Frank
When Frank and Annabeth were on the way to Piper's place, they - namely, Annabeth - went to a different route to fetch Percy.
As they stepped at the Jackson Residence's front door. Annabeth rang the doorbell.
"Coming!" Sally's voice rang from the inside. Few seconds later, Sally opened the door.
"Good morning, Annabeth, Frank! Come in! What brings you two here this early?" Sally asked.
"We're here for Percy. We're taking him to Piper's place to hang out" Annabeth smiled.
"I don't think Percy's awake by this time. He usually wakes up late. Just wait here. I'll wake him up" Sally offered.
"Actually, Sally, you don't have to. We kind of accidentally woken him up. We'll just come up to his room" Annabeth stood up but before she could take a step, Sally shared a look with Annabeth, which lasted for a few seconds.
"Um, not to be rude, but what's going on?" Frank asked, obviously confused at Annabeth's and Sally's silent conversation.
"Nothing. Come on, Frank" Annabeth dragged Frank up the stairs. They stopped in front of Percy's room.
Through Frank's perspective, Annabeth slowly reached for the doorknob, and slowly turned the knob before she slowly opened the door and screamed.
Frank immediately knew why she screamed.
-X-
After waiting for a few minutes outside Percy's room with Annabeth - who looked pissed and embarrassed at the same time, Percy went out of the room, finally dressed up.
"Have you got no decency to knock, woman?" Percy glared.
"Have you got no decency to lock your room, idiot?!" Annabeth glared back.
"Um, guys -"
"Well, it's my fucking room, so I don't get why you are pissed" Percy crossed his arms across his chest.
"Guys, -"
"You know why I'm pissed? You just flashed your junk in front of my face!" Annabeth jabbed a finger at Percy's chest.
"Guys"
"Heh. You're not pissed; you're embarrassed. I'd get embarrased if you flashed your boobs in front of me. Plus, it's not like I wanted to actually show you my 'junk'" Percy smirked.
"Guys"
"Like hell I'm gonna flash my breasts at you! I'd rather stay a maiden like Hestia, or maybe even Artemis, than show you my boobs!" Annabeth scowled.
"GUYS!" Frank shouted which shocked both Annabeth and Percy into silence. "Both of you are right. Annabeth, Percy's right when he said that you should have knocked. And, Percy, Annabeth's also right when she said that you should have locked"
"That rhymes!" Percy grinned, which earned a glare from Frank.
"Now's not the time, Percy. Let's just forget what happened a while ago, and hopefully none of you two would bring it up" Frank suggested.
"That sounds like a good plan" Percy shrugged.
"Fine. Just make sure this idiot over here - "
"Hey!"
" - shuts his mouth" Annabeth also shrugged.
"That was... nice. Thanks for cooperating guys. Now, to Piper's place?" Frank suggested.
"Sure" Annabeth smiled sweetly before she glared at Frank.
"Oh, and Frank, never ever shout at me again" Annabeth stomped off, her heavy footsteps echoing throughout the hallways as her feet met the wooden planks of the stairs.
"She really is scary, isn't she" Percy whispered.
"Just make sure she never hears you" Frank followed Percy downstairs.
-X-
The trip to Piper's place was agonizingly silent.
Annabeth and Percy made sure to stay away from each othet by having Frank walking in between them. They even made sure their gazes never met each other.
But Frank could not really do anything to break the tension revolving the two. Annabeth made sure that she's the boss so he can't ask her to apologize. Percy, on the other hand, looked reluctant. About what? Frank doesn't know. He was about to ask him what's wrong when he heard a defeated sigh from Percy.
"Look, Annabeth. I'm sorry about what happened earlier. I really am!" Percy apologized, his voice full with sincerity.
"What did I say about shutting your mouth?" Annabeth promptly ignored him, even picking up her pace, leaving both Frank and Percy slightly behind. Percy ran to catch up with Annabeth, and Frank followed after them.
"I'm already apologizing here yet you keep on ignoring me. Aren't you being too prideful?" Percy leered.
"What did you say?" Annabeth abruptly paused before she turned and grabbed Percy by his shirt.
Frank examined Annabeth's face and he shivered at her murderous expression - her usually stormy gray eyes were now cold and deadly, her lips drawn on a tight line, and her stare, oh gods, Frank could have peed himself just by looking at her.
