PERI'S POV

"Then it's settled then?" Percy said, looking around the table as he spoke. "Alright, we're headed to Kansas."

Bonnabelle sighed deeply. "I say we call it a night."

"Agreed." Jason said.

Percy smirked, and hopped out of his seat. "I CALL FIRST SHOWER!" He sprinted down the hall towards the only shower stall in the whole ship.

"Oh no you don't, Jackson!" Bonnabelle cried before tearing off after him.

"Oh!" Piper squeaked. "I got next after Annabeth!"

"Then me!"

"I'm after you!"

"Then I'm going!"

"Aww man!" Leo whined, folding his arms. "Peri and I are gonna have cold showers by the time all of y'all get through!"

Frank laughed. "Sucks for you!"

Hazel gave us a weak smile and shrugged sympathetically. "Hope you've got some warm PJ's to change into then. . ."

I touched the hem of my blue shirt tentatively. The poor little garment had been through a lot today. A thought occurred to me, and I facepalmed for not realizing it sooner.

"Uh, guys," I started, "I don't have any clothes."

Frank furrowed his brow. "What?"

"The only clothes I have are the ones I'm wearing now!" I shrilled.

"Oh, yeah. . ." Jason murmured, which didn't help at all. "That could be a problem."

"Ya think?!"

"Guys, guys," Piper waved her hands in a calming gesture. "It's no big deal. I've got tons of clothes Peri can borrow!"

Hazel snorted and muttered, "Well of course you do."

"Thanks, Piper!" I said quickly before anything could start up.

"No problem!" She grinned.

"I'll give 'em to you when I get out of the shower!" She called over her shoulder, promptly exiting the lounge area. Jason followed after her, even though I wasn't completely sure how much help she needed getting undressed and - OH!

I smirked and shook my head. Jason, you sly dog!

After they left, the remaining four of us sorta split off into two groups. Hazel and Frank went down to the horse stables, something about making preparations for Arion if he ever did choose to stay on the Argo. Lame.

I plopped down in a nearby dining chair to wait for my allotted shower time, and Leo pulled up a chair next to mine. He'd changed out of his ruined TEAM LEO shirt into a black one that read SKRILLEX in funky letters.

I furrowed my brow. "Hey, Leo, what's a Skrile - lex?"

He frowned. "What are you-"

He glanced down at his shirt then sucked in a breath in surprise. "You mean you've never heard of Skirllex?!"

I touched my chin in thought. "Is it a kind of car or. . .?"

"What? No!" He hopped out of his chair and ran over to the ship's controls, typing furious instructions into the interface. "Are you saying you've never heard of dubstep?!"

"Isn't that the one where they don't use real instruments?" I wondered. "They say dubstep is the music made from blenders and fax machines, right?"

Leo stuck out his tongue at the very thought. "They just can't understand the complexities of the Wub."

I raised an eyebrow. "The Wub?"

"Yeah!" He beamed. "Wub, wub, wub, wub, WUB, WUB, WUB!"

I couldn't help but laugh at his antics. I moved to stand beside him at the controls. He hit a key and a long list of songs appeared on the screen.

Scrolling through them quickly, he muttered to himself. "Hmmm. . . I should probably start you off with something easy - don't want your ears to bleed or for you to shit your pants or anything."

I chuckled and propped my arm up on his shoulder to lean on him leisurely. "No, we wouldn't want that."

"Ah, yeah! This one's perfect!" He exclaimed, clicking on a song titled "Bangarang".

I frowned. "What kinda song name is-?"

"Shh!" He shushed me quickly. "Don't speak."

I rolled my eyes playfully as he started the song.

The song began, and it was this weird guitar sound starting off. Then this strange-techno-robot voice said, "BANGARANG!" A series of crazy exploding bass sounds, whizzing, popping - just a bunch of crazy shit I can't even explain followed.

But I liked it!

I laughed. "Ah, this is cool!"

"I know right!" Leo enthused, grinning wildly.

As the song progressed, I couldn't help but get excited. The crazy sick beats were so different than any other music I'd ever heard before. I found myself hopping around the lounge to the music. I spun around the tables and chairs, periodically chiming in "BANGARANG!" along with the music, as that was the only part I could understand.

I grabbed Leo's hand and started dancing with him. I use the term 'dancing' loosely - we were mostly just jumping up and down on the couch screaming intelligible garb.

When the song ended, I giggled and flopped onto the couch upside down. "That was so fun!"

Leo laughed. "Yeah, it wa-" He looked past me. "What's that?"

"Hmm?" I quickly flipped around on the couch, trying to right myself. Turning around, I spotted three hefty looking shopping bags on the dining table. A note was attached to the largest bag.

I hopped up excitedly and ran over, skidding to a stop. Picking up the note, I cleared my throat and read it aloud.

"Peri, - haha that's me! - here's some clothes.
You and Leo looked like you were busy spazzing, so I left them here.
Piper."'

Leo chuckled. "Good ol' Beauty Queen."

I peered into the nearest bag and gasped. Reaching in, I pulled out loads of uber expensive clothes. All of the garments still had their tags on, revealing hundreds of dollars worth of merchandise between the three shopping bags.

