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Chapter 7: Twilight

"What are you reading?" asked a curious Jason, as he and Leo approached Piper. She was lying out on the deck with Hazel and Annabeth. They all had the same book in their hands, and they were nearly done.

"You have to promise not to laugh." replied Piper sincerely.

"Of course I won't! Don't worry!" Jason replied easily.

"Weeeell, back at Camp Half Blood, Miranda from the Demeter cabin told me about this book series that she had read, and how much she enjoyed it, so Annabeth and I grabbed a few copies for the trip. It's called... Well, it's called Twilight." To this, Leo burst out laughing, finding it ridiculously funny to see three intelligent girls reading some of the most unintelligent works of fiction ever. It took him a few minutes for him to calm down, and by then, all three girls were highly embarrassed.

"Well, it may not be well written, it's just so... so..." Annabeth couldn't describe it.

"So romantic!" supplied Hazel. All three girls sighed in harmony.

"But... but...," Leo sputtered, "But it's so trashy! Annabeth, do you really like this crap?"

"I'm a sucker for a good love story, I guess." Annabeth said with a shrug.

"Guys, we better get to lunch." Jason reminded them. All three girls sprang up form their seats, eager to get away from the confrontation. Leo pestered them the entire way there about their choice in books, and found out that Hazel preferred the classics, having grown up with them, Piper liked books involving magic or alternate dimensions of some sort, and Annabeth, to nobody's surprise, liked mysteries and non-fiction.

"Guys, guys, you will never believe what the girls were just reading!" Leo bounded up to Percy and Frank, who had just been practicing their swordsmanship skills.

"Knowing Annabeth, probably the dictionary." Percy joked with a smirk. Annabeth hit his arm playfully as she sat down at her place a the head of the table.

"Not quite, Seaweed Brain."

"Hmmn... The thesaurus?"

"Wrong, again!"

"Argh, I'll just tell you!" said Leo impatiently. "They were reading Twilight!"

"What? No way!" Annabeth rolled her eyes.

"Well, at least it's still more than 200 pages! When was the last time and of you read a long book?" Annabeth defended.

"Pshh, I read a manual last week!" answered Leo quickly.

"That doesn't count. It needs to be something of substance!"

"Did you seriously just call Twilight a book of substance? It's about a girl who can't decide which dude she likes better!"

"Oh, team Jacob all the way." cheered Annabeth.

"What? Edward is so much better!"

"So, Piper. It has come to this. I thought you were different, I really did!" exclaimed Annabeth somberly.

"Are you guys seriously going to argue about this?" asked Leo dryly. "And what about you Hazel, where do you stand on all of this?"

"Well, I'm in the middle. Both of the guys have merit, but it is really Bella's choice in the end, not mine, so I don't know."

"That is so diplomatic of you." Frank complimented her.

While all of this had been going on, Annabeth and Piper had been bickering in the background, each trying to prove to the other that they were right.

"Well, she chooses Edward in the end!" Annabeth's eyes filled with rage. Piper laughed nervously.

"Oops! Spoiler alert... Should've mentioned that before... I'm gonna go..." Piper backed out of the room sheepishly.

The day after, all conversation of the book Twilight was banned on the Argo 2, Coach Hedge hated hearing the 4 hours of bickering that happened that night. It was never brought up again.

So, in case you were wondering, I am team Edward. I tried to make the girl's choice in guys directly effect their preference in Twilight boys. I agree with Annabeth wholeheartedly other than that though, Twilight was very poorly written, but it has a good story line, so I am willing to look over the annoying angst of the entire thing for that reason. Anyway, reviews make Summer come faster!

xoxo, Alex 3