February 14th. Valentine's Day.
"Morning, beautiful," Annabeth Chase woke up to the lovely voice of her boyfriend, Percy Jackson.
"Percy?" She asked, half asleep, opening her eyes slowly. She smiled, "What are you doing in my cabin?"
Percy laughed, "I thought your memory was better, daughter of Athena." When she frowned, he explained, "You fell asleep here, yesterday. We're in my cabin, Wise Girl."
She giggled, "Oh." Then she frowned again, "OH! OH! OH! OH! I have to get back to the Athena cabin!"
It was his turn to frown, "Why?"
She smiled a little, "Once a Seaweed Brain, always a Seaweed Brain", her smile faded, "What will my brothers think? I need to go before they wake up!"
They heard a bang on the door, then the voice of a girl outside of the Poseidon cabin, "Annabeth! Sorry to ruin your fun, but we need to get to breakfast!"
"I think it's a little late for that," Percy grinned. He sighed and went to the door, putting on a gray shirt that was on his table on the way there. He opened it to find a green eyed daughter of Athena in front of him. Why she had green eyes and not gray? Long story.
"Oh, hey Percy!" The girl said as she saw him.
He yawned, "Thanks for ruining my sleep, Julie."
She grinned sheepishly, "Sorry. The cabin wants to get to breakfast, and I was voted off to get Annabeth. Always fun being young...", she muttered.
"Nah, it's okay. We were both awake. She'll be right there k?"
Julie nodded, but before she could leave, Annabeth said, "And no, we didn't do what you think we did!"
Julie just laughed and walked away, passing by one angry Demeter girl, with gorgeous dark green eyes, and wavy brown hair.
"STOLL!" the name echoded through the whole camp. Campers turned to look at a very pissed Katie Gardner, walking to the Hermes cabin, only to find a pleased Travis Stoll waiting for her.
"Why, hello there, Katie dearest," he said, smiling.
"Clean it up Travis! Now!" she yelled.
"Clean what up?" He asked, innocently, looking at the Demeter cabin. It was painted hot pink, with big hearts all over the place. Their grass roof was also pink, though how they did that, Katie was not sure. The tomato vines that were usually decorating the cabin, were replaced by fake diamonds. It looked more like Aphrodite's place. Katie had to admit they did a pretty good job messing up her cabin, but she would never, ever, under any circumstance, say that to him.
"If this is not cleaned up by tomorrow, you are dead, Stoll," she warned, and walked away.
"Happy Valentine's Day to you too, Gardner!" he teased.
She glared at him and bumped into a beautiful girl with chocolate brown hair, cut choppy and uneven, kaleidoscope eyes, and wore a snowboarding jacket over her orange camp t-shirt.
"Hi Katie!" she greeted, but immediately saw her anger, "What did he do this time?"
She pointed at cabin four, "That is what he did! It looks worse than the Aphrodite cabin! Oh, no offense, Piper."
The Aphrodite darling just smiled, "None taken, trust me." She opened her mouth to say something, but closed right away.
"What?" Katie asked.
"You'll probably hate me after this but, it's worth a shot," Piper said, "You know, I'm not usually one of those couple-obsessed Aphrodite girls, much to the contrary. But you and Travis would make one heck of a couple," she grinned.
"WHAT?" Katie yelled.
"Oops," Piper looked at her watch, "Look at the time. Gotta run. Later Katie!" As soon as Katie was out of earshot, she muttered, "Oh, they would be so cute."
What she wasn't expecting was another voice, whispering in her ear, "Who?"
She jumped, "AH!" and turned around, only to find a handsome blonde boy, with gorgeous bright blue eyes. "Oh, Jason."
"Did I scare you?" The son of Jupiter asked. Piper nodded. "Good," he smiled.
"What are you even doing here?" She asked.
"I could ask you the same thing,"
She smiled, "Just taking a walk, going the long way to breakfast." She raised an eyebrow, "Your turn."
"Who said I was playing this game?" He questioned and she hit him playfully. He smiled, "Fine, fine. Well, I saw you coming this way, lost in thought, and wanted to scare ya."
"Stalker!" She joked. "So, how are your memories?"
"Got them all back already."
