I just thought I should post part of the story on Percy's birthday. Happy Birthday Percy Jackson!
"Hey, Birthday Boy!" Annabeth said as she came into my cabin. It was 9:00 in the morning and I was just hanging around in my cabin not cleaning like I was supposed to.
"Oh, thanks Annabeth." I said as she came over and gave me a kiss on the cheek. The war had just ended yesterday and things were, I guess normal. But I'm not sure how 'normal' things can be when you're a) a demigod b) of the Big Three and c) dating the daughter of your father's enemy who wants to kill you. Talk about in-laws. Yesterday Annabeth and I, well, kissed so it's already been a great birthday.
"So, what do you want to do today Birthday Boy?" Annabeth asked me. That's odd, she didn't call me 'Seaweed Brain'.
"Seaweed Brain," Annabeth began.
Oh, I spoke too soon I guess.
"Let's go to the beach, 'kay?" Annabeth suggested.
"Okay." I agreed as I got off my bed and took her hand. We walked out the door hand in hand and at first I felt a little awkward, you know, we just started going out yesterday, but then I knew it was right. I smiled as she told me about her plans for Olympus.
Finally we hit the beach. She lead me to the edge of the water and we walked in the cool water. We walked halfway down the beach and then I saw some figures in the distance. As we got closer I managed to see tables and banners and balloons. As we got even closer, I heard the music blasting. Soon Annabeth started running and pulled me by the hand laughing all the way.
"Happy Birthday!" Everyone cried. Rachel was there, and Thalia, too. Even Clarisse showed up.
"Wow! Thanks guys! This looks amazing." I said looking around at all the decorations. There was a banner hanging from poles which made it look like an entrance. There were balloons tied to each table and streamers flying in the breeze. It reminded me of a cross between barbeque party and a beach party. Everything was blue, not to mention.
"Annabeth planned this all." A child of Aphrodite said. I looked at Annabeth who immediately started blushing.
"Aw, thanks Annabeth." I said giving her a kiss on the lips. I heard a bunch of 'awws' from the whole Aphrodite cabin.
"My pleasure, Seaweed Brain." She replied returning my kiss. "Now let's get to the party!" she said once again pulling me toward the center of the party with the tables.
"Wow." was all I could say. The tables were stocked with all types of candies. All of them blue of course. There was just about every single candy you could think of… and in blue! That had to mean… "Mom!" I cried when I saw her with her arms open for a hug.
I gave her a hug and she wished me a happy birthday.
"You should get back to your party though." My mom said pointing to my friends. "Your girlfriend is waiting."
How had mom known about me and Annabeth? I started blushing a lot and then my mom revealed her secret.
"Grover told me." My mom said. Then I returned to my friends.
"Happy Birthday Perseus." said a voice from behind us. As a whole group of ten or so, we all turned around at the same time to see all of the gods. It was Athena's voice. She actually seemed, not happy, but not angry at me. Which is a good thing, by the way. I wonder if she knows about Annabeth and me yet.
"Happy birthday Son!" Poseidon said giving me a big hug.
"Thanks, dad." I said.
"You did well, Perseus." He whispered. "Now your friends are waiting." He said the volume of his voice normal again.
I spotted my friends and made my way to them. When I reached my friends everyone broke out into a smile.
"What?" I asked hoping I didn't have a kick me sign on my back or something. Annabeth just held out a pile if blue stuff. I took one look and realized it was a bunch of those cheesy birthday hats and pins. "Oh no. No." I said backing away. They all took a step forward with evil grins. I took a few more steps back and then I turned around to escape. Unfortunately I turned around right into Clarisse.
"Where are you going, Jackson?" she said.
"Um, no where?" I tried to state, but it came out as a question, or more like a squeak. I surrendered and let them dress me up in birthday accessories.
"There." Annabeth said after ten minutes of work. I looked down at what used to be my blue jeans and an orange camp shirt. I now had a birthday pin hanging off of my birthday vest that had balloons and presents and cake patterns all over, and said "Birthday Boy" in blue but really, it was screaming 'dork'. I reached up to feel what was on my head. It was one of those party hats that make everyone look like unicorns. Please do not have the word 'dunce' written on it. I prayed to myself.
"What's this?" I asked pointing to this thing hanging over my shoulder.
"It's a sash, Seaweed Brain."
"Uh, guys, really, why does this say 'girl'?" I questioned.
"They ran out sashes that said 'boy'" Thalia said getting a kick out of it laughing her head off. I frowned. I heard something flapping in the wind quietly behind me. I looked over my shoulder and saw something I never knew existed for birthday accessories. It was a cape that said 'I'm the Birthday Boy!"
"Really guys?" I said as they all laughed at me.
"Yep, happy birthday Seaweed Brain." Annabeth said coming closer and kissing me. Wow, she kissed me like, two times today. I've decided this is the best birthday ever.
Next we went to the volley ball courts. We ran all the way there, my birthday cape flying behind me.
We played volleyball and we actually managed to have a rally for a while, until our ball exploded into a hundred small pieces, thank you Zeus. He said it was time to eat the cake, although I usually do that at the end, but I'm not going to argue with the head of the gods.
I went over to the cake table and saw the best looking cake ever. It was covered in light blue icing with dark blue ruffles around the edges and green icing font that said "Happy Sweet 16 Percy!" I sat behind the table and Ares lit the candles… without a match…without even touching it. Everyone sang Happy Birthday in that normal off-key tune, which was great. I quickly made a wish and blew out the candles. My mom handed me a knife and I cut the cake and started serving everybody. I looked at the plates; it had a picture of Spongebob and Patrick and Sandy all wearing party hats at the Krusty Crab. It made me laugh.
I was still wearing the whole birthday costume when we all went over to play some games.
"Can I take this stuff off now?" I asked almost suffocating in the many layers of clothes.
"No!" Thalia screamed.
"Um, why?" I said.
"Because you look ridiculous in it." was Thalia's response. And a great response, too.
"Um, yeah, that's the point of taking it off." I said sarcastically.
"Can't let you do that. You're the Birthday Boy. You're required to wear that." Thalia said. I sighed. I couldn't win this argument so I kept on the whole costume. On the bright side, I could be a super hero called Birthday Boy with cake powers.
"Games!" Rachel shouted.
We all nodded in agreement.
"Truth or Dare." Annabeth started saying. "The Extreme version." She finished with an evil grin.
I just want to say that the story isn't finished yet, and thanks for reading. The "Truth of Dare Extreme Version" sounds interesting. Anyway, reviews are great. I just wanted to post the first chapter on Percy's birthday.