Ashes

When I woke up the next morning the first thing I realized was that I couldn’t hear my alarm. I always heard it first thing because it was so annoying, so I knew something was up. When I went downstairs, I knew no one was home because I couldn’t hear Anna’s weird music (I think it was called Fall In Guy or something) blaring or the TV turned on to some boring story on the news, so I looked at the clock. It was 3:30! How had I slept that late? The party started at 4:00 and it took at least 10 minutes to walk there, so I knew I had to hurry.

I jumped in the shower to clean up real quick and then got out and brushed my teeth. After spending 5 minutes on my hair, I threw on some red skinny jeans, a plain white t-shirt, a beanie, and some Converse. As I was walking out the door, my stomach growled loud enough to wake up the neighbors, if it weren’t 4:45 pm. I grabbed a bagel, smeared some Nutella on it, and ran out the door

. It was late, so I had to run, but as I got towards Camp, I kept getting stopped by people congratulating me on my amazing job in archery and asking if Anna was going to join the legion or not. Right before I got there, I (literally) ran into Anna. So, of course, she decides to scream at me in public.

“Watch where you’re going, freak!”

“Oh, sorry, I couldn’t see you, you just blend right in with the shadows. Wait a minute, I think I can see your… No, wait, that’s just the wall behind you.” I shot back, not lying. She was literally only wearing black. Black jeans, shirt, jacket, shoes, nail polish, everything. She rolled her eyes at me.

“You’re right”, she said sarcastically, “Oh, Allen, please forgive me. I can’t ever imagine you being mad because of me!”

“Shut up”, I said, shoving past her.

“Great comeback right there, dear brother of mine!” She yelled after me. She really got on my nerves. We hadn’t always constantly been getting on each other’s nerves. In fact, just a couple years ago we got along great, other than the occasional dispute. It was when she decided she wanted to leave home to join the legion and mom and dad started bugging her about it constantly that we started fighting all the time. Mom and dad left me alone mainly, so she got jealous, saying I was their favorite, and was constantly mean and bitter towards me, which led to fighting. So really, it was her fault.


"Shall we?" I said in mock - politeness. She smiled, looping her hand through mine like I was taking her to a fancy ball. "We shall." She said in a false alto voice, sticking her tongue out at me. "Loser." I said, backing away from her like she was a gorgon. The party was being held in the Praetor's hall, where the "thrones" are. My parents were already inside, chatting up the Praetor's and gaining even more rep in Camp Jupiter. "C'mon, let's go." Anna said, pushing me inside the celestial bronze doors, ready to put up with a million questions about my family.

Notes

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