Hello fellow mortals, Demigods, Gods themselves and monsters (Hey, don't worry, I don't judge...unless you try to kill me then you are totally not cool with me). Anyway, I'm back! On with the story :)

~Melissa L.

Jason

It had started raining really hard that day. Jason suspected that his dad (not sure which version though) was angry about something to cause the weather to be this bad. He did hear that it might be that he was fighting with Hera/Juno. The usual fighting that ended up with storms, tornadoes, etc. Everyone was having one of those uneventful days trying to busy themselves with something since they couldn't go outside and cause mischief, which was a relief to a lot of the campers at the camp.

Leo was sitting on the floor, tinkering with various tools and machine parts that looked so complicated, Jason didn't bother to ask because the explanation would most likely confuse him even more. Meanwhile, Percy had taken an interest in doodling in a notebook that he'd found somewhere in the cabin while listening to One Direction. Leo had gotten him some earphones to put on, which Jason was grateful for. Why Hazel and Percy liked that band was beyond his understanding, apparently. Nico and Hazel had decided to take a nap and were currently snuggled in each others arms on Nico's bed, or to be more accurate, Hazel was holding on to her older brother like a giant teddy bear while Nico subconsciously tried to move away from her grip.

That left Jason to have no one to play with and just looked out the window, seeing the droplets of water run down the glass. In the calm environment that rarely occurred here, Jason let his mind wonder to random thoughts. Why were so many girls at camp scared of mice? How did the magical plates have unlimited food appear on them? Did the Gods ever need to go to the bathroom? Okay that last one was weird.

Eventually, his mind wandered to his sister, Thalia. He hadn't seen her in a while. What was she doing right now? Was she killing a monster? Arguing with Phoebe?

Really, he had started remembering his days in Camp Jupiter vaguely, but he definitely hadn't seen his sister in most of that murky memory. He started to wonder how long they actually spent together. Was she thinking about him? Was she okay?

"My drawing is way better than yours!" Percy shoved his paper in Jason's face, literally.

"No mine is! It's so typical of you to draw a fish," the blond rolled his eyes.

"well, it's so typical of you to draw a chicken."

"It's an eagle! And it's not like you're fish is a work of art, either. All you did was make and oval, which is very crooked by the way, put a small triangle for a tail and a face."

"Not true. You also forget this little triangle right here for the fin." The rain hadn't stopped but Percy had invited Jason to draw with him. Nico and Hazel had woken up and they all started drawing. Then it kind of turned into a competition between the older boys. The children of the Underworld, however, were minding their own business because they didn't want to get involve in another one of their little arguments.

"Both of them are beautiful!" Leo interrupted. Jason and Percy looked at their leader with confused eyes, before moving on to another sheet of paper and drawing something else. Jason was kind of mindlessly making a picture until he noticed that it was starting to look like a person. I know! I'll draw Thalia, He thought.

"Nico, what do you think of my flower?" Hazel asked, holding up her picture for her brother to see it.

"Uh...pretty, I guess," he answered.

"Really? Then here, you can have it!" she shoved the paper towards him.

"That's okay Hazel, you worked really hard on it," Although Jason could tell that Nico just didn't want it.

"I want you to have it," she pouted. Nico sighed and took it from her hands. Jason watched as Hazel went back to doodling a horse and Nico quickly hiding the flower illustration under the bed. That's not very nice, Jason knew that Nico and Hazel didn't have a lot in common, but would it hurt him to be more cheerful with her? What if she suddenly wasn't there anymore? The blond shook his head disapprovingly at him but Nico didn't notice.

"When is the rain going to stop?" Leo whined, "I need to talk to my siblings about this top secret project!"

"Why don't you just go?" Percy asked.

"I need to keep an eye on you and I'm certainly not taking you with me. Not with a room full of explosives and dangerous tools."

"Then you should go alone," Jason suggested, "We can take care of each other for a little bit. It's not like we can go outside anyway." Leo seemed very hesitant.

"I don't know..."

"You can trust us," Hazel told him, "We'll be on our bestest behavior!" The son of Hephaestus stood there for a moment, weighing his options.

"Well...okay, but only because it's really important and it won't take too long." He got a jacket and hurried out the door, "By the way, Percy and Jason, you're in charge!" And he closed the door behind him.

"Yes!" Percy jumped up and punched the air, "I'm in charge!"

