"Mum! When are we leaving for Olympus?" I asked as I wheeled myself into the house the next day.

Mum walked out of the kitchen with baby food on her apron and face, I had to hold in a laugh, "Chiron said the first demi-gods would be getting to Olympus at about 4:30, the last group at around 6 if all goes smoothly."

"What time is it now?"

She glanced down at her watch (which, yes, was covered with baby food), "10:25."

"Man! What am I suppose to do for 8 hours!"

"I don't know, why don't you and Dylan go out for the afternoon?"

"Yeah, it can be like our real first date." Dylan smiled that smile at me, I just couldn't say no. I smiled back up at him.

"I'd like that, it's a date." I looked at Maija, she was smiling at me, I jerked my head at James, who was just staring into space. She instantly knew what I meant and shook her head no. I nodded and she shook her head harder.
I was fed up with it, so I sent up a quick prayer to Grandpa Zeus.

Grandpa Zeus, please, if you're listening, help me.

I concentrated as hard as I could, and pointed at Maija. Thank you Grandpa! It worked! Maija yelped when I shocked her, she jumped in surprise. She would have landed on her butt if James hadn't caught her. Ok, she still ended up falling, but because James wasn't paying attention, so he wasn't prepared to catch her. So instead of catching her, James broke her fall.

I watched with amusement as Maija and James both turned bright in the face, which by the way, were only an inch or two apart.

Maija's POV

I can't believe she did that! I can't believe she did that! I can't believe she did that!

I'm going to kill her.

But right now wasn't the time to think about that, right now I had more important things to worry about. One of those things was the fact was I was currently on top of the guy I loved. Not like he knew that.

I could feel my face heat up hotter then the fields of punishments. "I-um...uh...I'm sor-sorry I-"

"No no, it's ok." I hated that he was so calm and I was stuttering my head off. I refused to look at him before, but when I finally looked up, it lifted my spirits that he was about five different shades of red. Maybe Alex was right when she said he liked me back. I mean I knew Alex would never lie to me, but this isn't a topic I know very much about. And being a daughter of Athena, my brain always over ruled my heart. James offered me a hand, I took it and he pulled me up.

"So...do you have anything to do until we go?" He asked.

Yeah, Chandler, Laci, and I planed a girls day out to really celebrate us coming home. "No."

"Great! Do you wanna catch a movie? You know...with...me?" The last sentence he finally sounded as nervous as I felt.

"I um..." I snook a look at Alex, she gave me a thumbs up, "I would love to." Did I just say that? I must have because I heard a "Finally" from a few people. I didn't think it was possible, but I felt my face get redder.

Alex

FINALLY! He finally asked her out! And she said yes! The world has righted itself.

Just then the door burst open and Zoey came in. "Hey Mum! Maija! James and Jon! Mrs. Jackson!" We all gave her a greeting mixed with laughter. "What y'all up to?"

"Nothing, Mum was just telling us what time we're leaving for Olympus. Oh, and Maija got a boyfriend."

"OH MY GODS! MAIJA IT'S ABOUT TIME!" Zoey ran over to her and started babbling on about something, I could never tell when she talked so fast. "WAIT!" she said suddenly.

"What hija?" I felt like a nap, I always did when she babbled like that, and I'm sure my voice reflected it.

"James, Jon, and Dylan are here."

"Yes, and?"

"I just revealed the Gods to mortals!" She started hyperventilating.

"Hija," she ignored me, "Zo," she kept freaking out, "ZOEY!" She jumped and blinked at me a few times. I realized then that that was the first time I ever raised my voice at her. "They're demi-gods too." I said gently.

"They are! That's so kewl! Who?"

"Apollo." The twins said together.

"Zelus." Dylan said.

Zoey frowned, "Who's that?"

"God of Jealousy."

"Oh, that's kewl!"

"Hey Zobear, what's taking you so long?" I shifted in my chair so I could see whoever had just said that. And whoever had the guts to call MY daughter 'Zobear' in front of me. Standing there was a guy I recognized. His name was Taylor and he was on the football team and Track team, so I've gotten to know him pretty well over then years. He was tall- about 5"10, well built, tan with brown eyes and brown hair, and a really nice guy.

"Hey Taylor."

"Hey Al! Come on Mi amor, we don't want to be late."

I raised an eyebrow at her, she gave me a shy smile. "Mum, Taylor and I have a date."

I'm pretty sure I heard Maija's jaw drop and I think mine would've too, but I kept it shut. I didn't say anything for a while. I don't know why I didn't, I think half 'cause I knew it would annoy her, half 'cause I really didn't know what to say.

"Mum?" I snapped out of whatever trance I was in and looked at her, she squirmed.

"Go have fun hija." I gave her my best 'I'm proud of you' / 'Mum' smile. Zoey immediately perked up.

"Alright! See ya later Mum! Wait! When are y'all leaving?"

"At about 6 tonight hun," My mum said, "Be here at about 5:50 ok?"

"Okie-dokie! See ya then!" She grabbed Taylor's hand and literally skipped out the door. I watched her go.

"Wow, Zo got a boyfriend." Twinny rubbed her eyes, "Now I've seen everything."

"They grow up fast don't they?" Mum smirked at me.

I rolled my eyes at her. "Whatever mum, see you at 5:30."

She chuckled softly, "Can I talk to you real quick first Alli?"

I smiled at the nickname, "Sure." I could never say no when she called me something from my childhood. I rolled awkwardly towards her with the cast on my left hand before she rolled me into the kitchen where Joey was sitting in a highchair playing with the baby food that was currently all over my mother.

"Hey Joe," I grabbed a towel and started cleaning his face off, "So what did you want to tell me?"

"Do you like having a brother?"

"Didn't I already tell you that I love being an older sister? Why?" She bit her lip. "Mum!"

"What?"

"You're pregnant again!"

"Well..."

"Mum! Just because you're immortal doesn't mean you and dad can have a bazillion kids!"

"Three is not a...bazillion."

I sighed, "Well can it at least be a girl this time?"

"I can't promise you that hunny." She laughed.

"Well lets hope you did more of the work then." I heard her gasp and I rolled out before she could say anything else. "Let's go."

So I really want to get Lukas into the story, but so many things have to happen first! Please, bare with me (: also, its reallly late and I wanted to get this out before I left for a softball game tomorrow. so it probably sucks...
oh and remember to keep reading Percabeth Forever 98's story!

Arty