Ah Young Love! :D

by The Quiet Samurai

Well, this will just be a bunch of one or two-shots about different couples. Most stories will be light and fluffy, maybe with a little angst added in just to make it interesting. You may suggest couples, but PLEASE absolutely NO Percabeth. Sorry guys, nothing personal, there's just too much of them out there. I do like the couple, but yeah. We've got to branch out! :D

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*PLEASE READ* Well. I got to say that the amount of reviews I got on the last chapter was... disappointing. (I got 0?!) Come on guys, I worked hard on that one... and this one. Which is about the same length. Actually this is a couple pages longer. (I will try not to make them that long though.) I DO know that these do have readers. I've checked the stats people! Honest. Is it good or not good enough? (Just saying it's bad doesn't help much does it?) So, with that in mind... carry on.

Just note that everyone is single in this chapter... at first (hint, hint. Lol) Oh, and I've also decided to use quotes for some of the titles when I can't come up with anything good. SO, because they'll be longer than the space provided for titles, obviously it'll just- wait. Do I really have to explain this?

...Nah.

Oh, and Reyna may be a little OOC in here... I think. I'm not actually sure.

Enjoy!

"I know this is war, but the rest of us are trying to pretend it's a party." - Kristin Cashore, Fire (Graceling Realm, #2)

(A/N: Uh, just so you know, apparently Graceling Realm is a fantasy...ish book series... that I've never heard of. I just looked it up and found it out lol. I might read it someday. To think I found the books because I Googled 'funny fancy party quotes' lol! :P I just thought it fit perfectly. :D ...Oh the stuff you find on Google.)

Malcolm's POV

Annabeth was in a state of panic. They were suppose to be ready in about hours! Malcolm was doing his absolute best to try and calm her down. It didn't help much. "Malcolm! We need something for the people to eat at this party! Do you know many people will be there?!" shrieked Annabeth.

"Every single camper. Plus the gods and goddesses, and our mortal parents." Either Annabeth didn't hear him or she was trying to make a point.

"Every single camper! Plus the GODS AND GODDESSES! AND OUR MORTAL PARENTS! Well, everyone else's mortal parents." she shouted. She paced about in front of the door to the Big House. They were suppose to have a meeting with the small amount of campers they could find that wanted- or were forced- to help out. Those people being, Percy, Rachel, Luke, Will, Travis, and Reyna. "Look, we can sit here and panic, or we can go in there and discuss what they have to cook!" Malcolm said seriously. He hated it when his sister was like this. It didn't help anything did it? Annabeth sighed and tried to calm herself down. When she seemed ready, the two siblings entered the Big House and headed for the meeting room.

When they entered, Percy and Luke were in a deep conversation about swords, Travis was writing something in a notepad- no doubt another prank- Reyna was on her cell phone, and Rachel and Will were playing Tic-Tac-Toe. Malcolm stared at the people his sister had gathered. It was a weird mixture that was for sure. They were all sitting around a large circle table, with Reyna to his left, Will squished in between her and Rachel, Travis was beside Rachel on her other side, and he was followed by Luke and Percy. There were only two seats left which were for him and Annabeth. Personally, he didn't want to sit beside Reyna because- now he's never said this out loud- she and Will intimidated him. Sure, Annabeth had said that Reyna was nice, but he'd only hung out with her when he was with his sister, and neither meeting went all that well for him. Plus, he'd seen her battle other campers before. It was kind of frightening. As for Will- he was just so cocky! He was so cocky, confident, arrogant, hot and- um, not that he noticed! Malcolm could feel himself start to blush and looked away from Will. He calmed down once he saw that no one had noticed. Annabeth was looking at her clipboard, and the others didn't even notice that they were there!

Annabeth finished up with her clipboard and glanced at him. He nodded, and she cleared her throat, getting the other's attention. "Alright. I suppose you're wondering why we brought you here." said Annabeth.

"Actually I was wondering where one would get neon paint- for no particular reason... ah hem. Carry on." said Travis. "Please." He realized that all eyes were on him and everyone was giving him a weird look. He put away his notepad and focussed on what was actually important. "Anyway. As you know the Great Feast is coming up and we have a bit of an issue." said Annabeth. Malcolm almost snorted. She made it sound like it wasn't a big deal. "That issue being-" he started, but Will cut him off.

"You've got no one to cook the food." he finished. Everyone gasped. If they weren't focussing before- they were now. "It's called The Great Feast! How could it be a 'great feast' without food?" asked Travis. Malcolm was about to say something, when Will spoke. Man did he hate being cut off!

"He has a point. Why would something that important get left this late?" he asked. The fact that he cut Malcolm off wasn't what bugged him. Will was looking straight at him. Sure, he was about to say something, but that didn't excuse the fact that the son of Apollo kept staring at him the entire time. Malcolm cleared his throat. "Well, at the last minute in case you haven't heard, all of our original cooks got the flue, and Hazel and Nico are away. So now we need someone else." he answered smoothly. "That's it. Play it cool." Will's smirk went unnoticed by everyone else.

"So with that said, do any of you know how to cook?" asked Annabeth. Everyone except Rachel and Reyna laughed. Annabeth and Malcolm glanced at each other awkwardly and then the laughter died down. "Oh. Wait. You're serious?" said Luke. Again- awkward. Then Rachel raised her hand. "Uh, yes Rachel, you can cook?" said Malcolm.

"Yeah I have a question?" she said.

"Of course you do."

"Does grilled cheese and canned soup count?"

"Uh... no."

"Oh then no."

Malcolm could tell that Annabeth was getting more frustrated. "Uh, hey Percy, you said you mother taught you how to cook right?" he said.

"Uhm, but you just canned grilled cheese and soup so..."

Everybody rolled their eyes at his lame attempt at a joke. "Alright. With our understandings of the mortal kitchen in a restaurant, you guys can probably make something up." said Annabeth. She looked at Malcolm to continue.

"Okay. So first we need to assign a head chef- uh, yes Will, you're volunteering?" he said. He tried to not let his voice crack when he said his name. Will rested his hand on the table. "Yeah I have a question?" he said. Malcolm sighed inwardly.

"Of course you do."

"Just out of curiosity, will you be watching over us to make sure we don't uh, well, mess up? Because I'm sure with our history with cooking- it's bound to happen." he said. Again, Will was only looking at Malcolm. He didn't even glance at Annabeth. "Play it cool." he thought again. He cleared his throat that had, at some point, become dry. "Um, no. Annabeth and I have to check out the new hall to see if it's ready for the party." he said. He couldn't exactly understand the expression on Will's face. "Uh, but one of us will see how you're doing every once in a while." he finished. Will's expression seemed to... lighten up? Malcolm desperately tried to hide the blush that was appearing on his face. "Play. It. Cool." he thought. He wished Will wasn't distracting him so much!

