Like old times
Athena just got comfortable on the couch. Finally she managed to find some time for herself and finish her book. She could just-
"Babeeeee..." Her girlfriends dragging voice said.
'-relax.'
Arms snaked around the wisdom goddess' neck and although the sensation was welcome, she couldn't help but feel slightly irritated.
"Yes?" Athena asked, hiding the initial annoyance.
"I'm bored." The victory goddess stated.
She sounded like a four year old that didn't know what to do with themselves. The daughter of Zeus found she made that comparison a lot lately. Nike was this bundle of energy. If she couldn't lose it, she'd become whiney and needy.
"You're bored?" Athena repeated.
"Yeah, that's what I just said smart*ss." The angel said, placing a kiss in her girlfriends neck.
"So what do you want to do then?" The wisdom goddess asked.
"Darling, if I knew I'd be doing it." Nike reminded her.
'Right.' Athena thought, closing her book.
What could she possibly do with Nike to keep her busy?
"You could join me and read a book?" The wisdom goddess suggested with a smirk.
She knew very well that the angel had way too much energy to sit still and focus solely on a text she wasn't interested in.
"Have you ever met me?" The victory goddess questioned.
"Of course I have. We could..." Athena started.
She gave it some thought. What to do... Then, as if someone flicked on a light, an idea popped in her head.
"We could make a trip." The daughter of Zeus smiled.
"A trip?" Nike asked.
"Where?"
"Home." Athena smiled.
"We are-"
Nike never had the opportunity to finish her sentence. A second later her and Athena stood on the acropolis of Athens.
"You are way too extra." The angel smirked.
She laced her fingers through Athena's.
"Shut up. You love this extra attention." The wisdom goddess said, matching the angel's smirk.
"So now that we're 'home' what are we doing?" Nike asked.
"Something new. Something never before seen."
"You sound like a circus director and I hate it." The victory goddess joked.
"So not presenting a circus. Got it." Athena winked.
"Good thing that's not what we're here for." She added, pulling Nike along.
They hiked up to the acropolis. At first the angel thought it was fun. After a while the grecian heat really started to take a toll on her. She was sweaty and thirsty. A combination not fitted for a goddess.
"Couldn't we just flash there?" Nike whined.
The four year old resemblance popped back in Athena's head.
"I thought you needed something to do." The wisdom goddess reasoned.
"If I knew it was walking up the acropolis I'd have stayed home." The victory goddess muttered.
"What are you complaining about? You have wings, you can just fly if your feet are tired." Athena reminded her.
"Yeah, but that doesn't make me any less sweaty or thirsty." Nike deflected the argument.
"Just be patient. This is not what I was planning, but I need you to lose that attitude before we go on with anything." The daughter of Zeus said.
The angel stopped, but Athena kept walking. Was her girlfriend serious right now? Stupid question of course she was. Her name was Athena. She quickly caught up with her.
After another while of hiking the pair reached the ruins of the parthenon. As usual a bunch of tourists crowded the place. The wisdom goddess ignored each and every one of them and just entered what was left of the temple.
Seeing it in its current state hurt her. Her once so magnificent temple now crumbled apart. And those mortal idiots who put in the iron supports, what were they even thinking?
The goddess pushed her feelings aside and walked up to a huge pedestal in the middle of the ruins.
"Now what?" Nike asked sitting down.
"Now we do what we came for." Athena smirked.
"Have s*x in your temple?" The angel joked with a smirk of her own.
"No. It has been done before and let me tell you it didn't end well." The wisdom goddess said with a faked glare.
Even though the glare was fake Nike was smart enough to know it was no joke. If she hadn't been her girlfriend she'd have been reduced to ash.
"Then what are we doing miss guide?" The victory goddess asked.
"We are going to re-enact us." Athena said.
"How do we 're-enact' us?" Nike asked confused.
"Remember the statue that used to stand here?" The daughter of Zeus asked.
"The tall one with the ivory and gold? The one found and retrieved by some demigods and a satyr?" The angel asked even more confused.
"Yes, that one."
"What about it?"
"Remember how in that statue you stand on my hand? Showing off a laurel?" Athena asked.
"Baby please get to the point. You know I love you and that I love hearing you talk about the things you love, but please I did not climb this acropolis in this heat so you can lecture me about a statue." Nike pleaded.
"Fine, fine. The point is I want us to re-enact the statue. Right here, right now." The wisdom goddess explained.
"Uhu, uhu... Key point, what about the dozens of tourists around?" The victory goddess pointed out.
"They would have stopped us if they saw us enter this place because it's 'off limits'."
"So you're saying they can't see us? At all?" Nike asked.
"Not at all." Athena confirmed.
Excitement started to build up in the victory goddess. It was a completely ridiculous idea, yet it would certainly make her day less boring.
"Alright let's do it." The angel said with a smile.
The daughter of Zeus snapped her fingers and both of them were wearing the exact same clothes their statue forms used to wear.
All of a sudden a dark brown snake came from behind a column. It nestled itself at Athena's feet. Nike swallowed at the sight of the animal. She was about to ask where it came from when she remembered that snakes are sacred to her girlfriend.
Why she would chose such a creepy creature? The angel had no clue.
Just as the snake had seemingly appeared out of nowhere, so too sat on the top of the temple. The owl wasn't needed to complete the statue they were trying to re-enact, but the victory goddess figured the animal liked being around its mistress.
In her own hand Nike summoned two laurels. One for on her head and the other to hold.
"Are you ready?" Athena asked.
Nike nodded. In turn the wisdom goddess stepped onto the huge pedestal. Slowly she started growing taller and taller. Right until the point where she was about 11,5 metres tall.
Giant Athena bent down and held out her hand for Nike to step onto. And just like the statue the victory goddess stood there in the palm of her girlfriends hand. The wisdom goddess winked at the angel.
From way up here, the view was quite outstanding. Nike had to admit. Athena was a dam genius.