More one-shots! Sorry!


"Can I-?"

"No."

"Do you-?"

"No."

"Wh-?"

"No."

"Lou-"

"No."

"Are-?"

"No." Leo reached out and covered her mouth.

"Are you sulking for some reason unbeknownst to me?" She nodded. "What's the matter?" She shook her head. "Hungry?" No. "Bored?" No. "Need to hit something?" Yes. "Please don't hit me." Her eyes twinkled and she licked his palm. Leo wiped his hand clean on her sleeve. "How about we go to the arena and see if there's anyone there to beat up?" Louisa shook her head. "Oh, is it someone specific?" She gave a curt nod. "Percy." Leo guessed. He kept guessing various people- mainly their friends- and then some others. "Um… Travis? Connor? Octavian?"

"Yeah."

"Well, there's a surprise. What'd he do this time?"

"He's still breathin'." Leo grinned.

"Lou, you're brilliant."

"Thank you."


"Ugh, pick up you moron."

"Excuse me?"

"Hey, Leo. Guess what we found."

"What'd you find, Sparky?"

"I'm Jason."

"Sparky."

"Just tell him!" Leo heard Piper in the background.

"Right, Piper wants a rabbit for some bizarre reason, so we're in this pet shop. They've got puppies here, Leo."

"Right…"

"You won't believe us if we told you. Come here."

"What? Why? What puppy is there?"

"You'll love it."

"Where are you?"

"That small pet shop near McDonalds."

"Oh, right. I'll be there in ten." Leo hung up. "Lou! Jason and Piper have found a puppy for me!"

"No!"

"Can we just look then?" He pleaded. Louisa sighed.

"Fine…"

Ten minutes later, they had met Jason and Piper outside the small pet shop. Jason grinned when he saw Leo and grabbed him by the arm.

"You'll love this one, Leo."

Leo did indeed love the puppy his best friends had picked out for him.

It was a black and white puppy, but the black patches on its fur and covering its pointy ears gave the appearance that it was wearing a mask, a cape and boots.

"Oh my gods, it looks like Batman! Can I get it?" Leo begged Louisa. "Please, please, please…" Louisa was laughing.

"Just 'cos it looks like Batman, I'll let ya."

"Yes!" Leo punched the air excitedly and ran to find the shopkeeper.

Louisa turned to her cousin and his girlfriend. They were all smiling.

"I hate you."

"Aw, don't want Leo happy, Lou?" Jason teased. "Give him a puppy and he'll have a friend for life." Louisa just nodded.

"I still hate you."


Tobias tipped his bowl of blended lamb and vegetables onto the floor before looking up at Percy with wide eyes.

"Oops." He said, before giggling. Percy sighed.

"You're trouble." He told his son. Tobias's words at the moment were 'oops', 'Mammy', 'Daddy', 'no' and 'shut up, Leo'. His first word had been 'Lou'.

"Percy, I'm home!"

"Wise-girl!"

"Mammy!" Percy freed Tobias from his high chair and they went to greet Annabeth.

"How's my baby boy been?" Annabeth smiled at Tobias, holding her hands out. The tot leaned out of his father's arms and Annabeth took him.

"He's been a bloody nightmare."

"Why? What's he done?" Percy chuckled nervously.

"I did try to tidy up. Look around the apartment."

Annabeth did. Tobias pointed at toys, magazines, books and clean diapers and babbled happily, pleased with his mess. Percy followed them, talking to his Wise-girl. "How do you get him to sleep?" He asked.

"He hasn't had his nap?" Percy shook his head. "Right, he will want his favourite blanket and a warm bottle. Let him get comfortable before you give him the bottle." Percy nodded, looking worried. Annabeth took his hand. "You've done great, Seaweed Brain, don't worry."

"Ugh, I don't feel like I've done great."

"It takes practise, Percy, don't worry." She kissed him lightly. "Has he had his bath?" Percy shook his head again. "Right, I'll do that. You go and relax, OK?" Percy sighed.

"No, I can help."

"That's my Seaweed Brain." She beamed proudly at him.


"Is Charlie OK?"

"No, probably not."

"Charlie!"

"Yeeesss?"

"What are you doing?"

"I'm standing on my head and listening to Linkin Park. Problem?"

"Are you OK?" Charlie rolled onto his knees, putting his hands to his head.

"Ugh, the blood's gone to my head."

"Idiot."

"He's your son."

"He's your son too." Leo protested, smiling.

"He got the idiot thing from you."

"Gee, thanks."

"Anytime, Valdez." Charlie collapsed into the gap between his parents, resting his head on his mother's shoulder.