"We also need to decide on what to cook for the appetizers, main course, and desserts." said Annabeth. "We should also have two options for the main course because obviously not everyone likes the same things." Travis raised his hand.

"Yes Travis, you have an idea?" asked Malcolm.

"Yeah I have a question?"

"Of course you do."

"Where in the Hades is Connor?"

"Uh, well, he gave us the slip when we tried to find him while we were looking for you and Luke." shrugged Malcolm.

"He'll regret weaselling his way out of this one." Travis said ominously. Malcolm raised an eyebrow, but carried on.

"Um, yeah. Okay, so I guess we'll let you guys figure out who's in charge-"

"Ooh me!" shouted Rachel as her hand shot up in the air. The other guys groaned, particularly Travis and Luke.

"Please don't let her be in charge." whined Travis. "It'll be torture!"

"Rachel Elizabeth Dare you're in charge." said Malcolm. Rachel clapped and "woo-hoo'd." Travis and Luke groaned again as the other three smirked. Rachel just looked like she won the lottery. "I- Come on!" whined Travis. "You're just peeved because of the prank we pulled on you this morning." Malcolm gave him a look.

"Well yeah."

Travis sighed, and Rachel giggled a mischievous laugh and rubbed her hands together. If that didn't look suspicious, Malcolm didn't know what did.

"Uh, alright then... moving on-" before Malcolm could continue, Annabeth interrupted him.

"I just got a text from Lacy saying that the other waiters and waitresses backed out and it's just her left!" she shouted. Malcolm's eyes widened. Annabeth looked like she might explode with panic. "What? Wh- uh, Annabeth, calm down!" he said as calmly as he could. It wasn't easy with Will watching his every move. What was he, a critic or something? His sister was now hyperventilating. Not good. Looking around, Malcolm spotted a mug of water sitting on the table. He grabbed it and splashed it on his sister, careful not to get the clipboard wet. She stopped and stared at him.

"Uh, that's not water." said Luke. Malcolm glanced at the mug in his hand and looked at him questioningly. "Also, it was here when we got here." said Will. Malcolm glanced at him and instantly put the mug down. Feeling slightly embarrassed, he looked at his sister, who was giving him a weird look. "Yeah it's not water." she sighed. But, the good part was that she was calm again.

"Um... s-sorry." Malcolm said quietly, his face a light shade of pink. Annabeth nodded. Will smirked at Malcolm and the light shade of pink on his face became a bit darker.

"But, in any event, you guys will now serve as well." she finished.

"Oooooh ho-ho... I know how to get Connor back now..." smiled Travis. He gave a short mischievous laugh. Luke shared a smirk along with him. They were- or have- devised a plan no doubt.

"Uh, alright then..." said Malcolm. "So now we just have to figure out what to make. Uh, yes Percy you have a suggestion?"

"Yeah I have a question?" Malcolm wanted to punch something. What, ever since Rachel answered him like that did they all just plan this or something?!

"Of course you do." said Malcolm. He tried not to sound irked, but it was hard. Percy suddenly looked nervous. He didn't do a good job at hiding his annoyance, did he? "Um, I was just wondering... uh, how many people are we cooking for-exactly?" he asked. That was actually a good question. Sadly, being so busy, the two Athena children didn't have time to think about it. Malcolm quickly calculated the numbers in his big brain. "Uh, about four-hundred-forty-six." he said confidently. Subconsciously, his eyes shifted from Percy to Will for a split second. Why was Malcolm feeling nervous? It was probably just because he had been staring at him the entire time. He wasn't use to being stared at for a long period of time. In fact, he was more use to getting glanced at more than anything. When Annabeth claimed him as her second-in-command, he was a little nervous. On the plus side, Will seemed impressed.

"Wait. Did you do that in your head just now?" he asked. Malcolm nodded, not trusting his voice at the moment. Just as Malcolm received a new amount of confidence, all of it shot out the window because of one comment Reyna made.

"Yeah all Min- Athena's children can do it. It's nothing really all that special."

Malcolm's face became red and Annabeth shot her a questioning, slash warning look. Reyna, noticing how the room suddenly became awkwardly quiet, looked up at her. Will stared at Reyna, and Travis and Luke glanced at each other. Percy just kind of... looked shocked? Malcolm wasn't sure how to describe the look on his face. Poseidon's son just sat there quietly and didn't make a sound. Along with the others. Reyna opened her mouth to speak, but no words came out. That actually gave Malcolm the impression that she didn't mean to say it out loud, and that she was surprised she did- which he understood. But that didn't change the fact that she did.

Thankfully Annabeth continued, seeing as Malcolm no longer could for the time being. "So. Uh, now we need to think about the food. I mean, like, what should we make? Any ideas?" she asked. Luke raised his hand.

"Oh boy. Here it comes." thought Malcolm.

"Yes, Luke, you have a suggestion?"

"Yeah I have a question?"

Annabeth sighed and closed her eyes for a second. No one except Will and Percy noticed the pencil snap in two in Malcolm's hand. Yep. There it is. "Of course you do." Annabeth said, clearly annoyed.

"Actually I think this is a fairly good question." said Luke. Annabeth gestured for him to continue. "What about the people with food allergies?" Huh. That actually was a good question. Annabeth and Malcolm glanced at each other. "Mm, we'll have to make something for them too. Only about half though, because it's not like everyone will be allergic to stuff right?" she said. Although, she seemed a little unsure. "Um, maybe you and I could talk to each cabin about it and write down the ingredients some people can't have." she said. Malcolm nodded.

So after the group had finally decided on what to make, Rachel led them out of the room so they could pick up their ingredients. They needed everyone, because well... it was a lot of ingredients. Malcolm sighed as the last person, that being Annabeth, left. He sat himself down in one of the chairs and buried his face in his hands. When did he get so tired? He figured that the stress was getting to him. Sure, he wasn't the greatest speaker, in fact he always got really nervous, but up until Reyna's comment he thought he was doing so well. He sighed and rested his chin on his folded arms. He was so wrapped up in his thoughts, that he didn't notice when Will walked back in.

"Uh, hey." said Will.

Will's POV

Malcolm nearly jumped out of his skin when he heard him. "Um, sorry, didn't mean to scare you. Um, are you uh, okay?" he asked cautiously. Malcolm basically looked a little nervous and confused. He nodded in response. That was an obvious lie, but Will didn't point it out. "Uh, I'm sorry about Reyna. If it helps we all gave her heck for that." Will said. Malcolm glanced up at him. He gave a shy smile and his cheeks became tinted with redness. "Hm, cute." thought Will. Suddenly Will smiled widely and that only made the other boy blush more, and look away. Will took the other boy's smile as an invitation to sit down, so he did. After a few seconds, Malcolm had found his voice again.

