Chapter 21
Disclaimer: I do not own the PJ or HoO series by Rick Riodan.
"Kyra, you look amazing." Lucas says, looking up at me from the bottom of the stairs.
"Thanks." I say, walking down the remaining steps.
"Converse? Really?" he asks, looking down at my feet.
"Yes. If there was an attack, would you want me to possibly trip and fall in heels, resulting in me possibly being killed?" I ask.
"Well, no." he says.
"Okay, then. The Converse stay." I say.
"You ready, Ky?" I hear Nico ask.
I look down the hallway and see Nico emerging from Lucas's room. He was all dressed up in his tux and solid black hi-tops. He had a red rose attached to his jacket, matching his red tie.
In his hands he held my corsage. It was made up of small red and black roses, with Moonlace curling around it all.
"Oh, Nico." I breathe.
"You like it?" he asks.
"Like it? Nico, it's beautiful!" I say, walking closer to him so he could slide it onto my wrist.
"Well, Persephone does have a way with flowers." he says.
"Is that where you went today?" I ask.
"Yea. That and to get this thing." he says, motioning to his tux.
"Alright, I'm not gonna be the annoying parent who insists on taking a million pictures, but I do want to get a few." Lucas says, pulling out his phone.
Nico and I stand on the stairs and take a few pictures, doing the traditional pose with his arm around my waist. Then there were a couple silly photos. You can't not take those.
Lucas's phone starts to ring right after we take the last picture. He looks at it and sighs. It was obviously the hospital calling him in early.
"I'll see you tomorrow. Have fun… Well, not too much fun." he says, giving Nico a look and then walking to his room to change into his scrubs.
"Ready?" Nico asks, taking my hand.
"Yea." I say.
He locates a shadow and we dive into the cold darkness.
When we walk into the gym, all I see is silvery light and shades of dark blues. I look more closely and see that the prom committee went with a "starry night" theme.
The tables either had a silver or dark blue tablecloth over them, the centerpieces being a little, star-shaped lantern with a flickering candle inside, or a small vase filled with blue and white roses. From the ceiling, sparkly silver stars and white lights dangled.
Overall, they did a pretty good job. The Hecate and Demeter cabins could have done a much better job, but then, they have powers that allow them to do so. For mortals though, the committee did pretty well.
I look over to the DJ station and moan. The DJ for the night was Ashley's boyfriend, Todd. She's the sluttiest of the slutty and to go with a slut, you must have a jerk. Todd was your average, sports-crazed, high school jerk.
I wanted to rip my ears off because of the music that was playing. I don't even know who the artist is, but whoever it is, sucks.
I reflect on Green Day's song "Kill the DJ". I would be overjoyed to do that at the moment.
Nico looks at me and gives me a skeptical look.
"We'll only stay for an hour, if that. I want to see Mo before we go." I say.
He sighs and nods, motioning for me to lead the way to the dance floor.
As soon as we get there, I quickly spot Mo's curly, black hair. I drag Nico over and tap Mo on the shoulder.
He turns around and grins when he sees me. He starts laughing when he sees Nico. I smack his arm and he stops.
"Mo, who are you talking to?" I hear someone ask.
Mo's smile is wiped off his face and he stiffly turns around. I look past him to see his date, Gwen. She looked like a horrendous mess.
Her make-up was incredibly over-done, too much hot pink lipstick and sparkly eye shadow. Her hair was pulled into an extremely tight bun on the top of her head. It was so tight that I could see it pulling at the skin around her hair line. Her dress looked a bit like Cinderella's dress, all big and fluffy. Except, instead of it being a light, ice blue, it's bubblegum pink. I have to hold myself back from cringing.
"Oh, Gwen. You know Kyra." he says, glancing at me.
"Hi, Gwen." I say.
"Who's your date, Kyra?" she asks, trying to look behind me.
"Oh, um this is Dai. He's from Wales." I say, pulling Nico out from behind me.
"Wales, huh? What's it like there?" she asks.
Thank the gods Nico was still playing along with the "Dai" act. He turns to me, a quizzical look on his face.
"He doesn't speak very much English." I say.
"Oh. Well, we'll see you two later. C'mon, Mo." Gwen says, grabbing Mo's hand and dragging him away.
"Man, I feel bad for him." Nico says, watching as Gwen makes Mo put his hands on her hips.
"I bet he's going to be jumping for joy when this is over." I say.
"I would be, too." he says.
A/N:
SURPRISE UPDATE! And prom has officially started! Prom night drags on for quite a while through the chapters. The last part of it is in the beginning of 25, so yea. We're going to be in prom night for a bit.
I want my house back. I want my bathroom back and my dog (who is at the kennels because he doesn't like them) and my normal schedule back. I am literally so sick of having them here. And I apologize for going on and on about how sick I am of it all. There's just no end to how much I hate having them here and the best way to get rid of the anger is to rant and vent about it. So, if you do not want to hear anymore, I would suggest not reading the rest of this A/N.
So, this morning I finally got out of bed around 11 because I had stayed up really late writing. Well, when I walked through the living room, all four of them just looked at me like I had killed ten people. I mean, is it a fucking rule that you can't sleep in late in your own house?!
And my brother-in-law just creeps me the fuck out. The other night I was up late, yet again writing, and I walked through the living room at about 1 in the morning, thinking no one would still be awake. Well he was out there, just watching TV. And he stared at me the whole time on my way to the bathroom. And then yesterday morning, I came out and when he saw me, he just gave me this creepy-ass smile and I was like, "da fuq you lookin' at?"
And my dad is pretty much about to loose it. Yesterday we went to the park to have a picnic for dinner. Well, they were just going to drop me and my mom off in downtown and we were just going take a run and meet them there because they still had to pick up dinner. Before hand, my nephew just kept obsessing over which car we were taking and my dad told him that we were taking our truck. So he shoots back with that there's only five seats and there's seven of us. I could literally see my dad bristle with annoyance. And let me tell you, it takes a lot to annoy him to the point of where you can actually see he's annoyed. So he finally just told him that me and my mom were riding in the back of truck and we were just going to hop out. He still asked questions after that and we all just sorta ignored him.
Saturday, they leave Saturday. I have to keep telling myself that and reminding myself to be thankful that they're not staying till Sunday.
XOXO,
Mrs-diAngelo25