Jacob's POV

All the campers were running around with streamers, balloons and lights for the big NEW YEARS PARTY. A lot of the campers left to go spend some time with their family, but 60% decided to stay rather than getting eaten up by monsters. Plus I heard that this Party is the biggest party every in CHB. Everyone goes crazy and it's the one time that Dionysus was allowed to drink some alcoholic, so he made the celebration pretty good and since he is technically the god of parties…well let's say that his parties started with people quietly chatting and gossiping to people soaked in water dancing on tables to 'I'm sexy and I know it', and that's exactly what happened in our New Years party. Dionysus was standing on the beach with a clipboard in his hand, checking off random items. Guys were asking girls to go with them to the party. There was no practice going on and the entire camp looked lively. I smiled, and then I remembered…guys asking girls to the party….DI IMMORTALS I GOTTA ASK SKYLER TO THE PARTY! SHE'S GONNA CHOP OF MY INTESTINES AND MELT THEM IN MY OWN ACID!
I ran to the Athena cabin where I spotted her talking with some chicks about…miniature sized 20 inch sq buildings and designs…I shook my head not understanding a sing thing of it and instead I walked up behind her and draped my arms around my beautiful girlfriend's waist. It seemed like it was only yesterday we were walking to school in an uncomfortable silence to be faced by the ugliest bull (the Minotaur) ever. I sighed, remembering the memory. Skyler jumped and turned around to face me, she had an amused look on her face and her eyes were twinkling.

"Hey Jacob!" She exclaimed, jumping up to give me a tight hug. I chuckled and kissed her cheek.

"What in Hades were you talking about with your Athena friends?" I asked her, probably looking clueless cuz she let out a hearty laugh.

"You wouldn't understand." She murmured against my cheek. I smirked and replied cockily, "Oh I wouldn't?"

"Nope." She said, tapping my nose.

"That's a bummer, I guess that not all of us can be as smart as you in this empty universe." I sighed dramatically for extra effect, which ended up getting a slap on the arm.

"You don't know how true you are." She said, chuckling. I frowned, but then shook the thought away, remembering why I came here."

"So… I was wondering…well the big New Years party is coming up…and I was just-uh thinking if you would wanna…er…you know gotothepartywithme?" I said, scratching the back of my head.

"What was that? Go to the party with you…? Hmm… I would but this really hot Apollo guy with hot abs already asked me….I don't know if I should decline his request for you. I'll need some assurance…" She said, looking highly amused and giving me a cocky grin.

"You need assurance huh?" I murmured against her lips.

"Mhm…I-…" She whispered, but before she could finished my lips already made contact with her. I pulled her up so her legs were wound around my waist and both of my hands were wandering around her back, holding her up. I licked the bottom of her lips and she smiled, pulling a part.
"I'm convinced." She whispered and I grinned, trailing soft kissed up her neck.

"Now I don't want to interrupt you love birds or anything…but boy you need to hang on, you like you're trying to eat her up." Alice said from behind us. I groaned and Skyler chuckled, dropping from my waist.

"Maybe I wanted to eat her up." I challenged Alice.

"I wouldn't stop you, but I need to borrow Skyler…and I can't do that if you keep sucking lips ya know?" Alice glared at me and I narrowed my eyes.

"Break it up guys. I'll see you in a few." Skyler said, and she gave my lips one last peck before walking off with Alice.

"Love you!" I called after her. I sighed and walked to the big cabin, but two people stopped me.

"Should I propose to Alice? NO SICK THOUGHTS. Propose to her to be my girlfriend you dork. Should I should I should I?" Dylan asked coming up to my, literally shouting in my face. I was about to respond but Chester beat me to it.

"THEY WOULD MADE A CUTE COUPLE. Tell him to gut up and propose to her, AS A GIRLFRIEND once again no sick thoughts!"

"But I've never been this nervous EVER before in my life. And I am a man dude, I just don't know how to tell her. I'm scared cuz I told her once before, but it ended badly. I don't know how she feels about me now. We only shared ONE kiss. One FREAKING KISS." Dylan said, getting all hyper. Once again Chester butted in before words could escape my open mouth.

"WE KNOW YOUR SCARED. We all were before and it's no biggy. Just be confident dude. Believe me, you can even ask her to the party!" Chester yelled.

"She'll probably PUKE in my face you dolt! I don't need that ruining what I was about to tell her that-…!" Dylan exclaimed. I mentally face palmed and interrupted them both. "SHUT UP BOTH OF YOU!" I yelled. Suddenly they both went silent and looked at me like they just noticed me.

"Dylan just go tell her and Chester don't bother him." I said calmly.

"BLAHHH but I'm scared!" Dylan exclaimed.

