A.N.: This is obviously a new story and I hope you like it and I know that this chapter isn't very long, but I will update soon with a longer one. I hope you like my story! The next chapter will go to when he is 16 and I will update soon!

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FOR ANY CONFUSION: Patrick is Poseidon, Zack is Zeus, Henry is Hades, Jason is the same age as everyone else, same as Nico.

*Percy's P.O.V.*

Red and black that's all I saw. Blood everywhere. Sirens blaring. Lights blinding me. I was 12. I was all alone. Both parents dead. I tried pushing the door open, but it wouldn't budge. My leg was stuck under the seat. My mom was in that seat. Her head slumped against the window of our old Volkswagen. Her head was gushing blood. My dad was slumped over my mom trying to protect her. The window was cracked and broken. Another car smashed into the front of the car. The man who was driving was dead, blood pooling everywhere around him. He was drunk. He was young. He was dead.

A knock at the window got my attention, a young man dress in a police uniform, he was trying to get the door open, but it was smashed closed by the car that hit us. We were on a long old road, a big clearing was left to just the two cars. Police trafficking people around us. The policeman pulling at the door finally gave up and ran to get some more people to help with the door. A big burly man with short cropped black hair, the police chief, came over and pulled with all his might and finally pulling the door out and off its hinges. He pulled me out with a pop making me wince from the pain that shot up from my foot.

He carried me all the way to the ambulance that had just shown up. He handed me to a doctor who laid me down on a gurney. I couldn't feel anything I was numb. I didn't notice the pain from my foot anymore nor the pain of an apparent large gash that went from the right side of my temple to the back of my head.

I just laid there and let tears come out of my eyes. It was getting harder to hold it in. The nurse closest to me just looked at me with a pained face. She took my hand and said, "It's okay honey. Everything's going to be okay." I tried to believe her, but I couldn't, they were dead, they were both dead.

I started to hyperventilate, I couldn't breathe. I didn't want to be alone. I wanted to be with my mom and dad, going to Montauk like we planned. I didn't want to go into the foster system, I couldn't I had wondered all these years how my parents put up with me getting into trouble and not listening, so I don't think it would be any better there. I still couldn't breathe and the woman beside me was muttering soothing words trying to get me to calm down, but it wasn't working. Then out of nowhere everything went black.

I awoke to a blinding light. I opened my eyes and found myself in a white room. I was in a hospital bed. My head was pounding and my foot was throbbing. I looked over to see my foot elevated and in a cast. I fell my head and pushed on my temples trying to get my head to stop hurting. I felt a big bandage over the side of my head where most of the throbbing was. My hair was shaved down, so I had a buzz cut now instead of my normal windswept black hair.

I tried to sit up, but my body wouldn't listen and I didn't have enough strength to do anything, so I just sat there. A few minutes later, a nurse with light brown hair comes in. She checks the heart rate monitor and another monitor that had numbers and words that I didn't understand on it. The nurse smiled at me and said, "Hello Perseus."

I opened my mouth to speak, but no words came out. The nurse handed me one of those big cups that have a straw and the hospital logo on it. I sipped some of the water out of the cup and coughed. The nurse patted my back lightly and then helped me sit up. She crouched down like a catcher and said, "Do you remember anything Perseus?"

"I-I go by Percy." I said and ended with a few coughs.

She smiled and said, "Okay Percy. Do you remember anything?"

"I had a scary dream. I guess I fell asleep in the car. We were on our way to Montauk beach." I said to the nurse.

The nurse pursed her lips, "What was the dream about?"

"I was in our car and my dad was telling me about how my mom and him met. We were on our way to Montauk, where they met. A-a driver was going the wrong way on the road and came head on at us. My-my p-parents were d-dead." I said feeling like I was going to cry. "Where-where are my parents?"

The nurse looked down with sadness in her eyes, "Honey, that-that wasn't a dream. Your parents are gone. I'm sorry sweetie."

