((First, that prank was something off of the top of my head, second, the freaking power keeps flashing here and it's taking me forever to type this up. Third, it's 1:18 AM, everybody! I was succesfully bored, when inspiration struck. Fourth, short chapter... And, I don't own PJATO.))
"Oh, man." Annabeth groaned, her legs stretched out wide under Percy.
"Annabeth, I can't move anymore."
"Come on, baby, you have to! I'm not done having fun yet!" Annabeth winked at him.
"How about we join?" Thalia stood up off of the couch, walking over to Annabeth.
"Sure. Nico, how about you?" Annabeth looked over at him as he sat pouting on the couch.
"No! It's weird, unnatural, and disgusting!"
"But, Nico, we have protection." Thalia urged, holding one up.
"I don't care! I hate Twister! And, that helmet is pink! There's no way in my bedroom, that the King of Ghosts, is wearing pink." Nico turned away from the game board.
"Look, Nico, I'm not the most flexible person ever, but I'm doing this. Be a man." Percy called out. He was bent over Annabeth sideways, trying not to fall on her.
"And, to make matters worse, you taped our faces to the colors? I'm now red, you're blue, she's green, and Thalia's yellow!" Nico got up and stomped away to the dining room, hoping to snag another piece of pizza.
"Aw, Nico spoiled my mood. Let's pack it up." Annabeth sighed, sliding out from Percy.
"Oh, thank the gods." He fell, the sound resonating through the house. He quickly put the game away and sat down on the re-uprighted couch, trying not to make it tip.
"Well, it's almost bed time. What do we do now?" Thalia asked, sitting in a chair across the room and looking around for something to amuse her. Her eyes rested on a carton of glue, some newspapers, Percy's forehead, a pack of markers, and a stapler. She shook her head, throwing out the idea.
"How about we watch one of my favorite movies?" Annabeth offered, picking up an old documentary about the architecture of the Eiffel Tower.
"How about one of ours instead?" Percy's eyes lit up, meeting Thalia's. They both nodded and looked at Nico for advice.
"Fine. But, which one?" He asked, leaning over the counter.
"Well, either Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase, Winnie The Pooh's Halloween, or XXX."
"Triple X it is." Nico and Thalia said together. They raced towards the DVD player, Nico diving to get the DVD out of it's case and Thalia pushing the open button. Nico threw the DVD in, the player closing as soon as it sensed the disc.
"All right, let's all go get changed into our pajamas." Percy stood up and grabbed Annabeth from off the floor, slinging her over his shoulder.
"Aw, why?" Thalia moaned.
"That way, if we get sleepy and want to go to bed, we can go to sleep quickly." Annabeth added as they walked away. Thalia headed to the bathroom, leaving Nico to change in the living room. Five minutes later, Annabeth and Percy reappeared in a gray night gown and a blue pajama set.
"Um...I think you guys got mixed up." Nico said from his personal Winnie the Pooh party.
"She dared me to do it." Percy said in his defense, fixing the straps on his gown.
"Whatever." Nico laughed. Percy leaned over and pulled up Nico's hood, tigthening it around his head until it fit snugly. There was a flash and Thalia walked into the room with her camera, wearing a pair of gym shorts and a t-shirt.
"Oh yeah, that's going on Facebook." She laughed, showing the picture to Annabeth and Percy.
"All right. I'm going to take a nap, don't wake me for anything stupid. And, don't wake me until it gets to the middle. That's where I had to stop last time." Percy yawned, laying down on the couch. Annabeth laid on top of him, using his body as a pillow. He closed his eyes and napped, only to be awoken ten minutes later by Thalia.
"Time already?" He asked, doubting the answer was 'yes'.
"No, but Nico caught his pants on fire four minutes ago, and I wanted to ask where the remote was."
"What? You want to ask me for the remote, but don't care that your boyfriend's pants are on fire?"
"Hey, you told me not to wake you for anything stupid."
"True." Annabeth moved around on his chest, then spoke in a sleepy voice.
"Relax. The pajamas are charmed not to burn. Demeter isn't dumb." Then, she fell back onto his chest again, using his elbow as a pillow and curling up like a cat.
"All right. Remote's over in the chair. Wake me up in the middle." Percy yawned then fell back asleep. Fifteen minutes later, Thalia woke him up once again.
"Perce, where are the batteries?"
"Drawer closest to the fridge in the kitchen. Why do I smell blood?"
"Oh, Nico tried to cut the pajamas, but nicked his toe. I wrapped it up though. It'll be fine in a day."
"You didn't give him any nectar or ambrosia, did you?" Percy asked, turning his head the other way.
"No. Though, I did make him stick his toe in a bowl of Hydrogen Peroxide." Thalia smiled evilly.
"Atta girl." Percy mumbled, falling back asleep. After what seemed like five minutes, we was woken up again, this time to the sound of fighting.
"I told you, Thalia, I am not doing that!" Nico protested from somewhere.
"Aw,come on! Percy did it to Annabeth..." Thalia taunted him.
"Are you suggesting I'll be less of a man if I don't wear your girly night gown?" Nico sound half amused, half terrified.
"Yeah." Percy followed the sounds of their voices, finding them in his room with Thalia tossing a black lacey gown between her hands. He reached a hand in, flicked off the light switch and smiled.
"Bed time." He announced, turning to walk away.
"Tell us a bed time story then." Nico challenged, the lights instantly flicking back on.
"No. Bed, now." Thalia jumped off the bed, tackling his leg and holding on like a three year old. Nico copied her, jumping onto his back and wrapping his legs around Percy's stomach.
"You're not leaving until you tell us a bed time story!" Thalia urged, pulling him back to the bed, centimeter by centimeter.
"You guys are 17! You really want me to read you a bed time story?" Percy sighed, holding his ground after Thalia's third tug.
"Yes." Nico and Thalia answered together, hopping off of Percy and crawling back onto the bed like toddlers.
"Fine. What kind of story?" Percy asked, standing up against the wall next to the bed.
"What do you mean, 'What kind of story?' There's only one kind of bed time story, the kind that makes you sleepy." Thalia nodded.
"Well, there's also the actiony stories, the real life stories, the scary stories to freak you out during a storm, and the really silly stories to make you laugh till you faint." As Percy said this, Annabeth snuck up into the doorway and put a finger to her lips. Nico and Thalia winked at her, giving their consent.
"How about... a normal bed time story?" Nico asked, as if he was explaining it to an idiot.
"Should I start it like most stories go?" Percy asked, crouching down a bit.
"Well, duh." Thalia got under the covers, snuggling up next to Nico.
"You guys know that we have stuffed animals here, right?" Percy raised an eyebrow.
"What's that got to do with anything?" Nico yawned.
"Well,, if Zeus saw this scene, you'd both be dead." Percy walked out of the room, returning with a pink stuffed panda and a stuffed teddy bear. He tossed the panda to Thalia and held onto the bear.
"What about me?" Nico asked, not seeing a third.
"Look at your elbows, knees, or, go look in the mirror, Pooh." Percy laughed.
"Start the story, Percy." Thalia threatened in the middle of a yawn.
"Once upon a time, in a land far, far away..."
