PJ 3. Cabin fun

3. Cabin fun

Amaya’s POV
With a sigh I popped open the lid of my can of coke while I made myself comfortable on the roof of Hera’s shrine, which possibly somewhere above the Empire State made said goddess going on a rampage about disrespect. Let’s just say I couldn’t care less.
The moon started to slowly fade as did the stars, warning me that dawn was approaching quickly but for once I was excited about the sunrise. You’ll find out soon enough why…
My thoughts got invaded by faint sounds and movement coming from my left and only ten seconds later, someone took a seat next to me. I didn’t need to look to know it was Luke. The Hermesblood often kept me company at some point in my nightly mischief, yet this was the first time I saw him tonight.
“I was getting worried Castellan.”I said before sipping my coke. “I almost thought that daddy put you to bed early.”. Luke chuckled at my low blow. “I was busy.”he replied. “But I must say Moonlight that I’m surprised to see you out so early. Don’t you prefer to shun sunlight?”. “Not today Lukey.”I answered with a grin. “Not today.”.
He turned slightly so he was facing me, his pale blue eyes sparkling with interest. “What did you do?”he wanted to know. “You know that bull’s head that normally hangs above the door of the Ares cabin?”I asked on which he nodded. “I overheard some Aphrodite girls talking about wanting to visit Spain. You know what they say: be careful what you wish for.”.
“The Aphrodite cabin will have a fit when they wake up to a bull’s head on their fancy carpet!”Luke exclaimed quietly with a smile. “Exactly where I was going for.”I admitted. “How about you? What did you do tonight?”. “I cleaned out the Hephaestus cabin of their tools and with the help of those big magnates they use at the Forge, hung them all to the ceiling of the Ares cabin along with the weapons of the last mentioned ones.”.
I looked at him impressed. “Nice going Lukey.”I complimented him. “It’s good to know that I’m finally starting to rub off on you.”. “And I’m pretty sure the rest of Camp isn’t that grateful for that.”he remarked with a smile.

That was the moment the sun decided to make its entrance on which I popped my silver pair of sunglasses over my eyes. “Show time.”I muttered as slowly the cabins started to wake. The first one was of course the Apollo cabin who take ‘rise with the sun’ quite literally. I knew the Aphrodite cabin would follow quickly since they needed every single second before breakfast for their ‘me-bathroom-time’.
And that’s when high pitched screams echoed between the cabins of Camp Half-Blood and girls and boys fled out of the Aphrodite cabin screaming bloody murder. Piper followed the panicking mess known as her half-siblings while yelling: ‘For Aphrodite’s sake! It’s just a bull’s head!’. The words of their head counsellor however didn’t reach the targeted ears.
Round two started not much later with the Hephaestus kids marching out like a practised army on the search for their precious tools. The Ares cabin soon joined the commotion too, Clarisse demanding to know where their bull’s head was and why their weapons and a bunch of stupid tools where dangling from the ceiling. The comment of ‘stupid tools’ made that the Hephaestus kids felt insulted and more words were thrown back and forth.
Luke and I exchanged a high five before we broke down in laughter. Unfortunately that caused our cover to be blown as all eyes fell on us. “Get them!”Clarisse cried out on which not only her siblings but also the Hephaestus kids and the army of Aphrodite models jumped forward.
Without giving it much thought I grabbed Luke’s wrist and pulled him along with me. We jumped off the roof of Hera’s temple/cabin and raced into the woods knowing well enough we would lose them here. I knew the forest like the back of my hand, they didn’t. In a small ten minutes we reached the vine curtain that hid the staircase that lead to my treehouse which was basically just a big platform with silver coloured tents on it.
“We’ll hide out here until things calm down.”I concluded as I let myself fall onto one of the armchairs that were part of the seating area in the middle of the platform. “Sounds like a plan to me.”Luke agreed as he took a seat in the other armchair across from me. “It might take a while though.”.
“I only have one bed.”I realised suddenly. “A double bed.”Luke pointed out with a grin on which I sighed. “Fine.”I grumbled in defeat. “But you better stay on your side of the bed Castellan.”.

Luke didn’t stay on his side of the bed since I always found myself snuggled against his chest and trapped in his arms by nightfall, and he ended up staying for a week since that was the time the three pissed off cabins kept looking for us. Somehow, I couldn’t help to suspect Aphrodite had something to do with the ‘week of holding a grudge’ as payback for bringing a bloody bull’s head in her nice and comfy cabin.
If she did it to annoy me, she failed. Not that I’m going to tell anyone that though… Especially not Luke.