A/N: what's up guys? THANK YOU so much for you three that reviewed and suggested different couples! :D I appreciate it very much!

By the way, do you guys want a summary of each chapter at the beginning of each chapter, or should I leave it as a surprise? :/ I'm good either way.

Uh, yeah I know I've been focussing on Malcolm, Mitchell and Connor a lot lately- (hey, they need more love!) but I HAD to do this one once I thought of it! But I WILL do the couples that you three suggested after this one. :) So stick around for that! You'll hopefully understand why I did these three characters again in just a moment.

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"F.A.I.L = First Attempt In Learning"- Author Unknown

Malcolm's POV

Malcolm made his way over to the storage building. In this building, all of the Athena and Hephaestus children use to store their plans and information. It took forever to organize. He needed to look at some plans Annabeth had left for him about expanding the cabins for more demigods. It had to be done soon, new demigods were popping up almost once a week. Sometimes more than once. Sometimes they came in groups. Either way, it had to be done.

His sister and her friends had decided to take some time off to have a vacation. Only the gods know where they went. When he asked them as a group, each one said something totally different. It was obvious that they didn't want him or anyone else to know, so he left it alone.

Oddly enough, the door to all of their precious files had been left open. Wide open.

There, in the centre of the room, hissing at him, was a three foot wide, two foot tall spider.

Malcolm's blood went cold. He slammed the door, and locked it. He heard the creature hiss again and slam against the door. "Crap! What do I do now?" he thought. Just as he thought that, Mitchell walked by. Perfect! "Oh uh, Mitchell! I uh, need your help." Malcolm called. Mitchell looked up and walked over.

"With what?" he asked.

"Uh... you don't have a uh, fear of spiders do you?" Malcolm asked. Gods he hated this. Mitchell chuckled. "Nope. What, there's one in there and you need something from there?" he asked. Malcolm sighed.

"Something like that." he said. Mitchell laughed. Man, this was so embarrassing! He moved so Mitchell could open the door. "Alright, alright. I'll go kill the little- holy ****!" yelled Mitchell, and he slammed the door closed. He took a minute to gather himself together, then he looked at Malcolm. "The fact that it's about four foot wide and a foot and a half a foot tall didn't register as important information that was worth mentioning?" he asked.

"Actually it's three feet and two feet- when my fear kicks in I can't think straight!" Malcolm said. Mitchell sighed. It was then that Malcolm realized- "Hey, aren't you gonna lock that?" he asked. Mitchell glanced at it and shrugged.

"Why? That door's about as thick as-" Just as Mitchell was saying that, the door opened a crack. Mitchell slammed it shut again, turned the bolt on the door and locked it. He turned to see Malcolm smirking at him. "Your head?" he said. Mitchell rolled his eyes.

"If you're comparing my head to the door, then you're saying that my head isn't that thick at all." he said.

"Actually-" The clicking sound of the bolt made Malcolm freeze. The door had become unlocked. Mitchell quickly turned it again. But then it turned back, and the familiar hissing noise was heard. Mitchell held the bolt in place after he locked it again. "Uh... this could be a problem. We need help." he said. He also pressed his back against the door- just in case.

"Hey, we could ask Drew, maybe she could Charmspeak the thing into leaving." said Malcolm. Mitchell blinked and stared at him. He put a hand on his shoulder. "Let's just think about this for a second." he said.

(M + M's imagination...)

Drew was laying back in a lawn chair soaking up sun on the grass near the lake. The two boys walked up to her. "Uh, hey Drew we were just wondering if you could help us with something." said Mitchell.

"No. Why would I help you idiots?" she said quite bitterly. She scoffed and ignored them completely after that.

(Present...)

"Wow. It'd really go that badly?" said Malcolm. Mitchell crossed his arms in thought.

"Hm. Maybe we should imagine her in a better mood." he said.

(M + M's imagination...)

