A/N Silena is alive, Beckendorf is alive but Thalia is with the hunters. This is based after last Olympian but anything that doesn't fit completely means that I decided to change it for the story. Enjoy

The sun stung her eyes as she pulled herself out of bed. For a moment, she wasn't happy to be awake. She thought of the dreariness of another day at school and wanted to just lie back down and never wake up. And then the thought reunited with her weary mind. Summer. Every half-blood knew what that meant. Camp! She felt giddy as she jumped out of bed, newly energized from the excitement of returning to her home. To her friends and those close enough to be her family. To him. She analyzed herself in the mirror and for a second, she almost felt like Percy, being analyzed by her cold grey eyes. Or her mother's. She shook the thought out of her head. This summer would be perfect. She prayed to the gods for no quests. All she wanted was to spend the warm 2 months at campfires, the sword arena and of course, the lake. She thought about the color of the water and the color of his eyes. She packed up her laptop and some shorts and t-shirts. She didn't need much for camp and she didn't have that many clothes anyway. It felt great to pull on her orange camp half-blood shirt. She had waited all year. Downstairs, her dad was eating some oatmeal and reading the newspaper. He looked up as she came down the stairs and by the rings under his eyes, she could tell he had been up late working on his war models.

"Well I'll be off, then." She told him. In a way, she wanted him to hug her and care that she was leaving. On the other hand, it would make her uncomfortable, as she was so unaccustomed to affection from family. He got up and gave her a brief hug.

"Are you taking your car?" He asked. She wondered if it was concern in his voice or if her stepmother just wanted to have use of her car for the summer.

"I'm getting a ride with some people from camp." She told him. He nodded absentmindedly and gave her a wave before returning to his fascinating paper. She gave both of her little half-brothers a hug before bouncing out the door. She sat on the curb. Her watch told her that it was 10:43 and even though Percy wouldn't be here until 11:00 at least, she preferred to wait outside. Why not? It was late June and the sun shone on her back, the birds sang her songs and the flowers painted pictures with their bright colours. After enjoying the summer day for a few minutes, she pulled out an architecture book (ancient Greek of course) and became immersed in the information. Every time she looked at a structure, new ideas sprang to her mind for Olympus. She pulled out her notebook and began writing them down. What felt like seconds later, she heard the sound of gravel crunching under wheels and a blue hunk of junk car pulled up. She grinned at the death trap Percy was so proud of.

"I think you have the wrong address, the junkyard is down the street." She told him in a mockingly serious tone. He rolled his eyes.

"You're just jealous cause I'm rolling around in this majestic ride while you're sitting at the bus stop." He scoffed. He got out of the car and took her bag from her hands, even though it wasn't very heavy. She walked around the passenger side to get in but found something blocking her way. Someone actually. Someone with long dark hair and big brown eyes that fit into a beautiful face only a daughter of the love goddess could possess.

"Silena, I said don't sit in the passenger sit. Emphasis on the don't." Percy sighed. Silena just grinned at Annabeth.

"You can't expect me to sit in the back with Grover the whole way there!" She whined. "No offense Grover." She gave the satyr a heartbreaking smile, who was chewing on the gray driver's seat in front of him absentmindedly. Percy tried to glare at Silena but the whole scene made him mostly laughing instead. Annabeth chuckled too.

"I don't mind the back Seaweed Brain. It's fine." She climbed into the back with Grover. "You gonna eat the whole seat or save some for Percy to sit in?" She asked him mockingly. He tackled her in a goat hug and bleated happily.

"Man, I missed you guys!" He sniffed. Percy laughed.

"I missed you too, dude, but please don't start crying again. Okay, passengers just one more stop until the final destination."

Everybody groaned. That could only mean one person.

"Can't Nico take the bus?" Annabeth asked. Everyone laughed, but secretly they all kind of agreed. 13-year-old boys could be so annoying. And Nico was. Percy pulled out of the driveway and started heading to Nico's new boarding school. Annabeth glanced once in a while at Percy's eyes in the rear-view mirror, but convinced herself she wasn't. She hadn't realized anyone noticed until a certain girl giggled. She looked over at Silena, who was turned around in her seat and watching Annabeth and Percy back and forth like a really compelling tennis match. Then, she glanced over at Grover disparagingly, who was now eating something that looked like it used to be a Kleenex box.

"Oh gods, fine, fine." Silena sighed as she climbed over the passenger seat and in to the back. She sat practically on top of Annabeth and pushed her forward into her recently evacuated seat.

"What, what are you doing?" Annabeth asked, confused. Silena rolled her eyes.

"I will sacrifice my comfort on this trip so you two can sit together." She sighed happily as if she was watching a romance movie with a mushy ending. Annabeth shrugged and slid into the passenger seat. Percy grinned at her.

"Like I didn't see you looking at me." He said mockingly, sticking out his tongue at her. Annabeth was caught off guard at first but she bounced back quickly.

"I was making sure you didn't get too distracted by the pretty colourful billboards and forget to steer." She told him, implying plainly that he was an idiot. He just kept grinning and then grabbed her hand and intertwined their fingers.

"I find it really attractive when you insult me." He told her. She scoffed. Silena sighed. Grover chewed.