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"I... yeah," she said, feeling the hum. It was a noise, and she could tell the epicenter of it. It dispersed, though, fairly quickly. It was then that the bell rang. "Shoot," she muttered, "... classes!" Ari jumped up from the sofa and fumbled in her bag for her glasses and schedule. She found both, and slid the glasses back over her eyes. "I'll see you at lunch, ja?" she said, hope leaking into her voice. She wasn't sure how to officially leave. Another kiss? A hug? She, unlike the other students, had ten minutes to get to class due to her 'disability'... but it felt like forever. She hesitated, not knowing what to do. She hoped he would act for her.

Damn her. Damn her for being an intelligent and independent young woman. “Sure thing,” Aphrodite said, nodding. She took Evermore’s proffered hand. As the two Goddesses hands touched, Aphrodite’s suppressed aura resurfaced, surging to maximum power and overloading Evermore’s aura. The result was a sharp shock, and a ’pop!’ at their joined hands. Aphrodite froze in shock, wondering what to do, and how in Hades she could cover that up. If she could pass it off as static… surely Evermore would have felt the first-class Goddess Aura right in front of her.

"You should speak with more respect, hun," Aphrodite said sweetly, her form rippling. She was back to her normal body now. The middle-sized Aphira was no more. The 6' 2" blond beauty before Evermore was pure goddess. "... and it wasn't a speal. It was the truth. There's love all around us," she said, waving her hand in a dreamy fashion. "Don't cross you arms at me, I haven't offended you!" she said lazily, putting a hand on her curvy hip. "Besides, you look frumpy when you do that... like a spoiled little girl who didn't get her way. Very unattractive. Come now, you are not three... then again, you technically are aren't you?" she asked curiously.

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Back on Mt Olympus, Ares had felt the surge of power between Evermore and Aphrodite. He had been looking for it, waiting for it, and it had come. Now he just needed to decide if he should interfere or not... Was it his place to go find out how they got along?

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Ever was not used to this feeling. She was feeling quite little and insignificant right now, and she did not like it! She could also feel her maturity level dropping quickly.

Though, she wasn't put out enough to believe Aphrodite's 'innocent' act about the lake. She just wouldn't tell Ever anything. That was fine because she didn't need her to, anyway.

Her scowl was deepening and her eyes were beginning to flash red.

"Aphrodite, if you're so important, then what are you doing at a school full of high school girls? You'd think that someone of your 'stature' could find a more exotic place to hide out. What, the epic romances becoming too much for you, so you thought you'd focus more on the raging teenage hormones that masquerade as love instead?"

She smirked darkly at Aphrodite.

“You’re right,” she said, nodding to Evermore, “I could have gone somewhere exotic to ‘hide’ as you put it. Being the Goddess of love is a never ending cycle. I’m not here to ‘hide’… merely to take a break,” she said, looking to the girl. “I don’t go handing out my personal reasoning for my choices to just anyone who asks, which unfortunately Dear Evermore, includes you,” she said waspishly.

“… but I’ll throw you a bone. When you look at me, what do you see?” she asked, looking at her mournfully. Aphrodite suddenly held up her hand. “No, no… let me guess. First: You see my beauty,” it wasn’t an arrogant statement, but the truth. People did notice her beauty first. “… Then, (for you at least), you see the Goddess of Love. My history is infamous, and you judge me upon that without knowing me. You assume I’m one-dimensional, vain, selfish, and a slut due to the amount of men I’ve kept company with. That,” she said softly, “Is the common misconception.” She pulled her hair back over her shoulder and ran her fingers through it thoughtfully. “I won’t deny that I can be vain upon occasion, selfish… but who isn’t? Will you damn me for that? Just as the legends remember me as a temperamental brat doesn’t mean I haven’t grown up. It’s been millennia, and I was younger then. I changed with the times,” she said.

“Did you know,” Aphrodite asked, “that there are beautiful girls out there, both inside and out, that don’t think them to be so? It’s because of society. Girls are constantly told they’re not perfect, they’re not ‘model thin’…. And then what? I’ll tell you what: disorders. Anorexia, Bulimia, etc. It’s not healthy. Even here, Evermore, there are at least 10 girls with serious problems and doubting their beauty. I could have seen them already, but I’m having this lovely conversation about you trying to belittle my intentions. I’m here to help these girls. You’re beautiful, they’re beautiful… and they need someone to tell them that. Oh, but I forgot!” she said with a tinkling laugh, “You’re Evermore, and an amazing at judging people you don’t really know! Jeese, I guess I shouldn’t have gone to college… right? I mean, who needs a degree in psychology? I’ll just go back to Olympus and be vain there! Hell, maybe I’ll go to Bora Bora!” she snapped at Evermore. “You should try to see the good in people… not the bad. You’ll become a nasty harpy, or a pessimist.”

"Be that as it may," she said, "I never asked for your mindless following. I only asked for what was due to me: The respect a child has for any adult. More respect comes with time, and I know that, but I would appreciate a little less back sass from you," she quipped. "Daddy has always been relatively accepting, and as has my sister. That does not mean you damn the rest of us... give us a second chance. It people like you that hold grudges that start the wars," she said. "I won't deny I have played with mortals, (all of us have at one point or another!), but I received my due. Trust me, I have stopped that practice... otherwise I would be here to hinder and not help, yes?" she said, raising an eyebrow. "Even though I am a Goddess, I'm still your councilor, and I would hope that you will still come to me with problems perhaps? What say we put everything behind us, (including your birth incident), behind us and start over?"