"U-um, thank you." he said quietly. He cleared his throat and smiled again. This time it made Will's heart skip a beat. Then he realized he'd been staring and making Malcolm uncomfortable. "You know the first time I had to do public speaking, I nearly fainted while walking up to take my position." he laughed. He didn't really know why he was telling this story, but he figured it might make Malcolm feel better about what happened during the meeting. The boy gave a nervous chuckle. "Really?" he asked.

"Ha, yep. The worst part? Someone from the audience asked very loudly, 'Is he okay?' I was thirteen, so of course at the time I was mortified." laughed Will. This time Malcolm seemed more relaxed and laughed along with him.

"Yeah it's um, not really my strong suit. I guess being a good public speaker is not something you can inherit from your parents." said Malcolm. Will chuckled. Suddenly Malcolm sighed. "What's up?" asked Will, although he wasn't sure he should be asking.

"I- I have to give a welcoming speech after everyone arrives because our original speaker got a bad case of stage fright and had to back out." he said quietly. His voice also cracked a couple of times. Will gave him a surprised look. "Wait. Why you if-"

"Drew used her Charmspeak because she didn't want to do it either. Otherwise, it would be her. No one else would do it. Of course Annabeth realized that and she argued with her afterwards, but it didn't resolve anything. Piper is visiting her father, so she can't exactly help." said Malcolm. Will stared at him. He suddenly used a very colourful swear word, and Malcolm looked at him a bit shocked. "That damn- Drew needs to learn that she can't get what she wants all the time!" Will nearly shouted. Needless to say, Malcolm was surprised at his sudden outburst. "Uh, sorry. If you couldn't tell, I kind of... really don't like her... for lack of better words." Will muttered. Malcolm nodded.

"Yeah I uh, I kind of figured that." he replied.

"I know she likes to make people do things they don't want to do, but this is low even for her. Hm...we need to get her back."

"Oh no. I'm not one for revenge."

"I mean show her up at the party." said Will. Malcolm thought on it for a few seconds. He then gave Will a confused look. "Um, okay, how?" he asked. Will smirked and really liked the way it made Malcolm blush and stare at him with his big grey eyes. Will never really had liked the shade (it's not a colour technically,) grey. But he realized that he could get easily lost in Malcolm's eyes.

"Easy." Will paused for dramatic effect. He also put a hand on Malcolm's shoulder. "We'll make you one of the greatest speakers ever." Malcolm smiled at him. "And we'll also get you a punching bag so you won't have to take your anger out on anymore pencils." he finished. Malcolm blushed and glanced at his broken pencil on the table. Will chuckled at his reaction. He wanted his 'revenge' on Drew for making Malcolm do this thing. And when Will wanted something, he got it. He also knew that he wanted a certain son of Athena...

LINE

Will ran to catch up to Rachel and the others. They were almost at the Camp's entrance. He ran up to the group and trailed behind. Travis glanced back. "It's about time. What, you stay back to flirt with Malcolm?" he laughed. Will expertly hid the blush on his face. He smirked at Travis. "Yeah, what you jealous?" he laughed back. Travis snorted.

"Ha! Yeah right. But seriously, what's up?"

"Well, the guy needed some confidence after Reyna's comment." said Will. Reyna looked back at him.

"Look, I'm sorry! I didn't mean to say that I- the guy's being too sensitive!" she said.

"Which is why you should be sensitive Reyna." said Will.

"Arg! I'm sorry!"

"You should be, apparently he's gotta give the welcoming speech at the party." said Will. At this, Percy looked at him.

"Wait. What? I thought that Lisa was going to-"

"Stage fright. Had to back out. And Drew being Drew, she used her Charmspeak on Malcolm. With Piper away, they couldn't really stop her. Annabeth tried to reason with her, but of course that didn't work." explained Will.

"Ah damn it Drew! Man I hate her!" shouted Travis. Everyone looked at him. "I hope you have a plan to get back at her." he said. Will smirked and nodded.

"Oh yeah. She's not getting away with this. But uh, Malcolm wasn't too keen on revenge, so don't tell him that I have a plan okay?" he said. Everyone nodded. They stopped just a few feet short of the entrance next to the large Pine tree. They sighed when they saw the man-bull walk by not far away. "There has to be a better exit. Luke? Travis? Any ideas?" Percy asked. Hermes' sons gave him a look of disbelief. Percy shrugged. "What?"

"Well I am shocked that you would automatically think that we-" started Travis, but Reyna cut him off.

"You know another exit or not?"

"Yes ma'am follow us." Travis said quickly and the two sons of Hermes' began to lead the way.

In no time they came to- an entrance to the main sewer system? "Ew! No. No way!" said Rachel. "This is a new shirt, I will not have it tarnished. It may sound shallow, but it was made personally for me." Percy looked at her.

"You made it."

"Yeah. Hence the term personally."

"Whatever! Look, there was a better smelling entrance, but Mr. D found it and blocked it off. It was his way of trying to prevent us from sneaking out of Camp unnoticed." said Luke.

"By 'us' you mean you and your siblings?" asked Rachel.

"Yeah, I mean, who else has a need to sneak out of Camp unnoticed? Well, besides Nico, but he's got a power that Mr. D can't get control over. Man, I wish I had that power. Besides, this one will work better because the stench will overpower our demigod smell that the monsters find so attractive." said Travis. He had a good point there. That Bull-man was just waiting out there for them.

"Alright let's quiet yackin' and let's start crap divin'." said Rachel. She rolled up the sleeves to her shirt.

Thankfully, once they were in there, there were platforms that they could walk on. Sadly the smell was absolutely horrid. Malcolm definitely owed Will one. "You realize that we'll all have to shower twice before we cook anything." said Reyna.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah. We got that." said Travis. "Sneaking out has it's downfalls."

"Wait. Is this why you, Luke and Connor sometimes smell weird?" asked Rachel. Hermes' sons sighed. "Huh, I thought you guys just smelled weird. Who knew there would be a reason for it?" laughed Rachel. Will, Reyna and Percy couldn't help but laugh.

"Rachel?" said Travis.

"Yeah?"

"Shut up."

"Hades no! Malcolm made me the head chef, so I hope you like my voice!" was the response. Her response was an aggravated sigh. Will began to see why Malcolm made her the head chef- this was fun. Will didn't mind Rachel, and he knew she would really only be bugging the other three guys, but mainly Travis and Luke. Will liked the fact that although Malcolm wasn't very big on revenge, he sure got his on Travis.

