Friday

(Annabeth POV)

It was about 4 AM and I couldn't fall back asleep. So I went into my closet and decided to pick out an outfit, but I couldn't think so I decided to draw another version of my dream house. I started in the living room. Planning the dimensions and moving out from there. I soon got caught up in my drawing and my pencil flew across the page, my brain whirring. Before I knew it it was already 5:30.

I picked out a matching sports bra and a pair of workout pants. I slipped them on, grabbed my phone and ran down to the gym. I went on the elliptical machine and did the steps for a little while before heading back up to the dorm.

I took a shower and put on my bra and underwear. I walked into my closet and immediately spotted my outfit for the day. I picked out a romper with a black background and light pink roses. It had spaghetti straps and black bordering the bottom. I picked out a pair of strappy, black, studded heels to go with it. I walked into the bathroom to put on my make-up.

I put on my concealer and foundation. Then,I put on light pink lipstick, and some pink eyeshadow with my usual blush and mascara. I brushed out my hair and used the straightening iron to calm my curls and then curled the ends and sprayed them with hairspray.

I was finally ready and walked out of my bathroom to see Thalia sitting down on the end of her bed. Her head was in her hands so I couldn't see her expression.

"Thalia? What's wrong?"

"Huh?" She looked up.

"Oh my goodness, what happened?" Her face was streaked with makeup.

"Oh, nothing really, I was practicing my acting." She gave me a twisted grin.

"Well you better hurry up." I looked at the clock, "You have 35 minutes if you skip breakfast."

"Well I'm already dressed." Then I noticed she was, she had on a blue tube top with black gems down the middle, with black shorts and black, spiky leather booties.

"Yeah, it's a cute outfit, but you should fix your makeup."

"I have an idea." I gave a pretend scared face, "Shut up, you'll like it."

"Whatever."

"You do my makeup."

My eyes double in size, "Yes!" I squealed. I almost jumped but remembered I was wearing heels.

She pulled out all her makeup and I rifled through it while she washed her face off. When she got back I took out the concealer and then put on the foundation and then put powder on her pale complexion.

I put on her blush and rubbed it in, making it look natural against her normally freckled skin. I put a royal blue eyeshadow on her fading it into a gray. I used the cream eyeliner, to make it sharper, it looked barely touched as she usually used the pencil, and gave her tiny wings. I let her put her own mascara on. I put lip balm on her and then put lip liner on and gave her a reddish purple lipstick. I brushed her wavy hair.

"You can look in the mirror now."

"Finally!" She looked in the mirror, "Hey, you actually did a really good job."

"Thank you?"

"It's a compliment. I thought I was taking a huge risk and you were going to do my makeup like yours." She shuddered.

"Um... my makeup looks good on me."

"Yeah, but that's because you're Miss Tan, in case you haven't noticed I'm kinda pale."

"Yeah, I guess. But we seriously have got to go."

Thalia got up and walked out, I followed, we walked next to each other chit chatting about the day.

"What about that family meeting tomorrow?" Thalia asked.

"I'm not sure about that, but we have to dress super nicely, I heard it's a big one."

"Yeah, I know. But doesn't annoy you that to see our parents we have to go to a meeting?"

"Kinda, but it's all I'm used to."

"I guess."

"I gotta go, see you after class"

I drifted my way through all my classes, thinking about the meeting that was happening that night. I got called on a few times during classes but was able to answer the questions because I had the amazing skill of listening while daydreaming.

Friday

(Silena POV)

I was rifling through my closet, trying to find the perfect outfit for the family meeting. I had to dress appropriately, but nicely and my silver jewelry had to match. I finally found a light blue dress that had lace sleeves and a skinny belt around the waist. The dress ended about mid thigh. I wore matching heels and my earrings and necklace.

I knew we were discussing the coming-of-age. See, when we all turned 18 we had to run the company, but we were to know nothing about it until we were 15. Every year we got briefed by our parent and this year many of us were turning 15 so we all needed to get briefed and learn more about the company we would be taking over.

My mother was the CEO of one of the top fashion and makeup companies in the world. Because she had more that one child, we would each take a part of the company. I was taking over the clothing department, Piper was taking over the jewelry and perfume department, and Drew was taking over the makeup department.

The annual meeting was pretty much the only time we would see our parents all year. We all dressed our best and were on our best behavior because we wanted to please our parents. The Olympian family was extremely hard to please, and most of them had a reputation of being exceptionally difficult people.

I went into the bathroom to put on my makeup. I put concealer on my face to hide the dark circles I had been getting from staying out late with Hayley and Lindsey. I then put foundation on, then I continued highlighting and contouring. I used blush to bring out the pink in my cheeks. I put a nude color on my eyelids and put silvery-blue liquid eyeliner on the top of my eye. I then put mascara on my lashes, making them look longer and fuller.

I put lip balm on, a trick I had learned for softer lips. I put lip liner around my lips and finished up with a light pink lip gloss.

I looked at my reflection and smiled, my make up was impeccable as usual. I stood up and straightened out my dress, I tightened the belt around my waist. I fidgeted with my necklace and sleeves, making myself look as presentable as possible.

I finally stepped out of my bathroom only to come face to face with Reyna. She stepped back and I took in her outfit. She was wearing a black, strapless peplum top with gold swirls and gold jeans. She was wearing black triangular earrings with a gold circle at the tip and a long gold necklace. Her makeup was mysterious, smoky eyeliner and eyeshadow, paired with gold sparkles around her eyes gave her the looks of a Mayan queen. Her lips were painted dark red, in contrast with her golden skin tone.

I nodded to her, "You look nice."

She gave me a tight grin, "I could say the same about you."

"So... where're you headed."

"Family conference, how about you?"

"Um... same." I laughed.

"Yeah, my family runs the big, Denarius Industries."

"Oh, my family runs Olympus Industries."

"I heard they were merging!"

"Yeah, they're having a joint meeting this year."

Reyna and I smiled at each other, surprised at our similarities.

Sorry guys, it's short but I wanted to get it out there. Next chapter will be the meeting. I had 4 sleepaway camps this summer and I was gone for 5 weeks. And summerwork is an enemy of mine.

So there are two different companies, one Roman, one Greek. I think I made it pretty obvious which is which. Please review. Updates should be more regular from now on because I'm starting up with a normal schedule again.