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The Dance

I slip on some punch, not really...

I stared at myself in the mirror, not sure whether to feel like a complete dweeb or feel like I looked good enough for a valentine's dance. Who knew with what my generation deemed cool today. One day you're in and the next, you're out. Example, a selfie stick. It made me wonder how the populars at schools stayed at their specific point on the social ladder.

The social ladder, gods the thought of it made my stomach churn. Would I look like a nerd, or would I look great? I eyed my green button up shirt with my tailored black tuxedo to match. Calvin Klein was always a winner, as my sister said to me when we were at the mall picking my outfit. She was more focused on hers to be honest, but I'll take her advice on wearing something sophisticated, unlike my other peers. Apparently girls liked it when you had style.

"Well look at you." I saw Aphrodite leaning against the doorframe of my bedroom, smirking.

Her perfectly polish eye-make up matched her blue eyes and eye shape. Her golden hair curled into that of a princess like hairdo. Her white robe covered her dress and curvaceous figure.

"I feel like I'm going to get teased." I groaned.

She rolled her eyes, "If they do they will be confronted by me."

I rested my head on my mirror, it's cold surface making me shiver as it touched my skin.

"You can't always protect me. I'm a nerd Aphro, I'll always get bullied, teased, it's what comes with getting good grades and having no style or balls. I'm to nice."

She frowned and walked towards me, "I could end all that you know. I've offered time and time again to help you. I can make you popular Percy-"

I laughed, "Ha! How can that happen when I'm at the lowest of the lowest in terms of status?"

I felt her turn me around to look at her directly, she looked a bit peeved.

"You know what your problem is? You don't have any confidence. Confidence is the key." She stated before untying her robe, revealing her light pink spaghetti strap dress that clung to her body in a way that Percy had a feeling would have the boys drooling.

I was about to retort when I was interrupted.

"Oh don't you two look just lovely!" My Aunt Sally said with a bright smile on her face.

She held a camera in one hand and winked at me.

"Do you have the flowers for Annabeth?"

I shrugged, "Yeah, I don't see why though. She's just a friend, it's not like I'm tryna impress her-" I stopped when I saw my sister and aunt raising their eyebrows at me, looking unimpressed.

"She is still a girl and deserves to be treated as if she were-" My aunt stopped, not knowing who to compare her to.

"As if she were Artemis to you!" My sister growled, "Annabeth is pretty enough to have had an offer or two, yet she chose to go with you. So suck it up and be a gentleman."

I held my hands up in an apologetic manner, "Yeesh, I was just wondering!"

I did see where they were coming from, girls did needs to be treated as if each and every one of them were a queen. But this was Annabeth, my buddy, my pal. When I saw her I guess I didn't really see a girl per say, I saw a good friend, like another be fair Annabeth's appearance at school in terms of clothes didn't exactly scream feminine princess, in fact, she was a tomboy, she wouldn't be my type anyway. Sure I liked a girl who didn't mind getting her hands dirty, but I also liked a girl who didn't mind showing her feminine side, Annabeth wasn't exactly one of those girls.

Don't get me wrong, I love this girl, but not like that, more like a second sister. We fought like hell sometimes, yet we got a long, liked some of the same things and our fights were always over stupid things that were so funny in the end. We're just friends going with each other to a dance and that's that.

"Nevermind that, let's get downstairs for a photo." My aunt requested. Her brown hair almost coming loose from it's bun with the speed she turned at to leave the room. I watched as my sister skipped after her, her thick locks bouncing behind her. I laughed, she looked almost comical.

After the photos, which I may or may not have ruined by pulling a face in a couple, I waited for my sister's date to pick her up. When he rang the doorbell to the gate of the mansion, I growled at the voice. Ares. Of course the soon to be football star and the rising in the ranks to being head cheerleader would be a couple.

