Chapter 9

A/N: Thanks a lot you guys, you guys are amazing. First time being a writer, less than 2 months and 8 chapters (with a boring prologue and 2 terrible author note), I had 26 reviews with 4 on my last chapter (Well, due to my late update, an old friend of mine was able to have more time to read and leave a review. So, I hope you know what I mean).

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This chapter will be very hilarious, I recommend you guys not to drink or eat when reading this. I don't want to be responsible for your choking. And, to be honest, I want this chapter as funny and hilarious as it can be because I'm too slow in updating (again, blame my study. Changing from Vietnamese High School Program to UK A-level program in 3 weeks AND maintaining (very) good scores is freaking hard).

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Note: As promised, this chapter is written for Demigod Savior (formerly Call of the Ghost King). Enjoy the story, bro. And to any one else, sorry for this freaking long author note. Now, I'll just shut up and let you enjoy the story

Not thing is more valuable than independence and freedom (Ho Chi Minh)

Annabeth's POV

It was 10 in the morning. We dropped our daughter in Camp Half-blood and then went away with Chris and Clarisse to their place, or I should say their mansion. They were rich, remember? Well, we could have been rich, but Percy decided that we should go up by ourselves, which makes us more respectful in world of demigods. And as pride is my fatal flaw, I didn't ask gods for a 'little' support. We made our way through all kinds of trouble regarding to money. Just a rough time, I guess.

Percy was driving his convertible Maseratti Spyder, the one he had been dreaming of since he was just 15. I think he saw Lord Apollo driving that car then. And did he drop his jaw? Yes, and he almost hit Apollo to steal that car in process. That's my Seaweed Brain.

Now, in the sunshine of summer, his tan skin looked like it was glowing. His emerald green eyes glinted with joy, happiness and calm. He was wearing a tight short-sleeve T-shirt, showing his muscular body. Zeus, he's such a great man. Handsome, muscular, tall (he is at least 3 inches taller than I am). Not to mention his faithfulness (Half of Cabin 10 tried to flirt him once but he paid no attention. Reyna offered him to become her boyfriend and he refused) and loyalty. Wow, he's just great.

I told you. You two are on top of my list of awesome couple

What? Aphrodite? Get out of my mind. I'm a bossy wife who enjoys keeping my husband in line. Not like some sluts who ready to sleep with him for fun

OK, it's Drew, right? Her couple is on the second position. Just say she had a wild youth, OK?. She is expected to "grown up" in 2 weeks. And she may be fully mature in 1 year. So, long story short, kiss Percy

Really? If two weeks have passed and Drew still tries to flirt Percy, Jason, Frank or any friends of mine just for fun, I'll kill her

Be my guest hon. And hold Percy's hand and kiss him, for Zeus's sake!

And the voice of the goddesses of love just disappeared. Sometimes, gods are really annoyed, they just do that for fun. Mom does that, too (sorry, Mom. You didn't give Percy a clear answer when he was looking for ME). Frankly, their Roman characteristics never do that, which makes me want to become a Roman demigod. But if so, I'd have trouble marrying Percy, which sucks. So, Greek gods rock!

But back to the present. We were about to meet our fellow demigods again after... 10 years? It was a long time since the last tine we met. Many things had happened, there would be many stories to tell. Gods, I miss them so much.

My left hand was just on my lap when Percy grabbed it with his right hand. I blushed. Yeah, you can say that we had been married for 13 years and I still act like a lovebird. I'm rock at study and research, not emotion, so, I still act like a child when the emotion comes.

If you don't hold Percy's hand, I'll let him hold your hand

That's her, again. Gods, sometimes, I really hate her. Percy said:

"Don't worry. We're all grown up. No one will throw us into a lake now"

Oh yeah, that incident. Conner was the one who got the idea to throw us into the Lake and Clarisse was the one who led the action. But at least, we had the first underwater kiss in demigods' history. And we were the first ones to bring a truce between Athena and Poseidon. Nice work, right?

"But we'll meet our friends again. Who knows what they'll do to celebrate it. Hope it's not drinking or stripping"

"Actually, it's a good game Annabeth. You know how crazy boys can become to see their girlfriends and wives naked"

Percy said with a smirk. What the heck was in his head? Damn, it was lucky for him that he my husband. If not, I'd have killed him. Besides, Mom will kill him if be does that to me. And when I say Mom, I mean Lady Athena. As a bossy wife, I sent daggers to him, right to his awesome sea green eyes:

"Seaweed Brain, are you trying to say that you'll strip my clothes off if I cannot drink, or I should say WHEN I touch the wine bottle. You know I can't drink. I got drunk and thrown up as soon as I finish my first glass"

And a thunder cracked through the sky. That's my mom. I continued:

"Should I say that to my mom and let her turns you into a pile of ashes?"

