Hey, guys! So this chapter's kinda rushed :/... and a little drabbley-is that a word? But it's kind-of a setup for whats yet to come! The MoA cover tells us that Jason and Percy obviously aren't exactly best friends...I decided to entertain that idea a little bit.

Expect Percebeth snogging next chapter! YAY! And, tell me what you think (What I can improve on, etc.) Otherwise i can't improve! Thanks to everyone who faved and watched! :) ENJOY!

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Hand-in-hand, Annabeth and Percy followed Leo to the ship's only kitchen. Pushing through a swinging door, the demigods soon discovered the room was tiny. It contained all white walls, cabinets and a courts counter-top that ran all the way down the room. It obviously wasn't the mess hall Percy had been expecting, but there was high-tech cooking equipment and an island with eight stools in the middle of the tiled floor. Annabeth suddenly realized she hadn't eaten more than coffee in the last day and a half. Her stomach grumbled persistently. Percy turned to face her, his eyebrows pushing together. If he had noticed her weight loss- which Annabeth assumed he had, knowing her boyfriend- he hadn't said anything about it.

"Do you know if there's any food coloring in here?" Percy asked at random.

"Food coloring? For what?" Leo sounded confused.

"I prefer my pancakes blue," He answered, as if he were stating a fact. Annabeth rolled her eyes and sauntered to the cabinet to get a mug, then started a pitcher of coffee. The girl doesn't usually drink the stuff, but lately it had been the only thing keeping her awake.

By the time Annabeth's coffee was in her cup, Leo and Percy were trying to flip rainbow pancakes. Leo apparently thought that adding heat to the pancake from both sides would make it cook faster. His hand was spurting flames into the pan while Percy tried to hold the handle still.

"Hey! That's hot!" Percy threw back his head and laughed. The sound was so good to Annabeth's ears that she grinned in spite of herself. The two boys had a lot of the same thought processes, and they liked the same stupid ideas. Annabeth felt a bromance forming. Oh gods, she thought.

The two demigods eventually advanced in rainbow pancakes and moved on to shapes. The only thing they could pull off was a lopsided heart, which Percy gave to his girlfriend along with a kiss on the cheek. Annabeth didn't show it, but she felt amazing. Just having Percy in the room with her was enough to do that. It felt so right to have him by her side, it was as natural as breathing. Although she was still somewhat angry at Percy for being away for so long, she knew it wasn't right to blame him. Hera was the witch that took his memory and sent him across the entire United States.

But in spite, she did think the heart was a sweet and very Percy thing to do, and it made her laugh out loud.

Percy gave her a crooked grin, while Leo raised his eyebrows.

"I told you it looked like a heart," Percy gave Leo a smug smile.

"Oh please! She's laughing at your inability to make a pancake!" but the son of Hephaestus was smiling, too. He was happy for Annabeth, and Percy seemed like a really nice guy. Part of Percy even reminded Leo of Jason. They both had the same unofficial leadership. And, hey, if Annabeth trusted him than so did Leo.

"A pancake party? And we weren't we invited?" Hazel and Piper strolled in through the kitchen door. They were both dressed, though Hazel was in the process of picking a comb through her thick hair. The daughter of Hades smirked at Annabeth, eying Percy. Annabeth gave her a slight nod in return- thank you.

"It was kind-of a spontaneous thing," said Percy.

"Wow, Perce, that's kind-of big word for you, isn't it?" Annabeth added.

"Huh, I guess my smart-ass girlfriend is starting to rub off on me." He replied sarcastically.

Annabeth stuck out her tongue in his direction, and Percy quickly returned the favor.

Piper was smirking at the couple as she took a seat next to Wise Girl, while Leo slid a deformed purple pancake on to her plate. He smiled at her.

"Dear gods, what is this?" Piper laughed.

Leo frowned. "You can't tell? It's couch Hedge! See-" He pointed to a blob sticking out of the pancake's shape, similar to how Cape Cod is from Massachusetts.- "That's his bat!"

Piper stiffened a giggle. "Oh! Now I see it!"

Annabeth chuckled. "Leo, that looks like a disfigured diorama of the digestive system."

"I thought it looked kinda like a scorpion," added Percy, coming over to stand behind Annabeth.

"Nu-uh," Hazel observed. "That's definitely a raccoon."

"It's Couch Hedge!" Leo's tone was final; though he couldn't help the smile spreading across his face.

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"...Reyna- Daughter of Bellona."

"Sounds like Bologna," Percy was leaning back in his chair, facing his girlfriend who was sitting behind him.

Annabeth tried hard not to smile. "Percy- pay attention," She whispered back.

The son of Poseidon rolled his eyes. He really was trying to listen, but he just couldn't quite stand still for more than half a minute at once. Nevertheless, he looked forward and let all four legs of his chair clang to the floor.

"The attack on New Rome was only the beginning of what will happen if we..." Jason's voice floated in and out of his head. The seven had been cooped up in a long room in the bottom of the ship for about an hour now, listening to different people strategist. Annabeth had a few great ideas, but other than that, Percy didn't really see the point of this meeting.

Leo was sitting beside him and was playing with what appeared to be a paperclip, silly putty and metal washers. Frank was sitting on his other side of him, listening halfheartedly to what Jason was saying.

"I don't see how this is helping anything," said Percy, cutting off Jason in the middle of a sentence. "I don't think we're going to figure anything out by just sitting around and talking," he added. "We should just play it by year, these things usually become a lot more clear the farther we get."

"The farther we get without knowing anything, the more chance there is one of us will be dead by then." Jason replied.

"Trust me, I've done this before-"

"So have I, and from what I've learned we could have prevented a lot of deaths."

The tension in the air was thick, and like a fabric stretching, it was going to break. Percy couldn't help but be mad at Jason, that may have been because he was jealous. It might have been because he thought he should be the one leading this quest, not him.

"Percy," Annabeth whispered from behind him. "Let it go."

"No, I'm praetor. What I say goes, and what I say is this is pointless."

"I know what I'm doing! You've been praetor for- what? ONE WEEK?"

"Well apparently I've done a better job in one week then you have done in years," Percy lashed.

Jason's face was shocked, but he somewhat followed Percy's orders. He stood up abruptly from his chair and left the room in one swift movement. Percy didn't care that everybody seemed to trust the guy. There was something about just being in his presence that Percy found infuriating; maybe it was because they were both so powerful...or something else entirely.