"Watch your mouth, Perseus. I could have broken your arm or your wrist but I'll let this slide for now since you're still quite new here" Annabeth pushed him off, causing Percy to stumble slightly. She turned before she started to stomp her way to Piper's place.
"I really don't know why she acted that way. All I wanted was to apologize yet I added more reasons for her to get mad at me. Do you know why she acted like that?" Percy asked Frank, who was also shocked frozen at what just happened.
"Don't ask me. Do you know where Piper's place is, cause I don't" Frank shrugged.
"Let's just follow blonde-zilla" Percy picked up his pace to make sure Annabeth was still within his sight, Frank followed after him.
"You really don't get your lesson, do you?"
"Ah! So that's why I don't get it! I usually don't get my lessons at school, you know"
Frank dumbfoundedly stared at Percy.
"Just kidding! Dude, don't take matters too seriously! You'll grow gray hair faster than Hermes" Percy laughed.
Frank just dejectedly sighed. He had to deal with his friends' antics then Percy comes in and added more antics to face.
He is quite sure he has more gray hair than his grandmother has as of the moment.
-X-
As soon as Annabeth rang the doorbell at Piper's place, they were greeted by an anxious and stressed Piper.
"Finally! I've had enough of Leo and Jason's rambling about 'waifus' - whatever that is! Come in! Hazel just arrived and she's been waiting for you" Frank was quite sure Piper referred to them all, but it seemed like she winked at his direction which, of course, earned a blush from him.
Frank followed after Annabeth, Percy and Piper.
Leo and Jason were seated on one couch that could fit at most two persons, probably talking about their 'waifus'. Hazel was also seated alone on another couch that could seat at maximum of three persons, so Frank took the chance and sat beside her, making sure there was enough distance between them or else he would faint at the sheer thought of being beside Hazel. However, their safe distace was cut off by Piper, who sat by his right side, begrudgingly forcing him to scoot to his left where Hazel sat.
And that left one couch that could fit two persons to Annabeth and Percy.
Annabeth sat on the left side while Percy sat to the right. Both of them looked at the opposite direction. Frank couldn't take the tension anymore so he decided to ask Piper about what her problem is.
"Have you already asked Jason about who the mystery girl is?" Frank asked.
"It's not that simple! Do you know how much courage I have to acquire just to ask that question? It's like asking your parents how babies were made!" Piper cried loud enough for everyone to divert their attention to her, even Annabeth and Percy.
"I'm sure Jason read about that in the group chat earlier which means you've already 'asked' what you were supposed to ask" Hazel pondered.
"Yes, he have read it yet he ignores me! Look at him! Talking with Leo about dumb, stupid things!" Jason cringed as Piper accusingly pointed at him.
"It's not my fault I felt nervous she's coming you know" Jason defended his self.
"There it is! The mysterious she! Just tell me who she is!" Piper yanked her braid in frustration.
Jason paused for a few seconds before he responded, his face grim.
"My sister. My sister's coming back and I don't know what to do"
"Your sister? Jeez, I told you Piper. You're getting your panties twisted at something so trivial" Leo rolled his eyes, which earned a flying magazine at his face.
"Leo! Watch your mouth! Frazel is here! Also, I don't know that Jason was referring to his sister, which I also don't know that he has"
"I haven't told you about my sister?" Jason chuckled nervously.
Everyone shook his head, which earned a groan from Jason.
"Do I really have to tell you guys I have a sister?"
Everyone nooded.
"But why?" Jason demanded.
"Well, we don't know her plus she somehow made you all nervous. I want to know why" Annabeth shrugged. Frank noticed that her anger somehow decipated by a bit. Everyone nodded their heads.
"I guess I'll tell you but this will take some time. Are you sure you guys want to hear about her?" Jason reassured.
"We all have time today, Jason. Plus, I want to know her!" Leo's eyes sparkled mischievously.
"I'm sorry Leo but I don't think she'll be one of your ladies"
"Oh, come on, Jason! It's not like she knows me! I'm sure my charm would definitely have her by my side" Leo grinned.
"Well, it's one of the reasons why I'm nervous that she'll be coming back, you know" Jason visibly tried to calm his self.
"You're afraid that she would fall in love with Leo?" Piper asked, disbelief heavy in her voice.
"No. I'm sure she won't fall for Leo" Jason confirmed.
"Wow. That hurts a lot, bro" Leo frowned.
