Disclaimer: Rick wouldn't write fanfic about his own characters.

Apparently Paul talks too much about his wonderful family...or something like that.

It was probably the cookies now that I think about it.

I might rewrite this with Paul's family instead but...that's been done so much let's have a change :)

It was a quiet November day at the Jackson-Blofis apartment.

Well, quiet except for Percy running around freaking out over a Thanksgiving project while Annabeth told him what to do and Nico arguing with Will through an IM over what happened when the Greeks and Romans moved into the Aztecs' territory when America became the forefront of the world.

That all stopped when Paul came through the door and yelled, "Hey everyone, the principal's coming over for Thanksgiving dinner and so's his family!"

That got everyone quiet. Sally came in from the kitchen, Nico (and his IM with Will, done with a prism) came in from the boys' bedroom, and Percy and Annabeth turned to look at Paul.

"Say what?" Percy asked incredulously.

"Principal Sanders is coming for dinner, and he's brining his wife and son." Paul said.

"Paul, you know that it's going to be rather crowded with all of Percy, Annabeth, and Nicos' camp friends here right? And Annabeth's cousin might swing by as well." Sally asked.

"I told him it would be hectic but he practically invited himself, you can't say no to that man." Paul sighed.

Percy, Annabeth, and Nico exchanged looks. This was about to get interesting.

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Thanksgiving Day came much too soon.

Percy and Nico had managed, with help from Annabeth, to cut their guest list down quite a bit. Or at least stagger them enough so there wouldn't be too many demigods in one place at once. Sally had been baking and cooking all morning, and the living room had been rearranged so there was more room.

At 9 o'clock sharp the doorbell rang and Paul opened the door to Will, Annabeth, and Jason, who'd come to help out. At 9:30, Piper dropped by to pick up a bag of to-go cookies on her way to meet up with her dad. At 10, Piper was gone and the principal and his family were at the door.

Nico took one look at the principal's kid and internally groaned. "Please tell me we're not on babysitting duty." He whispered to Will, who shushed him.

"...and of course you know my wife, Sally, my stepson, Percy, his cousin, Nico, their significant others, Annabeth and Will, and the blond at the end is Percy and Nico's other cousin, Jason." Paaul introduced.

Jason adjusted his glasses and stepped forward, holding out a hand. "It's nice to meet you, sir."

The principal cheerfully shook his hand, while his wife took one look at Jason's SPQR tattoo and the first moment she could, took Sally to the side and asked why such a polite and nice-looking boy had such a tattoo. The principal's kid, a nine-year-old named Joey, started asking Will a lot of random question.

At 10:25, Grover, Clarisse, Chris, the Stolls, and Katie came by for a few minutes to grab some of Sally's pre-packed Thanksgiving take-out bags on their way to Camp.

At 11, Thalia barged in, gave Jason a bear hug, berated Percy and Nico for not being around for the last Capture-The-Flag game between the campers and Hunters, then made herself comfortable and started chatting with Annabeth while she dined on one of Nico's pre-ordered Happy Meal burgers while Paul and Percy tried to explain Thalia to the principal, who got a bit of a shock.

At 12, Sally brought out more filling food and everyone present was soon dining on turkey and mashed potatoes while each took it in turn to say what they were thankful for. Paul was grateful for the replacement car he'd gotten after Percy crashed his first one, Annabeth was thankful for life and Percy, Will was thankful that he had a day off, Percy was thankful for his girlfriend and being alive, and Nico muttered that he was thankful that he didn't have to decorate his cabin at Camp for Halloween.

Will gave him a light scolding for that, since he was apparently supposed to "be the most excited about that holiday and completely outdo everyone". Nico countered that he was banned from the extremes so it didn't matter.

At around 1:34, Clarisse came knocking looking for Chris, who'd disappeared after they'd eaten Sally's cookies. She left quite angry and turned down any help looking for her boyfriend.

At 1:40, Chris came, looking for Clarisse. Percy took one look at him and told him to head for the Empire State Building fast.

At 2, Sherman Yang knocked on the door and asked for extra cookies, since Chris and Clarisse had taken them all and were hogging them while enjoying their Thanksgiving watching the Macy's balloons get packed up.

At 2:30, Pollux unexpectantly dropped in, dragged Nico off to the kitchen for a quick chat, then came back out, grabbed some cookies, and left with a quick nod to everyone. Nico left via the fire escape. Will complained a lot about that and the principal and family were left confused.

At 3, Nico returned, looking exhausted from shadow-travel. collapsed on the couch, mumbled something about Clovis and Lou Ellen, and went to sleep. Will grudingly carried him into Percy and Nico's room.

At 3:36, Percy went out to buy bug spray after Annabeth saw a few too many spiders. He returned at 4 with bug spray and an armful of random stuff he didn't remember buying.

It was soon discovered Jason and Piper had been stalking Percy and got him to buy a few more things. Percy didn't complain, though, since they included cherry coke and blue food coloring.

At 4:20, the principal's family prepped to go. Will, a rougue Leo, Percy, Piper, and Joey were playing Monopoly and had to be convinced to stop the game. Calypso was busy manipulating the Mist so the principal's family wouldn't question why a random guy and girl appeared out of nowhere with just one suitcase.

At 5, the principal's family finally left, the group had a normal-ish dinner, and the demigods made a beeline for camp.

Paul colapsed on the cough, as idd Sally.

"Never again."

"Agreed."