Drew

It was just after dinner and we were all heading to the campfire, I headed towards the Aphrodite cabin like usual. Piper caught up to me and took my arm. " hey, why don't you come to the campfire, you never come."

" I never liked them, and besides, I need my beauty sleep" always the same excuse.

" C'mon just this once?" she asked. " what part of no don't you understand!" I snapped at her. She looked like she wanted to argue, but just let it go. She sighed " if you say so" and she headed back to the amphitheater.

I walked into the Aphrodite cabin and to my bed. I made sure no-one was around before I took out a small chest from under my bed. Sneaking out of the cabin I ran to the woods. After a few minutes of walking I came to a small clearing with a little pond. I sat down on the banks and set down the chest. I took a necklace from around my neck, on it was a small charm and a key. I took the key and put it into the lock on the chest. Inside were a few items: a picture, a letter and a torn drawing. I took out the picture and looked down at it. It was of an Asian man in his late twenties, with longish black hair and brown eyes, holding on to the man's hand was a small girl of about five years old wearing a pink dress. I felt a tear escape my eye.

" I miss you daddy" I whispered as the tears came more freely. He had gone back to Tokyo to get a better job. While he was there he got into a car crash, he died the next day. I was nine. I was then sent to an orphanage where I was bullied by some of the neighborhood kids. Always teasing me about being an orphan, saying that my parents never wanted me, that wasn't the first time, no I had already been bullied by kids at my old school for not having a mom, I was seven when it started. Daddy always told me not to listen to them, but after he died I had no-ne to comfort me. The lady who ran the orphanage was mean and cruel. Everytime she saw me getting teased she acted like it never happened. When I was 14 a satyr found me and brought me to camp and was claimed by Aphrodite, that is when I became what I am today. I told myself I would never show any weakness, I became heartless and mean, but deep down I was all alone. All I ever wanted was a friend.

I then pulled out the letter. It was from my father a day before he died, I received it a week after the funeral. It read dear Deedee, it's wonderful over here. I talked to that business man I told you about, I got the job! And soon we will have think money so I can fly you over here and we can be a family with a better home, it will be a couple weeks before I can afford the plane ticket, but just know that I love you so much. And I will see you soon. Love, daddy. I cried for nearly a week after.

Next was the drawing. It was torn in two, taped together. I drew it when I was eight, it was a drawing of my mom, dad and me all being a family. One of the older kids in my school had made fun of it saying you don't have a mom, so they tore it in half cutting the drawing of my mom off of the rest. When I had gotten home I cried to my dad, he told me not to worry and he would fix it. Together we taped it together all while he told me stories of my mother, he told me how she was the most beautiful woman in the world, and how they fell in love, but she had to leave across seas to Europe where she lived, he never heard from her again. When I found out she was a goddess I hated her. She could have visited, or at least called, she told me she couldn't. That only made me more angry, she can hookup and have sex with anyone, but she can't say hi to her daughter. I have forgiven her somewhat because she is my mom, but I still hold a little resentment towards her for leaving.

As I cried I heard a twig snap, I immediately wiped my tears and stuffed everything back into the chest. I stood up clutching the chest. "w-who's there? "

"drew?" a voice said. I spun around and gasped, standing there with a look of confusion and concern was none other than my crush, Percy Jackson.

Percy

I was slowly walking towards the campfire with Jason, I was telling him about how him and Piper were doing. He looked at me sadly and told me they were fine. I sighed thinking about Annabeth again. You see, after the giant war Annabeth had to go on a quest with Clarisse to scout out a remaining monster camp, she was stabbed and poisoned, we were just too late to save her, she died in my arms. She had told me to move on, but I don't think I ever could. Unless... No that wouldn't happen. I was broken from my thoughts when I saw someone running into the woods. I told Jason I would be right back. " don't worry I'll save you a seat" he said.

I followed the person through the woods to a little pond, where they sat down on the edge. I realized it was a girl. She set down what she was carrying and pulled out a key on her necklace. She unlocked the chest and pulled out a picture. I could just make out what she said. " I miss you daddy"

I could see she had started to cry. She pulled out what looked like a letter. After she had read it she pulled out a beat up drawing, I couldn't see what it was but it must have had a lot of meaning to her. She started crying harder. I stepped back to give her some privacy. But with my luck I happened to step on a twig. She snapped her head up, locking the chest back up. She stood up and that's when I realized it was Drew.

"w-who's there? " she asked. I stepped out into the clearing"Drew?"

Drew

"W-what are y-you doing here?" I asked.

"I saw you run into the woods so I followed to see who it was. Are you okay? " he asked.

I don't know what it was, maybe I just needed comfort but I rushed towards him and hugged him crying into his chest. He wrapped his arms around me and asked me" what's wrong? " I don't know why but I told him everything from my being bullied to my father's death, to why I acted like a bit*h all the time. After I was done he just held me and let me cry into his chest. I looked up at him and said" I love you" and then I kissed him.