I just stared at the nurse. Silent tears leaked from my eyes. I didn't know what to do, what to say. The nurse wiped my tears from my face and took my hand. "It will be okay honey. There will be a man coming soon to help you seen where you will go."

"But-but I don't want to go into the foster system." I said more tears going down my face.

"Don't worry sweetie I think there are other places you can go. Not just a foster system." The nurse said with a knowing smile.

I just looked away. "Are you hungry?" The nurse asked.

I just nodded and she walked out of the room and to the cafeteria. I sat there in silence. Just thinking. Their dead. Their never coming back.

The nurse came back after awhile. I didn't talk ,she didn't for awhile either and watched as I ate my food. Once I was done she threw it away and asked if I wanted to watch T.V. I didn't do anything, but nod. She turned it onto Nickelodeon. I just sat and watched SpongeBob for the rest of the afternoon. Nurses came in every once in awhile, but I didn't talk. I ate when I was given food and drank when I was given a drink. As stupid as it sounds SpongeBob got my mind off of everything. Most T.V. shows do.

At around 6 or 6:30, I had just finished eating a sandwich and I continued to watch my shows, until a man looking around his early-40's came in and pulled one of the plush chairs up next to my bed. He had curly brown hair and a beard. His eyes were also brown and looked older than he did.

"Hello Percy." He said. "My name is Chiron. Chiron Bruner."

I paid him little attention, not wanting to talk to anyone. He understood what I was doing, but continued to talk. "I understand that from what the nurses have said that you don't want to go into the foster system."

"I know that you don't want to speak with anyone right now, but I wanted you to know your options." He said trying to get my attention.

"You know Percy you look a lot like your father." He said with a smile getting my attention. I turned towards him and said, "I know."

He smiled a little and said, "I was friends with him when he used to work with me. I knew your mother too, a lovely lady she was."

I looked away blinking back tears and I choked out, "What-what do you want?"

"Nothing bad Percy, it's actually something your father used to do after something similar like this happened to him." Chiron said.

Chiron had my full attention now. "I met him when I was 15 years old. Patrick, your dad, was only 13 when he started. We were friends for a long time, until your dad finished at 25 after meeting your mom. He didn't come back because he wanted to stay with your mom and you."

"What did he do? I thought he was just a manufacturer for boats and stuff." I asked.

Chiron looked around the room for a second and said a little quieter, "I'm sorry. I cannot tell you because it is secret, but once you can get out of this hospital I will tell you what I can. Okay?" I nodded and Chiron patted my hand before saying goodbye and heading out the door.

1 month later...

Chiron had visited me at least twice a week until I was finally able to get my cast off. He told me that when I did, then he would show me the O.A. I had no idea why it was called the O.A., but I learned not to question it because I wasn't going to get an answer yet. All I knew was it was where my dad went when he was 13. Chiron told me pretty much nothing about it because he wasn't allowed to for some reason. He basically told me that it was another option if I didn't want to go into the foster system.

Today was the day that Chiron was coming. I was already dressed in some clothes that the nurses had gotten for me. I had a gotten a regular white shirt, jeans, some white socks, old black converse, and a black jacket. It was cold out so the nurse that had been watching me, I learned her name was Jackie, made me zip up my jacket and make sure I wasn't cold. I had grown to really like Jackie. She was like an older sister to me. She was actually just starting out in the hospital, her first time in the ambulance was that night and she had decided to become my personal nurse and I was sad because I had to go.

I had learned that, after Chiron shows me what he had been talking about for this past month, I would be able to chose from that and a foster home. Chiron hadn't told me much, but that my dad went there and there were kids of all ages from there.

Chiron had finally gotten to the hospital. It was already 2:00 in the afternoon and I was eagerly awaiting him. He was in a dark brown leather jacket with jeans and his hair was lightly combed back and his beard was trimmed. He smiled when he saw me and waved. I was waiting in the waiting room with a bunch of other people who were there for loved ones. I walked up to Chiron who was signing my release papers, I assumed and stood next to him. A tall lady with black hair came up to the counter, who I recognized as the lady from the child services office. She was supposed to come along to make sure I was safe, but I didn't see why when I was very comfortable with Chiron. She said for protection, but her against Chiron wouldn't help anything. Chiron wasn't a bad guy that I knew of, so him hitting someone especially a lady seemed out of the question.