"Good. That's great." She wanted to get more information out of him about... her, "How was Valentine's Day at the Roman camp?"
He smiled, "People there weren't really into Valentine's Day, except for the Venus kids, but Rey-" he stopped himself, "Oh look, Thalia's already waiting. Catch you later Pipes!" And ran off to the Zeus table.
Piper sighed, she wished he would just tell her about this Reyna girl. But no worries, she said to herself, she would find out.
Jason sat down at his table and put his hands to his face.
"What's wrong, lil bro?" said a voice beside him.
"Girls. Girls are what's wrong, Thals."
"What? Can't get a girl to be your Valentine?" Thalia grinned, "Come on, tell me."
He sighed, "Reyna. Reyna Hackett. She wasn't really my girlfriend. One of my best friends. But she had this crush on me, and I think I was starting to feel something for her. I remember last thing I told her was that I had to tell her something important in the morning, and then I gave her a kiss. Just a small peck. But the next morning, I woke up next to Piper on the bus. And since then, I've been crazy for her. But I don't want Piper, or Reyna, to get hurt. I love them both, even though I think I love Reyna more like a best friend. But still, I gave her expectations. She was probably thinking I was going to ask her to be my girlfriend, which I was. When I go back, I can't just say 'Hey Reyna! Remember what I was going to tell you before I went missing? Yeah, well, forget it, cause now I'm with Piper,' but at the same time, I can't leave Piper and go back to Reyna. I love her too much."
Thalia smiled sympathetically, "I'm not too fond of the goddess, but I think you should have a talk with Piper's mom."
"Say whaaaaat?"
"Jason. You know you have to do this."
"Fine, fine." he grumbled, "How do I contact her?"
Thalia just smiled, "Oh, I think you know how." She stood up, "Well, I'm going to the arena. Good luck."
Jason stood up and scraped part of his meal in the bonfire, "Aphrodite" he thought.
"Helloooooo!" said a voice inside Jason's head. He was expecting something, alright, but not a crazy voice inside his head! "I heard that!" the voice said again.
"Oh, sorry."
"So, Jason Grace, you need my help?"
"Yes, Aphrodite."
"I must say, your love problems make things so much interesting!" Aphrodite said in his head, "Anyway, I think you already know what you must do."
"I do?"
"Yes. Don't be like an Athena kid. Don't overthink it. Follow your heart. Follow your heart, Jason Grace."
"I don't wanna hurt her!"
"Follow your heart," Aphrodite whispered before disappearing from his mind. He sat down on his table and drifted away in thoughts.
What brought him back to the real world was a voice beside him, "Hey man, have you seen Thalia?"
He turned around to face Nico di Angelo, who was surprisingly happy on this day, "Uh, she went to the Arena."
"Okay, thanks!" He ran out of the Mess Hall, straight for the Arena. He was dying to see her. He was in the Underworld, helping his dad, when he heard that she had quit the Hunters and come back to camp. He came back one day after she did, but still hadn't had the chance to talk to her in private, "Thalia!" he yelled when he saw her.
"Oh, hi Nico," she blushed and looked down. Blushing? Really Thalia? What did Aphrodite do to you? she thought to herself.
"What's up?"
"... the sky."
"Hm, that's nice."
She raised an eyebrow, "That's nice? You came all the way here, to ask me what was up and say that was nice?"
"Sorry," he mumbled, "Can I ask you a question?"
"Sure."
"Why did you quit the Hunt?"
Thalia couldn't say this caught her by surprise. She was expecting to hear that question from him. She had thought about it, but she wasn't prepared, so naturally, she lied, "It was ... getting ... boring ... "
"Oh."
She quickly changed the subject, "Wanna train?"
He shrugged, "If you don't mind losing."
She grinned, "In your dreams Ghost Face."
"Bring it on, Shockey." They were so engaged in their match, they didn't even notice a sad red-head walking past the Arena.