Suddenly one of the guys let out a yelp of surprise... alright, it was more of a shriek. They all stopped and stared at Travis, who was in the lead. "U-uhm, sorry- it-it's uh, nothing." he replied. That was weird. Luke snorted. "Just a rat. Ha-" he laughed. Travis punched him in the arm. "Ha ow!" Even though it was dark and hard to see, it wasn't hard to spot the dark blush that appeared on Travis' face. Percy and Will laughed. They kept walking.

"Wait a second. Is that why whenever we have to use this, you go alone?" asked Luke. "So we won't hear you shriek in fear?"

"NO! N-no, you guys just slow me down... is all."

"Harsh. You know Connor would be hurt if he heard that."

"Which is why he's not going to is he?"

"Fine. But if he does, I'll tell him about your Musophobia."

For a few seconds Travis didn't say anything. "Which is why he's not going to is he?" he said. Luke sighed.

"Are you two really arguing about this? And where are we going?" asked Rachel. Clearly she was annoyed.

"Yes, and we're going to the place Connor and I go to when we want food that we can't have at camp. It's got all kinds of weird stuff. Our father is partners with the owner, which is why we can go there at anytime." said Travis. "Oh and the owner of the store knows about our world. He's actually part- you're never gonna guess."

"Can't be nymph."

"Ogre?"

"Bull-Man?"

"Butterfly?"

Everyone stopped and looked at Percy. "What? If we're never gonna guess it, then we might as well think outside the box." he shrugged. Everybody just shrugged and kept walking. "Uh, no. he's- actually nah. I'll leave that for you guys to find out." said Travis. Everybody but Luke sighed.

"Okay, up this latter, and we're in the spray building." said Luke. Will gave him a curious look as he started to climb the latter.

"Uh, spray building?" asked Will.

"Uh Will? We're coming out of the sewers." said Travis as he started to climb up after his sibling. Will sighed, along with Rachel.

"Don't remind me." she sighed. She glanced down at her shirt and frowned as she began to climb up. When everyone was up the latter, they came into a white empty room. The tiled floor was patterned black and white. "Quick, stand on a black tile!" shouted Luke. Everyone did so.

As soon as they did, an electronic female voice echoed through the room. "Disinfectant Spray- on."

"Disinfectant?" asked Will.

"Close you eyes and mouth!" said Travis. Everyone did so. Suddenly drops of a clear liquid fell from the ceiling. The newcomers winced a little as the liquid stung their skin a bit. They weren't exactly expecting that to happen. It would have been a nice heads up. Will figured that Hermes' sons would probably get an earful from Rachel, and possibly Reyna afterwards. The electronic voice came back on.

"Clean spray- on."

The next 'spray' only felt like water or something. Or at least- it didn't sting like the disinfectant. Nevertheless, Will still kept his eyes and mouth shut. Unlike Percy. "Uh, this feels like it's just water. But it feels off..." he said.

"Then keep your mouth shut." Luke said quickly. Percy did so. So, it wasn't just water after all. It couldn't have been. Maybe there was soap mixed in with it? Then the spray stopped after a few more seconds. "Okay. Now step on a white tile." said Travis.

"Air-dry- on."

"Still keep your eyes and mouth closed." said Luke.

A suddenly blast of hot air shot up from the edges of the tile. It was hot enough to sting a bit! That also would have been a nice warning. In about three seconds, it was done and they were as dry as a bone. "Okay. It's done- OW!" shouted Travis. Rachel and Reyna both punched him on each arm.

"That was for not warning us about the sting we'd get!" yelled Rachel. The two girls walked off into the store. Travis sighed. "I'm gonna pay for that later." he mumbled. The other guys followed him into the store.

"Okay. Who's got the list?" asked Rachel.

"Here." Travis handed her a small notepad. She quickly skimmed it over. Then she frowned. She was probably hoping that it'd be the notepad he had earlier that day. Of course, it wasn't.

"Okay. Reyna, Will and Percy you find these..." she said and she scribbled the ingredients down and handed the piece of paper to Reyna. "And Luke, Travis and I will get the other stuff. Good luck team!" said Rachel.

"I think she's taking this 'head chef' thing too seriously." muttered Luke. Percy snickered, and they split up into their groups.

"Right. Okay, the first thing we need for the appetizer is- oregano." said Reyna.

"Got it." said Will, he placed the ingredient into the basket she was carrying.

"Next is salt."

"Got it." Percy placed it in the basket.

"So, Will," Reyna said casually, "Malcolm?" Will looked at her oddly.

"Uh, what about him? Here's the lemon juice." said Will. Percy snorted and then cleared his throat.

"Uh, here's the spinach." he said and went to find the next ingredient. Reyna chuckled, which made Will even more confused.

"I um, didn't know you liked brainiacs." said Reyna. Much to Will's pleasure, Percy came back just in time to hear that. He smiled as he placed the black pepper in the basket. "What do you mean?" he asked. He tried not to let his worry show. He hasn't exactly told anyone his... secret yet. Why was he so confident in the theory that no one saw what he was doing at the meeting? "Well for one, the way you kept staring at Malcolm gave us a hint." said Percy. Will didn't know how great a job he was doing at hiding his blush. This wasn't exactly how he'd planned on coming out. The first persons he planned on talking to were his siblings, Kayla and Jack- but it looked like that plan is out of question. "Hey it's okay, we're fine with it. In fact, we've been trying to get Connor and Nico together for months now." Reyna gave out a frustrated sigh. "They just won't get it!"

"They will, I promise we won't have to be blunt!" said Percy. This information pretty much shocked Will into silence. Connor and Nico? Really? Who knew? Up until this point, Will had considered himself to be the only one that was gay at camp. He even didn't think Malcolm was until the meeting that day!

"Uh, Will? You okay?" asked Reyna. Will cleared his throat and nodded.

"Uh, yeah. I just- for the longest time I thought I was the only one..." he said. The other two gave him sympathetic looks. "Oh yeah, and by 'we' Reyna meant... mm, pretty much the entire camp. Well, except for Drew of course. She couldn't care less." laughed Percy. The other two chuckled.

"Wow. I can't believe I've never noticed. Wait. That's why everyone seems to leave those two alone every once in a while!" Will realized. Reyna laughed.

"Yup. We leave them alone either in a room, or outside somewhere... romantic- about... three times a month? But they just don't get any of it! It's annoying me like crazy!" Reyna sighed. Percy chuckled.

Suddenly they heard the same shriek Travis gave earlier. They all jumped and spun their heads in the direction they heard the sound.

"That was weird. There wouldn't be any rodents in here, would there?" asked Will. They all shrugged. Perhaps Travis had more fears then he let on. Awe heck, everyone did.

