She sat alone, drinking her coffee while looking through the window, and she escaped her past. -KShakespearian

June 10(Wednesday)

6 a.m.

Kaila walked towards Percy door, she checked her watch, '10 more minutes,' she thought as she knocked softly on the door. Knowing Percy wouldn't answer, she cracked upon the door softly. She looked around the fairly, neat room. The room still needed to be painted, and Kaila thought of what type of desk Percy should buy.

"Percy," She said. Percy mumbled something in his sleep as he rolled to the left. Kaila sighed before saying, "I'll be back, I'm going to let me use my car, and if you get a ticket or crash my car, you will wish you were never born." Percy mumbled again, before going back to a peaceful snore. Kaila closed the door before walking towards the fridge. She grabbed a sticky note and quickly wrote to Percy everything she had said, as she knew Percy was either too deaf or forgetful. She stuck the note on the fridge, where he knew he would look. She left her keys on the counter before walking towards her room. In her room, she checked herself. She wore jeans, and a loose white blouse, her dark hair flowing down her shoulders. She quickly fixed some of her hair, before grabbing her bag, and as she walked towards the door, she stopped. She turned and looked at the balcony window, and stared at the rays of dawn. She checked her watch, '6:05, I better hurry.'

She walked towards the door, and silently opened and closed the door. She exited the apartment, and took a deep breath of the serene morning. Her neighborhood seemed to be protected from the pollution and chaos of Los Angeles. She checked her bag, 'I'm so serious today…. Air would be proud. Anyways, pepper spray, phone, earphone, make-up….' A large motor caught her attention, and as she looked up, a few feet away, stood the bus. She walked briskly and went inside the bus, and paid her fee. The bus was decently clean, and with so few people, Kaila decided to sit near the front and not the back. She put on her earphones before looking through the windows, Lucky by American Authors were playing as she made her way to the hospital, humming the lyrics of the anthem-like song.

10 a.m.

Percy woke up with a groan; he squinted as the morning light blinded him. He rolled out of his bed and stretched his muscles, 'I need to go to a gym' Percy thought as he walked towards the bathroom. Kaila had a personal bathroom, so Percy, fortunately, had his own. He turned on the water of the shower, and quickly entered as the water turned warm. Feeling the warm water pound his back felt comforting to Percy. Everything Percy felt that was water seemed to be comfortable. Water reminded him of home, wherever home was. He turned off the water after he finished cleaning himself, and wrapped a towel around his waist before walking towards the kitchen. He froze, and almost rushed back to his room, frightened that Kaila would walk in. He halted though, when he saw the note.

Drive my car, keys are on counter, crash/ticket = death. Expect me to be late, so you can order food.

Percy looked at the note, before letting out a sigh of relief. He opened the fridge and started making himself pancakes. He started to mix a batch, following the recipe Kaila had written and posted on the fridge, which allowed Percy not to burn the pancakes, and possibly the house. Percy smiled at the memory of the first time he tried to make pancakes…

Percy was mixing a batch of random ingredients as he followed the ingredients of his phone. He poured the mix into the heated pan, before picking up the combinations he would need to memorize for the café. He read intensely, before hearing a loud 'bang.'

"Percy Vincent Mathis! Are you trying to burn this house down!"

Percy looked up from his book, to see Kaila holding a pan of burned and slightly burning pancakes, she slammed the pan into the sink. Her eyes were a murderous brown, "Excuse?"

Percy gulped, "Newbie?"

Kaila sighed, before walking to her cabinets, after a minute, she came back with a recipe paper. She placed it on the fridge with a magnet.

"So you make good ol' family recipe pancakes. Here, let me teach you how to make pancakes without burning anything."

Kaila burned her first patch…

Percy laughed at the memory, before opening the cupboard and grabbing the flour, but something caught his eye. He slowly placed the flour down, before grabbing a box of food dye. He stared at them intently, 'Blue… 'He stared at the dye intently, before snapping back into reality. He shook off the strange feeling and made some pancakes, blue pancakes.