"I can't do this. I just, can't. No. No. No. Why me, Aphrodite? Why?" She whispered to herself, quietly. She sat on a bench and watched the campers going back to their cabins. She was Rachel Elizabeth Dare, she was the Oracle, she couldn't date, could she? At least that was what Apollo had told her. And she wasn't gonna go breaking the rules with his son. Not that he would even think about it, in the first place. He was William Solace. Son of Apollo, extremely nice, good fighter, not to mention, a total hottie. He could have any girl he wanted. Why would he ever choose the Oracle? Little did she know, that sitting on his bunk, Will Solace was thinking the same thing.
"Cheer up, Will," a young Apollo camper sat next to him.
"I can't, Andrea, I'm in love," he stated simply.
"Ooooh, Will Solace? In love?" Andrea's brother mocked him.
"Shut up, Henry," she scolded him, "Will, come on, this is Valentine's Day. Don't be afraid to love."
"She's the Oracle."
"Oh, Rachel. But, who says she can't date?"
"Dad."
"Well, no offense to him, of course, but I think that's total bs. I mean, from what you guys told me, wasn't Luke's mom dating Hermes or something? They even had a kid, so it's not even saying the Oracle had to be a virgin."
"That's ... different."
"How?" He stayed quiet, and she added, "Face it Will, the only person stopping you, is yourself."
"Never thought I'd be getting dating advice from a 13 year old..." he muttered
She grinned, "Well, looks like 13 year olds know more than you do."
There was a knock on the door, "Come in..." Will said, sadly.
A son of Hermes came in, "What's up with him?" he asked when he saw Will.
"Love," Andrea said, "What do you want, Connor?"
"Where's Kayla?" he asked desperately, and added when he saw the look on Andrea's twin's face, "And don't even think about making a funny comment, Henry."
"Things must be pretty serious for you not to want to hear a funny comment, Connor Stoll."
He rolled his eyes, "Just tell me where she is."
"She's in the woods."
"K, thanks." he yelled as he ran out of the cabin and into the woods.
"I like him, Juniper!" Kayla Smith, daughter of Apollo, told a certain tree nymph.
"Well, wait, Grover, could you kiss me later, I'm trying to help the girl," Juniper told her loving boyfriend, Grover Underwood.
"Bah. I thought I would please you on Valentine's Day," said the satyr.
"Aw honey, I appreciate, but I'm trying to help Kayla here," she said, giving him a kiss.
Kayla rolled her eyes, "Uh, get a room you two... No, scratch that, get a room AFTER I finish talking to Juniper."
Juniper smiled, "All you have to do is tell him how you feel."
"He's a player!" Kayla cried, "He flirts with every girl!"
"Kayla!" Connor Stoll came running when he saw her, "Finally found y- Oh, am I interrupting something?"
"Yes!" Kayla said at the same time Juniper yelled, "No!"
"Bah!" screamed Grover.
"Uh, I'll talk to you later, than." Connor started,
"No, no, no. I was just finished talking to Kayla." Juniper explaied.
"What? But I need your help, Juniper!" Kayla exclaimed.
"You know what you have to do Kayla. Go take a walk you two."
Connor and Kayla began walking around the woods, "So what did you wanna tell me, Connor?"
"So, uh, we... we've been friends for a while now, and I uh... I'm starting to feel like it's... What I'm trying to say is... I kinda ... like you."
She stopped dead in her tracks, "Really?" she raised an eyebrow.
He nodded, "Yes, Kay, really."
"What about Violet, from the Dionysus cabin? Or Miranda Gardiner, from Demeter? And Nyssa, from Hephaestus? I also heard you were flirting with Amber, from Hebe. And Megan, from Athena. What about Drew, Aisha & Alana, the Aphrodite sluts?"
Connor's eyes widened, "It's not what-"
"It's not what I think? Wasn't that the same thing you said to your ex-girlfriend, Ashley, when she caught you cheating on her with Sierra?" Connor opened his mouth to say something but Kayla beat him to it, "That's right, Connor. You're a jerk. You're just a player. And to think I actually liked you." She ran away, leaving a dumbfounded Connor alone.
She ran and ran, not even minding the stares she was getting from campers, blinded by the tears in her eyes, until she bumped into Leo Valdez.
"Kayla! I was looking for you, can you help me with something?" He asked.
"Not right now, Leo, sorry." And with that she continued running.
He sighed, but he saw Jason, "Hey Jason! Can you help me?"
