A/N Alright, chapter number three is here! This one is kind of short, because it's just sort of filling in some blanks in the story. Also, the introduction of… Grover and Juniper (together of course) and… Jason and Piper! (Also together). So here we go!

Grover smiled as he walked towards the canoe lake, a picnic basket in one hand, Juniper's hand in the other. It was a lazy, summer afternoon, perfect for a picnic with his girlfriend. Juniper was just about to say something to him when a running Annabeth bowled them both over.

"Thalia loves Nico, Thalia loves Nico, Thalia loves Nico!" She was screaming the whole time.

Grover and Juniper both stood up with bewildered looks on their faces. "What was that all about ?" Grover asked. Before Juniper could answer a screaming Thalia ran by. "It's not actually true! It's not like that, really."

"What is going on here!?" Juniper asked. "I have no clue." Grover answered.

Just as they were about to resume their walk down to the lake, they heard more footsteps coming up the path. "Oh, not again." They both groaned. But it was just Jason and Piper, taking their daily walk together.

"Hey Grover, Juniper. How are you guys?" Jason asked as they neared them. Grover brushed dirt off his shirt and snorted. "We were doing fine, until we were run over by Annabeth." Piper "Aww'd" and asked "Why was she running?"

Juniper answered this time. "To get away from Thalia, it looked like. She was shouting something too."

"What was she shouting?" Piper and Jason asked simultaneously. Piper gasped. "Jason, we said that at the same time!" Jason cocked his head at her. "So what?" Piper punched his arm. "So, it means we are very close! Like we know each other really well!" Jason rolled his eyes. "Have you been listening to your mother again?" Piper blushed. "Maybe a little…" She answered.

"Um guys? Can we hear what Juniper has to say?" Grover asked. Piper and Jason were both blushing now. "Oh, uh, yeah, sorry…" They both said in unison. Piper brightened up. "See! We did it again!" Jason nudged her arm. "We were supposed to be listening to Juniper."

Juniper had her hands on her hips now. "Are you guys finished?" She glared at the two. "Sorry!" They said again. "Ok then! She was screaming 'Thalia loves Nico!' just like that."

Jason's eyes widened. "That's… shocking. Get it? Shocking? Cause it's Thalia?" They all looked at him, not laughing. He hung his head.

"LOOK OUT BELOW!" Screamed Percy as he fell out of the tree fort, landing directly on top of Jason. "Oww! That hurt!" Said Percy. "Let's all go to the Big House, that's where they were headed!" He stepped on Jason's face accidentally as he ran off to the Big House.

A/N It's all starting to come together now! Soon we'll get into the competition! R/R folks!