Annabeth's PoV:
Okay, Annabeth just be creative
Finding clothes that would look decent in a fancy restaurant in a drawer that is full of shorts and t-shirts isn't as easy as I thought
Of course not, you are totally acting like Percy.
Think a second. For the god's sake you are a daughter of Athena!
Yeah right.
Clothes + looking nice+ a nice perfume+ wanting your boyfriend to drool over himself when he sees you= APHRODITE'S CABIN
Math is just my thing.
I grab my stuff and mentally prepare myself to go to Silena for some help.
It is not that I don't like Silena, actually I love spending some time with her. But you know, Aphrodite girls are so… girly? Just not my thing. I cant imagine how she and Clarisse get along so well. I mean, I cant stand more than 5 hours of Silena's chat. And Clarisse usually spends all day with her.
As I approached to Aphrodite's cabin I hear some screaming and yelling.
"GET HER OUT!" someone yelled
"No way, we always tolerate your snobby chats when you invite someone over. So, NO. Clarisse is staying. In fact I think you should go" that's Silena. Probably arguing with Drew.
"Thanks Silena, because if you hadn't said that I would have rip her head by now. But of course that would make our dresses a mess full of blood" Clarisse, obviously
As I reached the door to knock, Drew appears in front of me
"GREAT!" she says sarcastically "Another psycho in my cabin. Now what? All of Hermes' kids throwing a party here too?"
I ignored her, as any sane person would, and called out for Silena and Piper
"Hey, you had some trouble with your outfit?" Silena asks "Come in, dear. We are just starting to get ready" you could see the excitement in her face. And also that she keeps jumping and clapping.
I smiled
"You know, I actually don't have anything to wear for tonight. Could I borrow something?" I feel a little ashamed
"No is not necessary"
"Yes it is. Silena, we are going to a fancy restaurant I cant just wear demin shorts and a tank top."
I said with my 'matter of fact tone'
"Darling, I know. Its just that my so generous mother send dresses to all of us."
"Ohh wow, your mother can truly feel the love"
"Of course she does! Now come and see yours"
We went straight to Silena's bed
There was Piper and Clarisse too. Sitting on the bed talking about the dresses
"Like why in the world would she choose something like this to me?" Clarisse was holding a gray dress on her hands "I mean, its really cute but I cant see myself in it"
"I know, have you seen mine?" that was Piper
"Girls stop complaining. You've read mom's letter she just want us to express ourselves the way we hadn't" Silena took hers. A mini, really mini. Strapless red dress.
"Yeah… what in the world does that express Silena? 'Look at my legs, you Charlie!' good advice" said Clarisse sarcastically and I couldn't helped but chuckled while Piper laughed and Silena's face got as red as her silky dress
"Ohhh shut up! It means I…" Silena thought about it for a few seconds "I need to be sexier?"
Now we all burst in laughter
Silena is just so cute you couldn't imagine her seducing people, not Charlie for sure.
Though she was beautiful and she has that amazing body all girls were jealous about.
"Ohh I got it. She wants us to be the hidden part of us" I say as figuring out was this is all about "Silena you're sexy but she wants you to prove it to Charlie"
"Yeah, say that to the virgin" she said Clarisse rolling her eyes
Silena blushed and laughed a bit
"Just because we don't do it all time doesn't mean I'm a virgin. Unlike some crazy sex-obsessed girl. Really, if you weren't claim I would bet my head you are an Eros girl"
What?! Am I the only virgin left?!
Okay Clarisse and Silena are like 2 years older than me. But hey!
"Silena if I had the chance to be on the same college that Charlie is, and had a big apartment just outside the school, we would never get out of it. I have to wait months to see him, so hell yeah I'm going to be all sex-obsessed when I see him. Sorry" she said and raised her hands the way people do it when they accused of something.
Clarisse had a point, but still Silena is right she could totally be an Eros girl
"That's what yours supposed to be Clarisse. It means you need to more romantic" said Piper, trying to change the subject. She looked obviously uncomfortable with all the Silena-Charlie-Clarisse-Chris sex talk
"Ohh" said Clarisse watching now more carefully the whole dress. It was gray with little pearls around the neck and it length was almost under the knees "Well, if Aphrodite said it will work. I'll do it" she said and started putting on her dress
"You want to see yours Annabeth?" Silena asked
"I'm kind of scared…" I murmured
Because what if Aphrodite wanted me to be…I don't know funnier? And she dresses me like a clown. Or girly? And she makes me dress like a little flower
Ahh, I should have settled with the shorts
Silena hand me the dress and…
Shit, I would rather be some stupid flower
The dress was beautiful. Every single part of it. It was white, and the back had lace and some pearls.
