"Wakey wakey! Eggs and blue pancakes!" Thalia yelled in a sing song voice to her cousins/ fellow band members. Percy shot awake and bolted down the stairs while Nico actually took his time getting ready. "Hurry up Death Breath!" Thalia called. "We're leaving for New York today!"
That got Nico rushing.
He was downstairs in five minutes, even though his record is three. "Sorry." He apologized. "Wanted to feel the bed's awesomeness one last time." The three of them laughed, just like old times.
Thalia usually cooked the breakfast. Nico always burnt everything and Percy couldn't cook to save his life. So Thalia was left with the job.
Even though the three of them could have hired butlers and maids to do all of their work, they wanted to feel as much like teenagers as possible. Because of that they decided to do the work themselves. And yes, they do complain about it. They complain to everybody except their parents.
Gobbling down three blue pancakes, Percy rushed upstairs and changed.
"What time do we leave here again?" He yelled, standing at the top of the stairs, a shirt in hand.
"Eleven!" Nico called back "Flight leaves at eleven thirty!"
"Thanks!" He rushed out of sight.
"Oh, and Percy?" Nico asked, smiling a little, after glancing at the clock.
"What?" His older cousin's voice sounded a little muffled from being so far away.
"It's ten thirty!"
Percy cussed and the sound of something dropping was heard. Nico and Thalia laughed.
And the morning basically went on like that.
"I can't believe that we're doing this." Percy shook his head. "We're actually flying on a plane. A plane that's not private, to New York!"
"Agreed. Our dads are crazy." Nico stated, smirking. Thalia nodded eagerly.
"If they want us to be normal and not have to deal with screaming fans, why put us in the middle of a flying object, with no escape, with a bunch of screaming fans?" She asked no one in particular.
"Exactly! That's my kind of logic!" Percy agreed.
"Then there must be something wrong with it. There must not be any logic in it at all." Thalia answered smoothly.
"Just shut up, Pinecone Face." He grumbled, grinning all the while.
"Remember to dress out." Thalia reminded, pulling her sky blue hoodie over her head. "We don't want paparazzi mobbing us on the plane. This is already bad enough. So I definitely don't need you two ruining it even more."
"How do you know that it'll be us?" Percy put on his sea green sweater, green ball cap, and black sunglasses. "Maybe I should wear these more often." He said, looking at himself in the mirror. "Ladies would love this."
"Yeah. Right. Mine is more fashionable. It actually matches!" Nico exclaimed, sounding like a ten year old. He had on a black army jacket, a black hat, and black shades. It did look stylish, but Percy still liked his colors more.
"Who cares?" The older boy said. "It doesn't matter."
"Besides," Thalia pointed out, "If we were to wear these all the time, we would definitely need new disguises. And remember how Aphrodite was last time that we needed new disguises? We don't need a repeat of that."
"Please," Nico shuddered. "Don't remind me."
"The worst night of my life." Percy stated, eyes wide. "That high pitched squeal when she saw us will be in my mind forever."
"Agreed." Thalia checked her watch. "Um, guys? We should've left fifteen minutes ago."
"Oh!" Percy was surprised. "Well they won't leave without us. We'll just promise them a song or something. Maybe a selfie? We should be fine."
Nico nodded. "Well, come on!" He grabbed his bags and opened the door, slamming it in Percy's face before he could get out. Nico laughed to himself, and he was pretty sure that he could hear Percy and Thalia chuckle.
"That was mean!" Percy complained in the elevator. "You can't just slam the door on someone like that! If my face were there, we would have to cancel the next twelve concerts."
He stopped talking because two other people got on.
One was a girl with blond, curly hair and surprisingly gray eyes. She looked to be around TB3's age: sixteen, seventeen, or eighteen.
The other girl was about the same age. She had color changing eyes and choppy brown hair. She was pretty, but looked like she wasn't even trying to look good. It looked like she was trying to play down her beauty, if anything.
They were talking and laughing about something when they saw that there were other people in the elevator. The last words of their conversation were "And the lead was so cute", said by Beauty Girl.
"Which band are you talking about?" Percy asked them, trying to make his voice sound slightly different. That was a good precaution, considering they were talking about a band.
"The Big 3. Have you heard of it? We saw them in concert yesterday! The lead was cute." Beauty Girl said.
Thalia, Nico, and Percy shared a glance. Percy looked smug, Nico looked hurt and shocked, and Thalia was just trying not to laugh.
"We've heard of them. The lead is cute, though. Wish I looked like him." Percy stated coolly. Thalia had trouble keeping her laugh in.
"But that Nico di Angelo kids is handsome, right? Not cute?" Nico asked.
"Eh. Nico's okay. Of course, all of the girls around here talk about Percy Jackson. The boys talk about Thalia Grace, but Nico isn't mentioned too much." Grey Eyes said.
Nico looked hurt. Percy and Thalia shot him glances, trying not to laugh, and Nico's expression turned from hurt to terrified quickly. Thalia and Percy burst out laughing, not able to hold it in anymore. Nico looked at them helplessly. "I'm never gonna live this down, huh?"
"Nope."
"Never."
"Absolutely not."
"In your wildest dreams."
"Ugh." Nico buried his head in his hands. "Curse this day."
"What do you mean?" Grey Eyes asked curiously.
"Nothing. Just an inside joke." Percy said, which Thalia later thought was brilliant. It was an inside joke, technically.
"So, I didn't catch your names? What are they?" Beauty Girl asked.
"Peter Johnson."
"Nick Angel. Curse you, parents who named me."
"Tara Gray."
"Well I'm Piper McLean." Beauty Girl said.
"Annabeth Chase." Grey Eyes stated.
"Nice to meet you." Percy said.
"Same to you." Piper grinned before we all left the elevator. That was a really long elevator ride⦠Curse you, ADHD.
"Nico! That was hilarious!" Percy laughed at they exited the limo.
"Will you two stop already?" Nico complained.
"Nope."
"Never."
"Absolutely not."
"In your wildest dreams."
That sent Percy and Thalia off again.
"STOP ALREADY!" Nico yelled. Percy and Thalia immediately shut up. Nico neve yelled. So he was obviously mad. "I get it. I'm the least popular member of the band. That's cause all that I do are drums and sometimes guitar or keyboard. But I definitely don't need you two laughing at my about it."
Percy and Thalia nodded.
"Thank you."
"And they were silent until they got into the airport. Or, as they called it, when all the real trouble began.
So I edited this chapter. Much longer if you ask me. Thanks for reading!
-Awesomeninja09