The lady, Ms. Reese, told me that I would be riding with Chiron and she would be in a car behind us. I nodded and smiled because I wanted to ride with him because maybe out of the hospital, he would tell me stuff.

We all rode down to the parking garage, where both of the cars were. Ms. Reese had the typical mom car, a minivan, with extra seats in the back, while Chiron had a new white sports car. I smiled gleefully as Chiron unlocked his car and I hopped in the front seat. Chiron smiled at me knowing I was excited about the car.

He revved the engine and backed up out of the parking spot with the minivan right behind us. Chiron turned on the radio, but low enough for us to talk.

"So I'm guessing you're wondering what I've been keeping from you?" Chiron said glancing over at me and then back at the road.

I nodded and he continued talking, "Well, for starters the O.A. stands for Olympus Agency."

"Agency? Like the C.I.A?" I asked.

Chiron nodded, but didn't look at me and I kept talking, "So like spy's and undercover people?"

"Yes." was all Chiron said.

I was stunned and confused. My dad used to be an agent, a secret agent?

Chiron looked over at my stunned face and chuckled, "You're dad was one of the best. He worked with some of his closest friends, Zack and Henry. They were the main trio, they were all best friends and even considered brothers to one another. They all were pretty much the best of the best and you were lucky to go with them on a task. I was lucky enough to have become friends with your dad before the others and we still were."

"What about you?" I asked still listening to him.

"Well, I guess you could say I was good too. I had become the main trainer at the academy when I turned 18. I have been ever since and I am now one of the owners of the academy."He said glancing at me every few seconds or so.

"Cool, so you said that there were kids there. How old is the youngest?" I asked.

"Well, our youngest was brought here when she was 7, but the youngest right now is 10." He said while getting off on an exit from the highway.

"Okay, so then there are girls there." I pretty much stated.

"Yeah, of course. Not only guys can become agents." He said a little gruffly.

"No, no. I didn't mean to be sexist. I was just wondering, you didn't mention girls until the 7 year old." I said defending myself.

"Oh, okay. Sorry for coming out harshly, a lot of those girls are like daughters. The one who was 7 in particularly." He said.

"How old is she now?" I asked.

"Your age, 12." He said.

"Oh. So, are there many my age?" I asked.

"Yes, actually your age has quite a few more than the others, but we don't have a lot of people there. We probably have around 100 kids there." He said. "From 10 to 20 right now. A lot of our spies take off around 20 to start new lives. Instead of the 25 like before."

"Can you stay for as long as you want?" I asked.

"Of course, but we recommend you to help out with a job there, like I do." He said.

"What exactly do we do there?" I asked.

He chuckled and said, "I was waiting for you to ask that." He cleared his throat and began to talk again, "Well, we train you to fight, to sneak around, to help keep people or places safe, and to take down bad people. You usually train for a few years until you are good enough to get your first task."

I nodded and we finally came to a stop on a gravel road in front of a big white with blue trim ranch house. Woods surrounded the sides of the house, so I couldn't see behind it, but it looked sort of like a normal house with what it seemed, a farm in the back.

I was about to get out of the car, but Chiron's hand grabbed my arm. "Don't mention what I have told you to Ms. Reese." I nodded at him and he let go. He got out as well as Ms. Reese from her minivan. Chiron led us to the front door and was greeted with a man who looked slightly buff, but like a surfer. He had blonde hair and blue eyes. He smiled at me and opened the door.

"Hello, Argus. It's good to see you back. I wasn't expecting you back so soon." Chiron said to the guy, Argus.

"Yeah, the girls were surprisingly fast, but I would expect that from them." Argus said with sly smile.