It kind of reminded me of Bella's wedding dress in Breakin Dawn.
And why in the world do I know how Bella's dress was? Oh yeah, Percy.
he made me watch the whole movie.
"You don't like it? Silena asks, she truly was a little hurt to see my expression
"Its not that…" I really like the dress "It's just that…. What in Hades mine is supposed to mean?" The length of the dress was just above my knees, for my own sake. "It looks bridal… does Aphrodite wants me to marry Percy?" I say in confusion
Silena shook her head "No, it must be something else… like pureness?"
Clarisse cracked up laughing "And I'm the 'eros girl'"
"Shut up, Clarisse. You are just making Annabeth more nervous than she already is." Piper said. She turned her head looking at me "Annabeth, I'm sure Aphrodite doesn't want Percy to propose you… yet. She might be the love goddesses but she is smart enough to know that, if Percy proposes to you when you are both 17 Athena will evaporate Percy from the Earth"
Silena nodded "Yeah, mom knows love has to wait. So now that we know that that isn't your wedding dress for sure could we start dressing up we only got an hour and a half to be ready"
"For you, this girl is already on her dress" Clarisse said turning around so we could all see how the dress fits in her body.
I never thought I would say this but Clarisse looks… cute
Cuter than she had ever been. With that dress on, you could even think she is form the Aphrodite cabin.
The gray dress was also made of silk like Silena's. And with the little pearls on the neck line, her body that is of a warrior, looks fragile.
But not too fragile. You could see her strong arms, on that sleeveless dress. And her face that usually wears a hard expression looks refined. Her hair fell on her shoulder with a beautiful ribbon Silena was putting on her head. And her eyes look almost red. Like Ares' .
"Okay, one ready 3 to go" Silena said clapping "Girls, do you mind if I change and do my makeup and then I'll do yours?"
"No, go ahead. We'll wait for you" Piper says
Poor Piper, she looks so nervous it seems she is gonna throw up at any moment
"Hey, is something wrong?" I asked her
"No, everything is fine"
I raised an eyebrow "Piper, is not that easy to fool a daughter of Athena, you know?" she smiled and I gave her a playful shove "It will be okay. But you should calm down, you look like if Jason is gonna rip your limbs when he sees you"
"I'm afraid he will…" she mutters "What if he doesn't like me and he just agree to come with me because he felt like it was kind of mandatory? Gods, what if he totally friendzoned me? Like, we are best friends. Don't you think it will be a little weird" I smiled at that, the same things crossed my mind when Percy and I weren't dating "I mean, we have kissed a few times, but wouldn't it will worst if he is only playing with me and that's why he hadn't made it serious yet?"
I was about say something when Silena showed up
"Hey! What do you guys think?" Silena said and tried to pull her dress down so she wouldn't show too much skin, but it was worthless
She looks… wow. Her hair is in a high ponytail and she is has more make up than I had ever seen her, it fixes her right. She has smokey eyes. Her eyes look really blue, like the royal blue… and of course she wears a pair of royal blue high heels to match the perfect color of her eyes.
"Yeah, why I didn't get the sexy part?" Clarisse said
Silena giggled
"Okay Piper you turn!" Silena said and she gave a little smile "Guys, we still got 45 min but where in Hades is Katie?"
"Oh sorry, I forgot. She told me to cover up for her. She and Travis are going out the camp but not with us, we just got to assured Chiron she and Travis were with us all night" Piper said
"Okay, lets finish so we can meet the guys" Clarisse said "So Piper get your ass up"
She nodded clearly a little terrified
Silena and Clarisse went with her to the bathroom so Silena could her hair and Clarisse… well she'll watch
20 min later Piper came out of the bathroom. Both, Silena and Clarisse looked proud of Silena's work.
Piper is wearing a pink dress with no back. And a little beige belt around her waist. A necklace made of copper feather hangs around her neck. And her hair is perfectly in one braid.
Piper's outfit screamed 'girlfriend material'
"I know, my sis just beautiful" Silena said "Annabeth is you turn"