I refused to get in the car with my tormentor, he merely gave me a nod of his head after greeting my aunt and guiding my sister to the car where his mother was waiting. Her and my aunt exchanged a few greetings before they drove off.

I sighed as my aunt Sally asked if we should leave to pick up Annabeth.

"We don't wanna be late." She added, I merely nodded and made my way to the car.

Despite Annabeth being my friend, it was the first time I was going to a dance with a girl. I had butterflies in my stomach the entire way there, it took my aunt 10 minutes to convince me not to go back home. The walk up to her door was nerve-racking, I felt sweat build up on my forehead.

I knocked, the door as answered shortly after. A tall, lanky man answered.

"Good evening, Professor Chase!" I held my hand out to shake his hand. He smiled and took it, he obviously knew me, due to his daughter and I being good friends.

"Good to see you Percy, I'm so glad you're taking Annie instead of some random boy I don't know." He rolled his eyes and stood at the base of the stairs, "Annie! Percy is here!"

"Coming!" I heard her reply.

I gasped when I saw her emerge from her room and descend down the stairs. Did some random, pretty girl take Annabeth's voice? Who was this girl smiling at me? She wore a fair amount of eye makeup and lipstick with blush, she looked like a princess with her blonde hair being styled into a rose shaped bun. Her black dress clung to the torso of her modest frame and flared out at the bottom. For the first time, I saw Annabeth as a girl. A pretty girl with a feminine side.

"Close your mouth you dumbass." She muttered shyly as she looked at me with a blush at her cheeks.

"I uhh-" I stuttered but then shook my head at my thoughts. This was Annabeth, Annabeth, my best girl-friend, nothing else. Bile rose up my throat at the thought of us hooking up or getting together, it's like incest! "You look pretty, these are for you!" I held up the assortment from our gardens.

She smiled, "Thanks, should we go?"

I nodded and turned to her father, "I'll have her back by 10pm."

hugged Annabeth tightly, "Bye princess, have fun! You will always be my little girl, even if you are wearing such a dress."

I laughed as Annabeth went red and glared at my amused face.

Her dad chuckled and sent me a wink before taking Annabeth's flowers and putting them in the kitchen.

"Have fun!" He yelled as we left.

Annabeth groaned, "God he's so embarrassing." She said as we walked along the path to the car.

"Nah, he's cool." I stated with a grin.

She shrugged as I opened the door and gestured for her to get in, she obliged and her and Sally began to speak about girly things. I paid barely any attention, I began to think about who else would be attending.

Seeing Artemis there with that bastard Orion made me angry and even sad. I should have stopped being such a pussy and asked. Excuse the language. She probably thought I was such a little bitch, she would never go out with me now.

I stared at the trees along the road, at the lights of the street lamps and passing cars. Before I knew it, I was standing at the entrance of the school with Annabeth.

"Bye! I'll be here by 10!" My aunt yelled as she drove off.

I gulped and looked at Annabeth. She was blushing and intertwined our elbows, "Let's go."

The gym had filled up to the point where some just left and danced outside by the pools. I could barely see or in actual fact find any of my friends after a while. Annabeth was right next to me and I couldn't hear her talking half of the time. So I resorted to nodding and smiling, this seemed to work because she giggled and constantly touched my arm, which I thought was weird.

It was only an hour in that I started to loosen up, Annabeth and the gang managed to somehow get me on the dance floor. We were singing the lyrics loudly and dancing stupidly, not caring what others thought, and it was fun. Almost perfect. Apollo had explained he and Artemis came separately, but I was having too much fun for what he said about Artemis to actually register in my brain.

My excitement, however, was cut off as a certain group of people entered the gym. They met my sister and Ares half way across the dance floor, judging by the way everyone parted for them it was the populars. I scanned the group for a certain individual.

Artemis and Orion stood at the front, as if they would control if the group of kids would go or stay.

