Hestia

| Othrys |

Volume 2

Ch. 27 Hestia

Pov.

-Kara-

With Kronos' ban of pretty much everything many people have forgotten how to fly or just lost the ability to do so, and I was no exception so I ride my H2 back to the shop where I could smell Mia cookin

"Mmm smells amazing" I sniff her neck

"Everything's ready at the table" she giggles

"Ouu for real?" I turn around "shit that's all ya had to say" I rub my hands together before chowing down on my mash potatoes and chicken

Man I love chicken

"Here's some gravy" she pours the good stuff all over my potatoes

"Mmm I love you so much" I say with a mouth full

Wait hold on…

"Soo" she sits down beside me "umm Dione is throwing an after party and…umm"

"That's what it was huh" I knew something was up

There had to be a reason she made me some chicken today

"What ?!" She sits up "come with me please" she wraps her arms around mine

"Just go by yourself" I sigh

"Noo" she whines as she slowly slid onto my lap "please, you never come" she throws her arms around my neck

"I gottaopen the shop tomorrow, I can't" I rub her thighs

Not only is this our shop but we live here so I have to make sure I get rent paid by the end of the month

"Pweass" she frowns

I sigh "nooo I can't"

"Just for today, c'mon please" she begs "look, you don't have to take me out next Sunday, okay?" She tilts her head

…

Man what a headache

"Fine"

"Yay" she claps before jumping off my lap

"I'm sure everyone will be there soon so be ready in an hour" she winks

"Yeah yeah" I sigh

She skips off into the bathroom as I just change into a new pair of grey sweats

I don't bother to wear a shirt since I had fur I thought it looked weird throwing a shirt over

But…

These scars across my chest

They always remind me of…back then

Reminds me of..

Rhea…

It took everything she had to keep our daughter alive

And ever since she's become so cold and distant

Hestia..

I just hope she doesn't pick that up from her mother and starts hating me for no good reason

I don't know what I'd do without her

She the only reason I'm still here, the only reason I haven't done anything stupid

…

"Hestia" I sigh

I wish I could make things right

If only I could talk to Oceanus maybe we could figure something out

But I'll just have to wait till he comes to me

I hop into my white Silva and I start the engine while I wait for Mia

I bolt on the carbon fiber hood I ordered a while back that had arrived two days ago

I found the little Nissan in a junkyard almost four years ago and fixed it up real nice

I tap on the gas pedal, listening to the beautiful flutter of the turbocharged engine

"Hehe" I giggle

I let the car run for a couple of minutes before shutting it off and I began doing some small last minute detailing as I waited for Mia

…

I just finished zip tying the front bumper back on when Mia finally came out the shower

"About time" I smile

"Shut up" Mia giggles as she closed the door nice and slow

After making sure the rear bumper won't fly off again I join Mia inside the car

"Tsss" The bags hiss as I raise the car before riding out of there

We lived in the west side of Othrys so we drove about half an hour to get into the southside where Dione lived

"I'm so tiredd" Mia whines "are we there yet ??" She sits up on her seat

"30 minutes" I say getting out the carpool lane

"I'm boredd" she whines

"Tch* This was your idea" I grumble

"Oh shut up" she puffs her lips as she pulled her hair back into a ponytail

"What is it?" I ask

"Just drive" she says

"Aight" I giggle excitedly

-30 minutes later-

After half an hour we finally arrived

Mia was massaging her jaw when I pulled up into the driveway

"Yayy" Mia hops out

I lock my car before following Mia

"Aye you put it back on" Coeus laughs seeing I fixed the bumper after it fell off last time we went out

"Heh* You know how it is" I chuckle as we admire the beauty of a nissan

"Aye man, why you not tell me you were coming?" He stops me

"Cause I wasn't abou to, why?" I ask

He sighs

"Cause Rhea said she'd… well..pull up"

"Rhea ?" I ask "with…Hestia ?"

Since Kronos was always on Rheas ass I haven't been able to see my baby girl in a cool minute

Besides Rhea and I the only people that knew Hestia is mine are Coeus and Mia

"Aye dawg I'm just sayin you know how Kronos get" he says

"Yeah I know" I sigh

"Aye bro don't worry bout it man" he backs up "you do you, whenever you're ready, we're in there" he nods before heading back inside

I sigh

It's been a few months since I last seen Hestia…

But Rhea…

I don't know what to do

I feel like what happened to her with Kronos is my fault

Maybe I could've done something to prevent all this..

But what?

