For a daughter of Athena, Annabeth could act questionably stupid.

"But he has to be the one." Annabeth moaned as she sat next to Lily, who looked up at her with a bored expression. Wiping the extra ambrosia on the rim of the cup Will had given her, Lily leaned forward and gently prodded the spoon between the boy's lips, trying to get some of the ambrosia in his mouth, "He killed Minotaur, Lils, how can he not be?"

"Yeah, but he also lost his mom. You heard him crying her name before he collapsed on the porch." Lily said as she twisted the spoon to try and stop the falling ambrosia from hitting his chin.

A sigh left Annabeth's lips as she rested her head on her fist, staring at the sleeping boy, and Lily looked at her with a raised eyebrow. The glow of the light around them almost made Annabeth appear angelic. The sun bounced off her hair and caused it to shimmer like a golden waterfall and her grey eyes, which reminded Lily of an oncoming storm, twinkled and Lily could practically see the wheels churning in Annabeth's brain.

"Do you think he's gonna wake up?" Annabeth asked, curiously staring at the boy's hand and watching for any sign of movement.

"Don't know," Lily shrugged before feeding him another small scoop, "He's opened his eyes every now and again, but hasn't stayed again."

Annabeth let out another sigh, causing Lily to give her head a slight shake before she wiped off any remnants that had made it onto his chin.

Glancing at his face, Lily couldn't deny that he was attractive… not that she'd ever say that out loud. His skin was a soft, light brown—tan at the most—and he had jet black hair that was currently flying in every direction. His nose was narrow and his eyes, well, from the times he had them open, were green.

Lily couldn't help but flinch back when her dark brown eyes clashed with sea-green eyes. He blinked, tiredly and confusedly, and it was clear by that his vision was not in focus. Annabeth wasted no time in asking the question she had been dying to ask and leaned forward.

"What will happen at the summer solstice?"

The boy looked at them, looking years older than he was. Dark bags hung underneath his eyes with eye boogies in the corners.

"What?" He croaked out, his eyes flickering from hers to Annabeth's grey ones.

"Annie, give him a break-" Lily started, but was cut off when Annabeth quickly looked around the room, making sure that Mr. D and Chiron weren't approaching.

"What's going on? What was stolen? We've only got a few weeks!"

"Annie-" Lily tried to start again, but this time it was the boy who cut her off.

"I'm sorry," The boy mumbled, his head lulling to the side, and Lily knew it was only minutes before the boy fell back into a deep sleep, "I don't…"

The knock on the door was enough to startle Annabeth into taking the spoon out of Lily's hand and shoving it back into the boy's mouth. The boy barely had a chance to swallow before he was back asleep and Lily was quick to wipe the access from his mouth. The door opened a second later and Chiron smiled at them, his shoulder-length brown hair swinging with each step.

"Lilliana, Annabeth," Chiron greeted, his hooves clopping nosily against the wooden floor and Lily feared that it would wake the boy. Lily watched as Chiron looked at the boy, his light brown eyes filling with sympathy and sorrow, "Has there been any improvement?"

Annabeth opened her mouth to speak but Lily beat her to it.

Annabeth was a horrible liar.

"Only for a moment, Chiron. He didn't say much though, basically nothing."

Chiron seemed to ponder over her words and Lily dreaded that he had seen through her lie. With a nod, Chiron dismissed the two and they were quick to leave the Infirmary. The sun was close to setting, and there was no doubt in Lily's mind that it was close to dinner. Her cabin would be expecting her to be there before they ate. It was a weird rule that Katie had made, she wanted them all to eat together so that they'd feel more like a family or something.

Lily thought it was stupid but never bothered to argue. It made Katie and a lot of her younger siblings happy.

Quickly saying goodbye to Annabeth, Lily jogged to her cabin and knocked on the door, smiling when her younger sibling answered it. Together, the cabin headed to the tables, Lily being the second in line for she had been the longest coming camper in her cabin. Katie only stood before her because she was the cabin leader.

Dropping a multigrain roll and two cobs of corn into the fire, Lily muttered a quick prayer to her mother before sitting back down at her table. If Annabeth was right about the boy, then she was going to pray as much as she could.

There was a storm brewing, and Lily wasn't the only one who could feel it.

