A/N: Hey guys~ I'm back! If you feel a bit too much POV changing, well sorry this story needs it. Thanks for the nice PMs and the reviews! They make me happy and my creative juice flows more! So…you know what to do :)
MPOV
Since the last issue with Annabeth, she hasn't talked to me much. For news she would just point at the big house, or make short, cold answers such as "see for yourself" or "ask Chiron". She wouldn't even look at me, talk about answering.
For me, I have been wondering how to break them up with a strategy worthy of Athena. It was pretty easy, actually, so it was surprising that I didn't think of it earlier.
My plan was to break them up with a bit of Aphrodite's help. This was probably the first time I'd ever ask help from the love goddess, but I figured out it shouldn't be too hard. According to Lady Athena, whom also disapproved of Annabeth's relationship, Aphrodite was down right crazy about the "Little couple", as she put it.
As I figured, all I have to do is talk to Silena and her siblings (and their mother), convince them to toy with the Percabeth thingy, and we'll have a nice fight going on soon.
The only part of the plan I wasn't letting on with them: That I was actually trying to destroy the two instead of toying with them only. If they knew I was going to ruin their favorite pair they would kill me first. Or, put a curse on my life and let me be a bachelor forever. Ugh. I hate love, but not that bad. I mainly just hate Percy Jackson.
So today, I went to ask the Aphrodite kids.
"Hey, Silena, I've got to, umm, ask you a favor."
"What?" They looked at each other. "Well…bring it on, I guess." Silena replied.
I looked around to see if other people was listening, then turn back to them. "You know about the Percabeth thing?"
"OHHH!" They squealed in delight. "That one!"
"The thing is, I need you guys to flirt with them a bit."
"Why? We won't help if you want to break them up." Silena said. "I mean, we would kill you first if we did. Then mom will kill us. How about she made me the ugliest woman on earth? Or worse, ban us from having relationships?" She shuddered; some of her siblings groaned.
But I had it all planned. "I noticed Annabeth feels Percy isn't minding her lately. So maybe you could let Percy realize that."
"Ok. We could, like, make Annabeth so jealous." Lillian, one of the cutest girl, said in a matter-of-fact tone.
"So…will you accept my request?"
They chattered among themselves, and then speak as one:
"DEAL!"
Today, we're going to talk about the plan. This probably was the first I even talked about l-v-o, I mean l-e-v, ahh you know what I mean.
As we settle down on the floor in the Aphrodite cabin, we started to discuss.
"Ok. How are we gonna lead Percy away? I mean, the two is like superglue!" One of them asked.
"Oh, isn't it obvious?" Silena rolled her eyes. "Ihad it all figured out the minute Malcolm told us about it."
Well, that was quick. "Then how?" I questioned.
"Malcolm, your job is to let us know where Annabeth is so we can bring Percy over there and let her see everything."
"Sure." The spy, I thought. I like that.
"Lillian, Evangeline, you two flirt with Percy every time you see him."
"Sweet!" They batted their eyelashes and high-fived.
"Heather, Ellen, you guys talk about something like Percy is totally cute, the way he smile, et cetera. And talk as loud as you can so Annabeth could hear it, okay?"
"Sure Silena. Heather, give me a notebook, we'll write down the nicest, most flattering comments."
She gave a few more commands and turned to me. "And Malcolm, you have to keep Lillian and Evangeline well informed of Annabeth's route or the plan wouldn't work."
"That's fine by me, but how am I going to inform them? I'm not gonna run around the camp, am I?" I asked, worried.
"Oh yeah! I almost forgot." She handed everyone in the plan a walkie talkie with stickers and pink stuff. I guess I was the only person who didn't like it, but I took it anyway and pocketed it.
As I looked at the Aphrodite girls at work, I feel a little guilty, breaking up Annabeth's relationship. But then I told myself, this is for Annabeth. For her own good.
If this is going to work, then it's worthy. And it will work.
Because if this doesn't, nothing will.
