Chapter 11

"And that's why I've been gone." I tell dad, wringing my hands together and not looking at him.

"Piper..."His voice cracks.

I'm sure you can guess what I told Dad.

"Sorry Dad, but you needed to know." I look up at my father's broken eyes. They were scared, as if he was worried I might break or something. I mean, its not every day your daughter says that she's the daughter of Aphrodite and that Gaia decided 'Hey! Tell you what would be cool. If I ruled the world again. That would be cool.' and killed her.

"I'm gonna need a minute." He says, standing up and leaving the room briskly. I let my head fall into my hands and run my hands through my knotted hair.

Someone sits beside me and their large warm hands rubs my back soothingly.

"It was the right thing to do."Jason says, continuing, "He needed to know sooner or later."

I sigh, relieving some tension, but a few tears slip and my lip wobbles. "I know, but I can't help but think I should've left it."

"I know you do, Pipes, I know. But whats done is done."Jason says to me. "Do you wanna-"

"I swear if you say 'build a snowman' I will castrate you. Leo's already singing it enough." I say, laughing a little and sitting up. The lounge room was dark, as always.

The front door swung open, letting in light. And standing there in her morning glory, was a certain daughter of Poseidon. Her suitcase was beside her, and her sunglasses rested on the top of her head.

"HELLO WORLD! I AM BACK! EVEN THOUGH I AM VERY ANNOYING AND YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T MISS ME ALL THAT-Oph!" She was cut off by me tackling her with a hug.

"Piper!" She says cheerfully, hugging me back. "Dude, as much as I love you, please get off. You're squishing me."

I get off her, as she asked, and help her up. Her skin seemed to glow with a tan, but was slightly red frm sunburn. Her long hair was up in a pony tail, and her long legs were covered in leggings and her long tank-top.

"Hey Jason."She greets, smiling still. I swear, the sun could disappear and the chick would still fond something worth smiling for.

"Guy's shut up. I'm trying to sleep. Not all of us like the mornings."Percy grumbles, scruffing his hair. They all decided they wanted to stay here. We had more than enough rooms.

"It's nice to know you missed me so much." Paisley says sarcastically, adjusting her 'finding nemo' top.

Percy lightens up, and bounds down the stair, screaming "PAISLEY!" at the top of his lungs. I wince and cover my ears.

"Percy..."Paisley says after a minute of being bear-hugged by Percy. "Can you please let me go?"

"No."

"Please?"

"No."

Someone walked up behind me, and wrapped their arms around my waist. I snuggle further into Jason's chest.

"Percy. I have a proposition." Paisley says, struggling with the word 'proposition'.

"What?" He says, his voice muffled by her hair.

"If you let my arms go, I'll hug you back." Instantly, he let her arms go. She jumps on him with a hug.

"Guy's..."Another voice says from the top of the stairs. "Shh." Nico hisses, his eyes barely open.

I watch for Paisley's reaction. Her eyes seem to glow with more happiness, if possible.

Nico looks at us all, glaring. Paisley stays silent. I can tell she's trying not to burst into a fit of giggles at the moustache Leo has drawn on.

That's right. Leo drew on Ghost King's face with permanent marker while he was sleeping. He now has a swirl on his cheek, a french moustache, a mono-brow, and a the words 'DEATH BREATH' on his forehead. His face seemed like a piece of drawing paper for Leo. There was barely a patch of skin on his face that wasn't covered in some sort of drawing.

The moment Nico's eyes get to Paisley, it was like someone dumped a bucket of water on him, because he was down here in a flash, eyes wide, and taking her from Percy. She was locked happily in his arms. How I knew? The giant smile on her face as she snuggled into his chest. I almost awed, but then busted out giggling. Jason, Percy, and Annabeth, who had shown up just after Percy, followed my lead.

"Why are you all laughing?"Nico asks, letting go of his girlfriend, and looking at us like we were insane.

"You-re-f-f-face!" I laugh loudly.

I hear Paisley join in too.

"This is my normal face." Nico says, not getting it.

"Look in the mirror, Nic."Paisley giggles, sobering up. Nico grabs her phone, and looks at his face in the screen.

"LEO VALDEZ! YOU ARE SO DEAD!"He yells, dropping her phone, which she catches.

Leo walks slowly, and sheepishly down the stairs, clinging onto the rail as if it would save his life.

"What did I do?" He inquires, trying to sound innocent. Leo and Innocent should never be used in the same sentence.

"Leo, we all know what you did."Annabeth says, crossing her arms, "Don't try to act innocent."

Leo looked just as ridiculous as Nico did in his spiderman pajama's.

"Hey Leo!" Paisley says, "I think my nephew has the same PJ's."

We all crack up laughing, "He has a great taste in style then."Leo says, not phased by us laughing.

At breakfast, we all catch up with each other.

"Hey Pipes. Can we go surfing later?"Paisley asks, yawning.

"After we have a rest. Lets face it, its barely 12 and you're tired."I say. She nods and leans into Nico's embrace.

They are so cute!

"Five words."She says, "Jetlag is a biatch fiach."

A/N

Hey guy's! Its me. Again. Hi.

How are you all? I feel awesome because I actually updated. And it was a semi long one!

Now, a lot of you thought I was fourteen. I am honoured that you think my writing is to a standard of a fourteen year old, because I'm twelve.

Last time I revealed my age, was when I was ranting about all the hate I was getting on my Paisley character. People were saying 'omg, what a mary-sue.' Yeah. I was eleven. After that I re-wrote the story about her twice. It's called Don't Look Back if you want to check it out. Please do.

What do you think is going to happen with Piper's dad?

Will they go surfing?

Stay tuned to find out!

Great! Now I sound like an annoying advertisement.

~KaleidoscopeColours