Artemis Pov
It's been a year since I've met and saw Johnny in person. We've kept in touch by me IMing him (I don't want anyone to know I have a mortal friend for both our safeties.) and it's been fun talking to him about just normal things. After awhile though I gave Johnny something like Riddles's diary from that Harry Potter movie Apollo dragged me to (one of his best ideas) only I have one too. That way we can communicate without worrying about people seeing us IM.
Presently, I'm at the summer solstice meeting and it's proving to be quite the yelling match. Athena and Poseidon are arguing about Athens for like the millionth time and are at a stalemate. Demeter is telling Hades to eat more cereal and he's lucky Demeter hasn't realized he's wearing earplugs. Aphrodite is looking at herself and Ares and poor Hephaestus fight over her again. Hera was yelling at Zeus for seeing another mortal woman (the cow hasn't yelled at me and Apollo because of our skiing trip in the Rockies over the past week) or was it the same one twice? The rest of us are just doing our own thing and watching all the fighting. I'm writing to Johnny because he's just as bored in some classroom.
(Artemis, Johnny)
Has Demeter seen the earplugs yet? She's been yelling at the guy for six hours and she doesn't think it's weird he hasn't responded?
That goddess could argue through the end of the world and not notice that. Same goes for all of us. That's got to hurt.
What?
Athena just threw an encyclopedia at Poseidon's head and knocked him out cold.
How could he not see that coming? One of those books is how big?
No, he saw it, he just dove the wrong way.
Wow.
What?
I over estimated his IQ.
I don't know why I laughed, it wasn't even that funny, but I did. Suddenly, all arguing ended and all heads turned to stare at me open mouthed. I stopped laughing "What? Why are you all staring at me?"
Hermes, the bravest or stupidest one in the room depending on how you look at it, spoke up. "You laughed." He said it like me laughing was some kind of achievement or mile stone. Knowing me, I took that as an insult.
"So! I've laughed before just not in front of most of you."
Apollo looked at me. "Usually only when I'm in pain or when guys do stupid things. Clearly, I'm pain free so what the Hades happened to someone?"
I bit my lip. There was no way I was going to tell them about my mortal friendship. Instead I shrugged it off. "Some males are reenacting the dumb ways to die app. They just did the moose one." That wasn't a total because that happened ten minutes ago. Still, Apollo knew I was lying with his natural lie detector.
I left the minute it ended to continue the conversation with Johnny via IMing and avoid questions from a certain brother.
I know it's super short but I'm in my first year of high school. Also, this story won't be too long. Probably six-seven chapters but it'll lead up to something.