Boys Night Out

Date: October 5

    "Frank, you're coming to the Halloween party, right?" Jason asked as they walked to their cars.

    Frank remembered the last party and how disastrous it had been. Why did Jason want to go to another? Jason must have seen the expression on his face because he said, "It's at Grover's place. It will be a small affair. No Ethans will be there."

     "Will there be alcohol?" I asked.

       Grover laughed and said, "We Satyrs always have alcohol. My father doesn't allow me to throw parties without alcohol. Don't worry, though. I will have sparkling grape juice for you and Hazel."

    "Hazel is going?" Frank asked. 

     "Yes," Jason said. "The girls already found their costumes. We need to find our own."

    "Does that mean we have to go shopping?" Frank asked.  

    "Yes," Grover said. "All of us boys are meeting up at the mall."

*****

    "I feel like a cliche teenage girl," Percy grumbled when the boys met outside of Hecate's Halloween House.

    "What's wrong with that?" Will asked.

    "They eat Starbucks instead of McDonalds," Nico shivered. "That's what wrong with girls in fanfics."

    "I thought it was that they're always helpless and have to be saved by guys who abduct them," Jason said.

    Everyone laughed.

   "Let's go find some costumes," Grover said. 

    "Annabeth won't tell me what she's dressing up as," Percy grumbled.

   "Reyna told me she's dressing up as Antigone," Jason said. "It seems the girls are going to wear costumes inspired by mythology."

    "Fine, I'm going to be Pan," Grover said. "Juniper told me she's going to dress up as a dryad."

    Frank looked around for costumes. His friends were having luck, but he was having none. Jason almost decided to be Heracles, but when Percy pointed out that Heracles was the ultimate player of Greek mythology, he put down the fake lion cape.

   "You should be Jason," Leo joked. "I'm going to dress up as Narcissus. Both of us are tragically handsome."

    "I'm not dressing up as Jason," Jason insisted. "He was pretty useless compared to the other members of the Argo. All he did was sweet talk the queen of Lesbos."

    "All of these costumes suck!" Nico announced. "I'm just going to dress up as a McDonalds worker."

    "A vampire from McDonalds?" Percy asked.

    "I'm pale, not a vampire," Nico said. "Know the difference."

    "I guess I'll be a Burger King worker then," Will said.

    "You guys are so strange," Jason said. "I'm going to be Diomedes."

   "Ahh, another guy without much luck with love," Percy said.

    "How is it with Piper?" Frank asked as he searched through the sales rack.

    "I don't think she likes me like that," Jason said.

    "You and Frank are idiots," Will said, rolling his eyes.

    "I got it," Percy said. "I'll dress up as the SAT. Annabeth will love me."

   Everyone laughed. As Frank laughed, his eyes fell upon something. He pulled it out and felt excitement fill his chest. He held up the costume triumphantly.

    "I'm going to be Lycaon," Frank said, "the first werewolf."