"Sorry man, I'm busy."
"Drew!" he yelled to the Aphrodite girl,
"Good bye, fire boy."
"Hey Pipes!" he said when he saw her,
"Can't talk now Leo, later."
"Nyssa, would you mind help-" he tried again,
"Sorry Leo, I gotta see Malcolm," she explained.
He sighed again. Everyone was so caught up in their Valentine's Day plans, they didn't even have time for him. And just what was he supposed to do now? He needed help!
"Um, hi. I heard you needed some kind of help?" said a quiet voice behind him.
He turned around to face Miranda Gardiner, "Oh, hi Miranda, thanks."
"So... what do you need help on?" the shy girl asked,
"Getting Thalia."
Her face fell a little, "Oh."
"Will you help me?" he asked, not realizing it.
"Um... sure," she said, just as an Ares girl walked by, furious,
"Out of my way, punk!" Clarisse LaRue yelled, pushing through all the campers.
"OW! WATCH IT CLARISSE!" yelled Drew, from the Aphrodite cabin.
"What did you say, punk?" She questioned,
"I told you to watch it! What makes you think you can go pushing through people like that?"
"I got problems, alright? And everyone should know not to get in my way!"
"Yeah? Well I got problems of my own, and you don't see me pushing people around like that!"
"Don't act like you're so much better, Drew! We all know you're just a snob, who LOVES to tell people what to do!"
Drew sighed, "Can we talk?", she looked at the campers who had gatheres around to watch the fight, "Somewhere more... private?"
Clarisse narrowed her eyes, "Sure." They went to the arena, "Spill."
"Look, I'm sorry okay? I'm just really nervous."
"Why are you telling me this?"
"Cause you can help me?"
She raised an eyebrow, "How?"
Drew sighed, "I like Jake Mason, alright? And he's all buff, and strong, and ... manly. I want you to help me get his attention."
Clarisse snorted, "You're the Aphrodite girl, here! I'm an Ares kid. Love is really not my thing."
"Exactly!" Drew said like it should be obvious, "You act rather manly too. No offense."
"None taken."
"You could help me be like you!"
"And just what do I get with that?"
Drew smirked, "We all know you're pissed because Chris seemed to forget about Valentine's Day."
Clarisse's jaw dropped, "Am not!"
"Yes you are Clarisse. As much as you want to deny it, even you like a little romance at times."
The Ares girl sighed, "My birthday, our anniversary, and Valentine's Day are important things!"
"I know that. And I can help you, er, him."
She thought about it for a moment, "Deal."
In Olympus,
"Ah..." A beautiful goddess swayed in the throne room, "My favorite time of the year!"
Athena looked up from her book and raised an eyebrow, "What? Dress-up day?"
Artemis giggled and gave her half-sister a high five.
"Valentine's Day, duh." Aphrodite stated happily, "Aw the loving couples that will get together today! Especially at a certain camp! It's only noon and already 10 people have come looking from me, just from Camp Half-Blood."
"You will most certainly not put any magic love potions or whatever it is you use on the kids at Camp Half-Blood. Especially not my kids," Zeus scolded.
"Of course not! Valentine's Day is a day for the purest kind of love. It's when true love gets together. I won't make them fall in love, they do that without my help. If they ask for my guidance, I'll just simply give them advice."
Apollo got up from his throne, "Since it's Valentine's Day, I think I'll go to the mortal world and help those lonely ladies feel better," he smirked.
Artemis groaned, "Uh, ew Apollo."
"Well I agree with him." Hermes stated.
"Oh, you too? No wonder both of your cabins are always full." Demeter mused.
"Hey! We're creating our future heroes!" Apollo and Hermes said at the exact same time, and grinned. All the gods thought they should have been the twins.
This was originally a one-shot, but then I added more pairings and stuff, so it'll be a very long two-shots. BUT, the second part will only be up tomorrow.
I know this wasn't that good, but I like the first half ... the part I did before I went to school. I still think it turned out pretty ok, overall. But please, tell me what you guys thought, so I can work on my writing and improve it.
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY, guys!
P.S. Don't forget to watch out for Part Two tomorrow!