"Okay, the next ingredient is feta cheese." said Percy

"Got it." said Will.

"Olive Oil."

"Got it." said Reyna.

"Uh, red bell pepper."

"Got it." said Will."

"Hm- puff pastry shells, frozen. Gees this dyslexia." Percy blinked a few times and squinted at the paper. "Rachel's hand writing isn't the best." he mumbled to himself.

"Got it." said Reyna.

"Uh... latakma Lasydin Greek veilos."

"Eh?"

"Damn this dyslexia." said Percy.

"Lindsay Greek kalamata olives. Doofus. Why are you reading it?" asked Reyna. Percy shrugged. Reyna took the paper back from him. "Hey, you weren't, so I did. I did a good job up until that last one! I think Rachel needs to practice writing a bit-"

"No I don't!" came a shout. The other jumped and turned around to see that the other group had finished. "You guys done yet?" Rachel asked.

"Yeah we just need to get the-" Reyna interrupted Percy.

"Lindsay Greek kalamata olives."

"Hey I would have said it right!" said Percy. The other two snorted and he sighed.

"Alright whatever, let's go back." Travis said. He seemed really irked for some reason. His face was also red.

"Okay, what's with you?" Percy asked with a small laugh.

"I don't wanna talk about it." Travis mumbled. He grabbed their basket of ingredients and went to pay after he found the olives. Luke waited until he was out of earshot, and snickered. "The uh, the pet store near by- oh uh, there's a window on that wall there, anyways- they got new animals in today." he laughed. The others soon chimed in with their laughter. As soon as Travis returned though, the laughter died down. They hurried after Travis who'd picked up some speed while passing them. He probably just wanted to escape the laughter. He shouldn't be too ashamed though, a lot of people fear rodents just like a lot of people fear spiders.

With that thought in mind, Will was instantly reminded of Malcolm and his fear of spiders. As well as his fear of public speaking. So although poking fun at Travis is fun, he really wanted to get back and help Malcolm out. Hopefully they'll be able to pull this off and show Drew up at the party.

After a long trudge through the sewers again, the group made their way to their destinations. Those being, the kitchen to drop off their ingredients- and the showers.

"I wonder how often I can make Malcolm blush like an idiot." though Will as he made his way through the camp. He smiled as at the thought.

Malcolm's POV

Malcolm sighed and rubbed his eyes. He'd been going over his speech all afternoon, and he still couldn't get it right! He really hoped Will could be his saviour. If there was a time that Malcolm needed a knight in shining armour, it would be now. So he prayed to the gods that Will would be that guy. Malcolm sighed again and laid back on his bed. He was so lost in his thoughts that he just barely heard the cabin door open.

"Malcolm?" it was Will. Malcolm heard his footsteps walk over to his side.

"I can't do it." said Malcolm.

"What? Come on, you can do it! We've just got to practice. I know you can do this Mal." said Will. Malcolm didn't look at him. He felt Will kneel down beside him. "You can. I know it." he said. Malcolm sighed. Will reached over him and grabbed the piece of paper from his hand. The sudden contact made Malcolm blush and have Harpies fly around in his stomach. He prayed that Will didn't notice. Will's hand unclenched Malcolm's, and he released the paper. Malcolm's hand felt all tingly after. Will read it over a couple of times. After he did that, he smiled.

"Okay, if I ever have to present a speech, could you write it?" Will asked. At this, Malcolm looked at him. "What?" said Will.

"Well... you're a son of Apollo." was all that Malcolm said. Will laughed.

"And you're a son of Athena."

Malcolm had to laugh. "And you have much better grammar, and you know big, smart sounding words." laughed Will.

"Well..." Malcolm said sheepishly, "I'm a son of Athena."

The two laughed some more, and Will stood up and brushed himself off. Not that the Athena cabin was messy or dirty in any way. Malcolm just noticed that it was a thing he did often. Actually because of his... secret, Malcolm noticed a lot of things about Will. However, with that sudden thought in mind, and Will smiling, Malcolm could feel himself blush all over again. Gods he probably looked like an idiot! Will held out his hand.

"Come on, we've got work to do." he said. Malcolm sighed once more, grabbed his hand, and he got pulled up into a sitting position. Then he realized something.

"Hey. Shouldn't you be with Rachel and them cooking?" he asked. Will shrugged and laughed... and smiled. "Oh Gods- that smile! Stop it Malcolm! You're acting like a freakin' school girl!" he thought.

"You'd think I would be, but I have to balance spending time with you and them somehow. Ah they probably won't even notice I'm gone." said Will.

Percy's POV

All the cooks gathered in the Big House's kitchen. All were sporting a white chef's coat, and hats. Rachel's of course was slightly taller than everyone else's. She made a grab for it the moment she saw it.

"Alright team-" Rachel said as she turned around. "Where's Will?" she asked with a smack of her lips. Percy and Luke glanced at each other. They said that they'd cover for him if Rachel noticed he was gone. Sadly, they hadn't thought of anything good yet. "Well?" said Rachel. It wasn't hard to see that she was annoyed.

"Uh..." said Percy. Crap! Why did he say that?

"Percy? You know?"

She gave him a look that gave Percy the idea she would go and give Will hell for skipping out on them on the first day. He wondered what her expression would be once she saw him with Malcolm. The very person that put her in charge.

"Percy?" Rachel's voice snapped Percy out of his thoughts and back into reality. Right. He was answering her question. A question he didn't even have the answer to! How could he be so stupid? Thankfully, Luke saved him.

"He's just helping out in the infirmary, he'll be here soon." he said. Rachel nodded and went back to ordering everyone around. Once that was settled, and everyone was distracted, Percy shot Luke a 'thank you' smile. In return, Luke winked and smiled back. Percy tried to hide the blush on his face. Things had better go well from then on.

If only they knew just how long 'soon' would be.

Malcolm's POV

A few days later, one night away from the party date, Malcolm and Annabeth found their team of cooks sitting on the kitchen floor looking utterly exhausted. "Alright, you guys have everything ready and packaged?" asked Annabeth. She received a series of moans that sort of sounded like 'yeah' all around. Malcolm finally looked up from his clipboard after checking the packages, and surveyed the scene in front of him.

Rachel and Reyna were leaning against Travis on either side of him, and Percy and Will were leaning against Luke. Malcolm tried not to think about the horrible feeling that came about because of the way Will had his head tilted on Luke's shoulder.

"Okay. So, do you guys know what you're doing tomorrow night?" asked Annabeth.

She got the same reply.

"Hey, on a side note, you guys know what you're wearing, right? It's semi formal, so you can't-"

Annabeth got interrupted by the same reply.

Suddenly Travis chuckled. "Oh we know. We know..." he said ominously. Malcolm then had a theory as to what his revenge on Connor might be. Connor may regret skipping out on the dinner preparations.

