Psyche (sleepswithlove) wrote in mount_olympus, @ 2008-06-26 23:08:00 |
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Current mood: | distressed |
The house felt way too quiet once Mel had left and with Anteros still sleeping off his early morning drinking binge, Psyche decided to take a walk on the beach. It was rare that she was anywhere besides Olympus, so she was going to enjoy this while she could.
A little girl with brown curly hair ran past her, shooting Psyche with a mischievous grin as she ran to collect sand for the sand castle she and her siblings were making. Psyche returned the smile, thinking about the child Eros and she always talked about having, but never got around to. Now that she'd cheated, she was unsure they would ever have offspring, let alone a marriage, once he found out.
She was so wrapped up in her thoughts, it took a minute or two for her to clue in that all the noise on the beach had stopped.
The ocean wasn't crashing. The birds weren't calling. And looking at the little girl she'd just smiled at, Psyche knew something was definitely off. She stood, bent at the waist, by the water's edge, her pail still gathering water that was no longer moving.
Psyche didn't even stop to think. She ran straight back to the house, calling for Anteros, the entire way.
Never once did she realize the nagging headache that had plagued her from day one of the switch was finally gone.