Author's note: Hello, everyone! As promised, here is chap two! I know, the last one wasn't really interesting, and I probably didn't do a very good job at hitting the right taste of many...But it was just in my mind and I had to get it out...This chapter will be a lot sweeter...!
Hope you like it! Please review!
- Lady Athena of Olymp
Chapter 2: 3000 years and then...?
Poseidon's POV
My breath was stuck in my throat.
Please not...I thought, as I held Athena in my arms.
I barely managed to catch her, before that rock would've smashed her in to pieces.
But I didn't make it fast enough. Now, she laid in my arms., her stomach bleeding from a deep cut. Her breath was shallow, short.
She shut her eyes and I carefully shook her, trying to make her stay awake.
"Athena? Athena, come on! Stay awake! It's not time to go yet!" I said and looked on my watch.
Dammit! I thought. It was 10:00 PM...Zeus will make us immortal again at midnight! She will be dead until then!
"Athena! Come on now! Look at me for Hades's sake!" I shouted.
She stirred, as if waking from a deep slumber. She slowly opened her eyes, blinking and crunching her eyebrows together.
She let out a moan of pain and stammered "P-Po-Poseidon?".
"Shhhhh! Don't speak, it will only get worse..." I said, glad that she was still alive. Please fates, let her live! I prayed silently, upon watching Athena groan in pain.
"What...What happened?" She whispered.
"That rock over there...he suddenly broke free from the rest and came running towards you..." I answered, refraining my voice from shaking.
Yes...I didn't like that woman as much as others do...Yes, I was still mad at her for taking over Athens...And yes, she could have some hell of a sucking personality...But I've never ever thought of being killed...Or even imagine her being dead...Never in 3000 years...And now...that she laid here in my arms, looking through the door of death...I wanted her to be alive more that ever...
But how much time did I have? Her body was slowly getting cold and her bleeding wouldn't stop...
"You-you saved me...!" She breathed, a hint of surprise in her voice.
"You thought I'm gonna let you die?" I said bitterly.
"Well..ugh!" She started coughing blood.
"Hold on, please Athena!" I actually started begging her.
"Wh...*cough* why?" She asked.
"You're actually asking me, why I saved you? Mhm...let me think...because Zeus would've ripped my head off?! Because I would've grown bored to death without you annoying me? And maybe because...well...I wouldn't have forgiven it myself...and-and...maybe I didn't want to lose you...!"
Athena's eyes widened upon that statement.
"Are you getting soft here, seaweed brain?" Athena managed to say.
I allowed myself to chuckle, but grew serious again immeditaley after she was spitting blood once more.
"Poseidon...get Apollo! He will know what to do..." She said, and for the split of a second, I felt hope rising in me...before reality crushed on me...
"Athena...there is a problem with that! Zeus also took Apollo's powers! He WON'T be able to heal you!" I yelled, despair making my voice thick and trembling.
"Okay then...just keep your hand on the wound...it's 10:30 PM now...just 1 1/2 hours left and we get out powers back...I can endure it until then!" She said confidentely.
But after 3000 years knowing this woman, I knew she lied...if she would make it for another 30min it would be a miracle...her body was getting paler and colder with each second passing...
The painful truth, that she will die, here in my arms, if I won't come up with a plan, made my heart clench.
What am I supposed to do?! I thought and looked her in the eyes.
Her eyes were full of pain...and...calmness? She wasn't hyperactive at all...like...like she was expecting something great to happen...!
Dammit! Zeus took all our powers! And she looks like, she's totally believing that he's going to change that any time soon! I don't think so...
This has to be some kind of test...I thought.
That's when something snapped in me...
I am the lord of the sea! It will only obey me! Regardless of my powers, I am the lord of the sea! Even without powers, it will obey me!
Athena seemed to see that I was thinking about something, because she gave me a questioning look.
I didn't even bother to explain...! I just picked her up and ran to the sea.
"Poseidon..." she weakly said "What are you doing...?"
