Making Up [for Aphrodite]

[lightningthief]

Aphrodite being mad with me put a big damper on the fun I was having in Trixia's body. After the joke I pulled on her fell flat, I've been in a bad mood since. Now suddenly, I've woken up in my own body again. Mmm, at least Coraline's out of it now. Thank the gods for that. I am in all one piece too. I checked. No, I didn't trust she didn't do anything stupid or strange to me. Time to go back home.

Soooo..... even after being annoyed for a few days, I don't really know what to do about Aphrodite. If she's not speaking to me so soon after we started this dating thing... I don't even know if this was a good idea in the first place. This was probably a bit stupid to think I can make something like that work. Yes, I deeply desire to be loved. No, I have not ever been deeply loved. Therein lies the problem. I know my childhood fucked me up. It's just what I am now. When she doesn't want me around, then I guess that's that. Right? It wasn't like I'm going to replace her Hephaestus. I don't know how to function that way. What does she want with my bundle of issues, anyway? Maybe we were better off just banging each other without the complications.

Is my fatal flaw the opposite of Percy's? Disloyalty? My ability to suddenly walk away from all my ties?

I go in my hut, regardless of Percy being there or not, shower up, get dressed, then go out back. Maybe I'll oil my armor this morning. It's a good time killer.

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[lightningthief]

One thing about this island I do kind of miss is the status I used to have. All of Camp Half-Blood looked up to me in my day. When I served Kronos, my forces would beat their weapons and chant my name. Here? Not really anyone notable. I don't have such a huge ego that I let this bother me, it's just that it was really nice. I just grin at Aphrodite when she gives me that 'baddest dude' line.

"Yeah. I can show you, although I'm slow when I have to read the menus. It's all in English, which is a pain." I smile and let out a small laugh. "I'll bet you can read English better than I can." That's so wrong, considering she's a full goddess.

[just_hormones]

"Yeah, I can read English just fine," Aphrodite replies, then gives Luke a somewhat apologetic cringe. "Sorry. If you just bring up the list of choices I can read them off, if that'll help."

[lightningthief]

"I could read fine if those blasted letters would just stay still. Dyslexia bites."

I have the computer booted up already, so I move the mouse and show her the arrow. "The mouse moves the arrow. You point at stuff and click the button. It's not so hard." I know she's sharper than she lets on.

[just_hormones]

She turns long enough to kiss Luke's cheek, then takes the mouse as he's instructed. He's right that it's not too hard, so after a few clicks, she's reading through a list of movie options.

"Let's see...Across the Universe...sounds boring. Fried Green Tomatoes...sounds kind of gross. Wait - ooh, how about this one?"

She points at the title on the screen. "Sense and Sensibility. I pick that movie."

[lightningthief]

"Okay, let's watch Senseless, then," I say, already mocking the movie a bit. There's two chairs there, one of which Percy cracked over my head that day I lost my memories. It got repaired since then. I sit down on the empty one, and motion for her to slide hers back away from the computer and over closer.

[just_hormones]

Aphrodite rolls her eyes, but she's clearly not all that bothered as she scoots her chair so it's right up next to Luke's. She wishes there was a couch instead, but she can improvise, and curls up in her chair, leaning to the side against him rather than back.