Couple or Muddle ?
by Amy's Mischievous Little Owl
Disclaimer: All rights go to their respective owners
Episode One : Haylor VS Tratie
In the Aphrodite Cabin:
Lily ran around with a magazine in her hand. "Guys ! I have the December edition !" Her sisters started squealing as they tried to pry the magazine from Lily's hands. Lily shoved them away. "No! I am going to read this first. You'll have to wait." Her sisters all groaned. They knew that Lily was a slow reader. Drew sauntered in to see what the commotion was all about. That's when she saw the cover.
"OMGs!" She huffed, pointing a manicured finger at the cover. " Harry Styles and Taylor Swift so don't go together !"
Penelope frowned as she glanced at it. "Yeah, they do. They're cute."
"Nope !" Another Aphrodite child said, butting in. Soon, an argument broke out between the Aphrodite kids that had other campers looking at the cabin in confusion. Soon, the kids started pulling on each others' hair and smearing make up at the opposite team. Suddenly, the door opened. Everyone stopped what they were doing.
Standing in the doorway was Leo.
"Everyone, stop!" He said. "Can you tell me what the problem is ?" Leo had braved himself into stopping the commotion, which was a bad thing to do because he won't be able to get out of the situation until the Aphrodite kids are satisfied. Drew jumped at him. She sighed tragically.
"Oh, Leo," She said in a distressed voice. " It's bad. So bad!" Leo's eyebrows furrowed together. "Haylor isn't made for each other."
Leo frowned as he freed himself from the Asian's grasp. "Haylor ?"
Penelope scowled. "They are made for each other! Leo, you agree, right ?" Penelope looked at the Hephaestus kid and fluttered her eyelids. Leo gulped. Drew smiled sweetly at Leo.
"No, they aren't. Right, Leo?" Charmspeak was in progress. Leo snapped out of the trance and looked at the Aphrodite kids.
"Why don't we make this into a game show ?" He asked, coming up with ideas.
"Game show ?" echoed a male Aphrodite child. "How ?" As much as Leo loved being the center of attention at times, right now he couldn't handle the heat of their stares. Ironic, really. Leo licked his dry lips.
"What about we take couples and then ask the other campers to either agree or not on them? Then, we determine whether they are a couple or a muddle. Oh, to make things interesting, we could add a special moment where we compare two couples, one celebrity couple and one camp couple and see who wins," Leo said. His eyes flickered from a kid to another. He was sort of afraid of how they would take it.
"I like it," Lily said, smiling. Soon, all the Aphrodite kids were excited as they chatted with agreement of what they would do. Penelope hugged Leo.
"This idea is awesome, Leo," She said. Leo was speechless at the sight of a beautiful girl hugging him. Then, Penelope kissed his cheek. Double speechless.
"Uh..." He replied like an idiot.
Pavilion :
Soon, the whole pavilion was turned into a studio. The tables were decorated, a stage was set up. Leo was appointed the role of the host. He was quite content at being pampered with attention and had a few girls gushing at how he was a genius with coming up with this. Yes, Leo was now popular. The pavilion will be packed because the Roman demigods are doing a peace trip with the Greek demigods.
Annabeth and Percy walked into the pavilion for dinner. Suddenly, they were both ushered by an Aphrodite kid to sit at a few chairs set up on the stage with microphones in front of them. Not just that, near the microphone were two buzzers. One with the word 'Couple' on it and the other had the word, 'Muddle' on it. Annabeth instantly suspected the Aphrodite kids had done this.
Percy and Annabeth saw that all of the cabin counselors were on the stage. There was Jason, Nico, Piper, Clarisse and a lot of others were there. They all had puzzled looks on their faces. For once, Annabeth didn't know what was going on. Suddenly, some jazzy music started and Leo sauntered onto the stage with a microphone. The audience sitting at their tables somewhat clapped.
"Welcome to the show where we take celebrity couples and decide whether they are a real okay couple. Or just a big muddle. After that, we will take a couple from camp and see who prevails between the two," Leo started saying. The boy was wearing a dark brown suit and his hair was sort of brushed. He read from a small card he was holding. The applause from the Aphrodite kids were by far the loudest among them all.
"Our first celebrity couple is Harry Styles from One Direction and Taylor Swift aka Haylor," Leo said, charmingly. " Now, we will ask what two of counselors think about Haylor. Let's just hope that none of them have hay fever." No one laughed at his joke and Leo picked a random counselor out of the bunch to start the game. "Annabeth!"
Annabeth frowned. "What ?"
"What are your thoughts on Haylor ?"
"Why me ?" She asked, her grey eyes stormy. As much as she intimidated him, Leo gathered up his courage for the sake of the Aphrodite girls.
"Because I asked you. Now, answer!"
Annabeth bit her lip. She had read about Harry Styles and knew a bit about Taylor Swift. "Well," She started forming words in her head. "Harry is the flirt of the boy band. Taylor is a girl who can handle herself. They could work because they are sort of equal. They both have huge fan clubs. If they break up, Taylor would surely make a song, dedicated to Harry; about how their relationship couldn't work. Harry could easily fight back with producing a song in his upcoming album about Taylor."
Leo raised an eyebrow. To him, Annabeth had sounded like an Aphrodite kid and it was weird. " So, are they a couple or a muddle ?"
"A couple," Annabeth pressed the 'Couple' buzzer. "Because they are both equal."
"Okay, let's ask Piper. I'm sure she would love to tell her sisters about what they said." Piper's eyes widened. She ran a hand through her hair.
"Um," She frowned. Piper tried bringing her Aphrodite side into the light. "I think Haylor can't work because right now, their relationship is sort of a promo of both their careers. I mean, One Direction just released an album and are sort of at the top of their game. Taylor Swift already has a lot of awards and is looking for her next inspiration. It's more of a 'friends with benefits' kind of thing."
"So ?" Leo asked. Piper pressed the 'Muddle' buzzer.
"They are a muddle," She said. "Sorry Annabeth."
Annabeth shrugged. "It's fine. I'm not really rooting for them, anyway." Leo smiled at the crowd.
"So, we have heard two of the counselors' opinions. Under your chairs are two buzzers. The right one is 'Couple' and the left is 'Muddle'. Take your pick", Leo said. The demigods reached one of the buzzers under their chairs and picked what they thought about Haylor. Most of the campers didn't want to vote but if this thing was over sooner, the better.
Leo made an announcement. "Before we reveal whether Haylor is agreed to be made a couple or a muddle, we will take our first camp couple. It is Tratie aka Travis Stoll and Katie Gardner!"
There were some indignant cries from the crowd.
Travis groaned. "Why me ?" Katie glared at him.
"I told you," She started to say. "We are never, ever, ever going on a date together !" Travis frowned.
"You think I set this up ?" He asked, defending himself. Leo grinned and interrupted before it became a full blown out fight.
"So, Annabeth, elaborate on what you think about Tratie." Annabeth raised her hands up in a surrendering manner.
"Honestly, I don't know. If I voted, Travis and Katie aren't gonna be happy," She said. Piper reached over and pressed the 'Couple' button for her. Then, she pressed her own.
"I agree with them being a couple," Piper said. " They look good together."
"So, get voting and we will see who wins."
A/N:
I had this idea suddenly and immediately decided to write it down. It's different from what I usually do.
Anyway,
Haylor : Couple or muddle ?
Tratie : Couple or muddle ?
Between the two, who do you vote for to win ?
Haylor or Tratie ?
Voting format :
Haylor : M (example)
Tratie : C (example)
H VS T : T (example)