DINNER TIME
Tonight's dinner was different, on the dining table there were boxes and boxes of pizza of all types and flavors, and of course accompanied by cans of diet Coke and Pepsi.
"I love it here!" Leo exclaimed and all the boys nodded with their mouths already full of pizza. The boys all sat together, messing around and having a 'who can eat most pizza slices' contest. Meanwhile, the girls sat together and talked among themselves. Piper and Thalia were talking to Jess; Annabeth was talking to her two daughters; Rachel and Calypso were talking, and Reyna was talking to Hazel. Annabeth was talking to her daughters about books when she saw Josh walking towards them, she nudged her older daughter and pointed her finger at Josh.
"Hey" he greeted her
"Go away" Trina retorted turning her back away from him
"Oh come on, T" he tried to grab her hand but she slapped his hand away "I'm sorry"
Annabeth looked at Piper and they had a silent conversation. They didn't want to become meddlesome mothers when they haven't even technically given birth yet (in their time anyway) but these two have been fighting the entire day over something so small. They just had to interfere before things get out of control.
Annabeth nudged her daughter again "Come on, look at him, he said he's sorry" she smiled at Josh
"I'm your daughter! You're supposed to be on my side"
"We're not on anyone's side" Piper added "We just want to help"
Josh and Trina looked at each other then shared a look with Jess and Amy and the four of them burst out laughing
"That's exactly how both of you are in the future" Josh explained placing his arm around Trina's shoulders
"Always trying to become mediators in our fights" Trina added then seemed to notice her boyfriends arm, she glared at him then laughed "Fine. We're good" and kissed his cheek, her boyfriend kissed her then said something about going back to the boys, and left but not before kissing her again. Trina went back to talking to Annabeth, and Amythyst.
Now that her son's love life was back on track, Piper looked at her daughter who was stealing glances at Alex.
"Seriously what is the deal between the two of you?" she asked her
"I don't want to talk about it" she said taking a bite out of her pizza
"You don't want to talk about it, but you keep stealing glances on him" she told her matter of factly
"Shut up"
"Oh don't you shut up me, young lady, I am your mother," she said dramatically which earned her a look from Thalia saying 'what are you doing?'
"What? Can't I play the I am your mother card?"
"Seriously what's wrong? You can tell me" she told her "you can tell us" she added pointing to her and Thalia who nodded her head encouragingly
Jess seemed to consider it for a moment, but then got interrupted by Will
"Hey guys" he called and everyone looked at him "So what are we going to do tonight? Capture the flag or are we going to judge these two?" he said pointing at his fellow sons of Apollo who were still busy eating pizza.
"I say we do Capture the flag tomorrow" Annabeth suggested "We haven't divided ourselves into teams yet, plus none of us has started planning yet"
"Yeah, I agree with Wise girl" Percy said in between bites of pizza
"I agree with Annabeth too" Reyna said before taking a sip of her Pepsi
"Me too!" Thalia said and everyone soon nodded in agreement
"So its settled then. Capture the flag tomorrow night, and judge these two tonight" Will told everyone
A chorus of Yes were heard around the room
"How should we split the teams?" Jason asked
"Girls versus Boys?" Thalia suggested and all the ladies smiled, though the boys didn't like the sound of that, they felt like they were going to lose that game.
"Greeks versus Romans?" Nico suggested instead
"Draw lots?" Hazel suggested
"How about we toss a coin instead?" Rachel suggested "Heads for Girls versus boys; Tails for Greeks versus Romans"
"Sounds good to me" Percy said "Anybody got a coin?"
Trina fished out a coin from her pocket and tossed it to Percy who immediately caught it. He tossed the coin up in the air, everyone waited in anticipation, the coin landed on the dining table, it landed on….…
"Tails!" the boys cheered in relief, while the girls sighed in disappointment
"Greeks versus Romans then," Annabeth said "But wait, how about these two?" she said pointing at Josh and Jess who was half Greek and half Roman.
