A light in the darkness (solangelo)

Chapter 5: the makeover

Will and I walked across the green holding hands. We got to the Aphrodite cabin and will knocked on the door. It was answered by Drew. She gave us a look of disgust and said in a snotty tone, "what are you doing here?"

"Mitchell owes me a favor, I'm here for him, not you," Will replied cooly.

Drew called into the cabin "Mitchel! It's for you!"

She then walked away. A few seconds later, Mitchell was standing in her place. "What's up, Will?" He said.

"One word: makeover," Will replied.

Mitchell's eyes lit up. "Come on in," he went into the cabin, "guys!" He shouted "we've got a makeover!" The Aphrodite kids all ran to the salon in the back of the cabin. They stood in a straight line as Mitchell walked in front if them.

"So, do they have a some kind of system or something?" I asked, observing how organized they were.

"The Aphrodite cabin gets makeover request, like, five billion times a day. Eventually they decided to invent a system. Here's how it works: you have to have an Aphrodite kid owe you a favor to get a makeover and the person who owes the favor is in charge of the makeover. In this case Mitchell is the one in charge since he's the one that owes me a favor," Will explained.

Mitchell came over to us. "Alright, so who is this makeover for? I don't think you really need a makeover, Will."

"The makeover's for Neeks not me," Will stated.

"Okay, Nico, do you want a new hairdo wardrobe, or the full makeover?" Mitchell asked.

"Full makeover I guess," I replied.

Mitchell smiled. "Do you want to start on the hair or the clothing?" He asked.

"Hair," I said.

"Then step this way." He guided me over to a chair like the ones they have in hair salons.

I sat down and the chair was leaned back. Lacy washed my hair and then I sat back up. She used a towel to dry my hair so it was still wet enough to style, but not too wet. She began to comb my hair. Then, she pulled out the scissors. "We'll start with a trim then you can decide what you want to do with it. Why don't you look through these and see if there's anything you like," she said, handing me a stack of magazines.

I looked through them but only one hair style stood out for me. In the picture, the guy had hair that was dyed a blue-ish black colour and shaved on the left side. He had piercings going all the way up his left ear along with a nose piercing on his right nostril, a piercing on the right side of his upper lip, and two more piercings on his left eyebrow. He looked seriously badass. I showed the picture to lacy and she smiled. "That would be perfect for you. The blue hair would bring out the blue in your eyes. Do you want to do some piercings too? I think they would look pretty cool on you."

I nodded, the right side of my mouth almost curling into a smile. Weird, I thought, I never smile.

She cut and dyed my hair so that it looked like it did in the picture. Then, she handed me over to Piper.

She was in charge of the piercings, since she was the only one who had ever done a piercing that wasn't on her ears. She had a small diamond in her nose. Aparently, she did it herself.

I handed her the picture. She turned toward a large shelf lined with piercings of all shapes and sizes. She got up on one of those ladder thingies with wheels that you sometimes see in libraries. She pushed off the wall and the ladder slid across the room. She snatched a bunch of different pairs off the shelf and brought them back. "I chose some that would be good," she said

She went behind me and came back with some kind of weird machine. She held it up to my ear, and in a second I felt a flash of pain. I yelped. Then, she did the other ear. Another yelp. This went on for a long time as she did each piercing. By the time she got to the lip piercings, I had gotten used to it. When she finished she said, "okay, Neeks, you're free to go."

I stood up. "But what about the wardrobe?" I asked, confused.

"Drew will be taking you and Will to the mall tomorrow," she explained.

"Oh, okay," I replied. I went over to Will.

"Holy shit," he muttered.

"What? You don't like it?" I said.

"You look so..." He thought for a minute, searching for the right word. "Badass," he said finally.

"Aw! My otp!" Lacy squealed.

I stoop up on my tippy toes and gave Will a kiss. His lips were soft and they tasted like vanilla. I was so lucky to have him.

Lacy squealed. Drew made fake puking sounds. Then, we left the Aphrodite cabin as the dinner horn blew.

Will and I walked over to the dining pavilion. We grabbed our plates and goblets and sat down. I was eating a salad and a small chicken sandwich. Will was eating twice as much. Ivy sat down across from me. She had a bowl of chile and another, larger bowl overflowing with skittles. "Oh my gods Nico! I love your hair! And how long did it take to get all those piercings? You look awesome!" She exclaimed. I still didn't know how she and I had become friends. We're so different. She's a motormouth and I'm quiet. She's bright and colourful and I'm dark. But, she and I were really close for some reason. She was kind of like a sister to me. But then again so was Reyna. And I can't forget my actual sister, Hazel. Wow. I seem to have accumulated a lot of sisterly figures. Cool. I smiled a little.

I was excited for the shopping trip tomorrow, even if it was with Drew. Little did I know that my shopping trip would be more interesting than I could ever imagine.

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Dun dun dun!!! What's gonna happen at the mall? Find out in the next chapter. Wow that sounds like some kind of ad like *dramatic voice* "what will happen? Find out on the next episode of epic yet dramatic tv show"

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