Hey guys. I would've updated sooner but my computer had a virus. I wouldn't work for the whole weekend. So excited! Two more weeks of school! Then I can spend all my time updating my stories. Here are some suggestions of stories. Only two. If any of you guys read City of Bones, you should read City of Secrets by PriceX3Jayme. That's my sissy! I sorta feel bad for her. She puts a lot of work in her stories, but barely gets any readers. Let alone reviewers. But don't tell her I said that. It's just City of Bones in Jace's POV. And there's also my oneshot, Take Me Back. Way shorter than any of my other chapters, but I still think it's pretty good. And big thank you to DarkAngel94524 for the inspiration for this chapter! I give you a metaphorical hug. =) FYI, I had an idea for another oneshot. But then I had a better idea. So now I'm going to combine that idea for the oneshot and put it in this story! Anyway, here's Chapter 16! Yay!

Percy's POV

I almost forgot that we skipped school today. Oh well. Anyway, we were all at the campfire. As I watched the embers of the fire float up into the sky and disappear like dust, Annabeth took a seat next to me to wait for Chiron to start the Campfire. She handed me a smoking cup of hot chocolate and I straightened up so I wouldn't spill it.

After a few minutes of silence, just listening to the sound of the flames crackling, Annabeth broke the quiet. "So do you think this thing will blow over?" Grover walked sat down on one of the benches with Juniper beside him. She gave us a wave and looked suspicioiusly at Annabeth and me, but smiled. I turned back to Annabeth.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, us dating. The campers apparently haven't got used to us yet. And our parents . . . oh my gods, our parents obviously hate the idea." I gave her a reassuring smile, though I wasn't that sure myself. I looked around to see many eyes on us. They turned away and started whispering, probably about us. I managed to hear a girl. And no, I'm not eavesdropping.

"I can't believe it. Who ever thought that Annabeth and Percy would start dating? But they totally look cute together!" she said to her friend. Okay, weird.

"Well, no any time soon. But they're just going to have to get used to it." A huge clap of thunder shook the ground beneath us and probably damaged my ears. "Deal with it!" I yelled. The campers were all looking at me now. "Sorry," I said to the campers, but not the gods.

Annabeth's POV

We were listening to the campsong, while my arms were wrapped around Percy for warmth and comfort. Then I looked up to see his sea green eyes staring down at me. He smiled. Then I was falling. Thud!

"Ow!" I yelled, as I hit the cold marble ground. Percy grunted when his head made a hard noise against the floor.

"Baaaaaaahh!" Grover bleated as he landed on his stomach. I felt bad for him, since he ate a lot roasted marshmallows and enchiladas during the campfire. I could hear Chiron's hooves click against the ground. Lucky! At least he knew he didn't injure himself, unlike the rest of us. I shook my head to clear my vision. I slowly made out, I think, twelve figures. Yeah, twelve. Holy Tartarus! Twelve Olympians! I had to grab Percy's arm for support so I wouldn't collapse on the spot. What did they want? I looked around and saw that we were in the throne room in Olympus. But outside, it looked like day, though at camp, it was nine at night.

I saw Poseidon and Athena in their seats next to each other. If it weren't for Thalia, Juniper, Silena, and Charles behind me, blocking the doorway, I would've ran out the door. Right then and there. Yup, that's right. I, daughter of Athena, would run away from my parent. I know that sounds wimpy, but if you were in my position, you would too. Just think. Poseidon hates me. And he's one of the Big Three. He already tried to kill me once. But I just ignored it and stayed. I disregarded it and kept on dating Percy. If I were him, I'd be pretty furious. And Athena . . . Oh don't even get me started on her. Though she hasn't given an effort to kill my boyfriend yet, it doesn't mean she won't. It just means she's taking more time to think of a perfect strategy of how to destroy him. Slowly and painfully. Ugh, shudder.

I looked down at the tan and black shiny marble floor, scared of their expressions. But that didn't mean I couldn't feel each of their cold, powerful stares boring into my body. It sent shivers down my back to just think about what would happen here.

"Silence!" Zeus bellowed, his voice bouncing off the walls. "At the request of Poseidon and Athena . . . " Athena coughed. "Athena and Posiedon, you were all called here for a meeting," Oh, Crap. "discussing the two young demigods," he gestured towards Percy and me. "Percy, son of Posiedon, and Annabeth, daughter of Athena. First order of business." He turned to Athena. "Why dont you approve of these two half-bloods . . . what's the word? Oh! . . . dating?"

Athena started yelling in frustration and it only got worse when Posiedon tried to interruppt. In less than a second, the throne room had become as loud as a football arena filled with screaming fans. Percy leaned into my ear.

"I told you it wouldn't blow over soon," he whispered, matter-of-factly. After a few minutes, my ears adjusted to the yells and Percy and I were sitting down on the marble ground, ignoring them, mostly because we couldn't understand a word they were saying. Percy, bored, started to play with my fingers like a baby playing with his mother's hand. I guess it was the ADHD. He was pulling them up by my forefinger and middle finger.

"Percy Jackson!" my mom yelled, filling the room with a suspenseful atmosphere. Percy stopped pulling my fingers when all twelve gods started staring. Silence and anxiety. Percy still held my fingers in midair.

"What are you doing, son?" Poseidon asked, lightening up the mood a little. Percy quickly looked at our hands and dropped it.

"Nothing."

Poseidon sighed. "Anyway, back to business."

Athena interruppted. "I want you to stay away from my daughter, you filthy, (A/N: For some reason, I had an urge to type 'mudblood' ) unworthy, bottom feeder!" I didn't think it was that much of an insult, but apparently I was wrong.

"Enough!" Percy yelled. The sound echoed. The fountain in the corner cracked, flooding that part of the room. A few of the windows behind the gods shattered into tiny pieces. The small shards tinkled as it hit the floor. I could see that his eyes were a deep, dark shade of green. He was fuming and dead serious. Even Zeus looked scared. "I am sick of all of you insulting me!" he yelled, not bothering to lower his voice. "Since when is it okay to ridicule and tease me? And you know what? I don't even care about what you think anymore! Just leave me and Annabeth alone!" He stormed past Thalia and Charles and into the hallway.

I looked at their faces, which showed surprise, gratification, and Dionysus even had a look of boredom. My mom's expression was a mixture between surprise and anger. I never really noticed it, but Percy was right. I've heard many insults from the gods to Percy, but I just ignored it because they were the gods. They had power and we had to respect them. But now that Percy made a stand, I've realized that though they're powerful, they're not powerful enough to have the right to humiliate and provoke us. I ignored the gods' hateful expressions and walked out of the room to find Percy.

Okay, really sorry for the delay. But I'm not going to make an excuse. Just sorry. Plus on my computer, this chapter looks really short. But I just thought this would be a good place to end a chapter. Okay I have a question for future chapters. I need a reason for campers not trusting Percy. Hope to read what you have in mind. =)