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Normal/Italics-Annabeth Bold-Percy

I was hyperventilating. I sure as hell didn't want Percy to be able to hear all my thoughts! Right back at you. Shut up Percy.

"Aphrodite can you please reverse this?" I pleaded making my eyes really big.

"OMIGODS! SELENA AND JUSTIN ARE FIGHTING! I HAVE TO GO HELP! TTYL!" and she vanished. It's good to know what she prioritizes. And she didn't even fix my face!

Why are Aphrodite chicks so hot? Like Drew…dayum. I felt a vein start throbbing in my forehead.

Percy, stop gawking at them and let's go to Chiron!

I'm not gawking…

Oh my bad. LEERING.

Let's just go.

We left the Aphrodite cabin and started walking towards the big house. Meanwhile I was getting annoyed by Percy's thoughts. There were so many random ones like: The grass is green. I see Annabeth who looks like she's going to kill someone. What's for breakfast? Apparently I could hear every subconscious thought he had. Well your thoughts aren't that interesting either! I resent that.

I knocked on the door and Chiron opened it.

He smiled and said, "What can I do for you?"

"Well we have a problem. Aphrodite sprayed us with some weird perfume and now Percy and I can hear each other's thoughts." And it's weird. And awkward.

Chiron, to my great surprise, started laughing!

What the heck?

I know right? Isn't this the part when he imparts some great ancient horse-dude advice?

Ancient horse-dude advice?

Yeah…

"Uh Chiron? Are you feeling okay?" I asked.

"Hahahahaha…don't worry about it. Aphrodite does this every hundred years or so. It gives everyone on Olympus something to laugh about."

Wait so we're just entertainment to the gods? I guess.

"Does this wear off?" Percy asked. He probably didn't want me to hear his perverted teenage guy thoughts.

Hey! I don't wanna hear your girly thoughts either!

What's that supposed to mean!

"Well there's only one way to break the spell."

"How?" we asked together desperate for a way to keep our minds private.

"I can't tell you."

WHAT THE HELL?

Language!

Go away!

I'm trying!

"What do you mean?" Percy asked, looking like he wanted to throttle Chiron.

"You must figure it out on your own. And if I tell you how, it won't work. Have a nice day." He closed the door. Jerk.

Maybe we should go to Grover?

Why?

Because satyrs have empathy links? Maybe he'll be able to tell us how to block off our minds?

Sounds like a plan. We set off towards to woods where we'd probably see Grover flirting with his girlfriend, Juniper. They made the cutest couple ever. Like, tree-huggers forever. We were walking past the sparring arena when I happened to catch sight of the new Apollo kid. And damn. That boy was smoking. Like he was so hot, he made the sun look cold.

COUGH Control your girly thoughts! I ignored that…whoa sweaty guy…6 pack…drool…I'm being mentally scarred here…I wonder what his name was. I guess I'd offer to give him a camp tour later, wink wink.

Annabeth!

What?

Stop being such a girl!

Excuse me? Like you weren't checking out every girl in Aphrodite's cabin!

What?...no that's different!

No it's not! I can check out whoever I want! You're not my boyfriend! Percy was quiet but I could feel emotions rolling off of him…regret? Longing? I ignored it and walked into the woods.

"GROVER!" I yelled, "COME OUT HERE, RIGHT NOW!" A disheveled Grover came stumbling towards us, covered in tree sap. Yes that's what dryads use as lip gloss. Weird.

"Yes?" he asked looking at us.

I explained the situation and asked if he could fix us.

"Well I can't block it out completely, but I can put a block between your minds so you don't hear every subconscious thought you have." He said thoughtfully. (A/n: see what I did there? THOUGHTfully? Ahaha..I'm not funny..)

"What do you mean?" Percy asked. Subconscious thoughts?

"Like when your mind picks up on stuff? Like noticing colors and stuff? I can block that out so that you guys don't go crazy hearing 'The sky is blue' all day."

"Thanks." I said. Percy did his guy-nod thing. I never understood how guys communicated like that.

It's not manly to hug.

I'm rolling my eyes. Do you want breakfast?

Sure.

We started off to go to the mess hall. OMIGODS! That guy from Apollo's there! (A/N: Yeah Annabeth's allowed to look at other guys. She's not like…totally Percy-obsessed). I wonder what his name is.

I'm rolling my eyes here.

He's so hot.

I don't really care…on the other hand whoa. It's Drew.

You're staring at her butt.

You're staring at that guy's butt too.

true. Ahh! He's coming over here! What do I say?

Hi?

Oh…good idea.

"Hey. You're new here right?" I smiled at him and he grinned back. Blond hair, blue eyes. Trademark Apollo look.

"Yeah I'm Matt." Matt's a stupid name. So is Perseus.

"Do you need help finding anything? Like your cabin or something?" I asked hoping I didn't sound stupid. Too late for that.

"Darn. I found it yesterday but I can pretend to forget for a pretty girl like you." He winked, I giggled, and Percy gagged.

Percy grabbed my hand and pulled me towards the Mess Hall, "See you later, Brat."

"It's Matt."

"Whatever."

You didn't need to be so mean!

Yeah I did! Did you see what he was doing to you?

What? He was just trying to be nice!

You don't understand how guy's brains work. I was protecting you.

Well obviously if his mind is anything like yours, I'll figure it out pretty quickly!

Don't try to compare me to that nitwit.

"UGH PERCY WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM!" I practically screamed in his face, both ouloud and in my mind. He winced.

"You know what?" he snapped, "Forget it."

"Fine. I will."

"Okay."

"Yeah." Then I dramatically stormed off. What's his problem anyways? He's always flirting with girls because he's the freaking hero of Olympus! And I talk to one guy who's not Chiron, Grover, or Nico and he freaks out on me! Grr! I heard that. Oh and this mind thing is not making things easier. Now nothing is private!

Hmm who has better legs Drew or Katie? Katie's taller but Drew has a better tan. Argh and I'm stuck listening to Percy rate girls left and right. I guess Katie has better legs but Drew's prettier. Maybe it's because she wears more makeup. *facepalm*