Spread throughout the large room were three smaller areas. Each housed one demigod, presents, and an abundance of wrapping paper.
The first was Annabeth's working space. It was neat and organized, with all the gifts in a line and the assortment of paper in piles according to its type. The presents were wrapped with an immense neatness while also just being plain. They were just wrapped in the paper, nothing else.
To her left was Piper's area. It was far less neat and tidy. All the paper was just throw askew when it was no longer needed, and bits of ribbon lay everywhere. On the other hand, her wrapped presents were extravagant. They had fancy paper, curly ribbons, and large bows.
The third area belonged to Reyna, Praetor of New Rome. With such title, you'd think this task would be easy for her, but wrapping Christmas presents was apparently not in her repertoire. Her area was not messy. In fact, it was almost as organized as Annabeth's, but she had just one problem: she had no idea how to use the paper that was sitting in front of her. All the presents that she wrapped already were a mess of paper and tape with one of those bows that you just stick on top.
She heard two pairs of footsteps walk up behind her. "Hey, Rey. How's it- woah." Piper had just noticed the wrapping job her friend had done. She attempted, and failed, to hold in her laughs, only to be whacked in the arm by the blonde standing next to her.
"You're hilarious, Pipes, really," Reyna said sarcastically.
"At least the paper only stays on for about like two seconds." Piper couldn't control her laughter as she pointed at the worst of all the presents. "I feel pretty bad for who ever is getting that one." Now, even Annabeth was giggling behind her hand.
"It's Nico's," Reyna said. "And it's not that bad." She picked up the present with a hopeful smile, only to be soon disappointed when she saw just how bad of a job she did. "Scratch that, it's horrible."
"It's the thought that counts though, right?" Annabeth questioned. Neither of her friends responded, only giving her 'are you kidding me' faces. "Alright fine. Rey, do you want us to show you how to wrap a present?"
They began unwrapping all the presents. They continued until Annabeth unwrapped a beautiful bow. "Woah," she said in amazement. "Where'd you get this?"
"More importantly, who's it for?" Piper chimed in. She checked the tag. "Thalia?! Oh my gods you totally have a thing for her, don't you?!"
Reyna's cheeks turned beat red. "What makes you think that?" Her voiced cracked in the middle of her question.
"Simple. One: that is really expensive so why would you splurge on your friend. Two: she's not even coming to the party tomorrow, and most of us only got presents for people that were coming. Three: you bought electric blue wrapping paper just so you could wrap this present. And four: I'm a child of Aphrodite so, duh." She said all of these things as though is was obvious. "Also you're blushing right now." Piper wore a triumphant smile, having solved the mystery.
"Okay, you can give it back now," Reyna said with a sense of urgency.
Annabeth smiled, "Not 'til you admit it."
Not wanting to play these foolish games, Reyna responded in a quiet murmur. "I like her."
"What was that?"
"I said 'I like her'," Reyna responded much louder.
Piper squealed in excitement for her friend as she enveloped her in a hug.
Annabeth chuckled. "Pipes, your Aphrodite is showing again."
A/N
I don't know if you can tell from this chapter, but I ship Theyna. I just thought I'd slip some Theyna into this chapter for fun. Also, sorry if Piper was being a bit of a jerk but I just feel that the three of them probably tease each other a lot.
That was the last chapter of this little collection of drabbles.
Thanks for reading, all the reviews are appreciated.
-Cat
