Prompt 1: Fraternize
"What are you doing, fraternizing with those Hephaestus boys anyway?"
"Come on, don't fraternize with people who'll never be good enough for you."
"Pretty, pretty Silena fraternizing with those gross boys. Have you lost your mind?"
Silena shot to her feet and glared at her giggling, teasing siblings.
"Glad you learned a new word," she said cooly. "I'm impressed."
Drew rolled her eyes. Jessica giggled dramatically. Courtney clapped in mock applause.
"Really, Silena," Jessica said, lowering her voice conspiratorially. "What do you see in him?"
Everything, Silena thought. Strength. Will. Determination. Courage. A good heart. Everything that she admired.
Of course, she wouldn't waste her time trying to explain it to her siblings.
"You wouldn't understand," she sighed. "There's much more to him than just his looks."
At which, a room full of Aphrodite girls stared at Silena in disbelief. Calmly, Silena got up and exited through the open door.
Later that day, as Charles took both of Silena's hands and dragged her to look at one of his new projects in the forges, Silena could not help feeling like the luckiest girl on earth. Charlie just had that effect on her. With his smile, she felt special and loved, someone worth hanging on to.
A total opposite to what she felt with her siblings.
Yes, Silena thought. She would fraternize with this gorgeous, talented son of Hephaestus. And no one, not her siblings, not anyone, was going to stop her.
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