drew.

“Oh, it’s okay. I don’t mind getting dirty if I get a hug,” She joked, hugging Kennedy as tight as possible. Drew kept the largest smile on her face as Kennedy spoke. “I’m not too sure, I’ve been a bit too scared to ask, honestly,” She whispered back, 

Drew had been sitting in the Hephaestus cabin for quite some time, talking to her siblings, newer and older, trying to catch up. Her eyes moved around the cabin, looking at the cabin that had once been her very first home, before she saw one of her sisters entering the room “Kennedy!” She exclaimed once she saw her sister, quickly getting up and swiftly moving to the other side of the room to hug her. 

“Really? It’s only a beard, Drew.”

“It makes you look different- older.” 

“Yeah, I’m alright. Gabe and I, we tried to guess who my parent was, and we think we guessed it right but- I don’t know if I’m too happy about who it is.” 

“Um?” Gabe pondered over the question. “I’d argue it’s all a matter of opinion. You can ask the other Hephaestus kids though– they’ll probably have better answers.”

Drew stayed silent for a moment. ‘Other Hephaestus Kids.’ If she was actually Hephaestus’s daughter, those other Hephaestus kids, would be her siblings. Not her full siblings, but as close as she would probably ever get to having siblings, and knowing some of her family. “What’s your opinion?” 

“I know exactly what you mean- you know more, though.” She responded, moving over slightly so he can sit. “I’ve been.. alright, I suppose. I could be better.” 

“Hmm, I don’t know, I wouldn’t say that it still counts.” 

“If I knew, so would you.” She responded, feeling bad for spying into their conversation, “You okay?” Drew asked, looking up from her seat. 

“I don’t know…” Gabe replied honestly, chewing the inside of his cheek nervously.

Drew gave a small sigh. She thought after finding out she’d feel better about everything, her whole life. She thought she’d feel better about growing up in foster homes, having to move around so much, or not knowing her parents for her entire life, because now, at least she’d know one of them. But now she had actually found out, she wasn’t liking the news. She had hoped it was a God who needed her to show them something, like Ares. At least then, he’d have a reason as to not claiming her yet. Hephaestus? He didn’t have an obvious reason to not claiming her. “Do I want him to be my father?” She asked gently. 

“All you did was instruct me on how to do it, You barely did anything,” 

Gabriel stayed silent for a moment, watching Drew as she spoke. All this time they had spent together, all this time Gabe had devoted to try and help her figure out who her godly parent was– only to figure out she was his sister. “You realize what this means, right?”

“Do I?” She asked, slightly cautious with her words. She had a small inkling of an idea, but she wasn’t sure if they shared the same idea. “If he’s my Dad, why hasn’t he claimed me yet?” 

“I understand. I’ll come back later…”

“Wait- is it something important?” 

“Well you’ve got no idea how glad I am to have you,” Hailee smiled, squeezing the ginger haired girl’s hand warmly.

“Do you think it’s possible for me to be more glad?” She asked gleefully. 

“Of course I’m sure, lovely. Besides, you’re like my sister after all.”

The smile on her face grew louder at her comment of Drew being like her sister, feeling happy that the people she was starting to consider as her family, were thinking the same to her. “I’m really glad you are,” 

“O-oh, I’m sorry… I just… never mind.”

“I’m sorry, Sage, I just didn’t sleep well last night, I just need some quiet.”