21. Vacation

A/N: Γεια! (That's "Hi" in Greek.) So, anyways, I'm back! Two updates in one day! Whoo-hoo! I'm all sad though. I know the last one totally sucked, but only 3 reviews? Well, hopefully I'll reach 100 this time :). Oh yeah, if you're the 100th reviewer, I'll dedicate the next few chapters to you, so review! (I'll also review your stories, but I do that a lot anyways). And if you were getting tired of my usual depressing, angst-y ones, I think you'll like this. :))) (hehe… triple chin).

Dedication goes to the three people who reviewed, Bookworm909,Fluffy Bunnies Are So Cute and PercabethAndZebrasFTW . Thanks!

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"A dream is a wish your heart makes."—Walt Disney's "Cinderella".

Percy's POV

As soon as Percy saw Leo shoving big rainbow lollipops down the front of his pants, he knew things were going to get weird.

"LEO!" Percy screeched, stomping across the deck of the Argo II (A/N 2: yes, again XD) like an annoying toddler. He grabbed one of the lollipops and started licking it feverishly.

Leo looked up from what he was doing just long enough to say, "Huh?"

Suddenly, Annabeth walked onto the deck, crying her eyes out.

"NOOO!" she wailed, "Why did you have to leave me Percy, why?"

"What the heck Annabeth, I'm right here!" Percy whined.

Annabeth held up a picture of Percy and started randomly singing Star-Spangled Banner.

"Oh well," Annabeth said casually, "Now I can date Jason!"

"HELLOOOO!" Percy yelled, waving his arms and jumping up and down like he had to go pee, which he probably did. "I'M RIGHT HERE!"

Then he chucked the now-sticky lollipop right at her and laughed when it stuck to her hair. She didn't seem to notice though, because right then Jason and Piper walked in, all smoochy-smooch. Annabeth's face contorted with rage. She ran up to Piper and jumped on her back like a wild woman.

"AHHH!" Annabeth pulled Piper off Jason by the hair and started making-out with him. Then Piper walked up to Percy and they started randomly kissing.

Then Aphrodite appeared, accompanied by a poof of rose-scented pink smoke.

"NO!" she wailed. "Percabeth MUST prevail! I can't make a couple name for Piper and Percy! Pircy…. Peper….. AHHHH!" Then she spontaneously combusted, showering everyone in little Aphrodite-chunks.

"Baby, baby, baby OOOHHHHH!" Leo screeched, shattering all the glass on the boat. Shards rained down on them like bullets.

Suddenly, a blue swirly portal opened up and a tall, lanky rabbit jumped out singing, "Trix are for kids!" grasping a lethal-looking spoon in one hand and a cup of yogurt in the other. Then the rabbit laughed like a madman and swan-dived back into portal, but not before he released a miniature black and white penguin.

Leo jumped on the penguin and shoved it in his mouth as if the penguin were a bone. The penguin cried out, making petrified squealing noises, but everyone was too busy making-out to care. Leo was perched like a rabid dog on the floor, foam dripping from his mouth, ready to pounce any time.

Just then Frank walked in. He saw the penguin and started screaming, "MY BABY, MY BABY!" No one knew what he was talking about until his stomach started to rapidly grow as if he was pregnant.

"Whoa, Frank!" Hazel noted. Wait, how did she get here? Percy thought. Oh well. Then he went back to kissing Piper.

"You didn't tell me you were still having an affair with that which of a penguin! I thought we talked about this! That's it, we're through!" With that Hazel jumped off the side of the ship, bawling over her recent break-up. Unfortunately, Hazel forgot they were 20,000 feet in the air. She hit the ground pretty hard.

Out of the blue a 15 foot tall rubber ducky wearing a striped bow-tie landed with a heavy "thud" on the middle of the deck. Leo walked up to it and poked it with a long stick. The ducky started jumping in a circle while the "My little Pony" theme song played from somewhere deep inside its bowls.

By then everyone had stopped randomly making-out and were skipping around the duck chanting "The wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round, round and round. The wheels on the bus go round and round, all through the town!"

