I'm so sorry that it took me so long to update. I just go busy and then my work started making me come in on Mondays, the one day a week that I was always supposed to have off. Sorry again. I hope you enjoy the chapter.

Thursday September 1

Second lunch

"I can't believe that she snitched on me," Danielle fumed as she paced around in front of her, for lack of a better term, lackeys. For that was what her cheer squad was. She had been made captain and had started picking who she wanted on the team. She had gotten rid of any one she deemed not pretty enough, and only those who would do as she said. She didn't need a pretty face getting any of her own ideas in their pretty, little, head. She wanted people who would follow her orders with no question.

"Come on, it's one girl, what can she do?" Kallie asked from where she sat at the lunch table. She noticed as her leader was still glaring daggers over at the overcrowded table.

"Come on sit down before they notice you," Jenna said as she tried to get her captain to sit with them. She was casting nervous looks between her captain and the group of friends.

"Why?" she hissed venomously.

"Because you don't want them to notice you," Jenna said as she glanced over at the other table. She was sure that one of them would notice her captain and then they would be in trouble.

Grumbling a few more words of dislike at Cara and her new friends, Danielle finally took her seat.

"So, I heard-" Kallie said as she started telling all of the girls about the bit of gossip that she had heard.

Danielle didn't pay them any attention as she glared over at the crowed lunch table. For some reason, for which she could not fathom, Percy had become friends with the girl she had pushed into the pool on Monday. 'Uh, she probably is trying to worm her way into his life to try and steal him from me,' Danielle thought in disgust. "She cannot steal the guy that I'm going to date," Danielle hissed at her lackey. "He saved her and now she's going to play up the part of being the victim."

"So what are you going to do?" Kallie asked as she stopped her story to listen to her captain.

"My sister wants to know if you want to come over this weekend?" Percy laughed from where he sat beside his new friend that had been accepted into the group. Percy had asked Annabeth and Piper to keep Cara's parentage quiet for now. He was trying to find the best way to break it to everyone.

"Really?" Cara asked surprised as she took a bite out of her apple. She had half expected everyone to ignore her. She was surprised when Annabeth, Piper, and Percy asked her to sit with them at lunch.

"She's obsessed with you," Percy continued to laugh. "All through dinner she kept asking about you."

"Wait, you got to go over to their house?" Scott asked from where he sat between Cara and Will.

"One of their friends got left behind and so I gave him a ride home yesterday," Cara said as if it wasn't a big deal. Which to her, it wasn't.

"Dude, you gotta let me come over! I need to know what kind of place my co-captain lives at!" Scott said. "I need to know if it is big enough for a party!"

"Maybe some other time," Percy said hesitantly.

Annabeth swiftly kicked her boyfriend in the shin.

Wincing in pain, Percy realized his mistake. "I mean, I can't have a party at my house, my mom and step-dad would kill me," Percy tried to recover.

"Dude, have it on a weekend that they will not be there," Scott tried to reason.

"I can't my mom would kill me, then everyone else will kill me that is staying there," Percy stated again as he kept his eyes on Scott to avoid everyone else.

"Fine, but if I manage to get a place to have a party, you are coming," Scott ordered.

"Fine," Percy agreed.

"Ok, so now that is out of the way," Scott said as he started talking about something else.

Percy didn't dare to look at anyone else that was sitting at the table. He knew he was in trouble.

Third Lunch

"I swear if I have to listen to another teacher ramble on about how great they think the Scarlet Letter is, I'm going to scream," Clarisse threatened as she sat beside her boyfriend.

"Rough English class?" Grover asked as he sat across the table from the daughter of Ares.

"You have no idea," Chris said. He was sick and tired of school already. He couldn't pull any pranks. He couldn't pull any pranks without making one of his friends mad. Part of him wished that his half-brothers, Connor and Travis, were there. They would have been able to help him pull a prank or two and get away with it.

"Don't even think about it," Calypso said as she sat down at the table. She knew that look that Chris had. It was the same look Leo, and the other children of Hermes have when they want to pull a prank.

