Chapter Four

Hyper aware of their scrutinizing stares, Cora unconsciously took few steps backwards as if they would all stop staring or throwing glances at her, her grip on Jason's arm had tightened a tad bit.

"Athena" Jason slowly drawled her name from his lips still looking at her, Athena on the other hand did not look back at the people who stood looking at her as though they were struck paralyzed.

"Athena, I'm Rebecca nice to meet you" Rebecca smiled walking forward with a hand outstretched for a shake. Athena looked at the hand that stayed just in her eye sight, without saying a single word, she shook the hand quietly and moved on with her business.

Rebecca quickly stood back at the sidelines, her happy face quickly moved to look rather nonchalant, as she stood there she kept feeling the stares of others who all felt envious of her. Sincerely, she felt more than happy to have shook Athena's hand, it also meant that the Angel Queen had accepted her!

"Athena are you sure you don't want to join us at our table?" Cora asked meekly looking at her worried.

"I mean Carissa who asked you to come over to her table is no where to be found" She quickly added when Athena gave her her attention. While the conversation was going on Rebecca had made her way to the space at Athena's right hand and sat on it slowly picking on her food.

"Carissa?" Andreas frowned in the dark he was unable to see the girls figure but he could hear her wimpers and sniffles.

He moved forward in the dark deciding that her sounds and scent should be his guide, his hand finally caught a hold of her tensed arms and a scream ensued from her lips, he felt her crumbling in slow pieces to the floor.

"Carissa it's me, Andreas" He bent to the size of the figure seated and whimpering on the tiled floor, he's hand traced her arms all the way to her shoulder were he massaged them and held them in a firm grip.

"Andreas?" Carissa asked looking at the darkness, her eyes had familiarized themselves with the darkness so she could faintly see the figure of a man seated from across her.

"Yes Andreas" He nodded even though she couldn't see him while he continued to hold her.

"Andi?" She sniffed her hand reached to clean of the snot and tears on her face, she moved herself from the wall to Andreas. He felt her moving towards him, so he halted her movements and then went to her side to lean on the wall, then he pulled her to himself; her side leaning on his chest alongside her head. She continued to nestle her head on his chest, while she felt one of his arms wrap themselves around her waist the other played with her hair.

"Andi I was scared" She whispered her eyes were closed and idle, but her nose was anything but idle, it continued to make sure she sniffed him like a dog, not long after she yawned.

"I know, I'm sorry" Andreas sighed looking away from her into the darkness, at that time he had been asking himself why she was so frightened and couldn't recognize him, that's why he stood without talking to observe her, he didn't think it would have ended up with her in such a state.

"Babygirl wh?" He stopped mid sentence when he realized what he had called her, his eyes quickly snapped back to look at the girl in his arms, his heartbeat had increase and he could hear them beating aggressively.

"Andi? You were saying?" Carissa looked up at him questioning him with both her eyes and her words.

"Why were you so scared?" He ran his finger inside her hair making sure to look at her and not remove any eye contact.

"Athena?" Zeus called the girl who sat still with on phone, after addressing her as Angel Queen she hadn't bothered to answer nor give him even a blink, he had reluctantly opted to call her by her real name, not like the latter wasn't!

"Yes?" She looked up from her phone staring at him and waiting for him to say something instead of looking at her.

"Oh yes do you want to come for a party? A dinner party, I'll send you an invitation" He quickly came back to his sense when he was kicked by someone from underneath the table.

"Why should I?" She asked trying to understand fully what the invitation was for.

"If you do not want to..."

"What's the dress code?" She asked going back to her phone.

"I'll send the details to you" Zeus smiled, while he was talking he had already got out his phone to start the procedures, not long after he confirmed she had gotten everything.

"Babe let's go eat" Cora tugged on Jason's arm trying to steer him from his reverie; he continued to look at the other girl sometimes his eyes breaking off from her face then to his feet, then back to her face, it was just an unyielding vicious cycle.

She called him again waiting for him to look at her and not at the red haired, but the immobile human beside her did not even give a glance! She was beginning to hate the spot she was put into.

"Jason!" She screeched with her teeth gritted, she had to put on a farce to keep herself from being more embarrassed than she already was.

"Thank you for gracing us with your presence, Your Royal Highness" Apollo glanced at the troublesome couple that made their way back to the table then he immediately went back to gobble up his food.

"Where have you been?" Louisa, a friend of Carissa asked before she stood up and walked up to Carissa then held her hand dragging her to sit.

"I don't want to talk about it right now" Carissa smiled lightly, robbing her head that felt like it was been broken open. Her actions did not go unnoticed by Andreas, he stood and walked away from the table

"Come on" Jason quietly walked way without the girl that had been calling onto him, he walked on dazed and had no idea of the emotional turmoil and rollercoaster his girlfriend was going through.

He had no idea of why he was being feeling this way; he felt annoyed for not knowing and understanding his feelings like he was being controlled by something or rather someone's appearance.