The Daughter of Apollo

Chapter Five: Night of Pranks

Chapter Five- Night of Pranks

The crowd went up in cheers, I saw Amber run and hug Lana. The Stoll’s decided to clap and let loose a few wolf whistles.

I just sat there, wide-eyed at the scene that unfolded around me. I could tell Lana was eating up the attention. She liked attention, but she was keen to stay away from it. So whenever Lana had attention, she’d wallow in it. A wide smile was on her lips. She’d be immediately placed in the Aphrodite Cabin, which was pretty much a giant Barbie House.

Then a thought struck me. Where was I sleeping tonight?

Surely they wouldn’t stick me (and Meg) in a cabin with the Stoll’s? Would they?

There was only one way to find out.

I looked around the amphitheatre, trying to find the mischievous 15-year-old. My eyes spotted him next to his brother, Travis—who was hitting on a child of Demeter, what was her name? Kaily? No, Katie? yeah, that’s it; Katie—and I quickly and quietly made my way over there.

I was now seated behind Connor, quietly inching closer to him from behind. I could still se Drew, across the amphitheatre, looking at me with a raised eyebrow. I knew he was asking me a question. It was the, Do you like him or something? Look that he gave me whenever I was around a guy. I just rolled my eyes at him and continued to inch towards Connor.

“Hey,” I whispered and he jumped. He turned around, eyes wide and stared at me.

“Gods, you scared me! How were you so quiet? Well, I guess the noise comes into that, but we could use you on some pranks!” He exclaimed in a shout/whisper. Travis heard it and turned towards me.

“When did you get here?” He asked, surprised.

“Not like you’d notice anyway. You spend all your time with your girlfriend,” Connor muttered under his breath.

“Just a second ago. I needed to ask you guys a question.”

“Yeah?” They said in unison.

“Where are Meg and I sleeping tonight?”

Connor flushed as Travis snickered. Travis smiled.

“The Hermes Cabin, of course…..with us, and a few others.” If it were possible Connor turned a deeper shade of scarlet.

“Of course. That’s all. See you guys later,” I did my normal wave, with my right hand. Meg said it looked kind of like a salute with two fingers.

But before I could go anywhere Connor grabbed my arm.

“Do you even know where the Hermes Cabin is?”

“No. But Meg does. She took it upon herself to memorize every detail of the camp before dinner,” I smiled slightly, and wriggled my arm out of his grip and walked back to Meg, who had an amused look on her face.

“Shut up, it’s not what you think,” I said, fighting down the blush that was creeping up my neck.

The campfire songs and s’mores made the time pass quickly. But towards the end, when one of the Athena campers asked Meg about the book she had in her hands, and Meg went into full detail, another light engulfed the amphitheatre.

A silvery-grey light had taken over the camp, and, yet again, everyone looked over at us. I looked over at Meg to see the owl in an olive tree, surrounded in the pretty light. People cheered again, and Meg was surrounded by people from the Athena Cabin, Annabeth included.

I sighed. Now it would just be me in the Hermes Cabin with the Stolls. Of course Drew would be there, but that didn’t change anything. I’d pretty much be all alone. In a cabin. Full of guys.