"RAT!" screamed Rachel. Both Annabeth and Malcolm jumped at the sudden outburst. Travis suddenly gave a loud shriek, jumped, and bumped his head on the counter's edge. "Ah ha-ha! Get's me every time!" snorted Rachel. That was weird. Wait. Did that mean that Travis had Musophobia? Huh. Malcolm would never have guessed that in his life. He and Annabeth glanced at each other.

"Oh right. You two weren't there. Well-" began Luke, but Travis interrupted him.

"They shall not know!" he shouted.

"They don't know, Connor does know!"

There was a pause of silence. Travis sighed as he rubbed the soar spot on his head. "Fine. But you two. NO ONE MUST KNOW. Got it?" he said. The two of them nodded.

"He's got Musophobia." said Will.

"You've just earned yourself a prank my friend." muttered Travis.

"Oh come on, we won't make fun of you." said Annabeth.

"Thanks." sighed Travis.

"We'll laugh, but we won't make fun of you." said Malcolm. Travis gave him a weird look. "I mean we won't make fun of you like Rachel." with that said, they both laughed and Travis sighed again.

"Oh hey a rat." said Reyna. She sat up straight and looked down.

"Ha-ha." Travis said sarcastically. Then Rachel pointed in front of him to his left. "Oh ****!" he shouted and instantly stood up. There was indeed, a rat. This time everyone (except him,) laughed. The rat crawled over to Rachel. "Awe." she cooed.

"No. Not 'awe', not cute. Ugly. It's a rat. What are you doing?" asked Travis. Rachel now had the rat in her hands. "You know they carry diseases!"

Rachel scoffed. "Dude, relax, I think this is someone's pet."

"What? How. Are you in cahoots with the enemy?"

"No I- cahoots?" said Rachel. Travis shrugged. "Anyway, it's got a teeny-tiny yellow collar on it ya doof. See?" she held the rat closer to his face. He tried to squirm away, but Reyna blocked him.

"Yeah- yeah I see." he said. Rachel didn't move. "I'm done seeing." Rachel sighed and brought the rat closer to her.

"Wimp." she muttered. Reyna snickered and the all gave her an odd look.

"Enemy. Come on, Travis vs the rat." she said. Rachel handed her the rat. Rachel held Travis in place so he couldn't move, and Reyna stood up brought the rat closer to his face. Travis squirmed but Rachel grabbed his arms. "Rat wins. Gees, relax," Rachel sang, "besides, we're helping you with your fear. Hey, you know, I've never really understood why people are afraid of these wittle guys! Ooh, maybe this could be a great study! Reyna you in?"

"Totally!"

"No. No you are not. Get away from me." said Travis, he shoved Rachel off of him and backed away from them. "I am NOT a lab rat!" he shouted. Reyna and Rachel gasped, and Rachel 'covered' the rats ears.

"Right in front of him... her... IT!" said Rachel. Travis rolled his eyes.

"You should be ashamed of yourself!" said Reyna.

"Calm down! We're just bugging you. It's just an irrational fear. It's like when you put that spider in Annabeth's bed." said Malcolm. Annabeth glanced at him, then glared at Travis.

"Now you've earned yourself a prank." said Travis.

"What?! I knew it! I knew it was you jerks! Let's get this tor- study experiment going!" screamed Annabeth. Travis' eyes widened. Annabeth slapped down her clipboard and grabbed him before he could make a getaway. She pushed him towards the rat. "Wow. You get really squeamish around rats." laughed Percy.

"Hey, is everything okay?" Jason, Piper, Leo and Nico suddenly appeared at the doorway.

"Yeah we heard Annabeth scream something, and came ru- well, walking." said Jason.

"Nice. So when I'm actually in trouble I'd have to wait a while?" said Annabeth.

"Well then we'd actually be running..." said Jason, but Leo stopped him from continuing.

"So what's up guys?" he asked.

"We're watching Travis get tortured." Malcolm explained casually. Travis sighed, and tried to get away from Annabeth.

"We're also studying." said Rachel.

"Make them stop!" called Travis. The newcomers laughed and walked in the room and sat around the table.

"Alright, how long has this been going on for?" asked Jason. Everyone sighed and went 'awe!'

"Forevmm!" shouted Travis. Reyna had covered his mouth with her hand. He shoved it away and finally got away from Annabeth. "Oh gross! Your hand touched the rat!" he whined. He rubbed his mouth with his sleeve as everyone laughed.

"Musophobia? Really Travis?" said Leo. Then he blinked a couple of times and stared off in thought. "Why do I know that?" he wondered out loud.

"Okay, it's really only been about five minutes of this. But it's really entertaining." said Will.

"Yeah but... I did put Rachel as head chef, so I think maybe he's done being tortured." sighed Malcolm. Again, everyone went 'awe!' Well, everyone except Travis of course. Travis sighed in relief. "Thank you." he said. "But you've still earned yourself a prank."

"Yeah whatever."

Just then Mr. D stood in the doorway, and was looking through a magazine. "Uh, what are you all still doing here? Oh Chiron asked me to ask you how things are going." he said lazily.

"We just finished torturing Travis for the past three days." said Rachel. She went back to cooing at the rat in Reyna's hands. Travis glared at her. "Oh, and we have all the food ready for the party." said Annabeth.

"Alright whatever." he said, and walked away.

Will's POV

It was finally the night.

The night in which Malcolm would either praised, or humiliated. Will found him pacing about backstage. He wished the guy could feel better about this. It wasn't fair. But, soon he'd have his revenge on Drew, so for the time being, he'd just have to calm down his friend. Basically everyone was at the party by this point, so it was almost time to go on.

"Hey, how's it going?" he asked him.

"Uh, not good. Not good, not good, not good! I can't do this. I can't-"

Will grabbed Malcolm by his shoulders. "Yes you can." he said. Malcolm was about to protest, but Will interrupted him. "You wanna know how I know? Because- and please don't hate me for it-" Malcolm gave him a confused look.

Will then closed the space between them, and did what he's wanted to do for the longest time. The moment his lips met Malcolm's, Will could feel him instantly relax, which was a very good sign. Fireworks began blasting inside of Will... or was that from outside? Oh, no wait, the fireworks weren't suppose to be until later. After a few more glorious seconds, Will reluctantly pulled away from Malcolm for air.

Aphrodite's POV

Near the back of the room, Aphrodite was in a very interesting conversation- or was it an argument? (Note the sarcasm.) She couldn't really tell, but Athena and Apollo were talking about... something. She'd zoned out after a while. She was surprised that they didn't notice since she was practically standing in between them. "Ugh! This conversation- or argument- is SOOOOOOOOOOOO boring! Can't anyone be falling in lo- wait." thought Aphrodite.

