Ch. 9 Nova

Nova's P.O.V.

I was the first to arrive at fire battle class, having used my water portal. I grabbed my pearl after talking with Ares. He always seems to calm me. He has a way of getting me to talk things through, seeing them in a new light. I don't know how he does it, but I do feel better after talking with him…after admitting how I feel about Augustus.

"Hey, can we talk?" Augustus' voice came from beside me. He shadow weaved into the chair to the right of me.

"About what?" I made sure to sound irritated, and he sighed, slouching back in his chair.

"You're so difficult. Look, I know I messed up, okay?"

"Is that your way of apologizing? Because it's seriously lacking." I snarked.

"See, difficult." He shook his head.

"I don't know if you know this, Auggie, but in order to apologize you actually have to say I'm sorry." I rolled my eyes at him.

"How about I say I fu.cked up?" He asked, looking at me with pleading eyes. I could see the worry in them. He was worried about us, about