and saw two girls looking at me. With my superior sight, I could see them using binoculars to look at me. So, they want a show? Well, its a show that I am surely going to give them.

I started taking off my shirt and I saw them suck in their lips, grip their hands and they were already sweating. Then I took off my jeans and left my boxer shorts on.

I turned on the shower, the water was hot and the steam covered the glass. I laughed out of pity for the girls. Of course I'm hot. And I don't just mean that because I'm the son god, I mean that literally.

Then the front door banged open. It snapped my attention. I released my inner god out, my gold glow was out again. I took out my bows and arrows from the pocket of my jacket.

I went out in a blast and pointed my arrows at the intruder. It was Artemis.

"Crap Artemis! I could've killed you! Don't ever sneak up on me like that," I lowered my weapons down.

"Okay, there are a lot of things wrong with what you just said to me. The First one was," she walked up to me and banged me in the head.

"Ouch!"

"Second, how the hell are you gonna kill me?"

"I..." She did have a point.

"Third, I didn't sneak up on you. You just thought I did, I have a key you know." She showed me her key, which was dangling around her hand. I sighed.

"What are you doing here anyway?"

"Aren't you happy to see me?"

"No," I answered plainly.

"Okay... The reason I'm here is because I had a talk with Aphrodite's kids."

"You mean fear, horror and nemesis?"

"Not the triplets. And please don't play around with Deimos's, Phobos's and Adestria's name like that. Anyways, I had a talk with them. Eros said he will never take back the curse and yada, yada, yada."

"And your point is?"

"Oh, I'm sorry, am I wasting your valuable time?" She asked sarcastically.

"No. But make it faster."

"Good. Now, shut up." I just rolled my eyes. "I had a talk with Anteros after, he said that he might be able to help you with your problem and stuff."

"Anteros? Who's he?"

"Ohmygod, you don't know who Anteros is?"

"No, I don't. So tell me who the hell he is."

"Oh, he's only just the god of requited love."

"Meaning what?" It was actually wasting my time. The talk about Aphrodite's kids, I didn't really plan my night to be a talk about them.

"Meaning, he can give you back your freedom and Daphne's too."

"Freedom of what?"

"You're cursed right? He'll help you get rid of it."

"You sure?" I asked her. It was really lightening up my mood a little.

"Positive." As she said that, I came running towards her. I hugged her and lifted her off her feet. She always liked it when I did that.

"When is he gonna help me?" I asked her.

"Well... when you apologized to his brother." When Artemis said that, I instantly dropped her off to the ground.

"You know, I actually thought you were serious about that," I told her. She stood up and brushed off the small amount of dirt on her duarte jeans.

"Don't me so dramatic, just apologize and everything will be okay."

"No."

"No?"

"I'm not going to apologize to Cupid and that's that. And, and, I think you should go Artemis. I'll call you later or something?" I opened the door and offered her to go. She took her channel purse that fell on the floor and walked over to me. She kissed me on the cheek and gave me a big hug.

"Don't give up brother. You'll find your peace soon enough," she told me before leaving. I closed the door and went back at the shower. I turned the shower on again, and it suddenly felt ice cold. I wonder whether it was the coldness that was made by Artemis, or the coldness made by me. But, I just turned on my inner god and made the water warm. Just for a good shower.

I mean, I deserve at least one relaxation for this day. For this crazy, stupid day.