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Part 2 of 5

Simon's POV

When I woke up around 7:45, everything felt normal. Everything seemed normal.

But it was too normal.

I got in the shower, when suddenly something flashed above my head, and I nearly slipped.

I looked up to see allowing symbol, but I was still bleary eyed. I quickly finished my shower, and went to the mirror to see who my godly parent was. And oh boy... there was no mistaking it.

I ran out of the bathroom, and over to where Tayla was sleeping. She was in a similar state.

After I had woken her up, she burst into a fit of laughter, rolling on the ground and everything.

That was until I pointed the mirror at her. She immediately went quiet, and yet she was still trying to contain her laugher. How she managed to except her fate better that me was beyond my comprehension.

Our godly parent was Hermes.

Even though I didn't recognize the symbol, I could recognize the permanent marker on both of our foreheads, reading, 'Property of Hermes'. Along with those tags, he had decided to make our faces beautiful masterpieces including a curly mustache and beard for me, and Elvis-styled side burns, a unibrow, and a goatee for Tayla.

I tried washing it, but no matter how hard I scrubbed, it wouldn't budge. I guess that was a perk of using magic.

It was currently 8 o'clock, and I was standing behind Jon, glaring at Hazel who was laughing ridiculously hard. A cat-oh. It's Frank- looked at me, his eyes showed his amusement.

Jon finally turned around, and jumped, screaming.

"What happened to you?!"

"I was claimed."

Frank, now in human form, snorted. "Yeah. We can tell." I could only roll my eyes.

Hazel covered her mouth, "What about Tayla...?" I cringed.

"Yeah. She got claimed too. Her's is, um...definitely interesting. But, I guess it's not as bad as mine. Anything is better that what I got stuck with."

A second after the words had left my mouth, my friends' eyes widened, and they burst into more laughter. My eyebrows went up in alarm.

"What now?"

Hazel flicked away a tear, "Oh gods, Simon. Y-you have an...a-afro!"

"WHAT?!" I sprinted to the nearest fountain, looking at my reflection in the water. Tayla walked by.

"Good god, more?" She patted her head eagerly, "Did anything else happen to me?"

I groaned. "Unfortunately? No. Apparently, Hermes just loves making fun of me."

Her eyes lit up, "Hey, I love making fun of you, too!" She looked up at the sky and shouted, "We should totally team up sometime, Dad, and prank Simon!"

A paper airplane suddenly hit me in the forehead, out of nowhere.

Kayla quickly snatched it up before I could, and read it aloud:

That would be hilarious! Depending on how great the prank is, you'll be my new favorite child. Well, other that the Stolls, but they belong in their own category.

She roared with laughter, and I ripped the note out of her hands.

"There's no way it actually said that!" I turned it right side up, "You have to have made that up..." My voice trailed off as I read exactly what Tayla had said. Then it was my turn to look at the sky, with a blank expression on my face.

"Really?"

A pinocle hit me in between the eyes.

"Ow! What the heck?" I rubbed the back of my head, "That hurt!"

A note was attached to it.

Again, Tayla was too speedy and got to read it first.

Simon, you really are like your mom. You need to lighten up. Don't worry, you'll find your 'me' side soon enough!

She paused.

"Oh, and there's one of those purple devil emojis."

I rolled my eyes, "Of course it does. How does he even know about emojis?"

Kayla scowled at me, "Just because Dad is an old Greek god, doesn't mean he can't keep up with the times."

I frowned at her, "How can you even think of him as 'Dad'? I'm chill with us being demigods, but how can you just ignore the fact that he ignored us for all these years?"

Kayla just shook her head.

"Come on, Simon, you're smarter that. He hasn't been ignoring us. Remember that guy at our sixth birthday party? No on actually knew which side of the family he came from, and mom just called him our uncle. He owned a joke shop for goodness sakes. And you remember when we played hide and seek, and he popped out of the cake, scaring you senseless? It was so funny, even you were laughing." There was a far a way look in her eyes, "And then Mom handed you that cream pie when our "uncle" wasn't looking, and you threw it at his face!" Her face lit up dramatically, "Oh my god! I just remembered that at our sixteenth birthday, he was there again. He brought a cream pie! You were so confused, but I remembered and found it so funny! Inside jokes are great!" Kayla laughed, "So are pies to the face."

She suddenly snapped out of her dream like state, "Hermes is a great dad. You were just too oblivious to his attention."

I raised an eyebrow at her, "How do you even remember that?"

She shrugged, "How could I forget a funny guy like him?"

"Well, I need to see what I can do about...this," I pointed to my face and hair, " before anyone sees m-"

Just then, Riley walked out of the Demeter cabin. Oh boy. She hadn't seen me yet.

"Uh. Gotta hide!" I quickly dove into a large bush. I could hear Tayla snickering from above me.

"Yeah. Sure Simon. Hide behind the bush that is shorter than you're bright pink afro." I glared at her, as I sank lower into the bush, peeking through the leaves to see if Riley was anywhere near. I saw her turn in our direction.

