Alex walked around the dinner checking all the sugar, or at least that's what she tells her dad. It was more of she didn't want to take orders.

"Alex look," Harper said from coming up behind her. Alex turned to see Percy walking in with Zeke and Justin.

"Do you ever wonder how those three became friends?" Alex asked going back to "check" the sugar.

"What do you mean?" Harper asked following her around.

"Well Percy's the captain of the swim team, one of the most popular kids in school, and he then he decides to hang out with my brother? I just find it a little odd." Alex explained, pointing out her opinion to her friend.

Harper nodded but then came back with a, "What about Grover?"

"What about Grover?" Alex asked taking a seat by the counter. She put her elbow on the counter, head in palm.

"Well you know he's got that…" Harper trailed off gesturing to her legs.

"Doesn't matter." She replied, "Grover's one of the funniest dude's I've ever meet."

"Got that right," Percy said coming up to him. "He came on a trip with me and my mom to Vegas once. He got super hyped on soda that ended up asking like six girls to marry him. Next day didn't even remember it."

Alex smiled amusingly over at him. "Really?"

"Dead serious. Two of the six girls came up to him the next day arguing about it. When he said he didn't remember they poured their drinks on him." He then pulled out his iPhone and showed them the back round. It was a picture of two girls; one blonde, one red-headed both holding upside down cups over Grover's mop of curly black hair.

"Oh wow," Alex said trying to hold back her laughter. This was probably the best thing she saw ever. "You should have recorded it."

"Trust me I wish I did," he told her turning the phone to him to see the picture. "Now Grover keeps trying to steel my phone," he looked at her, "he had yet to know it sent it to my phone."

"You're evil," Alex told him, "It's something worthy of me to call you my friend." As soon as those words left her mouth she regretted them. Percy's eyes dimmed of the happiness that was there. "Percy –" but she couldn't finish because next thing she knew Mason came over to them.

"Hello," his rich British accent showing, "what's going on?"

"Nothing," Percy replied, his blue eyes still on Alex, "I was just leaving."

"Percy –" Alex tried again, but it was to late her was already heading back to Justin and Zeke. It was then did she drop her head into her forearms.