Complications

Brody’s eyes lit up. “ There’s a victory tour after the Games?” he said. “ Cool! ” But Julia was horrified by the news. “ What do you mean?” she asked Artemis. The goddess shrugged. “ Just what I said. The Olympic champion always travels with his sponsor afterward. ” “ The tour gets mortals quite excited, ” Hermes added with a grin. He looked at Brody. “ You’ll enjoy seeing more of the world, won’t you, boy?” “ Sure! ” Brody said. “ It sounds like the parade after the Super Bowl! ”

布罗迪眼睛一亮。“奥运会结束后还有一场胜利之旅？”他说。“爽！” 但茱莉亚被这个消息吓坏了。“你什么意思？”她问阿尔忒弥斯。 女神耸了耸肩。“正如我所说。赛后，奥运冠军总是和赞助商一起旅行。” 赫尔墨斯笑着补充道：“这趟旅行让人们非常兴奋。” 他看着布罗迪。“你会喜欢多看看这个世界，不是吗，孩子？” “当然！”布罗迪说。“听起来像是在超级碗之后的游行！”

Julia was staring at Hermes in alarm. “ But you said we could go home right after the Games. ” “ Of course you can, ” Hermes told Julia soothingly. “ Don’t worry so much, mortal girl. ” Julia glanced away, trying to calm down. What if Hermes had been lying about letting them go home? What if they got stuck here forever? “ This could be bad! ” she whispered to Brody in a panic. “ What are you talking about?” Brody asked. Julia kept her voice low. “ What if Hermes is planning to keep us here?

茱莉亚惊恐地盯着赫尔墨斯。“但你说我们可以在奥运会结束后马上回家。” “当然可以，”赫尔墨斯安慰地告诉茱莉亚。“别担心，凡人女孩。” 茱莉亚瞥了一眼，试图平静下来。如果赫尔墨斯一直在让他们回家这件事上撒谎呢？如果他们被永远困在这里呢？ “这可能很糟糕！”她惊慌地对布罗迪小声说。 “你在说什么？”布罗迪问。 茱莉亚压低了声音。“如果赫尔墨斯打算把我们留在这里呢？

He and Caerus made it sound like the passage will eventually close. We could be stuck here forever! ” “ Whoa! ” Brody said. For a second Julia thought she’d finally made him realize how serious this situation was. Then she saw that he was staring across the agora. “ Who’s that?” he blurted out. Another goddess was approaching them. She was blond and gorgeous, with big blue eyes. “ Greetings, Aphrodite, ” Hermes called. “ Come and meet my champion! ” Aphrodite held out one pale, slim hand. “ Hello, champion. It’s a pleasure. ”

他和卡埃罗斯说，听起来好像是说这条通道最终会关闭。我们可能永远被困在这里！” “哇！”布罗迪说。 茱莉亚一度以为她终于让他意识到情况有多么严重。然后她看到他正凝视着广场对面。 “那是谁？”他脱口而出。另一位女神正在接近他们。她金发碧眼，有一双蓝色的大眼睛。 “你好，阿芙罗狄蒂，”赫尔墨斯喊道。“快来见见我的冠军！” 阿芙罗狄蒂伸出一只苍白纤细的手。“你好，冠军。很高兴认识你。”

“ Uh, guh . . . , ” Brody said. “ I mean, me too. I mean, hi! I’m Brody. ” “ Brody, ” Aphrodite said with a musical laugh. “ What a charming name. ” Julia moaned to herself. She could tell that Brody was already in love. Why were boys so easily distracted by a pretty face? “ Have any of you seen Zeus’ champion yet?” Aphrodite asked the other gods. “ I hear he’s very handsome. And strong. ” “ Nobody has seen him, ” Artemis replied. “ Zeus is hiding him in the hills. ”

“呃，天啊……”布罗迪说。“我也是。我是说，嗨！我是布罗迪。” “布罗迪，”带着悦耳的笑声，阿芙罗狄蒂说道。“多么迷人的名字。” 茱莉亚自言自语着。她看得出来，布罗迪已经陷入了爱情。为什么男孩们这么容易被一张漂亮的脸分心？ “你们有没有见过宙斯的冠军？”阿芙罗狄蒂问其他众神。“我听说他很帅。而且很强。” “没有人见过他，”阿芙罗狄蒂回答。“宙斯把他藏在了山上。”

“ That reminds me. ” Hermes grabbed Brody by the shoulder. “ It’s time for training. Let’s go. ” “ Are you sure we can’t stay?” Brody was still staring at Aphrodite. Hermes pulled Brody away so fast that Julia and Markos had to run to keep up. Once again the gymnasium was filled with athletes. Hermes ordered Brody to start stretching. Brody dropped to the ground and touched his toes. “ What are we working on today, Coach?” he asked.

“这提醒我了。”赫尔墨斯抓住布罗迪的肩膀。“该训练了。我们走吧。” “你确定我们不能留下来？”布罗迪仍然盯着阿芙罗狄蒂。 赫尔墨斯很快的把布罗迪拉走了，茱莉亚和马库斯不得不跑过去跟上。 体育馆里再次挤满了运动员。赫尔墨斯命令布罗迪开始拉伸。布罗迪倒在地上摸脚趾。 “教练，我们今天做什么？”他问道。

“ We need to build your endurance for the dolichos and the hoplite, ” Hermes replied. “ They are the longer and more difficult races, and I wasn’t impressed with how quickly you became tired yesterday. ” “ Quickly?” Brody sounded wounded. “ You made me run for two hours straight! ” “ We should get out of the way, ” Markos said to Julia. “ It’s strange enough to have a girl here. We don’t want anyone to think you’re trying to compete or something. ” He laughed as if that was the funniest thing he’d ever imagined.

赫尔墨斯回答说：“我们需要培养你对装甲步兵和更长比赛的耐力。” “比赛时间更长，难度更大，我对你昨天的疲劳程度印象深刻。” “快？”布罗迪听起来很受伤。“你让我连续跑了两个小时！” “我们应该让开，”马库斯对茱莉亚说。“这里有一个女孩，已经够奇怪的了。 我们不想让任何人认为你是在竞争或其他什么的。”他笑了起来，好像这是他想象中最有趣的事情。