"No. Why would I help you idiots?" she said happily. She took a sip from her Mai Tai and ignored them completely after that.

"Hm. Nope. She's gonna stay not helping us forever." said Mitchell. The two of them sighed. There was a moment of silence as they thought about what to do. "Is she really a Mai Tai kind of person? I thought she'd be more of Daiquiri kind of person." said Malcolm. Mitchell gave him a look.

"What did your fear do to your brain?" he asked. Malcolm shrugged. "Anyway, man, I wish we could ask one of the actual camp counsellors. That would help."

Malcolm sighed. "Well, we should ask someone else." he said.

Sadly, a about an hour later, they came back with nothing. Everyone had something else more important to do. Or so they said anyways. "Well, that got us no where." said Malcolm. "I wonder if it's still in there. If it can unlock the door, maybe it left on it's own." Mitchell cautiously opened the door- and slammed it shut again.

"Nope. Still there. I think it's making a nest or something with the loose papers lying around." said Mitchell. Malcolm sighed.

"Awe man! Those are the plans that Annabeth left for me to look at! Stupid spider." he mumbled. "Oh hey there's Frank."

Said person walked up to the building. "Oh hey guys. Need any help with anything?" he asked.

"No."

"Yes."

Malcolm and Mitchell looked at each other while Frank looked confused.

"Yes?"

"No?"

The two boys looked at each other again.

"Uh..." said Frank. He looked out of place for some reason. He glanced to his left. "Oh uh, I just remembered that I uh, have something else to do... that's more important um... ov-over there. Bye!" he said. With that said, he left. The sons of Athena and Aphrodite stared at him oddly. "I feel like this was set up." said Malcolm. Mitchell looked at him.

"Your fear really does mess up your brain." he said. Malcolm nodded.

No One's POV

About one minute earlier...

"Okay, now Frank, I need you to walk by them and ask if they need any help with anything. Got it? Okay... go." Leo said into his communicator. Basically everyone out of the main group (except Malcolm, Mitchell, Frank, and Connor) were currently sitting on their butts on a nice comfy couch... with the gods (including Hades, Chiron, and Mr. D,) on Olympus. Of course the gods had their royal seats to sit in. Well, Hades had to grab a comfy chair for himself. He sat beside his kids who sat at the end of the couch. They were all sitting in front of a giant screen which showed the current state of Malcolm and Mitchell, and now Frank who had just walked on the screen. How could they see this? It's simple really. Leo, with the help of Annabeth, created a bunch of fly cameras, and Leo had been controlling them with a small control panel.

"Oh hey guys. Need any help with anything?" Frank asked.

"No."

"Yes."

Malcolm and Mitchell looked at each other while Frank looked confused. Leo waited in case they said something else.

"Yes?"

"No?"

The two boys looked at each other again. Leo face-palmed. That wasn't suppose to happen. Now Frank just looked confused.

"Uh..." said Frank.

"Um, okay, just- oh! Just say you have something else to do. That's more important. Okay- go!"

Frank glanced to his left. "Oh uh, I just remembered that I uh, have something else to do... that's more important um... ov-over there. Bye!" he said. With that said, he left. The son of Athena and Aphrodite stared at him oddly. "I feel like this was set up." said Malcolm. Mitchell looked at him.

"Your fear really does mess up your brain." he said. Malcolm shrugged and nodded.

Phew. They didn't suspect a thing. "Phew. Nice work Frank. Leo out." said Leo. "Okay, now they'll have to get Connor. He's the only one left."

Annabeth fidgeted in her seat in between Thalia and Piper. "Um- I'm-I'm just wondering, if this is all really necessary?" she said. Leo rolled his eyes.

"The reason we're doing this is so that they can learn some responsibility if we're ever actually gone, and if there's actually something that needs to be dealt with. We didn't put that spider in the storage for nothing Annabeth." said Leo. Annabeth glanced down at her hands.