"I'm in charge too, fish breath," Jason reminded him.

"I'm still older than you so technically, you have to do what I say."

"But I'm more mature than you!"

"I'm taller than you!"

"Are you bring that up again?" Jason didn't like the height difference. It was very annoying, especially when Percy made fun of him for it.

"Live with it, shorty," Percy gave him a smug smile. If it wasn't for Hazel, Jason would've jumped the son of the sea God and wiped that look off his face.

"Guys! You are not fighting while Leo's gone!" She scolded, "He's trusting us."

"Fine, but only because I'm not a brat like some people," Jason thew Percy a look.

"And because I'm not a short killjoy like some people," Percy glared back and before they knew it, they were up in each other's faces once again.

"Well, hey, we should play something," Nico blurted out, getting in between them.

"Good idea, Nico!" Hazel nodded excitingly, "What should we play?"

"How about tag?" Jason suggested.

"No, let's play Red Light, Green Light!" Percy countered. Really, it was just an endless cycle of arguing, forgiving, forgetting and finding something else to argue about, but it was kind of fun in a weird, twisted way.

"Oh, can we play Hide-And-Seek?" Hazel asked, "Please, please, please!" She started jumping up and down. Jason was afraid she'd slip and hurt herself.

"I'm with Hazel!" Nico backed her up.

"Aw, thanks big brother!" she gushed and attached herself to him.

"Hazel, let go!" There it was again. Nico pushing her away. Jason couldn't help but want to yell at his younger friend for being such a jerk. He was lucky his sister was there for him.

"Okay, fine," Percy interrupted, "But I'm counting." He looked at the blonde, waiting for him to complain. Jason was about to open his mouth, but then held his tongue, a smile appearing on his face. He wasn't stupid. He knew that when Nico decided to hang out with him more, Percy had become a bit jealous and it was actually kind of fun to see the guy so frustrated, so he would play with his head a little more just to get back at him.

"No, I don't have a problem with that," Jason grinned. Percy's glare faltered, morphing into a confused look.

"What? You're...agreeing with me?" It didn't happen very often and Jason knew that deep down, Percy liked fighting with him as much as he did and that was one fact that he could take advantage of.

"Yep! So count to 20, Perce, before you two start fighting again," Hazel slightly pushed him towards the corner of the room.

"Fine," he huffed and placed his forehead to the wall, " 1, 2, 3..."

Jason, Nico and Hazel quickly scattered, trying their hardest to not make too much noise. Having flying powers was very helpful sometimes. Jason opened the closet and flew up to the top shelf, nestling himself in the clothes. Being up here, Jason could see the whole cabin and spotted Nico and Hazel still looking for a hiding place.

"Cheater," Nico quietly said as he passed the closet to hide under the Roman's bed.

"10, 11, 12..."

Hazel looked torn on where to hide and Percy was almost at twenty. Finally she sprinted to Nico's hiding place and started crawling under, but Nico's arm popped out and pushed her out, "Get your own hiding place!" he told her.

"16, 17, 18..." Really? Jason thought, You can't even share a hiding spot with her? He would've helped her, but it was too late.

"20! Ready or not, here I come!" Hazel did the first thing that came to her, she covered her face with her hands. Percy turned around and saw her immediately.

"Haze! Behind your hands is a terrible hiding spot!" Percy whined. " I'll give you ten more seconds to hide in a better place, okay?" He faced the wall again and slowly started counting again.

"1...2...3..."

"Nico, can I please hide with you?"

"No. Find another bed!" Nico whispered back.

"All the other beds don't have enough room under them." It was true. Jason was the only one to keep under the bed clean. It was an annoying Roman habit, unlike Percy's bed, which was overflowing with dirty clothes, papers, and the occasional rotten fruit here and there.

"Then find somewhere else."

Jason couldn't take Nico's attitude anymore. He wanted to seriously hit Nico, but knew that right now was not the time. Instead, he flew out of his hiding spot, quickly carrying Hazel in his arms and placing her where he was a moment ago.

"Jason, what're you-"

"Sh!" he silently closed the closet ran to the bathroom and closing the door behind him.

"Ready or not, here I come...again," Percy shouted and started his search. Jason looked around the tiny bathroom, scanning to see where he could hide. The tub? Too obvious. Under the sink? Not enough room. Before he considered jumping out the window (don't judge, they took these kinds of games seriously), the bathroom door swung open behind him.