"Romans have less number than Greeks, let them be on our side if its okay for them" Jason suggested
"I'm in, daddy" Jess said relieved that she didn't have to be in the same team as Alex
"Count me in too" Josh said
Once that was settled, they finished eating dinner and all went to the music room. The room was huge, with all kinds of instruments neatly placed on the side's of the wall's, there was a small stage at the front, with chairs and sofa's sprawled at the front of the stage. There were also microphones and speakers around the stage.
Jason and Piper, and Annabeth and Percy sat on a love seat; Jess, Josh, Trina and Amy sat on one of the big couches; Thalia sat on a bean bag chair; Rachel, Reyna, and Grover sat on the other big couch; Will, Nico, Hazel and Frank sat on the other big couch; while Leo and Calypso sat on a love seat as well.
"So how does this whole thing work?" Will asked
"Well the criteria varies actually, but usually what we do back at our cabin is, I get to choose a song for my opponent and he gets to choose one for me" Nick explained "and you guys get to decide who did it best"
"Though we usually have these flags or buzzer thingies back at our cabin" Alex said and suddenly there were little signs on the stage that had Alex's name on one side, and Nicks name on the other
"Well that solves it" Alex said picking up the signs and handing it out to everybody
"Just to be clear, I'm not voting" Will told his brothers
"Oh come on, Will!" the two said
"Without my vote, your left with an odd number instead of an even, you wouldn't have a tie"
"Fine" the two grumbled at Will
While the two were writing their song choice on pieces of paper, Rachel was talking to Will.
"You didn't have competitions like these yet?" she asked him
"Yeah but we mostly compete with archery and other sports, I don't join them though, I just let my siblings compete with each other and stop them when they start fighting" he told her
Nick and Alex exchange their pieces of paper and started getting their instruments
"Who's going first?" Percy asked
"The oldie gets to go first" Nick teased his older brother and went to seat beside Jess
"Shut up, Montgomery"
Alex went up on the stage, and sat on a chair, fixed the microphone and started strumming his guitar.
(AN: Too much too ask by Niall Horan. Don't own this song, he does)
Waiting here for someone [Pre-Chorus 1]
Only yesterday, we were on the run
You smile back at me and your face lit up the sun
Now I'm waiting here for someone
And oh, love, do you feel this rough?
Why's it only you I'm thinking of?
Alex sneaked a look at Jess but everyone noticed that he looked at her. [Chorus]
My shadow's dancing
Without you for the first time
My heart is hoping
You'll walk right in tonight
Tell me there are things that you regret
'Cause if I'm being honest, I ain't over you yet
It's
Is it too much to ask?
Is it too much to ask?
He was really looking at her this time, but she was trying her best to avoid looking at him. Josh seeing his sister's discomfort placed his arm around her. [Verse 2]
Someone's moving outside
The lights come on and down the drive
I forget you're not here when I close my eyes
Do you still think of me sometimes?
[Pre-Chorus 2] [Chorus] [Bridge] [Chorus] [Outro]
And oh, love, watch the sun coming up
Don't it feel f****d up we're not in love?
My shadow's dancing
Without you for the first time
My heart is hoping
You'll walk right in tonight
Tell me there are things that you regret
'Cause if I'm being honest, I ain't over you yet
It's all I'm asking
Is it too much to ask?
My shadow's dancing
Without you for the first time
My heart is hoping
You'll walk right in tonight
Tell me there are things that you regret
'Cause if I'm being honest, I ain't over you yet
Without you for the first time
My heart is hoping
You'll walk right in tonight
Tell me there are things that you regret
'Cause if I'm being honest, I ain't over you yet
It's all I'm asking
Is it too much to ask?
It's all I'm asking
Is it too much to ask?
It's all I'm asking
Is it too much to ask?
Everyone was wondering what happened between the two, especially Jason and Piper who were whispering at each other. Alex ended the song and he was still looking at Jess. Nick hoped his plan worked, he chose a song that he knew would send a message to both Alex and Jess. He's hoping that his brother and best friend would get back together soon. Soon enough it was Nick's turn to sing.