Now, that's fun. I pulled my left hand out and looked up to the sky. Mom's voice appeared in my mind:

Should I blast him, sweetie? I'd love to punish any child of barnacles beard, especially him, this Seaweed **s

No, Mom. Not now. But can you scare the s*** out of him?

Sure. Give me a second hon.

As soon as my mom finished talking to me through my mind, a giant owlflew over our heads. Clarisse's and Katie's cars stopped instantly. All of our friends jumped out of the cars with their weapons ready. Of course, Percy became pale as he had never been pale before. His eyes were wide open with shock and fear. I could see his hair on his nape standing tall and strong. I had seen that once only, when I decided to play a prank (with the help of the entire Cabin 11) on him in which, I pretended to die (long story). Percy hit the break pedal and after a chilling sound, our car stopped. The owl was still flying in a circle above our heads. Katie screamed:

"Annabeth! What did you do? Tell the owl to go away"

The owl had just landed and it was looking around. It was a grey owl, but the more I look, the more I feel it was a great dense storm cloud in this shape of an owl. Power was radiated from it, I could sense it even the owl was 10 meters, or 30 feet, away. It's may be strange, but I think Mom had changed herself into that and came down here, to scare Percy, just like I had asked her.

I hear the owl was trying to contact me through mind:

Sweetie. Give me a moment. As the goddess of war, I have my favorite troopers. I'll be there in 60 second because Iraq and Afpanisghtan were big messes to my units.

OK, Mom, when you are ready.

I replied to Katie, out loud, so that every one could hear me:

"No problem. But that owl follows my mom's order. And she won't pull the owl back until Percy apology me"

"Oh for Zeus's sake. What have you done to her Perce?"

"I just said it's nice when I got her playing Drink or Strip"

Percy exclaimed. Katie raised both of her hands to the sky while Clarisse sent him daggers. Travis and Conner seemed surprised, and impatient, and a little mad, I think they were trying not to waste time by tossing smelled grenades, their last pranks. It wouldn't take them a long time before they decided to use them, on Percy of course. Man, Perce always brings himself in trouble. And that's what a Jackson always does. Hang on a second, I'm a Jackson now. Everyone calls me Mrs. Jackson, everyone but Chiron. So, it were both him and me getting in trouble.

Suddenly, someone said with a tough female voice behind us:

"What do you do to my daughter this time, sea spawn?"

It was my mom. Percy, who was in panic mode, bubbled:

"La… Lady Athena, it's an honor t… to meet… you. Are…"

"Cut the long story short. I asked you what did you do to upset my daughter. Answer it, loud, short and clear"

"Lady Athena, I... I pro... promise not to... to force Annie play... play Drink or Strip. I... I swear on the Styx River"

"Um, nice, confession and promise, all in one. Not bad for a sea spawn? But can I trust you on this?"

Oh. That's my mom's style. And this is my love's bad news. The last time my mom met him directly in this kind, he had to do a two-day-and-dangerous quest. And he completed it just in time to show up at HIS wedding. So, in short, Percy was in huge trouble.

"Yes, yes. I swear that the only person who can strip her clothes is me and I'll do it only when she allows me"

My mom just raised her eyebrows. But I can be goddamned sure that she was thinking about the best way to punish Percy. Then, after what like 60 deadly-silence seconds, my mom turned to me:

"Next time, can you just slap him? I'll make sure that Poseidon won't mess with you. I have to go now. The mechanical engineering lecture at MIT is about to happen and the Economic Professor at University of London is summing his lecture. I'll see you soon. And Percy, mark my words, don't make my daughter sad or I'll make your life becomes a real hell"

And then, she disappeared a glowing gray light. Of course, she burned lightly the front of Percy's T-shirt. Just like the old time, right?

Percy, still not recovered from the shock, was shivering. Well, yeah. Mom scared the crap out of him. Thanks mom. I'd sacrifice half of my food at camp for you.

Our friends were putting away their weapons, relaxed because the owl had already faded away when my Mom was 'talking' to Percy. Clarisse walked to our car and said:

"Percy, in the name of Ares, I'll smash you and put your f***ing head into the toilet again if this happens once more. And I will NOT play Drink or Strip, even I play it with Chris only. Clear?"

Well, obviously, Percy was really scared. He should be, as Clarisse had figured a way to push his head into the toilet without being counter-attacked by his controlling-water power. It happened just a few days after our victory of the Giant War. Both camps had a real laugh then, who knew a son of Poseidon could get wet?

