Chapter 7

"Since when can you fight?" Acacia asked.

"I don't know. I always thought I seemed feral." I replied. Acacia smacked me on the back of the head, but she was smiling. "So what now?"

"Do you feel like swimming?"She asked mischievously.

Thirty minutes later, Acacia and I are in swimsuits, clutching towels and running as fast as we can towards the lake. We laughed manically while jumping off the end of the dock into the cool, clear water. I climbed out, back onto the dock, and did a nice back flip. Acacia climbed out and did a cannonball.

"Oh crap…." I said. Nico, Percy, and Grover were running down the hill towards the lake too. "Did you bring your gloves?" I asked Acacia. She held up her lacily-clad hand. I got out and walked to the towels. I brought my gloves just in case.

"HAHAHHAHA!" Percy screamed out as he jumped into the water. He was followed closely by Nico and Grover. A hand grabbed my ankle and I was pulled under. As my head went under the water, I looked down and saw Percy pulling me down to the bottom. I started swearing but all that came out were bubbles. He… He seemed to be breathing normally. I couldn't (well duh), and I was getting really light-headed. I screamed that I needed air; I tried semaphore signals, pointing to my mouth and nose, waving frantically, pointing to the surface, lots of things. He just kept dragging me down till we were sitting on the bottom.

Then I could breathe. We were in a bubble of air.

"What the hell were you thinking?! I could have died!!!!!" I screamed at him. He just sat there, smirking.

"I knew what I was doing."

"How'd you know this bubble was down here, then? Huh?"

"I made this bubble. I can breathe underwater. I can control currents. Lots of things. I'm a son of Poseidon." I stared at him.

"I'm just going to take your word for it."

"That would be best."

"If I touch the bubble, will it pop?" I asked.

"Nah. I don't think so."

"If it does, will you save me?"

"Sure, whatever." He said. I walked over to the side of the bubble and stuck my hand through it.

"What the hell…?" I whispered. I pulled my hand back, took a deep breath, and stuck my head through the bubble-wall. I started giggling after I pulled my head back in.

After a while I got bored with sticking random body parts through the bubble. "I wanna go back up. Take me back." I demanded.

"Swim back yourself."

"No. Take me back."

"Maybe I don't want to leave yet."

"Well now you do. Take me back, now." He rolled his eyes, and grabbed my upper arm.

"Hold your breath." He popped the bubble and started swimming upward. I was dragged along like a sack. When our heads broke the surface, we were in the middle of a Marco Polo game. Grover was Marco.

"POLO!" I screamed from right behind Percy. Grover swam over and grabbed Percy's head.

"HA!" Grover yelled in triumph.

"Sorry Perce, all's fair in love and war." I said, then impulsively kissed him on the cheek. "Hey Acacia, I'm done with swimming. You?"

"Yeah. Let's go." She said laughing at Percy. We climbed onto the dock and wrapped ourselves in our towels.

"Watch out for the sea monster!" Acacia called back to the boys.

I was differentiating between cutting out a paper doll and *updating**. And I just realized how dirty my foot is. NAcHOs NaChOs nAcHoS!!!!!!!!!!