Hey guys! Yeah, I know what you're thinking. 'She's back?!" Yeah, I'm back. This is a new story idea I had for like the longest time ever, and I decided to write it, so here we go. Tell me if I should continue!
Disclaimer: I do not own PJO, HoO, or anything recognizable
"Percy!" A brunette woman yelled. "Wake up! And wake your sister up too."A small black-haired little boy popped up from under his blue 'Finding Nemo' blankets and yawned.
"Okay Mommy!" The little boy yelled back. He hopped out of bed and ran into his older sister's room. He loved his older sister. "Thalia!" The little boy hopped onto the sleeping body in the bed. "Thalia, wake up!"
"Ugh," grunted a raven –haired girl. "Percy what did I tell you about jumping on me?" Thalia grunted.
"You said if I jumped on you that you would-that you would-umm… I forget." Percy pouted cutely at the end.
"Well let's see if I can remind you," Thalia said reaching her hands towards Percy's stomach.
"Thalia! Wait! No! I remember now! Hahahaha! You said-hahahahha- that you would-hahah stop it! Ti-tickle me!" Percy laughed out as his older sister's hand ran up and down his sides. "Stop it! Hahahaha! Stop it!"
"Call uncle Perce, call uncle!" Thalia laughed along with her younger brother. He always had a way of brightening her day. Whether it was the bright smile of his that could make soldiers at war feel hope, or that contagious bell-like laughter, Percy made her happy.
"Uncle!" The young boy screeched out of breath. "Uncle!"
"Okay," Thalia sighed out of breath herself. She may not have been the one getting tickled, but boy can that kid kick up a storm. "Let's go see what mom wants."
They both raced down the small hallway into the kitchen to see who would get to their mom first. Of course, Thalia got there first. Having longer legs can be quite the advantage.
In the kitchen cooking in a sky blue apron, singing along to the radio stood an average height brunette woman.
"Mornin' Ma," Thalia greeted her mom with a kiss on the cheek.
"Mommy!" Percy jumped onto their mom like a sloth clings to a tree.
"Good morning Thalia, Percy," The woman, Sally replied back. "Percy, honey, can you get off mommy? She needs to finish cooking."
"But I love you…" The boy pouted.
"I love you too, baby," Sally smiled at her loving little boy. She nuzzled his nose like a lioness does to her cubs. "Now go sit at the table with Thalia."
Percy replied with an okay and went to sit next to his sister. He soon noticed that his sister was texting someone on her phone. It was probably her boyfriend Luke or that friend her best friend Reyna.
"Who're you texting?" Percy pondered trying to look over his sister's shoulder.
"No one!" Thalia replied quickly pushing her phone into her pajama pants pocket.
"It doesn't sound like no one," Percy pushed.
"Well it was," Thalia argued.
"Really?"
"Un-huh." They looked at each other, seeing who would crack first. Slowly they both started smiling.
"So, who was it?" Percy asked, taking a bite out of his blueberry pancakes.
"It was Reyna," Thalia said dipping her French toast stick into her maple syrup. "She was wondering when I was going to come to camp."
"Mommy when do I get to go to the camp?" Percy asked his mother who had just sat down.
"When you're twelve, Percy, you know that."
"Why can't I just go now?" Percy pestered even though he know that the camp only took campers that were twelve years and older. He just thought that maybe if he kept asking, then the age rule would change.
"You already know why Percy," Sally said sipping her coffee. Percy groaned and went back to eating his pancakes. He can't wait until he's Thalia's age so he can understand exactly whats so fun about this camp that Thalia goes to.
"So, when are you going to take me to camp mom?" Thalia asked finishing her French toast. She got up and starting washing her dish.
"Today at three o'clock, Thals, you know that,"
"But it's so far away!" Thalia whined. "I need to see Reyna! She's having trouble with Jason. Does he like her or is he just using her for Piper? Do you know how hard it is for a daughter of Ares (1) to compete with a daughter of Aphrodite? Pretty hard mom, pretty hard. Reyna and I also have to help Miranda with her gardening work and with her crush on Malcolm and, ugh! You see mom! I have to go to camp now!"
"Wow, you seem like a busy girl," Sally smirked. "And what about Luke? You aren't excited to see him?" Thalia hastily nodded and blushed.
"What's an Ares and an Aphrodite?" Percy asked head tilted to the side.
"Nothing honey. Why don't you go put some clothes on…we have a visitor coming soon," Sally uttered quickly slightly pushing her son towards his bedroom. The boy just ran down the hallway like he had already planned on doing that.
"That was close Thalia. I told you about just spitting those names around. Not only is it a danger to you, but also to Percy. He doesn't know about the Greek world yet, and I'd like to keep it that way until he's twelve and his scent gets too strong," Sally lectured her daughter.
"I know, I know mom. It was just a slip up. It won't happen again. I promise," Thalia said.
"Okay, I love you. Now go get dressed," Sally pushed Thalia out the room too. "And dress nice! Tell your brother to also!" Sally added as an afterthought.
Once Sally was alone she cleaned up all the dishes went into her room to make herself look nice also.
Thalia dressed herself in a nice blouse with black skinny jeans and she let her hair down, so that some of it swept into her electric blue eyes. Sally dressed herself in a nice blue dress, while little Percy was in a red polo shirt with khaki shorts. They were all sitting in the den looking spiffy and clean when the door bell rang. Sally, being the adult, answered it.
"Hello, Gabe," She smiled. Gabe was her secret weapon. He was a nice man with good morals, he came from a decent family, he worked at the fire department, he was handsome, and he had such a human scent that he could cover up Thalia's and Percy's smell no problem. What more could a woman want?
"Hello, Sally," Gabe smiled warmly back at her. He had dark brown hair that was slightly cropped, and sparkling green eyes. He had a nice build and was at least six feet tall.
Gabe kissed Sally on the cheek as she led him into her abode. They walked through the hallway, and into the den where Thalia and Percy were playing 'Mama's Having A Baby'.
"These are your children?" He questioned with a smile the kids looked adorable, especially that little boy.
"Yep," Sally grinned. "The girl is Thalia, she's twelve, and Percy is my baby boy, he's only seven. He's turning eight tomorrow actually."
"That's wonderful!" Gabe responded.
"Thalia, Percy, this is Gabe, my boyfriend," Sally said hesitantly.
"You have a boyfriend?" Thalia asked astonished.
"Mommy and Gabe sitting in a tree K-I-C-S-I-N-G!" Percy tried to spell out.
"Umm, Percy has ADHD and dyslexia, and we're working on his spelling," Sally told Gabe just in case he judged her little boy.
"MOM! Oh my gosh! It's time to go to camp!" Thalia shouted looking at the clock.
"Here we go, Gabe can you do me a favor, please? Can you watch Percy for me?" Sally begged practically out of the door with Thalia pulling her.
"I love you Percy be good for Gabe!" And she was gone.
"So, Mr. Umm… tomorrows my birthday. Did you know that?"
"Well, I'll just have to get you an extra special birthday present…" Gabe laughed.
So, that was it. Review!
(1) No Roman campers, so no Roman gods.