"DON'T BE YOU BAD DOG. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE MACHO DUDE I USED TO KNOW?" Chester yelled. And my jaw fell to the floor once again.

"You know what, your right Chester! Thanks for the advice. You're the best, oh and Jacob…? Close your mouth, flies will enter." Dylan said before walking off with Chester. That was certainly…awkward.

I shrugged it away. Everyone looked so energetic today. Some Aphrodite girls waved and winked at me, and I waved back causing them to squeal like there was no tomorrow. I blocked my ears as I walked past them. I ran to the Zeus cabin and I found my dad still in the bed sleeping like he had nothing to do and I heard the shower turn on, which must have meant that my mom was in the shower. My dad groaned as I shook him awake, he opened his eyes for a little and then he shocked me. YES MY OWN DAD SHOCKED ME. I threw my hands in the air and gave up, but not before I shocked him back. I sat at the corner of the cabin, thinking about the surprise party we were going to throw for Skyler. During Capture the Flag last night, Alice, Dylan, Chester, and our parents were all secretly planning for Skyler's surprise birthday party. I grinned, trying to imagine what Skyler's face would look like. She told Dylan and me that she never had an actual birthday party before with her foster parents, because they all ended in disasters. Even her 13th birthday. This time we were determined to make this a memorable 16th birthday party.

"Hun, what are you doing here so early?" My mom walked out of the bathroom, wearing a pink long sleeved sweater and skinny jeans, with her hair down and soaking wet.

"It's 11 am mom." I said, pointing towards the clock.

"Oh right, haha, I knew that." She said, as I smiled, giving my mom a hug.

"Excited about the party today? Are you taking Skyler? Awww, oh my gods, you guys just look adorable together!" She squealed, waking my dad up. He rubbed his eyes and groggily said, "Who and what look adorable together?"

"Skyler and Jacob!" My mom said. My dad and I groaned and he went back to bed. Lucky, yeah he can sleep all he wants while I have to be tortured into listening how adorable Skyler is even though I already know that….did I just think that? Hmm… oh whatever, it is true.

"So, uh…are you guys coming to the party?" I asked them.

"Of course we are, we deserve a little fun time after all that training too! It's hard to get your game back on after you have kids, I just realized that." My mom said, her eyes sparkling as she gave me a kiss on the cheek.

"Moooom." I complained, rubbing away her lip gloss.

"Sorry, sorry. Oh I know baby, you don't wana an embarrassing mom, but I just can't help it, aww. You have your father's eyes. Your just adorable!" My mom squealed, yet again making my dad move in his sleep.

"Yea…well I'm gonna go. I was just gonna ask dad if I could drive to the nearest clothing store to rent a tux." I explained.

"Oh of course you can. Just be careful sweetie. Actually, I think you should ask Chiron first." She said, patting my head.

"Alrighty then, I'll see ya'll later." I said, waving a bye.

I jogged over to the big house, only to be stopped by Dylan and Chester.

"I told her bro! I FINALLY TOLD HER! And guess what she did. Ahhhh. She freaking kissed me! SHE KISSED ME AND SHE TOLD ME TO PICK HER UP AT 6!" Dylan screamed in my face. I backed away from him, smiling like a maniac. Hey when your friend's happy, you're happy too.

"I KNEW YOU HAD THE GUTS IN YOU MAN!" Chester yelled, punching him on the arm. Dylan laughed, and his eyes showed a happiness I haven't seen in a long time. I pulled him into a hug and he was surprised, but he gave me an awkward pat on the back before I let go.

"I'm really happy for you man. Hey I was just gonna go rent some tuxedos, would you two wanna join?" I asked them. Dylan nodded his head and Chester looked confused like he forgot all bout having to rent a tux for the party. We drove to Grey's Wear and got out of the car. I opened the door and a brunette greeted us. She was wearing a bright neon yellow dress up to her knee's that blinded my eyes. Her eyes were the color of soft caramel. Her eyes were outlined with pink eyeliner that made you wanna stare at them all day long. I guess that was the point. I quickly snapped out of it and made my way past her. She quickly walked up to us.

"Hello boys…" She said, staring at me, "How can I assist you?" The way she said that, I took the hint that there were more meanings to assisting us.

"Uh…we wanted to rent three tuxedos…" I said awkwardly. She flipped her hand like it was no big deal and led us to a door. There was like a hundred tuxedos when we walked through that door. I swear I almost fainted. They all looked pretty much the same… I mean expect for the crazy designer ones with peacock feathers. I immediately backed away from those ones. I saw Chester go look at the hats. Typical Chester. The woman studied me and Dylan for a while before coming back with two boxes.

