Um…sorry for not updating? I had lost all inspiration for the story, but I recently gained it. Reading all the reviews you got for a particular story you wrote helps! So, I had one review stating that I should put in some Pothena, and another that there should be a play whose topic is Romeo and Juliet. I somehow managed to mix these two ideas and create this chapter. Oh, and I don't know much about basketball, so imagine the game happening. On with the chapter.

Third Person POV

'All right, start!' Stella yelled, throwing the basketball into the air. The ball was snatched by Percy, who was starting, and dribbled the ball, passing the ball to Annabeth, who passed to Thalia, who passed back to Percy. Poseidon, who was starting for the other team, was stopped short because, first, his son had snatched the ball from under his nose, and second, Percy's team's members were dribbling toward the side they were supposed to be defending. Even if Poseidon had frozen, the others in his team had not, Zeus was currently chasing Percy while Athena stood guard near the goal where she was supposed to be scoring her brow furrowed. Surely her daughter had a plan which was the reason of the change of basket.

But as smart as Athena was, she couldn't figure out her daughter's plan. After all, Annabeth wasn't the smartest daughter of Athena of her age for nothing.

But the tables suddenly turned. Percy took a three-sixty turn and passed to Ashley, who passed to Christina, who passed to Aphrodite. Everyone stared as Aphrodite grabbed the ball and scored.

'Three points to Percy's team!' Stella cried. Everyone's eyes widened more. Not only had Aphrodite scored, but she had made a three-pointer!

The ball was given to Poseidon's team, but they were not allowed possession for long. Ares snatched the ball from under Zeus' nose, and passed it to Nico, who then deliberately made a pass to Aphrodite which was interpreted by Hermes.

'Fred,' Aphrodite batted her eyelashes. 'Won't you pass me the ball?'

Hermes turned mechanically and handed the ball over to Aphrodite, who scored – again.

This happened many more times, and at the end of the game, the score was 20 – 10 to Percy's team.

As the winners high-fived and offered congratulations to each other, the gods in the other team were either staring, dumbfounded, or seething in silence. The first was because Aphrodite, of all people, had scored most baskets, and second, because the gods had lost to a bunch of puny demigods (and other gods, but did that matter? No). But one thing was for sure: the all-gods team was going to be out for blood the next PE class.

'Good afternoon, class, I am Ms Kate Stevens, your Drama teacher,' the teacher said, smiling. 'So, as you have joined the Drama Elective, it will be your duty to come for the Annual Drama Program, regardless whether you have joined another Elective or not. I shall be distributing these scripts and notes on acting; at this time next week, I want you all to come up on the stage and act out one part. It's the effort that counts; don't be too disappointed if you aren't selected.'

Ms Stevens went around and distributed the scripts and notes. Annabeth grabbed hers and started reading (as much as she could through her dyslexia). Not soon afterward, she felt a finger poke her, and she turned around, a few choice words on the tip of her tongue, when she saw that it was Percy. She let go of the words she was about to say, while Percy said, 'We – the gods and demigods and legacies – are playing a harmless game of Truth or Dare. Would you care to join us?'

Not for the first time, Annabeth's resolved crumbled in front of her boyfriend's will, and she sighed, 'All right', before turning her chair to the group.

'So, rules,' Athena said. 'You can ask one or all or some people of the group any Truth or Dare question. The penalty for not answering the Truth is dunking your head in mud at the start of the school day and not washing it off until after you leave school after the Elective. The penalty for not doing a Dare is to confess your love to the person you hate the most on the intercom.'

'OK,' Aphrodite said. 'I'll go first, I have a Dare for… Harry and Hermione. I dare you to audition for the play as Romeo and Juliet… and act to the best of your abilities. With that itself, you will mostly get chosen, and if one of you don't you will have to act disappointed.'

Both of them looked horrified. This Dare meant that they would have to "declare their love" for each other, sooner or later, directly or indirectly. Aphrodite had a predatory smile on her face, the other gods, demigods and legacies all looked amused, except two; Percy and Annabeth looked like they were going to be sick. You would too, if your parents were told to act like they were dating.

Poseidon and Athena seemed to debate whether or not to accept the Dare, but in the end, they said, 'We'll do the Dare.'

All the emotions the others felt were intensified. Other than Aphrodite, Percy and Annabeth, everybody burst into laughter. Aphrodite had an evil smirk on her face. Annabeth looked like she would be sick, but Percy rubbed her back to get her to control of her emotions, but did not look far behind her.

Oh gods, what have we gotten ourselves into? Annabeth thought.

Guys, now I'm serious. If you do not tell me if HoO should happen or not, I'm ditching this story, or putting it on permanent hiatus till I get some opinions. Have I made myself clear? Good. The poll should be up in some time if it isn't already up. I cannot continue this story until I am told if I should have HoO. Moving onto lighter things, I will probably update once in two or three weeks, seeing as I have other stories going and my time on the computer is restricted to one hour in a day. In addition to Fanfiction, I have my school assignments to look after too, many of which I need to use the computer for. And, not helping stuff is my Mom, who says that all my school work should be done in the one hour allotted to me. Sorry about all that. Moving on, write the following in your review if you read till here: 'I AM GLAD THAT MY PARENTS DON'T STUDY IN THE SAME SCHOOL AS ME LIKE PERCY AND ANNABETH'S DO.'

Sorry for the long lecture above, but don't forget what I said.

Yours truly (and at the moment, slightly annoyed),

Stella

PS – I managed to finish this chapter in two hours (so, two days). Applaud me. The last sentence I spoke in mock-arrogance. Bye.

Edited: 3/4/13