The tapping continued and I grabbed riptide as slowly as I can, hoping to not make a noise. The window was covered by a pair of blue curtains. I saw a silhouette of something sitting on the fire escape. I was about to grab the curtain when I heard Paul call me. "Percy! Can you come to the living room please?" "Coming." I went to the living room and the silhouette was gone. Did I dream that? I shook it off and went to see what Paul needed.

POV: "Perce?" What will happen if he sees me? Will he recognize me?

Percy's POV: "Hey Percy. Do you mind staying for a while? I might need to get your mom checked out." Alarms started going off. "What happened?" I tried to stay calm. "She has a mild headache and I want to make sure she is ok. I'm gonna go to the pharmacy to get her some medicine." I sighed. "Is she coming with you?" He nodded. "How come?" "To make sure that I'm getting the right ones," He sighed. "Remember when I went shopping and I got the wrong Almond milk?" "Yeah, you got the unsweetened one and it was vanilla too. Gross!" Paul smiled. "Yeah. Gross." He shuddered. He looked at his watch. "Got to go. We have to get there before the pharmacy closes." He slowly took my mom to the car. "Are you sure you should take her after the crash?" "I don't know but she insisted." I sighed. He did too. After they left I went to my room and looked at the window. I stared at it, probably whatever the thing is will back off or attack. Hopefully it backs off. I stood there for a good 5 minutes and no noise or a commotion. I capped riptide and walked to the kitchen to prepare something to eat. As the pot of water was reaching its boiling point. I heard my window open and what sounded like padded feet stepped on the carpet.