Chapter 6 : Lunch Break
Annabeth's P.O.V.
After my current relationship with Percy was discovered, sort of, and I yelled at my mom, somehow I am still alive, I walked to the Dining Hall for lunch. As, I entered the room, I both, tried to avoid my mother at all costs, and look around the room for inspiration for my new design for the Dining Hall on Olympus. I was snapped out of my thoughts by Thalia, who was asking me a question.
"Are you alright, now that the Gods and Goddesses all know?" she asked.
I answered, "Yes, I finally got it out there. Now I don't have to worry about it, and my Mother knows not to incinerate Percy," hopefully I thought to myself.
Thalia and I reached the buffet table, got our food, and sat down by our friends. The Gods, however, just went to their seats and conjured up some nectar and ambrosia, and started eating.
During the meal, my mother was stealing glances at me. Her look was concerning, worried, and skeptical. I didn't understand why she couldn't just be happy for me, because after all, a parent who truly loves their child would be happy, or at least put up with whatever made their child happy. However, my mother just had to try to interject and ruin my happiness because of who Percy's father was. I was extremely irritated at her and would try to avoid her as best one could avoid their, Goddess of Wisdom, mother. However, my mother wasn't the only Goddess who was stealing glances at me during the meal.
Aphrodite kept on looking at me with, either a giddy expression, or a sad and puzzled look. Whenever she would glance at me, and I was thinking about all the things I loved about Percy, she would become all giddy after she looked at me. However, whenever I thought about how Percy was missing, or that he probably didn't even remember anything from his past… me, she would give me a sad and puzzled look, probably wondering why I was emitting "sad love," as I had once read she called it, and try to read my expression for answers about why I was feeling the way I was. Occasionally, if one of my friends would give me a worried or sympathetic glance, she would take note of this and would probably add that person to the list of people she was planning on interrogating about why I was in such a sad state. She would probably go and interrogate them first, and then if she couldn't get her answers from them, she would question me. However, I wasn't sure if I was mentally or emotionally ready to be interrogated about Percy by the Goddess of Love.
These thoughts and actions continued until everyone finished eating Lunch, and Zeus rose and said, "Now, if everyone would please head to the Throne Room, so we may continue reading about my nephew's adventures." After that, all of the Gods and Goddesses flashed to the Throne Room, and the demigods exited the Dining Hall, heading towards the Throne Room. Once everyone was back at the Throne Room, Zeus asked, "Who would like to read?"
"I would Father," answered Artemis, as Zeus handed her the book.
"I Play Pinochle With A Horse," read Artemis.
Well, I hoped you enjoyed the chapter, despite the fact that it is very short, and I finally put it in the 1st Person Point of View (Annabeth). These breaks will normally only be as long as this chapter was, as they are simply meant to help show you some new information, make the story make sense (reading 10 books straight is just crazy), and put some events in a certain person's perspective. Well, until next update, cya!
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