Seaweed Brain

"Seaweed brain" she calls me. More a pet name than an insult. She says it fondly, like me being an idiot is funny.

I love her.

Athena would kill me. So would my dad. So would, maybe, her dad.

I love her more than anything in the world.

She hated me. When we first met, she thought I was pathetic and a loser. I thought she was amazing, the coolest girl I'd ever met, the coolest girl I ever would meet. I was right.

I love her more than my mom, more than Tyson and Thalia and everyone I care about put together. She is amazing.

I still haven't met anyone cooler than her. She's awesome, beautiful, amazing and she's my friend.

I just wish she was my girlfriend.