"Plus it's fun watching them get humiliated." laughed Clarisse. A few others laughed along with her, but they stopped once they saw the look that Athena and Aphrodite were giving them. Hermes didn't seem to mind so much- thankfully. Perhaps it was because he liked a good joke, and wanted his son to learn more about responsibility. Suddenly Aphrodite sighed.

"Where's the romance? Someone said there'll be romance!" she huffed. "I don't remember who-"

"Good." said Will. Luke hit him on the head quickly. Other gods looked at them oddly. "Uh, I mean, it'll come. It will." he said quickly. Aphrodite gave him a look of disbelief. "Seriously, it will. Malcolm's not that great at hiding his feelings around Connor, plus he's already acting weird."

"Yeah but that's always happened when his fear takes over. I remember one time he listed off ten different ways to cook fajitas, then said he didn't know where that came from." said Annabeth. Everyone looked at her oddly. "What? It happened. Fear does things to people."

"Man, now I want fajitas." sighed Grover. "Thanks Annabeth." Annabeth rolled her eyes.

"Anyway, and Connor's not exactly, um, great at dealing with his feelings either. Something's bound to happen. Especially if Mitch is there." said Travis. Aphrodite smiled at the thought of her son helping out.

"Shush! Connor's on!" said Leo. They became quiet as Connor spoke.

"Shush? Who says shush?" said Rachel. Leo put a hand over her mouth as she rolled her eyes.

"I do. Now shush!"

Rachel shoved his hand away and slapped him on the head.

"Uh, so I just heard through the grapevine you guys were looking for some help. I hope I'm not the bottom of the barrel." said Connor. The other two glanced at each other and looked at him.

"What? No. Why would you say that?" asked Mitchell. Although his voice was suspiciously a little higher than usual.

"Did you know that around the world there are more than 8,000 varieties of grape, and there are 7 different grape colors: red, green, white, black, purple, blue and golden?" said Malcolm. Mitchell gave him a weird look, and Connor blushed.

Connor's blushing made Aphrodite and Piper- though she'll deny it- make a weird happy noise. "Uh, yeah he does that whenever Mal says something smart. He thinks Luke and I don't know anything." laughed Travis. "He's so obvious it's almost painful! His lying even stinks when he's around Malcolm." Hermes had to chuckle at that. Who knew his son had a thing for smart people? Well... actually it made sense. Their mother was fairly smart. Smart enough she could have been a child of Athena herself!

"Uh... I'm not sure where that came from. S-sorry." mumbled Malcolm. Mitch turned his attention back to Connor.

"Um... there's a five foot wide, one foot tall spider in there. It's kind of aggressive, and Mal's fear kind of takes over his brain... Got any plans?" asked Mitchell.

Annabeth sighed and brought her knees up to her chest and wrapped her arms around them. This was not going to go well, was it? She knows that she should have a little more faith in Connor, but he's a son of Hermes! She couldn't help it!

"Three feet and two feet. Weren't you listening?" asked Malcolm. Connor blushed even more.

"Uh, so you've asked Frank?"

"He said he's busy." said Mitchell.

"Jake, Lacy, uh, Will's sister- uh... what's her name?"

"Everyone was busy." said Malcolm.

"Hm. So, just to recap- I'm not the bottom of the barrel." said Connor.

Everyone had to laugh at Mitchell and Malcolm's blank expressions. Even their godly mothers chuckled.

"What? No. We haven't asked Drew." said Mitchell. Again, his voice was higher than usual.

Piper face-palmed.

"We thought about asking her." said Malcolm, glancing at Mitchell. "Twice. Neither worked out to good though."

This time Annabeth face-palmed. She and her brother needed to concur their fear of spiders someday. It messed with his train of thought. That's not good. Piper put a hand on her arm, and Aphrodite and Athena eyed their daughters suspiciously. They glanced at each other and smiled.