(AN: Don't own the song this is In my Blood by Shawn Mendes)
[Intro] [Verse 1] [Pre-Chorus] [Chorus] [Verse 2] [Pre-Chorus] [Chorus] [Bridge] [Pre-Chorus] [Chorus] [Outro]
Help me, it's like the walls are caving in
Sometimes I feel like giving up
But I just can't
It isn't in my blood
Laying on the bathroom floor, feeling nothing
I could take to ease my mind slowly
Just have a drink and you'll feel better
Just take her home and you'll feel better
Keep telling me that it gets better
Does it ever?
Help me, it's like the walls are caving in
Sometimes I feel like giving up
No medicine is strong enough
Someone help me
I'm crawling in my skin
Sometimes I feel like giving up
But I just can't
It isn't in my blood
I'm looking through my phone again feeling anxious
Afraid to be alone again, I hate this
I'm trying to find a way to chill, can't breathe, oh
Is there somebody who could...
Help me, it's like the walls are caving in
Sometimes I feel like giving up
No medicine is strong enough
Someone help me
I'm crawling in my skin
Sometimes I feel like giving up
But I just can't
It isn't in my blood
It isn't in my blood
I need somebody now
I need somebody now
Someone to help me out
I need somebody now
Sometimes I feel like giving up
But I just can't
It isn't in my blood
It isn't in my blood, oh
It isn't in my blood
I need somebody now
It isn't in my blood
I need somebody now
It isn't in my blood
When Nick finished the song, everyone was impressed by how good the two brothers were. It was actually really hard for everyone to choose who to vote for. Will was glad he didn't have to choose, he never really liked choosing between his siblings, he liked them all equally. They were siblings, after all, Will thought to himself. Jason and Piper knew who they would vote for, they were just hoping that their daughter wouldn't mind. Everyone started showing their signboards on who they voted for, except for Jess who was still undecided. Trina, Percy, Amy, Hazel, Leo, Jason, Piper, and Nico voted for Alex. While Josh, Reyna, Frank, Thalia, Calypso, Annabeth, Rachel and Grover voted for Nick.
Will counted the votes "We have a tie? Why do we have a tie? We had an odd number!" then he looked at Jess who was still flipping her signboard back and forth while staring at the floor
"Hey, Jessybear vote already!" Nick screamed at her
"Everyone already voted?" She asked and looked around
"Except for you. Your the tiebreaker" Percy told her
"Can I abstain?" She asked looking at Piper for help, Piper wanted to help her but a part of her wanted to know why she wanted to abstain. She could just vote for Nick and get this over with, Piper thought.
"No. We need a tiebreaker. We need your vote" Will insisted
"Can't they just do another song?" she asked and looked around at all the demigods who were waiting to see who she would vote for
"No. It will take too much time and I'm already sleepy" Amythyst whined
Jess looked at Piper one last time, then at Nick and Alex "Fine. I'll vote" she flipped her sign that showed Alex's name then hid her face behind Josh
"Really?" Alex asked surprised that she actually voted for him. Nick tried to hide his smile, his plan actually worked. Maybe he should start matchmaking now too, he thought to himself, stopping his urge to smile. Alex looked at Jess trying to get her to look at him too, but she avoided him at all cost. Everyone soon went back to their separate rooms.
Later that night, Jason and Piper were talking in Piper's room when they heard someone crying in the room next to hers.
"Is someone crying?" Jason asked Piper "Who's in the other room"
"Jessy," she told him "Come on, Sparky, time to be parents"
When Jason was about to knock on Jessy's room, Piper stopped him "Actually can you go get Josh first?" he did as he was told and went on his way to Josh's room. Piper didn't bother to knock, she opened the door and found her daughter curled up on her bed crying. She didn't seem to notice Piper until she sat next to her and touched her hair. Jess immediately sat up and wiped her tears, while looking at Piper "What are you doing here?" she asked still trying to stop her tears from falling
"Jason and I heard you crying from my room" she explained "Do you need a mom?"
"You don't really look like a mom right now" she told her forcing a smile
"Then right now, I'm your friend" Piper told her "Need a hug?"