I froze in the middle of my dance move, I couldn't budge, nor could I tear my gaze away from her. Artemis looked stunning. Her white dress clung to her torso and then seemed loose and flowy from her hips down. It complimented her body and regal features excellently. Her hair was wavy and flowed down her back in all it's silky glory. Many stopped and stared as she walked, as it was the only way to appreciate such a naturally gorgeous face.

She began to walk over to my sister at the DJ stand while the rest of them strolled over to where we were, which was in front of the punch bowl. Artemis walked with no fear or insecurity, her beauty was effortless as was her confident demeanour, it seemed like she was born like so. It was one of the many places where we differed.

"Move nerds!" Orion pushed Hermes and I to the side, creating a domino effect as we pushed our own friends back while doing so.

"Hey! Who do you think you are?" Annabeth growled. I was surprised at her confidence.

"Yeah! Asshole!" Rachel added.

Orion laughed and looked back at his followers, they sniggered. Ares stepped forward, "Got ya little nerdy girls to protect ya?" He came up to my face.

"Shove off!" Apollo pushed him away from me before I could even think about responding.

Ares hit the floor with a loud THUD! The populars went quiet. Ares glared daggers at Apollo, his eyes igniting with a fiery rage.

"You little-"

"What is going on here?" My sister interjected, making Ares stop dead in his tracks. I smirked inwardly. Aphrodite, Athena and Artemis stood in a triangle formation my sister at the front.

I locked gazes with Artemis, she smiled ever so slightly, I blushed and returned it.

"No-Nothing!" They all stuttered.

"Just getting punch, it's delicious!" Ares said taking a swig of it, his face twisted into disgust. But he did his best to pretend. The punch was rather awful, it might as well have been water with apple pieces in it.

"Uh huh…" My sister looked sceptical.

"Try having a sip of the punch before you compliment it next time, dumbass." Athena rolled her eyes, her tone was that of mockery, causing the guys to snicker.

"Can we please just go dance!" My sister sighed.

Ares and his gang quickly grasped their dates hands and scurried to the dance floor. My sis sending me a smile before she was spun around by Ares to a random song on the playlist.

I saw Artemis pull away from Orion, he looked a little mad, but he seemed to calm down as Artemis lay her hand on his arm and spoke a few sentences I could not deduce.

Once she got away, she made her way in the direction of the bathrooms. Our eyes met as she turned around just before the corner that lead to the hallway. It resulted in many emotions being communicated, it was held for more than 2 seconds, allowing me access to decipher at least one. Mischief.

For some odd reason I was compelled to follow her. It was a split second decision, but I didn't give it a second guess, I merely followed with no hesitation. My friends looked a little confused, giving me questioning looks, but I ignored them.

"Where is he going?" Annabeth asked.

"Most likely to the bathroom, don't worry." Apollo said with a roll of his eyes, he continued to dance with Rachel.

Annabeth frowned but carried on dancing, albeit a bit more stiffly now.

I ran around the corner, looking around rapidly, the hallway was empty.

"You followed me?" A honey-sweet voice said from behind me.

I whipped around, Artemis stood there in all her effortless beauty. She raised her eyebrow at me, a smile playing at her lips.

My cheeks suddenly felt like they were on fire, did I read the situation wrong?

"Well I-I just thought-you know we…" I shut my mouth, deciding I had stuttered enough.

"You wanted to say hey?" She asked with a pink tinge to her cheeks. She suddenly looked at me with a slightly bashful look.

I looked down, "Y-yeah."

I really did want to say hello, to have her undivided attention. It was so empty and quiet hear, the music sounding muffled through the thick walls of the building separating us from the rest of my peers. We were alone and all I could think of was pushing her up against the wall and bruising her lips with my kisses, while she touched my skin with her soft hands. But that wouldn't happen, she'd kick my ass if I did that out of the blue.

"You know when someone says hello to me, they normally give me a hug…" I heard her whisper.

I let out a shy laugh, "We-well I could if I have your permission?"

