Me: *Munching on Carmel Delites* I'm too lazy to make a super long author's note, so-
Everyone: On to the story!
Me: Grrrr...
When I finally came out of the water I found Ariana on the edge of the crowd. "Hey Ariana! What's going on?" Ariana turned around.
"Hey, Annie! We're looking for Annie." She turned back into the crowd. Then turned out again. "Annie?"
"Took you long enough!"
"Where were you?"
"Playing tag with the Naiads!"
"Seriously? Hey, I found her!"
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm right here. Now what's the commotion about? I honestly don't believe that you would all come just to look for me."
"Well, the Argo II was finished, and we thought we'd have a party on the beach to celebrate," Replied some son of Hephaestus, what's his name? Leo? Yeah that's it, Leo.
"Okay! Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go change into dry clothes."
"Dry clothes? But you're already dry." Exclaimed random unclaimed camper number 24
"I guess I am! I guess that means I'm related to Poseidon now too! Why are ya'll staring at me?" Then I made the mistake of glancing above my head. Where a grey owl symbol was spinning above me. "Athena right?" No response. "It's rude to stare!" Still nothing. I was starting to feel uncomfortable. "Stop staring! I'm not some wild animal!" Still nothing. I felt tears coming to my eyes. Just because I'm different doesn't give them the right to gape at me."Just stop!" I ran away, running to who knows where, just away from them.
Bob POV
I watched Annie run away, her ash blonde hair flying behind her like a...um...well...I don't know what, but it was pretty! Then I glance at that Nico kid, and saw him staring after her with a dreamy look on his face. Man I hate that guy! Anyway, I was about to run after Annie, but Ariana mouthed 'No' to me, so I didn't. The rest of the party was pretty fun! Megan and Lily got in a splashing contest. Megan won,(no surprise there, since she's a daughter of Poseidon). At the end, the Hecate and Hephaestus cabins worked together to make an awesome firework display, ending with a figure of a ship sailing off into the sky.
Nico POV
I felt really bad for Annie. I mean, I'd been in that situation before, with everyone staring at you. After a couple minutes of boredom at the party, I decided to go find Annie. I found her in a clearing in the woods, sitting on a swing, still in her tankini. I crept closer and heard an acoustic guitar. That was playing itself. Then I realized she was singing along.
"You, with your words like knives
And swords and weapons that you use against me,
You, have knocked me off my feet again,
Got me feeling like I'm nothing.
You, with your voice like nails on a chalkboard
Calling me out when I'm wounded.
You, pickin' on the weaker man.
Well you can take me down,
With just one single blow.
But you don't know, what you don't know,
Someday, I'll be living in a big old city,
And all you're ever gonna be is mean.
Someday, I'll be big enough so you can't hit me,
And all you're ever gonna be is mean.
Why you gotta be so mean?
You, with your switching sides,
And your walk by lies and your humiliation
You, have pointed out my flaws again,
As if I don't already see them.
I walk with my head down,
Trying to block you out cause I'll never impress you
I just wanna feel okay again.
I bet you got pushed around,
Somebody made you cold,
But the cycle ends right now,
You can't lead me down that road,
And You don't know, what you don't know
Someday, I'll be, living in a big old city,
And all you're ever gonna be is mean.
Someday, I'll be big enough so you can't hit me,
And all you're ever gonna be is mean.
Why you gotta be so mean?
And I can see you years from now in a bar,
Talking over a football game,
With that same big loud opinion but,
Nobody's listening,
Washed up and ranting about the same old bitter things,
Drunk and grumbling on about how I can't sing.
But all you are is mean,
All you are is mean.
And a liar, and pathetic, and alone in life,
And mean, and mean, and mean, and mean
But someday, I'll be, living in a big old city,
And all you're ever gonna be is mean. Yeah,
Someday, I'll be big enough so you can't hit me,
And all you're ever gonna be is mean.
Why you gotta be so?
Someday, I'll be, living in a big old city,
And all you're ever gonna be is mean. Yeah,
Someday, I'll be big enough so you can't hit me,
And all you're ever gonna be is mean.
Why you gotta be so mean?"
I clapped as I stepped out of the shadows. "Bravo!"
Annie POV
I stopped and found myself in the clearing. I dejectedly sat down on the swing. This officially made the worse day ever. Them I remembered my magic necklace. If anything had something to make me feel better, it would. I clasped the charm in both hands and wished for something, anything, to make me feel better. An acoustic guitar popped up. Well, I thought, That fixes everything! An instrument I can't play! Note the sarcasm. Then I decided to see just how far my goddess powers go. I started to will the guitar to play itself. It started strumming a song by Taylor Swift called Mean.
(Pretend like there are song lyrics here, I just didn't think y'all would need them twice)
When I finished he stepped out of the shadows. Nico Di'Angelo. My heart fluttered at the mere sight of him, his hair black as the shadows, and chocolate brown eyes that had a twinge of sadness. Gah, I've been reading to much poetry. To sum it up he was hot. Not that that mattered...Anyway, I was kinda shocked he was there, because I thought no one knew about this place. "U, Hi, Nico." I greeted him.
"Hey. So, you can make instruments play themselves?"
"Yeah..." I felt really nervous. It was the first time we'd been really alone since that scene in the armory.
"So...Do you need help moving your stuff?" He asked.
"Moving my stuff? Oh, um, yeah, I'll move to he Poseidon cabin. Not so crowded, you know..."
"Yeah..." The water splashed in the creek, and I saw some of it rising, forming...a...heart! Okay so the water will reflect my emotions, better learn to control that. I quickly quenched the water, hoping he didn't see... "So...Shall we go?" asked Nico, offering me his arm.
"Okay!" We strolled out of the forest.
Okay, I finally finished typing this! Sorry it took so long! And I tried to make this chapter longer, to make up for the shortness of the last one! If it's short, belive me when I say it was a lot longer on my typing thing. Pretty please Review!