Me: I am feeling generous, so I will do it today
With a deep sigh*
I dont own these characters, Rick Riordan does. I just own these clothes, that smartphone, those books over there, that rock out there, and -- Oh look! A rainbow!
Quietly and silently gets out of view*
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Losing Grover's Pants:
"Well?" Athena stared daggers at Percy and Annabeth. "Are you dating him! Or, at least, the him from yourtime."
Annabeth glanced at her friends for help, but they all sighed and shook their heads. There was no uselying to the goddess of Wisdom. She took a deep breath. Took several deep breaths.
"Yes," Annabeth finally said. "We're dating."
Aphrodite shrieked with delight. "This is soocute! Their love blossoms even through their parent's hatred! Just like Romeo and Juliet!" Percy and Annabeth flushed. Athena didn't seem to agree. In fact, she seemed to be struggling against the urge to kill Percy.
Percy turned to the love goddess and raised an eyebrow. "Um, I'm pretty sureAnnabeth isn't an over-obedient fourteen year old who'll kill herself over a guy that she met four days beforehand..."
The demigods that knew Percy stared at him in shock. "H-how did you know the plotline of Romeo and Juliet?" Annabeth stammered.
Percy shrugged, "We're working on it in class right now. Honestly, if you ask me in a few weeks, I'll probably have forgotten everything about the book. I'm not too good with memorizing words on a page."
"Enough," Athena snarled. She turned to Annabeth. "Daughter, explain yourself! Why are you dating this Sea Spawn?"
Annabeth swallowed. Hard. Then she cleared her throat, and spoke, "I'm dating him... because... out of all of the people I've been close to in my lifetime... he's the only one who hasn't left me alone of his own accord yet. I chose him because he's strong, courageous, and loves his family and friends more than anything else. He puts his own health and safety at the bottom of his list of priorities, and he always knows what to say to lighten the mood in a room. He knows how to annoy me... how to make me laugh... and how to comfort me when I cry. He's the most selfless and pure-hearted person I know. He's not perfect-believe me. Sometimes he can be so dense, and he has the biggest temper out of anyone I know. But-then again-how boringwould perfectbe?" She turned to face a furiously blushing Percy, and finished, "I chose him because-with his good looks-he could have anygirl he wanted. Instead, it was methat he saw when he bathed in the River Styx. Methat he traveled across the country to find. Methat he admitted that he had feelings for on his sixteenth birthday. And it was methat he kissed just before he left. I chose him... because he chose me..."
She trailed off, running her fingers through Percy's hair, as the half-bloods looked on in sympathy. Athena sat in her chair, staring at her daughter in shock. Aphrodite tried to hold back a squeal at the amount of love that Annabeth let off. The entire room seemed enchanted into silence.
Surprisingly, it was Frank that broke the silence. "H-hey, Annabeth?" Annabeth looked up.
"Um," Frank rubbed the back of his neck. "W-well... I-I've been meaning to tell you this, but with Athena and your relationship with Percy and all..." He cleared his throat and continued. "What you said about leaving you alone of his own accord yet? He still hasn't done that."
Annabeth perked up. "You mean he remembers me?"
Frank smiled sheepishly. "Um... he never forgot..."
The Greek's jaws dropped to the floor. "W-what?" Thalia stammered.
Frank grinned, happy that he could give Annabeth somerelief about Percy's disappearance. "His first day at Camp Jupiter... I asked him what he remembered. He told me that he remembered murky glimpses and that he had a girlfriend named Annabeth."
Annabeth covered her mouth with her hands, and her eyes were shining. She glanced down at the ten year old Percy, who seemed thoroughly embarrassed at the conversations. He was blushing from head to toe. He clearly seemed uncomfortable with the attention that he was getting, because he tossed Chris the book. " Read," he said firmly.
Chris caught the book and glanced at Annabeth for permission. She nodded, and Chris began. With good timing, too. The gods were coming out of their stupors and preparing to ask Annabeth about the parts of her rant about the River Styx, traveling across the country, and Percy's "leaving" and apparent memory loss.
"Chapter three: Grover Unexpectedly Loses His Pants" Grover grimaced at the title as the others laughed uncontrollably.
Confession time: ... bus terminal.
Hera glared at Percy, who ducked down, looking like he was trying to sink into the floor.
I know, I know. It was rude.
"Well," Hera huffed. "At least you admitted it."
But Grover ... sixth grade?"
Travis and Conner grimaced, "I don't blame you there, Perce," Conner muttered. "Even I'vegot to admit that that's freaky." Grover flushed and gave Percy a small apology.
Whenever he got upset, Grover's bladder acted up,
Grover flushed at the snickering that rose around the room.
so I wasn't surprised ... before you meet her.