"You have no idea what I was thinking about!" Chris tried to defend.

"We are not getting in trouble because you want to pull a prank," she continued as she opened her drink.

"Valdez, how are you still with her?" Chris smirked at the trouble maker who was busy fiddling with a few small parts in his hands.

"Because she's amazing," Leo smirked as he momentarily looked up from his mini project.

"But she doesn't let you prank?" Chris tried to counter.

'Oh, if only you knew,' Leo thought to himself. He remembered a time when they had just gotten back to camp and Leo had been dying, no pun intended, to play a prank on his friends. So one morning he had woken up early to get an early start on his plan. Calypso had found him in bunker 9 making the last final preparations to his plan. When she first came into the bunker he thought he was a goner, but Calypso had quickly asked what he needed help with. So an hour later, the camp was filled an army of tiny robots stealing everyone's stuff, including their own. But it was well worth tracking down his clothes later on. So, later on when everyone awoke for breakfast, they found all of their stuff missing. It was the best day, because the Hermes cabin had been blamed, and he and Calypso had flew under the radar of who had pulled the prank.

"Hey Valdez!" Chris shouted again to get his attention.

"Sorry, spaced out," Leo said with a grin on his face.

"Okay, so I need help with this project that I need to get done," Chris said smirking.

"I swear if you get us in trouble with one of your ideas you're going to regret it," Clarisse told her boyfriend with a glare.

"I would never," Chris said as he mocked being hurt. "I just need Leo's help on a project."

"That is pure bull-" Clarisse started but was interrupted.

"Well we better go get started on your project," Leo smirked as he grabbed his stuff before anyone could protest.

"Should we be worried?" Hazel asked, her voice full of concern as she watched the two boys practically run from the lunch room.

"Until it affects me, I don't worry about it," Clarisse huffed as continued to eat her lunch. She knew that she should probably be worried, but if they got in trouble they would have to deal with an angry Annabeth. So, for the moment, she was content to let her boyfriend decide his own death.

8th period

"We're supposed to be in gym right now," Leo said as he looked around the empty room that the two were hiding out in. The bell had just rang signifying that 8th period had begun. Normally he wouldn't have cared, but if Calypso found him in here skipping classes because of Chris he was going to be a goner. They had missed their 6th period class and their 7th period class.

"Relax, a few more minutes and everyone's reactions are going to be totally worth it," Chris said deviously.

The prank was relatively simple in and of its self. They had managed to make their own itching powder what would not dissolve in water, curtesy of the internet. They were now loading said itching powder into the schools sprinkler system that watered the grounds. Leo had been able to hack into the school's security system with no problems. He had then set a timer for the fire alarm to go off, also sending the email out to teachers saying that it was a practice fire drill. They didn't want anyone thinking that it was a real fire. Once all the students and teachers were outside, the sprinkler system would go off. Dry students would be soaked and soon scratching away because of the itching powder.

"What about us?" Leo challenged. He was not looking forward to the amount of torture that came with the itching powder.

"Wear this," Chris said as he pulled out some plastic from his backpack.

"Why do you have plastic?" Leo asked as his eyes went wide.

"Dude, when you prank someone, you have to be ready for anything," Chris said as he pulled out a roll of duct tape.

"Prepared, prepared for what? Killing someone and hiding their body?" Leo almost shrieked as he looked at the duct tape and plastic.

"You never know with us," Chris said with a shrug. Life as a demigod was chaotic, you never knew when you would need plastic and a demigod's favorite tool, duct tape.

"So what am I supposed to do with this?" Leo asked. He knew that if he went outside wearing a makeshift poncho he would look really guilty.

"Make a suit to go on under you clothes. That way you'll get "wet", but not be affected by the powder," Chris smirked as he finished pouring the powder into the sprinklers water system.

Leo sighed and made himself an outfit to wear.

"How much time do we have?" Chris asked as finished his own outfit.

