It must have been an hour since they left Mount Olympus when Percy noticed that Will and Nico had left. Percy and Annabeth whispered profanities to each other. Percy led Annabeth down the streets of New York. He was eager to see his mum, since he hadn't seen her in the best part of a year. Annabeth was up for it too. They kissed as much as they could before they walked through Sally Jackson's apartment.
"Mum! I'm home!" Percy called as if he was just coming home from school.
Sally ran into the hall and flung her arms around Percy. She cried and squeezed her son so tight she could have been mistaken for a boa constrictor. Sally pulled Annabeth into the hug as well. Paul walked through the door. She released the children from her constrictor like hug.
"Percy!" He exclaimed, "Sally, when did they get here?"
"Just now!" She said gleefully.
They went and sat at the kitchen table, Sally gave them blue coloured food. They began to tell Sally and Paul about the quest to the ancient lands.
"You have a tattoo Percy?" His mum interrupted.
"I had to, it's not like I wanted SPQR tattooed on me. It's Hera's fault."
They started up again talking about the Argo 2 and the travel across the Atlantic. They they got to their time in Rome.
"Wait, you went to Tartarus?"
"We fell into Tartarus."
They continued, when they got to Gaia's rise Sally stopped them again.
"So, Percy. You awoke Gaia up with your bloody nose?"
Percy blushed sheepishly, "yes."
Percy excused himself from the table, he needed some air. Being reminded of his time in Tartarus bugged him. He felt a soul crushing sadness as he remembered his Titan friend Bob.
As Percy stood on the balcony a hot wind blew past him. It reminded him of Leo. He was never close with him and he was angry at himself for that. His eyes glanced over to the flower that Calypso had given him.
Percy took a deep breath in an attempt to clear his mind. He leant sideways on the banister and watched the sunset.
Only one thought came into his mind. How was he not Nico's type?