"She's amazing!" Percy smiled.
"She makes the bestblue cookies in the world!" Nico added.
"She takes all of Percy's antics full stride," Annabeth chuckled.
"She's the best mortal in this world! She even let several hunters stay at her place for 2 days once," Thalia added.
Her name is Sally ... have the rottenest luck.
"I gotta agree to that." Leo and Frank said at the same time. L
eo grinned at Frank. Frank scooted away nervously, for some reason Leo couldn't understand.
Her own parents died in a plane crash when she was five,
"Why do weget the Zap-Happy Dad?" Thalia complained to her brother, who shrugged. Zeus flushed as the gods and demigods laughed at his children's remarks.
and she was raised ... and no diploma.
Hestia sighed, "Such as the world has come to. More sadness, more illness, and more unneeded violence that can easily be avoided."
The only good break she ever got was meeting my dad.
Aphrodite cooed as Poseidon smiled sadly down at the book.
I don't have ... of his smile.
"I visited you when your mother was at work," Poseidon smiled at his son, and the other demigods felt a twinge of jealousy that Percy could have such a caring godly parent.
My mom doesn't ... Lost at sea.
"Not a lie, but still not the whole truth," Hermes nodded in approval. "Nice choice Uncle P."
She worked odd jobs, ... I wasn't an easy kid.
"Understatement of the century," Nico laughed. All those who knew Percy well chuckled in agreement. Hazel and Frank exchanged a glance, wondering how much they didn't know about their new friend.
Finally, she married Gabe ... pizza wrapped in gym shorts.
Several wrinkled their noses in distaste, and Grover inched away from Percy's scowl. Even though it was directed at the book, Percy's glare was still unnerving.
Between the two ... a good example.
All leaned forward in curiosity.
I walked into ... got any cash?"
"That's it?" Annabeth yelled. "No 'Welcome back?'"
Percy frowned thoughtfully, "Honestly, Annabeth... if he didsay something along those lines... I probably would have died of shock." Annabeth muttered to herself, then waved for Chris to continue.
That was it... last six months?
"Wow," Thalia grinned teasingly at Annabeth. "I think you hung out with your boyfriend too much before he left."
"Left?" Athena asked. "I thought you said that he hasn't left you yet."
Annabeth waved the question away. "I'm sure it'll be explained in the books. He was forced to leave by certain upstart goddess, " She added angrily. Aphrodite sighed dreamily. This love story even had tragic twists. Perfect.
Gabe had put ... handsome or something.
Aphrodite conjured up a brown paper bag and began to vomit into it.
He managed the ... punch my lights out.
Immediately, all Hades broke loose.
Sparks ran across Thalia's body. Poseidon made all of the water in the room go insane. Annabeth stared at the book like she'd like to rip it to shreds. Clarisse glowed with a bright red aura. Nico's palms erupted in black fire. Katie caused the plants to grow at an alarming rate. Will began to glow as bright as the sun. Travis and Conner wrote frantically in their prank notebooks, planning to hurt Gabe severely when they got back. Olympus began to shake and rumble.
"Stop!" a voice cried.
Percy wrapped his arms around Annabeth's waist and buried his head in her stomach. "Please stop!" he called, his voice muffled from Annabeth's shirt.
Annabeth stared down at Percy, and the others glanced at the trembling boy, and felt a flash of shame. He had only just barely learned of the existence of the Greek Gods, and the strength of their powers must have been terrifying them. The demigods settled back down, and the room stopped shaking. Annabeth slid her arms around a shaking Percy, and whispered calming words in his ear. Very slowly, he stilled, and Grover continued. Annabeth kept her arms around Percy, and he didn't complain, purposely avoiding Athena's glares.
"I don't have ... everything else.
Athena gasped, having figured out why Sally married Gabe. She stared at Poseidon in astonishment. "Y-you actually found an intelligentwoman for once..."
Poseidon smiled sadly at the book, and didn't bother arguing with Athena.
"You took a taxi ... just got here."
"Well, at least someoneis human," Hera muttered.
"Am I right?" ... gas in harmony.
"I stand corrected," Hera wrinkled her nose in distaste, along with most in the room. "They're the foulest beings ever to call themselves human."
"I am going to turn those mortals into wild boars, leave them in forests, and then hunt them down," Artemis said, glaring at the book.
"I'll help you sis," Apollo said.
"Dont call me sis".
"Fine," I said... act so snooty!"
Annabeth raised an eyebrow, "Brain Boy? He needs to work on his insults."
I slammed the door ... Home sweet home.
"Gods, Percy," Thalia shook her head. "You are the kingof sarcasm." Percy chuckled good-naturedly.
Gabe's smell was almost worse than the nightmares about Mrs. Dodds, or the sound of that old fruit lady's shears snipping the yarn.