"It's not because of you, Leo. You see, the main reason she left this island was because she thought that the person she had her eyes on was having her eyes at me" Jason closed his eyes, concentration painted on his face.
"You're telling us that your sister -"
"Thalia" Jason interrupted.
"What?" Annabeth looked confused.
"My sister. Her name's Thalia" Jason explained which earned a nod of understanding from Annabeth.
"You're telling us that Thalia is also interested in women. Guess that's why you're confident that she won't fall for Leo" Annabeth smirked, obviously proud of her own deductive reasoning.
"But that doesn't answer why you're nerves are all edgy" Hazel pouted. Frank tried to hide his blushing face. Gods, her pout is cute.
"And who is this person? Obviously, it's not me cause we never met" Piper asked.
"The reason why I'm all nervous was that after all this time, I haven't told her that the person she thought that had eyes for me actually had eyes for her. I'm nervous about what she'll do to me. Knowing Thalia, you guys won't probably see me for a few days" Jason grimaced. "Oh, and the person Thalia had her eyes on was Reyna"
Everyone had shocked looked on their faces, except Percy who have been silent during the whole fiasco.
Frank barely knew Reyna. They've only met twice but from what he observed, Her actions were more rough than most girls. She preferred doing strenuous physical activities rather than sitting idly and watching men do the dirty work. Now that he thought about it, Annabeth and Reyna's actions were almost alike. He can't help but think that Annabeth may also swing the other way but he also knew that asking Annabeth that question would lead to his early demise.
"Reyna's a lesbian? Aw, man! Now that's two ladies off of Team Leo!" Leo frowned.
"We can't say that Reyna's a lesbian. She may be bisexual, but we can't decide it for her. Let her express who she truly is" Piper corrected Leo.
"Now that everything's clear, when will we meet her?" Annabeth asked.
"She'll be coming in tomorrow, with Rachel" Jason informed.
"Just tell her the truth. Yes, you may get a few beatings from her but she'll eventually warm up to you again" Annabeth suggested.
"Thanks, Annabeth" Jason gratefully smiled.
"Oooh! The future wife will meet the future sister-in-law!" Leo teased. Jason and Piper blushed.
"You can't just tease them like that, Leo! You might jinx them!" Hazel scolded him.
"Pfft! Nothing can break them apart! Just look at how their lovey-dovey faces! It's kinda disgusting!" Leo gagged.
"Okay" Annabeth drawled. "What shall we do now that Piper and Jason's dilemma has been sorted out?"
"I don't know. Why don't we let Percy decide. Speaking of Percy, you've been quiet this entire time. What's bothering you?" Piper asked, concern latched on to her voice. Upon hearing his name, Percy jumped.
"Ah, nothing! It's just that I don't really know who Thalia and Reyna are, so I decided to sit this thing out" Percy shrugged.
If Frank doesn't know the truth, he could have been convinced, but since he knew what really happened earlier, he noticed how Percy smoothly lied; he lied so smoothly, it made Frank uncomfortable.
If Percy could easily lie through his feud with Annabeth, what more could had lied to?
-X-
Since Percy is new to the island, everyone decided to tour him around.
So, here they are, leisurely strolling throughout the entire island - well, maybe half of the island.
"And here we are! Delphi High! You're already enrolled, Percy? If not, we can help you tomorrow morning, or maybe on Tuesday since we have some ARGO stuff for tomorrow" Leo asked.
"Maybe on Tuesday. I usually take my mornings seriously" Percy offered.
"Seriously? What do you even do in the mornings?" Hazel curiously asked.
"Sleep. There's no such thing more important than sleep" Percy declared.
"Yeah, sleep with your doors unlocked" Annabeth muttured but Frank and Piper heard her.
"And how did you know that he doesn't lock his doors when he sleep? Don't tell me you're pulling a Leo on him?" Piper inquired.
"Pulling a Leo?! What does that even mean?!" Leo cried.
"Well, you stalk people when they sleep. That's what pulling a Leo means" Piper jested. Frank blushed, making a mental note to shut his curtains when he sleeps.
"I thought pulling a Leo means pranking" Jason questioned.
"No, that's pulling Leo and the Stolls" Piper explained, which earned a chorused 'Oh' from Hazel and Jason, as well a scoff from Leo.
"Yeah, and pulling a Piper means screaming ship names like crazy. 'Eek! Percabeth!'" Leo teased. Piper shrieked as she chase Leo around.