"Either Piper has sticky fingers," I continued to pull out an endless amount of clothes, "or the girl is sittin' pretty on a mansion."

Leo raised an eyebrow. "Wait, you don't know? Piper's dad is Tristan McLean, the actor."

"Oh! That explains a lot!" I exclaimed, taking another glance at the price tags littered around me.

Leo rolled his eyes. "Yeah, like the fact that they have the same last name."

I narrowed my eyes playfully. "Don't patronize me, Valdez."

He laughed and opened his mouth like he was bout to say something, but was interrupted by Hazel's voice. She came skipping down the hallway in some very cozy looking button down pajamas with sheep all over them.

"Oh, there you two are! Frank's getting in the shower now, so it shouldn't be too much longer of a wait."

"Alright, Hazel!" I smiled back at her. "Thanks!"

She smiled and went back about her way.

I put my hands on my hips and smiled. "She's so sweet and nice and adorable!"

"Yeah," Leo muttered. "Nice. . ."

I could tell he was thinking about before back on Narcissus's island. Hazel was acting all weird like she knew him but didn't know him. And who was this Sammy character? It must've been a lot to take in for Leo. I didn't want to push him about it, but I wanted to make sure he was alright.

"Leo?" I said cautiously.

He turned to me with a wild grin on his face. "I CALL THE SHOWER!" And with that he took off, his curly hair disappearing down the darkened corridor.

I rolled my eyes and grabbed the shopping bags from off of the dining table before chasing after him.

Leo sprinted into the bathroom and locked himself in. I could hear his maniacal laughter echoing from the inside.

"Shut up, Valdez!" I giggled from behind the door. "Just hurry up in there!"

"Yeah, yeah!" I heard his voice say before the sound of the shower being turned on cut through.

I slumped down on the wall next to the bathroom door, dropping the shopping bags on the floor around me. I siphoned through the hefty bags idly, my ADHD getting wild at the lack of activity. Plundering through the bags, I found tons of lacy underwear, making my cheeks heat up a little. With nothing better to do, I set to work picking out something to wear as pajamas.

Most of Piper's clothes were overly glamorous, and I struggled to find something low-key to wear. I managed to locate the least revealing pair of undies to wear along with some brown striped pajama shorts and a flowy tank top. To my utter delight, I found a pair of thigh high white socks. They felt somewhat thick, meaning they were extremely cozy. All of the clothes looked fairly basic, but the price tags displayed exceedingly expensive costs. I felt somewhat uncomfortable with the amounts and decided to say something to Piper about it later.

Now that I had compiled my wardrobe, my mind was left to drift to other things. I felt my eyelids get heavy, and staring at the adjacent wall was making me daydream.

I tried to keep my mind off of the fact that Leo was getting undressed right on the other side of this thin wall.

What's he look like with no shirt on? Ooooh, I bet he's got abs! Nice ones! With-

I shook my head furiously, clearing my pervy thoughts. I could not start thinking about the boys on this ship in that way. It would make this quest a lot more uncomfortable if I'm just sitting here daydreaming about the bodies of the other demigods.

My self scolding was interrupted by an unlikely sound hitting my ears.

"When I walk in the spot (yeah), this is what I see (ok). Everybody stops and they staring at me."

My eyebrows raised in shock, and I felt myself turning towards the closed shower door in awe.

"I got passion in my pants and I ain't afraid to show it, show it, show it, show it,"

"No," I muttered to myself, grinning. "No, he was not singing-"

"I'M SEXY AND I KNOW IT!" Leo screeched, all off key and everything. "I'M SEXY AND I KNOW IT!"

I burst out laughing, convulsing on the floor in a wild fit of giggles. Leo continued singing, switching songs frequently and often in the middle of a ballad. This went on for quite some time until I finally heard the squeaking of the faucet being cut off. I heard the water stop flowing and a few seconds of shuffling ensued.

The door opened, and a billow of steam poured out. Leo's silhouette stood etched out as all the steam escaped into the air. Then he emerged.

Leo stepped out of the shower, his skin glistening wet. I tried not to openly ogle, but I couldn't resist.

He had a towel in his hand, moving it vigorously through his wet curls. Every muscle in his body rippled with the slight movement. My eyes wandered from his head down to his chest. His abs were smooth and subtly defined as Leo was more lean and toned as opposed to big and bulky like Frank. I felt my cheeks grow hot as my sight strayed even further south. Just below his abdomen, Leo's hips formed a V shape as a happy trail pointing to the promise land.

Where he held another towel loosely, covering his lower regions.

"Kay, the shower's free," I heard him say vaguely.

I snapped back to reality, trying to play off the fact that I basically just mind-raped him.

Instead, I put on a smirk. "I'm sexy and I know it?"

"Woman!" Leo exclaimed. "When I'm in the shower, two things get to be free! My balls and my soul!"

I exploded with laughter. I tried coming up with a clever response, but all that came out of my mouth was carbon dioxide. And with that, Leo made his leave down the hallway, a trail of puddles being the only marker that he was here.