Okay i have no excuse. I'm having a very bad case of story block rn but I'm tryiiiiiing skrnme
Annabeth
"So what do we do now?" Leo asked,trying to balance a spoon on his nose "you know,with Anubis lurking around."
"We could go to the police..?" Piper suggested with a questioning look at Percy. He sighed and sat down.
"Well yeah,but isn't it too late? Also if we did,they'd do a deeper investigation on our family" he shrugged,looking at his sister "and we wouldn't want that."
"No." Penny muttered,looking down. We all turned to her. She looked up,her eyes pained. "I think we should go to the police."
"Penny-we're talking out everything. Our mom,what dad used to do," Percy shot up,staring at her "and also..what they did to you-"
"Percy." I cut him off. Penny looked away at once,putting her hands on her hips. Percy's eyes softened.
"I'm sorry Penny,but this problem all starts to back when we were kids. I mean,we don't want them finding out everything,like what our dad did,what happened to mom,why we left them. Penny,we're underage and we live alone. We changed our ages when we got these apartments,that's a crime."
The others started nodding,looking impressed. But I took a glance at Apollo,and then turned back to Percy. "But she has a point though."
"What?" he asked,his eyes wide.
"The police haven't even reached a statement. There hasn't been any courtroom date yet,not even community service. Isn't it suspicious that they've completely let you off the hook? They're obviously digging something up. It's better to tell them the truth now before they find something and put together the wrong puzzle."
"No,we can't," Percy argued,taking a step back. Penny frowned at him "Why not?"
"We can't let them find shit about our family,especially dad-" he stopped talking,looking furious with himself.
"What about dad? Percy what aren't you telling me?"
"I-nothing." he said,looking away. "It's just..I don't want dad getting involved in our lives again."
"But-"
"We aren't going to the police. That's final." he snapped,a storm brewing in his eyes. Penny withdrew with shock. Everyone else looked pretty surprised too. It was clear from their expressions that it was usually Penny who gave the final decision.
"Fine. Have it your way." she replied coldly. "Jason,I'll get you an ice pack for the shoulder, Will suggested it." she stormed into the kitchen without another word.
"I'm gunna take a walk." Percy muttered,turning around and leaving. I considered following him but I stopped. I knew what we were all thinking; Percy was hiding something.
Penny
"Hey,you okay?" Apollo asked. I opened the refrigerator,searching for an ice pack.
"Yeah I'm good." I replied shortly,grabbing the pack and shutting the door. Apollo sighed.
"Penny-"
"I'm fine Apollo,really. I just need some time to think." I said,walking back into the living room and giving Jason the ice. "And clearly,so does he. Thalia,you okay?"
"Yeah yeah I'm fine." she said,stretching to prove her point "Maybe we should all just relax for a bit. I don't think Percy would want us all here and tensed when he comes back."
Everyone muttered in agreement. "Jason,you wanna stay here for a while? Percy might calm down if you're here." Penny suggested. Jason pursed him lips.
"Well would you let me go if I asked?"
"No." Penny,Thalia and Piper all chorused at once. Jason sighed.
"Yes mothers."
Leo clapped his good shoulder "I'll go get you some tacos man!"
"Leo,it's almost lunchtime."
"Exactly. Cmon Nico!" he whooped,dragging the brooding boy along with him despite his death glares. Penny sighed and ran her fingers through her hair. "Well I trust that Nico will be smart enough to get tacos for all of us."
Piper crossed her arms and smirked "Penny,you can just admit that you're too lazy to cook."
"I'm too lazy to cook!" Penny whined as Apollo laughed and kissed her forehead.
Jason
"Thals,it's just my shoulder" I laughed,feeling embarrassed "It's not the end of the world,give it a few days and it'll be fine."
She sighed,putting the ice pack down "Okay..I just.." she shrugged,sitting next to me. Ever since she'd come here,she'd hardly looked me in the eye. She was always dodging us,as if we were about to throw her out and she was preparing to fight.
Well I don't blame her,that's how she's lived for years. We haven't seen each other for so long. Would anything go back to the way it was,when things were alright?
"What happened after you left?" I asked quietly. She didn't reply,so I looked at her. She was staring at her hands,rough and scar-filled from years living in fear.
"I don't even know. I just kept bouncing from place to place,avoiding the authorities and concentrating on how to get my next meal." she shrugged,as if saying that it was no biggie. I turned away from her. I felt guilty for even having a little bit of anger inside of me at her for leaving. Dad never mentioned her,I'd almost forgotten that she existed.
"I swore myself that I would come back," she continued after a long pause "I told myself that I'd come back and get you if you were struggling to live with dad. But then I got looped into the gang and-"
"Thalia," I stopped her,looking into her eyes. We were so different,brought up in two different ways,we even looked different. She looked a lot like our mother,maybe that was why dad hated her so much.
"It's okay." I said,smiling at her "It doesn't matter anymore. Now you're with us. Sure,Penny goes a little crazy sometimes,and Leo can be annoying-" I grinned as she laughed "But we're family now."
"Family ey? So you consider Piper as...your sister?" She smirked,shoulder bumping me. I started laughing,my face heating up.
"What are you talking about?"
"Oh quit the act Jason,I see the way you two look at each other." she laughed,rubbing my hair affectionately. And as we were laughing,I figured that everything was going to be alright.
Nico
"Leo,can't you wait till we get home?" I groaned as he devoured his taco. He shook his head violently.
"No way Di Angelo,Leo does not wait. Leo is a tiger,about to pounce on his prey."
I snorted "More like a pussy cat."
"What was that young man?"
"Nothing." I said hastily,rolling my eyes. He had so much packed energy inside of him,not even one organ in his body could stay still for a second.
"Neecs,why are you always so depressed?"
"I'm forced to hang around with prancing little ballerinas like you."
Leo poorly mimiced a prance "Well i would make a sexy one." I forced the urge to smile down. He pointed at me.
"See? why didn't you smile?"
"Well if I did,it would have made you make more stupid jokes." I said,rolling my eyes again. He shook his head.
"If you ask me,you need more sunshine in your life. More solace."
I choked on my own spit as I turned to him so quickly a muscle pulled in my neck "What? Solace?"
Leo stared at me,confused "Uh...yeah? Hey,I have a good vocabulary okay?" As he trotted along,I tried to calm my heartbeat. Dammit Di Angelo.
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