For once, everything was going great. The school year was going by so quickly, and it had been one of the best ones yet. I had not been kicked out, no monsters had attacked me, at least not yet, everything was going great at camp, Chiron Iris- messaged me every so often to tell me how it was going. The number of people there had nearly doubled. Every week, at least one satyr came in with a new demigod.
Blackjack had somehow found a home in New York and he visited me every once in a while. He still did most of what I asked him to, but he always wanted doughnuts.
Paul was real nice and cool; he didn't seem to mind the fact that I was a demigod. That was a first. I still got to go to the school he teaches at, and we both made sure no more evil cheerleading empousa came. I didn't see any satyrs at Goode high school though. I guess it would be my job if any other demigods showed up there.
The best part about having Blackjack here, every so often, I was allowed to fly all the way to Annabeth's. It was a long trip, but boy was it worth it. The Chase family always let me in. I saw Annabeth about every month. She had decided not to go to the boarding school in New York. She had told me it was infested with monsters. So, most of the tome, I gave her rides to Olympus.
I loved her house. It was a mess, thanks to her step brothers, but it had this warm, cozy, family like atmosphere that I loved.
Her brothers, Bobby and Mathew, really liked me to. Sometimes when I came over, I could see them playing with little plastic swords, re-enacting Greek myths. I guess Annabeth had been telling them those stories. Every time I came over, they asked me to tell them about an adventure, I didn't always, it made me feel awkward, talking like a hero, but sometimes I told them about the experiences I had had when I was away from Camp half blood.
Most of the time I spent at the Chase's though, was with Annabeth. Sometimes, we just walked around and talked, other times, I went with her or, I guess she went with me, and I dropped her off at Olympus.
This time when I visited, I told Annabeth's brothers about my experience at Meriwether college prep. They were amazed at how Tyson fought off the Laistrygonians. That would be another re-enact I'd probably see. Annabeth blushed at the part when she came in and talked about Tyson.
"You made me sound to nice to him." Annabeth said after I had finished my story. We headed over to Blackjack, who was eating a doughnut, as usual.
"I know you wouldn't be that mean to him now," I said. "Why should they think you were mean to him then?"
"Well it was, sweet of you to gloss over that part for me." Annabeth said. Now it was my turn to blush.
"Well, yah, I guess" was all I could say. We got over to Blackjack.
Hey boss! Are we going already?
"Yah," I said. "Annabeth needs to rebuild Olympus.
Hop on boss! Blackjack said. I'm ready to go!
"You live to far away from Olympus. You could have just tried to find another school in New York." I said. We had been flying in silence for a while.
"I know" Annabeth said, "but what can I do? My family can't afford to move all the way there. Besides, I can't find another school to go to in New York. It's not like you finding a school. " We sat in silence for a while, and then a new thought entered my mind. No, her mom wouldn't allow it. Maybe,
"Hey Annabeth, I've got an idea" I said triumphantly," why don't you move in with me. We've only got about a month left until we go back to camp, you can come to my school, and you won't be so far away from Olympus. Your mom might not mind, if it means rebuilding Olympus faster."
"Percy, that's a great idea!" Annabeth exclaimed "But,"
"But what?" I said.
"Percy, think of my mortal parents. What would they say?" do you think they're just going to send me off, across the country, to live with you? They just got me back, I'm not sure if they want to let me go again, and your school, it may not be right for me, I'm just not sure."
"Oh come on Annabeth, don't you think your exaggerating it a bit? You're a demigod! Your life is in danger just about every minute you're in the mortal world! You leave them every summer to train to survive. They may go with it. It's worth a shot. What's wrong with my school anyway?"
"Percy, you're forgetting something," Annabeth said in a teasing voice.
"What?" I asked.
"your parents!" Oh. She was right. I wasn't sure if Mom and Paul would let Annabeth stay. They barely knew about us being together, though I'm sure they could guess most of it. I wasn't even sure if we had enough room. Wait, we did have a guest room. It was about the same size as the rest of the bedrooms.
"Like I said Annabeth, it's worth a shot, are you in?"
"What do you think?" Annabeth replied, in a false angry tone.
"No?" I said nervously.
"Of course I'm in seaweed brain!" Annabeth said. She gave me a playful nudge. I leaned to one side of Blackjack. That made him think we wanted to go lower. The next thing I new, we swooped down, through a layer of clouds. Annabeth screamed, but not in terror, out of joy. She hugged my back. That felt good. A wide grin stretched across my face.
Blackjack dude, I said, we don't need to land, Annabeth was just messing around. Sorry boss, maybe you should just tell me what to do, instead of signaling it. Can we swoop down for a little longer boss? I like doing this.
"All right Blackjack."
For the next few minutes, Blackjack swooped up and down, while Annabeth and I laughed and hugged all the way.
We eventually got to New York.
"So what do we do first," I asked, "go to my house, or work in Olympus?"
"I think we should go to your house first." Annabeth said. "If you parents say no, we'll go to Olympus and you can watch me rebuild." I remembered I'd never seen Annabeth work in Olympus. I had always just dropped her off, gone home, and waited for her to use one of the public phones to call when she was done.
"Besides," Annabeth said, "I've never been to your house before, this ought to be fun." I stopped; she had never been to my house before. She'd also barely talked to Mom and Paul.
"Yeah fun" I mumbled. Then we set off to my apartment.