"AHA!" Percy smiled, " Did you have to make so obvious, Jason? I mean, I knew someone was going to hide here 'cause I heard the door close, but I didn't think ti would be you."

"Shut up!" The son of Jupiter tried not to strangle Percy.

"I'm going to go find Nico and Hazel now," Percy announced and strode back to the cabin.

"Nico's under the bed," Jason pointed at his bed. They heard a muffled sound of protest and a very angry-looking five year old.

"What was that for?" he growled.

"Just because you didn't help your sister," Jason explained.

"That's not fair!" Nico stomped his foot, " You cheated! You weren't supposed to tell him where everyone else was hiding!"

"Well I just did." Jason couldn't bite his tongue this time around. The anger was flowing out of him and as much as he tried not to sound so mean, he failed.

"You're such a jerk!" Nico's face started going red with anger, " So what if I didn't help her hide? BIG DEAL."

"It's not just the game! You've been a jerk to her all day! What kind of brother are you?"

"Guys," Percy warned, "Let's calm down."

"Can someone help me out of here?" Hazel asked from the closet. Jason and Nico weren't paying attention to them anymore and Percy ran to help Hazel hesitantly, not sure if leaving his two bickering friends was a good idea.

"What are you talking about?" Nico demanded, " You're crazy. Why do you care so much? Me and Hazel have always been like this. What's your problem!?" It was true. Nico and Hazel had always acted like this ever since they got turned into kids, but for some reason, Jason had started looking into it more and thought that Nico was being ungrateful and should take advantage of the fact that his sister was with him and spending time with him, unlike Thalia, who Jason barely got to see and get to know.

Then the realization hit him. He was jealous of Nico. He was jealous that he got to be with Hazel and got to play games with her, to have her there even if he didn't want her. He was jealous that Hazel was always trying to get the attention of her brother and cuddled up to him even if he pushed her away, that she just kept trying, never phased by his attitude and that was what Jason wanted. To have that kind of bond with Thalia. The one they never got to make since he was separated from her at a young age.

He wasn't sure how long he stood there or when he started crying, but he soon felt a few tears trickle down his face.

"Jason? Are you okay?" Nico stared at him, suddenly looking worried. Then Leo chose that time to come back.

"Hey Team Leo! What's going...on?" It must've been weird to open the door and find one of them crying while another was trying to get someone else down from the closet. "Um, can someone please tell me what happened?"

They got Hazel down from the top shelf and cleaned his face. Jason felt a bit embarrassed that he was crying in front of everyone, but at the moment, they only seemed to be concerned with what caused him to cry all of a sudden because, to be fair, Jason was never one to get so emotional so he probably surprised his team. So he started explaining himself.

"...I guess that I just miss Thalia," He finished, " I mean, for a long time, I always wanted a sibling back before I knew I actually had one and now she's not even here." He half-expected them to tell him that he was being over dramatic, that it wasn't that big of a deal. He didn't expect to be crushed into a hug.

"It's okay, Jase!" Hazel tightened her hold on him, " I'll be Thalia for you if you want!"

"Yeah, me too," Percy added.

"I'll be Thalia, too!" Nico also said.

"Okay, if everyone's going to be Thalia, then I want to be her too," Leo said, " We'll be Thals if you want, Jason. You know, until she comes back to visit camp again."

"No, that's alright," Jason replied, "You don't have to do that for me."

"Yeah, you're right," Leo agreed, "I'm not good at impersonating her, but how about this. Hazel can be your other sister and the rest of us can be your brothers!"

"That's a great idea," Hazel beamed.

"I'm not that thrilled, but if it'll get you to be you again, I guess I can be related to you," Percy shrugged.

"But aren't we already related from the Go-" Jason got cut off by him.

"Sh!"

"Okay, it's not like having more siblings will be worst," Nico observed.

"It's settled, now GROUP HUG!" Leo declared. Even though Jason got stuck in the middle and was being squeezed to death, it felt nice to know that he was being silly. He may not have Thalia, but he definitely had his family with him. He wouldn't want it any other way.

I am extremely sorry that I hadn't updated. I was on vacation and there was no internet (I know, I'm surprised I survived) but at least I got this up now. This is officially the longest chapter, hope you liked it. I don't know, for some reason, I feel like Jason would be the most mature out of all of them, so yeah.

~Melissa L. :D