Annabeth:

"We're home!" Annie yelled.

"Did you find your dresses?" I asked as I got up from the couch to see them.

"Yup," Annie smiled.

"Come on, girls. I want to see them," I started to push Nikki, Artemis, and Annie to Annie's room.

"Fine," Artemis sighed. I smiled as I watched them close the door behind them. Yeah, it's finally time. Prom. My daughters are getting ready for prom. I know. I'm getting so old. Okay, so not my point here. Thinking about when I was buying my dress for prom, I sat down on the couch again. I still cant get over that their growing up. Thank God Percy was with Beck at a baseball game. He would already be crying by now. Or he would be having a lecture with Joel. Which was worse, I didn't know.

"What do you think?" Annie ran out for me to see the dress. Wow. She looked gorgeous. A pink skirt spread around her making her look at least 2 inches taller. A wrapped top made her figure seem smaller. Little imbedded rhinestones showed off a the magic in her blood.

"You look amazing," I pulled her into a hug.

"You have too see Artemis! It took, like, forever to pick this out," Annie gushed.

"I heard that!" Artemis yelled from Annie's room.

"YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO!" Annie yelled right back.

"Fine," Artemis stomped over to us. I gasped.

My daughter didn't look like Annie did. Annie still looked like a teenager in her dress. Artemis looked like an adult as she walked in. Bad attitude or not. Grey tissue floated around her long legs. Little rosettes and other flowers were sewn into the top of the dress. A darker grey bow was wrapped around the waist of the dress.

"Artemis, you look beautiful," I hugged her, too. It started to sink it. My daughters are going to prom. Not some little middle school dance that Zak always forced Artemis to go to. They were going to prom. Prom.

"Thanks, Mom," Artemis smiled.

"So, I walk in on the mushy-gushy moment. Ugh, I knew I should have gone home first," Nikki told them. I looked at her. Truthfully, I was surprised that Annie didn't snatch that dress right up. It was beautiful. Silver sequins toped the dress with a pearl fringe hanging off that. A huge, light pink bow took center stage with the tissue [still fabric] puffing out everywhere.

"Nikki, you look so… girly!" I couldn't help but say. I had pictured her wearing something colorful and Greek.

"I know. I had a dress on reserve, but they accidentally sold it. And, well, I decided who doesn't want to be a princess at prom?" Nikki smiled.

"I cant believe its already prom," I smiled.

"So, Nik, who are you going with?" Annie asked.

"Ohh," Artemis nudged Nikki.

"It isn't that big of deal," Nikki tried, "I'm going with Gabe."

"Oh my God! Hottie Gabe?" Annie asked. Nikki nodded, "Now, the dress makes sense! I thought you were going crazy!"

Percy:

"Have fun!" Annabeth called out to our daughters before they closed the door behind them.

"Not too much fun!" I countered.

"Dad, don't worry. We'll be fine. Stop worrying," Annie told me. I looked back at Joel. I, very reluctantly, trusted Zak. I did not trust Joel. He looked too… much like, well, a teenage boy who wants want every other teenage boy wants. And that I did not trust.

"We'll be home by midnight," Art told us. I nodded. Followed by a ruffle of tissue pushing through the door, they left.

"Our daughters are going to prom," Annabeth rested her head on my shoulder.

"Yeah, two guys are with my daughters alone for around four hours. I'm so happy," I said sarcastically.

"Sweetheart, they'll be fine," Annabeth told me.

"Do you remember prom at all?" I turned to ask her. Her face fell.

"Oh God-" Annabeth started off. She started to remember that she was trying to stop me from freaking out, "Percy, stop. Artemis and Zak wont do anything because they're too scared to ruin their future. Annie isn't that stupid either. Come on, let's go watch Beck's show then watch Fringe. If you keep on, I'll get worried."

"Fine."

Annie:

"That's it. We're done!" Joel yelled. I looked at him. His brown eyes were full of anger.

"Fine!" I yelled before thinking. What did I just do? Did Joel just dump me? I was too frustrated and stubborn to try to reconcile. Instead, I just stomped off in my heels. I was breaking up at prom? We would make up, right? We would have to. I mean, I WAS BREAKING UP AT PROM. Prom?

"Annie," Artemis ran after me.

"What?" I asked. By now, tears were starting to form in my eyes. The colorful strobe lights were starting to blur.

"Come on, Sis," Artemis took my arm and pulled me to the bathroom. I looked at myself in the mirror. I looked like a pretty-in-pink teenager, and Artemis looked like a Vera Wang model. The hair slipping out of my updo was still perfectly curled though it had been one hour since prom started. My makeup was starting to smear.

"Joel just broke up with me!" I cried.

"Annie," Art pulled me into a hug.

"Come on. You two will be fine. Let's fix your make-up," Artemis smiled. I tried to do the same. I sat on the counter and watched as Artemis reached for my pink clutch. Carefully, she reapplied my makeup.

"So, tell me what happened?" Artemis sat on the counter beside me.

"I don't know. We had a fight, and he just said it. He said that we were done, and I- I don't know. Don't you want to get back to your boyfriend instead of being stuck in a bathroom with your sister?" I asked.

"Zak is being protective and watching Gabe with Nikki right now, and I don't even really like parties anyway. Besides, you're not only my sister, you're my best friend," Artemis smiled.

"So, I never thought we would be the girls crying in the bathroom," I smiled.

"Yeah, we've come a long way, huh?" Artemis said.

"Don't you remember our first dance?" I smiled.

"Yeah, I was stuck in some terrible outfit, and you kept getting asked to dance. I was so jealous," Artemis started to laugh.

"Yeah. This is really our prom, isn't it?" I asked.

"We all have to grow up. I cant get over that high school is almost done," Artemis looked down at her dress.

"Do you really think Joel and I will get back together? I mean, I want the truth," I asked her.

"Annie," Artemis took my hand, "I think that you and Joel will do whats right. I don't know if you will make up or not. All I know is that right now is our prom. Let's go do our terrible dancing and ruin our hair and makeup."

"Deal," I jumped off the counter.