Dale's pov:

Dad and Aqua were in the other room laughing while I was getting chewed out! It went like this:

"DAEDELUS CURRENT JACKSON! HOW COULD YOU LISTEN IN ON AN ADULT CONVERSATION?! DON'T YOU KNOW BETTER THAN THAT?" Mom yelled.

"Yes, but…" I tried to say.

"BUT NOTHING! HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE TOLD YOU THAT EVESDROPPING IS BAD? HONESTLY DAEDALUS!" Mom yelled. She calls me Daedalus whenever she's mad at me. Just like she calls Aqua Aqualaria when she's mad at her.

"I just wanted to…" I tried to say again but, like last time, she cut me off.

"YOU CAN'T WANT TO DAEDALUS! YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHEN AND WHAT YOUR BATTLES ARE! THIS ONE DOES NOT INVOLVE YOU!" Screamed Mom.

"Would you just listen to me? Hear me out!" I said.

"You have 3 minutes" said Mom. At least she wasn't yelling anymore. She was at least trying to control herself now. Oh, yeah. I really should explain the '3' thing. I didn't figure this out until we got to camp. There is three major gods: Poseidon, Hades and Zeus. There is 3 places: Sky, Earth and Underworld. That's what the whole '3' thing is about.

"Okay," I said, "Picture yourself at my age. Your parents are keeping the biggest secret from you, and of course, you don't know what it is. You hate not knowing. Your starting to get freaky messages telling you to get your parents to camp. Your wondering what camp this could be if your parents are too old for any normal camp. You find out the secret by sneaking in the back of a van. You discover the big secret. Afterwards, you find out that there is more secrets. All you want to do is know what the secret is. Your parents go off to another room to talk about that "other secret". You follow them to find out what it is," I told her.

"Dale! Look, I know how you feel. This is the way I felt when I was your age. There are just some things you don't need to know right now. Wait until your time, okay?" she asked.

"Alright, fine," I said.

Together we walked back into the room.

Dad and Aqua were smiling. Aqua had her container open. Her container was blue with green utensils. She got it years ago and she still uses it. In it were: Vanilla cake, watermelon, pizza and fries. Next to her bed was a huge white seashell. These things weren't all that interesting to me. Mom followed me in the room.

"Percy," she said, "why doesn't Dale have his food box too?" she asked.

"Because you took him out in the hallway for a lecture," he said.

Aqua and I grinned.

Mom gave Dad an icy glare. Dad took out his briefcase and handed me my container. It was gray with black utensils. In my box were: Chocolate cake, honeydew melon (I do not like watermelon at all!) a hamburger and fries. We ate quickly. This has been one long night! We ate about 7 hours ago so I was hungry now.

"I think I'm going to watch the sunrise this morning" I said.

"Congrats Dale! Do you need an applause?" Aqua mumbled sarcastically.

When Aqua talks sarcastically, it means she is in terrible pain but still trying to lighten the mood. So much like Aqua. I hope she gets better soon.

Then, Claire-Bell ran in through the door. I'll admit she was fast. She was also really pretty. Well, she's an Aphrodite camper so she's supposed to be pretty.

"Come quickly! I think something is wrong with Sebastian!" she said. My parents got up and followed her out the door.