Hi! Spyrite here, letting you know what's up in my story. First of all: Thalia isn't a hunter in this story. Don't like it? Suck it up.
Annabeth P.O.V.
"Hey Piper," I whispered as I leaned toward her during art class. I had taken this course because it had a part of the course featuring architecture, and Piper had taken it because she was gifted at drawing portraits.
She paused her painting of a black ballerina, and leaned towards me whispering "What."
I started talking. "I'm wondering, should I paint your mother with blond hair or brown hair?" Piper scowled at me and leaned away, before turning to me and mouthing 'Percy.'
"Oh," I murmured, annoyed at Piper. I never should have told her who Aphrodite resembles when I see her. But then I straightened up, thinking. Piper's idea wasn't that bad after all… I would draw Lady Aphrodite in the way I had seen her.
I dipped my brush into the inky black paint and began with the eyes. Two sea green orbs which held the ocean in them. Next I painted the jaw line, still Percyish, but more feminine. Then I created her hair, long strokes putting her hair in a messy bun. Then I just painted Piper's body underneath the head, wearing a CampHalf-Blood tee, and boy's jeans with converse.
I set the paintbrush down and looked at my creation of the prettiest girl I had ever seen, while wondering, if Percy and I ever had a daughter, would she look like this?
I was jolted out of my reverie by the sharp piercing sound of the crackling intercom. "Attention all students, please come down to the school auditorium for the assembly next period. That is all."
I brought my painting to the front of the classroom, giving it to the art teacher, Mr. Peteti. He thanked me without looking up from a sketch he was grading, and put it in the pile of un-graded projects. Then he muttered "Dismissed," under his breath, and I was free to go.
I waited by the door for Piper, and together we walked down to the technology classroom to get Thalia. When she bounced out of the room, she was covered in sawdust and grinning from ear to ear.
"I made a house," she exclaimed once she saw us, holding up a black bird house covered in miniature graffiti. I had to admit though it was well built, though the architectural angle of the slant of the roof was completely unconstitutional. Maybe if-
"Hello? Earth to Annabeth," Piper said waving a hand in front of my face, and successfully breaking me out of my trance. Thalia snorted.
"Don't bother; she's too busy thinking about Kelp Head." Piper shook her head in response to Thalia's wild accusation, and I nodded in approval in her direction. But then she continued speaking.
"Trust me Thalia, if Annabeth was thinking about Percy, she would be drooling." I scowled at the two of them as they laughed at me, and started walking towards the auditorium.
They caught up to me in no time, and we strolled through the halls, students turning to stare as we did. After all, demigods aren't known for being ugly.
As we entered the auditorium, we found seats near the back which were far enough away so that the teachers wouldn't notice if we were goofing off. We were enjoying ourselves talking about camp when they came up to us. They being the three most popular boys in school; Mark Johnson, Julian Smith, and Tom Smith.
Julian and Tom were brothers who followed Mark around since he was the quarterback for football and team captain of basketball. Tom was the cute blonde brainiac who was the star of the schools soccer team. Julian was the tall dark brute who had never lost a game of tennis. Mark was big, athletic, and handsome for a mortal, so every girl wanted to date him, and every boy wanted to be him. Only problem with this trio was that they were all jerks.
More important than that was the fact that the three of them had decided that we were the only three girls in the school good enough for them. So now Mark was determined to date me, and I didn't bother telling him I have a boyfriend because why would I share that with him? I won't date him either way, so what's the point.
Mark swaggered up to us with Julian and Tom right behind him, all of them acting like big shots. Mark smiled directly at me and sat down in the seat in front of us, before talking.
"Hey there Annabeth. I heard there's a movie premiering at the mall tonight. I'll pick you up at seven, okay?" He finished with a flirtatious wink, and stood to leave.
"Okay," I said a plan formulating in my mind. I took his disgustingly sweaty hand and scribbled an address on it, while saying, "Here's my address."
Mark grinned at me smugly, before walking away with Tom and Julian following. They looked angry so I guessed Thalia and Piper turned them down… again.
"What are you doing Annie! You can't betray Percy like that," Thalia tensely said, practically seething with rage.
I smirked at her and whispered, "I'm not going to the movies with Mark. Mrs. McGumry is."
"Ohhhh," Piper and Thalia whispered in sync, before Thalia snickered at Mark's back side. That was mainly due to the fact that Mrs. McGumry was a senior citizen who lived next door to me. Not to mention she was very cranky and rude.
Just then the principal came onstage, all 5 feet of her walking to the microphone center stage. She tapped it a few times before beginning her speech.
"Now then, as some of you might already know, tomorrow is Visitation Day. The rules of this occasion are simple, you may invite a family member, friend or any other close relation outside of school to spent tomorrow on campus. They will follow you through your classes, and be with you during your class free afternoon. That is all, if you have any questions please raise your hand."
As the principal answered some students' questions, Thalia, Piper and I were wondering about who we could invite. Piper and I were bickering about it, when Thalia spoke up.
"Stop it you two. I personally don't care who you want to bring, I'm inviting Nico. You can invite Percy and Jason and end this stupid argument."
Piper and I looked at each other, shrugged and said, "Okay."
That's all for now guys! You don't need to review either.