Chapter 7: Amber

"WHAT THE HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO WEAR?" I shouted at the girls (Piper, Annabeth, Clarisse, Hazel, and Katie) and Percy, who won't leave 'his' cabin. Piper put a hand on my arm as I collapsed on my bed, where everyone was sitting. "I don't have anything and this is my first actual date with Leo and I'm not sure what I am even supposed to do. Percy turned the page of his 'Finding Nemo' picture book and looked at me with his Nemo sunglasses which he refused to take off since the beach.
"I think you look fine." He said, shrugging and went back to 'reading' the book. "This is your first boyfriend we're talking about. I, for one thing, think that you are too young to date."
"Percy." Annabeth warned. "We started dating at 15."
"I'm wearing a T-shirt and jeans. I need a dress." I whispered to myself.
"Look, I'm a daughter of Aphrodite and I will do whatever it takes to make your first date magical. I'll even go dress Leo myself for you. I'll even climb a tree and sprinkle flower petals over you two, even if it means ruining my favorite dress." Piper said
"That means a lot to me, coming from an Aphrodite girl." I said
"Don't sweat it. Wait, heeeeey. I guess it makes sense. I'm still helping you." Piper said. "Bring out the wardrobe." She declared. "I said: bring out the wardrobe." Annabeth hit Percy's arm.
"Hey, watch it! Nemo is about to be found by his daddy!" He whined, pressing a green button on a blue remote, showing a whole closet of dresses about my size and acssecories. "Oh wait, I forgot. The wardrobe." He declared and buried his nose back in the picture book.
"Piper? Why is everything pink or red and blue or purple?" I asked
"So that if Leo bursts into flames from horniness, or something, you guys match!" She said and if it was logical, like, duh!
"That totally makes sense." Annabeth and Hazel said.
"She lives! Hazel can speak. She has a voice!" I said like a mad scientist. "Why are you so quiet?"
"I don't know... I guess I feel guilty about what happened earlier. Like I shouldn't be here." She said sheepishly. "I-I'm not even sure if I'm welcome here."
"Of course you are." I said "You are still my best friend."
"You are not welcome." Percy said, rereading the book. All of the girls except Hazel hit him.
"You are a terrible brother." I said. Percy ignored me. Actually, I don't even think he heard me.
"Let's raid the closet! This is Cristmas Eve partywear war!" Clarisse proclaimed, running towards the rows of dresses.
"For the party!" Hazel shouted, following Clarisse.
"For the dresses!" Piper followed
"For the couple!" Annabeth jogged.
"For the food and flowers!" Katie shouted. We all stopped dead in our tracks and stared at her. Even Percy stared. She pointed to herself. "Grand-daughter of Demeter!" We laughed and kept running around in the walk-in closet. I took five dresses and went to try them on. The first dress was a pink strapless that rests at my knees. When I took it off, Piper took some scissors at cut it up. Then, she ripped it in half. I guess that's a no... The next on was a blue and pink floor-length chiton [a woman's toga]. Piper literally ripped it off me. I put on the third dress. The purple and black ball gown was tight in all the wrong places. Piper ripped this one off as well. The next one, Piper didn't even let me try on. The last one was The One. It was a midnight blue dress that rested right under my knees in the front and decended down to my ankles in the back. It had a vegan brown leather belt. The top was the right amount of baggy with sleeves that reminded me of Princess Jasmine's but, with a frill and the thin spagetti straps held it up erfectly. Piper clapped and started bringing me accesories. I settled on the ring Leo gave me (duh!), a delitate necklace with a silver sea shell on the end, and a red and pink friendship bracelet with blue beads sort of thing.
"Amazing!" Piper squealed as Hazel tired on a dress. "Now, for the hair and make-up." We went to the vanity mirrors and we each sat down with an Aphrodite girl doing make-up and an Aphrodite boy with hair. Piper was doing my make-up and a boy named Giorgio was doing my hair (Son of Giorgio Armani and Aphrodite, ironic, huh?).
"Don't you need to get ready?" I asked my stylists.
"No, all the Aphrodite kids have outfits picked out already. I takes us five minutes to get ready." Giorgo said, shaking his head. Piper agreed.

After a couple of MINUTES (!), everyone was ready. Finally, I was allowed to look in the mirror. Piper had put a reddish-pink lipstick on me. For the eyes, my black mascerra and thin eye liner was perfectly even on both sides as well as the small amount of purple eye shadow. My pink blush made my cheekbones pop and my face didn't look so round. Giorgo had mannaged to pull my reddish-brown hair into a perfect loose bun with curly strands of hair framing my face. My jaw dropped into my lap as I looked into the image that just couldn't be me.
"You need to do this for all of my dates." I said, fanning myself.
"We still need your shoes." Piper chorused and she led me to a whole wall of shoes. I picked a delicate pair of brown leather strapped sandals with hints of gold and a small two-inch heel. Piper looked at me happily and ran to the Aphrodite cabin without a word and returned within two minutes, fully dressed. I took some time to look at the other girls.

Clarisse was wearing a purple strapless that rested right above her knees. The black belt showed her curves in a way that her armor will never do, with a purple wristlet casually in her hand. Her hair was a wavy ocean of brown and red.
Annabeth was wearing a grayish-purplish strapless and a silver chain belt. The silver purse slung over her shoulder in a delicate manor. Her hair was in a simple curly ponytail with some loose strands to frame her face.
Hazel wore a black dress with gold vines climbing her torso. The purse she had was a simple gold clutch and her hair has in a braid like Elsa's, making her look older.
Katie styled a dress simillar to mine but, in a light pink and had a green leaves dottind the skirt with a small pink flower purse. Her hair was styled like Princess Anna's during the coronation, making her look like a pettite princess.
Piper looked the most fabulous with her white and light pink knee-length chiton. In a choppy manor, she had put the little slim braids, managing to put little threads of gold perfectly in the braids. She handed me a small vegan leather purse and we headed out to meet our dates. I saw Leo hiding behind a tree, wearing a pair of black slacks and a deep red button down shirt neatly tucked in, his hair messily combed. In other words, he looked perfect. I came up behind him and planted a kiss onto his cheek.