All of a sudden, Percy started doing the running man. Frank and Jason joined in, hunched over, moving their legs like scissors and shaking their hands at their sides. Leo started doing cartwheel (still gnawing on that poor midget penguin) and Piper and Annabeth were playing a very violent game of Ring Around the Rosy. ...Don't ask.

The music continued to blare and the demigods never ceased dancing. There was a weird moment when both Frank and Percy were caught doing the sprinkler. But then there was a break in the music. That's odd, he thought, stroking his imaginary beard. Then suddenly, an actual beard appeared! All curly and orange and everything!

"Hey, kids," groaned a deep, slow voice. A giant figure momentarily blocked the sun. "I'm Dora the Explorer!"

Above them stood a 60-foot-tall, blown-up version of Dora.

"Oh Styx," Annabeth muttered.

Dora released a deep, drunken scream and brought her fists down on us. Jason, Piper, Leo and Annabeth were crushed in the first blow. Frank had a hand under his protruding stomach, crying and asking for a pickle to hug. Percy, on the other hand, was doing the sensible thing.

He was curled up in the fetal position, sucking on his thumb and softly singing "Boyfriend," by Justin Beaver… er—Bieber, a son of Apollo.

"DIE!" Dora yelled. That was the last thing he remembered before succumbing to blackness.

*le linebreak!* (A/N 3: Get ready for some PERCABETH!)

Percy woke up with a start, panting. What kind of a dream was that? Then he noticed there was someone lying beside him, which seriously freaked him out. He sat up quickly, accidentally shoving whoever it was in his bed onto the floor. Please don't let it be Leo again, he prayed.

Suddenly, the events from last night came flooding back to him. Leo had been being stupid (because what else did he do?) and pulled a prank on Annabeth, which accidentally backfired and caused her bed to catch on fire. Since Annabeth had nowhere else to sleep, and the floor wasn't really an option, they sort of had a dilemma. Percy suggested he sleep on the floor and she could have his bed, but the others protested. Percy needed his sleep as much as everyone else.

So then Hazel proposed Annabeth sleep with Percy until they got to Rome. When they started to protest, Piper butted in.

"Come on guys! You've been friends since you were twelve, you've been on like, five quests together, not to mention saved each other's lives countless times, and you can't sleep in the same bed?" she argued.

So, that night Annabeth ended up sleeping with Percy. And not that he'd ever admit this, but he loved the sweet, lemony scent that always seemed to lingering around her. Nothing happened, of course. He guessed it was a good thing he had been there that night because Annabeth had woken up from a nightmare again and— even though she'd never admit it— needed Percy.

"Percy?" Annabeth mumbled groggily from her position on the floor.

"Sorry," he apologized, helping her back up onto the bed.

"So," he started, looking directly into her gray eyes. "Good morning."

Annabeth smiled. "Good morning to you too, Seaweedbrain."

They just stayed there like that, side by side, gazing into each others eyes for a long time. No one spoke—they didn't need to.

Then suddenly Percy received a wave of memories about his dream last night. His face slackened. Even though he knew it was stupid, he just had to make sure Frank wasn't pregnant and that Leo didn't eat penguins.

"Uh, Annabeth? I gotta go… check on something. I'll be back in a sec," Percy excused himself, running out of the room.

He ran out to the top deck and found Frank deep in conversation with Hazel. Percy sprinted over to the two of them.

"Frank! Hazel! Please tell me Frank didn't get pregnant from a mini penguin last night!"

"Uh, Percy?" Hazel placed one of her small, delicate hands on his arm. "Are you alright? Leo didn't drug you again last night, did he?"

Percy just shook her off. "No. I guess it was just a dream…"

"You had that dream too?" Jason asked, walking over to them.

"The one where a giant rubber duck starts playing "My Little Pony" and jumping around? Oh yeah," he confirmed.

Frank and Hazel were looking as if someone told them Annabeth was dating Reyna.

"We need a vacation," Jason sighed. Percy just nodded.