-Leo's POV-

"Hey! Who am I with?" I yelled at Annabeth as she walked away with Percy. She must not have heard me as she kept walking and didn't answer my question.

I kicked at the dirt on the ground as I thought of where I should go. I could try to walk around and find dad or I could try to find any of the gods. I then thought of the best idea ever. I could get ice cream since some of the gods could be there.

I reached in my pocket and found the five dollars Chiron gave me before we left yesterday. He gave everyone five dollars and told us it was for emergencies only. This is an emergency so I started to walk to find an ice cream shop.

I looked around for the gods as I walked but I didn't see any of them. I was about to walk in the ice cream shop when a display window in the store next door caught my eyes. There sat a little girl who was trying on tutus, shoes, and jewelry and looked just like Aphrodite. Yes, Leo Valdez knows what a tutu is. There is some in the Aphrodite cabin but that is a long story.

I sighed and walked into the store to get her. I realized that this was a children's store filled with clothes and toys. Some of the other gods may have come in here with her. I coaxed Aphrodite to come with me by promising her I would buy her ice cream and come back later and buy her one of the tutus she was trying on.

"Did anyone else come in here with you?" I asked as I started to walk down the aisles.

I cursed as she said the one name I didn't want to hear. Ares. I walked through the aisles with no sign of Ares until we reached the last aisle which happened to be the nerf guns and blow up sword aisle.

Ares started to shoot at me with his nerf gun and I grabbed a plastic shield to defend myself. Ares grabbed a blow up sword and I followed suit. We dueled in the middle of the aisle with a giggling Aphrodite in my arms and disapproving looks from the other customers.

I managed to whack Ares in the side and he fell to the ground crying. I put my toy weapons down and I scooped Ares in my arms and started to walk out the door when the security alarm went off. I stopped and looked for what could have set off the alarms and I realized that Aphrodite still had on the tutu she wanted.

I took it off of her and gave it to the cashier. Aphrodite started to join Ares in crying and the cashier just gave me a disgusted look.

"Aren't you a little young to be a parent of two?" The cashier asked me. That was rude. Even though they are not my kids, my personal life isn't any of her business.

"Aren't you a little too snotty to be a cashier here?" I retorted as I walked out the door a second time.

I walked next door and bought the three of us a ice cream. I may have only bought them a small, but I needed a large cone. I did only have $5 and since I was technically older than them now, I should get the bigger ice cream cone.

I had taken one lick of my ice cream when Ares knocked it out of my hand and onto the ground. This summer is going to kill me.