Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson or any other characters from the book. I only own my imagination and an unhealthy obsession with this series, also my made up characters like Vanessa and Isaac and all the others.

Chapter 4

Isaac James watched as Vanessa turned the page of her textbook. Something she had said before had disturbed him. My parents swear that I must be a decendant of one of the gods. That had made his brain, made for art, not riddles, churn with thoughts. He had seen those gray eyes before, on one of his good friends, Annabeth Chase's, face.

As he pretended to watch the movie, Finding Nemo, he was thinking about the short time until summer. When his mom would take him to his favorite place in the world, summer camp. Something fluttered in front of him. It was a scrap of paper. Isaac unfolded the slip and read it.

Hey, Isaac. It's Vanessa. I'm so bored! :(

Isaac laughed silently at how impatient Vanessa seemed. He looked around for his pencil, and, seeing near the end of the desk, grabbed it and began writing.

Haha! Why are you so bored? I thought you were reading some Greek history? ;)

Well, I was, but then I realized I already knew everything! :(

I'm terribly sorry, but I can't help that you already know everything. That's all your fault. ;)

Vanessa looked up from the note and met Isaac's eyes with a hard glare. Isaac shrugged and turned around, his shoulders shaking slightly.

Shut it.

You know, I can't really 'shut it', we're writing on paper, not actually speaking.

Isaac looked back at Vanessa, watching her read the note, rolling those familiar gray eyes. She looked up at him, and Isaac gave her a goofy grin. She smiled at him, and bent down to write.

Smart alec. And by the way, if you start making that face to often, your face will stuck that way. And then you won't get married to anyone. ;)

I have been making that face everyday since I was born. I think it would have stuck since then. So HA!

~snorts~ Sure you have! Eeep! Spider! By your foot!

Vanessa had jumped a bit out of her seat, spotting the spider. Fortunately, she had clapped a hand to her mouth before she could scream. She hated spiders. Isaac read the note, and looked over at Vanessa, seeing her hand clapped over her mouth, eyes wide and staring at his feet. He looked down. There was a small black spider, barely the size of his fingernail, sitting by his foot. Isaac smiled at Vanessa reasurringly, and stomped his foot on the small spider. He heard an exhale of breath and looked back. Vanessa was slumped in her seat, face relaxed with relief.

Hey, you OK? I can't believe you were scared of such a small spider.

:P I'm fine, just shaken. I think I'm going to watch Nemo now. I've always loved the ocean.

K. :)

:)

Isaac looked at Vanessa, who was engrossed in the movie. He frowned at the note. He found two odd things. No, make that three. First, Vanessa had those so familiar gray eyes. Second, she hated spiders, like Annabeth. And third, she loved the ocean. Annabeth's brothers and sisters weren't big fans of oceans, but Annabeth didn't really care.

Pretty soon, Isaac made the decision to contact his summer camp activities director, and ask if Vanessa could come and attend camp with him. Because he was piecing two and two together, and the result of the puzzle, well, let's say he stuck close to Vanessa for the next two days of school left.