A/N Hey guys. I am so tired. I was really busy for the best day or two, but I stayed up late to write this just for you. (I don't like to disappoint my followers.) I hope you enjoy this. :D

This is chapter dedicated to a wonderful reviewer named Aphrodite in Disguise. I was actually going to do Hera for this chapter, but I didn't have anything written down, so I wrote this. Anyway, Aphrodite in Disguise asked me if I can do Aphrodite next, and who am I to disobey a goddess?

Also, I must give credit to one of my other amazing reviewers: norealaccount01242002. Thus far, she has given me many wonderful ideas, and many of them will probably be used. The stuff for this chapter that is credited to her has to do with her review. "Aphrodite needs to let out her emotions because she may also feel all the heart break in the world and sadness caused by the death of a loved one and to stop hiding behind a ditzy facade."

I had already thought of writing something like that, but she deserved credit for her amazing idea. Great minds think alike, eh?

Disclaimer: I don't own PJO. I guess we all have to face disappointment at some time in our lives.

To Aphrodite,

Aren't you tired yet? Don't even bother asking what I mean. You may not be the smartest goddess in the world, but I know you aren't dumb. (Nor am I for that matter, so lying to me won't do you any good anyhow.) You are tired of keeping up a faҫade aren't you? You know, you are much like Athena and Hera. They lock in their emotions too. (You probably want to know what I mean, but that's not for me to say. I'm not heartless after all.) I think that deep down inside, you three weren't fighting for who was the most beautiful but for who had the best mask. (Does that make any sense? I hope so.)

Anyway, back to the main point. You feel trapped, don't you? You aren't a stupid and ditzy girl, but you pretend to be because that's what everyone expects by now, right? It's sad really how everyone's view of love could change so quickly. In the beginning, you were adored, cherished. You came from the sea. You were a thing of beauty. You were love. (You still are of course, but no one ever notices do they?) Love, it's such an overused word that it has become meaningless to our world. I love that shirt. I love my dog. Saying 'I love you' doesn't seem to mean anything anymore.

People think of love as a feeling, but feelings change so quickly that sometimes, you hardly know what you are feeling. If love is a feeling, then it might as well be fake. Love isn't just something that you feel in your veins. It isn't just a warm fuzzy feeling inside and heat rising to your cheeks. Love happens in your heart when you realize that ya, you really do care for someone, and you couldn't bear to lose them. Love is an action. It is choosing to put someone before yourself and care for them. You can even choose to love your worst enemy.

As I said before, people's view of love has changed, so you changed with it, right? You became what people thought you should be because it might cause chaos if you didn't. It's hard, isn't it? And tiring, I bet. It's utterly draining. Yes, I know how it feels to keep up an image for others, but I don't think yours isn't as necessary as you think it is. So what if you don't meet their expectations? Apparently, they don't think you're important anyway. (They are wrong you know. Prove to them that you are needed.) You ask why I don't drop my faҫade too? Ya, it's not that simple. I need to be strong for the others. (That's totally off the subject though. Let's get back on you.)

You once told me that you would make my love life interesting. I never doubted you for a second. Honestly though? I think you have better things to do than messing with other people's love lives (especially when you know that they are doing just fine by themselves). You know what would be a better use of your time? Fixing your own love life. (Don't give me that look. It's true.) You. Have. A. Husband. Is he not enough for you? Yes, I know that deep down inside you love him and don't want to hurt him. Deep down inside, you are hurt every single time you cheat on him. I know that you are trying to keep up a faҫade, but love doesn't do that. Love doesn't betray people. Love and loyalty? They are closely entwined. I once heard a quote that said, "Blood makes you related. Loyalty makes you family." That is so, so true. Loyalty keeps a family together. Love keeps a family together. You are more important than you realize. You act like a ditzy girl that is oblivious to everything, but no matter what anyone thinks or says: Love is not dumb, and love is not blind.

You aren't just tired. You are sad and heartbroken, aren't you? No one ever thinks to realize that a goddess of love can actually be heartbroken, but I know that you are. Being the goddess of love, it must break your heart every time love dies. I've seen this world Aphrodite. I know how often it happens. Frankly, for a long time, I wondered why you hadn't faded away from the heartbreak, but I realized something. As long as there is love in the world, there is something to live for. Along with hope, love is one of the strongest things there is. If there was no love or hope in the world, then it would erupt into chaos, and life as we know it would be gone and dead, wiped out from the earth. It's a sad picture, isn't it?

That's why you can't give up Aphrodite. It's because you're like me. The world needs you. You need to remember something though. You can show who you truly are. You need to do that because you represent love. If everyone has the wrong interpretation of love, then this world will go downhill fast.

"Loyalty and devotion lead to bravery. Bravery leads to the spirit of self-sacrifice. The spirit of self-sacrifice creates trust in the power of love."

-Morihei Ueshiba

From one who knows what love is truly like,

Percy Jackson

A/N Thank you to everyone who had reviewed so far, but I have to say that I am honestly disappointed. The reviews are slowly diminishing per chapter. I don't expect everyone to follow my story or even like it, but for those who do, I'd like it if you could please review every once in awhile. You don't have to review every single chapter (thank you to the two of you who have so far though), but I want to hear something from you every once in awhile so that I know if I'm doing okay on the story. I don't care if you have praise, constructive criticism, or ten reason why cuttlefish are cool (don't get any ideas for any of you out there who are smart alecks). I just want to know if there is anyway I can improve. Thank you.

Lastly, if any of you have actually read the rant above (and maybe acted on it), then kudos to you. :D

P.S. Should I do Hera next or someone else?