Percy

I woke up in the morning feeling great. I was with Annabeth. That's all I needed. I looked over and saw her pulling her hair up into a careless ponytail. Her eyes gleamed. She was the girl of my dreams. Literally.

I walked over to her. "Good morning." I said.

"Hey." She turned to me and pecked me on the lips before walking over and tossing me some clothes. "Here," She said. "Put this on."

It was a blue top and some black jeans. She must have brought them with her.

I changed and we walked out of the ship to the dining hall. (Whatever it is.) We both just had some Chex Mix cereal for breakfast. We had just finished when Thalia, Leo, and Piper came to join us.

"Hey." Thalia said. "What's up?" she asked me.

"Not much." I replied. "We leaving tomorrow?"

"Yes." Leo answered.

"Anything special go on last night?" Thalia asked, raising her eyebrows at Annabeth.

Leo gagged.

"Ugh! Thalia!" Annabeth huffed. "No! Of course not! We're sixteen, for the love of Athena! I would never do that at this age! Why would you even ask?"

Thalia smirked and smiled. "Just wondering."

"Well," I said. "I'm gonna change the subject here. And this is for asking a rude question." My hand found Thalia's head.

"Did you just smack me?"

"I did no such thing."

"You did! You smacked me! Why would you smack me?"

"I did not smack you! Why would you think that?"

"Okay. Who was it? Who was it then, huh? Huh? Why did I feel something hit my head? And why did it feel like a hand?"

Leo was cracking up, and Annabeth said "It was Jason."

"Oh, he's gonna get it." Thalia ran off in pursuit of her brother.

"You people kill me." Piper said. "Was it always like this at camp?"

"Pretty much." Annabeth said.

"Yeah. The Stoll brothers pranking people and hot-wiring the camp SUV, and Clarisse dumping people's heads in toilets, the Aphrodite kids arguing with people and trying to give them makeovers, some things never changed. Then the war caught up with us. It was really tense, things were." I followed.

"Exactly." Annabeth said. "Some people used to say 'It's all fun and games until war hits you. It's like a smack in the face.' And it's true." (I actually do say that. I think it describes war exactly to a tee.)

"Yeah." I sighed. "What do we want to do today?"

"We have to get ready for the trip back to camp. Is Jason coming with us?" Piper said.

"I don't know. It's his choice." Annabeth stated.

"Well, let's go!" I said.

Sorry for the long hiatus! I was grounded for two weeks, so I couldn't update! Sorry for those of you that were waiting for chapter seven! And sorry for coming back with such a short chapter! It's 9:55 in the morning, I have to get ready, and my time's kind of limited. The good news? No school tomorrow!

Disclaimer: I do not own PJO or HoO. Just ask Rick's lawyer.

Song I listened to: Seize the Day by Avenged Sevenfold