-_-Line Break-_-Line Break-_-

At 11, we arrived at Chris's place. His mansion was cool, a mixture of Greek, Roman, Asian (well, Lady Iris insisted that I should put some details of Asian culture in it. I had no idea why) and Modern Western architecture style and just say there was no 'hostile' in it (I designed that, dude. Everything I had designed was state of the art, just like Percy said). Clarisse and Chris drove in first, as they had to open the garage's door and turn on the power. And it took a while because they asked me to put many security details in it. But who need eye scanner to open the front door anyway? (Well, spies and agents do)

Taking cars away were men's job so ladies, like me, Katie and Clarisse, could walk up the stairs to the hall and enjoy the structure of the mansion, or playing shooting games on the TV, or just looking the beautiful side garden. And it was just 3 minutes and 5 seconds when all boys came in. All three cars were parallel parked perfectly. How did I know that? The wall of the hall was made of soundproof glass, which allowed us to look into the garage. To be honest, it was an absurd. Who wants to look at the cars from the hall? But again, Chris asked me to do this so… You got the idea. Luckily, as the best child of Athena in 100 years (one of the best to be exact, there were some siblings of mine called heroes in South, Southeast and East Asia), I had figured a way to maintain the decent structure of a mansion while still helping Chris (and his friends) to observe their cars from the hall… Oh, long talking huh? I'm a child of Athena, my fault, sorry.

Connor was looking through the glass and staring at the road leading to the mansion. He was probably waiting for some one? Girlfriend? That's the best theory. Just hope he didn't owe anyone's money, it would be bad.

Percy, Chris and of course, Travis recognized this but some how, they knew the answer. I turned my gaze to Percy and we had a conversation in gaze. It went something like this:

What is Connor doing, Seaweed Brain?

Waiting, Wise Girl

For who?

You'll find out soon enough

Tell me, now!

I told you, you'll find out at the right moment

Tell me please – This time, I used my puppy eyes. Percy always fall for that. But he always describe my puppy eyes as Barbie dolls' eyes. Who knows why. And wait! I hate Barbie dolls, why dare he compares like that!

Percy was rubbing his clean-shaved chin

Ump… No

What? Screw you, I'll find out by myself

Chris said out loud, which startled everyone:

"Perce, Annabeth, can you guys stop talking through mind like that. It's freaking me out. Seriously"

"Sorry bro. But it's a thing that only couples have. The more closed they are, the more they can understand the conversation. Don't tell me that you don't have that with Clarisse"

Percy said with a smirked. The Stoll brothers giggled while Katie and Clarisse just rolled their eyes. And Chris, he just had a bright red face. Poor guy. Percy could be really mischievous when he wanted to. He once fooled my mom to let him hang out with me at Atlantis after the Giant War. That's how I became a Jackson (Sorry Mom, bad hormones. But it happened once only, and it was before I married him)

Suddenly, the temperature of the room drop at least 10 Celsius degree (or 50 Fahrenheit degree). A chilling feeling ran along my back. Percy mumbled:

"Not this again. Damn, I hate this kind of travelling"

As soon as Percy finished his words, from the shadow of the cupboard, 3 human figures appeared, including 2 ladies and one man. One lady, with brown eyes and dark hair, collapsed on the floor and panted heavily. The other lady, with blond hair and blue eyes, was holding the man's hand. And the chemistry between them? I could be as sure as Hades that they were a couple, a happy couple. But somehow, I saw some familiar features coming from the man. His skin was tanned but I felt that it was pale once. He had dark hair, just like many Italian actors in Italian movies (and in Rocky too). His dark eyes which seemed to had more sadness and pain than some one could hold made me feel that he just had some uneasy stories to tell. And his aura, it was extremely powerful, like death powerful. Percy may kill me for this but I'd have to say that this man seemed to be stronger than my Seaweed Brain.

Percy's eyes had adjusted to the new scene, he hug that new coming man in a brotherly hug and talked out loud:

"Nicky, long time no see you cousin! How are you these day"

"One, my name is Nico di Angelo, speak my name properly or I'll send hellhounds after your sorry butt. Two, I'm fine, thanks for asking"

Oh, so that's Nico, I hadn't seen him in… 10 years. Yeah, it's a long time. He showed up at my place to joined Sophia's third birthday. His gift was, guess what, a teddy bear made of bones from a dead drakon. He had changed much, of course. His fiancé was Clover, a daughter of Apollo. And they were really different. While Nico was really moody (emphasize on really) and kind of holding grudge inside, Clover was totally opposite. She was funny all the time, even when her house was attacked by a bunch of Cyclopes and Hydras (long story) and unlike her dad, she is a great artist, in both poetry and rap (Had Apollo rapped? I have no idea)

"Clover, have you washed Nico's shirt? I don't want my cousin to appear in a shirt which was soaked in coffee"

