CHAPTER 2- Bianca and Luke Jackson (15 years later)

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So this is 15 years in the future. Luke and Bianca Jackson are both 13-year-old twin kids of Percy and Annabeth. I am currently reading the Lost Hero, so let's pretend they didn't happen for this chapter. They go to camp half-blood with their parents as their counselors in the summers. Also, in this chapter, the previous chapter didn't happen, so their parents are still oblivious to the video.

Me: Who shall I force –I mean pick- to participate in the Disclaimer?

Everyone else: Nooooo….! Please don't pick me!

Me: As always, ladies first! And our female tribute for the disclaimer is….Annabeth Chase!

Annabeth: *Gasps*

Thalia: No! I volunteer to do the disclaimer!

Crowd of demigods: *Gasps*

Me: Okay, do the disclaimer!

Thalia: PrimroseEverdeenMyLittleDuck doesn't own PJO!

On with the story….

"Luke! Wait up!" Luke's twin, Bianca Jackson, calls as she runs up to her brother, who is heading to the big house. Their mother had told them to go watch some archery tutorial videos that were stored in the attic. Taking after their father, they both sucked at archery. So their mother decided to banish them from the range until they improved on their form.

"Slowpoke," Luke teased Bianca as they jogged towards the porch. Bianca just scowled at her brother's antics, flicking him right in between his green eyes. He just stuck his tongue out, planning to mess with her shampoo later.

When they arrived at the attic, Bianca wrinkled her nose in disgust at the shambles the place was in. Luke starts speeding around, looking at all the cool stuff.

"Bianca! Look at this snake tail- a Minotaur horn! Cool! And it says that Dad killed that thing when he was…42? Wait, no, 12. Awesome!" But Bianca wasn't looking towards the rusty junk that had been stored up here for years, because she was currently staring at a video. An old video that Bianca, being the bookworm student that she was, would be attracted to. A video whose label had one word scrawled onto it: Percabeth.

"Luke, come here, I think I found something…" Bianca says. She knows her parents well, especially their pet peeves, and Annabeth hates when people snoop, and gets thoroughly pissed when people do stuff like recording her. An even bigger pet peeve is snooping on her and her spouse. So Bianca comes to the conclusion that, unless whoever taped this is dead, her Mother doesn't know about it. And since Annabeth gives off the vibe she knows everything, Bianca is freaking out.

"Bianca, what are you doing? Why are you stressing over a video that says, 'Cbhrete'? We should leave it alone, it sounds boring." Luke says, picking his way over to his twin. Luke didn't overcome his dyslexia like his sister did, so he was even more confused. Bianca, yet again, flicks Luke on the forehead, harder this time.

"Idiot, it doesn't say that, it says 'Percabeth'!" Bianca hisses, annoyed at her twin's stupidity. "So?" Luke says, rubbing a new small red mark on his face. Bianca face palms and whispers, "Remember when Mom and Dad made us stay with Uncle Jason and Aunt Piper for a weekend? And how piper gave me romantic advice?"

"Even Aunt Piper couldn't set you up with a boy,"

"Well, she told me about shipping," Bianca shivered as she said that. She was a tomboy and hated fashion. And, by extension, love advice. "And how Percabeth is Mom and Dad's ship name. So this is going to be about Mom and Dad,"

"Ooh! Let's watch it! It will make Mom angry!" Luke says with renewed energy. Bianca rolls her eyes in exasperation, but lets the video play anyway. (AN: The regular type is Bianca and Luke, and this is the video itself.)

Fzzzz….pop….sttzz…"Up here, man!" The camera that just came into focus tilts upwards, and reveals the face of Travis Stoll, who is surrounded by campers with Clarisse on his direct left. On his right, he's concealed from the Dining Area by some tall shrubs. "Ahem…" Travis starts in a whispery tone, "We are gathered here today to stalk –I mean record- the inevitable get-together of Annabeth Chase and Percy Jackson. I'm Travis Stoll, this Clarisse La – Ow!"

"Dad told me about Clarisse," Bianca whispers to Luke. "He told me she tried to give him a swirly when he first came to camp, but she got doused with toilet water instead."

"I told you it was just Clarisse!" A big girl right next to Travis says, punching him not-so-softly in the arm.

