Chapter 10: I'm In Trouble
Silena's POV
I woke up to the smell of Percy (ocean, salt, and strangely strawberries-I think it's from the strawberry fields here at Camp). His chest makes a good pillow, and I don't want to move from this very comfortable sleeping position. I had better dreams last night about a future with Percy-aside from Camp and worrying about monsters.
Right when I tried to go back to sleep, I heard giggling. My eyes opened immediately, and to my horror I saw... Chiron and the rest of my cabin. I'm in trouble. Then I noticed Annabeth standing behind them with a sympathetic look on her face.
What's going on? I tried to mind message her.
Drew's a B****. She sent the message to my mind. I don't like the B word either.
"Hello Silena." Chiron said.
"Hello Chiron." I replied nervously.
"Do you know why I'm here?" He asked.
"No." I answered.
"You do realize your not supposed to stay outside after curfew, right?" He asked.
"Right." I said.
"You'll have to do double duty in the stables for a week." He said.
"He said stables and duty." Piper giggled.
Annabeth snorted and nodded her head 'no' to Piper. She must really like Piper if she'll laugh at something that cheesy, especially when she's supposed to be serious.
"But..." I started.
"No but's outdoor whore." Drew said.
Mitchell knocked her over, then whistled nonchalantly as if nothing had happened.
"That's the lamest comment anyone's ever made about me, and Ethan used to call me 'Blondie'. Which doesn't make sense because my hair's black. So that's really saying something." I said.
"Besides, we'd be able to tell if she lost her virginity, Aphrodite kids can sense the 'glow' better than anyone else. But she is glowing with happiness." Lacy said.
"Silena..." Percy said in his sleep.
I smiled.
"He talks in his sleep?" Celeste asked.
"And he drools too, what's your point?" Annabeth said.
"Oh look the 'Mrs. Jackson' whore is still here." Drew said.
Annabeth blushed.
"She's a virgin too dumbass, unlike your stinky self, and she doesn't like Percy that way." I said.
Annabeth smiled. Drew looked embarrassed as people giggled.
"Silena, will you marry me..." Percy said in his sleep.
I blushed while other people gasped. Even Annabeth looked surprised.
Percy hugged me tighter and I smiled.
"If you ask me consciously, maybe." I whispered in his ear.
He smiled in his sleep and I think Annabeth heard me, because she got a little wide-eyed, then smiled.
How many kids will you have? She asked me jokingly in my mind.
Oh, two or three. I messaged sarcastically.
Then I started thinking about it seriously. At least until we have a boy and a girl. Where did that thought come from?
From your heart. Annabeth said.
An Athenian giving a daughter of Aphrodite advice about the heart. Who is she and what has she done to Annabeth?
Percy's POV
When I wake up, I'm in my cabin.
Crap! Was last night a dream?! What happened?!
Then I realized that Silena was lying next to me, watching a Looney Tunes rerun on the flatscreen TV that Poseidon bought and Thalia and Annabeth helped me install.
"What happened?" I asked.
Silena explained how she woke up to find us surrounded by Aphrodite campers, Chiron, and Annabeth, and about how she only escaped double duty (haha) at the stables because Aphrodite vouched for her. I felt like she left something out though.
"Anything else happen?" I asked.
"One thing." She smiled.
"What?" I asked.
"Oh, you just proposed to me in your sleep." She said.
Oh my God.
"What was your answer?" I asked.
"Ask me and you'll find out." She said.
"I just did." I said.
"That's not what I meant." She said.
Oh my good God.
"What?!" I asked.
"Wrong question, but you're getting warmer." She teased.
"Silena... Will you... Mary me?" I asked.
"Now that you're asking consciously, yes." She said.
"But we've only been on three dates." I said.
"Aphrodite and Hephaestus didn't go on any before they got married." She said.
"They have an arranged, loveless marriage." I argued.
"It might be arranged, but who said it's loveless? They've actually been dating recently, and they're expecting a baby. But shh, don't tell anybody, and you didn't hear it from me." She smiled.
"Okay, but I'm kind of nervous. Could we wait a little while before we actually get married?" I requested.
"Of course. I'm not gonna rush it." She smiled again.
I could look at that smile for the rest of my life. I think I'm in love.
I'm in trouble.