Another joke from Percy. It reminded them the first time they meet each other, in a café in Italy. Nico traveled there to, well, visited his mom and his sister's graves. It was Hades's idea to bury them there. Let the dead lie at where they were born. Strange huh? When there were so much Asian influence recently effects on the gods. After his visit, Nico decided to have a coffee in a shop nearby. As he said, his latte was really good, the best he had ever tasted. When he decided to stand up and paid for the coffee, he stumbled into a blond hair girl with blue eyes, causing espresso to spilled all over his shirt. Nico was about to erupt (he was always like that after visiting his mom and sister's grave) and accidently summon a few skeleton warriors but it wasn't that time. He was shocked because, as he said, Clover was an angel. It was like love on first sight, with Nico at least. Well, and Clover didn't have that calm. She screamed the Hades out of every one there, which made at least 5 more coffee spills. Even though Nico said it wasn't necessary, Clover decided to follow Nico, and buy Nico a new shirt, a bunch of new shirts to be exact. On the next day, she returned the coffee-spilled shirt of Nico after washing it and soaking it in Cologne. And when Nico was starting to get bored by Clover's firmness and childish, a bunch of monsters showed up and they found out each other was demigod, they had no choice but fighting back-to-back and yeah, romance between them blossom quickly, thanks to a particular goddess.

They share the second position with Drew on my list. And Nico and Clover will have a little twists and turns later, just like you and Percy, hon.

Dimmit! Get off my mind, Aphy!

Aphy? Umh, only Olympians can call me Aphy. They are my family, after all

Am I not in your family?

Yes, but you are not allowed to call me Aphy. It must be Aphrodite. Got it?

OK, Aphrodite, get off my mind, now!

I can't. There's a small drama about to happen here. You guys are all my favorite demigods, I can't miss it

Miss what?

Just look

Oh, it was Connor. He rushed to the second woman, the one with dark hair and brown eyes. He looked like he had just… relief? The chemistry between him and that woman… Could it be that Connor was having a crush on that lady. Hang on. Dark hair, brown eyes… she was also wearing an orange T-shirt of Camp Half-blood. She's a demigod too. But who the heck was she?

"Lou. Are you alright?"

Oh, so that was Lou Ellen, the head counselor of Cabin 18, Cabin of Hecate. So, the rumor was correct. I heard some on gossiped that Connor had a crush on Lou since years ago. I think the first time he recognized he was in love with Lou was 5 years ago, when female 'old' demigods decided to have a fashion competition. And Lou wore a nice long elegant dress that day (before she showed up in a pink bikini)

"What? Connor! Don't touch me like that! I haven't allowed you to do so!"

"Oh. Louie. I haven't touched you. I only grabbed your hand and help you to stand up. Please don't tell me that I have to ask your permission to do that"

"Yes, of course you have to. You are in the challenge time to become my love, m boyfriend so you have to listen to me. Understand Connor?"

"But I don't want to do that! I want to become your boyfriend right now!"

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"Oh, just shut up you two!"

Clarisse scream, which made both of them shut up. Really. Connor and Lou are the most childish demigods in the camp. They were nearly 35 and they hadn't grown up a bit. Just like the old time. Frankly, if these two love birds weren't show up at any meetings of demigods, the atmosphere would be a little… boring. Yeah, I said so because everyone was trying not to laugh, like me, Katie, Clover and Travis or was panting for breathe as they had just laughed too much, including my Seaweed Brain, his cousin Death Breath (well, Thalia started calling Nico like this when Nico met her after a few days without brushing his teeth) and Chris. The other were as red as tomatoes. It was either because of shy (like those two lovebirds) or mad (like Clarisse the Destroyer)

Travis spoke up, trying hard not to laugh:

"So, ladies and gentlemen. Shall we play Truth or Dare?"

"Kay, bro. I'm in"

Connor followed his brother's idea and then, soon, every one was in

-_-Line Break-_-Line Break-_-

Time skip to when our characters find a table and chairs to sit

And a bottle to play

"Shall we retell the rule?"

Clarisse asked and received an answer from her husband:

"Sure. The person goes first will turn the bottle, which will point to any one else but him or her. The pointed person must choose between Truth or Dare to accomplish, if he or she refuse to do that, one item of clothes must be gone. Note: glasses, necklaces, rings, stocks and socks aren't counted as items of clothes"

"Yeah, let's play" – Seaweed Brain talked with a mischievous hint on his face

"I'll go first, as I'm the owner of the mansion" – Clarisse said and spinned the bottle. The bottle kept spinning, spinning until it stopped, pointing at Nico. Clarisse raised her eyebrows

"So, Death Breath, Truth or Dare?"

