Chapter 12 (3 months 3 weeks)
1 week later; 4th of July
Annabeth looked in the mirror as she put on her earrings. Reyna stood behind her as she put on a pretty purple dress.
"Anna, can you zip me up?" Reyna asked turning around.
Annabeth quickly put on the backing of her gold earring and went to help Reyna with her dress. They were in their dorm room getting ready for the 4th of July party. Instead of celebrating with their families, they were celebrating with some of their university friends. Travis and Connor—pranksters, Silena—a pretty girl majoring in fashion, Beckendorf—her boyfriend whose real name was Charles or "Charlie" as Silena called him, Katie—a gardener and Rachel—a super nice girl with problems with her father. Basically. They had decided to find some place where they could see nice fireworks. Travis and Connor had chosen the place and told them to dress nice. Unfortunately, wherever they were going was a surprise. After Annabeth had zipped Reyna up there was a knock on the door.
Annabeth grinned, "That must be them." Annabeth bounced over to the door to reveal Silena, Katie and Rachel.
Silena squealed, "Annabeth, you look gorgeous!" Silena had her usually long wavy black hair into a braided bun. Rachel had her curly red hair down as usual. Rachel was wearing a mint green gown and Silena was wearing a red dress. She purchased it at the mall last week. Katie wore yellow.
Annabeth smiled as she closed the door behind her friends. She grabbed her light blue dress. "Thank you. And so do you." Silena was wearing a protruding red dress with little jewels all over it.
Silena gushed, "Oh, this thing?"
Reyna nodded from her bed. "Yup, I bet Charlie will like it."
Silena blushed and sat down on Annabeth's bed.
"I like your dress too, Rachel," Annabeth complimented as she sat down on the small black couch. She turned sideways to face them. "It's one of my favourite colours."
Rachel gave a strained smile, "Thanks Annabeth."
"What?" Reyna asked. "Is your dad still bothering you?"
Rachel gave an exasperated sigh, "Yes." She paced, "He wants me to take over the family business but I don't want to! Do you know how boring that would be? Sitting behind a desk all day and going to meetings and paying someone to get me coffee every hour. That equals no fun and I don't want to do that for the rest of my life. I want to travel and paint and meet new people. I want to have fun."
Katie sighed and played with her curled brown hair, "Don't worry Rachel, he'll warm up to you."
Rachel crossed her arms, "I hope so."
"Are you wearing high tops, Annabeth?" Silena asked.
Annabeth looked down at her black shoes then shrugged.
"Why?"
"It felt right."
Silena nodded.
"Do they look bad?" Annabeth questioned.
Rachel shrugged, "Just a bit odd with your dress."
Annabeth began to unlace them.
There was another knock on the door. Silena jumped up to get it. She was greeted by her boyfriend and the two thieving brothers. Annabeth grabbed a pair of silver wedges and sat down at the couch.
"Hey guys," Rachel greeted. Beckendorf nodded in acknowledgement—he didn't talk much.
The three boys walked in and closed the door behind them. Silena led Beck to the couch where they sat down beside Annabeth.
"So, where are we going?" Silena asked curiously.
Beckendorf shrugged, "No idea."
Everyone turned to look at the two brothers who, believe it or not, were not twins. Travis was older and slightly taller.
"Okay," Connor started. "Have you ever heard of the Olympian 4th of July celebration?"
Katie rolled her green eyes, "That's by invitation only."
"Yes, we know that," Travis countered.
"Was this your great idea?" Reyna demanded.
Travis shot up his hands in surrender, "Hold on feisty, let me explain." Reyna glared at him. "We're going to sneak in."
"How?" Annabeth demanded. Her hair was straightened so unlike usual, her hair didn't frame her face. It was a bit longer than usual.
Connor grinned madly, "We've got an invitation letter." He held up a letter.
Katie shot up and snatched it out of his hand, "Where did you get this?"
"A great prankster never reveal his secrets," Travis smirked.
"Will a punch make you reveal your secret?" Reyna threatened.
