Annabeth

"Man that was amazing!" Leo whooped,throwing his bags which looked like stuffed toys on the couch. Thalia snorted.

"What are you,ten?" She laughed,then her eyes lit up "OOOOOH A BEANIE BABY!" Everyone stared at her as her pale cheeks flushed "One word and I will slice you motherfuckers up."

"Well,I got prizes for everyone hehehe!" Leo cheered,tapping his fingers together which made him look like a strange evil elf. Thalia frowned.

"Where's Jason?" she asked,a sliver of fear and protectivness crawling into her voice.

"And Nico?" Piper added. Percy shrugged.

"Nico took off early,then Jason went after him. They were acting strange-GIMME THAT!" He yelled,grabbing a stuffed Panda from Leo's hands. Instead of black spots,it had blue ones. "Don't hurt him." he cooed. I was trying my hardest not to roll my eyes and laugh at the same time.

"Seriously,did you guys pass the age of ten?" Thalia scoffed.

"Hey fruit ninja,you're still holding your beanie baby." Leo pointed out. Thalia dropped it,her cheeks flushing again. Just then,Penny walked in.

"Heyy,you guys are back," she smiled,kissing Apollo's cheek. She turned to Percy,who's face immediately went ashy.

"Percy-" she started,but he turned and began walking out. She grabbed his wrist "Perce,wait-"

"Yes?" he asked,eyebrows raised.

"I don't want to make you upset,especially since you just got back but-the police station called." she said,looking down. Percy turned towards me and Piper,poker faced. "Tell me."

Penny started to speak,but Percy interrupted her, "Not from you."

"Okay bro,that's-" Apollo spoke angrily,but Penny stopped him,"No. It's okay." Apollo looked like he wanted to punch something,but he stayed quiet.

"You got something to say Solace?" Percy taunted. Apollo's jaw set,but he stayed quiet.

"Percy." Piper broke the tension,her voice strong "There's going to be no court calling,no penalty. Your dad is taking care of it. But the only thing is.." Piper's voice faltered.

"What?" Percy questioned. Piper turned to me.

"In a week,he'll be flying here to New York with Penny,and then you two have to go down to the station together." I finished. Percy blinked.

"You two? You mean..me and Penny right? It's Penny right?" He asked,sounding a little nervous. I bit my lip and shook my head.

"Oh." he muttered "I-okay. I uh..I got to go-"

"Percy-"

He strided out,the door slamming behind him. Without even thinking of the consequences,and how it would look to Penny,I dashed after him.

...

"Hey." I said. He didn't turn.

"Hi." he replied glumly. I hesitated for a moment before rolling up my jeans and sittig next to him,dipping my legs into the cold water. With the water gleaming bright,it illuminated his green eyes,making them look electric.

"Percy?"

"Yeah?"

"Why don't you want to meet your dad?" I asked him gently. He sighed softly,his fingers lacing into mine.

"I don't know. Maybe because his own ex friends tried to get my sister? He won't let me go see mom? I'm so used to Penny leaning on me,the very idea of him swooping him and taking her away is just fucked up."

He turned towards me,his eyes solid as steel "Penny won't admit it,but she misses dad. She loves him,despite everything that happened. And it won't take long to convince her to let him back in the family again. Bastard." he added,muttering angrily.

I opened my mouth to reply,but he cut me off "I know what you're going to say,Penny won't leave us,blah blah-"

I shut him up by kissing him softly "No,i was going to say that despite being a seaweed brain,you have a lot of thoughts."

"Oh ha ha." he taunted,his smile returning to his face,but it slowly crumbled again "but what do I do? When he comes?"

I turned my glance back to the water as bright colours were splotched over the walls,making the entire place glow "Just go with it. Maybe he wants to make amends. That doesn't mean you need to forgive him. Just..hear him out."

"Fine. For you." he sighed,looking up. I smirked.

"How sweet."

He laughed,a pure simple carefree laugh. I started laughing too,and before I knew it his lips were pressed against mine,making me feel giddy. I never really understood the concept of time standing still,but at that moment I did. He ran his fingers through my hair as my heart beat accelerated. I had that familiar feeling where I didn't care about anything else except him. And I liked it.

"Percy-" I pulled back,protesting against my own will "Let's go back. The others will be wondering where we are."

"Ah yes,since the bold and daring Annabeth Chase ran after me." he smirked. I glared at him,cheeks flushed.

"Don't make me kick you in the crotch Perseus."

"Yes ma'am."

...

Penny

"Hello dumbass." I heard a familiar voice at my door. I turned to see my stupid dumb brother standing there cockily.

"I am no mirror Perseus." I muttered,rolling my sleeves up and crossing my arms. Percy put his hands up.

"Annabeth talked some sense into me."

"She's smart."

"Yep. Sure is. Makes all the right choices." He admitted,with a hint of a smirk. I was about to question him,but then I realized that I didn't really care.

"Well great. You may go now."

"Cmon Pen Pen-"

"Don't call me that you stupid fuck."

"Someone's cranky. I don't blame you though." he added hastily under my glare "Okay look. I want to see mom too,but if dad says no,fine." he shrugged "but he isn't the perfect dad you think he is."

I scoffed "Well of course I don't see him as a 'perfect' dad."

"But you want to. And don't lie to my perfect precious face Pen Pen,it's the truth. You love dad."

"Well,because he's our dad! Or at the very least,my dad." I snapped. He didn't even look offended. He sent out I'm in a good mood so I'm just going to talk to you for a bit and leave vibes.

"I've kept stuff from you about dad."

"No shit."

"Alright,here goes," he took a deep breath "Around the time we moved to New York,I found a box full of dad's stuff. All of them were mostly papers,old contracts and all that crap. But I found some letters,he was writing to some person. It looked like they had some secret code."

I frowned "Well it could be one of those old gang members he had contact with."

He shook his head "No. It wasn't. They never directly told each other stuff. At first they spoke about random stuff like business,but then it started getting threatening. Dad started threatening this person,asking for money and stuff in return. But then I kept reading them and I realized that it was a woman that he was seeing."

"What?" I asked,feeling dizzy.

"The woman was about to tell mom,so dad threatened her. I don't know what happened to the woman,the letters stopped abruptly. I couldn't find anymore. Which made me think the obvious."

"Which is..?"

"She's dead." Percy said calmly,staring dead into my eyes. I stared at him in disbelief. Dad loved mom. He loved her with all his heart. It wasn't possible..

"Who is the woman?"

"Well I don't remember the name," Percy shrugged "Started with an 'A'. I think it was Athena."