Aphrodite the Beauty (Goddess Girls)
nodded. But before she could tell Artemis all that had happened that morning, her friend jumped out of
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    bed. "You won't believe what happened last night after you left the party," she said, as she yanked open her closet. A small heap of clean but wrinkled chitons lay at the bottom. She grabbed the first one she touched and slipped it on.
    Aphrodite's muscles tensed. What if it was something concerning Ares and Athena? "What happened?" she asked, as Artemis's head popped out of the chiton's neckline.
    Artemis grinned. "Poseidon and Dionysus decided to go swimming in one of the fountains. It was hilarious. I think they were showing off for Athena's benefit."
    Feeling somewhat relieved, Aphrodite crossed to the open closet and automatically began picking up the chitons. One by one, she shook out their wrinkles, then hung them up. "I bet she wasn't impressed."
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    "You got that right." Artemis poured water into a trough for her dogs, then scooped dry dog food into a large ceramic bowl. The hounds immediately ran over to slurp the water and gobble their food. As if to make up for his smaller size, Amby ate twice as fast as the other two. Artemis turned back toward Aphrodite. "She said it was obvious they'd missed getting brains the day they were handed out, probably because they were only being given to godboys who'd use them."
    Aphrodite laughed. She resisted the urge to clean up the bits of soggy food that the dogs, especially Amby, were scattering around the bowl. "Did Ares go swimming with them?" she asked casually.
    "Ares?" Artemis repeated absently as she reached under her desk for her quiver of arrows. "No, for once he had more sense than the other godboys. Medusa got
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    drenched though. She kept flirting with Poseidon, and I think he got tired of it. Anyway, he and Dionysus finally just picked her up and tossed her in."
    Aphrodite smiled. She would've liked to have seen that. Artemis glanced out the window at the giant sundial below. "Wow, I really slept in, didn't I?" she said. "I was supposed to meet Apollo for archery practice ten minutes ago." She picked up her bow. "I'd better go."
    "Me too," said Aphrodite. As Artemis left, she returned to her own room next door and settled onto her pillow-strewn bed to mull over the possibilities for helping Hippomenes. After reaching into her bag for her notepad and feather pen, she began a list of ideas. Before she could get very far, however, there was a knock on her door.
    It was Athena. She had dressed again in the turquoise
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    chiton Aphrodite had loaned her last night. "I'm going to the Immortal Marketplace for new knitting supplies," Athena said. "Want to come?"
    "Sure," said Aphrodite, setting her pen aside. "Why not?" As they left her room, she couldn't help asking, "So did you have fun last night?"
    Athena rolled her eyes. "You were lucky you left early. Those godboys wouldn't leave me alone. It was so annoying! And all because I'd had a makeover."
    "Didn't I tell you?" Aphrodite couldn't help grinning. Now that Athena knew what it was like, she'd probably want to go back to being her usual self. And maybe that wouldn't be such a bad thing. Her first crush would just have to wait.
    Before leaving the dorm, the girls grabbed winged sandals from the communal basket at the end of the hall
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    and slipped them onto their feet. Immediately the sandals' straps twined around their ankles, and the silver wings at their heels began to flap. In a blur of speed, they raced down the marble staircase to the main floor of the Academy. And then with their feet barely touching the ground, they zipped out the heavy bronze doors and sped across the courtyard. The wind whistled in their ears as they whipped past boulders and trees to descend Mount Olympus.
    The Immortal Marketplace stood halfway between the heavens and Earth, down below the cloudline. The two girls reached it within minutes, skidding to a stop at the entrance. Loosening the straps around their ankles, they looped
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