So I'm starting my new chapter during schooltime, and this asshole is reading over my shoulder. But I'll get started writing now, I'm loving the reception that I got. The thing about getting good reviews is, it really inspires you to write more. On account of getting suspended every other day, I will update about every week/fortnight. Thanks so much for the kind reviews, they've really helped me thus far. But, without further ado, here I go.
Percy POV
When we wake up, it's quite late in the morning, maybe even early afternoon. We definitely slept in. I look over at Annabeth, sleeping beside me. Her arm is still draped over me and there is a smile on her face. Beautiful. I grab the arm draped over me and take a peek at the wrist.
11:22 AM
Not bad. Looks like they'll all be well rested. Maybe not Jason and Piper. I get out of the van, and look at the carpark. We are still the only ones there. Huh. I always thought people LIKED pizza for breakfast. A grocery store is next to the Domino's. Opened, too. I look around for the others. There is a park nearby, and I see smoke rising from a point within it. I get worried, and run towards it, to find one of the best shocks I've had in a while.
Bacon and Eggs.
"Hey Percy! I saved you some lunch!" Leo calls, being the first to notice me.
"Shut up Leo, it's not THAT late." I call playfully.
"Aye, Percy!" One of the twins. Piper, Katie, and surprisingly, Leo, are at the barbeque, while the others are lying down, playing and eating.
"What took you and Annabeth so long?" Jason calls, being quite the hypocrite. There is more lipstick on his face.
"There's more lipstick on your face. Frankly, it's a surprise that you aren't the pregnant ones." I may have just woken up, but I'm on fire. Jason touches his cheek self-consciously and the others laugh, even Piper. I grab a sandwich and sit down at the picnic table with the others. I take one bite and… Wow. This sandwich is amazing.
"Hey guys, who made this?" I turn to face the barbeque table.
"Me, why?" Surprisingly, it's Leo.
"This sandwich is one of the best things I have ever tasted. I knew you could cook, but nothing like this!"
"It's just another skill of Leo Valdez…" It makes me happier now that Leo is better. Even here, under this stress, he seems better. Happier. And his self esteem, it seems better. No more reason to be worried about him. I walk over to the barbecue, pick up two more of his sandwiches (one for me, one for Annabeth) and sit down again. Not surprisingly, the subject of where to go comes up again, which kind of stops all the fun we were having, but whatever.
"So, where should we head?" We have formed a sort of council around the picnic table, not unlike how we did at Camp Half Blood. Thinking about that makes me feel homesick.
"Maybe my Dad's?" Piper pipes in. (Sorry, I HAD to add that half-pun)
"Would we be safe, though?" Always the pessimist, Jason.
"Got any other ideas?" I snap at him. Almost instantly, I realise my mistake. But not before he throws a punch at me. I duck, but his second swing hits me in the side of the jaw. Almost delirious with rage, I push aside the picnic table and tackle him to the ground. Leo tries to break up the fight but I push him away too. I'm sitting on his chest, punching him repeatedly before a knife whizzes past my head and lodges itself in a tree, two inches away from killing me.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?" Annabeth has woken up, and she's MAD. She doesn't usually throw knives at people's heads. At least not much.
"We've been gone three days, and you're already fighting?!"
"Annabeth, it's not what it looks like!" I plead, but she's already turned away.
"What else could it be?" Her back is still facing me.
I get up and follow her.
"Annie, it wasn't like that, he hit me!" She seems to be sizzling with anger and I instantly know I've said the wrong thing.
"DON'T! CALL! ME! ANNIE!" She wrests her arm from my grip and heads back to the van. Piper gets up and slaps me and Jason both.
"Don't even dare think of moving!" She growls, pouring the utmost charmspeak into her words. Her charmspeak being effective, we are both stiff as boards, too scared to even move an inch. I hear screaming, then silence, and, after what I think is the longest pause in the world, some whispers. I shake my head. Why do girls get so mad? It still remains a mystery to me. Their voices are barely audible, and I cannot make out the words they utter. They are gone for a while, a long time, and, after about thirty minutes, my ADHD kicks in. As much as I don't want to, I strike up conversation with Jason.
"Where do you think they are?" I ask, trying to maintain enthusiasm.
"I don't know, they've been silent a while." Jason is being civil again. Yipee-ki-yay!
"Should we go and check on them?" I suggest, but I half know the answer already.
"And risk their wrath? I would think not." Jason's sarcasm is comforting.
"What were we even fighting about?" I ask, chuckling.
"I don't know, but it was my fault. Sorry." Jason turns to me, extending his right hand, and we shake.
"Honestly, you'd think Leo would be the hothead, what with the fire powers and all!" Back to joking around. We almost forget about the girls entirely. Until a ten metre fountain of green fire shocked us right back to earth.
Ooh, cliffie. I actually have no idea where I'm gonna go from here, but things have obviously taken a turn for the worse. I have used a couple OOC moments, or bad plot devices so far, but please cut me some slack. Let me remind you that I am still only 12. Please leave some more reviews, and make sure to check out my other stories. EJ OUT!