But as soon ... horrible talons.
Several members of the room shivered.
Then I heard ... my fears melted.
"Wimp," Ares muttered. Instantly, a ball of water rose out of the tiny feature in the corner and soaked the God of War. "POSEIDON!"
Poseidon blinked in confusion, "It... wasn't... me."
Ares sat dripping wet for a moment. Then, his eyes widened, and twenty-nine pairs of eyes turned to face to innocent-looking Son of Poseidon, who shrugged, "Guilty."
Ares rose up to strangle the kid, but before he could, two arrows pointed at his face. One gold, one silver.
"This boy is different from most," Artemis said calmly. "I would like to know how he deals with situations in the future."
"And I think that the kid's awesome," Apollo added. "There's no wayI'm letting you kill him yet."
Ares grumbled, but sat down. The twin archers followed, but they kept their arrows trained on the God of War.
My mother can ... not even me or Gabe.
Annabeth smiled, "Sally has that motherly instinct to her. She makes anyonefeel that way."
"Oh, Percy." She hugged me tight. "I can't believe it. You've grown since Christmas!"
Her red-white-and-blue ... when I came home.
"Lucky!" Leo and the Stolls complained.
We sat together ... glad to see her.
All the demigods in the room cooed with Aphrodite and Hera, and most of the other gods smiled softly.
From the other room, ... gritted my teeth.
As did almost everyone around the hearth.
My mom is the nicest lady ... jerk like Gabe.
Poseidon smiled, "How about a god?"
For her sake... didn't seem so bad.
"Dang," Travis shook his head, "No need to give you exaggeration lessons. I think you've got thatdown pat."
Until that trip ... No, Mom."
"Don't lie!" Hermes yelled, and the entire group stared at him incredulously. "What?"
"Who are you and what have you done with our father?" Conner pointed a finger at him accusingly. Chuckles rang out around the throne room.
I felt bad lying.
Hera nodded. "As you should."
I wanted to ... would sound stupid.
"Not to her," Annabeth whispered, but everyone heard her.
She pursed her lips. .... "Montauk?"
Thalia grinned at Annabeth, "I heard that you came along a few times, Annabeth. Some even beforeyou two started dating. How was it?"
Annabeth flushed. "Later. Keep reading, Chris." Percy's face turned a violent shade of crimson.
"Three nights-... let us go."
"He'd better," Poseidon's voice rose to a dangerous level.
"Of course he will... Sour cream. The works."
"Bribery," Hermes nodded approvingly. "I likeher."
Gabe softened ... clothes budget, right?"
Aphrodite conjured up another bag, but this time she breathed into it. Budget on clothes? Budget onclothes?
"Yes, honey," ... soprano for a week.
"Do it! Do it!" Nearly everyone cheered.
"Well, the kid's got some pretty good ideas," Hades mused. He took out a notebook of punishments for the Fields of Punishment and jotted it down.
But my mom's ... what he thought?
"For you, Perce," Grover said. "I don't get it. Why?" Percy said. "It'll be explained later."
"I'm sorry," ... sarcasm in my statement.
"Like I said," Thalia chuckled. " Kingof Sarcasm."
"Yeah, whatever," ... to his game.
"Tiny brain indeed," Athena nodded in agreement.
"Thank you, Percy," ...for the whole weekend.
"Yes," Annabeth said sarcastically, "because your Camaro is soimportant."
"Again," Thalia muttered. "You spent waytoo much time with Percy." Annabeth shrugged, uncaring.
"Not a scratch ... one little scratch."
Nico snorted in disgust. "Percy had a license?" he asked sarcastically.
"Scratch that," Thalia commented. "We allspent too much time with Percy."
Like I'd be the one driving. I ... to blame me.
Most of the members of the room gritted their teeth.
Watching him lumber ... movement toward Gabe.
Thalia raised her eyebrows. "He learns fast." "I wonder if it will work on thaat mortal..." Artemis wondered. "I don't think the boy is strong enough for that." Hera said with narrowed eyes.
The screen door ... shot from a cannon.
The gods' jaws dropped. "Wait," Thalia stared incredulously at the book. "It worked?"
Maybe it was ... to step on it.
Laughter bounced around the echoey room.
Our rental cabin ... spiders in the cabinets,
Thalia's eyebrows touched her hairline, and she turned to Annabeth, " Spiders? How did you handle it?"
Annabeth flushed. "I made him check the cabin before I went in, and when I didfind a spider, I held tightly to his hand."
Nico's raised an eyebrow and smirked, "You held his hand? I thought you said that there were times that you came beforeyou started dating! What'd he do?"
