Chapter Ten
Disclaimer:
TheWorldBookGirl: My book, my book, MINE!
SpringFling: Shut up. This book doesn't belong to you. It belongs to me.
TheWorldBookGirl: But I bought it in Periplus yesterday.
SpringFling: Well, you loaned it to me, and I already called dibs on owning this book.
Start squabbling over who owns the Son of Neptune.
SpringFling pulls out a piece of Juicy Fruit and chews it loudly in front of TheWorldBookGirl.
TheWorldBookGirl: Darn it, no comeback … And you don't own PJO!
SpringFling take gum out of her mouth and puts it a centimeter away from the book.
TheWorldBookGirl: Not my beautiful, sacred book! *Goes into the shrine and starts worshipping the Son of Neptune*.
DianeJasmine (who is listning to this over the phone and laughting evily and crazily): I got it over the Kindle! Ha, ha! Squabble my pets! Squabble!
On Mt. Olympus –
Poseidon slowly trudged up to Mount Olympus's peak at exactly midnight. Athena was waiting for him in one of the secret corridors. There were so many of them that no one would ever find them if they got lost. As soon as he rounded the corner he saw Athena, looking like an angel in a beam of light.
"Athena" he said, walking towards her, stretching out his hands.
Athena didn't answer, just stood there smiling. When Poseidon had reached her she took his hands and he slowly knelt down onto his right knee. He took out a little blue velvet box and opened it, showing it to Athena. She gasped, and Poseidon quickly withdrew his hand.
"What's wrong, honey bun?" Poseidon asked, thinking the worst.
"Oh, nothing, I was just a little surprised." She mumbled, nodding her head.
Poseidon took his former position and said, "Will you marry me Athena?"
When Poseidon tried to put the ring on her finger she drew back as if it were poisonous.
"Poseidon, Athena's waiting for you in that other corridor, to your left and after two rights."
Upon further inspection Poseidon noted that her eyes were a kaleidoscope of colors, not the startling gray of Athena's.
Shocked, he asked "Aphrodite? Is that you?"
"Well, finally" Aphrodite snapped in an impatient tone. "I thought you were never going to notice. That just proves that men aren't as smart as women."
"But … But how did you know that I was coming here to see Athena?" Poseidon stammered, clearly at loss for words.
"Let's just say that I have a sense for when these things happen. And if I were you I'd quickly run back to Athena. If not I might just tell Ares about this. He wouldn't be too pleased to hear that you proposed to me. He might get out his battleaxe that he last used in 12 B.C. when Janus tried to make a move on me."
With those parting words Poseidon ran back into the corridor that he had come from. He followed the directions that Aphrodite had given him, and soon found Athena. Well, he didn't find her; he ran into her.
"Watch where you're going, you big fish head." Athena scolded Poseidon teasingly.
Poseidon mumbled is apologies, then took both her hands into his and kneeled down on one knee. He released one of her hands and took out the blue velvet box. Athena gasped, and Poseidon asked himself if he was making a mistake. After all, this could've been another goddess, maybe Hecate. But when he looked into her eyes all he found was the startling gray that he loved so much.
"Athena" Poseidon began "will you please be my wife?"
In the Hall of the Gods –
All of the gods watched the screen anxiously, only to be deafened by a peircing shriek of yes. They jumped, shocked- had that sound truely just come out of Athena's mouth? They replayed the tape. It had. This time, as she said (screamed) yes, they happy tears in her eyes.
All of the gods, even Zeus started to cry happily at the two old enemies that had fallen in love with each other. (Not Ares- or at least, he didn't cry. He was apparantly disgusted, looking away in the opposite direction. Only Aphrodite noticed the small smile on his face. She chose not to say anything.)
Now Zeus also understood why Athena had wanted to become a normal goddess. But they would still have a lot of explaining to do when they came back. Like what had happened with Poseidon's wife? And how had they fallen in love with each other? But for now Zeus was content to let them be alone in the old, dusty corridor.
DianeJasmine: I hardly corrected ANY THING in this chapter! Good job SpringFling!
SpringFling looks smug.
DianeJasmine: Now give TheWorldBookGirl her book back.
SpringFling's smug look turns pouty as she does just that. Then, when DianeJasmine looks away, she reaches out and grabs the book 'Palace of Mirrors' from TheWorldBookGirl's bedside table.
DianeJasmine whips back around.
DianeJasmine: Hey! That one is MINE! No! YOU CAN'T HAVE IT!
Resume scene at the top of the page.