The Storm

Football Game

Try outs for soccer had resulted in an extremely talented team and the first game wasn't too far off but there was one problem. Homecoming. Everyone was obsessed with going and it was overall a distraction for the entire team that wasn't needed. At least to Thalia it was.

The football game was that Friday evening. Nearly everyone was going. All throughout the school day boys and girls would ask each other to either the game or Homecoming.

"Any of you guys going?" Percy had asked at lunch walking over to the table where Thalia, Reyna, Artemis, and surprisingly Apollo sat.

"Hell yeah." Apollo smiled brightly never one to turn down a popular occasion.

"Hell no." Was Thalia's quick reply.

"Agreed." Reyna laughed.

"How come? You went last year." Percy frowned looking pointedly at Thalia.

"That was the worst mistake of my life. We don't talk about that." Reyna was surprised by the intensity in Thalia's voice.

"Right, sorry. I'm not trying to dig up the past. Just curious." Percy smiled slightly.

"Are you taking Annabeth?" Reyna asked shifting topics.

"Yes, of course." Percy smiled brightly at this. "Don't worry I'll take care of her ."

"You better." Thalia warned with a glare. Percy said goodbye and went to sit back down at his usual table.

"You guys are such drags. Just have a good time for once. Homecoming isn't even that bad." Apollo rolled his eyes and picked at his food.

"Are you kidding me? There is nothing flattering about a mosh pit of girls and guys grinding on each other in short kinky dresses and sweaty tuxes ." Artemis scoffed.

"That's exactly the fun." Apollo countered.

"Uh no that doesn't sound fun at all. That sounds like an easy way for something to go wrong." Reyna frowned. "Besides people don't exactly ask permission before they touch you in those situations. I'd probably smack the life out of some poor soul if they touched me at all."

"That I would love to see." Thalia laughed her eyes nearly squinting shut.

"You're all just sticks in the mud." Apollo pointed a plastic fork at Reyna. "I'd take you. Not you, you scare me."

Apollo gestured at Thalia who smirked. "Good."

"Now to hook Arty up with a date." Apollo sighed scanning the lunch area.

"I'm not going. I'm staying home and sleeping." She argued glaring at her brother.

"That sounds like a wonderful idea." Thalia sighed, already wanting to go home and crash on the couch.

"At least go to the football game." Apollo smiled pleadingly.

"And watch a bunch of sweaty guys with ego problems hit each other just so our team can lose? No thanks." Artemis shook her head.

"What about you? Your brother played football." Apollo looked expectantly at Thalia who'd zoned out a while ago and was watching some kids mess around.,