Saturn

12 Sleepover

"WH-WHERE AM I?" She yelled, not realizing where she was or who she was with

She still hasn't placed 2 and 2 together so I gently. Very gently came our from behind her and went infront of her, not wanting to startle her even more than she already is.

"Hi sweetheart. You are safe. And you are in our penthouse." I didn't touch her, I just knelt down so we were eye level, incase that would make her panic even more.

She quickly took steps back away from me "W-why am I-I h-ere? A-re you go-gonna hurt m-me." What did we do.

Apollo walked in, his phone to his ear and a look on his face that was similar to mine. Guilt.

"Okay Ms. Rosetta. Yes, yes okay, we'll try that. Okay thank you. Uh yeah stay on the phone. Gimmie a second." He talked into his phone.

"Hi kitten." He slowly walked towards a petrified Saturn. "You are safe, we would never hurt you. We went on a date remember? And you had so much fun and got sleepy, so we brought you here so we could sleep and carry on with our date tomorrow morning. With some breakfast. Chocolate chip pancakes to be exact." I have never heard Apollo speak this softly. He has never spoken so softly, slow or gently.

She took a few deep breath's. "Date. W-we went o-on a D-ate and Y-you F-ed me ch-eese. R-really good cheese." She pointed towards me.

"Yes sweetheart. We had the best date."

"Apollo and A-Atlas." She nodded to herself as if she was trying to convince herself it was really us.

Rosetta summarized what happened to poor Saturn all those years ago, but we didn't get the details. Rosetta said it was too personal for Saturn not to tell us herself. Which I respect 100%.

Apollo and I nodded our heads. Affirming her thoughts.

"I am safe. Ap-Apollo and Atlas won't hurt her." She said to herself.

Apollo and I were standing next to eachother. Apollo lifted his phone to his ear and quickly and quietly told Rosetta everything is okay and hung up.

Saturn slowly walked towards us and lifted her arms up. She wanted to be held. Apollo told me what happened at the staircase, he even told me when her bratty side came out when she stomped her foot after he took to long to pick her up. 

I picked her up seeing as Apollo was already going to sit down. She wrapped her legs around my torso and rested her head on my shoulder. I sat down with her in my arms and Apollo sat on the other side of us.

She began to cry. We looked at eachother wide eyes and Apollo lifted her chin up so we could see her beautiful face.

"What's wrong beautiful? Why are you crying pretty girl?" I asked her.

"I - I am so sorry y-you has to see m-me like that." She whimpered out.

No. We aren't doing this.

"Hey look at me." Apollo gently, yet sternly told her, she listened immediately.

"There is nothing. Absolutely nothing you need to apologize for. We should be the ones apologizing to you. It is our fault. We were dumb and didn't think to let you know beforehand and we are so incredibly sorry you had to wake up confused, we are so sorry that that has to be your first impression on where we are living. We want you to be comfortable here and we will do everything so you feel comfortable."

Bro has a way with words when he's not glaring at people, and wanting to kill them.

Apollo has his own battle with anxiety and depression so he understands. He knows the right things to say to calm her from her panicked state.

She nodded her head. Believing every word he said. "I-it's okay. I - I like your house. It's pretty and it has nice windows. I forgive y-you both. B-but please d-don't do that again."

I chuckled rolling my eyes at Apollo and myself's stupidity. "Don't worry baby, never again. It's a learning experience for all of us. We'll get the hang of it eventually."

"Uhu. I wanna get the hand of it." She nodded and her smile was back.

She snuggled into my arm and I heard her take a big sniff of my shirt. "I don't stink do I?"

She laughed. A full on laugh. "No silly! You smell super yummy."

"Yummy huh? What about me? Huh? Do I smell yummy? Or do I smell like a gross boy?" Apollo took her out of my arms and laid her on her back. Quickly tickling her belly. She was laughing like a mad women, our penthouse was echoing with the beautiful sound. I wish this moment would last forever.

"No-no Pollo! Y-you smell l-like a stinky old m-man." She barely got our through all her laughs.

"Is that right? Well I guess your gonna have to get used to it hm? Because I'm not
Gonna stop tickling you until I get what I want. And I want you to tell me I smell absolutely divine."

He continued to tickle her moving his hands so they were on her belly, under her armpits, her legs, everywhere he would get a reaction. "F-fine. Y-you smell ab-absolutely divine Pollo." She laughed.

"That's more like it."

He stopped tickling her and laid on top of her. His head on her chest and her hands threaded through his hair. The couch was shaped like and 'L' and they were laying on the vertical part. I got up from my spot, got us all some water, some fluffy blankets we keep in the closet and when I came back they were sleeping in each other's arms. I laid on the horizontal part of the couch, my head right next to Saturns head. I put a blanket over me and over Saturn and Apollo. I then turned off the lights with the remote controller and put my arm up under her neck, acting as a pillow.

I played with her hair as I fell asleep.

Best I've slept in years.