"We're getting off topic. Well, Annabeth? Care to enlighten us?" Jason coaxed.
"That was just a theory" Annabeth claimed.
"A theory? Really? I'm not buying whatever you're selling Annabeth" Piper declaimed, one hand on her hip.
"No, believe her. Besides, the only way she can tell if I lock my door or not is when she tests it herself, which she obviously didn't" Percy smirked. Frank jumped when Percy suddenly spoke. The guy was silent moments ago yet here he is, defending Annabeth from a nosy Piper.
"Trying to redeem yourself, Percy?" Frank whispered in Percy's ears, eyes focused on Annabeth.
"Well, she didn't accept my apologies earlier. Hopefully, this would do" Percy whispered back, his eyes also focused on Annabeth.
"Stop whispering like your planning my death, which undoubtly would fail. Anyways, Percy's right. The only way I could prove myself is by experimentation, which I obviously don't have any reason to do so" Annabeth crossed her arms across her chest while rolling her eyes.
"I'll let you go this time but I swear I'll get the bottom of this" Piper vowed.
"Somebody grab me some popcorn. The drama's intense" Leo ordered.
"What drama?" Hazel and Jason chorused.
"Are you guys blind? Percy and Annabeth are having some issues! Gods, you're watching too much cartoons, especially you Hazel and Jason!" Leo rolled his eyes.
"Animes are not cartoons!" Jason retorded.
"Says you! You're watching too much 'My Little Pony'!" Hazel cried.
"Hey! 'My Little Pony' is for matured people! Get your facts straight woman!" Leo returned.
"Enough, kids. Fine. Percy, I accept your apology" Annabeth sighed.
"You do?! Yes! Finally! No more awkward tension! Woohoo!" Percy cheered, dancing around like a headless chicken. Annabeth rolled her eyes at his antics.
"I knew it! Ha! You guys should believe me for once!" Leo jeered. Piper, Hazel and Jason only stood in shock.
"You guys want to explain something?" Piper wondered, gathering both Percy's and Annabeth's attention.
"How about no" Annabeth and Percy chorused.
"Fine" Piper groaned.
Frank just stood there bewildered at what just transpired.
-X-
After hours of walking and tired feet. they finally decided to head back to Piper's place and take some rest.
"Finally! My godly legs are so tired! My legs feel like jello" Leo whined as he leaned back into one of Piper's couches. Frank's legs barely hurt since he was quite accustomed to walking through rough terrain, like what he frequently does on Lynn Canyon Park back in Canada.
"I have to agree with Leo. I've never felt this tired before" Hazel pouted, which caused Frank's heart to go ba-dum in his chest. He wanted to say 'You could have said so, Hazel. That way I could have given you a ride' but he knew that it would only stir up another awkward situation with Hazel and some teasing from Leo that could last for days.
"Maybe we should call it a day? Or you want to spend more time? We could play some games" Piper suggested.
"And what game are you suggesting?" Annabeth looked skeptical, but with Piper, you should always be skeptical, especially about games that involves boys and girls like 'Truth and Dare'.
"Guess" Piper beamed.
"If it's 'Truth or Dare', then I'll pass. Last time I played with you, I ended up limping for days!" Leo backed away from Piper.
"Wimp, but you're wrong" Piper shrugged. Leo sighed in relief.
"Rock, Paper, Scissors?" Hazel guessed.
"Hazel! That's so old and boring!" Piper jeered.
"How about charades?" Jasom giessed as well.
"Ok, I give up. Your guesses are so annoying. We'll play 20 questions featuring Percy!" Piper clapped.
"Boring!" Hazel, Jason, and Leo chorused.
"It's the only way I could think of how we could know more about Percy" Piper shrugged.
"Yes, we'll know more about Percy, but how would Percy know more about us?" Frank pondered.
"Good question. How about for each turn, each one of us would someone any question that we like. That way, we'll get to know more about each other. And to add up some spice, if the person being asked refuses to answer the question they were given, they'll have to remove some of their clothing. However, a person may simply ignore a question if it's too personal and request for another question from the same person" Piper suggested.
"How would we know if it's too personal?" Hazel wondered.
"Just ask questions you want to answer" Annabeth reasoned. Everyone nodded.
"Now, let's begin!" Piper cheered.
Frank silently sighed. Knowing his friends, something is ought to go wromg but hopefully, he is wrong this time.