"I think these would look absolutely DAZZLING on you both!" She squealed.

Dylan's had a black blazer with a red shirt under it and a black tie, with black dress pants and shoes. She handed me the box which had a dark grayish/blackish blazer with a blue tight muscle shirt underneath and a dark grey tie, dark denim washed jeans and dress shoes.

"Er…these aren't even tuxedos…" I said, pointing out the obvious.

"No, but they're perfect for a New Years Party, am I correct?" The woman winked at me and Dylan and we both chuckled nervously. Chester got the same thing as Dylan because he thought it looked 'groovy' except he got black and orange… Geez Chester….it's not Halloween. And I though it would take forever. The woman gave us the bags, and we filled out forms, saying when we'd return it and when it was bought and personal details, ect… then she literally pushed us out the door and waved a bye.

"That was slightly…creepy." Dylan said, getting in the car.

"Well we'll see creepier. A normal mortal lady with a perfect sense of style isn't creepy…" Chester said, defending the woman. We both stared at him like, "What the hell Chester, since when do you notice-a-woman-with-perfect-sense-of-style?'. He just shrugged and slumped back in his seat.

Suddenly, we heard a crash. Chester looked back and he saw a broken tree right behind us. If we were there a second ago, we would've gotten crushed in the car. I drove a little faster and Chester started to panic. And then we heard hisses. I stepped on the gas and didn't care about the speed limit. The hissing increased, but I couldn't tell if it were the things that were following us, or if it was the hissing of the car going so fast. Since the store was close to CHB, we were there in no time. I quickly parked the car, and Argus took it from there. We ran up the hill, not looking behind us once. Chester was running ahead of us, making sure we were following him. After we made sure that we got into the camp borders safely, we let out a deep breath.

"I was positively sure a monster was following us." Chester said.

"Whatever, at least we're here now, now stop complaining and go get your furry butt ready." Dylan said. Chester glared at him for the furry butt part, but skipped away. I chuckled and shook my head. You'll never seem to understand these two. It was already 5 pm, so I went to my dad's cabin to get ready. My dad let me in and I saw Percy there too, getting ready.

I showed them my suit, took a quick shower and changed into the clothes the weird woman picked out for me. I put on some of my dad's cologne and tried to brush my hair, but it wasn't working so I just messed it up again and let go of it. My dad and Percy looked so confident and calm, leadership qualities, it scared me. I wonder how I looked like. A scared unpredictable weird teenage guy? I sighed and looked away from the mirror. In a couple of months, we'd be up against a dude scarier than dead itself and we're celebrating New Years? Well, it might be the last New Years we ever have.
It'd definitely be worth it. The last year…. To live our lives, to laugh in the wind, to smile for the heck of it, to feel alive. Whenever I think about the future I feel pricks coming up through my whole body. My dad slapped me on the back, grinning.

"Dad, I told you, no hard slaps or anything! Skyler can feel what I feel!" I said, explaining for the hundredth time to my dad, why he could not kill me whenever we wrestled.

"Right, sorry kid." He said.

"I'm not a kid." I mumbled. He chuckled and checked his watch.

"Time to go fellas, we gotta pick up our dates." My dad said, pushing Percy and me out the door.

We walked to Percy's cabin, where the ladies were getting ready.

We knocked on the door simultaneously, causing various women shouts to come saying 'I'm coming, I'm coming…'

Finally the door opened after four minutes and I was seriously blown away. At the door stood three beautiful ladies.
My mom was wearing a baby pink dress that cut diagonal from her mid thigh to her knees, with her hair in a French braid. Skyler's mom, Annabeth, was wearing a light purple dress mermaid strapless dress, with her hair in an up do. The girl who stood out most though was no other than Skyler. She was wearing a turquoise halter neck dress that had a long cut from her thigh down to the ground. Most of her hair was cascading down her shoulders, into beautiful bouncy curls. Her eyes complimented the dress immensely. The smile that lit up her face completed the look. The look that had perfect written all over it. I held out my arm for her to take it and when she slid her arm through mine, I kissed her soft hand, her fingers and up to her finger tips.

"You look….if any one word would have to explain how you look it would be…beautiful….no, gorgeous." I whispered into her ear. The blush that appeared in her cheeks made me grin.

"You look gorgeous too!" She replied teasingly. I laughed along with her, and kissed her for head. The saying 'Love makes you blind' never meant much of importance to me, but boy…if only I knew….

A/N: Hola again marsh mellows! I bet ya'll can't wait till next chapter =) Thank you again for the reviews. I would appreciate it if my lovely reviewers could tell anyone they know about this story, It would mean so much to me :') I'm at like 87 reviews, and I couldn't be happier that people actually read my stories.
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