"Okay, okay," Travis sighed. "We know this guy who got us in."
"What's his name?" Annabeth asked.
Both brothers answered at the same time, "Leo Valdez."
...
"Isn't she cute, Percy?" Bianca asked as she took photos of her niece in the living room. Bianca was wearing a red dress. Olivia was in a white dress with a gold ribbon tied in the back. She also wore a matching headband with a flower. Hera, Amphitrite and Persephone really went overboard with the shopping. They mostly only bought clothing though. Bianca had her sitting on the carpet in the beach house. They were in the living room.
"Yup," Percy said as he scooped her up. He gave her an Eskimo kiss. "She's adorable." He wore a black suit and white shirt with a dark blue tie. Olivia giggled.
Thalia slapped him on the shoulder, "Stop bragging." She was wearing a long black gown and dark red lipstick.
"What?" Percy asked cheekily. "It's true." He sat down on the couch.
"I'm so excited!" Hazel exclaimed from the couch. Her purple dress bounced with her.
"We do this every year," Nico groaned. He sat down beside Hazel wearing almost all black except for his shoes.
Piper sat on the three steps that led down to the living room in a white dress. Beside her was Jason who wore a regular suit with a red tie.
"I like these events," Piper said.
Leo nodded in his suit with an orange tie. "I think their fun."
Piper rolled her eyes. "You think their fun because you get to make a fool of yourself."
"Not true!"
Zeus, Poseidon and Hades, or the Big 3, walked into the room. Their wives were right behind them. Zeus glanced down at their shoes.
Every year they wore Converse high tops. It was almost a way of rebellion. You can make me wear a dress but you can't sacrifice my feet to heels! Their shoes matched either their dress or tie. Percy's were blue, Jason's red, Thalia's black, Leo's orange, Piper's white, Bianca's red, Hazel's purple and Nico's black. Even Olivia was wearing little white ones.
Olivia grabbed onto Hazel's curly, dark hair as Zeus began to speak. "It is 8:56 and the event begins at 9:00 p.m. We expect you all on stage at 9:10 to greet the guests at 9:15. Food will be served at 9:30."
Hazel gently took Olivia from Percy's arms and started to detangle her small fingers from her hair.
Zeus surveyed the scene. "Everyone understand?"
"It's the same as every year," Thalia said as chewed a piece of gum.
Zeus put out his hand, "No gum."
Thalia gave her father a glance before she spit her piece of gum out onto his hand.
Zeus wrinkled his nose. "I was asking for the pack of gum, but, um, never mind."
"Okay, it's six, let's go."
Zeus led them through the house and out the back door towards the beach. The volleyball net had been taken down. There were about a dozen people out on the beach. It may be extended and family and friends but there wasn't hundreds of them. They weren't that big of a family. This event usually held 200 people. At 9:15 they were ready on stage and the DJ tuned out. They welcomed the guests and the party was back in full swing. So now it was time to hang out for three hours until they were welcomed to leave.
Percy sighed. His head was throbbing. He held Olivia on his knee. He almost felt like he was going to drop her. He looked around his table. With twenty people per table it was Poseidon, Amphitrite, Triton, Zeus, Hera, Hercules, Hades, Persephone, Dionysus, Apollo, Artemis, Hazel, Nico, Bianca, Jason, Piper, Leo, Thalia, Olivia and him. In that order. Meaning he was sitting beside his father. His hand slips and Olivia slides down his leg. He caught her before she could touch the ground. Olivia, of course, started to cry. Percy handed Olivia to his father sleepily and rested his head on the table. He closed his eyes.
Poseidon leaned down, "Are you okay?" He was especially surprised that Percy gave Olivia to him and not Thalia. Poseidon bounced her to get her to stop crying.
Percy opened one eye and groaned, "I've got a headache. Is it okay if I go inside for a couple of minutes?"
Poseidon nodded and Percy excused himself from the table. He went inside but stopped after he walked through the back door. There was intruder looking around the house.
"Can I help you?"
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