Percy's POV
If your wondering why I told Annabeth to meet me at Thalia's Pine, it's because I wanted to tell her how I feel. Yeah, I wasn't so spiked about it either.
The reason I'm doing this is because Nico knew that I was crushing on her ever since I met her, and yes that was true, but I thought it wasn't noticeable! Anyway, he told me that if I didn't meet up with her tonight, then he would take a picture of me when I was little and wearing footy pajamas in the bathtub. I'm not sure how he got that picture any way… MOM!
I sighed. How would I even tell her? I was walking toward the Hades Cabin.
I started jogging there, and loudly knocked on the door.
"Open Up!" I yelled to the door.
Nico opened up the door and I walked into his cabin. I plopped myself on one of the empty bunk beds.
"Happy?"
"About what?" he answered.
"I told Annabeth to meet me at Thalia's Pine." I replied. "What should I do?" I questioned again.
"Well, you should probably ask Mitchell here." answered Nico.
At first I was confused. But then, I saw Mitchell, son of Aphrodite walk out from one of the doors.
"Well, you should give Annabeth a bouquet of flowers with a note inside it telling her that you love her blah blah blah." Mitchell said.
I thought about it for a moment, and I agreed, it was a good idea, and I must admit that I would of never came up with that idea.
"Yeah, that will do, thanks." I replied back to him.
"No problem." He walked out of the Hades Cabin and marched toward the climbing wall.
I turned to Nico.
"Really?" I said.
"What, I can't be with Thalia, that dose'nt mean that you can't be with Annabeth!" he replied.
Yeah, I felt bad for him. He really liked Thalia, and they were perfect for each other! I mean, there both all creepy and everything.
But, Nico did have a point. Just because he couldn't have any love at all, dosen't mean I can't. I stood up and started marching out the door .
I needed to get ready for our meet/date.
Annabeth's POV
I imagined that our meet thing had to do with something that is somewhat vital .
So I picked out what I was going to wear.
A dark gray knee-length dress, with black flats. Piper said that they went well and that they looked great on me too. I set it out so that once cerfew hits, I'll be all ready. Luckily, I finished just before Apollo called us all back for the remaining quarter of the concert.
I saw The Big Three and Hestia sit down at the judging desk and all the other gods and goddesses sit down on the extremely large set of risers, god sized. I quickly found our seats and plopped myself down. Percy sat down next to me and held my hand.
Grover sat down to my right with Juniper at his side, and Nico and Thalia awkwardly sat down next to each other. Thalia was wearing her usual outfit, not her Hunter one, just her regular "Thalia" look.
She was wearing her Green Day shirt, black ripped jeans and a chain attached to them along with black combat boots.
Nico was wearing a shirt that said Death To All and black skinny jeans with black converse.
"Next up is, Travis Stoll!" hollered Apollo.
"Wha...?" Travis said meekly.
I guess he wasn't paying attention.
Apollo repeated himself.
Then Travis started yelling and running around all over the place. Then he finally stopped his unusual fit, and ended up panting. He walked up the stairs while Hermes introduced him and told the audience which song he was singing.