"About five minutes," Leo said as he looked at his timer on his phone.

"Cool, let's get to class," Chris said as he packed everything up and put it away in his backpack.

Leo sighed as he followed the son of Hermes to the gym where all of their unsuspecting friends were at. Leo at this point was really starting to regret the prank. He had missed two classes and Calypso was sure to notice that he had not been to class.

"Where have the two of you been?" Calypso hissed as soon as Chris and Leo walked into the gym.

"Busy," Chris smirked as he pulled out his phone to see the time. At he slipped his phone into his pocket as an alarm started going off.

"Alright, everyone single file!" Ares started yelling at his students. He had read the email that had been sent out saying that there was going to be a fire drill at this time. "Come on wussies!" he yelled again.

"Is this you're doing?" Clarisse asked unimpressed. She would have expected a bigger prank than the fire alarms being set off.

"Maybe," Chris smirked as his girlfriend. He was ready to wipe that unimpressed look right off of her face.

A few minutes later, everyone was standing outside of the school. Mrs. Martin was trying to find out who had sent the email and set off the alarms to the school. As she was walking around furiously, the sprinklers decided that it was their turn to do something abnormal for the day. With full force, all of the sprinklers popped up and started watering the grass, teachers, and students.

"Ahhh!" came the scream from almost everyone at the same time.

"My jacket!" a female voice screamed in horror as the sprinklers hosed her down.

"My shoes!" another screamed as her shoes became ruined.

A few girls that were wearing white shirts or pants, the modest ones, tried to cover up to avoid a wet tee-shirt contest and showing everything off.

"Was this you're doing?" Clarisse demanded. Now she was mad.

"Impressed now?" Chris asked as he continued to smirk.

"Everyone please remain calm!" Mrs. Martin shouted as she tried to regain control of the situation as the sprinklers continued to water everyone down.

"My hair!" Danielle screamed at the top of her lungs. Not only was her hair ruined, but her makeup was also making her look like a downed clown.

"Whose bright idea was this?" Piper demanded as she adjust Jason's jacket that she was now wearing over her wet shirt.

Jason had left his jacket on the bleachers beside the door. So out of habit, he had grabbed it on his way out. He was extremely glad that he had grabbed it as he walked out the door. Piper had been wearing a white tee-shirt for gym today. Apart of him wouldn't have minded seeing his girlfriend soaking wet. But the rest of him was a gentleman and would rather see his girlfriend covered up so that way she felt comfortable and not exposed.

"Who did this?" she demanded again as she let her charmspeak pour into her words. She was letting her anger fuel her charmspeak.

"Me," Chris and Leo said at the same time as they were unable to stop themselves from admitting to her.

"Not cool," Hazel said as she stood in the midst of her wet friends.

Percy was trying hard not to laugh. He was the only one not soaking wet. He had allowed himself to get a little wet from the sprinklers. But for the most part he was dry. Sometimes he was really glad to be the son of Poseidon.

"What are you grinning at?" Annabeth demanded as she wrung her hair out.

"Nothing," Percy said as he tried harder to hide his smile at the sight of all of his friends. They were all soaking wet while he was almost dry.

"Alright everyone!" Mrs. Martin shouted from the front of the herd of students. She had effectively cut off what Annabeth was about to say. "It is all clear for you to go inside."

That night

"I can't believe you did that," Thalia said as she continued scratching her arms as she tried to do some of her homework. "Do you understand how annoying this stuff is?"

"Yes we do," Chris said as his face lite up with a smile. "Why do you think we were wearing plastic under our clothes?" he asked.

"Rodriguez you had better sleep with one eye open," Clarisse said as she scratched at her neck. She was furious at her boyfriend.

"No," Calypso said as she walked away from a trailing Leo.

"Please?" Leo begged as he followed after his girlfriend.

"No, not until you make it up to me," she said with a deep scowl on his face.

"I said I was sorry," Leo pouted.

"I am covered in itching powder, and it will not come off!" she shouted in irritation at the prankster.

