Alexxandre laid on her bed in Hermes cabin. She pulled her pillow over her head, trying to block out the noise.
Megan was dancing around the cabin. She'd been at it for a full ten minutes. "Alexxandre. Alexxandre! ALEXXANDRE! Wake up! Come on!" She paused and turned to her brother. "Oh well, I guess she's not coming down. Turn up the music Travis!" she yelled, resuming her random dancing.
Travis grinned and bent down. He cranked the volume up so loud, the whole camp must have heard it. Alexxandre groaned. "Turn it oooffffff."
"No way, it's a PARTAY!" Travis yelled as he and Connor ran out of the cabin yelling "Party in Hermes cabin!"
Alexxandre turned on Megan. "Turn off the music."
"You can't make me!" Megan said, sticking out her tongue. "Aw, come on, we're just having some fun!"
"Take your fun somewhere else." Alexxandre muttered.
"OKAY!" Megan squealed, scooting the radio a few inches to the left. She started dancing again.
Alexxandre threw her pillow at Megan. It hit her in the back of the head. "You are so annoying, Megan."
Megan laughed and threw the pillow back at Alexxandre. "No, I'm just not boring!" she exclaimed, returning to her random dancing.
Connor and Travis decided to split up. Connor took the east half of camp, and Travis took the west. Soon everyone was hanging out in Hermes cabin, indulging in the illegal cache of soda and popcorn. Alexxandre didn't like the crowd. She had to get some air. So she quietly snuck out without Megan seeing her. Success!
Alexxandre headed for the amphitheater. Why? She didn't have any idea. About halfway there, she heard a voice call her name. She ignored it.
"Alexxandre, wait up!" the voice called, closer. She still kept walking, until she came to an abrupt stop. That puddle hadn't been there a second ago, and there was no way she was going to step in it.
Alexxandre turned. "Oh, hello Reese. Did you call my name?" she said, sickly sweet, pretending not to have heard Reese the first time.
"Nice try." Reese smirked. "So, you don't like the Hermes kids? Don't worry, you just have to warm up to them."
"If I haven't warmed up to them in these past eleven months, I don't think I ever will." Alexxandre said. "I'll be going now." She spun and stalked off towards the climbing wall.
'Good luck with that.' Reese thought. 'She might be an Ares kid, with that attitude.' She made another puddle appear ahead of Alexxandre.
"What the HADES do you want from me?" Alexxandre yelled, stepping down right besides the puddle.
"I just want you to know I'm here if you want a friend." Reese said. She felt bad for Alexxandre, but she also thought the girl could be a tad more friendly sometimes.
"I don't WANT a friend. Leave me alone, will you?" Alexxandre yelled.
"Fine." Reese said, strolling back to Hermes cabin.
When Reese was out of earshot, Alexxandre muttered, "Gods, I hate this place." She simply stood for a moment, thinking, until a tear escaped her eye. Not bothering to brush it away, she ran. By the time she got to Thalia's Pine, tears were streaming down her face. She rested for a while, and she could hear her stomach grumble. No, she didn't want to go back to the camp. She wanted to leave.
So she did. She half expected to be unable to leave. Or to be attacked right when she stepped past the boundary. Or something. But all she felt was a tickly sensation that faded as she gained confidence and traveled further from the boundaries. Or perhaps it was just that she ignored it more. About 100 yards from the camp, she stopped. What was that? She listened. A voice. "ALEXXANDRE! Are you listening to me?"
Her heart was pounding. "Alexxandre, Alexxandre, it's okay. It's your father." Strange. After fifteen years he introduces himself like this? Creepy. Actually, it was very creepy. Alexxandre turned and ran.
She was still running hard when she got to the Mess Hall. She skidded to a halt and caught her breath before she went in. Still panting, she walked into the dining pavilion as calmly as she could. But she hurried too fast getting her food, and spilled French fries all over the Demeter table in the process. "Sorry…so…sorry."
Alexxandre dumped the rest of the fries in the braziers. "Whoever you are, CLAIM me! Please." She begged in her head.
Later, everyone had assembled for Capture the Flag. They were waiting for Chiron to give them the signal to begin playing, but he wasn't there. Alexxandre was avoiding eye contact with everyone. Megan was having a blast with her friend Naomi from Dionysus cabin. Clarisse and the other Ares kids were stretching. Aphrodite cabin was glamming up for the game.
Chiron finally showed up. He announced that a new camper had just arrived, and because medics were needed, Capture the Flag was cancelled. Some campers cheered (Aphrodite cabin), some groaned (the Ares kids), and others (the Stolls), ran straight for Hermes cabin, shedding armor as they fled.
"PARTAY!" Travis yelled.
Megan got to her cabin first. Today was great! Her random party was a success and now she was having a second one! She turned on the radio, and yayz! the song was 'Dynamite' by Taio Cruz, her favorite British male singer. "I hit the floor cause that's my plans, Plans, PLANS, PLANS!" she sang at the top of her lungs, joined by some Apollo's kids. Soon her party was raging again.
Jason walked up to Travis. "Hey man."
"What's up, dude?" Travis replied, punching Jason's shoulder. Jason put Travis in a headlock as fast as lightning.
"Not much, you?" Jason said, grinning.
As Travis was being choked, he was unable to answer. Connor came to his rescue, jumping on Jason and saying, "Party ROCKING!" Jason laughed and released Travis.
"Let's go party rock, guys!" Travis said.
They proceeded to turn up the music twice as loud, grab sodas, and find friends (and girls) to hang out with. A few latecomers walked in. One asked, "So…What's going on here?"
"We are PARTY ROCKING! What does it look like?" Jason, Connor and Travis said.
Some kid ran by, all hyped up on sugar. "sugar, Sugar, SUgar, SUGar, SUGAr, SUGAR, SUGARR!" he yelled.
Megan burst out laughing. "I love you random kid!" She yelled.
"Shut up everybody!" someone yelled. Everyone looked in the direction of the voice as silence fell. They listened to the song that was on for a second, then Megan yelled "TURN IT UP!" It was "Party Rock Anthem".
Jason turned up the volume as loud as it could go. Everyone started shuffling. When the song was over, Megan sat down, exhausted. Jason came up and offered her a can of Sprite. "Want some?"
"Sure" Megan replied, blushing slightly. He handed it to her, and then took a gulp of his own soda.
When he was finished chugging the carbonated sugar water, he laughed. "That was like my seventh one. LET'S PARTAY!" he yelled, rocking out on an air guitar.
Megan laughed, set her soda down, and jumped up. They ran around the room, randomly dancing up to people's faces and yelling randomness.