Heh. It's amazing what you can do when you force yourself to stop being lazy and actually write a chapter of your fanfiction. Hehe. And yes, It is finally the Annabeth chapter. I doubt many of you were guessing the word I chose for her, though many of you did suggest the word itself.

LAUGHwithaSMILE: Yep, he's a rock alright. And addressing the whole oblivious thing, he's not oblivious when it comes to what to do during battle and he can keep a level head, so at least to me, that's why I think PErcy was able to rise into leadership. Glad you liked the chapter, thanks for the review!

Schocker: Yeah, I wanted to do sarcastic, but I needed to get both sides of his funny personality in, and I really couldn't break it up into two chapters. Thanks for the review!

xLittle Black Star: Yep, definitely, especially when she was always talking about Luke. And, I'm trying to get all aspects of Percy's personality, so funny needed to be in there. Though I kind of agree with you, there are better words than funny. Thanks for the review!

StrangelyPenned: Thanks, I try my best to keep my opinions out of my writing. And yeah, not my favorite chapter either. Thanks for the review also!

SilverWolf329: Thanks for the suggestions and review!

Also, thanks to everyone who agreed with me that Jason is a rock. It cracked me up how many people were like 'yeah, where exactly is his personality?' Haha!

Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson and the Olympians or Heroes of Olympus.


Leo, always the most graceful person, tripped on a rock and landed face-first on the ground when he went to talk to Annabeth.

It was a great way to start the conversation, really.

"Leo, you might want to get up." Annabeth suggested, looking as though she was trying not to laugh.

"Maybe, it's actually pretty comfortable down here…"

"Leo, just get up."

"Yes Ma'am."

Insert glare from Annabeth here.

"So…What did you want to talk about? Make it quick; I have archery practice soon."Annabeth gave Leo a questioning look, and then gestured to the bow in her hand.

"Got it." Leo said, and then decided just to get straight to the point. No sense in beating around the bushes. "If you had one word to describe Percy, what would it be?"

So, Leo cringed and shielded himself, waiting for the possibility that he might get hit for asking such a, uh, personal question. Finally, he looked up and saw Annabeth, staring at his attempt to shield himself rather amusingly.

Leo glared at her (though he doubted it was very impressive) and then finally said, "Well?"

"I'm thinking." Annabeth snapped back.

Leo thought Annabeth had a pretty wicked thinking face, if that were possible. Her eyes seemed to swirl like hurricanes and you could practically see the gears turning in her head. Annabeth stood like that for a few minutes.

Finally, she said, "Family."

Whatever Leo was expecting, it wasn't that. Maybe something like 'stupid' or 'brave' or 'romantic'. Though maybe not the last one, Annabeth didn't harbor many children of Aphrodite qualities (well, none really). But family? Can you even use that word to describe someone?

"What?"

Annabeth actually chuckled, and then help up a finger in a let me explain gesture.

"Percy, well… Percy has some seriously bad luck. Monsters love to attack him, gods love to hate him, and mortals love to blame him and try and get him arrested. Seriously, it happened pretty much every time we took a quest. Percy just doesn't have good luck."

"So what does that have to do with family?"

Annabeth shot Leo a glare, "I was getting to that. If Percy is has any luck about anything, it's family. It's a good word to describe him, especially because of how much he cares about it."

"…so why does he care so much?"

"Personally, I think it's because of his mom. Before Percy found out he was a demigod, she was the most important thing in his life. His step-father was a jerk, his school life sucked, and weird things that he couldn't explained happened to him from time to time. However, Sally, his mom, pretty much loves Percy to death, so she was always there for him and supporting him. She means a lot to Percy; he'd go to Hades and back for her." Annabeth explained, looking rather amused when she said go to Hades and back.

Leo smiled, thinking of his own mother. Surprisingly enough, Annabeth returned it, though he doubted she really knew what he was smiling about.

"So… why else?"

"Well, the demigods here; he treats them as family as well. When someone new comes to camp, Percy always says something like 'There are monsters, and gods, and weapons, but most importantly, you get a new (and big) extended family. Everyone here, we're family, and we take care of each other.'

"I think it's because Percy lost some people he cared about during the war. Some people left for the other side and others, we lost them. I think because of both of these reasons, Percy wants all the demigods to feel like they have a family here at Camp Halfblood. Percy doesn't want to lose anyone else. I think that's part of the reason why Hera chose him; he easy accepts new people." Annabeth explained.

"I think Rachel mentioned something like that…" Leo said, remembering his previous conversation with the fiery-haired oracle.

"Yeah, it's really not that hard to notice the importance Percy puts on family. If you're a demigod, or in some cases, a satyr, then you'll feel the effects."

"Wow... He's seems really nice. No wonder everyone cares about his disappearance." Leo said, being truthful. Percy sounded like someone Leo would really like as a friend.

"Yeah, I-I really wish you could meet him. I think you'd be pretty good friends." Annabeth said with a small, sad smile.

Whatever comfort instincts Leo had kicked in and he automatically said, "Don't worry, we will. We just need to finish the Argo II first."

Annabeth gave Leo a genuine smile before narrowing her eyes, "Wait, aren't you supposed to be in working on the Argo II now?"

Leo gulped. He wanted to explain that he was having builder's-block, similar to writer's block, but, you know, with building, but he doubted she'd buy it.

"Woah! Look! Is that Athena?" Leo tried desperately, hoping that Annabeth would turn around so he could run off.

She didn't fall for it. Stupid daughter of Athena, always having to be smart.

Annabeth just sighed, "Leo, as much as I would love to run you through with my dagger, I've got practice and we can't lose one of the 7, so just go."

Leo resisted the urge to say glad to know you care, but he didn't really want to push his luck (and he definitely didn't want to meet Annabeth's dagger).

"Um, okay. Bye Annabeth."

As he turned around, the last thing he saw Annabeth glaring (though only half-heartedly).

So Defiant, Mama's boy, and now Family, Leo thought; Percy Jackson is turning out to be a lot more complicated than I expected.


So do you like it? Review and tell me!

I'm kind of upset, I have a pretty funny idea for a new story (that I'm pretty sure you all will like), but I don't want to have too many going at once. So, I guess I'll just have to wait.

Later, Bye. (: