Chapter Seven: Annabeth
Aphrodite Silks is not my kind of store. I had eyes only for that dress. I check the time. Three thirty.
"Hi! How may I help you?" A perky redhead says from behind the counter.
"Umm. We're looking for this dress." I say pointing to the picture.
"Oh. Yes. There is only one in stock. Are you Annabeth Chase?"
"The one and only!" Thalia laughs.
She grabs a dress wrapped in a large plastic bag and hand it to me.
"Please slide your credit card down." She says.
I wink at my friends and manage to slide it without laughing.
Her jaw drops. "I' - I'm so sorry, Your Majesty. I didn't - "
"It's okay." I try to hide my smile.
The moment we get outside, we all start laughing like we've lost it.
"Did you see-?"
"I know!"
"Priceless."
"Let's do that again!"
We go to three more stores and each buy jewelry for each girl's dress, which was just as well.
When we stop, an hour later, I ask them, "Who's ready for some ice cream?"
Needless to say, the ice cream was delicious. The majority of us got Cake Batter, the rest got Cookies 'n' Cream while I got Vanilla, because I'm awesome like that.
"Should we get the boys here?" Reyna asks.
"Sure. And, speaking of boys, Reyna, when will Max get here?" Calypso asks.
"Day after tomorrow." she says with a sigh.
"Oh. You'll be okay, Reyna. Trust me, I know. Two months without your boyfriend is nothing. Eight months is horrible. And eight months without you missing boyfriend is torture." I shudder.
Thalia pats my arm.
Hey, Perce. We're at Ben and Jerry's. Meet us here. I text him.
He sends me back a smiley face, and I have to laugh.