A/N I'ma back wif anoder chappie...i can't pull that off can I? Anyway, thanks for all of the reviews-115!-I scream whenever I see that I got one. I honestly didn't think that I would get this far! This chapter takes place right after the hangovers from last night.

Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN PJO! Jeez...stupid lawyers (JK I love lawyers!)

Side Note: I just have two questions for Leahtastic. One- Why should I bother putting who's POV it is if it's always Annabeth's? Two- How do you suppose I go about randomly throwing two characters who are currently thousands of miles away? It's not like they have all of those Frequent Flyer miles saved up... Also- Why do you write in only capitals? Just a thought.

A stream of fresh air hit me as we walked into the fancy buffet place. A woman in a blue uniform came up ad said, "How many?

"Six, please."

"Right away." she led us to a table, got us drinks, handed us plates, and told us to enjoy our lunch. We got up while Thalia protected our stuff- you never know! I got all types of different bread, and special made pasta that was cooked right in front of you! I walked back to the table just as the others got back. Percy had some sort of fried food miss-mosh, Grover had a huge leafy-green salad and vegetarian items, along with Juniper, who discretely had her very trimmed bush in her very, very large bag. Nico came back with a seafood combo thing, and Thalia was eating a huge pineapple pizza. We dug in- this was almost better than camp BBQ.

When we were done, we went to the dessert cart thing. There were all of these cookies and an assortment of cakes. My heart suddenly seized in panic. Cake! What if my cake wasn't good? What would my parents think? What if they screwed up on the order?

"Annabeth? Are you okay?" Percy asked, clearly not having the same freaked out thoughts as I was. I nodded and stuffed a piece of cookie into my mouth.

Later that day we sat in a cluster of chairs in the lobby- which also had a bar and a fountain and trees in in. a lady came over and asked us if we wanted anything to drink.

"Alcoholic?"

We all screamed No! At the same time. No more for us, please! We got our drinks and started talking absently. Thalia told us about a guy who tried to flirt with her, so she threw a chair at him. Nico sat impassively, he always was the silent one. Percy told us that they did wind surfing and stuff at the beach and we should try it. Juniper was telling Grover about the island nymphs who were really nice and all named Palm. We decided to try canoeing- and Percy was psyched to go to the beach again.

Everyone partnered up- Nico and Thalia, Grover and Juniper, Percy and I. They gave us canoes and life-vests. It was pretty funny seeing Percy, the guys who can breathe under water, wear a life-vest. We wrestled the currents because Percy refused to make them cooperate. All of us raced, tried to capsize each other, and paddle battled until Apollo drove his Maserati Spyder to the opposite side of the sky. I pointed this out to Thalia as the guys paddle battled. Just as the words escaped my mouth, the canoe dude signaled for us to come back- our time was up.

Right after stepped out of the water, Nico suggested we try that Mexican place by the lobby. I quickly agreed and we went to get changed, saying that we would meet each other at the restaurant. Percy and I got there first and got a table for six. We sat there, waiting for everyone else to arrive. I wore nicer shorts and a v-neck, and Percy wore a button up shirt and shorts.

When Thalia and Nico finally got there, we were starving.

"What took so long?" asked Percy, eying Nico.

"She stole my I-Pod." he said lamely and sat down. Then Juniper dragged Grover in. This short, island local guy came over to take our orders.

"ENCHILADAS!" Screamed Grover the second he laid eyes on the menu. Great, now we would have to come here every night. I thought sarcastically.

The guy laughed and offered the guys wine. They all said yes, minus Nico who looked at the red drink longingly. "Do you guys think if I used red wine instead of Coke I would be able to talk to more spirits?" Thalia gave him a disturbed look and rolled her eyes soon after. Grover chowed down the food even before the plate touched the table. The rest of us ate more considerably, respecting table manners. He was done in about 3.7 second seconds and ordered another plate. That crazy goat.

In about an hour, we finished and left. Then a thought hit me. The wedding guests were coming tomorrow! We only had this night and the next morning. During these thoughts, I was so distracted that I slammed my forehead into a palm tree. There was a small grunting sound from the tree. I rolled my eyes- wait, what was a palm tree in the middle of the walkway? It was growing through the roof thing. Peristyle, I told myself.

"Are you okay?" Percy said for the second time today.

"Fine. Let's go."

We were almost up the stir when a girl running crashed into Percy, sending her stuff sprawling.

"Oh my Gods-gosh! I'm sorry!"

Percy helped her up with an "It's cool. I'm Percy. You?"

"Sami. Thanks." She had flowing curly,wavy brown-ish black hair. She had a glowing smile and seemed really nice. She gave another smile and said goodbye, running off in her original direction.

The rest of the night was rather uneventful- Percy fell asleep the second his head hit the pillow. I sighed, and turned off the lights.

The next morning, Percy was fulled up and ready to go. I, on the other hand, didn't get much sleep- pre-wedding nerves I guess. It was in a couple days. What if I fell or something?

We walked to the breakfast place, and I discovered the wonders of doughnuts and the beauty of sugar. There was an entire station devoted to doughnuts and churro. You got as many as you wanted and then drowned it in a vat of sugar. The key to happiness- I recently found out- comes from doughnuts ducked in sugar. And I thought it was physical exercise (A/N Night at the Museum 2 joke! Haha). Who knew?

After my taste of Heaven, we headed to the lobby to meet my parents, Sally, and Paul. Sally and Paul had gotten married a little while ago. It was a cute but very large event, and Percy had walked his mom down the isle.

Percy and I waited a while until a window-lessbus shuddered around the bend. We stood up to greet them. Sally burst out of the bus and strangled Percy, followed by a struggling Paul. I went over and helped him and he gave me one of those knowing smiles.

"Annabeth! Annabeth!" Mathew and Bobby hugged my legs and I laughed- they were the only thing I liked about home. Then more slowly my dad and step-mom, Helen stepped off the rusty bus, and it rumbled away.

"Annabeth?" asked my dad slowly.

"Dad?"

He walked over and hugged me awkwardly. "You're getting married! And is that make-up? You're growing up!"

I frowned. "My make-up is the reason for getting married so soon."

He looked confused so I told him all about the curse, my pride crumbling. His excited face turned into one of seemingly mock concern. I told him I had to go to the bathroom, and left. In the bathroom, I stumbled upon a girl who was hastily scrubbing off make-up. She was grumbling something like, 'I should have never let them do this to me!' She had a blue high-light in her brown hair that traveled to her neck. She was cursing and as she turned around, I saw looked a lot like Percy.

"Do I know you?" she asked, and she even had Percy's attitude.

"No? You just look like someone I know..." I responded, still staring at her.

"Uh...well my name is Taylor..."

"Annabeth."

"I'm, uh, going to go now..."

"Uh huh. Bye." I was so embarrassed.

After that encounter, I went back outside to find both of the boys on one of Percy's shoulders. I smiled as they pulled his hair and he pretended to drop them. They may have been way too old for that, but they seemed to enjoy it. I regarded Helen with a cold glance, which she returned. Helen glared at Percy like he was going to kill her sons.

Figures.

A/N Okay there is chapter...22. You're welcome. Once again- check out What the...Hades? On my profile- even if you haven't read Maximum Ride, you can still read it and it will make perfect sense. M'kay, bye!