As soon as Jason stepped into the dining room, Katie was at his side with tears pouring from her eyes. "Momma's being mean!"

Nico rolled his eyes as the man kneeled next to his daughter. "He eggs it on. No wonder she's like that."

"Nico, shush." Will put a finger to his boyfriend's lips. "She isn't your kid."

"Thank god."

"Nico."

Jason took Katie into his arms as he stood back up. "That's all we've got. You don't have to eat but you'll get really hungry."

"Why don't we have anything else?" Katie pleaded. "I thought we rich now cause we got this house!"

"The world doesn't work like that, sweetheart." Jason set her in her chair. "Maddie's eating it and not complaining."

"That's cause she's a baby." Katie glared at her bowl of cereal. "Why not bacon? Or eggs?"

"I need to buy all that after work." Jason sat by her. "There's nothing in the fridge. It's all empty."

Katie's eyes widened. "Really?"

Jason nodded. "Really."

"So we're poor?"

"I can't listen to this anymore." Nico crawled on Will's lap. "Want to go snuggle?"

Will buried his head in Nico's hair. "Neeks... You can't hate them. They'll probably be here for a while."

"Unless I-"

"No." Annabeth appeared in front of them with her arms crossed over her chest. "You're not scaring them off."

"When are you the boss?" Nico questioned. "I was here first."

"Because you're not the brightest." Annabeth tapped the side of her head. "If you had smarts you wouldn't even consider scaring them off."

"Annie-" Will tried.

"You're seriously calling me stupid?" Nico got up and stood on his tiptoes to glare into Annabeth's eyes. "You'll regret that."

"Neeks-"

"What are you going to do?" Annabeth taunted. "Kill me? That's a little impossible now, Nico."

"Annabeth-"

"I wouldn't say impossible." Nico shot back. "Nothing's impossible if you try hard enough."

"Nico!" Will stepped between the two to break their locked gazes. "If you shut up for two seconds you can see that the youngest girl is looking right at us! She can see us!"

As if to prove his point, Maddie nodded her small head. "Yup!"