"Of course they were." Chiron said back and then said, "I'm being rude. This is Percy Jackson and Ms. Reese." Chiron motioned to us and Argus looked at me with a sad smile.

"He sure does look like, Patrick." Argus said.

I frowned a little with the mention of my dad especially that he somehow knew him and I had no idea who he was.

Chiron put a hand on my back and led me into the living room. Ms. Reese followed behind and sat down on one of the baby blue couches in the mostly white room. Chiron sat down next to her and Ms. Reese took out some paper work. Chiron looked up at me and said, "Why don't you look around out back? I need to look over these papers and if you want to stay you are more than welcome to."

I nodded at Chiron and headed to the white back door. I opened it and ran into someone. They fell on the ground with an "Ow." and I hit my head on the side of the door. I rubbed my head and opened my eyes to see a blonde headed girl around my age sitting on the ground.

"Oh my god. I'm so sorry." I said trying to help her up.

"It's okay." She said as she took my hand to help pull her up. She was an inch taller than me and had these amazing princess curls that curled around on her shoulders. I was stunned, I hadn't met a girl like this before. She was really pretty, not like the other girls at my old private school, who were mean and a lot bigger than me. She smiled sweetly at me, but I didn't let go of her hand. She looked down at me for a second with a cocked eyebrow and I noticed her eyes weren't the usual blue like I had thought. They were actually grey, like a cloud on a stormy dad. It made her look intimidating, but also prettier.

I blushed and let go of her hand and she just kept smiling at me. "So you must be new."

I stuttered, "Uh-uh...um...yeah. I'm Percy. Percy Jackson."

She laughed a little at my stuttering and said, "I'm Annabeth. Annabeth Chase. Do you want me to give you a tour?"

"Sure. Chiron told me to check outside and I have no idea where I'm going, so I think a tour would help." I said.

She smiled and took my hand, leading me down the steps. I blushed because, well, I'm only 12 give me a break. A couple of years ago I thought girls had cooties, except for of course my mom. I cringed at the thought.

Annabeth noticed and asked, "What's wrong, Percy?"

"Nothing. My...never mind." I said shaking my head.

"Percy, we were all brought here for the same reason as you. I'm pretty sure I know what you're thinking about." Annabeth said while letting go of my hand an crossing her arms.

I shifted on my feet awkwardly and said, "My mom. I was thinking about my mom."

Annabeth uncrossed her arms and put a hand on my shoulder, "I know what you mean. My parents died in a house fire when I was 7, but you know..." she looked around for a second, "I don't believe that."

I cocked my head to the left and said, "Why not?"

"Something doesn't feel right about that. I know I was only seven, but still it just doesn't seem right." She said looking uncomfortably at the ground.

To break the ice, I started a new conversation, "So you're Chiron's "Special daughter"?"

Annabeth blushed a little and said, "Yeah, I've been here since I was 7, so he has been like a second father to me."

I nodded understanding because Chiron above any other guy that I've met, would seem like the coolest guy to have as a father. Annabeth shook her head and said, "Come on I'll show you around."

We walked past at least 10 more houses that were just like the house where Chiron and Ms. Reese is, or "The Big House" as I'm told by Annabeth. They were about half the size, but still looked plenty big. Annabeth showed me her "house" which was the 4th one. She told me that we had to stay in a certain house depending on our ages. The houses were lined up so that there were 5 houses on one side and five directly across. Boys on one side and girls on the other. Technically girls weren't allowed in the boys and boys weren't allowed in the girls without supervision because some kids started to date here, mostly the older kids. Annabeth explained that to me and asked how old I was. I told her 12 and she smiled and said me too. I was a little shocked, I mean she looked maybe 13 or even an early 14 year old, but I guess not. She pointed me towards the one across from her house, number 3.

She explained the cabins from #10 to the big house:

#10- girls from 18 and up. #9- boys from 18 and up.

#8- girls from 16-17. #7- boys from 16-17.

