Chapter 9

Leo woke up at 7:45 a.m. eastern time the next morning. This meant that it was 5:45 in Utah and 4:45 in California.

Leo thought he would go crazy with all the different time zones.

He changed into his clothes for the day. An orange Camp Half-Blood t-shirt and a pair of khaki shorts. He ran a hand through his messy hair and then went outside to the upper deck.

The sun was just about to come up and various bird songs echoed throughout the lake.

Leo found Jason slumped in a corner, sleeping. He'd fallen asleep during his shift.

Leo decided he needed to be taught a lesson.

He reached into his tool belt and took out a large megaphone. He crept over to Jason and then yelled into it, "Wake up sleepy head!"

Jason jumped and pulled out his sword.

Leo doubled over in laughter.

"Oh. Ha-ha-ha. I hope you find this funny." Jason said giving him a glare.

"I do actually." Leo said still laughing.

Jason stood up and pulled the megaphone out of Leo's grip. Then he threw it into the lake.

"How's that for funny?" Jason asked.

Leo glared at him, "You Romans have no sense of humor."

Leo smiled and Jason did too. It was true.

"You can go back to sleep, dude. I got this." Leo told him.

"Okay." Jason said walking to the lower deck.

Jason wasn't really that tired so he changed into his clothes for the day. An orange Camp Half-Blood shirt and a pair of jeans. He smoothed out his blonde hair and left his cabin.

He went to Piper's cabin and opened up the door. It quietly swayed open and Jason closed it after he walked in.

He walked over to Piper's bed and looked her.

She's even beautiful when she sleeps, Jason thought.

He gave her a soft kiss on the lips, causing her to wake up.

She looked at him with sleepy eyes, "Good morning, Jason."

"Good morning, Piper." He said giving her a kiss on her forehead.

She sat up and stretched, Jason sat on the bed next to her.

She rested her head on his shoulder, "What happens if Reyna tries to kill me?" She asked.

"I'll protect you." Jason told her.

Piper smiled and sat back up.

"I'll be on the upper deck, okay?" Jason said.

Piper laughed, "Okay. Don't wait up."

Jason got up and smiled at Piper before leaving the room.

Piper changed into tattered jeans, a white tank top with Hello Kitty designs, and worn out shoes. She braided her hair to the right side with an eagle's feather and then went to the upper deck.

Percy, Hazel, Frank woke up around the same time that Leo had.

They had and early breakfast and watched the sun rise up over the hills in the distance.

Percy tapped his foot on the ground impatiently. He didn't know if he was going to wait much longer. He wanted to see Annabeth now. Especially after his dream last night…

Annabeth smiled as she woke up. She had the best dream last night. She had been with Percy. She told him that she would be there in the morning.

The only bad part about her dream was that when Percy was about to tell her something, it faded to black.

Annabeth got dressed in a Camp Half-Blood shirt and a pair of shorts. She fixed her pony tail before heading to the main deck.

She heard voices talking.

"It's 8:30 eastern. 7:30 here. And 6:30 in California." Jason's voice said.

"I'm getting so confused with all these times." Piper's voice said with a laugh.

Annabeth reached the main deck and saw them standing in a circle, talking to one another.

"Me too, bro." Leo said.

Leo noticed Annabeth and said, "You're lucky Jason threw the megaphone overboard."

"What?" Annabeth asked, confused.

Jason slapped him in the arm and said, "He woke me up with a megaphone."

"Correction, I screamed in a megaphone and scared you, causing you to wake up." Leo said in a sophisticated demeanor.

"Yeah, whatever." Jason said.

Annabeth looked at Piper who was trying to control her laughter.

Jason looked at Piper, "Are you laughing?"

She shook her head and kept holding it in.

Jason gave her a glare, "You are laughing!"

Piper couldn't hold it in any longer and she burst out in laughter.

Piper gave Leo a high five and Annabeth smiled.

"Okay, that's it." He picked Piper up wedding style and walked over to the side of the ship.

Piper gasped, "You wouldn't"

Jason threw her over the side of the ship, sending her into the lake.

She landed with a large splash and when she resurfaced Jason yelled to her, "Yes, I would."

Piper smiled, "Jason, jump in the water." She told him using charmspeak.

He was unable to fight her commands and he jumped in.

Annabeth laughed. She couldn't remember any other time that she had laughed this hard since Percy left.

Apparently Leo couldn't fight the charmspeak either and he jumped in.

Annabeth went to the side of the boat and watched them splash around in the water.

Jason splashed Piper in the face for making them jump in. Leo helped him.

Piper wiped the water out of her eyes and glared at them, "I hate you both." She said with a smile.

Jason frowned, "Even me?"

Piper nodded and Jason swam over to her and gave her a long kiss, he only pulled away when Leo started gagging.

Piper laughed.

"Do you still hate me?" Jason asked.

"Yes because you just completely disgusted Leo."

Leo gagged again, "For future reference….GET A ROOM!"

Jason laughed and grabbed them both by their waists and moving the winds so they would glide up.

Annabeth moved so they could land.

Jason dropped them softly onto the ship.

Piper looked down at her clothes and yelled, "Jason! Now we're soaked!"

Jason laughed.

Piper crossed her arms over her chest, seeing that she was wearing a white tank top.

This only made Jason laugh harder.

Annabeth handed Piper a towel and Leo a towel, but didn't give one to Jason.

"What about me?" Jason asked.

"You don't deserve a towel." Annabeth said sternly.

"Fine." He controlled the winds to blow around him and he was dry within seconds.

Piper's jaw dropped, "Could you do that for me too?"

"And me!" Leo said smiling.

Jason smiled and used the winds to dry them off too.

Leo looked down at his now dry clothes,"You can start a business doing that! You could be, like, Jason's human dryer, 'get dry sooner with Jason's Human Dryer for only one payment of 19.99. And $20 shipping and handling. But wait there's more! If you call now we'll give you a personalized towel with Jason's face on it! Call now! Tax not included.'" He joked.

They all laughed including Annabeth.

"Time?" She asked.

"8:55 eastern." Jason said.

"We should leave now so we get there at 9:00 their time." Annabeth said sternly.

Leo nodded and moved to the flying mechanism, turning it on. Then he went over to the steering wheel and they started to ascend off of the ground.

Annabeth's heart beat faster, in only three hours she would be with Percy.

Hey guys! I know that some of you were expection the reunion in this chapter, but you'll just have to wait! Good things come to people who wait! The reunion is going to be in one of the upcoming chapters, but I'm going to keep you guessing!

KK Happy Wendsday! I'll post another chapter at 6:00 pm eastern time tonight! Bye!