Author's Note: I hope this lives up to my other chapters or any other Perna dates.

Disclaimer: I don't own PJO or SoN.


Clara seems very familiar, I just don't know from where…Mental Note: Ask Gwen to look into Clara's history.

"So, are you excited for the Argo II to come to take you back to your other camp?" I asked, mostly to break the silence.

"It's a 50/50 feeling. Happy that I get to see my friends again, but sad that I have to leave all my other friends, including my girlfriend." he confessed, playing with the napkin.

I'm Percy's girlfriend? But we've only been on one date. "Really Percy? You mean that?" I was red and my tone held more sarcasm than I had meant to let out. I was awkwardly awaiting his answer when Clara came back with our drinks. I was about to take a sip of mine when I smelled alcohol. "Excuse me, Clara? My drink has alcohol in it. I do believe I asked for a virgin Piña Colada."

"Hmm? Oh. Yeah. I'll fix it. Whatever." I think I interrupted her staring at my Percy. Whoa, whoa, whoa. My Percy? Where did that come from? He didn't even answer my question yet! I don't even know if I want him to stay around as a partner.

"Thank you Clara," I replied. After she left, I asked Percy if she was staring at him.

"If she was, I didn't notice. I was looking at my only girl in the world." He was being so honest, I was terrified. Why is he feeling these things about me only after a few weeks?

I opened my mouth to say, "What about Annabeth?" But Clara came back and interrupted me.

"Here," she sneered. Then she looked at Percy and asked, "Do you know what you would like to eat?"

"I'll have the potato lemon crusted tilapia with a lobster coleslaw. Reyna?" He looked to me after giving his menu to Clara.

"I'll have the shrimp scampi and a leafy green salad with fresh summer tomatoes and basil. Please." I added as an afterthought. I handed the menu to her.

She took it and 'accidentally' hit my drink. It spilled on my lap. "Oops!" She smirked.

"How dare you disrespect your Praetor like this." I replied coldly, as I felt the coconut juice seep through my skirt. I gave a long, hard whistle.

"Eh? What was that for?"

"Wait...Now!" Aurum and Argentum burst into the restaurant growling. "Aurum, home and get me a new skirt. Argentum, sic!" They both barked in response. Aurum turned and left while Argentum rushed forward and bit Clara's arm.

"Oh gods!" She shrieked.

She turned and grabbed a fork from the table behind her and was about to stab Argentum when I said, "Silly girl. Argentum is no normal dog. You cannot stab or wound an automatron." I didn't have to look in a mirror to know I had the cruel glint in my eyes.

"Miss Reyna?" Another diner said cautiously. "Please…Calm down."

I scoffed. "It's Praetor and this is calm."

"Really? Are you bitch?" Clara dropped the fork and howled in pain. The snap of a bone alerted me to the fact that Argentum had deepened his hold and accidentally broke her arm.

"You made your mutt break my arm! Curse you! Curse you to Tartarus!" She shrieked, tears streaming from her eyes and blood flowing from her arm.

"Actually, I didn't tell him to break your arm. He just gets mad if anyone insults me." I said, a slightly apologetic tone lacing my voice. "Argentum, release." I commanded tiredly, waving a hand. "Abi." He barked and ran out of the resteraunt.

"Hey, Rey? Do you wanna blow the restaurant and go for a swim instead?" Percy asked nervously. Can't blame him though. What I did was boderline sadistic.

"Yes Percy. I would love that." I replied, running a hand through my now loosened braid.


After we grabbed some towels, we walked down to the beach.

"You know, Percy? You never answered my question." I said as we waded in.

"That's right! Well to answer your question, yes, Reyna. You are officially my girlfriend."

"But what about Annabeth?" I asked.

"Ah, well, things weren't too great when I was taken so we decided to take a break." He explained. Then he splashed me.

"Oh! It's on!" I sent a splash back. After a few minutes, I heard a moo. Then a cow-serpant swam in front of me. I could only stare in awe. After a moment I squealed. "Cuddles! You came back!"


Author's Note: Yeah, let's not discuss the plot holes about where they got swimsuits, a small beach shack, or what happened to her dogs, Au did get a new skirt – it's black with a white hem and a grey stripe on top of the hem. Let's instead talk about what "Abi" means! It's "go away" in Latin. I would have used the command "I" but I figured that there would be a lot of confusion with that. Anyway, not as many changed as the previous two. That's a nice change I suppose.

Edited: 13/12/2014