Well, just so you all know, I totally agreed with Coco96's A/N in the last chapter. I was just way to lazy to write it. Thank you reveiwers! And I'll let you read now!

~Hayden

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"Leena, for Zeus's sake, hold still!" Emily said, stamping her foot on my tiled bathroom floor.

I touched the hot curls around my face. I loved my hair curled, and Emily was a miracle worker with a curling iron. She somehow made it look like Francia Raisa's in The Secret Life. "It takes too long!" I complained.

"You're the one who wanted curly hair!" Emily said, grabbing another strand of hair and wrapping it around the iron.

"Derek said we had to look nice, and I look best with curly hair."

"Well, look who's not inflating their ego!"

As soon as she released my hair, I turned around to look at her. "Just because I said something looks good on me does not mean I have a big ego. Like that purple top looks amazing on your tan skin, and the black pants make your legs look longer. Your brown eyes are so much prettier then mine, so it hurts to look at you. When your hair is wavy like that, it makes you look like a model. Do you see what I have to compete with?!" I asked, standing next to her and making sure she was looking in the mirror. "It's not fair."

"Then why do you get all the dates?" She asked.

"'Cause I'm too stupid to realize when a guy's a jerk and when he's not. Unless Beckendorf is nothing like what he seems..."

"No, Beckendorf is awesome! The way he looks at me and talks to me..." Emily seemed at a lost for words. She turned her eyes to me. "I miss him."

I patted her shoulder. "I know."

Just then, there was a knock on Emily's door, and Logan stepped into her room, looking around.

"We're in here, smart one," Emily snorted.

Logan spotted us and jogged over while rolling his eyes. "Girls always spend so much time in the bathroom."

I put a hand over my mouth. "So thats why we never see you!"

Logan looked us up and down. "Wow. You guys look great!"

I frowned and looked at my outfit. It was a white tank top, a colorful scarf, some dark wash jeans, and brown boots. I thought it looked casual, not 'great'.

"We should. It took me thirty minutes to do Leena's hair."

"And an hour to find nice clothes."

"Typical daughters of Hades."

"Why are we holding such a big event for these kids anyway?" I asked, going into Emily's room and sitting on her couch. "I don't remember anyone throwing a party for you and Derek."

"You weren't here," Logan pointed out, coming into the room with Emily.

"Yeah Selena, you were probably in the slammer around that time." Emily smiled.

"Oh ha ha. You're hilarious Em."

"I know."

"To answer your question," Logan said, drawing us out of our banter session. "We're throwing them a party because we always do that. Us La Push people don't get to dress up often, so we like to do this to honor our new brother."

"Oh, thats nice," Emily stated.

"Will there be food?" I asked, rubbing my stomach. Emily glared at me.

"We're getting a new brother and all you can think about is food? Are you serious Leena?"

"Duh."

Then Derek came in. "Guys, come on! Everyone's downstairs!"

"Does dad know?" Emily asked as we walked downstairs.

"No. And no one plans on telling him. Mom doesn't know either, she just think's it's our friends birthday, so they went out."

"Lovely," I snorted. "A pack of werewolfs, their imprints, and two half-goddess freaks. This is just going to go perfect!"

"Don't jinx it!" Logan hissed as we walked in. Everyone was talking and socializing, and when I say everyone, I mean everyone. Emily, Sam, Paul, Jared, Kim, Quil, Claire, Jacob, his new 'friend' Bella Swan, Old Quil, and Billy Black. There were also the new ones; Harry Clearwater, Sue Clearwater, Leah Clearwater (who was avoiding Sam and everyone else) and...

"Emily," I hissed, pulling her behind a plant.

"Leena, if this is your idea of a disguise, it's a really bad one," Emily whispered, tugging a a leaf.

"Who's he?" I asked, pointing to the boy with shaggy black hair, a deep tan, and sparkling black eyes. He was smiling and laughing with his parents and Billy while he stood next to Leah.

"That's Seth. Why?" She asked. Then she looked at my face.

"No Leena!" She groaned.

"What?" I asked innocently.

"I know that look."

"What look?"

"You have a crush on him."

"What....I....no way!"

"Yes way!"

"Okay, maybe a little..."

"Or a lot..."

"....shut the Hades up."

"Leena!" Emily pretended to be offended. "Don't take our fathers name in vain!"

"What do I do?" I asked. Usually I knew exactly what to do, but this guy didn't seem like the rest...

"Talk to him." Emily said it as if saying, "Um, yes, that unicorn does have a tail."

"But..."

"Since when do you feel insecure about boys?"

"Emily-," I was cut off when Derek shouted, "QUIET!"

Everyone shut up and looked at him. I thought he was going to propose a toast until he said, "Where are Emily and Selena?!" He sounded pissed.

Everyone loked around, and me and Emily slowly walked out from behind the plant.

"Do you even know..." Derek glared at us.

I didn't know what he was mad about, and apparently, Emily didn't either by the look on her face.

"Derek...man..." Everyone was looking at Emily while she talked, including Seth. I felt jeolus "Uh...you know...that color on you really brings out your complexion, and it really makes your eyes, ya know, pop."

Derek clenched a phone in his hand. "The principle just called..."

"Oh crap!"I said, slowly backing away towards the stairs. "They finally figured out that it was me who hotwired the school lunch system, didn't they? Look, I'm sorry, but I am not eating beans for the rest of my life!"

"You did that?" Emily asked, astouded.

"Are you really surprised?"

"No."

"No, your principle just called. He said you've both had dentention for the past two weeks. Leena, what did you do?!"

"Um, Derek? I actully did something this time." Emily looked at me nervously. "These two girls, Lauren and Stacey were being....well, you know. I couldn't take it. I called Lauren some bad names in Greek, and Leena helped me come up with some that I forgot. But, uh, I didn't know our teacher could speak Greek..."

At that point, I looked at Emily really seriously. Everyone was watching, and I think they thought I was going to say something serious. Instead, I said, "Did you ever know...that you're my hero?" I started singing it while Emily groaned. "You're everything I would like to beeeee!"

"Can I ask you somthing?" Derek asked.

"Yes, I would date Taylor Lautner," I said.

"I mean something that won't scar me for life."

"Oh. Go ahead."

Derek took a deep breath. "Can we just ignore this until tomorrow, when there won't be witnesses when I kill you?"

"Sure!" Emily said. "We could ignore it forever if you want..."

"No, I-,"

"LETS PARTY!" Paul and Jared shouted enthusiasticly.

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That night, the boys were out cold, so Emily and I spent the night on the couch.

"Did you ever talk to Seth?" Emily asked, pounding her pillow.

"Um...in my head, I asked him out and we got married." I ignored Emily's stares as I tied my hair into a high ponytail.

"Thats just....creepy. And stalkerish. You've got the lovebug bad."

"Lets just go to bed," I grumbled, turning out the light and going under the covers. Our couch was huge, so we each had plenty of room.

"'Night," Emily said.

"'Night," I replied.

Have you ever done that thing, where you're lying in the darkness for hours, and you start thinking of all the scary movies you've ever seen? And then you get really freaked out, and every noise you hear seems to make you want to run and hide? Thats how I feel now.

So you can imagine my reaction when a huge hand about the size of a cyclops' covers my mouth and I open my eyes to see Luke smiled coldy at us, holding Backbiter and a sheild.