Hector
Stella followed me with her gaze, as I returned with the tea. Green tea.
I sat down across from her and pushed the tea towards her.
"Thank you," she said and wrapped her hands around the mug.
I smiled.
She was hesitant, before she looked at me. "Well, we don't know anything about each other," she said. "I'm a teacher. High school teacher, in mathematics."
"Oh," I said. "I'm studying for my Ph.D. in microbiology and teaching a few courses."
She looked a bit taken aback.
I smiled, I couldn't help it.
"Then what do you do in your spare time?" she asked.
"I like to read myths, Greek mythology, primarily. And going to the gym with a few friends."
"Interesting," she said. "I hang out with my siblings, my best friend, and I plan on taking a college course in the fall. I, uhm, was taking my master's degree in mathematics and was in a car accident."
"What type of accident?"
"I broke my femur, fractured my pelvis, dislocated elbow and shoulder, and sprained my wrist," I said. The brain swelling was weird to talk about. "So I'd taken, like, one class when it happened, and due to the circumstances, I got my money back. All of them."
I nodded. "What do you wish to do with your master's degree?"
She smiled and sipped the tea. "I like teaching at a high school, but I'd love to take the students to advanced courses, and I'm not allowed to unless I have that master's degree."
"Of course." I said.
"Why a Ph.D.?"
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Hades II
Romance*SHORT CHAPTERS* Stella wakes up on Earth, unable to remember anything about her time in coma. Hades is miserable, blaming Persephone for interfering where she had no right to. When Hades reincarnates as Hector, only he knows he is also a God. He ra...