#6- girls from 14-15. #5- boys from 14-15.

#4- girls from 12-13. #3- boys from 12-13.

#2- girls from 11 and under. #1- boys from 11 and under.

The big house was for all workers and owners.

Annabeth explained that every 2 years you would change from house to house, so the younger ones would feel safer because the older ones were usually fine farther away. After Annabeth explained that, she brought me towards the woods that we straight ahead from the back of the big house. I could faintly see a path forming that I couldn't see before from the big house.

"So this is our "trail"." Annabeth said with a smile and air quotes around trail.

I raised an eyebrow at her and said, "What do you mean by "trail"?"

She just smiled mischievously at me and grabbed my hand. She led me on the path and it finally opened up to a clearing at least 2 football fields long and 3 football fields wide. There was also a hint of a beach in the back, but it was hard to tell with at least 100 kids running around.

Annabeth showed me to the first big building on my right. She told my it was the school because even though we were there we still had to learn because most kids were still young enough to be in school. She showed me the classroom, which there were only 4.

"Every age group switches off and right now it was the older girls and guys turn, the 14-17 year olds. They started at 12:30 and will end at 4:30, I had started at 8:00 A.M. and we ended at 12:00. The eldest kids either don't start until 5:00 or don't go at all. We only are in school for 4 hours a day, so it's better than regular school."

"What do you do while you're not in school?" I asked.

"We train." She stated like it was obvious.

"Oh..." I said stupidly.

She shook her head at me and smiled."I'll show you the pavilion and then the gym and practice field."

I smiled at her and we walked on a graveled path from the school and to the big open building that had a bunch of tables in it.

"So we all eat here, obviously. We," she pointed to both of us, "eat right after school, so at around 12 with everyone else." She walked over to the 2nd tabled to the left and said, "I eat here because the tables are set up like the houses, so you sit there." she pointed to the table 5 feet away across from hers. I nodded and she told me that you just walk up to the big sort of concession stand place to the back of the pavilion and they give you choices to chose from. Usually burgers or sandwich's, but if you're a vegetarian, there are things for you.

I nodded through all of this and she said, "You don't talk much do you?"

Just to annoy her I shrugged and she bumped my shoulder and I smiled. "I talk, it's just I don't know you very well."

"Then how would you get to know me, if you don't talk to me?" She asked.

"I did not think of that." I muttered and she laughed and pulled me by my hand towards another graveled path leading to another building. On the way there, Annabeth waved to other kids mostly girls around our age and some waved weirdly at me, I just smiled ,and Annabeth pulled me harder along. I could finally see the beach by the time we were at the big building, Annabeth snapped me out of my thoughts by saying, "This is the gym."

I looked at the big double glass doors and entered with her. She brought me up to the front desk, like it was a normal YMCA back at home. There was an older very pretty girl there who looked up and greeted Annabeth. "Hello, Annabeth. How may I help you?"

"Um, hi Caly. I was just going to introduce you to Percy, he might be staying with us." Annabeth told the girl, Caly.

"Oh, that's wonderful. It's been almost a year since anyone new." She said with a bright smile. I was dazed by it.

"Percy? Percy!" Annabeth said while snapping her fingers in front of my face.

"What?" I asked. Annabeth just shook her head at me and started cracking up. She turned to Caly and said, "I don't know how you do it, every time. The guys go all goo-goo eyes on you."

Caly laughed and blushed at Annabeth's words. I was totally confused and Annabeth pulled me away from the main desk. She let go of me and walked towards another set of doors. She opened them to show me the gym. It had a bunch of older guys playing basketball. Annabeth wasn't even paying attention to me anymore, she was staring at one of the older guys who conveniently had his shirt off, him being on the skins team. I pushed her shoulder lightly and she looked back over to me with a blush. I cocked an eyebrow and she scowled. "Oh, give me a break at least I wasn't drooling over him like you were Caly." It was my turn to blush and she took my hand and led me out of the gym and down a small hall. She showed me that there were locker rooms and that I would get one.

