I let Luke stay in my cabin for the night ( no, not in my bed ) so that the next morning we could go down to the Big House and enrole him in the camp. I got through the night without slipping something about Thalia, which was hard because she was all he wanted to talk about. But at the same time, he seemed kinda sad when talking about her. I think it was because: a) He felt bad for poisoning her a few years back. b) Because he was talking about her and not to her. I always assumed that he liked her but I didn't realise just how much. It made me feel bad for lying to him, but hey, I was NOT gonna be the one to tell him that Thalia was a hunter and couldn't be with him.
The Next Day
After FINALLY getting Luke's lasy butt out of bed, we got ready and headed for the Big House. When we got there, we found Chiron, Mr.D, and Grover playing cards. ( I'd say the name of the game, but i don't remember how to spell it lol. ) Chiron and Mr.D were having a good old time, as usuall, but I could tell Grover was nervious because he was chewing on his cards. Then he glanced up and saw us.
"Annabeth! Thank the gods your here! He bleated.
Mr.D gave him a look.
"I mean... Hey, how goes it?..." He corected, looking sheepishly at me.
"Uh, hey. Is everything ok?" I asked.
Chiron got up from his wheel chair and trotted over to me.
"Everythings fine. Mr.D is just a little cranky because Grover is asking for a few days off from his duty as a Protector." He said, reasuringly.
Grover butted in. "There's an inportent volleyball tournament this weekend and they need a reff."
"Ohhhh ok" I said.
Chiron looked at me and put his hand on my shoulder. "Anyway, Annabeth, what did you need?"
"Oh, right... that. I, uh, found a new demigod." I said.
"Really? Well I take it it's this young man here." He said, pointing at Luke.
"Yeah, this is... uhhh..." After everything we put into this sceam, we forgot what to call him.
"Jake. I'm Jake." Luke quickly finnished.
"Right." I said. " Everything's been explained to him, and he's already been claimed as Son of Hermes."
"Wow... well that saved us a lot of time." Chiron said happily.
"Yeah, so we're just gonna go get him settled into his cabin. See ya." I said, waving good-bye.
After we got him settled in, I decided to go hang out with Ms.O'leary. When I walked throught the door, Percy was there. He turned when hearing the door shut behind me, and a huge smile spread across his face. I smiled just as big, and ran at him for a hug.
"Hey! Your back!" I said, tackling him.
"Hey, yourself." He said between laughing and trying to breath after being squeesed to death.
"I missed you!"
"Haha same, but I was only gone a few days."
"Felt like forever" I said before kissing him.
After a few minutes went by and our make out sesion was over ( sadly ), he just chuckled.
"Wow... if this is my welcome back party, I might consitter going away more often!" He said.
I just playfully shoved him. We both laughed.
"So," he said, " what'd I miss while I was gone?"