"Dare"

Strong and firm. A lot of 'I don't care' attitude. Just like a typical son of Hades

"Oh, strong man. I dare you to turn on the music and… dance along 'Sexy and I know it'. You can use my tablet to see how LMFAO dance if you want to"

Nico made a face like 'What the hell?' but he remained silence and pulled out his phone:

'When I walk on by, girls be looking like damn he fly

I pimp to the beat, walking down the street in my new lafreak, yeah

This is how I roll, animal print, pants outta control,

It's Redfoo with the big ass afro

And like Bruce Lee where I got the claw, yo

Girl look at that body

Girl look at that body

Girl look at that body I work out

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I work out

When I walk in the spot, this is what I see

Everybody stops and they staring at me

I got a passion in my pants and I ain't afraid to show it

I'm sexy and I know it

I'm sexy and I know it

When I'm at the mall, security just can't fight them off

When I'm at the beach, I'm in a Speedo trying to tan my cheeks

This is how I roll, come on ladies it's time to go

We headed to the bar, baby don't be nervous

No shoes, no shirt, and I still get service

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Everybody stops and they staring at me

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Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle yeah

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Zeus, I don't know that Nico was such a great dancer. It was a shame that I didn't have any camera there. If I had, I must have taken a long video clip and upload on the Internet. Remember on the music video, the part when LMFAO get their pants off and, you know, Do the wiggle man. That was really fun. Let Clover die in envy. He he.

Nico was as red as a tomato. Well, that was acceptable. Boys, try to 'wiggle' your underwear in front of your friends (And Nico DID take his pants off, showing his legs, legs of athletics) You'll get what I mean. Poor Nico

Chris said
"Sorry for my wife's behavior. But now, can you spin the bottle"

As soon as Chris finished, the bottle had been spinned. This time, Seaweed Brain was the one who suffered. Nico turned his head to my Percy:

"So, cousin, what is your choice?"

"Truth?"

Damn, Percy, don't raise your voice at the end of the answer, you'll look like you are asking a question, not answering it

"So, tell me. What was the happiest moment of your life, so far?"

"The one and the only? The happiest, as in singular?"

Damn, that's why I call him Seaweed Brain

"Yes. Now, answer it"

Percy's face was even redder than Nico's a few minutes ago. He glanced at me nervously, looked up to the sky and I could hear him praying his dad to protect him from my mom's anger. What did he do? Prank the entire Cabin 6? Damn, back in the camp, some one, once, had put the entire Cabin 6 in dippers of children (used dippers), the entire Cabin was freaked out and till this day, I hadn't found out who as responsible for that

"Well, do you guys remember the post-Giant War? Annabeth refused to talk to me in, like one week. Well, she did that because I, err, I slept with her. And to be honest, I think it was the happiest moment in my life, so far"

Every one was stunned for a second, and then…

What the f***?

Are you serious?

Dude, nice

Shut up Travis!

Damn, I wonder why Athena hasn't blasted you yet, Prissy!

Sea spawn!

SEA SPAWN! WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY DAUGHTER?

What? Mom was there. How long had she been there? At the door of the kitchen. Oh, I was so deep in trouble, in sh*t. Oh crap, being 13 years with Percy made me learn some bad words. Percy was pale, again. He mumbled

"Sorry… my… lady. But it was Aphrodite's fault, she put spike in our drink. And we couldn't control our hormones. So…"

"What? Aphrodite? You are lucky this time, I'll find her and ask her. Consider that I'm in good mood"

It was like, minutes later when they calmed down (it's not every day when a goddess shows up at your doorstep and threaten lives of your friends) and I think I blushed, blushed heavily. Damn, I should tell my Mom that. But I couldn't, because, somehow, I'd also state that was the happiest moment in my life. Why? Because since that moment, we belonged to each other, for eternity. Percy, trying not to be shy or scared, turned the bottle and this time, it landed on Clarisse. Oh, Bad News Bear, WW3 was about to erupt.

"So, Clarisse, Truth or Dare?"

"Truth, I don't have bad relationship with any gods"

"Kay, got that. When did you realize that you were in love with Chris?"

With that, Clarisse snapped the cup handle out of the glass cup, Chris startled and landed on the floor on his butt. Damn, just like when Poseidon and Athena asked Percy when we first kissed. Wow, they were so mature right? Nearly 40 and they were still… You know what I meant, right?

