Chapter 2

"Kind of funny. I mean, Annabeth and I were just talking about this a few hours ago." Thalia chuckled.

We were all settled on the white fluffy carpet in front of the large screen TV eating a large bowl of dry Froot Loops. Percy the Prince sat to my left and Nico the Prince's cousin sat to my right. Thalia sat on Nico's right.

"About meeting us?" Nico said, smirking.

"Don't get cocky." Thalia huffed.

He chuckled, and Percy took another Froot Loop. "You know, I was never allowed to eat this." Percy said.

I threw my head back and laughed, he smiled at me. "You've never had Froot Loops?" I asked.

"I've never had cereal. I would always have proper meals, like bacon, eggs, and French toast." Percy replied, seemingly embarrassed.

"You're missing out!" I exclaimed, turning my body towards him. "I have it almost every morning."

"Tell me you've had pizza!" Thalia sounded afraid. Her hands were pressed to her cheeks dramatically.

Percy laughed and nodded, but Nico shook his head. "It's much too greasy." He scrunched up his face.

Thalia buried her face in her hands, "This is crazy!"

"Tomorrow, we're going to have cereal for breakfast, pizza for lunch, and some weird food for dinner and apples for desert." I announced, leaning back, satisfied.

"Apples for desert?" Nico asked.

"She thinks it makes for all the fatty foods she eats during the day." Thalia jumped in.

I glared at her, but blushed. I did have some weird ways of doing things. Then, I realized it was three in the morning and I was sitting and interacting with royalty. This had to be a dream.

"Are you blushing?" Percy suddenly said, smiling at me, "That's adorable!"

I rolled my eyes, "I don't point out when you blush."

"I never blush." He stated.

"Oh, you will."

"I'll take that as a challenge."

"What?"

"I bet you cannot make me blush."

"You're so on."

He smirked, and I wondered what I had gotten myself into. Nico shook his head, "He's usually the one to make the ladies blush, not the other way around."

"That's… Interesting." Thalia shrugged.

"I suppose you guys are spending the night here?" I asked standing up.

The others stood up, too. Percy smiled, taking a step closer to me, "If you don't mind." He said.

I looked at Thalia, who nodded enthusiastically. I chuckled, "You two can have the guestroom." I said, gesturing to one of the rooms.

"I much rather sleep in your bed." Percy smirked.

"Royal or not, you're sleeping in the guestroom." I sighed, yawning, unfazed by him. Well, except for the fact that a Prince was flirting with me. I tried hiding my excitement.

He chuckled, "Oh, alright. If you insist."

"Better lock your door." Nico muttered, making me and Thalia laugh.

Percy pushed Nico, who shrugged. "Don't you guys have hotels or something here?" Thalia asked as she grabbed pillows from the closet.

Nico shook his head, "You mean where the personal guard is? And our family? No, thank you. We rather be by ourselves, or with you two." Nico winked at me and Thalia as he walked to the guestroom.

Thalia pretended to faint; I rolled my eyes and laughed. "Goodnight, ladies, and thank you for saving us from the paparazzi." Percy said and gave me and Thalia a kiss on the cheek.

"Percy, you're getting the floor!" Nico called out.

Percy groaned, "I'm the Prince of Alans, I get the bed!" He protested, running to the room.

I chuckled and glanced at Thalia. She smirked and waved, and then went into her room & shut the door. I sighed and went to my room. My room walls were gray, and everything else was white. I had a thing for the color gray. I shredded my clothes off and put on a large shirt and long pajama pants. I slid into bed and fell straight to sleep.

"Annabeth. Annabeth? … Annabeth!" Someone called out annoyingly.

I groaned, burying my head under the covers. I muttered to myself darkly, already annoyed to the fullest.

"Annabeth, I would like breakfast."

I groaned louder, "Make it yourself." I snapped, turning my head towards the annoyingly, unfamiliar sound. I squealed and sat up. I totally forgot Percy and Nico were here. "What are you doing in my room?"

He chuckled, "I was hungry."

"So you come into my room?" I asked, exasperated, throwing my arms in the air.

"Only to wake you up. Who else is going to make my cereal?" He said innocently. I glared at him. He merely smiled at me and studied my room. "It's awfully clean."

I sighed and ran my fingers through my hair. "I'm a perfectionist." I yawned and rubbed my eyes, hoping I didn't look too horrible. "Why didn't you wake Thalia up?"

"Nico tried… She almost punched him." He shrugged.

I laughed dryly and got out of bed. I shook my head while getting out of my room. He went to say something to me, but I went into the bathroom and shut the door on his face. I brushed my teeth and washed my face and then slipped out the bathroom again. Percy was waiting by the door.

"You know, it's rude to close a door on one's face." He stated, walking alongside me.

"It's rude to wake someone up at nine in the morning asking for food." I retorted.

"Touché." He shrugged.

I went to the kitchen and saw Nico sitting at the table playing with the salt and pepper. I laughed, "What are you doing?"

He jumped suddenly, smiled, shook his head, and pushed the salt and pepper away. I looked at him curiously and went to the cabinets. I took out three bowls, a box of Fruit loops, milk, and spoons. They watched me carefully as I poured the cereal in each, then the milk, and plopped the spoon into the bowls.

I pushed a bowl to each of them and sat down. After five minutes, they were finished. I was halfway done.

"That was fantastic!" Percy exclaimed.

I laughed and took another bite. Nico leaned forward. "You eat so slowly." He said.

I grinning, chuckling, "I've been told."

"What are we doing today?" Percy asked me, leaning forward.

I raised an eyebrow and thought for a moment, "How about we go to the beach?"

Percy frowned, "You mean in public, where we can get ambushed by the paparazzi?"

I jumped up, my eyes lighting up as I thought of an idea. "I have hair dye!" They stared at me blankly. "So, you can blend in or something, dye your hair! We have blonde and red and brown!"

"You get so excited over the smallest things." Percy chuckled, "Is it permanent?"

I shook my head, glancing at Nico, "Come on, do it!"

"I'll do it." Percy shrugged, Nico nodded.

I grinned, "Yes! I've always wanted to do dye someone's hair."

"You've never done it before?" Nico frowned.

I flashed him a grin and took him to the bathroom. I took out the blonde hair dye and got to work. Most of it was easy, what wasn't is how long to leave it on. But, finally, I was finished. Nico shrugged the towel off and revealed his blonde hair.

I had to laugh, he groaned, "I miss my hair." He said as I laughed.

"You look cute." I chuckled, and he did, it brought out his skin tone more.

"I prefer it black."

"Do you want to get mobbed?" I sat a hand on my hip.

He smiled at me, "It looks wonderful."

I grinned, "Next!"

Percy came in with a cocky smile. "What color?"

"Blonde, like Nico." I stated, gesturing him to bend down.

He nodded, and slid his shirt off. I fought back a gasp and cleared my throat as he smiled at me. "I don't want to get my shirt messed up."

"Good thinking." I said, my voice strained.

He smirked, I shortly glanced down, studying him. He didn't have too much of a body, but it was nice. Skinny, but not weak. It was an athletic type of thin. His tan helped, too. I gestured him to turn around, gulping, and got started. After I finished, I smiled.

"You look good." I said, nodding, impressed.