"Have we got any chocolate cake?" He asked.

"I've eaten it all." Leo grinned, poking Charlie in the side. Charlie squirmed away, but was attacked similarly by his mama.

"No! No, this isn't fa-!" His words dissolved into tickle-induced laughter.

"Aw, picking on your favourite, Mom?"

"Should we get her instead?" Louisa asked Leo quietly. Leo smirked and nodded.

Charlie breathed in as his parents jumped up and ran after Elsie, still giggling feebly.

While they were busy, he went and raided the kitchen for his desired chocolate cake.


"Mud-fight!"

"No! Bad Leo!" Piper screamed as Leo chucked armfuls of mud at her back. "Leo Valdez, I am going to kill you!" Piper chased after Leo.

"Piper, don't kill him!" Jason chased after her.

Percy, Annabeth and Louisa were trekking carefully across the mud, Louisa walking behind her twin and his girlfriend. They were all spending the week at Camp Jupiter, but it had rained heavily and now there was mud everywhere.

Louisa was listening to Hollywood Undead to block out the couple in front of her talking, while lost in her own thoughts. She did not sense Leo running at her until he collided with her and they both went down in the mud.

"Oh my gods, I'm so sorry." Leo saw who he had knocked over and scrambled away, sinking in the mud slightly. "Piper, help me!"

"Why should I-? Oh, Leo, you're in trouble now."

Louisa shook the mud from her hands while Percy and Annabeth pulled her to her feet.

"Lou, I'm sorry. Piper was going to kill me and I wasn't looking and- oof!" Louisa had tackled Leo and they tumbled into the mud again.

"Idiot!" Louisa scooped up handfuls of mud and dumped them on Leo repeatedly. "Moron! Scumbag! Stupid!" She called him several more names, some swear words, but Leo didn't really hear them, distracted by being buried alive.

"OK, Lou, you got him back." Percy laughed, pulling his sister away. She was covered in mud from head to foot, but Leo was worse.

It didn't help that Leo shook his head and flicked mud in all directions. Everybody present cursed him, but Louisa simply kicked a tide of mud at him.

"Go and get cleaned up, the pair of you." Annabeth ordered.

"I blame Piper."

"Repair Boy…" Piper growled warningly. Leo gave his best angelic smile, but it didn't quite work while he was coated in mud.

Leo wiped mud off his face before cleaning his hand slightly on Piper's brand new T-shirt. Jason grabbed her before she charged him again while Louisa pinched the back of Leo's neck.

"Ow, ow, ow…." Leo complained, tilting his head back. Louisa made him walk away, towards the ship with nice, warm, mud-removing showers that she could hopefully bewitch to drown him in…

Piper watched the mud-sodden pair retreating.

"You've got that look." Jason pointed out. "What are you thinking?" Piper gave an innocent smile, one Annabeth recognised.

"Leave them alone, Piper." She smiled.

"Why?"

"Because Annabeth said so." Percy replied simply. "She will judo-flip you if you don't listen."

"In the mud?"

"Especially in the mud." Percy grinned. "Oh, you've got something there…" He tapped the side of his cheek. Piper instinctively wiped her face on her sleeve, momentarily forgetting it was covered in mud.

"Percy!"

"Seaweed Brain!"

"Attaboy, Percy." Jason beamed. Both girls glowered at them. "Maybe we should check Leo's still alive."

"Good idea."


There was a knock on the door. Nico groaned in annoyance, pulling the pillow over his head.

"Nico?" Percy called. "You OK, cuz?" Nico sighed before forcing himself out of his bed. He stumbled to the door and pulled it open. Percy and Annabeth stood there. "Are you OK?" Percy asked again. "You weren't at breakfast."

"I've… got some bug." Nico settled with. "I'm fine."

"Bed." Annabeth instructed. "Now." Knowing better than to argue, Nico returned to the warmth and comfort of his bed.

Percy was like the big brother Nico never had while Annabeth doted on him in a sisterly fashion.

Annabeth tucked the blankets around Nico before feeling his forehead. "Have you had any ambrosia or nectar?" Nico shook his head. "Percy, go get some."

"Yes ma'am." Percy smiled reassuringly at Nico before leaving the cabin again.

"You don't have to babysit me. I'm fourteen; I can take care of myself."

"You don't have a choice." Nico smiled weakly, covering his mouth with the duvet to cough into it. "If I get ill because of you though, I will kill you."

"Not if this doesn't kill me first." Nico replied thickly. "Besides, if you get ill, Percy could look after you." Nico pulled the duvet away so she could see his smirk. "You'd like that." Annabeth yanked the pillow out from under his head and covered his face with it.

