Hi guys! WOW…TWO CHAPTERS IN ONE DAY! SWEET!

I'm going through the reviews (thanks so much for the reviews up to this point…they really help keep this story going…please keep them coming), and I'm writing down all the ideas that I somehow skipped over. This next one is for Silena, who was suggested by Lost-In-A-New-World. Here goes nothing!

Again, I hope you guys enjoy this one, and PLEASE, PLEASE write a review!

I own nothing. Thought I'd go with Silena's POV…try something different (like I did with Zeus' chapter).

CHAPTER 76: THE LAUGHING GAS DISASTER

Being a daughter of Aphrodite has pros and cons. The pros are that you get basically excused from every camp activity because you tell Chiron, "Hey, Chiron, I can't ruin my new manicure." And other times, the cons get in your way, like when you run out of makeup and you need to go get some from a mortal store, but Chiron won't let you because he sucks.

The biggest con of all, though, is when we actually have to see our mom, Aphrodite. Like all the other gods, Aphrodite likes to ignore her children. I've learned not to take it too personally, though. I have my siblings, so we keep each other company.

I mean, I see my mom—if I'm lucky—once a year on Valentine's Day, when she comes to camp and nags all of us about love and whatever. Aphrodite is really annoying sometimes. (I take that back—all the time.) So, all of us groan when a Hermes kid comes to the door with a letter in the shape of a heart for one of us.

Today was a lovely spring morning, and I was doing my nails because I was—again—excused from archery practice. There was a knock on the door, so I ran to get it, since I was the only one in the cabin now. I was shocked to see the Stoll brothers standing there.

"Hey," said Connor. "We've got a message for you from Hermes from Hephaestus from Aphrodite."

"What is it, boys? Can't you see I'm busy?" I snarled. "This better not be some stupid prank!"

"It's not!" Travis yelled back at me. "Aphrodite told Hephaestus to tell Hermes to tell us to tell you that you need to go to the Olympus Medical Center to get your wisdom teeth removed."

I cleaned up the area where I was doing my nails. "If I go up there and find out nothing's going on, do I have permission to paint your toenails hot pink?"

"Yep," said Connor.

I huffed and walked to the Big House, where I found Chiron and Mr. D playing a game of cards.

"I win…again," said Mr. D. "Ah, Selene."

"Silena, Mr. D."

"Same thing," Mr. D said. "I heard you're getting your wisdom teeth out. Good luck and I hope you don't die because your mother's that stupid."

"Dionysus," Chiron said, "Aphrodite can hear literally everything you say because of her godly hearing."

"Whatever. Just get out, Sarah."

I stepped inside the Big House and went into Chiron's office. I looked across from the doorway until I found the portal that we could use if we needed something from Olympus. I stepped inside the door to the portal, then walked three steps, and I was in the Olympus Medical Center.

I'd never been here before. I don't get sick a lot, either, and—even if I did—Will Solace and the other Apollo campers would take care of me.

I sat down and began to look at a magazine called Aphrodite's Top 3 Tips for Getting Rid of Hephaestus While She's on a Date with Ares. I shrugged and began to flip through the article.

"Can I help you, Silena?" asked Hestia from the reception desk. I hadn't noticed her before; Hestia was always a very quiet goddess.

"Yeah. I'm here to get my teeth pulled, I guess," I told her.

"Okay, hon. Have you had anything to eat today?"

"Just a protein shake for breakfast," I replied.

"Okay. You'll be awake, so you should be fine. And I'll also need you to remove all your nail polish and your jewelry. You can put your jewelry into this bag and I'll be sure to get it back to you."

I was PISSED! I'd spent the entire morning making sure my nails were perfect.

"Can't I leave my nail polish on?" I asked sweetly.

"I'm afraid not," Hestia said kindly. "It might affect the reading of the pulse oximeter."

"Can you explain that to me?" I asked.

"When the doctor takes your pulse," said Hestia, "they'll want to make sure they're reading it correctly. So, yes, I'll need all your nail polish off, please."

I sighed, grabbed the nail polish remover and cotton balls from Hestia, then went back to the waiting area and began removing my nail polish.

The door to the right of Hestia's desk opened and Hephaestus walked out. "Hi, Silena," he said gruffly. "I'm Nurse Hephaestus, and I'll be assisting your mother today in surgery. Do you have all your nail polish and jewelry off?"

I nodded.

"Good. Come with me."

Hephaestus led me into a treatment room, where he had me sit in the chair and he placed a napkin around me. He went to the computer and pulled up my x-rays. "We got these from your mortal dentist, so we don't have to do them here," Hephaestus explained. "Your stupid mother is going to do the surgery, but don't worry about a thing; I'll make sure she does everything right."

I still wasn't so sure about that.

