"Welcome to NEW YORK; The Empire State" the sign greeted us as we drove up to the NY border.

"Ahhh." Reyna sighed. "Home sweet home…for Piper anyway."

Pretending to be offended, I started to pout. "Reyna, you hurt my feelings!"

Getting into the act, she replied by grabbing my chin and tilting my face towards her and leaning in. "I'm so sorry Piper dear. I'll make it up to you…tonight."

"Oh Reyna. You always know just what to say."

"Ick. C'mon guys! Don't start with Kaoru and Hikaru twincest stuff!" Hazel said, shoving us with her shoulder. "Leave it to them! And the Stoll brothers! Besides, Kaoru and Hikaru are way hot. You're hot but not the way that the Hitachiins are."

"Aw. Thanks Hazel. That means ever so much." Reyna replied sarcastically, taking her arms from around me.

"Thanks Hazel. They were starting to creep the Tamaki out of me." Drew joked.

"You guys need to stop watching so much anime." Came Clarisse's voice.

"How? I thought we left you in Vegas!" Hazel said, paling just the smallest bit.

"IM's smarty." Came her blunt, but sarcastic reply.

"Oh yeah. Heh heh."

"I'll see you guys later. Bye." We turned around just in time to see her disappear from the side of Haze's head. All of a sudden, a truck honked at us and we swerved back to our lane.

"DREW!" Reyna, Hazel, and I shouted.

She pulled over to the side of the road. She looked up at us with big, scared blue brown eyes. "Guys, I'm pregnant…again."

Acting right away, I said, "You're not driving. I am. Get out and go on my side."

"Piper, I'm pregnant. Not drunk." She said harshly.

"I want to see Isa though." I pleaded.

"Sally's taking care of her though." Reyna pointed out.

"Exactly. Sally, the same person who raised Percy." I spat out harshly. I didn't know why I was talking about Sally like this. I know she's a good person. My spite for Percy is clouding my judgement, but I don't care. The only thing on my mind is getting Isa away from her. Drew, sensing my conflicting feelings, got out and traded spots with me. I merged back onto the highway and we were soon on our way to seeing Sally and Isa again.

"Thank you Sally!" I called out sweetly while carrying Isa on my hip.

"Bye dear! Have a good day!" She smiled and closed the door.

"Hiya Auntie Reyna, Auntie Hazy, Auntie Drew," she said, squirming out of my arms and hugging each one in turn.

"Hey ya squirt," Drew said, a hint of sadness in her voice. I got really possessive all of the sudden. You gave Isa up. She's my daughter now. Not yours!

"Mommy?" Isa said, looking up at me with the childish innocence that resides in every kid's eye.

"Yeah hon?" I asked, bending down to her eye level.

"Can we go home now?" She asked shyly, playing with the hem of her blue shirt.

"Yea, o'course. We just have t' drop off Reyna first. Hazel is staying with us for a few days until Uncle Leo and Uncle Nico come to get her." She smiled softly at the prospect of seeing her favourite uncles again. She never liked Frank for some reason. Maybe she inherited mine and Drew's ability, actually all Aphrodite kids have this ability, to see how people's love lives should turn out. Hell, she probably did. "Time to get back in the car." I grabbed her and stood up. After Haze and Rey got buckled up, Hazel helped me get her into her car seat. Soon after, she fell asleep with her head on Hazel's shoulder.

"Hey guys," I said uncertainly, "Do ya think that Percy is worth it?"

There was a ringing silence in the car, besides the rush of wind and honking of traffic, come on, it is New York after all. Finally Reyna spoke up.

"Piper, I dated Percy back in New Rome, before any of you Greeks got there. Even though I'm dating Ethan, I still wonder what would've happened if we didn't break-up. Or, rather, if I didn't break-up with him. If anyone is worth chasing, Percy is. You have never been happier when you were around him."

"What about the fact that he screamed at her to leave? Not to make you feel bad Piper, but he didn't explain to you why he did that, did he? He barely looked at you. It's not worth it. I'm not trying to compare Jason to Percy but Jason did look at you after you were done engaging in your 'fun' am I right?" I didn't have a chance to answer. "At least Jason looked at you, even if it wasn't at you you."

"I…I don't know what I'll do if I see him again. I'll need you there Hazel. Reyna, I believe that this is your stop." I pulled in to the driveway of Ethan's house. He was standing outside with their dogs, Arum and Argentum. "Bye Rey! Bye Ethan!" I shouted out the window as we pulled away. They waved back before Rey threw a tennis ball across the yard and the dogs chased after it.

"Hazy," I started out, using her pet name.

"Yes Piper?" She inquired cautiously.

"Could you take Isa out while I figure out what to do?"

She didn't ask why. She asked instead, "Where? To Central Park or Central Park Zoo?"

"Long enough for me to finish my paper for Professor Jackass," His real name is Jacques. Pronounced like it looks. No fancy French type.

"Okay. Hey Isa? It's time to wake up now. We're almost home." Isa stirred from Hazel and blinked, trying to erase the sleep from her eyes.

"Mommy?" she asked.

"Yes dear?" I replied, hoping that she didn't need to go to the bathroom. Little bladders plus 15 minutes does not bode well for my Fusion.

"When we get home, can I have some water? Or ice cream?"

"Why don't you ask Aunt Hazel? She's taking you out to the…?" I trailed off, still uncertain on where they were going.

"Zoo," Hazel supplied. "We're gonna go to the zoo Isa. We'll get to see Gloria and Alex and Marty and Melvin and everyone else!"

"We'll get to see Mort?" She almost looked as if she didn't dare hope that was going to happen.

"Especially Mort!" Isa started squealing excitedly and clapping.

"Are you sure you guys want to walk home?" I asked reproachfully as I dropped them off at the zoo. "It's, like, 30 blocks from here."

"We'll be fine," she waved me off reassuringly. "Right Isabella?"

"Yeah mommy, we'll be alright."

"Okay…" I trailed off. "Bye guys. Have fun!" I called after their retreating figures. I sighed and unlocked my car. Climbing in, my shoulder was tapped. "Yes?" I asked, turning around.

Behind me was a guy who looked like Percy, but with brown eyes. "You dropped this." He handed me a dollar.

I checked my purse and saw that I did, in fact, not drop it. "You must be mistaken. I didn't drop any money."

He gave me a sheepish smile and put the dollar back in his pocket. "Yeah, I know. I was just trying to figure out how to talk to you."

"Aww! That's so sweet! But," I started. His face fell. "I'm sorry. I like someone else. I'm sure you're wonderful and everything,"

He cut me off by saying, "But the guy I like is special to me. It's fine. I've heard it before. Maybe we could be friends though?" He suggested hopefully.

"Sure. I'm Piper. Who are you?"

"Brian McAdams. Nice to meet you Piper. Here's my number and maybe we could meet up again sometime."

"That'd be cool. Here's mine." And after he left, I got in the car and drove home. Oh the people I meet…

And finite! Y'all prolly wanna kill moi right now but the next chapter shall be up before the 20th. Thanks for all the reviews! And tell me if you see any typos, run-on sentences, or any other grammatical errors to soothe the irritations of some other readers! Thanks again for reading! And in Percy's speech, I think I forgot to tell you that most of it comes from Tumblr. Sorry and credit to those people. If you want them specifically please PM me or leave it in a review! Bye lovlies!