Certain and Uncertain things

The pounding music of Sarah Smiles by Panic! At the Disco could be heard blasting from Annalise's headphones as she carried a bowl of oreos and milk to the lake. The look of dark bags under her eyes were most obvious. She had a rough night the night before which led to a morning of many mishaps with an alarm clock, shower head, and a lost pair of favorite socks. She had on her usual bright orange Camp Half-Blood t-shirt and track shorts with light blue vans. She knew for a fact she was receiving weird looks from people as they witnessed this strange daughter of Aphrodite carrying a bowl of food and blasting music from her old school CD player. Her best friend from San Francisco had made her a whole case of mixed CD for her enjoyment - or in this case - to brighten her already crappy day. 

Once she arrived to the lake, she found a quiet and comfortable spot under a convenient tree and quickly sat down. She placed her breakfast bowl and CD player beside her before pulling her legs up against her chest and resting her head against the roughness of the tree bark. Annalise was glad she had decided to pull her unruly curly hair into a make shift French braid. It allowed her to lay her head against things as opposed to the typical ponytail. Closing her eyes, she let out a small breathe of relief and quietly enjoyed the peace and quiet that surrounded her.

Annalise reached up to tuck a strand of her creamy, butter blonde hair back into her thick braid. She offered the familiar demigod a polite smile, flashing her pearly whites in the process. "Hey Arian! Yeah I got back last night and managed to slip in unnoticed." She paused the music and removed the head phones from around her neck and placed them next to her empty bowl of Oreos and CD player. "So what's new with camp? I heard Chiron is as mean as ever." The blond demigod never was never able to establish a well meaningful relationship with the over protective Centaur. It always ended up with him ordering her to preform more chores around camp. However, she planned on changing that. 

"Well knowing what's out there and the amount of people trying to kill us, I'd say those odds are rather impressive," she replied with a slight chuckle. With the talk of monsters, her mind quickly flashed black to her just recent visit back home and couldn't help but suppress the sudden goosebumps. She had an unfortunate encounter with a beastly creature that landed her in the emergency room for two days. 

Shaking her head, she quickly caught herself before looking like an idiot staring off into space.  

A mixture of dread and confusion overcame Annalise as she took in the news. She hated war; she hated confrontation and most definitely she hated fighting. She was never really good at it, partially because she never wanted to practice. However as she sat there and listened all she seemed to grasp at what was the possibility of war. 

Quickly shaking her head, she opened her ears to what Arian was saying. 

"Do you know why?"She asked. Annalise, who had never met the Olympian god, had heard around camp that the great sun god was a bit of an arrogant, cocky and self-centered god who had weird obsessions with haikus. But then again, which god wasn't arrogant or self-centered?... 

"I'm really sorry to hear that, Arian," she said with a sympathetic smile crossing her face.