She giggled as if thinking it stupid that I ask to hug her, we advanced towards each other. I timidly wrapped my arms around her, one arm over her shoulder and the other around her mid-back. She shook her head and grasped my arms a moved them down gently and slowly. Each centimetre my hands came closer to her butt, the more my fingers twitched. She made my hands grasp her waist, then she proceeded to wrap her arms around my neck and pull me close.

I gulped as her body pressed against mine, her body was quite mature if you know what I mean. I had to hold back a moan. I was a gentleman, a cowardly one, but still a gentleman, yet I was still a teenage boy. I'm not some asexual, of course having a body as perfect as hers pressed against me made me think of an intimate act I wished to perform with her. The thought of her guiding me towards the bathrooms and unzipping her dress invaded my mind. The smell of her perfume spreading over my clothes.

"You never have to ask to hug me, Percy." That was it, the way she said my name made me crave her. I didn't just want her, I wanted her lips pressed against mine, I wanted to feel her against me.

I found my urges which I normally kept in check taking over my limbs, overcoming my mind. My left hand slithered lower so that the tips of my fingers touched her butt, my other remained on her lower back, pulling her closer to me, so that there was no distance whatsoever between us. My cheek was against hers, I could feel her breath against my ear, it was unsteady. I leaned down so that my lips grazed the curve between her neck and shoulder. My breaths were long and ragged, the air in my lungs escaping quicker than they were being imprisoned.

"Percy-" She kissed my jawline. I turned my head to meet her eyes, they were as glazed over as the butter is on my toast in the mornings. I can't believe I just compared her eyes to toast.

I slowly leaned down, our lips met. Our kiss was slow and gentle, before our tongues found their way into the other's mouth. From gentle it went to passionate and lust filled, our hormones raging.

In my lustful state, I slammed her against the lockers, the sound echoing along the walls of the corridor.

She pulled at my hair, ruining it's blow-dried curls, but I didn't care. I moaned as I felt her guide my hand to her butt. I squeezed, hoping this moment would never end.

"Percy-" She whispered.

I continued ravishing her with my lips.

"Percy." Her voice was muffled and less husky. I still didn't answer.

"Percy!" Artemis was waving her hand in front of my face.

I blinked a couple of times, "Huh?" It was all a mere day-dream, a fantasy that would never become a reality.

"You just froze when you hugged me and went quiet. Are you ok?" She looked genuinely concerned, but the only part I was sad about was the fact that she had now pulled away from me. Her hands still lingered at my wrists, much to my surprise.

I nodded very slowly, trying to fully snap back into reality, "Ye-yes. Sorry, I zoned out."

Artemis laughed, "Am I that comfortable?" She joked.

I gulped, "Yes you are…"

She tilted her head to the side at this, her brow creasing, "I was kidding."

"Oh." Was my lone reply. I didn't know what to say now, after my highly inappropriate daydreams, I felt unworthy to be even be in her presence.

Her hand travelled up my arm to my neck, her cool finger caressing the curve of my neck.

"You know, I really liked it when your-" She looked up at me, "Your lips touched my neck."

I bit the inside of my cheek at this. I thought that was part of the dream. Did I really do that? I asked myself a loud. I covered my mouth straight after, did I really just ask her that out loud?

"Yes you did, Percy" She suddenly looked coy, "It was like this…" Then she leaned in, her hand grasping my shoulder and the other my lower arm. I almost collapsed as her lips touched my neck, my legs felt as useless as sand would make for a stool.

"Hey you two! What are you doing out here?"

Artemis pushed me away within a millisecond. I groaned, the world was conspiring against me!

"Hi !" Artemis greeted cooly.

I merely gave him a nod, in case I began to ramble out of my own anxiety.

He narrowed his eyes, looking between us, "Just because it is a valentines dance, does not mean the school rule of any two learners below the age of 18, being a ruler length apart, does not apply."

We blushed, "Yes sir. We're sorry…" Artemis and I apologised in sync.

