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-SOS

As soon as he reached his room, his phone dinged.

Percy? Is this the right number?

Before he could reply, however, it received another message.

Because I swear, Percy, if you gave me the wrong number, I'm going to...

Percy laughed and texted back, No, it's me. And I take it you're Annabeth?

Annabeth responded with a smiley face emoticon and a suggestion that they meet in the cafe called Café Indigo, by Percy's house, which Percy immediately agreed to.

A few minutes later, she texted him one last time. See you then!

Percy smiled and walked downstairs. But instead of just writing a note and sticking it on the dining table to tell where he was going, he found his father standing in the front doorway, looking in shock at the mess on the floor.

"What's up, Dad?" Percy asked, the smile falling from his face with one look at his father's grim expression.

"Without a babysitter, Tyson and his little friend Ella have destroyed the house! Percy, I'm begging you, wherever you're going, please take them so we can get this place cleaned up. We have guests coming over today." Poor Poseidon looked so overwhelmed that Percy just had to listen to him.

"Okay, Dad," Percy agreed. "Tyson! Ella! Do you guys wanna come to a café with me?"

Two small bundles of clothes and hair barreled into the room, coming to a halt and making themselves recognizable as Tyson and his friend Ella.

Tyson was holding hands with Ella, his blue shirt covered in carpet fur. Ella's green dress was perfectly unrumpled, and she looked adorable.

Before anyone could say anything, there was a knock on the door. Poseidon, being the one closest to it, opened it.

It was Annabeth.

"Hi, Percy. Are you ready to go?"

"Change of plans," Percy mouthed. "We're taking the kids."

Annabeth's eyes widened, but she said, "Okay."

Poseidon didn't say anything to Annabeth, but it was clear he was trying to ignore her. It might have been because she had quit her job, or maybe because she had almost broke his son's heart. Either way, he pretended she wasn't there.

"Bye, Dad!" Percy exclaimed, leading Tyson and Ella out the door, along with Annabeth.

They stood outside the closed door for a few seconds, before Ella said, "Ella's hungry. Ella wants to eat. But Ella don't like cheese. Cheese is bad for Ella."

"Okay, Ella, how about you hold Annabeth's hand while I hold Tyson's hand," Percy suggested. "Then we can get there safely."

"No!" cried Tyson. "I wants to hold Ella's hand, big brother."

"Oooh," Percy mumbled. "Does my little brother like Ella?"

"No!" Tyson answered. "She is pretty," he whispered loudly.

Annabeth was suppressing a smile. "Okay, Tyson can hold Ella's hand, and I'll hold Percy's hand. Is that okay with you, Percy?"

"Great!" Percy said, a little too enthusiastically. "I mean, okay."

Annabeth laughed at him. So did Tyson and Ella.

When they finally got to Café Indigo, they were seated at a table. They ordered some blueberry crêpes, and fresh squeezed lemonade.

Before the food came, Tyson got out of his chair, knelt down in front of Ella, and pulled out a ring pop.

"Ella, I love you more than I love peanut butter. Will you marry me?"

Ella nodded, and Tyson slipped the ring pop onto her finger. She immediately started eating it.

Annabeth turned to her boyfriend. "Hey, Percy?"

"Yeah?" Percy said slowly.

"They're little kids, and they're already married. How about us?"

"One day," He promised. "Just you wait."