Forever Young
A Greek Mythology Fanfiction
Modern Era
Love is a Miracle
Aphrodite
I sat at our lunch table with the natural grace many coveted, but few possessed. A few minutes later, my friends began to show up at what has been our lunch table for the 4 years we've been at secondary school. We all became friends in year seven, but many thought our conflicting personalities would spell the end of our friendship before it had started, however they were quickly proven wrong. My tall, tan boyfriend, Ares, slides into the seat next to me and flashes his signature cocky grin. Ares is tall, 6"5, and well tanned. He has short-ish black hair, which goes well with his bright green eyes. He's strong and muscled, but with his hot-headed, arrogant personality people write him off, without seeing all the fierce, protective good in him that I'd come to appreciate.
"So, babe, what you think about the Odysseus/Penelope drama?" He asks me with a heart melting smile.
"What do you mean?" I ask, puzzled.
"Goddess of Love, you're slipping!" One of my best friends, Artemis, says with a teasing grin. She is tall, with bobbed black hair, golden skin and silver eyes.
"Dionysus, I told you to pick up the banana peel you dropped! Now Aphrodite's slipped on it!" Artemis' identical twin, Apollo, says in mock chastisement. He looks exactly like Artemis, tall, tan and with short black hair, except he has golden eyes instead of silver ones.
"I know, Apollo. I need help. I just don't know what possessed me to leave it there. Aphrodite, ma cherie, are you hurt? Can you possible forgive me?" Dionysus says in equally mock regret, clasping his hands as though begging.
"I'm sure she can forgive whatever it is you've done now, unless she can't, of course." Hermes, our smaller, blonde friend says, jogging up to the table with a grin in his blue-green eyes. Hermes spends all his time outside and loves sport.
"Dionysus, what have you done now?" Hephaestus asks, smiling. He has dark skin and short dark brown hair, with deep blue eyes. He's just and tall as Ares, and a quiet but caring person. He flops down in his seat and glances round expectantly. "So? What did he do?"
"He left a banana peel that Aphrodite slipped on!" Apollo says laughing hysterically.
"I said she was slipping, not that she'd actually slipped on something!" Artemis cried in exasperation.
Lastly, Odysseus heads to our table, looking pensive and slightly hopeful.
"I forgive you, Dionysus!" I laugh happily. Dionysus grins and throws a grape into his mouth. "Odysseus, what happened between you and Penny? They won't tell me."
Odysseus glances up, looking momentarily sad, before becoming pensive again. "We broke up." He states simply.
"What! It took me ages to get you together! Ugh!" I cry in frustration.
"Babe, I'm sure you can find him someone else." Ares grins, throwing an arm around my shoulders consolingly.
"No. It's fine." Odysseus sighs.
"No, it's not fine – There's already someone else you like isn't there?" I exclaim, knowing I'm right.
"No…" Odysseus mumbles tellingly.
"Odysseus, you minx!" Dionysus cries.
"That's a saying for girls, dumbass!" Apollo laughs at his friend's antics.
"He's being gender neutral, which is more than you are!" Artemis exclaims in disbelief. To say Artemis is a bit of a feminist is an understatement. A huge one.
"We are not getting off topic here! Odysseus, who is she? I can work my magic!" I proclaim, wiggling my manicured fingers at him.
"She hates me. It's no use. Forget it. I'll die alone." Odysseus mopes pathetically. As he says this, a new girl walks into the canteen, and she is beautiful. Shoulder length black curls, creamy skin, tall and slender, with red lips and startling grey eyes. Odysseus' eyes follow her, and when she catches him, I expect her to smile. Instead Odysseus receives the coldest glare I've seen in my entire life.
"Whoa, dude, what did you do to piss her off?" Ares whistles.
"I may have accidentally insulted her intelligence. Which was a mistake. Because she's easily smarter than me." Odysseus confesses.
"Well, that's ok." I say reassuringly.
"It's is? It didn't seem it." Odysseus says, hopeful once more.
"I like a challenge." I reply with determination in my voice. I set my sights on this new girl, Athena, and get ready to aim my Cupid's arrow at her.