"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" she squealed. Both Apollo and Athena stopped talking and looked at her oddly.

"Uhm... what's up?" asked Apollo. Although, he seemed hesitant to ask. It was like he almost didn't want to know. She couldn't blame him though. "Are you alright Aphrodite?" asked Athena.

The Love Goddess recollected herself into her original position. "Yeah. It's nothing." she said very casually. Only for a second did the other two's weird expressions linger on their faces, before they went back to their conversation.

Aphrodite glanced up at the stage, or more importantly, backstage. She knew exactly who it was she felt. She decided to play it safe- for once- and let those two tell their parents themselves. It would only be a matter of time anyways. Either they would tell them, or their parents would find out by themselves anyway.

Will's POV

Whether or not Will knew if Malcolm liked him like that, on the plus side, the son of Athena didn't dislike the kiss! "Um, that's why. Oh uh, my dad wants to say hi to all of us, so I guess I have to get down there, but I'll come right back when you're done. Okay?" said Will.

Malcolm, although a bit dazed, nodded. That was all Will needed. He left a slightly dizzy Malcolm behind, and went to begin his revenge plan. He walked towards the back of the room, careful to avoid Aphrodite's gaze, and headed over to where the Stoll brothers were. He sat down on a stool at the bar section next to Connor who was looking quite nervous.

"Hey Connor, Travis. Uh, wow Connor, you're looking pretty spiff." said Will. "Um, who are you trying to impress?" The guy was dressed up in a tux, fancy shoes, a bow tie, and he even had one of those handkerchief thingy's that goes in the suit pocket. His hair was even combed back. He looked like a flippin' professional waiter! Well, he would have looked like that if he wasn't shaking so much. Connor looked like he'd drop the plat of appetizers he was carrying around at any moment. Poor guy.

"Uh, t-thanks. And um, no one." he said quickly. His face became a bit red.

"No one really? Because it looks like Travis' revenge on you is backfiring on him." said Will. The party was only semi formal. Connor was the only one dressed for an all out formal party. He glanced at the son of Hades who was sitting with Hazel near the front doors. Connor blushed as he noticed that Nico was staring at him. But the Ghost Prince looked away just as he looked. Seriously? Did they really not see what was right in front of them? Travis sighed at the way Connor was staring at Nico. Or was it because his revenge plan had basically failed because everyone thought Connor looked great? In all honesty, Will wasn't sure which one it was.

"Look Con, just go over there already." he said. Connor glanced at him, and looked back at Nico.

"Hey, uh, I don't know if I should be saying this, but I do know that you won't fully believe it if Travis says it-" cue the 'hey' from said person, "so I'll say it. Practically the whole camp was been trying to get you guys together for the past...mm, three months was it?" said Will. Travis nodded as Connor's eyes widened.

"Believe it or not, but even Clarisse was helping." said Travis. Connor looked at him in surprise. "Ha, yeah that was everyone's reaction. But seriously, just go already before we push you." Connor took a deep breath and nodded.

"Okay. Okay I can do this." said Connor. Will and Travis smiled. Finally! Connor slowly made his way over to Nico and Hazel who smiled at him. Okay, now that that was settled, Will turned his attention towards the stage. Hopefully all would go well. Especially after his revenge plan. Oh this was gonna be good!

"So, how is his speech?" asked Travis.

"It's really good. I just hope that he'll be able to go through with it." said Will.

"Well, since you were flirti-he-helping, I'm sure he'll be absolutely fine." said Travis. Will looked at him, and Travis smiled innocently.

"You realize you're worse than Leo, right?" said Will.

"What do you mean?" said Travis. Will snorted.

"So who's pet rat was that anyway? Did they ever find out?"

Travis paled a little bit. "Don't know, don't care." he said. Will smirked and laughed.

"Alright, alright, not teasing, just asking. Sheesh. Oh, he's on. Time to pray." he said just as Malcolm stepped onto the stage in front of the microphone. The crowd quieted down for him to speak. His godly mother smiled reassuringly up at him. Will could have sworn that Aphrodite was smiling widely behind Athena and Apollo's backs, but... he focussed on Malcolm. He was more important.

Luckily, his speech was going well. After the first paragraph was through, (both he and Will had the thing memorized after rehearsing it so many times,) Will looked at Nico and he looked back. Will gave a short nod, and Nico gave one in return. He thought he saw his godly father look their way, but he wasn't sure. Nico then looked at Jason, who was standing closer to the main doors, (but not so much that it would look suspicious.) He nodded at Jason, who nodded in return. Jason then used his wind powers (that may have gotten Zeus' attention, but they had to risk that for this to work,) to open one of the doors. That sent a signal to Grover and Frank who waited outside with a very excited Mrs. O'Leary. She could totally smell the meat appetizers that were being served- and wanted some. Badly. Just as soon as that door opened a crack, Grover and Frank let loose the hellhound. The giant dog bounded it's way into the room making a huge scene!

Malcolm stopped talking out of shock, and everyone gasped and brought out their weapon of choice.

"Wait. Is anyone else reminded of Spykids two?" asked Travis.

"Thank you!" sighed Will. He knew it reminded him of something. The fancy dinner party, and then the sudden pull out of all the weapons. Will put his weapon away (he obviously pulled it out to not make it look suspicious,) and slowly made his way over to Connor, who had a plate of the meat appetizers. Mrs. O'Leary was headed straight for him! Will didn't think anyone (not even Connor,) noticed him grab the tray of food, and discreetly hand it over to Drew who just so happened to be near by. Well, maybe Lord Apollo did. But he liked revenge, and a good joke every now and then so... Actually, maybe Zeus noticed as well. That could have some consequences. But then again, he did it for Malcolm- for love, and Aphrodite would... oh wait. Drew is her daughter. Hm, maybe not in this case. Speaking of the *****...

"Where did this come from?" Drew wondered out loud (very loudly actually.) A lot of people turned and looked at her. She was staring at the plate in her hands, and not at the trouble that was about to come. Mrs. O'Leary instantly spotted her bright red dress, and smelled the food and leaped over to her in a heartbeat. Drew screamed from the shock of being pounced on by a hellhound and tried to get away. Bad idea. Her dress was tight, and it actually looked hard to move in. So, with her struggling around, eventually they heard a very loud and long-

RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIP!

A few of the girls gasped and giggled. Drew on the other hand... screamed like hell. Anyone around her might have gone deaf for a few seconds. Will and Travis walked over to where Connor, Nico, Hazel, Jason, Grover, and Frank were. It was quieter over there. There was also a better view of the whole scene. It was actually quiet funny. All of the gods and goddesses, mortals, and demigods were too stunned to do anything. So Drew's dress got destroyed in the process of Mrs. O'Leary's quest to devour all of the meat.

