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Percy/Tony POV
Chapter 3
I wake up to the smell of pancakes. And bacon. BACON. I jump out of bed and rush to the kitchen to see Thalia at the stove with Cassidy, Piper, Reyna, and Hazel, while the guys are messing around with JARVIS to see if he's as stupid as Siri. (A.N. anyone notice Siri backwards is Iris? Jus sayin.) JARVIS finally gets fed up with their stupid questions and says,
"Young Men, if you really believe that I am as idiotic as this, "Siri", fellow, then dear Sir's I can tell you this, you three most certainly are. Maybe even more."
I crack up and the notice my presence.
"Guys, you just got called stupid by an AI..."
I laugh again and walk to the kitchen.
"Hey, Thals."
I walk by and give her a kiss. Leo and Cassidy cringe at the PDA. Understandable, coming from a couple that shows affection by arm wrestles and thumb wars. The sneak a plate of bacon out of the kitchen, and run back to their floor. Probably the most stealthy they've ever been. Jason walks to Piper and says,
"What's for breakfast, Beauty Queen?"
She glares and slaps his playfully with her oven mitt. She finally got over being a Vegitarian, so she is cooking the bacon.
"Food, blondie."
We all laugh, and sit on the pool deck. The summer Malibu air is warm and salty. Just like Camp Half-Blood.
No,I scold myself, don't do raht to yourself. they used you as a pawn and thats it. Got it Tony?
We eat the bacon and pancakes, and JARVIS announces a visitor.
"Sir, someone is here under the name of, 'Rhodey'. Shall I let him up?"
I grin, and answer.
"Yeah JARVIS, let 'im up."
One minute later, Grover Underwood, or 'Rhodey', for this matter, comes in through the elevator, his U.S. Army jumper on. We all stand to greet our long time friend.
"What's goin' on man? How'v ya been? Army treating you good?"
He smiles and gives me a man hug.
"It's been goin' good man, Army's great, 'cha know?"
Everyone greets him, and converse for what seems like an hour, but by the time we're done talking, the sun's going down, and our stomachs are growling.
"Wow, not seeing someone for four years takes a long time to catch up!" Grover states, standing and shaking out his legs.
"Well I better get going, gotta get to the Honolulu base by sunset tomorrow, so I will see you heroes later. Bye!" He leaves, and the rest of the gang follows shortly, considering they all have lives to get back to. Leo runs a garage down in Houston with Cassidy, right where his moms used to be. Jason owns a series of American and Southwest airlines systems and airports, Piper as his co-CEO. Reyna works at the University of New Rome as a battle professor, and is also getting ready for her wedding. Frank and Hazel own property all over Canada, where their house doubles as an acadamy for half-bloods of all gods. Their most popular land though, is in Quebec, where they have a training camp almost as sucessful as Camp Jupiter, but for Canadians. Eh.
When everyone is gone, Thalia pulls me to the couch, curling herself into my chest.
"I miss them, Percy. I wanna see them all the time, but it's all too hard. 1st, Fury wouldn't leave you alone when you we're dying, 2nd, you we're dying, 3rd, you almost got killed when you were dying, and now, you have this damn arc reactor in your chest. Percy, I think we need a break. You deserve it, and you know it."
I'm quiet for a long moment.
"You know what, Thals? You're exactly right, we deserve a break. How about two weeks, Disney Cruise. No one is stopping us. Just three weeks, no one on our tails and no one bothering us. Deal?"
She smiles, "Deal."
************two weeks later************
We arrived at the port of The Disney Wonder, awaiting our signal to board. Thalia looked happy as ever; thats all the convinsing I needed. A voice spoke over the PA system, "All passengers, now boarding."
I grin. "Oh, this is gonna be fun."
