Post by Teddy on Feb 28, 2014 15:49:23 GMT -5
I had gone down to the archery range after finally getting my bow back from my friend Sappho, a Hephaestus daughter with a real talent for fixing weapons. She had molded the snapped bow back to a perfected state two days, it even had it's magical qualities. Once she had delivered it personally to the Apollo cabin, and after I had hugged her tightly and thanked her with a huge smile I had dashed down to the archery range to do some shooting with it. Having it back felt like I was finally whole again. I pulled back the familiar string tightly, the red fletched feathers of my celestial bronze arrows brushed my cheek to let me know it was time to let go. I knew the exact amount of force to use, and I knew the angles I needed to aim to make a bullseye. Non-moving targets weren't as fun to shoot at, but I always liked a warm up before moving on. I looked past the tip of the arrow, which gleamed brightly as it caught the sunlight, keeping the inside of the tiny middle circle locked in my sights. I let a slow breath escape my lips as I concentrated. I got ready to pull my fingers back, when suddenly a voice from close beside me spoke up. I let the arrow go, jumping in surprise. It flew through the air and the target two circles away from where I aimed at. Man, people needed to stop sneaking up on me mid shot. My mind trailed to the time my friend Luke had done the same thing, feeling a blush coming on I quickly stopped thinking about that and turned to where the voice had come from.
I stood, looking at another boy about mu age, maybe a little younger. His black medium length hair fell neatly around his oriental features. What really stuck out about him was his clothing choice, which, I very much liked. I never saw many others around camp other than Aphrodite children wearing suspenders, or any other choices of clothing combinations that weren't an orange camp t-shirt and some ripped up jeans. I myself liked to wear neater looking clothes. The combination I was wearing now, my beige quarter sleeved shirt with a v-neck cut paired with some ripped up jeans of my own and my timberland boots was by far my favourite outfit. It took me a while before I realized he'd asked for help, I decided I should stop awkwardly staring the boy up and down so I smiled his way, holding my bow behind my back.
"Hey," I said, throwing a hand up for him to shake. "Sure I can help you. What's up?"
I stood, looking at another boy about mu age, maybe a little younger. His black medium length hair fell neatly around his oriental features. What really stuck out about him was his clothing choice, which, I very much liked. I never saw many others around camp other than Aphrodite children wearing suspenders, or any other choices of clothing combinations that weren't an orange camp t-shirt and some ripped up jeans. I myself liked to wear neater looking clothes. The combination I was wearing now, my beige quarter sleeved shirt with a v-neck cut paired with some ripped up jeans of my own and my timberland boots was by far my favourite outfit. It took me a while before I realized he'd asked for help, I decided I should stop awkwardly staring the boy up and down so I smiled his way, holding my bow behind my back.
"Hey," I said, throwing a hand up for him to shake. "Sure I can help you. What's up?"