"Water, Athena! I can heal you!" I answered, hope gracing my voice.
"But Poseidon...Zeus took your powers as well...Water should only be able to heal YOU now, not others..."
"I don't believe that..." I said and shook my head.
The waves started getting higher, the sea realising my concern and anger, but I told it, it's was fine.
As the water was a bit higher than my ankles, I carefully laid Athena down.
I put on hand on her wound, while the water softly brushed against it.
Then I let my powers flow.
The water engulfed my hand and then travelled to her wound and...healed it...the wound was closing!
I didn't know why...but I had such a strong urge to save this woman that the sea obeyed me without second thoughts...and then I felt my powers return!
All of them!
The waves crashed against the rocks and the sea filled with life.
I looked down at Athena and sighed in pure relief.
Her pale skin finally got its olive tan again and her eyes directly looked into mine.
"How did you-?" She asked but I interrupted her by a large smirk.
"I'm the god of the seas, remember?" I said and chuckled.
A soft laugh escaped her freshly coloured lips and she said "Why did you do that for me?"
"Because I love you!"
"You love m-what?"
Athena's POV
"I love you!" He said again.
My heart raced a thousand miles per our and my mind went completely blank.
He loves me? I thought and stared into his eyes.
Those beautiful sea green eyes, now a dark shade of blue and his messy black hair.
I sharply inhaled, sensing his scent of fresh wind and salt water. He smelled like an ocean breeze in a cool spring morning.
Athena! I scolded myself. What are you thinking?
But I couldn't help but smile.
My right hand subconsciously found his cheek and cupped it, my thumb stroking over it.
My heart skipped a beat when his hand touched mine, holding it were it was.
For so long...and I never realised it...I was so blind...
As I looked into his eyes and saw, how full of concern and worry they were...how they held respect and kindness...and love...
I knew, he was the right one.
I lifted myself up and embraced him, putting my head on his shoulder and said "I love you too."
Poseidon's POV
She said it! She said that she loves me!
I didn't know what made me admit that I love her or what made me do the next thing, I just knew, it was right.
She pulled slightly away, so that we could look into each others eyes.
I touched her front head with mine and gazed into the grey abyss of her incredibly beautiful eyes.
I cupped her face with both my hand and lifted her head more and slowly leaned in.
Her lips brushed against mine in a sweet bliss, making me forget everything around me.
She leaned in closer, our lips dancing with the other, melting in innocence.
I pulled her in my arms, my lips never leaving hers.
I kissed her slowly and intimately.
And dear gods, how her lips tasted.
Like cherries dipped in white chocolate, mixed with the fresh aroma of peaches.
While her hair smelled like roses and her skin was engulfed in a vanilla-like scent.
When we parted, we slightly panted and I found myself at a loss for words.
"I love you, Poseidon!" Athena said, a smile gracing her lovely features.
"I love you too, Athena. Gosh, I love you so much!" I answered and pulled her in yet another kiss. This time more fierce, but still careful.
"Just promise me something, okay?" She said, slight insecurity clouding her eyes.
"Yes?"
"Never leave me...please! I don't want to be one of those women, you just spend one night with and then it's over...please...just don't leave me..." She said and sudden sadness overtook her.
I looked her deeply in the eyes, my thump parting her slightly swollen lips.
"Never. Athena, I won't leave you...I love you so much...believe me!" I said.
"I do." She answered and kissed me in the most amazing kiss I've ever had.
I kissed her passionately, holding her close to me.
She responded by waving her hands in my hair and kissing me back.
Sadness, concern, lust, passion and more, love embraced us...and the stars watched how we made love, knowing, just how much the other means to us.
It took me 3000 years to realise that my search for love was unnecessary.
Because all I've ever needed was here in my arms.
The woman with the curly black hair and the glancing grey eyes.
The goddess of wisdom and battle strategy...
And the one I love.
I will never forget how it felt, when our lips first met...
And this was it..."*sigh* I hope you liked it. This was my first kiss scene ever, so I suck at to...Plz leave a review! :)