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✩ T W E L V E │aphrodite strikes again│✩

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T W E L V E │aphrodite strikes again│✩

AURORA AWOKE BESIDE HER FRIENDS SITTING IN FRONT OF A PATIO TABLE. Her sky blue eyes quickly scanned her surroundings as someone's knee banged against the underside of the table. "What?" Hedge demanded. "Fight who? Where?"

Meanwhile, Leo had a different reaction. "Falling!" He grabbed the table and looked around. "No - not falling. Where are we?"

Piper let out a groan and Aurora looked over to her sister. She was in a completely new fit and wore a turquoise dress, black leggings, black leather boots, and a silver charm bracelet dangled on her wrist. There was an old snowboarding jacket that looked a little big on her and her choppy hair was braided into two French braids. "Sorry." she muttered.

Leo grinned over at Piper. "Aphrodite strikes again, huh? You're gonna be the best-dressed warrior in town, Beauty Queen."

Jason stifled a laugh. "Hey, Leo. Have you looked at yourself recently?"

"What? Oh." It seemed as if Aphrodite had given everyone a makeover. Leo was wearing pinstripe pants, black leather shoes, a white collarless shirt with suspenders, his handy-dandy tool belt, Ray-Ban sunglasses, and a porkpie hat.

Aurora chuckled. "Gods, Leo."

"I think my dad wore that to his last premiere - minus the tool belt." Piper added.

"Hey, shut up!" the said boy protested.

"I think he looks good." Coach Hedge spoke up. "Course, I look better."

When Aurora looked over at the satyr, she wished she was colorblind. He was a pastel nightmare and Aurora silently cursed Aphrodite. He had on a baggy canary-yellow suit with two-tone shoes that fit over his hooves. He had a matching yellow broad-brimmed hat, a rose-colored shirt, a baby blue tie, and a blue carnation on his lapel (which he quickly ate).

As much as Aurora loved Aphrodite, sometimes the said Goddess could go a bit overboard. (The satyr was an example of that.) So, when Aurora looked down at what she was wearing - she was quite surprised that Aphrodite hadn't gone full out. She wore a metallic high neck knitted top, a plaid buttoned down shirt, patched denim jeans, a brown belt, and a silver star necklace. Her hair was done in beach waves and when she looked down at her hands she found her nails painted white. She wore a pair of white converse sneakers that had doodles on them.

"Well, at least Aphrodite overlooked me." Jason spoke up. Aurora looked across from her and stared at the son of Jupiter. Aphrodite had put him in a simple pair of jeans and a clean purple shirt. He had on new tennis shoes and his hair looked newly trimmed. Aurora could hear Aphrodite's message loud and clear and it seemed to say: This one needs no improvement. Aurora couldn't help but agree. Her mind flashed as she thought about the picture she had seen and she quickly looked away from Jason.

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