Let us go to Miami, hunt, swim, party and live. (Private)

He ignored the fact she was blushing and started localizing himself. "Alright. Follow me and get ready to see me suddenly change with the mist. They don't sell motel rooms to 14 year olds by themselves." He led her through the streets to a motel. As soon as they were close he changed into a taller version of himself with some stubble on his chin. "Don't laugh. This is the first time I've done this."

Em rolled her eyes at him as she followed along. "If you happened to be as funny as you though you were you would be twice as funny as you are." Came the response to that, it felt wrong to be both leaving her friend behind but also to be trusting their safety to a boy of all things. She glanced over her shoulder every so often, hoping to see Aria running towards them. Her heart ached with worry and maybe a bit of something else.

He unlocked the door and let her enter before him out of habit. His dad always stressed politeness so now he's used to holding the door for others. 'Wait. No. Don't think about dad. Change the subject now. Bed. Sleep. Good.' He flopped onto the bed and sighed. "This was not how today should've been."

She entered first, moving stiffly before sitting herself down on a chair where she could look out the window for her friend or for danger. "I shouldn't have left." Em whispered, though Aria would have only shouted at her if she had tried to stay. But the thought of Aria fighting that monster alone. No, she wasn't alone. The thought of Aria fighting without Emily there hurt.
"I don't know how you can sleep not while my friend is out there fighting." She said accusingly, switching from sorrow to a sudden burst of anger.

"Not sleeping, resting. I need to get my strength back if we wanna go help your friend. If she's not back in ten minutes we go back. Wouldn't want your friend to die when I still owe her for saving my life. I like to help people who've helped me. So start counting."

"She won't die!" Em yelled loudly than she meant to. "Aria can't! She's the best." She forced herself to take a deep breath, though it failed to calm herself down. Would Aria approve if they disobeyed her command and come back? Emily doubted that she would. She sighed heavily resting her head on her hands, her gaze troubled. Aria cannot be killed, she wouldn't die, she couldn't. Her mind became filled with regret. If Aria did die, she would die never knowing the truths which up until now she had been afraid to admit, even to herself.

He sat up and checked his stomach. It had stopped bleeding so that was good, but the pain was still there. "Screw it." He whispered. He grabbed a black shirt from his suitcase and went into the bathroom. When he came out, he was wearing a black shirt. Duh. Did you think he would turn into Lady Gaga and wear a meat suit or something? His jeans still had a little blood on them but he just scrubbed it out with water and now his pants were wet and there was still some blood them. Just great. "Hope you're ready. We leave now." He said grabbing his swords and putting them in their sheaths. "Time to go rescue your friend."

"She won't need rescuing." She argued, remembering Aria's strict instructions. Em knew that she had said nothing about coming back to help, besides she doubted that a wounded demigod and a relatively green hunter would stand much chance against even a wounded Hydra.
"She told us to leave so we stay put." Emily felt no joy in leaving Aria to fight this battle alone. Inside she was torn between two choices, rushing back to rescue Aria or staying put and throwing all her faith into Aria returning to them. There could be no right choice here, both of them could mean death and disaster.

"Ok. We wait here then. We just wait till she get's here."

Em nodded the once back to him, apparently satisfied though her mind rest wondering if it happened to be the correct choice. Aria, please be okay, she prayed silently to the gods.

"Wow. Ok hunters are tough as nails" He said opening the door. "Never let me underestimate the two of you again." He ruffled through his suitcase and found a bag of ambrosia squares and a thermos of nectar, with an old fashioned first aid kit. "Ok, where should we start?"

"Aria!" Em cried out delighted, her heart leaping and her spirit soaring at the sight of her beloved fellow Hunter alive if not very well. "Sit down, rest. I'll take care of you." She focused on the girl seeming to ignore the boy her eyes shining with concern.

"Well," Sebastian said to Emily while waiting for Aria "today was fun. Dangerous and worrying, but fun." He smiled at her. "We need a break or something amirite?"

"I'm going to wait for her to come out." She didn't want to leave Aria whilst she was healing. Em believed that she might be vulnerable to a sudden, surprise monster attack. Besides, Hunters did not abandon other Hunters especially when they were injured.

"Well duh. If I left with you now she'd probably throw away all my stuff then kill me. I mean later. It's not like you two have to leave immediately. Right?"

"No she would probably kill you." She answered stretching her right leg out and trying her best to ignore the ache in it. "I am sure we will leave as soon as Aria is able."

"You two can't leave yet! We're in Miami. The place where their beach is so great that they named it after themselves. Don't you guys ever relax?"

"Not with boys." She answered stubbornly shifting uncomfortably on the chair.

He sighed and flopped back onto the bed. "Right. The whole 'Hunters hate boys with a passion' thingy. In my opinion that's pretty stupid. Then you spend eternity surrounded by people you already know doing the same thing over and over again till you're killed. You end up never feeling love or compassion for someone else. Without that, why live?"