Fireflies by Owl City
You would not believe your eyes
If ten million fireflies
Lit up the world as I fell asleep
'Cause they'd fill the open air
And leave teardrops everywhere
You'd think me rude
But I would just stand and stare
I'd like to make myself believe
That planet Earth turns slowly
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay
Awake when I'm asleep
'Cause everything is never as it seems
'Cause I'd get a thousand hugs
From ten thousand lightning bugs
As they tried to teach me how to dance
A foxtrot above my head
A sock hop beneath my bed
A disco ball is just hanging by a thread
I'd like to make myself believe
That planet Earth turns slowly
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay
Awake when I'm asleep
'Cause everything is never as it seems
When I fall asleep
Leave my door open just a crack
(Please take me away from here)
'Cause I feel like such an insomniac
(Please take me away from here)
Why do I tire of counting sheep
(Please take me away from here)
When I'm far too tired to fall asleep
To ten million fireflies
I'm weird 'cause I hate goodbyes
I got misty eyes as they said farewell
But I'll know where several are
If my dreams get real bizarre
'Cause I saved a few and I keep them in a jar
I'd like to make myself believe
That planet Earth turns slowly
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay
Awake when I'm asleep
'Cause everything is never as it seems
When I fall asleep
I'd like to make myself believe
That planet Earth turns slowly
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay
Awake when I'm asleep
'Cause everything is never as it seems
When I fall asleep
I'd like to make myself believe
That planet Earth turns slowly
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay
Awake when I'm asleep
Because my dreams are bursting at the seems
As Travis finished his song, the band finished their music and got up to stretch. A wave of clapping began, and I saw the look of sleepiness draw into Travis's eyes.
I guess Fireflies takes up a lot of energy.
I saw Katie and Connor go up to congratulate him.
The judges were discussing their matters.
"Great job, Travis!" Apollo yelled into the microphone.
"Yeah, I know!" Travis yelled back to Apollo while snickering.
"Okay, so next contestant is, Katie Gardener!" Apollo cheered.
"No!"She started throwing a fit while cursing.
Wow, I didn't know a Demeter girl would know so many curse words!
She stomped her way to the stage and went up the stairs to backstage.
She walked out and Hermes started introducing Katie and her song.
"Tonight Katie here will be singing Firework, by Katy Perry!" Hermes said joyfully.
Katie went up to the microphone and sorta pushed Hermes aside.
He saw that she was still angry for getting picked, so he bugged off.
She snatched the microphone and glanced at the band in the corner, and they played.
Firework, by Katy Perry
Do you ever feel like a plastic bag,
Drifting through the wind, wanting to start again?
Do you ever feel, feel so paper-thin
Like a house of cards, one blow from caving in?
Do you ever feel already buried deep?
Six feet under screams, but no one seems to hear a thing
Do you know that there's still a chance for you?
'Cause there's a spark in you
You just gotta ignite the light, and let it shine
Just own the night like the Fourth of July
'Cause baby, you're a firework
Come on, show 'em what you're worth
Make 'em go "oh, oh, oh!"
As you shoot across the sky-y-y
Baby, you're a firework
Come on, let your colors burst
Make 'em go "oh, oh, oh!",
You're gonna leave 'em falling down oh oh
You don't have to feel like a waste of space
You're original, cannot be replaced
If you only knew what the future holds
After a hurricane, comes a rainbow
Maybe the reason why all the doors are closed
So you could open one that leads you to the perfect road
Like a lightning bolt, your heart will glow
And when it's time you know
You just gotta ignite the light, and let it shine
Just own the night like the Fourth of July
'Cause baby, you're a firework
Come on, show 'em what you're worth
Make 'em go "oh, oh, oh!"
As you shoot across the sky-y-y
Baby, you're a firework
Come on, let your colors burst
Make 'em go "oh, oh, oh!"
You're gonna leave 'em falling down oh oh
Boom, boom, boom
Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon
It's always been inside of you, you, you
And now it's time you let it through-ooh-ooh
'Cause baby, you're a firework
Come on, show 'em what you're worth
Make 'em go "oh, oh, oh!"
As you shoot across the sky-y-y
Baby, you're a firework
Come on, let your colors burst
Make 'em go "oh, oh, oh!"
You're gonna leave 'em all in awe awe awe
Boom, boom, boom
Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon
Boom, boom, boom
Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon
Katie finished her song.
I could tell that Katie was a lot more, hmm, soothed.
She was still a little red in the face, but she wasn't so cranky.
She skipped off the stage and Travis was waiting there for her.
She quickly pecked him on the cheek, and then they hopped over to her seat.
I sighed. People, so, odd.
That's when I heard the scream, and the roar.
Cliff Hanger!
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