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Benthesikyme's P.O.V.
Classes went along pretty well. During the curse of the day, I met a lot of demigods friends of Percy: in English, we were with Thalia, Juniper and Grover. Math had Travis, Will and Katie. In PE, I met Clarisse and Chris, as well (note to the side: what is with mortals and dodge ball?!)
Anyway, after Home Room (where I could get a little more intel on my protégés), Percy guide me to the cafeteria. I was overwhelmed by the amount of teens. Here's where the real drama begins...
"Hey, guys!" Percy greeted his friends. All of them were sit together, talking around and stopped when I walked closer "Guys, you remember Ariel?" he introduced, sitting down and placing Annabeth on his lap, who didn't put a fight. There were a bunch of demigods I haven't met yet:
A boy with curly hair and mischievous blue eyes was holding hands with a black haired girl with different color highlights, her eyes sparkly. Son of Hermes and Daughter of Hecate.
Then, a little Latin elf covered in... oil?! Son of Hephaestus, definitely.
The last one was a girl with choppy brown hair, cinnamon skin and kaleidoscope eyes. Daughter of Aphrodite.
"Ariel, these are my friends Piper, Leo, Lou-Ellen and Travis' younger brother, Connor" Annabeth introduced the missing ones, friendly.
"Hello!" I greeted, sitting down between Thalia and Lou-Ellen "So, you're all friends?" I asked, pulling out some disguised ambrosia and having a bite "Or I should be looking at couples?" I joked.
"Actually, I'm single" Will replied, shrugging, like it wasn't a big deal. Finally! A modest son of Apollo!
"Cool! We can be the third wheel together!" I proposed, pulling my hand out. He shook it, grinning.
"It's a deal, Depths" he agreed with me. I smiled at him.
"Out of the joke... who's dating who and where did you guys meet?" I asked, trying to sound curious.
"The last one is easy" Thalia replied "Kelp Head and me..." she pointed at Percy, who tried to smacked her, playfully (she avoid it, by the way) "... are cousins. We met the rest at Camp"
"Wait! Hold your records!" I made the stop sign "You're telling me that you..." I pointed at Percy "...and you..." now, it was Thalia "...are related?" I asked. The whole table nodded "You don't even look alike!" I complained.
"C'est la vie" Piper sighed.
"Beauty Queen, you're speaking French" Leo pointed at her. Piper smiled apologetically.
"Anyway..." Annabeth said "Juniper is dating Grover" both blushed a little "Connor and Lou-Ellen" Connor pulled her close, proudly "Chris and Clarisse" I tried not to look impress "...and, by some miracle I don't understand, Katie and Travis" she finished.
"Hey! I'm a miracle by itself!" Travis argued, making Katie facepalmed herself.
"If I question myself one more time, I'm gonna break up with him" she mumbled and Travis looked worry, making everyone laugh at him "I'm teasing you, Travs" she chuckled at him, pecking his cheek. He looked more relax after it.
"What about you, Piper? Leo? Thalia?" I asked around, curious.
"I don't date" Thalia replied.
"The ladies love me" Leo bragged, before Piper smacked him.
"Don't lie, Repair Boy" she scolded him "My boyfriend is in San Fransisco now" she explained.
"Thalia's baby brother, Jason" Percy pointed out. I nodded, looking around. These kids don't look like much, but they're more loyal to each other than the gods. I'm jealous. In that moment, a girl dress in short shorts, a shirt with too much cleavage and dye blond hair made her way to the table, shove Annabeth off Percy and sat on his lap.
"Hi, baby!" she greeted him. Percy wanted to murder her. I can tell. I looked around and everyone was making bets.
"Psst, Ariel!" Connor whispered at me "Who's blonde you support?"
"What kind of question is that?" I replied, baffle "Annabeth, of course!" he pouted.
"Now, who's gonna pay us when we win?" he complained. A scream made me look back: Annabeth had grabbed the other one's hair and was pulling her off Percy.
"Hands off my boyfriend!" she told her, setting her free.
"You mean hands off 'my' boyfriend!" the other one retorted. Her eyes were pink cloudy and I gasped and walked to Annabeth.
"Annabeth, who are you screaming at?" I asked, concern. Both blondes looked baffle at me "Hey, Perce, who's Annabeth talking to?" I asked him. Percy gave me a puzzled look, but Annabeth was smarter.
"I-I snapped, I'm sorry" she acted to me. I placed a hand in her forehead, like checking her temperature.
"Hm... Perce, I think Annabeth needs a kiss-it-better" I winked at him and he got me. Finally! Now I know why people called him the way they called him! He walked to us and smirked before giving his girlfriend a sweet kiss. I looked at the rest of the cafeteria "Alright, people! The show is over! Back to lunch or class, whatever!" I screamed and everyone went back to their business. I sat down with the demigods, who were looking strangely at me "What?" I asked "Can you not stare? It's creepy..."
"We're impress..." Katie admitted.
"I figured she wanted attention, so..." I reasoned.
"Of course..." Piper said "Why didn't I think of that!?"
"Cause you were ready to launch to Ashlyn, Beauty Queen" Leo replied. Piper glared at him "OK, I'll shut up"
"Welcome to the club 'We Hate Ashlyn Jenkins & Her Minions'" Travis motioned.
"Don't tell me she tried to mess with all of you" I winced. Everyone nodded "Oh, well..." I shrugged. I glanced at Percy and Annabeth, who were walking out the cafeteria, smiling. I also glanced at Ashlyn, glaring at me. I smirked at her. Bring it on, Aphrodite. Bring it on...
R&R or else... I'm kidding! Don't worry, the rest of the Seven will join soon...