"Here you go," Annabeth said as she set a bucket of cleaning supplies down in front of a smirking Chris.

"What's this for?" he asked confused as he gave the blonde standing in front of him his full attention.

"You and Leo get to clean the bathrooms and the kitchen as punishment for the itching powder," Annabeth said as she resisted the urge to scratch at her arms.

"What?" the two demanded at the same time. Leo had now stopped trailing after Calypso to face the enraged blonde.

"You heard me," she said as she walked away to go to her room to work on her homework. "Oh, and for the next two weeks I might add."

"Guys?" Leo asked as he looked at the few demigods that were still left in the room. He wanted his friends to save him from his fate.

"You heard her," Thalia said as a smile lit up her face.

"I would get to it before she comes back," Grover said as he walked out of the room. He knew how mad Annabeth was and he did not want to deal with an angry Annabeth.

"Thanks," Leo grumbled at Chris as he picked up the bucket. "I'll start on the kitchen."

"Why do I have to clean the bathrooms?" Chris whined.

"Because this was you brilliant idea," Leo said as he grabbed the bucket.

"It was pretty brilliant wasn't it," Chris said as he remembered the screams of shock from everyone. The next thing he knew, Chris was getting hit in the head with a scrub brush that Leo threw at his head. "Hey!"

"Go scrub the bathroom," Leo huffed as he took his supplies into the kitchen to start cleaning the kitchen.

"Gah, this stuff sucks!" Percy said as he continued to scratch at his arms. He may not have let himself get soaked, but he gotten a little wet and that was enough to make him itchy.

"Relax, it'll stop soon," Annabeth said as she tried to focus on her homework. She was trying desperately not to start scratching as well because she knew once she started she was not going to stop her scratching.

"Really?" Percy asked hopefully as he paused in his scratching.

"Come on," Annabeth said as she pointed at her book, "we have an assignment that is due tomorrow."

"But what if we did it later?" Percy asked as he tried to kiss his girlfriend.

"History now, kissing later," she said as she put a finger on his lips.

"But," Percy said as he tried his baby seal look.

"No," she said as she tried to keep her resolve from crumbling under his adorable look.

"Please?" he asked.

"No," she said again as she refused to look at him.

"Please?" he asked as he pouted some more.

"How about this? I'll give you a kiss for every question we get done and it is right," she said as a compromise, knowing full well that it would be enough incentive to get Percy working on his homework.

Percy's eye lit up with joy as he start working on his history assignment. Percy had never finished his homework so fast in his life. Then again, he was a demigod on a mission. A mission to get his homework done so that way he could kiss his girlfriend. Soon their homework was finished and the two of them were sharing a deep kiss.

"Ew! He has cooties!" Hope said as she walked into her brother's room and clamped her hand over her eyes.

Percy and Annabeth had been making out in his room after they had finished their homework. "Hope!" Percy breathed out as he saw his little sister.

"Mom says it's time to eat," she said as she peaked through her fingers to look at her brother. When she was satisfied that the two of them were no longer kissing, she took her hand away from her eyes. "Annabeth he has cooties! You shouldn't kiss him."

"I do not!" Percy said defensively.

"Boys have cooties! Marisa said so. She said that all boys have cooties until they become daddies," Hope said as she slowly dropped her fingers.

"That very true," Annabeth said with a wink at Percy.

"Hey!" Percy said as he tried to catch his little sister.

Hope laughed with delight as she ran from Percy's room and towards the stairs. "Percy has cooties!" she shouted as she ran down the stairs to get away.

"I do not!" Percy shouted again as he chased after his sister.

"Percy has cooties!" Hope shouted as ran through the dining room.

"I always knew that there was something wrong with you," Clarisse smirked as took a bite of her food.

"You're supposed to be on my side!" Percy said as he faced his friend.

"Oh sit down," Annabeth said as she sat in her normal seat at the table.

"But-" Percy tried to protest before he sat down in defeat.