"Um, it was when I rescue him"

"Really?"
"Yeah, when I found him, he hold me tightly, like I was his girlfriend then. And he cried a lot, just like a small baby, which made me think like crap. Chiron put me in charge of taking care of him. And this pissed me off. But the more I took care of him, the more I realized that he was actually, erg, cute. Yeah, and when Mr. D came back and cured his craziness, you got my idea"

And this time, Chris was even redder than Dakota after drinking 2 liters of Kool Aid (or vodka, or whiskey, or any alcohol else or drinks contain a lot of sugar. How did Reyna cope with that, anyway?). Percy was chuckling, Travis was burying his face behind his hands and I could be sure that they were both trying not to LOL – Laugh out Loud (or LTFAO - Laughing their f***ing **s off). Clarisse glared at Percy while spinning the bottle:

"Prissy, be careful, you could be next"

"Kay, got that. But who knows that was Almighty Clarisse"

"Shut the… Annabeth? It's you"

What the… Obviously, Clarisse was trying to put Percy on the pan, but, as I was sitting right next to him, and Clarisse wasn't a fan of Physics, yeah, I got shot. Damn, I must choose Truth or Dare. If I took Dare, it was likely that Clarisse would make me to kiss Chris/Travis/Connor, which would make Percy mad. Or she could make me dance "Gentleman" (And frankly, I'm not a fan of K-pop). If I don't do the Dare, I must take 1 item of clothes off and… No one, no one but Percy is allowed to see me in sexy customs. So, I had to take Truth. Hopefully, it's not an embarrassing question

"Truth"

"Kay, daughter of wisdom, listen the question from the daughter of war. Why did you name your daughter Sophia Tratie Jackson?"

"I didn't name her. Percy did"

"No, it was you"

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"Percy!"

"You!"

"Percy!"

"You!"

"Percy!"

"You!"

"Percy!"

"You!"

"Percy!"

"You!"

"Percy!"

"You!"

"Percy!"

"You!"

"Percy!"

"You! I heard him talking to Chris on the phone. Now, answer the goddamned question"

Shit. There was more than one reason why I named her that. Even Percy didn't know why, he just had some general idea. I had to tell the truth

"Sophia stands for wisdom, you all know that. In Latin" (A/N: Is it true? I know Sophia means wisdom in "The Lost Symbol", but in what language, I had no idea. So, just pretend that there is a Latin word "Sophia" means wisdom")

"Yeah, and Jackson is Percy's surname, and yours after marrying him. But what about Tratie?"

"Oh, do you remember 13 years ago? When Travis and Katie had an argument? And Bob was just a few months old?"

"Yeah, I have been wondering what my brother did to Katie"

"I've no idea. But I had a bet with Katie. If I found any one whose names is their names combined, or any products that have their names on it. They must be back together. And pay me 15 golden drachmas"

"And?"

"I named Sofie 'Tratie' to get them back together, but mainly, I need to get 15 drachmas so that I could pay my debt to Percy in a small game we played. That's why"

"But that's cheating!"

Katie exclaimed. Well, that was acceptable. But she was to naïve that time. I had to explained to her

"Well, I said if there would be any one or anything with your names on it, you guys had to be back together. It was any one or anything, not necessary a 50-year-old guy. You have to read the contract more carefully from now on. If you don't, you'll lose your money quickly"

"Yeah, even when you made her swear on the River Styx, she didn't go against her vow"

Nico, ambassador of Pluto, the peace ambassador of Camp Half-blood at Camp Jupiter explained. He was Hades's son, after all. So yeah, remember guys: Brain always wins. Wisdom RULE!

Katie scowled like she had just smelled Travis's shorts (She did that once and she hadn't done that again. Don't know why? Try to smell your boyfriend's or husband's shorts, you'll know what I mean. And I DID do that to Percy's shorts, don't ask me what happened next)

"So, it's my turn now"

This time, the bottle pointed at Connor. And Connor was making a face, as his 'dream girl' was sitting right next to him:

"Dare. You can't scare me, I'm afraid of almost nothing"

"Really? I dare you to slap Lou's face and then kiss her, on her lips"

Dear friends, he scared. Note: Next time, choose wisely. Dare can be very, you know, tough. And Connor's face was really pale. May be Lou was just too good in using magic, especially Mist. Lou may snapped her fingers and every mortals would consider Connor as a hobo (she did that more than once)

Connor raised his hand while making a face like, he was trying to eat a live mouse. A live, stinky, scrawny mouse to be exact. He put his hand way over his back, which, follow my quick calculation, would need nectar and ambrosia to fix Lou's face. But, as Connor is a son of Hermes, he is a real problem. As soon as his hand was just 4 centimeters from Lou's face (approximately 2 inches), his hand stopped before continued moving with a slow speed. And result? I think it was like a love slap (more like a love touch on the face). Damn, technically, it was a slap, I couldn't force him to do it again. This guy was good, mischievous good. And, the part when he had to kiss her. No offense, but I thought Connor (may) tried to rape Lou. He used his hand, grabbed Lou's chin and kissed her

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Damn, a ten-second kiss. The kiss couldn't last that long unless, unless, Lou wanted that too. May I call Chiron and tell him to prepare another wedding? Yes, nice idea Annabeth. They were both blushing. Just like the old time when I was caught kissing Percy. Shall I ask every one to throw him at the… Um, there is no lake here, the garden is too clean. Nah, I would figure out later.