Kronos is on a different level of strength

He'll squash me without batting an eye

I slowly make my way to the door before finding the courage to walk in

Once I did I instantly felt Rheas gaze

She had this dirty look on her face probably from just being told I'd be here

But I couldn't help but let a huge smile run across my face as I find Coeus dancing with Hestia

"oh wow you can really dance mamas" He hypes up my little girl

"Hehehee*" she giggles before finally seeing me

"Papaa!" She waddles over to me

I look around hoping she didn't say that too loud as I crouched down

"How's my princess?" I open my arms for her

"Super great papa" she giggles as I hug her tightly

"why don you visit us anymore, daddy?" she asks as I walk over to the couch

"Papa got in trouble, remember" I sit her on my lap

"Yeahh" she sighs

"It's okay though you still have mama" we look over at Rhea

"I know but she's boring sometimes" Hestia frowns

"Oh don't say that" I pinch her nose

"Hehe*" she giggles "it's true she's always playing with Kronos" she pouts

"I'm sure it's because she doesn't have a choice" we both look at Rhea

"Yeah, mommy says he's a meanie head" Hestia whispers

Rhea just rolls her eyes playfully "you're so silly, baby" she makes sure to smile at least in front of our daughter

"Hehe*" Hestia giggles

"Hey y'all's" we hear Mia at the top of the stairs

"Hiii" Hestia waves

I smile up at Mia

"Hey daddy, is that your girlfriend?" Hestia whispers

"Yeah she is" I whisper

"She's pretty" she says

"Yeah she is" I agree

"She's not as pretty as mommy though" she says

"Heh* you think mommy's prettier?" I ask

Hestia nods

"You know mommy really miss you" she whispers

"Really?" I play along

Hestia nods "Kronos makes her sad and she tells me how much she misses you, daddy" she says

…

What ?

"Hmm" I think "is that true?" I ask

She nods as we look over at Rhea

"Hestia baby, let's get you something to eat" Rhea stands up

"Wait I'm talking to daddy" Hestia frowns

"I know but you haven't ate all day" she pulls her away

"Hmm okay" Hestia pouts

"Oh Hestia baby how you been, beautiful?" they run into Mia

"That was real cute" Coeus sits down beside me offering me a Corona

"Shut your ass up," I smile "that's my baby girl" we watch how she giggles around with Mia

"Man your a real dumbass for earlier" he sighs

"It's whatever" I open my arms for Mia

"Heyy babe" she pecks my cheek as she sat on my thigh

"It's not whatever. You don't know who you picking fights with and you act like no biggy" he says

I smile

"Cause it's not"

"Yay look daddy" we hear Hestia

Mia moves aside as Hestia jumps back onto my lap

"Look don't worry about it, they ain't gon do shit" I smile widely

He shakes his head "we best hope not" he joins Dione at the door where she was welcoming the rest of our football team

"Wow yummy a cupcake" I lick my lips as Hestia raises a cupcake up to my nose

"Mhmm*" she nods happily as Rhea sat down across from us

"So how old are you now baby" I ask

"Three" she says holding up 2 fingers with her mouth full

"That's two baby"

"Hmm?" She looks at her fingers "oh yeah this is three" she holds up 3 fingers this time

"Yeah that's right"

"Not as old as mommy" I whisper

"What?!" Hestia gasps "no she's not, you're super older than her, papa"

"No I'm not"

"Yesss you're like a THOUSAND year bigger than her"

"That's only two years here on Othrys"

"That's still super duper old" she giggles

"That's mean" I frown

"Hehe* you said it to mommy first" she giggles

"Hehe" I chuckle

"So how's Hades?" I ask

"Oh he was sleeping so auntie Aphrodite is taking care of him" she licks her fingers

"Hmm okay" I nod

"You know mommy wants another baby" she whispers in my ear

"Oh really?" I ask looking over at Rhea

Who was busy talking to Mia

"Yeah" she nods

"Don't you think she's already had enough" I ask

She shakes her head "only 4" she holds up 4 fingers "I want her to have more" she whispers

"Really? Why?" I ask

"I like babies" she says "what would you name a boy if you had a a baby with Mia?"

"Heh" I chuckle "well let's see.."

"How about Poseidon? Or Zeus?"

"Wow that sounds super cool" Hestia giggles "you know you should have another baby with mommy" she whispers in my ear

"Yeah?" I ask

She nods

I look over at Rhea

"Daddy?" Hestia tugs on my shirt

"Yeah baby?" I ask

"Do you still love mommy?" She asks

"Uhh… well.."

"You know I wish you and mommy were always together it would be very fun"

"Yeah but that could be dangerous for the three of us"

"If Kronos wasn't here would you marry mommy?"

"Would you want me to?" I ask

She nods excitedly

"Then of course I would" I whisper

"Yayyy really?!!" She asks

I nod

"Anything for my princess" I peck her nose

"Hehe*" she giggles "I'm not a baby anymore daddy"

"Yes you are" I poke her little belly

"Hehe* no I'm not" she giggles "I'm already very big"

"No you'll always be my baby girl" I hug her tightly as I rub our cheeks together

"Hehe* I love you too, papa" she giggles

I talked with my little angle for another half hour till Aphrodite arrived with all of her half siblings Demeter, Hera, and Hades

The four of them began running all around the house finally giving me a second to drink

-to be continued