The Daughter of Apollo

Chapter Twenty-Four: The Kidnapping

Chapter Twenty-Four-The Kidnapping

Breakfast was...annoying to say the least.

That morning I had awoken with all the Apollo campers-minus my brother. Where was the idiot? Surely he'd come back to Camp sooner or later!-crowded around my bunk staring down at me. Andrea was on my bed, looking down at me, a big, happy smile on her face. When I opened my eyes to meet the little's girls face only inches from mine, I screamed and scrambled into the sitting position.

"Well, that's one way to wake her up," Oliver, one of my half-brothers, said as I started to take deep breaths to calm myself.

"So," Nina said, taking a seat at the other end of the bed, "what happened last night?" Nina had a knowing smirk on her face as I blushed lightly and glared at her.

"Oh, I see!" Will announced, holding the digital camera little Andrea had last night. "You were having some...fun." Will laughed as he showed the picture to the rest of the guys. Levi, one of the older guys, gave loose a low whistle as he stared at it.

"Geez, Jaycee, I would never have seen this coming," He said sarcastically as he laughed with Will. Oliver took one look at the picture and gave a wolf-whistle. Dean just laughed. I made a move for the spare knife that was on the bedside table. I raised it at each of them in turn.

"I'm not afraid to gut you all like defenseless fish." Oliver and Dean took a step back from me, hiding slightly behind Will and Levi. Nina laughed.

"I don't believe you!" She sang. I relaxed my shoulders and smiled slightly.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah," I said as I pulled back the golden silk sheets of my bunk and got up. I walked to the trunk at the end of my bed and grabbed some baggy, boot cut jeans, and a Camp T-shirt, with the other essentials like underwear and a bra. I headed into the bathroom and got ready for the day, trying to brush through my tangled mess of hair. Will gathered everyone and we set off for the dining pavilion, me pulling up the rear.

When we sat down at our table we went through what was a camp normal. I got up and sacrificed some of my pancakes to the gods then went back to my seat to actually eat my breakfast. Nina sat on one side of me and Andrea got sat on the other. She kept looking at me then bursting into a fit of giggles. Will-who was seated across from me-kept smiling, and would then try and question me about last night. Oliver was trying not to laugh, and I was getting ready to kick Levi in the shins for asking me if I enjoyed myself last night.

That's when the Hermes Cabin filed in.

I could tell that Travis was also teasing his brother, and the not-as-cramped cabin was joining in as well. Travis managed to catch my eye, and he gave a loud wolf-whistle, catching the attention of some of the nearby tables. Don't do what I think he's going to do. Please! Gods, please, please, please-

"I'd like to make an announcement!" Travis yelled as he started to stand up on the top of the table. Travis then gestured for Will to come and help him with it, and Will had something flashy and silver in his hands...oh, gods, no! Travis cleared his throat once more then made to direct the Hermes cabin as if they were a choir. Together, the whole of Cabin Eleven was singing, "Connor's got a girlfriend! Connor's got a girlfriend!"

Will then drew the attention onto himself. "I'd like to invite the happy couple to join me up here to relish in their embarrassment!" Nina and Oliver then pulled me up out of my seat by the arms and started to drag me over to the table as Connor was hoisted up.

"Ah, come on!" I complained. "Isn't announcing it bad enough?"

Will laughed and shook his head. "And we caught them on camera!"