Eavesdropping
She wasn't really eavesdropping. It wasn't her fault that they just happened to be talking near the door as she passed by. Ok, sure. She probably shouldn't have stopped to listen but who could blame her? They were very loud.
"I love him!" Her mother's voice rang out loudly, with agitation and irritation coloring every word. "You have no right to say who I can or can not love, Momos."
Kia didn't really know who Momos was, apparently he wasn't allowed on the mountain all that often, but luckily Ate had been home when he'd arrived and she'd told her that he was their Uncle. Their family was so big, how was she supposed to know ALL of them?
"He's an OLYMPIAN, Eris. I know it's your life's goal to irritate all of us, but this is just too much. Are you too blinded by his glow that you can't see what you're doing?"
Wow. He was talking about Apollo. No one talked about Apollo and her mother around the children but Kia knew what was going on. It wasn't that hard to figure out, after all. Plus it helped that she did like to eavesdrop.
"I'm not doing this to irritate anyone, Momos. Least of all, you. I'm not sure you've noticed but I've moved on. Why can't you?"
The tension radiating from the room after her mother spoke was enough to force Kia to hold her breath and push her ear even closer to the door. What was going on between them? What was her mother talking about? Moved on from WHAT? She had all these burning questions!
"Eris..." Momos started. Kia heard both the warning and the anger in the one quiet word. Apparently, her mother did not.
"What? What, Momos? Nothing to say? Finally! Well, maybe this will shut you up for good. I'm pregnant. And no, it's not just mine this time." Adikia gasped. WHOA. HOLY CRAP. Wait until Ate heard about THAT. She needed to go tell her...
"YOU'RE WHAT?" The need to go tell her sister what she'd just found out passed quickly when the sound of Momos' yell penetrated her thoughts. It was so loud, Kia's ear left the door with a jerk. Suddenly, something had changed in the conversation.
"Momos! Let go of me!" Distressed, Kia bit her lip at her mother's words. What was happening in there? She could hear scuffling and what sounded like someone being pushed into a table and something crashing onto the floor. Unable to stand not knowing what was happening and also concerned that her mother might be in peril, Kia opened the door and peeked into the room.
"Mom? Are you ok? What's going on?"
The sound of the door opening and the question from Kia, caused the occupants of the room to stop the struggle they'd been engaged in. Momos dropped his hands from Eris' arms with a push, leaving bruises behind as they left and giving Eris a look filled with hatred, stormed from the room. Kia's eyes watched him, a little fearful but mainly curious as he left before moving back to her mother.
"Mom?" Her mother didn't answer her, and instead moved to the chaise in the middle of the room, rubbing her arms as she sat down and began to cry. Kia watched with anxious eyes before she moved to sit next to her mother and took her hand. "Are you alright?"
Silence filled the room.
"I love him!" Her mother's voice rang out loudly, with agitation and irritation coloring every word. "You have no right to say who I can or can not love, Momos."
Kia didn't really know who Momos was, apparently he wasn't allowed on the mountain all that often, but luckily Ate had been home when he'd arrived and she'd told her that he was their Uncle. Their family was so big, how was she supposed to know ALL of them?
"He's an OLYMPIAN, Eris. I know it's your life's goal to irritate all of us, but this is just too much. Are you too blinded by his glow that you can't see what you're doing?"
Wow. He was talking about Apollo. No one talked about Apollo and her mother around the children but Kia knew what was going on. It wasn't that hard to figure out, after all. Plus it helped that she did like to eavesdrop.
"I'm not doing this to irritate anyone, Momos. Least of all, you. I'm not sure you've noticed but I've moved on. Why can't you?"
The tension radiating from the room after her mother spoke was enough to force Kia to hold her breath and push her ear even closer to the door. What was going on between them? What was her mother talking about? Moved on from WHAT? She had all these burning questions!
"Eris..." Momos started. Kia heard both the warning and the anger in the one quiet word. Apparently, her mother did not.
"What? What, Momos? Nothing to say? Finally! Well, maybe this will shut you up for good. I'm pregnant. And no, it's not just mine this time." Adikia gasped. WHOA. HOLY CRAP. Wait until Ate heard about THAT. She needed to go tell her...
"YOU'RE WHAT?" The need to go tell her sister what she'd just found out passed quickly when the sound of Momos' yell penetrated her thoughts. It was so loud, Kia's ear left the door with a jerk. Suddenly, something had changed in the conversation.
"Momos! Let go of me!" Distressed, Kia bit her lip at her mother's words. What was happening in there? She could hear scuffling and what sounded like someone being pushed into a table and something crashing onto the floor. Unable to stand not knowing what was happening and also concerned that her mother might be in peril, Kia opened the door and peeked into the room.
"Mom? Are you ok? What's going on?"
The sound of the door opening and the question from Kia, caused the occupants of the room to stop the struggle they'd been engaged in. Momos dropped his hands from Eris' arms with a push, leaving bruises behind as they left and giving Eris a look filled with hatred, stormed from the room. Kia's eyes watched him, a little fearful but mainly curious as he left before moving back to her mother.
"Mom?" Her mother didn't answer her, and instead moved to the chaise in the middle of the room, rubbing her arms as she sat down and began to cry. Kia watched with anxious eyes before she moved to sit next to her mother and took her hand. "Are you alright?"
Silence filled the room.