Annabeth

"M-M-Mars! To what...pleasure do we owe this visit?" I stuttered

"Ha! Pleasure, indeed. You said you wanted help, so here I am. I do not much appreciate Zeus' plan to kill my son."

Hazel sighed with relief "Thank you, lord Mars. Where should we start?"

"Well, I can't make this too easy, but you are headed in the right direction. You should start with Frank's childhood home. That should give you the next, ah… clue." Mars said "Oh, and, you might want to look out for monsters." Then he disappeared.

Suddenly the alarm went off and Leo sprinted to the engine room. "Monsters..." Jason mumbled and unsheathed his sword.

Sure enough, Leo yelled, "We got monsters!" We all climbed above deck to face whatever was attacking our ship.

I shouted, "Harpies! They don't have any particular weakness, but you can't let them get close enough to use a sword. Their talons will rip you to pieces."

"Good to know," Percy said as he capped Riptide, "But how are we supposed to kill them then?"

"In case you may have forgotten, I designed this ship," Leo said dramatically "And I would NEVER design a ship without proper defense mechanisms." As he said this, trapdoors opened around the five half-bloods and crossbows appeared.

"What did I miss?" Coach Hedge yelled, running above deck, "I hope you didn't kill anything without me!" Then suddenly seeing the crossbows and the harpies hovering over the Argo, "Oh sweet! Everyone, man your stations!"

Fifteen minutes later, all six of us were below deck eating dinner. I wished that we would have taken showers first, since we were a sweaty mess.

After dinner, Percy and I took a walk above deck.

"So Seaweed Brain, you planning to take a shower anytime soon?" I teased.

"Nah, I like it. You don't?" Percy laughed.

"Promise to shower right after this?" I asked.

"Mmmhm." Percy mumbled and grinned as his lips pressed against mine. My arms wrapped around his neck and his arms slipped around my waist. When I pulled away, my fingers tangled in his hair, I whispered, "I love you, Seaweed Brain."

"Even when I smell like sweat and lake water?" Percy asked, raising his eyebrows.

I laughed, "Even then." We walked back to our cabins hand in hand.

Percy

I did take a shower when I got back to my cabin, then flopped on my bed.

Why would the gods send us on a quest? And Mars said that this was Zeus' plan…so not all of the gods are against us.

I fell asleep and awoke to the sound of shouting.

"Leo, just shut up!"

"If you would just listen-!"

"No! Leave me alone!"

Groggily, I stumbled out of my room. Hazel and Leo froze, mid shout. Leo finally broke the silence by exploding in laughter.

"P-p-p-percy! Your hair!" Leo doubled over and began snorting.

I dashed back into my room and peeked in the mirror. My hair was sticking out in all directions, some of it standing straight up. Great.

"See, you think everything's a joke!" Hazel yelled and stomped to her room, slamming the door behind her.

"Hazel, wait—", Leo shouted apologetically.

After smoothing my hair as much as I could, I went back out into the hall and asked Leo what had happened.

Leo sighed, "Can't tell you."

"Why not?" I asked.

"Because—I just can't."

"Fine. If you ever want to talk—"

"Look. It's not because it's a secret. You just wouldn't understand."

"What could I possibly not understand?" I smirked.

"Girls not liking you."

"Wait, what? You like Hazel?"

"Sometimes you are so clueless, Percy."

"You're starting to sound like Annabeth."

I left Leo to solve his predicament and walked down the hall towards Hazel's room. I really was going to talk to her, but Annabeth's open door on the way was too much temptation.

"Hey Wise Girl." I jumped onto her bed.

"Hey Seaweed Brain." She replied without even looking up from her computer.

I walked over to her desk and put my arms around her and kissed her on the cheek. "Whatcha doin?"

"Trying to find anything that Daedalus might have written about demigods surviving Frank's curse."

"Hmmm…can you take a break?"

She finally unglued her eyes from the screen and spun around in her swivel chair. "Percy, Frank's life is in danger. Hazel is mad at Leo because he just professed his undying love to her and all she can think about is Frank. Coach Hedge has the stomach bug and Jason is…being Jason."

"Snoring?"

"I just wish this stupid quest was over."

"On the bright side, we get to spend more time together!" I said, pulling Annabeth out of her chair and twirling her around before pulling her close.

"You're right," She sighed, then smiled, "Let's dance, Seaweed Brain."

"Right now? With no music?"

"We've done stranger things before."

"Good point."

So we danced, in the middle of Annabeth's bedroom, with no music, and the door open for the whole world to see.