Connor sighed. "Mm...uh, wait here. I've got just the thing." said Connor, and he went off to who knows where to get 'it.' Malcolm stared at him as he ran off, and began to blush. Mitchell eyed him just as the Goddess of Love and the Goddess Wisdom had eyed their daughters. After a few minutes, Connor came back with a grenade looking thing in his hand. The other two eyed him suspiciously.

"Uh, what is that?" asked Mitchell.

"I'd uh, prefer not to answer that." said Connor. He paused from fiddling with the grenade and glanced at them. "It's classified."

"Classified?" said Malcolm. Connor nodded.

"What's it gonna do to the spider?" asked Mitchell.

"I'd prefer not to answer that."

"Do... do you have anymore?" asked Malcolm. Connor paused again, but didn't look at either of them.

"I'd prefer not to answer that." he said quickly. Malcolm sighed. "Okay, now I've just got to get this in the building. Mitch, if you don't mind." Mitchell unlatched the door and opened it just enough for Connor to throw the grenade-like object in it. Once he threw it, they locked it back up and backed away. In a few seconds, there was a small explosion, but no harm was done to the building. The outside anyways.

"Uh, Connor? Did you just destroy something that took a little over six months to organize?" asked Malcolm. Connor's face went bright red as Malcolm stared at him.

"Um... I'd prefer not to answer that." he mumbled.

This time it was more than just Travis who face-palmed. Clarisse and a few others had to laugh. Travis decided that if his idiot brother and the brainiac didn't get together during this time, he and Luke would confront Connor about his feelings. It really messed with his train of thought just as Malcolm's fear messed with his. Things could get very interesting.

Mitchell's POV

Huh. Who knew Malcolm would fall for a prankster? And vice versa? Interesting. Mitchell eyed Connor as he began to speak nervously. "Um, I'll uh, go see if the Big House has uh, any book or something on how to get rid of a giant spider..." he said quickly. He left just as fast.

No One's POV

Annabeth sighed and buried her eyes in her arms. "Must we watch this?" she asked. Piper put a hand on her back. Annabeth sighed again and leaned in towards her. Athena and Aphrodite glanced at each other and smiled again.

Leo dug around in his large backpack he brought with him and pulled out a short book- most likely the one Connor would be looking for- and dropped it on the ground in front of the screen. "Yes. Yes we must." he said.

"I must say, you guys sure came prepared. I'm impressed." said Apollo.

"Yup! We thought of everything they'd possibly do!" said Leo.

"Thanks to Luke and I." said Annabeth.

"Thanks to Annabeth and Luke." said Leo. Travis coughed. "Bless you." said Leo. Travis frowned and rolled his eyes.

"That's if you sneeze smart guy. I coughed." he said. He coughed again.

"Gesundheit?"

Travis narrowed his eyes and frowned. "In all fairness, there's no actual saying for when someone uh, coughs." said Jason. Travis shot him a warning glare as he and Percy chuckled. Luke half smiled at his brother and shrugged awkwardly. They turned back to the screen.

Mitchell's POV

Now was his chance to question his best friend. "So... Connor huh?" said Mitchell. Malcolm blinked a few times and looked at him. He blushed a little and hesitated to say something. "Uh- wh-what about him?" he asked. Mitchell sighed and gave him a look that said: 'seriously?'

"Come on, it's so obvious! You can't lie to me." said Mitchell. "Besides, you stink at lying so there's really no point." Malcolm sighed.

"Fine. I- I like him. So what? It's- it's no big deal." said Malcolm.

"It is a big- ah the door is opening!" yelped Mitchell. He flew to the door and locked it up. He gave a sigh of relief as did Malcolm. "As I was saying, it is a big deal. Just not in the way you think it is... um... or however you'd say that." said Mitchell as he noticed Malcolm's confused expression. Malcolm looked down and glanced in the direction Connor went. "Look, what I mean is, I think you'd stand a pretty good chance if you asked him out." said Mitchell. Malcolm bit his lip in thought.

"How... how do you even know that he feels the same?" he asked.

