Haha well thanks for the reviews :D Chapter 2 popped up during breakfast and I think I got the gist of the story now ^_^

Appearances are Deceptive

Clarisse was fuming.

She had been having a perfect day. Her team had won Capture-The-Flag and she'd shoved it in McLean's face, when some stupid daughter of Hecate had to ruin everything!

She glanced at her perfectly manicured nails in disgust. How was she supposed to fight like this? McLean would probably break down in the middle of a battle because she chipped a nail or whatever. What a loser.

Somewhere deep inside her, she knew that Piper wasn't like that, but it was much easier to think so. Nobody could replace Silena. Especially not some stuck-up rich girl.

"Hey Piper!" Someone called.

She ignored them. Stupid McLean. Everyone thought she was so famous and…

"Piper! Hey Pipes!"

Clarisse realized with a jolt that she was Piper.

"What?" She asked, facing the speaker. "Valdez…um, Leo."

Leo stared at her. "What happened to 'don't call me Pipes'?"

"Never mind. What is it?" She asked.

"Yeah, so did you and Clarisse blow up or what? I saw this light like an explosion."

"Oh," Clarisse thought quickly. "Um, that was her electric spear. You know, Maimer."

"You mean Lamer." Leo grinned. "How'd Jason handle the girl fight?"

She shrugged. "Like he always does."

"Leo! Give me a hand, will you?" Nyssa called.

"Gotta go." He grinned apologetically. "We're working on Festus's ship."

"Yeah." She said, watching him jog away.

The she turned and headed for her cabin. She was halfway in when she remembered again.

"What are you doing here McLean?" Sherman sneered.

"Where's Clarisse?" Mark asked.

"Did you eat her?" Millicent smirked.

Clarisse abruptly turned and left, her face burning. Suddenly, she realized that she wasn't embarrassing herself, but Piper. A slow smile spread across her face. Out of the corner of her eye, she watched Piper walk out of the Aphrodite cabin, her face red. Piper ran into Lou Ellen and the two began a heated discussion. Clarisse walked over.

"What, are you stupid?" Lou Ellen asked.

"With this tiny brain- yeah." Piper said. "Look, it's not like…"

"People will notice if you act out of character." Lou Ellen insisted. "You can't just… oh, hey Clarisse."

"What is it?" Clarisse scowled.

Piper smirked. "Nothing."

"Listen, both of you need to understand. You can't just…"

"Hey, Piper. Clarisse." Annabeth walked over to them. "Lou Ellen, is something wrong?"

"Uh, no." Lou Ellen said. "We were talking."

"Oh, okay. I need to talk to Piper and Clarisse."

Lou Ellen took the hint. "Yeah, well, I gotta go."

Annabeth waited until Lou Ellen was out of earshot.

"What happened?" She asked.

"What?" Clarisse asked.

"Don't play dumb, Piper." Annabeth snapped.

Clarisse hid a smirk.

"What are you talking about?" Piper asked irritatedly.

"That bright light." Annabeth said. "Everyone saw it."

Piper shot Clarisse an alarmed look. "Um…"

"I… she hit me. With Maimer." Clarisse lied.

Annabeth shot her a suspicious glance. "And the light was that bright?"

Piper covered up. "Lou Ellen butted in. She did something so that I couldn't hurt, um, Piper."

"Oh," Annabeth smirked. "Thank you, Lou Ellen."

Piper and Clarisse snorted simultaneously.

"Well, I should go. See you tonight?" Annabeth grinned and left.

"Why tonight?" Piper asked puzzled.

"I don't kn… oh, Styx." Clarisse cursed.

"What?"

"It's the fourth of July. I have a date with Chris!"

"What?" Piper's eyes widened. "I am not dating your boyfriend, Clarisse. No. Freaking. Way."

"You got that right." Clarisse growled. "I'm not dating Jason either."

"I'll pretend to be sick. Or… or… I can't go!" Piper said.

"Can't go where?" A new voice asked.

"Damn" Clarisse thought. "Damn, it's Chris."

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