He rolled his eyes, "Get inside!"

We fast walked back to the gym, I heard him mutter, "Bloody sophmores…" As we turned the corner.

Artemis stopped mid-step as we got to the door, she turned to me.

"Artemis?" I frowned.

She bit her lower lip, "Percy, about earlier. I didn't mean to play with your feelings-" She blushed, "I know you're here with another girl. I didn't mean to come between you, it was selfish of me-"

"No, no, you don't get it!" I held her arms, "I'm here with a girl yes, but she's just a fri-"

The gym doors burst open, cutting me off. Dionysus stood there looking incredibly angry. His eyes darted between his date and me. At first I could have sworn it was Orion, judging from the look I got, but he may have been standing in the background and my eyes passed over his face.

"Hey nerd, that's Orion's girl! Get your own! Better yet, get an attainable one you little shit!" He pushed me against the wall. My head hitting the hard brick with a powerful THUMP!

I grasped my head, it was pounding from the impact. I fell to my knees, my vision was blurry, everyone's voices were muffled.

"Dionysus!" I heard Artemis's voice scream. She seemed to push him away.

I felt a person with long limbs pull me up, my vision began to clear as he threw water on my face.

It was Orion.

"Yo man! You good?" He asked.

I frowned, I was very confused. Why was he being so nice? I nodded haltingly, on alert in case this was a trick of some sort.

He then turned to Dionysus and grabbed his collar, "Dude what's your problem? They weren't doing anything!"

Dionysus seemed to smile for a second then stopped as he saw Artemis turn her attention from me to them. Then it all fell into place. I realised why Orion was being so nice, he was putting up an act for Artemis. He was manipulating her into thinking he was a good guy. If I wasn't so dizzy I'd deck him in his jaw, the fucker!

Orion had dragged Dionysus off, Artemis stayed with me. She led me to the school nurse's office, I was there for the rest of the night. I had a concussion apparently, surprisingly this wasn't what put a damper on my night. IIt was the fact that once again I blew my chances with Artemis.

Knowing how my aunt was, I lied and said I slipped on some punch. She would have freaked if she found out someone pushed me. And my sister? Well she would have literally killed Dionysus, resulting in her reputation would have been ruined, I couldn't let her do that for me.

I called in sick on the monday. Apollo brought my homework at the end of the day. He told me about how everyone was treating Orion like a hero because he stood up for me, but my friends knew the real story, minus the part about me and Artemis. Let's just say, they were not happy.

If you think this was as bad as it got, your wrong. It got way worse. On tuesday when I went to school, Artemis and Orion walked up to me hand in hand.

She hugged me, "I'm so glad your ok!"

Orion smiled at me, although I could tell it meant nothing. A real smile reached your eyes, his did not. "Don't work yourself too hard, might land up getting another killer headache. Thanks for not ratting Dionysus out."

I didn't reply to either of them, instead I eyed their interlaced hands.

Artemis followed my gaze and blushed, Orion smirked smugly.

"Guess who I asked out and who said yes?" Orion asked.

I didn't need him to tell me the answer to that question. There was an awkward silence, it was only broken by the school bell ringing in my ears.

"Well we gotta go…" Artemis said with a nervous grin, "I'm glad your back. I'll see you in science?" She said as they walked away.

"Bye." I replied. Though it was a hushed whisper. It was thanks to me that Orion had gotten what he wanted. Who he wanted. If only I had not followed her, then she would see what an ass he really was, she would see past his act and see that I wasn't acting while doing so.

Aphrodite watched the heartbreaking scene unfold from afar. She could feel her brother's heartache, it made her clutch her chest in pain. Seeing her best friend walking to class with the wrong guy, leaving the person she was supposed to be with behind, not knowing of his undying love for her, only heightened it.

Would she ever see that he looked at her like she was the moon and he was a child, seeing it light up the night sky for the very first time?

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