Disclaimer: If I owned Percy Jackson and/or his friends, certain characters wouldn't exist.
Will: Who?
Me: Octavian, Drew, Luke, and that's about it.
Will: I thought you were going to say me.
Me: No, you'd be my slave monkey.
(Annabeth's POV)
I was washing my hands in the bathroom, when Drew woke up. Before I could leave, they began to talk. My curiosity got the best of me and I took a page from one of my sister's books.
I put my head to the door.
"I wiped it on my shirt first, ungrateful Venusian brat."
Drew sighed. "Did you find my inhaler?"
"The blonde tried to recover it, but it was already gone. We'll have to get you a new one."
"Until then?"
"We'll have to learn to share, Graecus."
"Greek people have names too, you know. Mine's Drew, it means 'warrior' Greek. It's probably a lot cooler than whatever you name means."
"It means eighth."
She laughed in the cool dismissive Aphrodite Cabin laugh. "I knew it would be lame. Is it because you're the eighth loser in your family?"
"I was the eighth child."
"Eighth? I thought you didn't have siblings."
He was silent a second. "I don't."
"Oh."
"I was the eighth child whose mom died in labor in the history of New Rome."
I suddenly felt like I was trespassing on something personal. Drew immediately quieted and everything went silent. Not being able to stand it, I pulled out my phone just as Mel began to ring me.
"Mel?" I asked in a low whisper hoping they weren't hearing me.
"Annabeth! I am so miffed. Belle this, Belle that! Pollo can't stop talking about her. He thinks he's the real Beast, too. He won't stop growling."
I blinked. "You didn't hear about it?"
"About what?"
"Drew had an asthma attack."
She was silent for a beat. "Is she okay?"
"Yeah, she's fine. I got a text from Elizabeth that everyone's getting peckish. You guys can all come back to the hotel and we'll eat here."
"No. I can't do that."
"Mel?"
"I'm taking us out to the 'Be Our Guest' restaurant."
"All of us? Yes, because I'm really mad. One, you know how many boys in our group need a swift kick in the behind to ask a girl out? They need to man up. And secondly, if Apollo says one more time that Belle's the prettiest girl in the world, I will literally kill him."
"So you're taking him to her?"
"No," I could almost see her smile. "I'm taking him to the beast."
"You're insane."
"Please, mark my words. By the end of tonight everyone will be together and Pollo will go back to being obsessed with me and only me."
I chuckled slightly. "Have fun with that sis."
"Text me whether Drew and Octavian are coming, then go meet the group out in front of the restaurant. Leave everything else up to your little sis."
With a sigh, I hung up. Then I made a loud noise, so they knew I was coming out and I opened the door into the room.
Drew was sitting up, but still lounged on top of the pillow. Octavian was sitting at the end of her bed sitting cross legged. They were completely silent, but they both smiled slightly like they were sharing a secret between them.
"Look, Graecus, Drew has awakened."
"So she has." He called her Drew? "So, we were going to head out to get dinner. You feel up to coming Drew?"
She shook her head. "I think I've had my fun for the day."
"Octavian?"
"I'll stay here and watch over the patient."
With a nod, I exited the room quickly. Behind me as I left I heard, "Ow! Drew who said you could hit me with a pillow?"
She was still giggling when I made it to the elevator. Smiling, I texted Mel that Drew and Octavian weren't coming today.
(Linebreak of my favorite Disney film)
(Elizabeth's POV)
We were sitting there silently watching Mom and Poseidon play, when Will said to me, "I just remembered. Did you know that Travis and Katie are-"
"Dating? Yeah I did."
He blinked. "What?"
"Everyone knows that they are. The only thing is they don't know we all know."
"Okay, but Leo and Reyna are dating right?"
I sighed, "No, that was for the April Fool's Day prank Shazer and I pulled on you and Nico."
Will frowned for a second. "Wait a second…does that mean Leo set us on fire on purpose?"
I nodded to the Hispanic boy who had settled into making some sort of origami sculpture out of the mustard stained napkins. Reyna and Hephaestus were watching him rapturously both actually impressed with his skills. "Yeah, he owed me a favor."
"Is everything I know a lie?"
"If you'd just pay more attention, then you would realize these things."
Will moved slightly so he was facing me. "Then please tell me oh wise one exactly what I don't see."
"One, Mom and Dad rarely call each other their real names unless they're in a 'lovey-dovey' mood. Two, Reyna stares at Leo constantly when he's building something; she watches every single movement of his hand. She's even tried to build things like he does."
I let it all soak in for a moment. "Three, Mel is absolutely obsessed with your Father's attention. If he even thinks about another girl, she gets jealous. She's never been fond of certain children of his because of that."
"Like me?"
I shook my head. "No it's just my Mom who doesn't like you."
"Why?"
"Use your brain Solace."
He thought a moment. "It's because she's already lost one of her favorite children to a boy, and she knows Mel will only hold out for so long, so she wants a daughter to be like her for a bit. Maybe even be an eternal maiden because she feels like she's failing as a person by not fulfilling her promise. So, any interest you show in boys throws that off or vice versa."
"Great job Will." He smiled. "You over thought that way too much."
Will groaned and looked at me like I had to be kidding him. "Why doesn't your mother like me then?"
"You called one of my sisters ugly when you got to camp when you were two."
"Really? That's the big deal?"
I shrugged. "It is when you're talking about the child who was proclaimed to look exactly like my mother."
He winced. "Oops…"
"She doesn't really care right now." I gestured to my mother who was happily chatting with Aphrodite about something the two of them seemed to think was really important. I couldn't catch much of it myself, though I think there was bit of a debate over whether boys were icky or not and which ones were less icky than others.
He sighed and scooted a little closer to me. "You think she'll still hate me after this? I mean I did buy her ice cream, and she does currently think I'm her Dad."
"She might not."
"Do you think she'd object, if I would…"
"If you would what?"
"If I would…"
My cell phone rang, and Will cursed under his breath. "Really Elizabeth? Today you leave your phone off silent?"
With a laugh, I answered my phone. "Yes?"
"Sis, gather everyone and meet us in front of the 'Be Our Guest' restaurant."
I blinked. "Mel?"
"Hurry up, sis. I don't have a chance to stand here while you try to figure out what I mean."
"We'll be there in five minutes!"
(Linebreak made of Swindon Town Swoodilypoopers)
(Thalia's POV)
"What are you doing Mel?"
She thought a moment. "Matchmaking."
"How are they going to get together with a bunch of screaming god toddlers at their tables?"
Mel smiled innocently at me. "Well…"
"No."
"C'mon Thalia!"
I narrowed my eyes. "No, no way. I'm older than you. You can't egg me into following your little schemes. I am not going to fall for it."
"It won't be for long. Hecate is almost done with her cure. It'll just be a little bit. I promise."
"What were you planning on doing?"
"Well, all the couples, together or not, sit together at tables with only two seats, and we get a table with all of the children to manage."
I groaned. "If any of them misbehave, then I will get you back one day. Mark my words."
She nodded with a laugh. "Then she pointed over the bridge. Here they all come, turn on your nanny mode. It's going to be a crazy night."
So, I haven't seen the new movie, but if anyone wants to tell me whether it's better than the first one please do.
I've been watching John Green from vlogbrothers play FIFA lately and I fully support the team he plays as and it's cast of characters. If you're curious it's on hankgames and I'd start with number 1.
Also I want to be clear that I want to go to the Be Our Guest restaurant and we can try the grey stuff "It's delicious!" I also really want to try their steak.
