DISCLAIMER: I don't own PJO, but I'd love to. I only own my characters.

The Auction part 1

I woke up at 7 am, once again with nightmare of Percy. Today was day of the auction. I quickly slipped on a white shirt and a tight grey miniskirt that ran down to my knees. I put on a pair of black 2 inch stilettos, that I wore only on special occasions. I hated heels and felt really comfortable in my converse.

I got on a bus and I reached the auction by 9 am. I saw Matt and Carly waiting for me.

"Hi Carly", I said, completely ignoring Matt.

"Hi Ann-", Carly replied but she was intercepted by Matt.

"You're late" Matt snorted.

"I got caught up in traffic" I replied with some distaste.

"I want you to know more about the auctioneers." Matt carried on while Carly stared at Matt, amazed at how he ignored our replies completely.

"Richardson inc. will sit in green chairs and Chase enterprises will sit in the grey ones." Standing on the stage, I saw that the chairs to my left were painted in green and the chairs to my right were painted in grey.

"The CEO of Richardson inc., Mr. James Richardson, will be joining us for the auction, though the CEO of Chase ent., Peter Roberts, will not. His assistant Ms. Sarah Smith will be present instead." he explained.

"He won't be coming?" Carly asked with a look of surprise on her face.

"No, he won't, isn't that what I just said" Matt replied .

"The aquarium is worth at least 20 BILLION dollars, and the CEO won't show up. I can't believe it." I growled.

"Yes" Matt replied nonchalantly, as if this happens every day.

'They have a really stupid CEO' I thought to myself.

"Carly, you will sit next to Mr. Richardson, and Annie, you will sit next to Ms. Smith."

Suddenly we heard the sound of a few cars stopping in front of the auction hall.

"They're here.

I saw a tall and slim brunette step out from a bright red Ferrari and start walking towards the stage. She was wearing a tight black blouse and a very short and slutty black miniskirt. She was wearing thick red lipstick. She walked up to us, swinging her hips so hard that I was sure that they would fall off before she reached us. Luckily they did not.

"Good Morning Ms. Smith, I am Matt, and this is Annabeth, the main architect behind this aquarium. She will be sitting with you during the auction." Matt introduced us.

"Good Morning" I said, stretching my hand out for a handshake. But she completely ignored it and walked on.

'The whole company is run by idiots' I thought to myself angrily, and sat down next to her without engaging any conversation.

I started looking around for Carly and saw that she was seated in the chair allotted to her. I tried to catch her attention but she was too engrossed in her phone, so I gave up.

I turned my head to Ms. Smith and started thinking about how long Ms. Smith's hips would stay with her. Then, a thought crossed my mind. I turned to Ms. Smith, who was sitting idle with an annoyed expression on her face, and asked her "Where is Mr. Roberts?"

She looked at me with the same annoyed look on her face. "It is none of your business" she retorted.

I felt my temper rise. "I would love to see my future boss" 'If he wins this auction' I didn't say the last part out.

"You needn't worry about that. He is usually out of his office and even I see him only once a month. So for most of the time, I will be your boss." She snapped.

'Oh Zeus, why did my boss have to be her?' I thought.

I was so engrossed in my conversation with Ms. Smith that I didn't notice that the other company had arrived. I tried to get a look at Mr. Richardson but I couldn't see him.

'Great, I got into an argument AND missed my chance to get a look at Mr. Richardson's face.'

Someone stepped on stage and started announcing, "Good morning ladies and gentlemen, I am Randy and I will be your host for this auction."

"Today we will be auctioning the blueprints and land for the new Aquarium. I kindly request the auctioneers, Mr. Richardson CEO of Richardson inc. and Ms. Smith, Mr. Roberts assistant, who will be representing the company in his absence, to step on the stage and shake hands to agree to the terms of agreement."

I saw Ms. Smith get up next to me and I saw a tall man with sandy blonde hair, stand up next to Carly. They both walked onto the stage and shook hands and turned around to look at the camera.

Mr. Richardson had blue eyes. I was getting a feeling that I had seen him somewhere, though I don't remember any meeting any James Richardson in my life. Funny...

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