Zeus looked suspiciously at Hades who had a very shocked expression, and he just shrugged in response as if they communicated by mind.

"Alright. Haz, we should probably get Mrs. O'Leary back before she attacks the other waiters. One naked person is enough." laughed Nico. Wait. Will looked at him. He actually laughed. Huh. That was new. Will glanced at Connor who was totally blushing like crazy. Nico didn't laugh that often. Will playfully nudged Connor in the side as Nico and Hazel dashed after the hellhound. Connor glanced at him, and smiled shyly.

Aphrodite, and some of Drew's friends helped her get out of the mass of people. Ares' children laughed as she walked by, and many of the teenage boys whistled at her. Her face was beat red.

"Huh. I'm surprised Mrs. O'Leary didn't squash and lick anyone other than Drew." laughed Percy. "I guess I should help Nico and Hazel out." He then went after the giant dog and calmed people down, reassuring them that she was actually quite playful and friendly.

"So, not too many mortal kids get a pet dog until they're mature enough, and Percy gets her?" said Jason. Everyone else shrugged. Will looked at Malcolm after Mrs. O'Leary was escorted out of the building. Everyone's attention went back to him.

"Uh, well this night can only go uphill from there so-" he said. Many people laughed. Who knew he had a funny side?

After that distraction, the rest of the speech went pretty good. Will excused himself from the gang, and went to go find him when he was finished. He found Malcolm sitting on a chair backstage just as the band (background music) began playing. "Hey! That was great!" said Will. Malcolm blushed and smiled at him. He looked down at his hands. "Thanks." Suddenly Malcolm shot up and embraced the son of Apollo in a hug. After a second of shock, Will hugged back. "So... what's this for?" he asked. Malcolm tightened his grip around him.

"For... everything. From helping me with my speech, to your revenge plan on Drew-" laughed Malcolm. Will laughed along with him. Malcolm pulled away from the hug, but still held on to Will. He noticed that Malcolm was blushing a lot, and smiled. "To this." he finished. Malcolm leaned in and kissed Will on the lips. After a few more seconds, they pulled away.

"FINALLY!" someone shouted.

The two jumped and turned to see Clarisse and Tyson. "Uh, Nico and Connor weren't the only ones the camp was trying to get together." Tyson explained. The two boys blushed and glanced at each other. Were they that obvious? "Oh right. Speaking of them, they're outside by the pond and the rest of our group is spying on them through the giant window." said Clarisse. They two left and it was just Malcolm and Will again. Will looked at Malcolm. "Well? Shall we?" he said. Malcolm smiled and took his hand in his, and they went to go spy on their friends.

When they got there, they chuckled at how their group of friends were all huddled by the large window. "Shouldn't we you know, be less obvious?" Grover asked while chewing on some food. It was then that Will noticed everyone had a plate of food. Connor and Nico, were sitting on the edge of the dock.

"Nah. Those two are so oblivious, they won't notice." said Leo.

"I meant the people inside with us. With your parents?" said Grover.

"Nah they won't notice either."

"Yes we will."

"Yes they will, what am I saying?" said Leo.

The gang turned their heads to see Apollo, Athena, Aphrodite, Hades, Zeus, Hermes, Poseidon, and Sally and Paul. The one that spoke was Sally.

"That was some nice work back there." said Apollo.

"Well we all kinda pitched in-" started Jason.

"I meant with Mrs. O'Leary."

"Oh that uh..."

Jason didn't seem to want to explain, but Clarisse chimed in. "Yeah who's plan was that?" she asked. Hazel looked at her.

"Wait. That was planned?" she asked.

"Yeah. But back to my question, who's plan was that?" Clarisse asked again. The people who knew about it pointed at Will. Will sighed. "Well, there's no point in lying, so yeah." he said.

"And who was involved?" asked Zeus. Those people raised a hand. Zeus nodded knowingly at Jason who looked down. Sally, Paul and Poseidon looked at Percy expectantly when he didn't raise a hand. Percy shrugged. "I only asked Grover and Frank to take her out for a walk." he paused as he swallowed some food. "I completely forgot about her spectacular sense of smell."

"Yeah, run is more like it." said Frank.

"FINALLY!" Clarisse suddenly shouted. Everyone except the gods jumped and looked out the window. It turned out that Nico and Connor were kissing, when they heard her shout. Connor lost his balance on the dock and... fell into the water. "I should really stop doing that." said Clarisse.

"Yeah." laughed Leo. Then he stopped laughing. "Wait. Stop?" he questioned.

"Those two weren't the only ones that got together tonight." was his answer. Clarisse then looked at Will and Malcolm, who blushed as red as a tomato. Their godly parents looked at them in question, while Aphrodite smiled knowingly. Apollo looked at her. "Is that what you were squealing about earlier?" he asked.

"It might have been..." said Aphrodite. "And while Drew is my daughter, she has been acting rather... mm, immaturely lately. I hope she's learned something. And I'm saying this, because Will thought of the plan because of love." The two boys blushed some more and looked at their parents asking for permission.

Athena sighed. "Well, you did help my son so... I give you my blessing. But I warn you, do not hurt him." she warned. Will nodded. Everyone then looked at Apollo who looked deep in thought. Then he sighed. "Yeah, whatever. You've got mine too." he said.

"As well." corrected Athena.

"Yeah, whatever." said Apollo. Athena scoffed and rolled her eyes.

"Uh oh." said Mitchell. "Connor had better get out of that suit soon or it'll shrink on him." Some people snickered.

"We should probably tell him then." said Piper.

"No! Uh, no-no. I need my revenge." said Travis. Will laughed.

"That's right. Your first act of 'revenge' failed miserably." he said. Travis rolled his eyes as everyone laughed. Everyone except Travis, Luke and Percy left Nico and Connor alone for the night. After a few hours even Will and Malcolm got some alone time...

A/N: See? The quote fit perfectly! I mean, a party, war? Am I right? ;) By the way, the Malcolm/Will pairing was inspired by hopefulmemoir's Cat and Mouse. You should check it out, it's pretty good. :)

... Travis' Musophobia was created in no relation to hopefulmemoir's title Cat and Mouse. That really was just a coincidence lol.

I also don't mean to insult anyone who has a fear of rodents. I simply thought it'd be a funny quirk that Travis has. And it also made for great comic relief. (No harm done?)

And no, I don't own Spykids either lol.

Anyway...

Oh, and uh, look to the uh bottom right of your screen. You see that big box that you can type in? Type in it. (Uh, I mean, please review.) Uh, please...

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