Chapter 2 Catherine

My brother is an idiot. He has to be the leader of the Demigod Idiot Club. I swear, the god's should seriously consider making him the god of annoying people. Every time something starts going right, he has to ruin it. Always.

So, I have this crush on a dreamy son of Ares. Josh, he is in my opinion the most amazing guy ever. My brother, the idiot, isn't very fond of the children of Ares. He hates their guts. My dad isn't a fan of them either, but that doesn't matter to me. Josh is extremely attractive. Tall, dark, and handsome, are the three best words to describe him. He's actually talking to me. He seems to actually like me. It's amazing. I mean, I'm no Aphrodite, honestly. I'll take what I can get.

Anyway, my stupid brother storms over to me, in the middle of our conversation. I'm pretty sure Josh was going to ask me to the fireworks next week. The fireworks are only the most important summer dating event ever! Of course, my brother has to ruin it, like always. Alex grabs Josh's shirt, yanks him away from me, and all while he's threatening to kill him if he even thinks about getting near me, no matter what. Alex punches my extremely attractive friend, right in the face. Oh, my gods. I'm never going to have a boyfriend. It's insanely depressing, I know. At this point, Alex has beaten up at least four possible boyfriends. They're fighting quite a bit. Rolling across the entire pavilion, it's embarrassing! Alex has to be twice as impulsive as Mom, and half as smart as Mom. That is a very dangerous mix. It's also a very annoying mix. I'm going to kill him, if Josh doesn't.

Alex just barely gets Josh on the ground when, much to everyone's surprise, "Alexander Perseus Jackson! What is Zeus' name are you doing?!" Mom comes to the rescue. Alex is so dead. When Alex hears his full name, he freezes, and gets punched then flipped on his back. "Get off of him. Now." Josh jumps up, as quickly as possible, and practically stands at attention in front of my mom. I can tell he looks scared. I would be, too. My mom can be very scary when she wants to. Mom grabs him by the ear, and pulls Alex up from the ground. Alex is wincing and groaning. I love it! Alex deserves every second of this. "Alex, if I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times, violence is never the answer!"

"You're right." Alex agrees, and everyone gasps. Josh must of hit him a little too hard. "Violence is never the answer. Violence is the question, and the answer is yes." Alex started laughing, only making him look like a bigger idiot.

"No, the answer is no. Understood?" Mom seems to be getting annoyed. She was really good at hiding her emotions, but with Alex and annoying people, even Mom could crack. She seems about to that point. "Instead of running up and fighting, why not try to talk to out?"

"Gods, Mom! Talk it out? When you were fighting Kronos, was your first thought, 'let's try to talk it out'?" I can't belive Alex is really that stupid. Correction, I can so belive it. Still, the Titan War? He's an IDIOT! Mom almost died in that war! Does he relize that if she had died, we wouldn't be here right now? Sometimes he is so dense!

Mom just walks away, she obviously doesn't even want to talk about it. So, I move in for the kill. "You idiot! The Titan War! Are you really trying to compare hitting the guy I like to an evil immortal that wanted to destroy western civilization!? Really, Alex!" I slap him hard in the back of the head.

"You're the one talking to him! How is trying to protect you, like a good sibling, being an idiot!?" Alex screams at me.

"You really don't like him, huh? Well, it's a good thing you totally ruined any chance I have of dating him, so, I guess it all worked out for you, right? You just have to ruin every thing! Gods, Alex! I hate you!" I don't mean that of course, I just, sometimes, I can't get anything through his thick skull!

"You wanted to date him? Are you that stupid!" Alex seems really upset that I like Josh, who left a few minutes ago. No one wants to be near us when we fight. "you know what? Date him, for all I care!" Alex starms off, toward the arena, where he always goes when he's upset. I guess beating the Hades out of thing helps his moods. I don't think it would, but I guess when your a guy, things are different. I bet he's imagining Josh's face on all the dummies he's destroying.