"Right!" Travis yelps, "Clarisse, and my not-as-awesome-or-handsome brother Connor Stoll." The camera swivels around to an almost complete carbon copy of Travis, who grins and turns the camera back to Travis.

"Mom and Dad told us not to go near the Original Stoll brothers or Travis' kids, the Stolls Juniors."

"Let the spying that Percy and Annabeth will totally kill us for begin!" Travis announces and flails his arms around idiotically. The camera turns and peeks through the bushes, where two teens are still left eating, at separate tables. "That's Percy and Annabeth," Connor hisses from behind the camera. "Twenty drachmas that Annabeth makes the first move," Clarisse shakes his hand with a "Deal," and then (thankfully) shut up.

"They bet on who would make the first move? Wow, the camper must have really saw this coming!" Luke comments. Bianca nods her head in agreement and turns her attention back towards the small projector in the attic.

Annabeth gets up from her table and goes around back. She emerges again, but this time with a failure of a cupcake with blue frosting. She sits down next to Percy. Percy looks at her curiously and says stupidly, "What?" Annabeth rolls her eyes. "It's August 18th," She explains. "Your birthday, right?

Realization dawns on Percy's face. "Make a wish," Annabeth probes. "Did you make this yourself?" Percy asks her.

"Wow, looks like Dad is just as stupid as he is today," Luke sing-songs. Bianca mutters under her breath, "You're one to talk,"

"Tyson helped."

"That explains why it looks like a chocolate brick, with extra blue cement." Annabeth laughs, and several members of the audience have to cover their mouths to keep from joining her. Percy thinks for a second, then blows out the candle. He cuts it in half and shares it with Annabeth. They eat in silence, probably admiring the ocean.

"You saved the world," Annabeth says, breaking a comfortable silence. "We saved the world,"

"And Rachel is the new Oracle, which means she won't be dating anybody."

"You don't sound disappointed," Bianca says.

"You don't sound disappointed," Percy notes. Annabeth shrugs and admits, "Oh, I don't care."

"You think like Dad! Ha-ha!" Luke teases.

"Uh-huh,"

Annabeth raises an eyebrow. "You got something to say to me, Seaweed Brain?"

"You would probably kick my butt,"

"You know I would kick your butt." Annabeth says. Percy wipes some frosting off his fingertips.

"Well, now we know Mom hasn't changed one bit over the years," Luke admits, "Still strict and controlling."

"When I was at the River Styx, getting invulnerable…Nico said that I had to concentrate on one thing that would keep me anchored to the world that made me want to stay mortal. Not meeting his eyes, Annabeth says, "Yeah?"

Percy continues. "Then up on Olympus, when they wanted to make me a god and stuff, I kept thinking-"

"Woah, Dad could have been a god?" Luke and Bianca chorus.

"Oh, you so wanted to." Annabeth interrupts. "Well, maybe a little," Percy admits, "But I didn't, because I thought- I didn't want things to stay the same for eternity, because things could always get better. And I was thinking…" Percy trails off.

Annabeth asks, "Anyone in particular?" Her voice was unusually soft. Percy looks at her, and sees her trying not to smile. "You're laughing at me!" He says in a whiny voice.

"I am not!"

"You are so not making this easy," That made Annabeth laugh for real this time. She slowly puts her arms around Percy's neck, so they are facing each other. "I am never, ever going to make things easy for you, Seaweed Brain. Gt used to it." Then they kiss.

"Well, Mom did make the first move," Leave it to Bianca to notice the unimportant.

Just as they were starting to get into it, Clarisse decides to march right through the shrubbery. As she snarls, "It's about time!" campers flood into the hall, filling it with torchlight. Percy says as they are lifted into the air, "Come on, is there no privacy around here?"

"The canoe lake!" Connor screams from behind the camera, and the campers take them to the beach and dump them in the water. When they don't come up, Travis runs up to his brother and hits his arm. "You forgot he was the son of Poseidon, idiot!" He shouts. The campers disperse, and Travis turns to the camera.

"This has been, Travis and Connor Stoll spying on Percabeth! DON'T TELL PERCY AND ANNABETH! WE LIKE OUR HEADS AND BODIES CONNECTED!" The last part Connor shouts with him. Then, after a bit of static, the screen goes black.

"Well…remember that prank the Stolls Juniors played on us last week?" Bianca says after a slight pause. The two twins look at each other and then shout simultaneously, "MOM!"