At the local arcade, Percy finished a round of skeeball and grabbed his tickets. He looked around to see what Kai was doing and saw a crowd around a dancing game. He figured she was either part of the crowd or the reason there was a crowd in the first place. He pushed his way through the crowd and wasn't at all surprised to see Kai dominating a student from Percy's class, Percy couldn't remember whether his name was Andrew or Carlos, at an expert level dance. What Percy recognized as the most complicated segment of the level, Kai cleared by doing different old school dances at high speeds. Kai did a cute pose as the song ended. She turned around and spotted Percy, hopping over the safety rail and into his arms.

"That's my girl," Percy ruffled her hair, "you were great!"

"There's no way that's the same kid from last year," the student said, panting.

"Of course not, this one's adopted. I actually have another one too, but she's living with my dad because there's no more room in the apartment."

"Are there anymore coming?"

"Knowing the Harem Prince here," Sam arrived, or rather, revealed his presence, "the number will be doubled by Christmas."

The other students at the arcade stared in awe at those words, most significantly, what Sam calls Percy. Percy pulled Sam aside, Kai following close behind.

"What are you doing?" Percy asked, "I've been trying to keep that a secret."

"They were gonna find out eventually," Sam stated, "haven't you noticed how suspicious they are of you? Even the student council president is giving you goo-goo eyes. Not to mention all the transfer students."

"Well I've been dealing with that and, wait, students? Plural? It's not just Aurora?"

"No, there are three girls in my class who said that they transferred just because you're here. There's someone in every class."

"This changes things," Percy sighed, "guess I'll never be able to get a moment's peace in school."

"Don't worry about it," Sam patted him on the back, "I'm sure we'll think of something."

"You mean you'll help me?"

"Hey, what are friends for?" Sam chuckled nervously.

"Your sister started high school this year, didn't she?" Percy asked, seeing through Sam's chuckle. Sam nodded, "Our school?" Another nod, "Asked you to put a good word in for her?" Another nod, "I'll think about it. After we deal with this screw up of yours."

Percy walked over to the rest of the students.

"Sit down guys," he said, "this is gonna be a long story."

Percy went through the cover story he thought up in case Sam dropped the ball. He explained that Selene was the result of Percy and Artemis copying what they saw in one of her dad's pornos when she found where they were hidden when they were twelve. He then explained how he recently adopted Kai because of a bet with someone from summer camp. Then, he explained that his third child, the details of whom he chose to omit, was the only planned one. Then he explained that he chose to have a harem so that he wouldn't have to choose between the girls who loved him. It was a pretty generic story, but it was clever enough that they bought it.

"Unfortunately," Percy finished, "I underestimated just how many girls had fallen in love with me over my travels through the holidays. And that's why so many girls transferred to our school just to see me."

"Man," one of the guys was in shock, "that's crazy. I don't know whether to be jealous of feel sorry for you."

"You can feel both and I'll know precisely why."

"I think it's safe to say that you're going to have a lot more help keeping those other girls off your back than you thought." Sam gave Percy a thumbs up, as did everyone else.

"That makes me feel better. Really, it does."

Kai, bored from listening to the fake story, grabbed Percy's sleeve and dragged him towards the claw machines.

Hey boss, Percy heard Blackjack in his head, why did you want me to come to this arcade place?

That's not what I said Blackjack, Percy said back, I said go to Athena's school on Olympus. I'm taking the bus to the arcade.

Oh. Sorry boss.

Get going! You're the one that Selene is going to be riding when she learns Pegasus Riding.

Percy felt Blackjack's presence in his mind fade as he flew away. Now he could focus on continuing his day with Kai.

School life is going to be hell for Percy. But thanks to Sam and his friends, it'll be a little bit more manageable.