[center][img]http://i.imgur.com/krev7SC.png[/img][/center][center][b]Aubrey Adkins[/b][/center]
	“Well, I guess it’s time for you to head back home.”  Will finally admitted.  We had been sitting on a bench right outside of his apartment for maybe a half an hour.  We just talked about whatever was on our minds, just to delay this moment.  “Especially since you’re going to have to travel halfway across the country to get home.”

	[color=b22222]“I guess so.”[/color]  I said to him.  Even as we stood up, the two of us still dawdled there.  It was like one of those times when you were a little kid when you would ask your parents for ‘just ten more minutes’ before you had to go to bed.

	“Maybe we should do something like this again.” He suggested as he peered at the ground, although he looked back at me when he spoke again.  “But maybe something more exciting than church, like putt putt or a baseball game or something.”

	[color=b22222]“Church was fine.  I’m just glad someone in our generation is still going to church”[/color]

	Before either of us knew it, instead of walking away on our separate paths, we instead had been inching towards one another.  If this had been a few months ago, I probably would have already leapt back by now.  However, something inside me, some passion, drove me forward to meet his lips long before he got to 90 percent or whatever number that silly Will Smith movie suggested.

	It only lasted a couple of seconds, but it nevertheless felt as if my heart was fluttering in my breast as each second melted away.  When it had ended, Will’s face was redder than the color of my costume.  I had noticed that he was acting pretty skittish throughout our date, probably because he was working so hard not to screw something up, at least in his mind.  I can’t imagine how he felt after kissing the girl he has had a crush on since God knows when.  Probably better if I don’t find out.

	“OOOOOOOHHHHHHHH” Someone from one of the upper floors of Will’s apartment had shouted out of his window, “SOMEBODY’S GETTING LAID TONIGHT!”

	[color=b22222]“No you’re not.”[/color]

	“I don’t know that person.”  He quickly replied in order to defend himself.  “And I’m not [i]that[/i] sex obsessed.  No, I mean I’m [i]not[/i] sex obsessed.”

	I didn’t think it was possible, but after that little slip of the tongue, Will’s face turned into an even darker shade of red.  Things must have felt as if they were going so well for him until that moment.

	“GET ‘ER DONE, WILL!  GET ‘ER DONE!”  After that comment from whoever was shouting from the upper section of the apartment, I could tell that all that Will had wanted to do was to curl up and hide under a rock or something.  Just so that he would not melt where he was standing, I gave him a quick hug.

	[color=b22222]“Text me?”[/color]  Will just nodded, learning from his first mistake so that he would not put his foot in his mouth again.  We walked back to the entrance to his apartment, where we finally went our separate ways.

	Before Athena had dropped me off, she had designated a location where she was going to pick me up.  She had selected a spot that had enough trees and buildings would block most bystander’s vision so that their little disappearing act would not be such a spectacle.  As soon as I arrived there, Athena instantly appeared before me.

	“It’s time to go.”  I could tell from Athena’s voice that she was still not enthralled by the idea of this little excursion.  And since Will and I dawdled for a while, she did have some reason to be a little impatient.  But for all the crazy things that she has gotten me into, I think I deserve it.

	[color=b22222]“I guess…”[/color]  Looking over my shoulder, I sighed.  I felt this unsettling sensation in my stomach that was like being both hungry and full at the same time.  However, my heart almost skipped a beat when I saw someone running towards us.

	“Wait!”  The voice said from a distance.  I wasn’t so much fearful of who was approaching, but rather what Athena might do if someone other than me discovered her existence.  Sure, she revealed herself to Icon, but I would assume that there could be some doubt that she’s just another metahuman fighting the good fight.  But considering her track record in Greek Mythology, I would be fearful of what she would do to a regular bystander who happened to walk on us.

	“You forgot,” Will stopped to catch his breath, since he had been frantically searching for me, “your purse???”

	He was bewildered to see that the Greek Goddess of Wisdom was standing there before him.  Just to be on the safe side, I immediately leaped in between them, just in case Athena was about ready to do something rash, like blind him or even turn him into a girl or something.

	[color=b22222]“Let’s just stay calm so no one does anything we’ll later regret.”[/color]

	“Athena was always my favorite god in Greek Mythology she always seemed to be able to keep herself above the usual bickering that the others would do I would always pick you in the Classical Age even though Hermes was technically the better choice I don’t know why I blabbering like this but it is not because I scared silly, even though I am.”

	For the first time, I saw the goddess’ sternness washing away from her face.  I could not quite decide whether that was a good thing or not, but for the moment now, I guess it was.  “I guess if he can keep quiet about this, he has nothing to fear.”

	Nothing like a veiled threat hidden in an attempt to seem generous.  But I’m not surprised at all.

	“So, I still have those fortunes from lunch.  Do you want me to keep them?”  Will asked me.  However, this comment made Athena raise her eyebrow.

	“Didn’t you go to a Greek restaurant?”

	[color=b22222]“For some bizarre reason, they were handing them out.”[/color]

	Athena immediately snatched the two small scraps of paper out of Will’s hand and began to read through them.

	“I see she is still trying to rub in that whole Judgement of Paris fiasco in my face.  But guess who won the Trojan War.”  She straightaway pointed at herself, since the Achaean forces were able to capture and plunder Troy.  “But this second one is quite precarious.”

	[color=b22222]“I don’t know.  It sounded like a fancy way of saying [i]Don’t Drink and Drive[/i]”[/color]

	“On the contrary.”  Athena corrected me, “It is the prophecy that was given to Aegeus when he was having troubles begetting children.  I really hope you two are bright enough to connect the dots here.”

	[color=b22222]“But those things are just fake fortunes that restaurants print out as their little gimmick.”[/color]

	“Then test it at your own risk.”  Athena bluntly told us.  “But now we must go.  We have delayed long enough.”

	I turned to say one last word to Will.  However, when I did rotate around, I realized that I was back in my room, alone.  She wasn’t kidding about being in a hurry.  Sometimes that woman just drives me crazy.  But one question stuck in my head.

	What have I gotten myself into?