“The Rise of Zeus – Chapter VII (Pt 6)”

Author’s Note: This is a Take Ten to Write story and has not been proofread for errors. If I feel inspired or if there’s interest in the story, I’ll post a revised, edited, and extended version at a later date. Happy reading!

ZEUS (cont.)

A date? A date?! Seriously? That’s the first thing that came to my stupid little brain?

“A date?” Hermes says, staring at me with disbelief. “Seriously?”

“Um, yes?”

“Oh yeah? And who’s the lucky girl?”

Girl names, girl names, come on Zeus, think!!

“Brieleanita,” is the mess that ends up coming out of my mouth. Because that’s totally a girl’s name.

“Come one more time?”

“Brieleanita,” I repeat. I hope I got all those syllables in there.

“And where did you meet this, ‘Brieleanita’?” he asks, his fingers sticking up in air quotes as he says that completely realistic name.

“Oh, you know, in the city.”

“Which city?”

Okay, now this time I really can’t make up a name.

“Thessaloniki,” I say.

“Greece?” Hermes says, raising an eyebrow. “And when exactly was the last time you were in Greece?”

“Last week.”

“When?”

“Like, Wednesday, maybe? Or maybe it was Friday. I don’t know, man. Seriously, can we drop this now?”

Hermes crosses his arms, an uncharacteristic frown darkening his usually-joyful face. “No, because you’re lying to me just to get out of admitting that you messed up. Honestly, Zeus, I ask you to do one thing and when you don’t do it, you can’t apologize. And you call yourself a leader?” He shakes his head. “Nah, man, you’re no leader.”

Now that hits me right in the heart. Which apparently makes me revert back to a five-year-old. “I am too a leader!”

Final Comments: Zeus seems to have a habit of getting himself caught in uncomfortable situations…

Overall Rating: 😅