"Tayla! Leave!" I said, swatting at her legs. She only laughed.

"Whatever Simon. While you attempt to hide from Riley, I'm going to go get something to eat. Bye!" With that, she left me alone to cower in silence.

I heard the steady crunch of gravel, as footsteps continued coming closer.

Please go away, please go away, please go aw-

"Simon?" I could hear the hint of laughter in her voice.

I groaned internally, and popped up like a guy with a pink afro, crouching behind a bush was normal.

"H-hey, Riley," I looked up sheepishly at her.

"Nice 'fro." I smiled weakly, and pointed at it, and my face.

"Well, ya know. Claiming." She nodded, a smile on her lips.

"Ah...I love watching the Hermes kids get claimed. It's always so entertaining." she laughed.

I blushed, unsure of how to respond, "Yeah, I guess. there's just one problem...I can't get this stuff off. How am I supposed to go to prom looking like this?" Riley titled her head to the side, thinking.

"Well, maybe one of the hecate children can help get rid of it. Or cover it up with some Mist."

"You think that would work?" I looked at her, doubtfully.

"Do you trust me?"

Without a doubt, I nodded my head.

"Yes," I replied, confidently.

Riley grinned, and tugged on my hand.

"Then let's get you fixed up."

Tayla's POV

Simon could be a real butthole.

Geez, he needed to relax a little, and embrace his prankster side! He was being so grumpy, because our dad was Hermes, which made no sense to me.

At least we have a dad now!

And come on, you have to admit he's pretty awesome. I mean, I feel like I'm a child of Hermes down to the bone. Who would be a cooler godly parent to have anyway? I mean, they're all cool, but-

My thoughts were bouncing all over the place, as usual. I was about to head down to the dining pavilion, where Hazel, Frank, and Jon were already sitting, when a voice whisper/shouted at me.

"Psst! Tay!"

I turned around, and almost tripped as an arm shot out and pulled me to the newbie cabins.

"K?"

K.J looked stressed out. Prom jitters, maybe? She stared at my face for a few seconds, a blank expression resting over her face.

"Isn't it awesome?: I said, grinning.

"y-yeah...totally." She blinked a few times, before yanking on my arm nervously.

"I need to tell you something, because I think a bad thing will happen after tonight is over."

"Okay...what is it?" I said softly.

She hesitated for a few seconds, probably debating on how she wanted to present herself.

"Jon and I have been dating for a while now, but I think he's going to break up with me. You can't tell anyone, though!" she blurted out. I sighed, relaxing a bit.

"First, I already knew about you and Jon, second, I'm more than positive Jon isn't going to break up with you."

"You knew? Why didn't you say anything?" I shrugged.

"K, I trusted that you would tell me eventually. When you were comfortable."

"Okay, so you know. But, you really don't think he's going to break up with me?" I rested my face in my hands, and groaned.

"K, have you seen the way he looks at you whenever you move away from him? The way he looks when you talk to other guys in class?" She shook her head.

"He looks like a kicked puppy, tossed to the curb. He always looks hurt when you push him away." K.J looked down at her feet, shame radiating off her.

I put a comforting arm around her shoulder, "Why are you scared to tell everyone about you guys?"

She only shrugged, "I-i don't know. I guess I'm just scared of what people will think."

"K.J, none of us would be upset. We just want you to be happy. We want both of you to be happy. You should tell him you're ready to let everyone know you're dating."

K.J sniffed," You really think that'll fix everything I've done wrong?"

I gave her a hug. "K, we all make mistakes! Jon isn't the type to hold a grudge, especially against you. Of course it will be enough." K.J smiled.

"Thanks Tay. I needed that."

"Of course. Now, let's go to breakfast. I'm sooo hungry!"

We continued to talk as we walked towards the dining pavilion, where almost everyone was enjoying breakfast, and hanging out.

It was already past nine, and it looked like it would be a beautiful day. Most of the gang as sitting at the Big Three tables: Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades. I overheard them talking about today's plans.

"-so the girls are going to the spa as soon as we're all done, we'll have lunch alone, and then we'll do makeup and dresses. What are the guys doing?" Piper asked, her question pointed towards Jason.

Jason looked just shrugged his shoulders, taking a bite out of his toast, "I dunno. We're being as lazy as possible."

Annabeth's head whipped around, butting into their conversation, "That's not a schedule! Today is going to be hectic. You guys need a plan!"

Jason just rolled his eyes. "It's just a dance."

Jason realized his mistake too late.

All the girls -and Percy- gasped.

"Well, it it's 'just a dance', you can stay. I'll just go by myself," Piper turned away from him, arms cross, a small smile tugging at the corner of her mouth.

Jason's eyes widened, and he practically flung his piece of toast across the room in a mad dash to take his words back, or at least make do of an unfortunate event.

