Hey guys. I didn't want to get you mad again so I got started on this right after I posted Chapter 11. I'm not going to bore you so here's Chapter 12.

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Annabeth's POV

I pulled Percy through the crowd, but not without difficulty. I could see the others. They were looking at us but they didn't help. Thanks for the help! I couldn't get through.I ran straight into Jack, the biggest guy on Percy's team. He turned around and saw me and Percy. "Hey, Percy. Awesome party!" he said, his voice sounded slurred.

Percy took the bottle out of Jack's hand. He examined the label. "Jack? Where did you get this beer? Are you drinking?" Percy sounded appalled. Jack smiled and nodded, obviously drunk. "Hey Annabeth. I'll be back. Gotta go hose him down."

"Are you sure? Drunk people can get violent."

"We just battled the Crimson Slayer three days ago and you think a drunkee is dangerous? You're funny." He shook his head in disbelief. I scoffed.

"Fine. Just . . . be careful."

"Yes, mom." I rolled my eyes and gave him a quick kiss. He grabbed the back of Jack's collar and dragged him out to the fire escape. I smiled at how weird that looked and I realized a path had cleared out. I quickly walked through it before I could get trapped again and ran into Jessie. I noticed that all of them were smiling at me.

"What did you see?" I asked, remembering that they were looking when I kissed Percy.

Thalia looked at me. "I already told them. They know about you and Percy. The whole story."

"Aw! Come on. I could've lasted at least two more days."

"No, you couldn't."

"Fine. But I could've at least tried." Then they blasted me with questions. I couldn't blame them. Back at San Fransisco, having a boyfriend would've been the last thing on my mind. But it was kind of scaring me. They didn't even give me time to answer any of their questions.

Luckily, Percy came over and Jessie, Sam, and Alex fell silent, examining him like for approval. He kept on wringing his shirt, making a fountain of water drip down. "I don't know how, but somehow Jack got ahold of the hose." I noticed he was soaked. A strand of hair partially covered his sea green eyes. Just like how it always is when he gets wet. Just how I like it. I was surprised that he didn't will himself to be dry. But I guess it's because this place is filled with humans.

He looked between my friends and me, who were silent. He slowly moved away from me, thinking my friends still didn't know about us. I sighed, breaking the silence, and pulled him toward me. I wrapped his arms around me. "It's okay. They know. Someone told them!" I said, not-so-subtly looking at Thalia. She just smiled as though it was a compliment. I rolled my eyes.

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Percy's POV

The party was still going strong. Maybe because it was only seven P.M. Anyway, I was getting cold now. Jack really got me with the hose. I went into my room where I found all the Goode demigods and the girls from San Fransisco. I just looked at them, waiting for an explanation.

"Sorry, it was loud outside," Annabeth said from one of the beanbags in front of my bed. I admit, it was a little embarrassing that they were in my room. With all of my stuff. Personal stuff.

"Sure," I said walking to my closet. "Just don't look. I'm going to change my shirt." I didn't wait for an answer. I got a shirt from the top shelf of my closet and took my wet shirt off.

"Hey, Perce. Nice abs," Grover said, clearly trying to hold in a laugh.

"Dude! I said don't look!" I yelled, quickly pulling my new shirt on. "And that's disgusting!" Everyone started snickering. I fell onto the beanbag next to Annabeth. "Pervs," I muttered, loud enough for Grover to hear. Annabeth leaned closer to me, making the beanbag make a sort of rustling sound.

"You know, when you said not to look, no one looked," she said. I felt so relieved. "Away," she finished. Oh, Crap. Everyone nodded. Most of them were biting their lips or making faces so they wouldn't laugh.

I shook my head in disbelief. "You guys are so weird. And you don't respect people's privacy," I said, picking up a bunch of darts on my bedside table. I shot one at the dart board on my door. The dart board had a picture of Smelly Gabe, trying to look human. I got him right on the pupil. I couldn't help but laugh.

I started cracking up, breaking the silence. Everyone started staring in confusion. "Dartboard," I explained between outbursts. They rolled their eyes as I calmed down.

Smiling to myself, I got up to take Gabe's picture off my dartboard. I can't let my mom see that. She thinks it's rude. I mean, I know it's rude. But he deserves it. Plus, it's not like voodoo or anything, though I wish.

I closed my drawer and looked up. I almost had a heart attack. There in the middle of the room was . . .

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Annabeth's POV

"Percy?" a familiar voice asked. I looked up and almost fell backward. Apparantly, Chiron thought it would be a good time to IM us. Jessie, oblivious, walked right through the message and it disappeared. I told you they always do that. I pushed her down on to one of Percy's chair.

"Stay." I fished a Drachma out of my pocket. I took a water bottle from Percy's desk. It isn't exactly a mist, but it will do. I threw the Drachma. "Chiron. Camp Half Blood."

The image of Chiron showed up. "Who did that? Huh? Which one of you?" Chiron asked, pointing at each one of us.

Jessie raised her hand, sheepishly. "Sorry."

"Well, anyway, I forgot to give you my congratulations with the Crimson Slayer."

"Of defeating it?" Clarisse asked, proud. She patted her sword like it was a dog that just did its first trick.

"Of actually staying alive," Chiron corrected. Nico, who wasn't paying that much attention and was playing with Percy's fish, started humming "Stayin' Alive" without knowing.

Chiron just ignored him. "But you do know that it will be back. When it said it will kill Percy, if it's the last thing it does, it wasn't kidding." He turned to Percy. All eyes were on him, who was pale. "I don't mean you're destined to die, I mean . . . . be careful." Like he hasn't heard that enough. "I was wondering if you all could come back to camp." Percy nodded and waved his hand through the mist, making it dissipate.

Percy took a deep breath and turned to us. "Okay guys. Get ready. We're leaving in ten minutes. Umm . . . I don't know with you . . . " Percy looked at Jessie, Sam, and Alex.

"It's fine. We have to get to Annabeth's house to unpack anyway."

"Wait. My house?" I've been with them all day. How could they have been at my house?"

"Yeah, we got there when you had your first period. Remember?" Oh. That makes sense. I nodded.

"Kay, ten minutes." Percy held up his hands, showing ten on his fingers.

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I know this is short. But I'll make the next one longer. Promise! Don't forget to review!