Disclaimer: I do not own PJO. Or cashiers.

Chapter 1: Gas Station

Hazel's POV:

"You ready Nico? I think it's time we leave! It's time for our awesome 'bonding' time together." I yelled at Nico whom was taking an eternity in the bathroom.

"Hey when you have this type of hairstyle it takes time to prepare!" He yelled back.

"Yeah, well I'm going to the gas station without you if you like it or not." I said slamming the Hades cabin door shut. I looked up to see Leo. He waved at me. Oh boy I'm going to kill him. He's the one with the ultra brilliant idea of having us go spend bonding time together. I just smiled and waved back to him. Little did I know Nico was coming out of the cabin the exact moment I started waving so now he has a eye blacker than his clothes. On our way to the gas station with one black eye and some minor cuts and scrapes. Nico has some pretty sharp claws for a guy. He also makes some pretty impressive hissing noises.

"Nico, stop being such a girl, we're here." I told him and hopped out of the Camp Half-Blood van. He was complaining for over an hour about how the black eye messed up his 'look'.

"Fine." He huffed and puffed and blew the van over... not really. I walked in and spotted the cashier. He was an older guy and by older I mean pudgier than most. His shirt was pulled over his huge stomach. Even with the shirt it still showed some skin, and by some I mean almost all. Nico spotted him and smiled a mischievous smile that made me look for my wallet.

"It's high-time." He whispered to me and we got some funny looks from two girls one had red hair, green eyes, a green hoodie on with some blue jeans that had pink on them and looked like they got spray painted black on the side. Her hair was pulled into a lazy braid and the bangs that wouldn't fit in with the braid were curled. The other girl had very curly brown hair, light brown skin and eyes so brown they almost looked black. She wore a pair of black skinny jeans and pink and black Chuck Taylors. Her shirt was grey and had a meme on it. And the curls bounced around her shoulders gently All in all, they both looked boss.

They seemed to be having a whispered conversation going. "Hey Sydney isn't that Nico?" I heard with my demigod hearing.

"Yeah, I think it is." So the one girl with red hair ran up to my unsuspecting brother and jumper cabled him and said, "Die, Nico, Die! You have no need to live in this tragic world!" Then epicly ran red head reminded me of an Apollo girl and the curly one of Hades.

"Now those are girls I would stalk." Nico said. I rolled my eyes at his stupidity. My idiot I could score a brother this stupid. But wait, how did they know his name? Had he met them before? I found myself walking towards the counter to finish what we came here for. I rang the annoying bell on the counter and waited for him to look at me.

"What'd you want kid? I'm busy over here!" He said already annoyed. This is going to be as easy as an Aphrodite child.

"What bra size do you wear, big guy?" I asked him.

"42H why. Wait a minute, what?" He asked me.

"Thank you I'll be happy to share that information with my entire 600 kid camp!"I smiled and walked away. "Hey kid come back here I ain't done with you." He started to slur his words. Ah.

"I see so I'll tell your boss that you were drinking on the job." Being a smart-aleck was my job.

"Hey I didn't mean it like that. Come back here and let's talk this through." He said trying to un-slur his words. I walked back to the counter.

"Okay why did you ask me that question?" He asked this time successfully un-slurring his words.

"What question?" I asked pretending to have short-term memory loss.

"That weird question. But what do you think you meant by asking me that question of which you asked me." He asked me thoroughly confusing me.

"What question that I asked you of which you were just asking me about while asking yourself because I wasn't listening to you, talking about a question that confuses me." He tried to make sense of what I just said, heck I even confused myself.

"Okay that's it. Bringing your funny business here and not even buying something, that's loitering kid. Do you want to get arrested?" This was it my big finale.

"But I'm a paying customer I swear." I started to get all the jewels to come to me precisely diamonds.

"I don't see any money kid." He told me. I pulled a handful of diamonds off the floor and looked at him. I smiled my best gotcha smile.

"You see my money now? Anyways I think I'll go to Shell instead. I dislike the cashiers here." I told him a cornered mouse is what he represented. I took off the rubber band that was on my arm without the cashier noticing and flung it at my brother and I didn't even have to look behind me to tell that my aim was perfect. There was a slight groan and my brother walked over to us.

"Is this yours sir?" he asked the cashier without taking his eyes off of me he grabbed the rubber band.

"Of course it... Wait a minute. Are you guys trying to set me up so you can go tell my boss. Wait how do you know who my boss is? I don't even know." He said giving both of us a split-second eye roll.

"Oh did we forget to mention? Your boss is our dad." I smiled sweetly at him when Nico told him that. He resembled an animated fly when Nico finished.

"Let's not be hasty. Now um.. does your dad talk about me at all? I mean as a good employee?" He looked hopeful. I decided to burst the bubble now.

"Nico's joking around. Our father is way more powerful. Anywho we'll be on our way. Come oh brother dear, we've given this Santa Claus as much trouble as possible. Let's just go." I pulled him out of the store then remembered the cashier had my rubber band still. I walked back in and immediately left what I say will scare little children I just covered my ears until I reached the car then only then did I remove my hands.

"What happened?" Nico asked me.

"We are never going there again. Did you know it doubles up as a karaoke place too?" I asked him.

"Yeah, why?" He asked really slowly.

"The cashier was singing," I shivered, "Boyfriend by Justin Bieber." I shivered one last time then started up the engine. Let's just all right this as success." Nico shook his head enthusiastically.

"As long as I don't have to see that..." He tried to come up with a word. "Thing." He agreed after about an hour and we were already at Camp Half-Blood.

"Nice word I would've called him an it though. It's more fitting." Nico laughed for the first time since we saved him from Gaea. Maybe this trip was a good idea. Oh wait Leo thought of it. It's gonna turn out horrible I just know it. I was suddenly pulled off to the side by Leo.

"How'd it go?" He asked obviously wanting positive results.

"It was excellent the cashier was an obvious jerk, plus when Nico told him that our father was his boss his eyes almost literally popped out of his head. That was the funniest part of all time." I started to laugh but Leo just frowned.

"So you guys didn't get kicked out?" He asked.

"Nope but we won't be going there any more." He raised an eyebrow.

"Why?" I thought about it for a minute let's go and see." I grabbed his hand and shoved him into the van and grabbed Nico from dinner.

"Where are we going?" He was obviously confused.

"We are going to take Leo to the gas station we were just at and showing him why we aren't ever going to go there again." Nico's eyes light up and sparkled.

"Can we lock him in there with the guy." Nico's eye's actually looked their original color. A nice kinda dark brown.

"As long as you have the key." He disappeared for a second then came back with a key in-between his fingers. I stuck my tongue out at him and raced him to the van. Best. Day. Ever.