Chapter 11

I laced my arm around Calypso's shoulders as we entered the lunch room. I kissed her on the cheek before sitting down. She took a textbook out of her bag and a notebook. She took out a pen and quickly got to work. I watched her silently, smiling.

"What?" She asked, her eyes not straying from her book.

"You're such a nerd." I commented.

"I rather be a nerd than failing."

"Hey!"

She laughed, "I'm not insulting you, I'm just saying, in general."

"I know, I was joking." I smiled.

She stuck her tongue out at me and got back to work. We were the only ones at our table. I faced Cal and ran my fingers through her hair while watching her absently. Nico and Thalia sat down, grinning.

"Do you know what they have today?" Nico asked, excited.

"Nachos!" Thalia answered, grinning.

I chuckled, "Nachos isn't all that great." I said.

Thalia gasped, Nico glared at me. Cal sent me a sly smile, "You don't like nachos?" She asked.

"They're alright," I sighed.

"You're such a square." She rolled her eyes, fixing her pullover sweater.

We all stared at her, "Square?" Thalia chuckled.

She blushed, "I'm trying to bring that back!"

"Never going to happen!" Juniper laughed as she sat down, followed by Grover.

"Yes, it will!" She argued.

"Whatever." Thalia grinned.

"Aw, I believe it will, babe." I said, smiling at her.

She grinned, "Thank you, Percy." She said and pulled me close and gave me a kiss.

"Get a room." Zoe slammed her tray on the table and ate grumpily.

Annabeth sat down after her. I noticed how full the table was. "What's got your knickers in a twist?" Grover asked.

Annabeth sighed, "Drew called Zoe a slut in front of everyone because she was talking to Conner. Zoe would've punched her if I wasn't there."

"Bitch." Zoe muttered.

"We can go talk to her, if you'd like." Thalia said, glancing at her.

Zoe smiled evilly, "Oh, don't worry, I know what to do."

Cal raised an eyebrow, "And what's that?"

Zoe pushed her tray away. "Conner saw what happened, and he offered his services because he does not like Drew at all."

Nico laughed, "You guys are going to prank her?"

"Of course!" Conner appeared behind Zoe, tapping her head.

"Nothing harmful, though! Remember what happened last time?" Juniper said, accusingly pointing her fork at him.

He waved her away, "Yeah, yeah. Who knew hairspray was flammable?"

"Everyone knows that!" Annabeth exclaimed.

"Oh, the details," He grinned. "We're going to come up with a plan to prank her. It'll probably happen next week."

"If you say so." Grover shrugged.

"This is going to be epic." Zoe smirked.

Cal gave me a look, and I shrugged. Things settled down at the table after Conner left. I turned to Calypso after she finished her work.

"Let's go on a date." I said.

She smiled, "A date? Are you being serious?"

I frowned, "Well, if you don't want to…"

"No, no! I just thought it was a little strange. Sure, let's go on a date." She grinned, ruffling my hair.

"Friday?"

"Of course." She gave me another kiss before turning back to her work.

A few days after that, I was at Nico's place. Nico and Thalia were playing a video game. Cal and I were making things with a giant bucket of Play Dough she bought. Zoe and Annabeth were laughing about something at the table, and Juniper and Grover were doing homework. It was the whole gang, actually. Which was the first.

"What do you wanna see tomorrow at the movies?" I asked Cal as she laid herself on me on the couch.

"Something scary," she replied.

I raised an eyebrow, "Scary? I was expecting a chick flick."

She rolled her eyes, "Chick flicks are for wimps!"

"I agree on that!" Thalia exclaimed, her eyes still trained on the game.

"I don't! I love chick flicks. Have you not seen The Notebook?" Annabeth cried.

"Oh, please! Really Annabeth?" Zoe laughed, "That movie was alright. Action movies all the way!"

Juniper stood, "No, no, no!" Everyone stopped and looked at her. "It's all about Environmental Documentaries!"

"That's my girl!" Grover exclaimed.

We all groaned, and laughed. Then, Thalia cried out. "No! Nico, that's not fair, I was distracted!" She jumped on her feet, setting her hands on her hips.

Nico smirked, "You should've paid more attention!" She glared at him and crossed her arms, standing up straight. "Come on, Thals, what am I supposed to say, I'm sorry I won?"

"Mm… Yes."

"Alright, I'm sorry I won," He said, taking her by her hips.

"Guys, take it somewhere else," Zoe said, stepping into the living room.

Nico rolled his eyes taking Thalia's hand on sitting on the love seat. Nico's eyes widened suddenly, "Fuck, I forgot, guys, guess what? Ah, guess the fuck what!"

"You curse way too much?" Juniper suggested.

"You got your first C?" Grover asked.

"Your dad got you a car!" Annabeth threw in.

"Your dad got me a car?" Zoe chuckled.

"You're throwing a party!" Cal exclaimed proudly.

"You're crashing a party?" I shrugged.

"Jeeze, guys," Thalia said, laughing.

Nico glared at everyone, "I know. Anyway, you know how my birthday's in a few months?" He waited patiently.

"Yes." We all sighed.

"Guess what my dad agreed I can do!" Nico stood, bouncing on his toes.

"Just tell us!" Grover exclaimed, everyone nodded.

"A cruise with all of us!" He did a weird happy dance.

I grinned, "Seriously? That's fucking awesome! When?"

"In, like, a month. I'm so freaking excited." Nico sighed happily, sitting back down and holding a smiling Thalia close.

"Whoa, we're gonna have so much fun," Juniper said, smiling.

"All expenses paid!" Nico added and everyone cheered.

"Your dad is way too cool," Cal said, settling into my arms.

"I know. And no supervision, at all. As in, my parents aren't going to be on the boat. There is also going to be this teen thing, so there's gonna be a bunch of other people our age."

"Good! We won't be surrounded by old people," Juniper chuckled.

"Yes! Annabeth and I need guys to party with, since you're all taken," Zoe and Annabeth high-fived and laughed.

I glanced shortly at Annabeth, who was grinning and was already talking to Zoe about what'd they do. Was she over me? I shook the thought out of my head and looked at Nico as he continued.

"I'm bringing drinks, so is Thalia. Make sure you let me know you're going in, like a week, so my dad could get the reservations. Hm, what else? Bring enough clothes and shit to last three days." Nico looked satisfied, as if he was already dreaming about the three days of heaven.

This was going to be too freaking cool. I glanced at Cal, so had a sly smile on her face. "What are you smiling about?" I asked, chuckling.

She shrugged, "Nothing," She smiled.