"I have good reasons. Three good reasons actually-"

(The First Reason)

Mitchell took a sip of his Cachaça (it's legal at camp on holidays! Give him a break!) and leaned back in his beach chair. "Uh, Mitch? Which would Malcolm like? This book on Ancient Roman Architecture, or this other book on Linguistics?" Connor asked quickly. He paused and thought for a second. "I-I should just get him both. Never mind, thanks Mitch!" he said quickly, and walked off somewhere. Mitch stared at him, and sighed.

"His birthday's not for eight months!" he shouted. Connor didn't reply. Mitch shrugged and leaned back in his chair. He suddenly jumped as Kayla was suddenly in an arm chair beside him. "Um... See? Told you I was right!" he said. Kayla shrugged and didn't look up from her book.

"That's no big deal, he got your present nine months before your birthday." she said. Mitchell gave her a surprised look.

(The Second Reason)

Mitchell was walking along the pathway to the cabins when he saw Connor jogging up to him carrying something in his hands. "Uh, hey Mitch, which shirt do you think would impress an Athena kid? This one? Or this one? Wait. I've got that one shirt. Never mind, thanks Mitch!" he said quickly, and ran back towards his cabin.

"Um... anytime!" called Mitchell. He was about to turned and go inside his ow cabin, but he was interrupted by Kayla. "Gah! Wh- Kayla how did you-"

"You know that still doesn't prove anything. He could be talking about any Athena kid." she said. Mitchell shrugged.

"True. But- hey. Shouldn't you be cleaning the stables? It is your turn this week." said Mitchell. Kayla shrugged.

"Meh, I'll get Jake to do it sometime."

(The Third Reason)

Mitchell sat reading a book at the Hades table with Nico and Hazel, who were eating lunch. Mitchell didn't even glance up when Connor made his way over to them. "Hey Mitch." he said. Hazel looked at Mitchell when he didn't respond, and Nico just sat back and watched. Although he wasn't very interested, he was curious as to why Mitchell didn't respond. He and Connor were fairly close friends. Nico's curiosity got the better of him.

"So I was wondering if you knew what would be the ideal gift for an Athena kid? I mean like-" As Connor rambled on, Hazel looked at Mitchell as if pressuring him to answer. Mitchell, in response to her, held up three fingers and counted down to one, then pointed at Connor. "Oh. Wait. Annabeth might know. Never mind, thanks Mitch!" said Connor, and he ran off to find Annabeth.

"That still doesn't prove anything you know." said Kayla, who suddenly showed up with food beside Mitchell. He jumped and turned to her.

"Okay seriously, where do you come from? You're worse than these two with their Shadowtravelling!" he said. "Uh, no offense." The two shrugged., as did Kayla.

"Hazleton?" said Kayla. Hazel and Nico looked at her oddly.

"Seriously. It's a town." said Kayla. The two of them didn't seem convinced. "I'm from there?"

"Well?" said Mitchell. Malcolm stared at him. Mitchell, unsure if he was paying attention, waved a hand in front of his face. Malcolm batted it away and rolled his eyes. "Wait. You're a Cachaça kind of person? I thought you'd be more of a Tequila kind of person..." said Malcolm. Mitchell sighed.

"Focus Malcolm." said Mitchell. "So, you see what I'm saying?" Malcolm shrugged.

"I don't know. I mean, it doesn't really prove anything. He could be talking about anyone." he said. Mitchell gave him a look. "What?"

"Don't listen to Kayla, listen to me!" said Mitchell. Malcolm sighed. He closed his eyes and thought on it. "Fine! Fine. I'll- I'll talk to him." he said. Mitchell smiled and pushed him towards the Big House. Malcolm paused for a second. "But if all fails, I'm blaming you." he warned. Mitchell sighed.

"Yeah, yeah. Get going brainiac." he said. He watched leave as the fly that was sitting lifelessly on the wall of the storage got up and flew after him- wait. What? Flies didn't do that. Eh, it's probably just a coincidence.