Annabeth showed me the rest of the gym that included, a pool, a small track above the gym that connected to the workout room above, a knife room, where you learn to handle one, a wrestling room ,and then out back was a shooting range.

"Okay, now onto my favorite place." Annabeth said with a smile.

"There's more?" I asked.

"Yep." Annabeth said dragging me by my hand once again.

We walked past the pavilion and towards the school. I was starting to get confused because I had already seen the school, but Annabeth walked right past it and onto a path I hadn't seen before. I was starting to get dark and I realized that it was probably almost 5:00 and I was wondering if Chiron and Ms. Reese were done, but it did look like a lot of papers that they had to go though, so I doubted it.

Annabeth led me to a smaller building. Annabeth started to smile wider than I had seen her and she opened the door and I heard her breathe in the air. I looked in, it was a library. Now I usually I would hate to be in a library, but as oddly as it sounds, it was actually nice. There was a fireplace in the corner by a desk with a 15 to 16 year old boy who look a lot like Annabeth with a book in his face staring intently at it and turning the page every minute or so. Annabeth walked up to him and tapped him on the shoulder. He looked up in surprise and fell off of his stool. "Annabeth! You scared me."

"Sorry, Malcolm. I was just going to introduce you to Percy. He might be staying with us." Annabeth said to Malcolm.

Malcolm smiled and stuck his hand out, "Malcolm Chase. I'm Annabeth's older bro."

I smiled at him and said, "I figured, you two look a lot alike."

Malcolm nodded and said, "Yeah. We got our dad's hair and mom's eyes. What about you?"

"I'm uh...carbon copy of my dad." I said sheepishly rubbing the back of my neck.

Annabeth and Malcolm smiled at me and Malcolm said, "So how do you like the library? Well, I guess really the whole Agency."

"Um...it's cool. I like the library and the agency." I said looking around at all the books. I had never really liked reading, but hanging out here on a cold winter day seemed like the best idea.

"That's good." Malcolm checked his watch and sighed. "It's almost dinner time, you might want to take him back to the big house to see Chiron."

Annabeth nodded at him and led me out of the warm place. She walked me back to the big house to find them sorting the papers into one pile. Chiron smiled and said, "Ah...so you've met Annabeth."

"Yeah, I literally ran into her on my way out of the house." I said to him glancing at Annabeth.

She was blushing and I smiled at that. Chiron huffed a little and said, "Okay Percy it's your choice. Here or the foster system."

I thought about it for a second and said, "I think I'll stay here."

Chiron and Annabeth smiled at me widely. Ms. Reese sighed, but smiled too. Chiron signed a few papers and so did I. After that I said goodbye to Ms. Reese, Chiron and Annabeth showed me back down to the pavilion where a lot of other kids were heading either from the gym, the school, or from their houses. Once we were at the pavilion, Annabeth had to leave me to sit with a lot of other girls our age while Chiron brought me up to the front by the concession stand places that were now open. I saw Malcolm who was sitting at the table that was 2nd closest to the concessions, which meant he was actually 16 or 17. I noticed Caly, who I just realized was way older than me because she was sitting at the faculty table directly in the back.

Chiron started to talk and I realized that this was probably normal because everyone quieted down and turned towards the front. "Hello everyone. Today, we are actually going to get another member. We haven't had a new one in almost a year, but I hope everyone will help him around and make him feel welcome. His name is Percy Jackson, he will be with the 12-13 year olds, so please make him feel comfortable in house #3 and please no pranks Conner and Travis." Chiron looked pointedly at two boys at the end of the table who looked almost exactly alike and I figured were twins. "Now, I think you all have waited enough, so you may eat."

I had just realized that everyone had already had food in front of them before Chiron's speech. Annabeth came up behind me and ordered with me. She got a burger with a soda and I did the same. Once we got our food, Annabeth waved to me and sat down in between a few girls at her table. I walked over to mine and didn't know where to sit. A boy who was shoving cheese enchiladas in his mouth and who had caramel skin with brown curly hair, moved over a little and patted down the spot next to him. I smiled at him and took the seat. He swallowed his food and stuck out his hand, "I'm Grover. Grover Underwood."