As Percy ate the savoring, blue pancakes, he studied the recipes and felt certain that he could do all the recipes backwards. Percy thought for a second as he chewed on the pancake, before adding more syrup, 'Why Vincent Mathis,' of all the names Percy could have chosen, he decided to listen to Kaila. 'I guess it works,' Percy said, shrugging. He stood up and put the dishes in the sink, he got ready to wash the dishes, before feeling a burning headache in his head. He gasped and crashed into the floor with a groan. He opened his eyes to see a blonde girl.

"Percy? Is that you? Do you hear me?" She said, her eyes were red and filled with tears. Overall, she looked like a wreck.

Suddenly a masculine voice spoke up, "Percy, It's Grover, we're looking for you. Don't worry, we'll find you!"

Percy jerked around, his body rejecting whatever he was viewing. His blue eyes flashed opened and he lay on the ground, viewing the ceiling in confusion and awkwardness. He huffed and gasped for breath, and stood up shakily, before shaking his head, and walking towards his room to change.

Camp Half-Blood

Annabeth called for Apollo campers as Grover crumbled to the ground. The ground shook and campers were shouting in alarm.

"Grover, stay with me! What happened?"

Grover coughed and groaned before swallowing his breath, "I think I saw Percy, but…. something just blocked everything out. I don't feel anything."

Annabeth sighed and slumped to the ground as the shaking stopped, 'Great, our chances for finding Percy are getting dimmer and smaller each day.' She looked towards the window, viewing the sky.

Annabeth felt a hand on her shoulder, she looked to see Grover, looking at her with his sympathetic eyes, "You'll find him."

Annabeth sighed and smiled, before moving out of the way as the Apollo campers came and started healing and checking Grover.

Annabeth walked towards her cabin, before stopping, and walking towards the Poseidon cabin. She entered the room, and looked at Percy's old belongings. She smiled sadly, before saying, "Percy, the camps are amazing now, we have annual games with them and we even visit them often. The camps are at peace, but I'm not at peace Percy. Please come back, I'm falling apart." Annabeth let out one last sigh, before taking a deep breath and pulling herself together. She closed the door, looking at Percy's camp necklace on the drawer.

Café de Douceur 3:00

Percy walked through the front door to see Vicky and another barista stood by her. He and Vicky looked identical, same brown eyes and hair. He stood as 6' while Vicky stood a 5'9.

"You must be Percy," He said as he extended his hand, which grasped Percy's firmly.

"I'm Adrian, and I'll be your barista tester today!" He said, as he put on a apron, and grabbed a clipboard.

"Are you two brother and sisters?" Percy blurted out, unable to contain his curiosity.

Adrian and Vicky shared a laugh, before laughing, and quickly stopped after a few looks from the customers.

"Nice, but Vicky and I are just workers, no blood relationship."

Vicky was holding her hand to her mouth, before taking a deep breath, "Good luck with your test."

Percy nodded with a smile, before watching Adrian grab his beret.

"Come with me," He said, and Percy followed him and began his test.

Apartment 8:00

Kaila entered the door, before flopping unto the couch. Her sluggish movements showed Percy her evident day.

"Bad day?"

She nodded, before saying, "I swear, patients hate me, or they have a burning, intense hatred for my bed adjustment skills. "

Percy laughed full heartedly, before shutting his mouth with a huge grin from Kaila's death-piercing glare.

"Percy, I don't know why I became your friend and gave you a home."

"Well, if it weren't for me, there would be no world." Percy said, before halting.

"Really?"

"…."

"What's wrong?" Kaila said, her tone and eyes filled with fear.

"Nothing… Anyways, who wants the amazing spaghetti!"

Kaila rushed over to the stove, "Percy, you ruined the sauce didn't you?"

"Of course not…."