No One's POV

"Uh, I think Mitch noticed the fly cam." commented Grover. Leo waved it off.

"Nah, don't be ridiculous. It's a fly cam. It looks like a fly, acts like a fly-" he was cut off by Percy.

"Yeah except fly's don't normally stay put for a long period of time and then fly off and follow someone." he said.

"He's got a point." Thalia.

"Yeah but, who notices fly's really? I mean... they're fly's." said Leo.

"Ooh, he's got a point too." said Thalia.

"Who's side are you on?" asked Percy. Thalia shrugged.

"But this time Leo, put the fly cam in a less noticeable place." said Thalia. Leo sighed.

"Fine. I'll put it in between some books in the library." he said.

Drew's POV

Drew walked around the Big House kitchen to get a drink from the giant fridge. Suddenly she heard a sigh and chair scrape against the floor. Normally, she'd just ignore something like that. But it was a strange day, so her curiosity got the better of her. With her Sazerac drink in her hand, she followed the noise and ended up in the Big House library. Which was weird for her, because... well since when did she read anything other than magazines? She stopped and took a sip from her drink once she saw Connor Stoll sitting at a table with his head on the table. He seemed to be pretty down about something. Again, it was a weird day, because on a normal day, she would have just ignored him. But again, her curiosity got the better of her. The Stolls didn't normally worry about stuff unless there was a war coming. Which there wasn't at the moment, (lucky them, they finally got a break!)

Drew sighed, getting Connor's attention. He lifted his head and gave her a curious yet cautious look. "Crap. This probably has something to do with Malcolm. The guy really needs to get better at hiding his feelings." she thought. Why else would Connor be in the library of all places? The Stolls weren't ones for reading, Drew knew that much.

"So why do you look like crap?" she asked. Hm, perhaps she shouldn't have worded it like that. To him it probably meant-

"Uh, what do you mean? Are you trying to call me ugly like you do everyone else?" he asked. Drew sighed and rolled her eyes.

"Look idiot, if you want Malcolm's attention, just talk to him." she said. Connor eyed her suspiciously. She sighed again. "I'm a daughter of Aphrodite, Goddess of Love? I know all. EW! A FLY!" she screamed and slammed her fist on top of the fly on the shelf next to her.

No One's POV

Everyone just stared blankly at the screen as it blacked out thanks to Drew. There was silence for a few seconds before Leo lightly punched Piper in the arm. "Hey!" she said.

"Let's not ask Drew. She won't care. She'll probably screw things up. She won't want to help Connor and Malcolm get together!" he mocked. Piper sighed. Aphrodite smiled at the thought of Drew actually being somewhat nice for a change. It was weird but, hey, this whole day has been weird for everyone. Even the gods.

"Okay, okay! I... misjudged her. THIS ONE TIME." she said. The gang looked at her oddly. "It's been a weird day for all of us, give me a break! Besides, I'm not the one who decided to make fly cameras!"

"Plus other campers smashed our other fly cameras so-" Leo interrupted Will.

"Fine! Fly cameras were a bad idea! At least my spider cam is still in action, check this out. It's on top of the giant dictionary, Drew hasn't spotted it yet. If Connor has, he doesn't care." said Leo. The screen blinked to life as he pressed a button on the control panel.

Connor's POV

"Ugh, I hate bugs. Anyway, seriously. Just talk to him." said Drew. Connor didn't believe her. Sure, it was a weird day, but that didn't mean anything. "But..." Connor sighed. "I-I'm pretty sure I just blew my only chance. I failed at being a counsellor, I'm failing in Chiron's Greek science class- well, Travis and I both are-"

No One's POV

Travis blushed as everyone laid their eyes on him. He looked at Chiron who seemed surprised. "It's- we don't understand the concepts! What, not everyone is perfect!" he said. Everyone shrugged in agreement.

