When we returned I came to Harry's and found him laying out in the garden. He looked troubled so I sat down and asked what was bothering him. He told me he was worried that we had not been using protection and I froze. I hadn't even thought about it. I was just to into enjoying my time with him it never crossed my mind that I was not on anything and we didn't use a condom. He told me not to worry but of course I'm a woman...I worry. So to changed the subject to my plans for tattoos/piercings. He said so long as I didn't turn into Meg or a cat he was fine, and we spent the night watching the stars until I fell asleep in his arms.
The next day Meg wanted to go shopping which was fine since I needed to go see Rhine anyway. She want to get so lingerie and I managed to shop with her without laugh at her. That girl is so naive. But I found some stuff for me too and it was nice to be buying something to surprise Harry with. After we paid we went to Rhine's shop and I got 4 studs in my eyebrow, a belly button ring, my nipples done, and angel wings tattoo'd on my back. Meg freaked a little at the nipple piercing and didn't get it but Jack showed up and they went off together...which was fine with me as I seem to be getting a shorter and shorter temper with her.
When I went to Harry's that night I have to say...we skipped dinner and went right to dessert. He loved the new lingerie and those nipple piercings...oh I am SOOOO glad I got those. Best night ever (well up to this point.) We didn't even sleep just kept going till almost lunch time the next day.
The following day I went to the range to practice some more and found Jack there. He was doing target work so I stepped in and taught him about breathing control and patience. He got a bit better and I was glad to help my cuz. We quickly switched to melee training and both of us were off. So I asked what was bothering him and he suggested we go for coffee and talk. He told me he was actually 28, that when Apollo came to him he had stopped aging and I told him my fears of being pregnant. HE informed me I wasn't and made it so I could not get pregnant. I told him since he and Meg had slept together (she told me earlier in the day) he really needed to tell her and that I would be there if he wanted me to. We talked a little about her distaste for fighting and how he worries about that since it seems to be such a big part of him. I pointed out that we were Scions and even with the war long gone we are Fated to fight...it's what we do. And Meg would have to get over that and accept it. I told him I could never see him loosing control so much he would harm her and frankly I was more worried we would get in a tight spot, Meg would flip out and he would stop fighting to comfort her leaving us to deal with something we could not handle.
The caffeine was kicking in so we went diving and Jack, of course, bested me in that. I think his Greek skills tend toward athletic pursuits instead of reading people like mine seem to. After some showing off on his part I remarked how had things been different he and I could have ended up together. But between Demeter's curse and my own loneliness he had backed off and decided against it. He asked how we were related and I told him our family tree was so damn twisted I gave up long ago trying to sort it out.
When I left I texted Harry asking if he wanted me to grab dinner while I was out and got our Chinese and headed to his place. He was in the garden again and I told him about Meg and Jack hooking up as well as the fact that (praise the gods) I was not pregnant and on divine BC. We ate and talked about how we had both changed since the start of the term, then I asked if he minded if I kept some thing here to make it easier when classes started back. He said he could clear a drawer for me and I felt my butterflies flip flop in my stomach. We went in and he turned on old Scrubs reruns while I quickly did dishes before joining him on the couch and fell asleep in his arms.
The rest of the break was quiet. I spent a lot of time with Harry and started to pester Zee about teaching me to cook before classes started back.
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