I shook his hand and said, "Percy Jackson." He nodded and said, "I know, you're my new roommate."

"Cool. So how long have you been here?" I asked.

He looked down glumly and said, "Since I was 10."

I saw that he looked like he was going to cry and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to upset you." He smiled at me and said, "No it's okay. I just get a little over emotional."

I nodded and talked to everyone at my table. There was Jason, who had blonde hair and blue eyes, who had a sister, Thalia, who was Annabeth's roommate, and he lived directly across the hall from me along with his roommate Leo, his best friend who looks like a small Latino elf. To the right of our room was the Stoll brother's or Conner and Travis. They looked almost exactly the same, both had brown hair and blue eyes, but Conner was barely taller. They were the pranksters here and you had to be careful to lock you doors at all times, so they do get you stuff. I then met a guy Beckendorf or Charlie as only a few people are allowed to call him, but we're only allowed Beck or Beckendorf. He roomed with a guy Nico to left of us. Nico was really strange and quiet. He talked a few times, but mostly kept to himself.

I looked over a few times to the girls table where I saw Annabeth laughing with a about the same number of girls we had guys. She was sitting on the edge of the table with a Goth looking girl right next to her. That was Thalia as Jason explained to me, his long lost sister who he met up with here. They didn't look the same and were barely the same age, Jason was younger, but barely by a year and a few months.

After dinner, Grover who apparently had crutches led me to our house. It had two story's and literally looked like a real house. When you walked in there was a small kitchen to the right and a family room to the left, with a TV and a couch. Down a hall, there were two bathrooms with showers for the mornings. There were movie cases and video game cases all over the place and smiled at that. Grover led me up the steps and to the middle door on the right side. The room was a light blue color and it had a twin bed on both the right and the left sides. Grover's side was obviously the left because all of his stuff was on the bed and nothing, but covers and two pillows were on the other. It made me feel sad knowing that I didn't have anything with me.

"They bring you your stuff tomorrow. Don't worry." Grover said looking over at me. I smiled at him and he asked if I wanted to play video games with the other guys down stairs. I nodded and went down stairs for awhile. I got my mind off of everything that had been happening lately and the guys showed me how to play different games that they had. By 10:00 the guys called it quits because they had to have lights out by 10:30 because that was one of the downsides of being able to have a TV in the house or it would be 11:00 as I was told, but Grover explained it was worth it.

Grover and the rest of us headed upstairs for bed, Grover gave me an extra pair of clothes to borrow for tomorrow. I thanked him and took off my shoes and pants. I slid into the bed and tried to go to sleep. I head light snoring from Grover 15 minutes later and I decided that I wasn't going to be able to go to bed right now. I grabbed my pants and shoes and slipped them on. I walked quietly out of the room and out of the house. I walked on the path through the woods and realized that it was a little scary going alone at night out here. I walked towards the beach and sat down in the sand. I took off my shoes and socks and dug my feet into the sand. I listened to the waves and thought about how different my life was going to be now. I didn't realize I was crying until I heard footsteps behind me and I started to wipe my eyes. I looked behind me to see someone with blonde curly hair was coming towards me. It was Annabeth. She sat down next to me, but didn't say anything to me, that was a first, she had been talking to me all day. She grabbed my hand after a second and used it to wipe the tears off of my face. She smiled sadly at me and I knew it wasn't pity because she had also been through it. I don't know how long we had been out there, but I heard Annabeth yawn and decided that it was time to get back. She held my hand the whole way, even tighter through the woods, I figured that she was most likely scared like I was before. She let go of my hand when we got to her steps and I told her I would see her tomorrow and I thanked her for staying with me. She just smiled and waved. I headed back up to my room and took my shoes off again and my pants and finally fell asleep in my new bed.