"I don't find it hard to-" Annabeth was interrupted by Jason.

"Uh, actually Annabeth, I think in all fairness, pretty much only the Athena cabin really understands any of it." he said. Everyone shrugged in agreement. Chiron looked like he was thinking hard about this statement. "Hm. Mental note: Tell Connor that." said Travis. Everyone else nodded.

Connor's POV

"Now I just failed with this! Is... is it really possible to fail at everything but pranks?" Connor asked quietly. Drew sighed quietly. She sat down in a chair next to him. "Hey. I know it's weird coming from me, but, you're not a failure. Remember that time everyone was down about the party not going on? Who was it that made it happen?" said Drew.

"Me..." Connor whispered.

"Right. Remember Chiron's birthday celebration this year?"

"Um, Annabeth and them made that one happen."

"Uh... right. Oh! But who was it that brought the cake and decorations?"

"Jake and them."

"Really? Huh." Drew thought for a second. "Okay, that one was a bad example. But um... oh! Who's idea was it to get everyone to participate in the cultural fair when no one else wanted to at first?"

Connor sighed, but gave a small smile. "See? You're not a failure at everything. Oh hey, there he is. Just talk, it'll be fine." said Drew. She left a blushing Connor behind as Malcolm walked into the library looking for him. He suddenly realized that Drew had used her Charmspeak on him as he stood up. "U-uh M-Malcolm. Um..." he stuttered. Too bad the Charmspeak didn't help his stuttering issue. Malcolm finally noticed him and walked over. "I-I have something to- to t-tell you.`` said Connor.

"Me too." said Malcolm. "I-I um- AH! A SPIDER!" he screamed. Connor then noticed large spider on one side of the open dictionary. Both he and Malcolm reached for the book. Malcolm slammed the book shut squishing the spider, but Connor's hand rested on his.

No One's POV

There was silence as everyone stared angrily at Leo. The screen had once again gone black, this time, thanks to Malcolm. After about a second, all the demigods, plus Grover took this chance to smack Leo.

"Alright, alright! No bugs, or spiders! Lesson learned okay?" he sighed. They all sighed and turned back to the blank screen. "Well? What now?" asked Leo.

"How about um, helping them out with the spider problem?" suggested Hermes. "I think they've had enough for the day." Everyone smiled and nodded. Leo pressed a button on the control panel.

Malcolm's POV

Malcolm and Connor stared at their hands. Neither of them moved. Malcolm cleared his throat that had gone dry. "U-um, did you know that it's really impossible to tell how many words dictionaries have? Uh, plus there's so many different meanings to different words like-" rambled Malcolm. "Stop it Malcolm! You're ironically being stupid!" he thought. He surprisingly stopped his rambling and cleared his throat again. "Um... So, you were going to say something?" he said. He glanced at Connor, who cleared his throat.

"U-uhm, y-yeah. I uh..." Connor, who was blushing a deep red, finally looked at Malcolm. After a few seconds of silence, staring, and blushing, Connor suddenly did the unthinkable. He grabbed Malcolm by the shoulders and kissed him! Malcolm was certain that if Connor wasn't holding on to him, he'd collapse. After a few more seconds, they pulled back. Malcolm was speechless. But that obviously gave Connor the wrong idea.

He let go of Malcolm and began to back away. "Um- I- I'm sorry. T-that was stupid, I-I'm stupid." Connor said quickly. He turned towards the door of the library. "I-I'll just-" Malcolm suddenly snapped out of it, and quickly grabbed his hand.

"Connor wait!" he said. Connor froze, and reluctantly turned to look at him. Malcolm could instantly see a bit of fear in his eyes. He vowed never to let that happen again. "I'm so sorry for scaring you." he said. Connor's worried expression turned into a hopeful one. He stared up at Malcolm, (he was about a head shorter than him, but they didn't care,) with big blue eyes. Malcolm leaned down slightly and kissed him. After about a minute, they pulled apart for air.