I heard the clicking of heels and Aphrodite walked into the room, dressed in a pink lab coat, a pink dress, and pink stilettos. She had a pink mask draped around her neck and a pair of pink rubber gloves stuck out of her pocket. As if she didn't have enough pink on already, she had pink barrettes in her hair, pink earrings in the shape of hearts, and pink lipstick. I like pink, but this was a bit extreme.

"Good morning, my lovely daughter," Aphrodite giggled. "I'm Dr. Sexypants. It appears we'll have to take your wisdom teeth out…and you're gonna be, like, awake. We'll give you some laughing gas that'll make you drunk. Ooh, this is gonna be awesome!"

Hephaestus placed a pulse thingy on my finger and pulled out a clipboard. "Silena, how much do you weigh?"

"Hephie," Aphrodite said sternly, snapping her gloves on, "don't ask her that, you idiot!"

"It's for medical purposes," Hephaestus defended himself.

Aphrodite rolled her eyes and put her mask on.

Hephaestus put the laughing gas on my nose. "Now, take several deep breaths in and you'll be high in a minute or two."

I began to breathe in the gas. It smelled like a new car (if there was even a smell to it). I could slowly feel myself drifting into a twilight-like state of consciousness, and I felt my arms and legs get tingly.

"So," said Aphrodite, "I went on a date with Ares last night."

"That's great," said Hephaestus, getting some stuff ready behind me. I tried to look, but when I did, the laughing gas thingy would pull my face forward and I couldn't see what he was doing. I guess it was for the best.

"How was it?" Hephaestus wondered aloud.

"It was awesome," said Aphrodite, blushing. "We went to a nice dinner, watched a romantic movie, then we made some fabulous—"

"Let's get started, Aphrodite," said Hephaestus.

"That's Dr. Aphrodite to you, Mister," snapped Dr. Aphrodite. She picked up the mirror from the tool tray and examined herself in it. "Oh," she said, "my makeup looks like a loser did it this morning!"

"But…but that means…I'm the loser," said Hephaestus.

Why Hephaestus was helping Aphrodite with her makeup, I had no clue. It was a bit weird…and funny. I found everything was getting funny, including the fact that Mom's hair was in curls and they were bouncing all over the place as she spun on her chair.

"Keep breathing that air in while I fix my makeup," Aphrodite ordered.

I didn't know how long I was on the laughing gas for, but I heard Hephaestus say some unflattering things about Aphrodite, like, "This crazy woman can't do anything without perfecting her looks" and "I hate you, bitch" and other rude things that I can't put into writing.

Finally, I discovered that I was totally bored, so I did the natural thing when one is bored at the dentist: I decided to explore all the other treatment rooms and see what everyone else was doing.

"Our patient's gone!" yelled Hephaestus.

"Well, go get her! I screwed up my blush again," said Aphrodite.

I pushed open the door to one of the exam rooms and found Annabeth sitting on an exam table.

"'Sup, girl?" I asked.

Annabeth looked up from her architecture book. "Just waiting for my physical."

Why was she using such big words?

Just then, Artemis came in and kicked me out to do Annabeth's physical.

I finally decided it was time to go back to camp before Hephaestus caught up with me. So, I took the portal back to the Big House, then ran all the way to the Hephaestus Cabin. As I expected, Charlie was working on something important, I'm sure.

"Hey, cutie-pants," said Charlie, smiling at me. "How was the surgery?"

"I think it wasn't beneficial," I told him smartly.

"Wow, that's a big word I've never heard you use before," he told me. "Wanna kiss?"

"No!" I said. "I have to go…put on makeup."

Charlie looked totally disappointed, but he let me go.

I ran to Cabin Ten and began to smother creams and other stuff on my face. Then, I went back to see Charlie.

"Ew!" he yelled, backing away from me. "What'd you do to your face?"

"Well," I said, "you're quite unattractive yourself, stupid boy." Then, I kicked him and ran all the way to the Big House.

"Ah, Silena," said Chiron, "I have a special treat for you."

"What's that, Chairface?"

"That's Chiron, young lady, and here it is." He held up a syringe and jabbed it into my arm. "Now, how do you feel?"

I was struggling to remember where I was and how I'd gotten there. I mean, I knew I was at camp, and I knew that I'd gone to the OMC for something. But how I got there was a mystery to me.

Just then, Hephaestus appeared in front of me. "Silena," he told me, "since you ran off because my stupid wife, Aphrodite, was too busy perfecting her face, we'll need to reschedule your appointment. You'll have someone different next time, so no worries. So…you can just call the OMC and reschedule with Hestia. Oh…and remember to bring Charlie with you. He'll need to come in for a consultation."

I shrugged and went back to my cabin. I got out my millions of options of nail polish, then began to redo my nails from this morning.

Okay, guys. There's the chapter on Silena. I hope I did okay with her character and personality. What should I do for Beckendorf? I just realized I don't have him in my "outline".

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