PERCY WAS GLAD RIPTIDE…might need to defend himself

"I'd pay to see that." Rachel snorted

"I'd pay too." Nico nodded in agreement

"Honestly, fuck you guys." Percy grumbled. Everybody laughed.

She stormed into the principia…"If it's about the chair—"

The laughter just increased at that.

"The fact that that's still roaming around in your head is what makes this even more funnier-" Will said with an amused chuckled

"It's not you." Reyna scowled…"You're smarter than you look."

"See, close your mouth and let them think of you as whoever they want and then open your mouth and surprise them. That's how it shows that you're smart and it also helps in cracking jokes." Percy said

"Exactly!" The stolls chorused

"Gee, thanks. I hear Octavian…Or salami?

Everybody was silent for a second before they all couldn't help but laugh but they tried really hard to not. Reyna looked at Percy, open mouthed. The said younger god grinned sheepishly.

"The second part is definitely too far from the actual name." Chris chuckled.

"Bellona, yes." Reyna scrutinized…Four years."

"You are way too observant. Would make a good Sherlock Holmes if given the necessary equipment." Lee stated

"I mean, Sherlock's a bit far." Percy said

"Not really that far off, really. We just observe that you observe more than normal people observe." Michael grinned

"I actually understood that." Percy grinned.

Reyna looked at her forearm…Maybe they'd gotten bad manicures?

Everybody snickered.

"You guys had better priorities at that moment." Poseidon chuckled.

"It's a blank," he said…you are one of them."

"No offense but we have a life and much more important things to generally even think of than to destroy your camp. We were only looking for it because of Percy and Jason." Katie said with a light chuckle.

"True but who's going to tell that to Octavian." Reyna chuckled

"Is that what you believe?...here to make up for the loss of Jason."

"Not exactly." Hera shrugged

"It was a close guess though." Reyna countered

Jason ... Percy couldn't go…camp without hearing that name.

"Same thing with you at CHB." Jason chuckled. Percy grinned. He always thought of camp half blood as his home and the feeling that even camp half blood thought of him as its family member made him feel warm throughout.

"The way you talk about him…"Oh ... you mean ... oh."

"Just how many people have had a crush on you?" Hermes chuckled.

"Having a crush on him is different but actually asking him or telling him is a totally different one." Will informed "I have a list of it due to injuries while watching him work out." He clarified

"Hmmm, then the list of the people who actually told him would be around how many?" Thalia asked amusedly.

"Fairly more than regular." Annabeth laughed. Percy turned red as he grinned.

"I'm so proud." Poseidon chuckled

"I believe the gods sent you…family history at this camp—"

"Okay, that's a dangerous line, Reyna." Nico frowned at her. Reyna winced.

"Yeah but I was saying what might have happened. Most probably would have happened." She sighed. Nico frowned again and so did Clarisse because they knew it was true.

"The point is, Percy, you are…find me a very helpful…friend."

There were a few smiles or chuckles including Annabeth.

"Sounds kind of like a job offer." Dakota chuckled and looked at Reyna with raised eyebrows

"Yeah, Romans find it easy to accept something with power compared to Camp Half Blood." Reyna told him. Dakota nodded.

"That's true." He said

She said that word like it could…Things are worse than you realize."

"Always is." Rachel sighed

Reyna's nails dug into the table…"I can't speak for her

"Comforting." Percy said. Reyna grinned sheepishly.

In fact…" Reyna frowned…She needed some time by herself.

"This is one of the reasons as well as to why you make a good leader. You take time to understand your people's emotions and you just do even if you don't try." Poseidon said quietly to Percy who gave him a smile.

"Thanks dad."

But at the door of the principia… "If I hurt you, I'm sorry."

"That is soo not Roman." Dakota laughed well naturedly.

Reyna gazed at him for a long…I hope you'll think about my offer."

"So it was a job offer!" Dakota whooped. Everybody laughed.

"Chapter's done." Artemis said

"I'll read." Apollo smiled.