582. The Jackson's haven't locked their door in years. Demigods sometimes needed to crash at each others' places when on the run. Paul is still getting used to coming home to see a beat-up, bloody demigod, watching TV on their couch and eating blue chocolate chip cookies.

Bam, let's start. I don't own these characters, sadly.

Percy's Pov~

I woke up with Annabeth next to me, she stayed the night last night after the rainstorm got bad. I heard Zeus was in a fight with Ares about something.

But as I got up, accidentally waking up Annabeth too, I walked in the living room to see a boy in all black laying on the couch. I have had a few of my demigod friends drop by while on quests and such, but he was by far the worst. His black tie hung over the edge of the couch with one of his shoes was torn in half. But if it weren't for the smaller aviator jacket he wore, I wouldn't have recognized my cousin.

I decided to let him wake up on his own, it was the weekend after all, and Mom walked in to see Nico immediately.

"Who is that Percy?"

"Nico, apparently he's back from his dad's."

"Well move aside, I have cookies to bake in this case." I laughed, Mom always made cookies when someone dropped by.

A few hours later, around 1, he came to, very dirty may I add.

"Hey cuz, hey is dirtying my couch going?"

"Hm? Oh, sorry," he said sitting up. He rubbed a stitch my his eyebrow and took his jacket off to reveal more scratches.

"What happened?"

"Pit scorpions, evil hellhounds, dracnae, and a freaking hydra."

"Man, all at once?" Annabeth said.

"No, but most of them at once. My dad wanted a Hunger Games between me and a few others."

"I don't want to know how that went."

"Smart. Do you mind if I take a shower?"

"Honey, make yourself at home. Once your out I'm sure Percy will give you a new pair of clothes, and I made cookies for you."

"Um, thanks Mrs. J."

"It's Mrs. B now, honey."

"Oh right, I remember Percy telling me about that."

"Well hurry up, Percy might eat them all before you get out." I gave a cheeky smile as I put another in my mouth, my fifth.

I went to my closet to get something for Nico while he got in the shower. I found a black shirt, but I could only find cargo shorts to fit him, he was younger than me after all. And I handed them to him as he came out.

"Thanks, Perce."

"Yeah, now hurry up. My mom banned me from the cookies until you have eaten some."

"Ha-ha."

"I'm serious, hurry up."

"Okay, whatever."

While I waited for Nico to finish dressing, I went to the kitchen to try and sneak another cookie.

"Oh hey Paul." He walked through the door and I looked around for Mom while he walked in and greeted Annabeth, who was drawing a sketch of her mom it looked like.

"Hello Percy, what are you up to?"

"Nothing, Nico is here." He didn't act surprised, but confused.

"Your cousin?"

"Yeah. He was the one who was with me before I took a dip in the Styx."

"Okay. Dark hair and black clothes?" Nico walked out from behind him.

"Is that how everyone identifies me? Hey Paul."

"Well your are a son of the Underworld Nico," I pointed out. And I grabbed a cookie.

"Nico better have one in his mouth before you bite on that Perseus!" Mom called it out and she was in the other room!"

"Okay, how did you know that?"

"I'm a mom honey," she said walking in and kissed Paul on the cheek. Annabeth laughed a little.

"Yeah well I think it is just a girl thing, because she does that to," I said pointing to Annabeth.

"Well I can't help it if I know you well, and that teaches you for trying to sneak one on your mom?"

"Okay, who's side are you on here?"

"Your mother's of course."

"I thought you were on mine?"

"No, I said I was on yours if another war between your father and my mother broke out. This is a small dispute on your antics."

"Fine. I see how it is." Then I turned to Nico. "Are you at least on my side?"

"Hm? Oh Hades no! I'm on Mrs. B's side. She has the greatest cookies."

"Thank you Nico."

"Fine. I am betrayed by those closest to me, that hurts a little guys."

"Well we have to make up with emotional damage, what we can't do to you physically, Perce."

"You were the one to convince me."

"That was only because I couldn't do it myself. Your lucky you could."

"I know I'm lucky."

"Well, nice to see you Nico."

"Always a joy to see you to Paul. And I must say, I will be seeing you and Mrs. B for a long time to come. I'm happy about that."

My eyes went wide I punched his shoulder.

"Dude! I thought you weren't allowed to drop hints on mortals' futures?"

"I can make exceptions."

"Does he mean what I think?" Paul asked.

"Yeah. Not that I'm not happy to hear it, but still, he has to be breaking some rules."

"Rules are meant to be broken, Percy," Annabeth said still drawing.

"Well you can tell Nico is a kid, then."

"Oh please! I'm older than you!"

"You are not!"

"Am to!"

"Are not!"

"Percy, he is older than us, technically." Annabeth said, finally looking up from her drawing.

"How?"

"He and his… sister," she glanced at Nico.

"You can say Bianca around me. I see her every once and a while."

"Well him and Bianca were born in the 30s, but it was the magic at the Lotus Hotel that kept them young. Just like how Thalia was roughly 21 in truth when she came from the tree as a 15 year old. She was a day from her 16th birthday when she became a hunter." Annabeth said explaining to Mom, Paul, and I.

"Well does that mean we are 5 days younger then?"

"I don't know Percy, the point is Nico is older than us in a sense." Then I turned to him.

"You got lucky, punk."

"Love you to cuz," he said taking a bite out of a cookie.