~8~

The next time Lily saw the boy, whom she learned was named Percy, he was walking towards her. Lily stifled a giggle as she noted that the look of confusion seemed to never have left his face. The look of confusion, however, melted away once Percy saw Chiron, and relief flooded his face.

"Mr. Brunner!" Percy cried, rushing towards Chiron, and Lily tilted her head. The flower crown in her hand was almost finished and she lazily reached her hand through the porch railing, plucking a purple flower off a stem that seemed to grow three feet to reach her hand.

Bellflowers always seemed ready to heed her commands.

"Annabeth, Lilliana?" Chiron called and Lily looked up from the crown, tying the last know effortlessly as Annabeth slid off the porch rail. Lily observed Percy's face as he finally seemed to realize he was going to meet the 'mysterious-people-who-hassled-him-while-he-was-barely-conscious'. "These young ladies nursed you back to health, Percy. Annabeth, Lilliana, why don't you go check on Percy's bunk? We'll be putting him in cabin eleven for now."

"Oof," Lily muttered under her breath as she inwardly winced. She knew that it was mandatory for unclaimed campers to stay in cabin eleven, but the last time she was in there, she could barely walk across the floor without stepping on someone's sleeping bag.

"Sure, Chiron," Annabeth said, both of them ignoring Lily's comment while Percy looked at her in fear. Whoops, maybe she didn't speak as quietly as she thought she did.

Lily knew that Percy had been analyzing the two of them since the moment he saw them. She also knew that looking at the two of them was like looking at Ying and Yang. Annabeth: tall, blonde, tan, grey-eyed; Lily: short, pale, dark-haired, brown-eyed. If he thought the two of them were related, then the kid needed some serious help.

"You drool when you sleep," Annabeth said after a few moments of silence before sprinting down the lawn, and Lily's lips quirked at the comment. She knew Annabeth had been jealous, Annabeth just wouldn't admit it.

Lily grinned at him, her once dark eyes looking the amber. Percy wasn't sure if he liked that grin.

"She's not wrong," Lily giggled before turning and racing after her close friend. The breeze ticked her face as her hair flew wildly behind her. Glancing behind her, her eyes widened at the small trial of buttercups she had left behind and she frowned. She thought she had been getting better at controlling her emotions…

"I knew it!" Lily exclaimed, causing Annabeth to whip around and look at her, Luke following. Inwardly, Lily winced, knowing that Annabeth was going to get her for interrupting her conversation with Luke.

"What?" Annabeth asked, crossing her eyebrows and raising her eyebrow.

"You are totally jealous of Percy," Lily grinned, not noticing Luke and Annabeth's eyes flicker to the ground at her feet.

"No, I'm not," Annabeth denied, shaking her head before pointing to the ground, "And you might want to calm down a little."

The smile slipped off Lily's face she looked down and saw multiple bellflowers, daisies, and daffodils surrounding her feet. It would have looked normal, if the flowers hadn't made a perfect circle around her. Pouting, Lily stepped outside the circle before the smile illuminated her face once again.

"'You drool in your sleep'?" Lily teased and Annabeth's eyes darkened. "Puh-lease, if Luk-"

"I'm gonna head in," Luke interrupted, smiling softly at the two girls in front of him. He had known them since they were kids and they never failed to amuse him. Annabeth's stubbornness and Lily's instigating ways always seemed to clash one way or another. But, through it all, the two had managed to remain close friends—even considering each other sisters.

"Bye!"

"See ya later," Both girls said, and Luke gave a lazily salute before closing the door. The moment the door closed, Lily knew she was screwed. Annabeth's glared down at Lily, her eyes hard and the grey color almost looking black.

"I don't know why I bother being your friend," Annabeth hissed and Lily rolled her eyes at her friend's theatrics.

"You don't exactly make it a secret, Annie." Lily crossed her arms, "I can practically see the hearts forming in your eyes every time you look at him. It's a little gross, don't you think? He's seven years older than you."

"And my mom was thousands of years older than my dad," Annabeth shot back.

"Yeah, it's gross when you think about it." Lily deadpanned, looking behind her to see Chiron walking down the hill with Percy, "Make sure you're a nice tour guide."

"What?" Annabeth gaped at her as Lily began walking towards her cabin, "You're supposed to be helping me."

"I forgot I promise Mindy that I'd help her with her Greek at one," Lily called back, not bothering to look behind her.

"It's eleven thirty!"

"Guess I'm gonna be early."