"I-i d-didin't mean it like that...Pipes. I-i just meant t-that, like, uh, well-" his stuttering was cut off by a lid smack to head.

"Ow! Percy!"

"Dude! Not cool! It's a big night! The night to remember, and you just flipped it off like no big deal!" Percy ranted.

"Bro, you are not helping my case!" Jason said, hitting the table with his hands as he stood up from the table.

"And you promised me a dance!" Percy concluded, stomping his foot on the ground like a child, and bringing himself up to Jason's height.

Piper looked on the verge of tears, "You what?" she said, trying to hold back her laughter. The rest of the table looked just as amused.

Jason held out his hand, "Chill guys, it's just for Nico's snapchat story."

Nico's head turned, at the mention of his name, "W-what? Don't look at me. I didn't say-"

Percy whispered to me and Annabeth, "That's what I want him to think." I almost died of laughter.

"-and I didn't mean it like that Piper." Jason held out his hands for Piper to take, "Why would I let the most beautiful, funny, awesome girl of on her own, when I could go as her date?"

Piper smiled widely, "Well, how can I say no to the most charming, smart, awesome guy?"

Percy chimed in again, "Um you've got that all wrong, guys. Annabeth is the most beautiful, smart, awesome girl. And bee tee dubs, I'm the most charming, cute/awesome guy in the whole world. You guys are obvs talking about #Percabeth." Percy finished with his hands in the hashtag symbol.

Annabeth visibly cringed, putting her head in her hands,"Percy, never say the words BTW, obvs, or #Percabeth ever again. You sound like an obsessed teenage girl."

Everyone at the tables couldn't contain their laughter any longer, and the whole dining pavilion filled with the sound of laughter.

This was so nice. I am so glad I found such an amazing group of friends.

Frank was the first calm down, "So everything is set for tonight? We have a dinner reservation for sixteen, corsages for the ladies, and most important, transportation?"

"Yup!" Percy nodded, excitedly.

"So we don't have to worry about anything else?"

"I'm pretty sure. Girls, are you all ready?" Hazel asked, and the girls all stood, except for me and K.J

"Er, we haven't eaten yet, but we'll meet you guys by the cars after we grab something.

Piper nodded, 'That's okay. Take you're time! The appointment isn't until eleven. It's nine forty, and it only takes, like, thirty minutes to get there. Hazel, will you help me pack some lunches for the rest of us?"

Hazel nodded and the two were off. Suddenly, I realized someone was missing.

"Where's Leo?"

"No wonder it was so quiet!" I heard Percy saying the distance. Jason scratched his head, questioningly.

"Good question. Leo never misses the first meal of the day." At my confused face he continued, "he has a special love for coffee. The pavilion only serves it in the mornings, because if Leo ever got his hands on it at night, well, no one would be asleep.

"Well, I don't know if any of you realized, but there's a reason the Demeter cabin looks like a disco ball." Percy pointed to the glittery cabin in the distance.

"Ahhh. My eyes!" I exclaimed, as the suns rays were refracting off of the millions of sparkles. K.J only snorted.

Rude.

"Anyways, someone gave Leo caffeine yesterday evening, and well... he may have set the cabin on fire...by accident. Right after I had cleaned up the pink glittery mess Aphrodite had left in my cabin, which I dumped in the lake, I had to put out the fire with the sparkling water... anyways, he's probably wiped out."

There was a collective 'ohhh'.

"Yeah. He was up really early, but then was asleep in like a minute," Jon said. K.J looked over at him.

"Why were you up so early?" Jon's face started turning pink.

"Uh...I couldn't sleep."

There seemed to be more than he was telling, but K.J didn't push him any further.

"Just let him sleep. It's no like us guys need much time getting ready." Percy raised an eyebrow at Jason.

"Excuse you, Jasey poo, but have you met Leo? I'm pretty sure I heard him saying something a few days ago about getting a mani-pedi? Also, styling his hair." he replied, sassily.

Owen appeared out of nowhere, "Well, isn't that his problem?" he growled, clearly ignoring the teasing tone in Percy's voice.

Whoa. Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning.

"You okay, Mr. Grumpy-pants?" I asked teasingly.

Owen just stared at me. I frowned a little.

"Owen?" He got up and left, not saying a word.

I looked over at his half-brother, Will, who I almost forgot was sitting at the table. He just shrugged his shoulders, "he's been like that since you guys got back."

I looked back at the seat in front of me where he was just sitting, my heart sank a little.

Was it me?

I was pulled from my thoughts, when Annabeth called out to us, "Hey, you tow, hurry up! I just found out the traffic is going to be killer, and we still have to pick up Calypso."

K.J and I said our kick good byes to the remaining guys, and jumped into he back seat of the van with Riley. Hazel, who would soon be accompanied by calypso, was in the middle seat, and Piper called shotgun with Annabeth driving.

"Everyone buckled up?" she adjusted the rear view mirror.

After the thumbs up from everyone, we sped off dow the road.

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