“Why do you keep talking to me?” Drew asked, almost sounding annoyed but genuinely curious and maybe a little emotional.

She knows she's mean, she does it on purpose.

It's much easier for the daughter of Aphrodite to push people away than it is to keep them around. And it works, most at Camp Half-Blood don't like her.

You are different.

She doesn't want to get attached, but she enjoys your presence, just a little bit.

“They will hate you too.”