Disclaimer: I don't PJO or Bubblicious Bubblegum. Boo!

Hi. My name's Silena Beauregard, head of the Aphrodite Cabin at Camp Half-Blood.

Currently, I am running for my life.

Annabeth Chase, Athena Cabin, was chasing me in a game of capture the flag.

Now, I know what you're thinking: What was a beautiful, gorgeous, dazzling girl like me doing in a dirty, smelly, sweaty, gross game of capture the flag? What if I, like, sweat and ruined my new silk strapless top from Poise Magazine? Or I broke my Dolce and Gabanna sunglasses?

Oh Em Gee. I would die.

So yeah, I usually just sit on the sidelines during capture the flag games, trying to avoid camp counselors. But not today.

I had been sitting on the cleanest rock I could find, but still perched so my butt didn't exactly rest on the rock. However, when Annabeth came running over to me, I got up faster than Tyra Banks on a shopping spree.

That's when I realized that I was sitting fairly close to the Hermes flag, which I think Aphrodite had teamed with. I'm not sure… I don't really pay attention to that.

Oh crap. Did she think I was a guard? Oh, well. I grabbed the flag and ran.

Then I realized there might have been another reason Annabeth was chasing me…

Earlier today, I had asked Percy Jackson to go to the camp's dance next weekend.

Now, Annabeth and Percy weren't officially going out, but it seems like they're just in denial.

Anyway, I thought he was, like, gorgeous, so I asked him out.

"So, Percy, you have a date to the dance yet?" I had said just hours earlier as he was walking towards the beach.

"Oh, uh, no, not--not yet."

"Oh, that's cool." Pause for effect. "So do you wanna go with me?"

Here it was. Moment of truth.

"Uh…" he began to reply.

But then, she came over. My competition. Annabeth, wearing her ripped up jeans and dollar store flip-flops. Not one designer clothing piece on her. Ugh.

"Hey, Percy! What's up?" she said brightly to him. She liked to pretend I didn't exist.

"Oh… uh…" He turned to me. "Uh, can't. Gotta go!" And he ran off towards the beach with Annabeth trailing behind him, looking confused.

And now he probably told her.

So now, back to the present time. Annabeth was chasing me, and my Hollister rhinestone studded sandals were getting dirt stuck on the bottom. Oh, now I'd have to pay one of the Demeter kids to get all the dirt off. Again.

Right after I noticed that, I had a brilliant idea.

I dropped the flag.

Geez, what did I care if we won or lost? It was just a game! And not even a fun one.

I glanced quickly behind me to make sure Annabeth wasn't still after me. Nope, she was staring back at me, holding the flag, and looking just a little bit disappointed. Ha.

Now our team mates were catching up to us. The Athena kids were all cheering and woo-hooing, while my cabin just looked at me with an, "Eh, whatev," stare.

However, the Hermes kids looked ticked. She stared at me with an, "Oh, you better watch your step, girl," look on their faces.

But I really didn't care. I was still dwelling on the fact that Percy had turned me down.

Oh, but I had an idea… It would make my mom proud. And I was sure it would work.

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