"Yeah… Yes. I do mommy" she told Piper as she hugged her, she started crying again, this time she was shaking and Piper hugged her tighter. Jess kept muttering and crying "I still love him" "Why do I still love him?" "Why does it hurt so much?" Piper didn't really know what to do, she never had to comfort someone like this before, but she knew she had to be here for Jess. She looked so broken right now that Piper almost wanted to slash Katoptris down Alex's throat, but that really won't do any good for anyone. Jason and Josh soon arrived, not bothering to knock at the door either.
Josh sat next to his sister while Jason sat beside Piper, not really knowing what to do.
"Jess" Josh said patting his sisters back gently
"Joshy" she said and hugged her brother "Please be honest with me"
"About what, Sis?"
"What's wrong with me? Am I not that pretty enough? Or am I too mean? Or too demanding?" she asked crying "What's wrong with me?"
"Jess nothing is wrong with you" Josh told her
"Then why did he leave?!" she asked crying harder now
Josh wanted to punch Alex in the face, his sister was the most confident person he knew. Yet, here she was suddenly so insecure about herself. Jason was furious as well, he really hasn't gotten to know his daughter yet. But he knows that he doesn't want her feeling this way.
"Hey" Jason cupped his daughters face "Nothing is wrong with you. You are the prettiest, most perfect daughter that I have" he said smiling at her and kissed her forehead "and if a guy can't realize that, then he doesn't deserve you"
"I'm your only daughter so you don't really have much of a choice" she said calming down now "Thanks" she added hugging Jason
"Can I join that?" Piper said smiling at the two
"Come on family group hug" Jason told Piper and Josh, the four of them had a family group hug and soon enough Jessy stopped crying.
"Thank you guys you are the best" Jess told them
"Kind of wish you told them at our time huh?" Josh asked his sister smiling
"Yeah" she smiled
"You didn't tell the future us?" Piper asked her
"No" she confessed looking down "I.. uh… I didn't want the both of you to get mad at him, So I hid the break up"
"I don't know much about my future self, but you can tell me anything, and Jason too, right Jason?" she nudged him
"Yes of course"
Jess smiled at all of them "Can you all sleep here tonight?" she asked and they all nodded. It was surprising how the four of them had managed to fit on Jessy's bed. Before they all went to sleep, Piper wondered how her future self's relationship was to her daughter. She wants to be as close as she can be with her daughter. Since she never really grew up with her mom, and her dad doesn't have much time for her. Piper was determined that she and Jason would be as close to their children as much as possible, during their time here in reading the books.
While that was happening with the Grace Family, the Jackson Family had a different scene.
"he did what?!" Annabeth asked laughing on Trina's bed while Percy and Amythyst were playing rock, paper, scissors on the floor "Can you repeat that again?"
"When I was 6 years old, and Amythyst was a year old. Dad wanted to be a Little mermaid family for Halloween." Trina started "But I didn't want to be a mermaid, I wanted to be Belle"
"And?" Annabeth asked lying on the bed
"Why would you want to be Belle?" Percy asked from the floor "Ariel is way better!"
"So you and I decided to be Belle, we did the whole mother and daughter twinning thing" she continued "But dad" she said glaring at Percy who stuck out his tongue at her which made her laugh "Real mature daddy. Anyways, he bought a little mermaid costume anyway. He knew he couldn't convince you but he tried to convince me. I got so fed up with him trying to tell me how Ariel was better than Belle, trying to get me to change, that I threw my book at him. It was a good thing he wasn't carrying Amy" the girl laughed
"Seaweed Brain" Annabeth muttered laughing
"That's mean" Percy told her pouting as he and Amy sat on the bed
"We've got more stories like that" Amy told him yawning "and he just lost rock, paper, scissors"
"You were annoying me that time!" Trina threw a pillow at him, Percy threw the pillow back at her which resulted to a pillow fight between the Jackson family. Annabeth tried to back away at first, but Amy threw a pillow at her before she could. Trina's room was soon filled with giggles and feathers.
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