"Wise-girl, don't kill him!"

"Oh, he's fine." Annabeth removed the pillow, smiling sweetly at her boys. Percy shooed Annabeth away and sat on the bed next to Nico, putting an arm around his cousin's neck and making him sitting up. He handed over a canteen of nectar.

"I'm on your side, Nico, don't you worry."

"I'm not." Nico replied quietly, sipping the nectar.

A few minutes later, Nico had dozed off, still leaning against Percy.

Annabeth watched her boyfriend with curiosity and amusement. Nico was his little brother, alongside Tyson, and Percy clearly adored Nico with brotherly love. If Nico got so much as a bruise, Percy would be there with an army of paramedics, much to Nico's embarrassment and entertainment.

Should anything happen to Nico, Percy would be affected the most. (House of Hades reference there, based on this picture I saw- I think lots of us fear Nico might die *tears*).


"No, hold it like this." Clarisse growled, getting impatient. She had been stuck with the ten and eleven year olds that needed sword training. Her and kids didn't mix well.

Her growl had frightened the scrawny ten year old boy and he started shaking.

"Clarisse, you're meant to teach them, not terrify them."

"You can do better, Prissy?" She challenged.

"Chiron sent me to help." He explained calmly, uncapping Riptide. "And you need to chill, big time."

"I will stab you." She warned, raising her sword.

"That's where Lou comes in. You stab me, she stabs Chris." Clarisse noticed Percy's twin sister strolling in with Annabeth and Leo. The girls were in armour, as was Percy, while Leo was roasting marshmallows on his hand. Many of the kids pointed and laughed at Leo's antic. Leo smiled easily at them. Chris was sat behind her in the stands, watching her training while completing some of Chiron's paperwork.

"Fine." Clarisse muttered. She sheathed her sword and watched Percy introduce himself, his sister and Annabeth to the class.

"Clarisse!" Chris called, waving her over. She went and joined him.

By the time she had got up into the stands to Chris; Percy, Louisa and Annabeth had partnered all the children up with others and were walking about. Leo was as well, but instead of helping and correcting, he was offering finely roasted marshmallows to as many people as possible.

"Valdez!" Louisa ran after him, her sword drawn. Leo darted away, much to the amusement of the children.

"Lou!" Annabeth called. Louisa skidded to a halt. Leo had reached the safety of the edge of the arena. Mrs O'Leary woke up and sniffed at Leo. She started growling at him.

"Uh, Percy?" He said nervously. "She's gonna eat me."

"Leo, you are, without a doubt, the biggest distraction." Percy strolled over, reaching up to pet his hellhound. "Easy, girl. He's OK. Leo, throw a shield for her."

"Throw a shield? Why?"

"She likes to play fetch."

"Oh." Leo scrambled around for a shield. He didn't really train in this side of things, considering he liked making things more, so throwing a shield wasn't his strong point.

Percy took pity and showed him how. The hellhound lumbered after it, children laughing and scattering out of the way.


"Bang, bang, you're dead. Fifty bullets to your head."

"You're not hungry again, are you?"

"No, I'm just bored."

"Read something."

"Dyslexic."

"Lazy more like."

"No, just dyslexic."

"I'm dyslexic."

"You're a nerd." Sage looked up to glower at her cousin. Charlie gave a sweet smile. Sage rolled her eyes, returning to her book. "Why. Do. You. Read. All. The. Time."

"Because I want to."

"It's boring."

"It's not."

"It doesn't make sense."

"It does."

"No it doesn't."

"What did you read?"

"Um… 'The Hungry Caterpillar' and 'The Gingerbread Man'."

"For the love of everything godly, Charlie! That's not even trying."

"I bet you can't make a sub-atomic, density shifting polariser." Sage blinked at him. "That's what I thought."

"Is that even a thing?"

"No, but it can be." He gave a devilish smile. Sage shook her head and returned to her book. Charlie moved onto whining and pulling on her arm. "Please play Monopoly with me."

"No. You cheat."

"I don't."

"You do."

"I just count money properly."

"Charlie…" She warned.

"But I'm bored…" Sage snapped her book closed and bonked him on the head with it. Charlie made the point of keeling over backwards and pretending to be unconscious. Sage smacked his leg for good measure before returning to her book.

Charlie got bored thirty seconds later, rolled over, got up and walked out.

Sage sighed. Charlie didn't seem to understand the importance of the Harry Potter series.


Ok, that's all I've got for tonight. I pretty much made most of these up on the spot tonight :P

And please check out my new fic in case you haven't seen it. It's called 'Aw, ickle Leo!'.