"He didn't complain, although his face was red for a while. As for afterwe started dating and I came, he just chuckled and wrapped an arm around my waist." Annabeth felt her cheeks get hot, and she stared down at her lap. Out of the corner of her eye she saw Percy's face about the same color as hers.
and most ... cold to swim in.
Katie snorted. "Like that'sgoing to stop him."
I loved the place... met my dad.
Aphrodite squealed, and Poseidon blushed and smiled at the book.
As we got closer ... color of the sea.
"It's like her soul is connected to the sea," Athena mused. She turned to Poseidon. "Is thatwhat made you interested in her?"
Poseidon nodded. " Thatand that she's clear-sighted. And she's got this free-spirited attitude."
We got there ... brought from work.
"Okay," Leo raised his hand like he was in school, "what's with the blue food?"
I guess ... blue food.
"Oh," Leo flushed and the others chuckled.
See, Gabe had once ... a rebellious streak, like me.
Annabeth snorted. "Percy doesn't have a rebellious streak. For him, it's more like a hobby." Percy blushed as the older Greeks nodded in agreement. Poseidon sighed. "That rebellious streak of her's was another thing that attracted me."
When it got dark... tired of hearing them.
Aphrodite smiled at Percy, who blushed and stared shyly down at his lap.
"He was kind... his green eyes. "
"That's true," Annabeth spoke without looking up. "Percy's almost an exact copy of his father, the only difference being their ages, of course."
The others' gazes moved between the Sea God and his father, then nodded in agreement. Even the way they carried themselves were the same. Laid-back. Though, somehow, that addedto the aura of power that surrounded the both of them.
Mom fished a blue jelly bean ... sixth time in six years.
"That's only on the surface, Percy," Annabeth smiled down at the suddenly shy and blushing ten year old.
Thalia snickered and leaned over to whisper in Nico's ear, "I think Percy'sgot a bit of a crush on his future girlfriend..."
Nico smirked at the two. "Agreed."
"How old was I... angry at my father.
Poseidon hung his head in shame. "Don't worry, My Lord," Annabeth smiled reassuringly at the Stormbringer. "He loves you, now." Poseidon gave her a thankful smile.
Maybe it was stupid... they were out.
Hera nodded disapprovingly. "As you should."
My mom's eyes ... I'm not normal," I said.
"You're not normal, even by demigodstandards," Annabeth smiled fondly at the boy, and the older Greeks nodded in agreement.
"You say that ... important you are.
Will sighed, "She doesn't know how rightshe is..."
I thought ... from what?"
"Monsters, punk." Clarisse spoke.
She met my eyes, ... of his head.
Zeus turned to his brother, "You sent a Cyclops after him?" Poseidon shrugged.
Before that... meaty toddler hands.
Piper whistled, "Just like Hercules."
In every single school, ... I didn't want that.
"Yes," Hera said sarcastically. "Endanger bothof your lives just so you can spend time with your mortal parent talking about your daddy."
"Any of us would have done the same thing," Annabeth muttered. The half-bloods nodded in agreement.
"I've tried to ... mentioned it before?
"That wouldbe confusing," Chris mused.
"I'm sorry, Percy," ... a vivid dream.
"Uh, oh," Annabeth slid her arm around Percy's shoulders.
Poseidon raised an eyebrow, "What's wrong with a dream?"
" Percy'sdreams," Thalia piped up, "are highly vivid-"
"-and highlyprophetic," Nico finished. Poseidon turned a deep shade of green, and shrank down in his seat.
It was storming ... animals to fight harder.
The gods turned to Hades, who raised his eyebrow and shook his head, "Not me. I don't think."
I ran toward them... and I screamed, No!
"His dreams are worse than mine." Clarisse grumbled.
I woke with a start... seemed to have forgotten.
"Aw, Uncle P," Apollo shook his head sadly. "How could you forget?"
Over the roar ... He wasn't exactly Grover.
Hephaestus raised his eyebrows amd asked, looking up from the machine he was working on. "Well, what washe?"
"Searching all night," ... Didn't you tell her?"
The Roman demigods tilted their heads to the side in confusion, "What?"
Strangely, it was Percy that answered them, "It means Oh Zeus and other gods. But... how did I know that?"
"You're a Greek demigod," Annabeth put in. "Simple as that."
I was too shocked ... Where his legs should be...
"Get to the point!" Ares yelled.
The others figured out what it was, and chuckled.
"Well," Thalia snickered, "that would have been a bit of a rude awakening..."
My mom looked at me ... There were cloven hooves.
"Ah...That explains it."Ares said and then added "When are we getting to the action?"
"It should be in the next chapter or so," Grover answered. Then he held up the book. "Who wants to read next?"
"I will," called a voice from behind them...
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Question of the chapter: What hogwarts house do you prefer ?