*Alright guys, to whoever's reading this, probably last chapter -.- didn't mean for it to be this short but honestly, it's not doing too hot): thanks to anyone who read it, appreciated it a lot! Sorry for cutting it too short. Disclaimer: Rick Riordan owns PJO, review and favorite!*
~Chapter 9:~
Silena's POV:
It was a day after me and Charlie worked it out. I decided to totally cut out Jackson; I didn't want to strain Charlie's patience. I knew exactly when to tell my mom, and perfected what I wanted to say. I just had to play it cool. Today, we got off to a late start in Cabin 10, including me. I had special ideas for this late day, though.
I stretched, and sat up. From there I prayed to my mom really hard, begging her to come down to help me. Faster than I thought, she appeared next to me, arms crossed over her chest.
"What is it, Silena?" she asked, sounding annoyed. I pulled my innocent face.
"I wanted your help to get ready this morning. Late start and all, today I want to look extra glamorous." I finished grinning. My mom softened, and walked me over to the vanity.
From there, she made my hair fall in soft ringlets down my back. We talked all about gossip, and boys, and more gossip. Some of my siblings passed by and joined for a couple minutes but they quickly left.
"Outfit time?" I asked, smiling. Truth be told, I only get SUPER girly around my mom. I think it's her aura.
"You got it." Smiled my mom.
"I'm surprised you took out this much time for me, you're usually busy." I said, rifling through my clothes.
"Today was a slow day, so I didn't really need to be in Olympus." She said, looking at my body mod dress. She gasped when she found a soft pink chiffon button up tank top with a dove pattern, then quickly finished her masterpiece.
When I was all finished, my hair shined, I had a gorgeous cat eyeliner look, my skin was glowing and bronzed, I had my chiffon tank top, black cami underneath, stressed jean cutoffs, and black lace-up toms. I finished it off with little silver dove earrings, and my camp necklace. Before I put on my locket, my mom stopped me.
"Look, I want you to wear this just for today, okay? For me?" she asked, holding out an ornate dove, inlaid with pink crystals. It was gorgeous.
"Of course!" I said, grabbing if and clasping it around my neck. I looked at Charlie's bracelet, and remembered what I wanted to do. I took a huge breath, "Okay, look mom, I know you want me to break Charlie's heart but we've started to go out and I really like him so I've decided I don't want to. I just don't want to mess this up because I really care about him." I finished, looking up to my mom in earnest.
She sighed, and stood up; brushing off her hands. "I guess what's done is done, but don't say I didn't warn you, Silena. I don't see things going too well for you guys." She finished, frowning. With that, she flashed out, leaving me feeling weightless and thrilled. I quick put on one last coat of EOS lip balm, and raced out to the front door.
"Why so excited?" called Harley, who was sitting with my other siblings. I was too hyped up to respond.
"Attention! Attention you guys! Okay, I'm only going to say this once, and only once, I know you guys are the rumor mills around here. Don't even try to deny it. Anyway, me and Charles Beckendorf are dating. Okay? Got it? Let's go!" I chirped, shuffling everyone out.
Needless to say, no one was surprised. I just had to get that out of the way to do what I really wanted to do before crafts without the whole squealing and gasps, which ruin the moment. My day went too slow because I was too excited for crafts. While I walked my cabin there, we saw the door was closed and the teacher would be a couple minutes late. Perfect! I thought to myself.
Then I heard the Demeter and Hephaestus cabins approaching, so I walked back to my cabin which was already pulling out compacts and lipsticks to retouch. I sighed, and struck up a conversation with Harley and my sister Lacey.
Before I knew it, I saw Charlie standing with Lee and Jake, and my heart leaped. I grinned and waved him to come forwards.
"I'll be right back." I told Harley, trotting over to Charlie. I heard her giggle with Lacey, but I just kept going.
"Hey there! So I've got some news for you-" I started.
"Can I just say one thing?" he interrupeted.
"Yeah," I said, leaning back to the balls of my feet, a little suspicious.
"You look stunning today, even more than usual." He finished, turning pink. I blushed a little, but carried on.
"What I was going to say was..i told my mom. And my cabin. I'm tired of us being a secret. I'm not ashamed of you, at all. In fact, I'm proud." I finished, taking his hand.
He gripped my fingers, grinning, "I'm proud too."
I went up on my tiptoes to give him a kiss, and I heard everyone gasp and giggle, and whisper, but I couldn't care less. I smiled against his lips, and I felt him smile too. No words could describe how thrilled I was to finally be out in the open with him, I loved it.
We broke apart, blushing and smiling, for the door to the Crafts class to open with a breathless teacher behind it, "Sorry I'm late guys, come on let's get to it!" he said, turning around. Everyone filed in, but I held Charlie back. When everyone was inside, I pulled him in for a longer kiss.
"So I guess I AM your girl, with impeccable sewing skills and perfect makeup." I said, pulling back, my arms still around his neck.
"Then I'll be your guy who lifts your luggage and repairs your jewelry," he said, snaking his arms around my waist.
"Sounds like a plan," I smiled, pulling him into class, smiling to myself. It felt like the best feeling in the world to be his girl, because I wanted to be his everything.
*AHHHH cheesey, sorry, but I wanted to end this on a sweet note since I'm cutting it really short….I didn't mean to it's just..things are tense on this end and well….not getting much feedback at all. Sorry to everyone who stuck around for this! I love you so much!*