"Oh, I guess we should get back to Mitchell..." sighed Malcolm. Connor shook his head.

"Nah, he'll be fine." he said with a smile. The two kissed again.

Mitchell's POV

Mitchell sighed and banged his head against the storage door. "Come on guys. Get together already. My legs are becoming jelly! Which is technically ironic coming from an ADHD kid..." he said to himself. Suddenly he heard a weird noise coming from inside the storage. He looked at the lock and debated whether or not to open and check it out. He decided to check it out. He unlocked the door and slowly opened it a creak. He looked inside.

"What the..." he said in awe.

The room was surprisingly not as messy as they thought it would be. Just loose papers on the floor- okay, the floor and walls needed a little help, but other than that...

Of course the weirdest part, was the fact that there was no giant spider anymore. Mitchell wasn't sure how it could have possibly escaped unless it didn't have any actual bones like an octopus. But that's impossible for a spider... right?

What the Hades just happened?

"Hey Mitchell, do you have the keys to the stables so I can clean- what in the Hades happened here?" asked Jake as he walked up to him. Mitchell handed him the keys he needed.

"Uh... nothing. Nothing at all. Don't worry about it." he said. Jake shrugged and started to head to the stables.

"Oh, uh, do you know where the cleaning stuff is?" he asked.

"It's in the closet."

"Thanks!"

No One's POV

"Okay, so explain to me one more time what you just did?" said Nico. Leo sighed. The gang was getting ready to leave Olympus. "Okay. I built a very well hidden trap door in the floor of the storage, and a tunnel that leads straight to Bunker 9. I mostly built it in case someone unwanted tried to get in the storage, but it works perfectly for giant robotic spiders as well. Now Aragog should be safe and sound in Bunker 9." said Leo. Jason gave him a weird look. Leo shrugged.

"Aragog? Really? Like from Harry Potter?" he said. Leo shrugged again.

"What else am I gonna call it?" he said. Jason just shrugged and the gang left for camp.

"Well, looks like Luke and I have some questions to ask. Connor won't get away that easily." thought Travis. He smirked as the gang entered the elevator.

After a few hours of being stuffed in a car, the gang was finally back home. "Ah, welcome back guys." said Malcolm. He, Connor, Mitchell, and Frank were all there to welcome them back. They started helping them unload the vehicle. "Oh, hey where'd you guys go again?" asked Mitchell. Again, they only got a bunch of different answers.

"Las Vagas."

"Chicago."

"Canada?"

"San Diego."

"Baltimore..."

"Disney World."

"California."

"New Mexico?"

"Ohio..."

"Hawaii."

"Hazleton?"

"San Fransisco..."

"Virginia."

Everyone suddenly looked at Jason. "Hawaii for the weekend?" mocked Malcolm. Jason shrugged.

"It could happen..." he said. Everyone gave him a weird look. "Hey I'm not the one who said Canada or California." Percy and Nico shrugged it off.

"Uh, yeah. Next time agree on a place before going okay?" said Connor. They all nodded.

"So... how was your guy's weekend?" asked Travis. Connor eyed his brother suspiciously while Malcolm blushed a little.

"It was nothing much. Just the usual stuff." said Mitchell. He paused for a second. "Yeah nothing big happened... except Malcolm and Connor finally got together!" he said that last part very quickly and took off with Piper's luggage towards the cabins. He smiled as he glanced back to see the girls (minus Thalia, although she was smiling big,) squealing excitedly... and both Malcolm and Connor's faces were priceless!

A/N: See? It's about seven or four or five pages less than the last two chapters in my word processor. Much shorter. Anyways, a scene in this one is a reference to the Canadian TV show Corner Gas. If you've seen it, feel free to guess what it is! ;) (And no, I don't own that either.)

Oh, and I don't really know where Kayla grew up. I just picked that because of the name lol.

Well, R & R please! :D

...I guess I should work on my other stories now...