When I Met Percabeth

Number 7

Ty I can see as Apollo's kid. He definitely has the musical talent. He's the only one to ever get a 100% on the music part of their report card. Sky as Hermes daughter though? Not really. I mean it's not too far fetched of course, but it just seems weird. I never heard of her stealing anything. Then again, I never did find those head phones that went missing right after Sky left my house last November. Or my makeup kit back in December. Or even that pack of pens last January.

Okay, she's a daughter of Hermes.

I glance at the food left on my plate. It looks amazing but after everything that happened today I can't find my appetite. I instead glance around the dinning pavilion. I smirk when I catch Percy looking at Annabeth. They really are perfect together. I put my chin in my hand and lean on the table. I wish I had someone like that. Someone who'd protect me. Someone who'd love me. Someone who'd... My face slips from my hand and I hit my forehead on the table, just missing my plate.

The most beautiful woman ever stands in the doorway. Cries of "Mother!" come from the Aphrodite table. Somewhere in my brain I register the goddess's name.

She smiles. "Hello darlings! Guess what! You're aunts and uncles."

She starts coming towards me. What? My brain scrambles to understand why she's walking towards me. Finally I come to the conclusion that she is not in fact walking towards me but Chiron. Yes, that makes sense. Chiron is sitting almost next to me. Of course she walking towards him. But still some little nagging feeling is inside me. I push it down as Aphrodite comes closer.

But she bypasses Chiron. She stops. In front of me. Shizzzz. I feel my face freeze up as she opens her mouth. "Meet Autumn James, my grand daughter." She kisses my forehead and disappears.

My face and mind go blank. Say what? Everybody turns and looks at me like I'm about to die. I realize too late that I've said this aloud. I look up and find that Aphrodite has appeared I front of me again. Damn, have I just offended a goddess? Shizz.

"Sorry. I'm so sorry. I heard you. I just-well, you see..." I trail off and wave my hands, trying to explain. Finally I stop my hands and find the courage to look at my grandmother. She's smiling. Okay, maybe I haven't offended her. That's good news. But...

Aphrodite winks and then blinks out once more. The shock still hasn't worn off before Chiron stands and motions for me too as well.  Not really having a will of my own yet, I do.

"Hail Autumn James, offspring of Aphrodite, goddess of love."

Oh. My. God. Wait, no. Gods.

**********In the Aphrodite Cabin***********

"So this is your bunk. Lights out in an hour," Piper says. She's very nice...lot nicer than Drew who I met about five minutes ago. She was what I thought to be a typical Aphrodite kid. Beautiful, vain, conceited, every other possible synonym to the last two...yeah. How was I related to her; and for that matter, Piper? Yes Piper was stunning, but she wasn't vain. In fact I couldn't see a trace of make up on her face. Much like my own.

Another thing. Who are my parents? One of them must be an Aphrodite kid. But the other one. Are they a demigod or a clear-sighted mortal or even just a regular mortal? I never knew my Mom. Was she the Aphrodite demigod? Or is Dad? So many questions. No answers. Urgh!!!!!!!!! Why? Why am I an exception to everything? Chiron came up to me after the camp fire to tell me that he's never known a Greek demigod to grow up and be an actual parent. Apparently there's a roman camp out west that has plenty of families like that. But I'm definitely Greek. It was Aphrodite who appeared. Not Venus.

Damn it!