Of course, Travis wasn't allowed to kiss Katie in public (or at least, that was what I think), he showed a little jealous face and asked Lou in a half-joke-and-half-serious voice:

"Was that a magical kiss with tongue?"

"You are an animal!"

"A good one, Lou"

SMACK!

This time, Katie reminded her husband to behave nicely. I think I should do that to Percy whenever he became 'high'. Nice idea.

Connor grabbed the bottle, revolved it and this time, Katie was in trouble. As Travis was the first to marry, you know, what could happen correctly?

"Dare or Truth, milady?"

"Dare"

"Uh, hot-head girl. I dare you to kiss Chris. IF you don't, remember the rule"

And that was what I was thinking about. If Katie kissed Chris, Clarisse would go mad and chase her with her magical/electrical spear. If she refused, she must take one piece of her item off. As she was wearing a jacket, a T-shirt and jeans, it is likely that she will wear off her jacket. Well, she may attract a lot of eye glancing from gentlemen around the table, but it was still better than 'talking' with Clarisse

And that's what she did. She threw her jacket over her head with daggers sent to Connor. Probably, she would ask Travis to install some air bombs in Connor's bed tonight. Or she would ask Lou to 'ban' him for a year or more. You pick it. She spoke slowly, but I could sense her threat in it:

"Connor, I'll make you pay for this. But this time, I'll have fun first"

This time, Nico got hit (again). Katie's eyes glinted up. And those eyes weren't very… nice. Probably, years living with Travis made her a little more naughty. Nico may sense that too, because, as I noticed, he was burying his hands in his aviation leather coat pockets. Katie asked Nico, faking Travis's voice:

"So, Truth or Dare?"

"Truth! I don't think I can handle a Dare any more"

"So, who was your first crush"

Damn, only the Seven, Clover and Reyna know about that, the other, including gods and demigods had no ideas about this. Nico, don't answer this question! My mind screamed out loud. And Nico decided to keep that a secret. After all, it was really embarrassed to talk about, so he slowly stood up and put off his jacket, revealing his tight black T-shirt and his big chest, appeared dimly after his T-shirt. And was Clover drooling? Probably, her mouth was wide open, because Travis said "Close your mouth Clover, or you'll catch some flies in your mouth", resulting in a burst of laugh

Nico's turn and this time, the victim was Chris. Before Nico opened his mouth, Chris had blurted "Dare" and earned respected eyes from his wife. Boys. Nico said:

"I challenge you to drink 5 cups of espresso coffee, 5 cups of black coffee and 5 cups of latte"

"I don't have any latte in my house, Nick"

"So, replace 5 cups of latté by 5 cups of cappuccino"

"Kay, I got that. Chris, sit tight, let me do your coffee and I'll bring all out here so you can drink in front of Nico's eyes. Alright?"

After 2 slight nods of Nico and Chris, Clarisse disappeared behind the door which led to the kitchen. Chris said:

"While waiting for my honey, shall we continue?"

After hearing enough answers like "Yeah", "Why not?", "Game on", "Let's rock" (and something from Travis and Connor related to stripping clothes off, and sound of Lou and Katie hitting them), Chris spin the bottle, and this time, Clover got shot. Chris rubbed his chin, which was covered in beard, his eyes were rolling, which made Clover blurted:

"Dare! I'm the Princess of the Sun, what should I be afraid?"

"Easy, easy. How about acting like Katy Perry as she did in "Roar"? That including dressing like her. And about the costumes…"

Chris stood up, walked to a cupboard nearby and titled a glass. Wondering why he did that? Wait for it… The cupboard slowly split in half and revealed a big, big, big cabinet, which, as I know, was full of clothes. And those clothes? They came in pairs (both Chris and Clarisse blushed when I asked them why they wanted THAT in their house. They glanced nervously to their bedroom whenever I did. And until today, I haven't found out why) (A/N: Let say Annabeth rock on battlefield and study, not in… you know)

Clover held her head high and chose a costume which had only a few leaves (but there was still enough to cover to half her thigh). As soon as she closed the door of the guest's restroom, Clarisse walked in. And by a glance over the room, I bet that she had already figured out (the overall) of what had happened. And, yeah Chris had to drink 15 cups of coffee, thanks to Nico's dare. His eyes were, well, sharper and brighter, which was normal as he had just drunk 15 cups of coffee. What do you guys expect? As soon as he finish, Clover stepped out of the room. By jugding Nico's face, may be he wanted his wife to wear something longer as all boys' eyes were focused on her body. Clover pulled out her magical speaker (a gift from her dad) and then:

"I used to bite my tongue and hold my breath

Scared to rock the boat and make a mess

So I sat quietly, agreed politely

I guess that I forgot I had a choice

I let you push me past the breaking point

I stood for nothing, so I fell for everything

You held me down, but I got up

Already brushing off the dust

You hear my voice, your hear that sound

Like thunder, gonna shake your ground

You held me down, but I got up

Get ready cause I've had enough

I see it all, I see it now

[Chorus]

I got the eye of the tiger, the fire, dancing through the fire

Cause I am a champion and you're gonna hear me ROAR

Louder, louder than a lion

Cause I am a champion and you're gonna hear me ROAR

Oh oh oh oh oh oh

You're gonna hear me roar

Now I'm floating like a butterfly

Stinging like a bee I earned my stripes

I went from zero, to my own hero

You held me down, but I got up

Already brushing off the dust

You hear my voice, your hear that sound

Like thunder, gonna shake your ground

You held me down, but I got up

Get ready 'cause I've had enough

I see it all, I see it now

[Chorus]

I got the eye of the tiger, the fire, dancing through the fire

'Cause I am a champion and you're gonna hear me ROAR

Louder, louder than a lion

'Cause I am a champion and you're gonna hear me ROAR

Oh oh oh oh oh oh

You're gonna hear me roar

Roar-or, roar-or, roar-or

I got the eye of the tiger, the fire, dancing through the fire

'Cause I am a champion and you're gonna hear me ROAR

Louder, louder than a lion

'Cause I am a champion and you're gonna hear me ROAR

Oh oh oh oh oh oh

You're gonna hear me roar"

And then, some sound came from the speaker, it was Apollo's voice: "That's my daughter". Well, it was acceptable. She had a good voice, and yeah, she danced very well. IF Katy Perry were there, she would feel shame (well, not likely, Katy Perry said her farewell to the showbiz a few years ago)

As soon as she finished, every one clapped their hands. I meant, it had been years since the last time we got a good voice like that (Percy, Nico and other boys tried singing before, but what they earned was a lot of arrows coming from Apollo Cabin). Clover disappearead (again) in the guest's reatroom to take off her 'female tarzan' costumes. Meanwhile, Chris ran around the room, did push-ups and tons of other body-building exercises, which, I believe, will help him to burn the energy from 15 cups of coffee.

Clover emerged from the restroom in her normal clothes: T-shirt and shorts (she had nice legs, remember?) and spinned the bottle. This time, Lou had to choose. Clover asked slowly:

"I get Truth, Clover. Dare is too crazy for me"

"Really? Answer this. If you have to choose one man in the room to make out, who will you choose?"

Oh, dang. In this game, both Truth and Dare are terrible. Keep that in mind guys. Lou, seemed to realize that in the same time, went bright red. She mumbled

"Connor…"

But, Clover was in teasing mood so…

"Louder. I can't hear you"

"Connor Stolls"

"Oh, for Zeus's sake! LOUDER!"

"I want to have Connor Tiberius Stolls to be my mate. Does that satisfy you?"

Before Clover can answer, Connor turned to Lou and they shared a long, passionate kiss. It was just like my kiss with Seaweed Brain. Suddenly, I felt a warm arm put aroung my waist and pulled me. It was Percy, he was grinning like crazy:

"Hey, Wise Girl. Should we kiss?"

"No. I said n…"

I couldn't finish my words as his lips had already touched mine. My vision went black right after. Butterfly was all in my stomach. I was shot to cloud nine. I was happy, dude. I just want to kiss him forever.

He is mine, Seaweed Brain is mine. And we had vowed to be together forever. And I'll keep that promise.

And it was a magical kiss. Everything else was not important any more. I even heard some complaints from my friends. But I just gave it no care. I was busy with Percy. Appocalyspe may came and I wouldn't pay it a goddamned care. I just love kissing my Seaweed Brain. After all, I'm his Wise Girl.

So yeah. That's my story. I planned to make it longer but as I haven't given you guys anything in 3 weeks, so I have no choice but publishing this. I'll put more things in this chapter later (And I'll marked at the end of the editing/addition with something like 'Edited on…' or 'Add on…'). Hope you guys, my awesome readers don't mind. And I'm starting to fix minor errors in my previous chapters, too, because I want you, my fellows, not to have to suffer from any typos, lack of information or just terrible ideas (but on the second thoughts, all kinds of ideas are welcomed on Fanfiction, so yeah, send me crazy ideas, please, but not too crazy, OK?)

Also, from this chapter onward, I will quote one famous saying for each chapter. Hope you guys like it

And this chapter was over 7600 words. Yes, one more milestone!

Review, please, the 30th review will get a shoutout!