Chapter 6: Never Have I Ever

AN: I know you guys wanted the explanation. You shall get it, but Percy and Annabeth have managed to avoid that for now. Just because their Percy and Annabeth. I'll post it later but I haven't exactly figured out what I'm doing with it yet. This one takes place a few months after my chapter transformation. I got some of these ideas from Percy Jackson's Greek gods and Greek Heroes.

It was time for another session of BTC. This time instead of the usual cheeseburgers and hanging they were all at Percy's apartment. Sally and Paul were at Montauk for the weekend and Annabeth was at Mt. Olympus again. Percy had been left alone so he had decided to invite his cousins all over for the weekend. The seventeen year old was responsible enough so Sally agreed.

Jason and Hazel had arrived together from California. Nico and Thalia came soon after from L.A. After the usual affair of catching up and eating lots of blue cookies the cousins were at a loss for what to do.

Finally Thalia had an idea. "You guys want to play Never Have I Ever? Not the drinking version though."

Hazel frowned, "What's Never Have I Ever? Why would I need to drink?"

"You don't," Percy assured her. "Mom would kill me plus I've kind of sworn never to drink alcohol. I'm pretty sure Thalia and Jason might agree."

The children of Zeus nodded. Their mother had been a horrible alcoholic. Like Percy with Smelly Gabe they had seen the affects. All three had sworn never to drink enough to get more than tipsy.

"So how do you play?" Nico asked. "We didn't exactly play this game in the 1940s."

"Right. Basically I'll say something like Never Have I Ever lived at Camp Jupiter. If you've done that you'll take one of these cards, because we need a way to keep track without drinking. It needs to be something you yourself has done," Jason said. "Whoever has the most cards when we finish has lost. Whoever has the least wins."

"I'll start," Thalia grinned maliciously. "Never have I ever wanted to kill my godly Stepmother."

Nico, Thalia, Jason and even Hazel took cards. They looked surprised when Percy didn't. "Amphitrite is nice. When I stayed at Dad's last summer she made me cookies. The first time I met her she was a bit standoffish but we were in the middle of a war with Titans."

"Why do you get the best godly parent and stepparent?" Thalia pouted.

"Reasons. My turn. Never have I ever shadow traveled," Percy said. Everyone took a card.

Nico looked around thoughtfully from where he was in between Percy and Jason. "Never have I ever been sent on a quest for an item of a god's power. Take as many as you have."

Thalia and Nico both took one for the sword of Hades. Percy counted on his fingers before taking at least four.

"What are all those for?" Jason asked.

"The master bolt and Helm of Darkness were my very first quest. Rescued a sword for Hades too. Then the caduceus with Annabeth before the giant war."

Everyone stared. Jason took a moment before taking his turn. "Never have I ever been Praetor."

He and Percy took.

Hazel then tried. "Um… Never have I ever been to the Underworld?"

Everyone except Jason took.

"Really bro? Not even once?" asked Percy. "I think I've been at least six times."

"Nope and hopefully not for a long time," Jason said proudly.

"Never Have I Ever been voted for death by an Olympian Council. That you know of," Thalia amended after a moment.

She and Percy both took.

"You're losing fast," Nico noted.

"Well I've sadly done a lot," said Percy. "Um… Never have I ever been to Greece?"

Everyone but Thalia took and Percy grinned.

"Never have I ever been to the Lotus Casino," Nico said making sure Percy took.

Jason sighed. "Never have I ever had a magical weapon."

Everyone but the two children of the underworld took.

Hazel tried again still nervous, "Never have I ever been able to speak another language besides the one you can from your godly side. Meaning Latin for Romans and Greek for Greeks."

Nico took with Hazel and Percy hesitated. "What if I can speak Latin as well as Greek?"

"What?" asked Jason. "How? When I was in Camp Half Blood I had to learn it from scratch. It wasn't built in."

"I don't know," Percy said. "I learnt a little when Chiron was my teacher in middle school but that was easy. It became so much easier after that and I can speak it as well as Greek now."

Thalia sighed realizing Percy was getting uncomfortable with all of them staring at him for more than five minutes. "Never have I ever lived alone in a cabin."

Everyone but Hazel took. She smiled, "Perks of the Legion."

Percy went again. "Never have I ever wanted one of Mr. D's shirts."

Nico and Jason glared at him and took as well. Thalia and Hazel looked at them confused.

"What's that about?" Thalia asked.

"Long story short we snuck into Mr. D's room and discovered some t-shirts adult size small from the Grand World Tour of Madness and Wine-Tasting. We all wanted to take but that was when Mr. D returned." (I got this from Percy Jackson's Greek gods.)

Nico groaned. How could he get Percy back? "Never have I ever argued with Hades and lived."

Percy groaned and took a card handing one to Nico as well.

Jason smirked. "Never have I ever fought a Titan and a Giant one on one."

"How about several?" Percy said taking yet another card.

"What haven't you done?" Hazel asked.

"A lot."

Hazel rolled her eyes. "Never have I ever been cursed."

She and Percy took. Everyone looked at Percy. "Ares got mad when I beat him that first time. Said my sword would fail me one day. It did when fighting Atlas."

"Really I didn't notice?" Thalia said. "Okay. Never have I ever been a plant. Nico take two."

Nico groaned but obeyed and looked surprised when Percy took as well. "Wait I thought you've only ever been a guinea pig."

"I asked Athena a stupid question after learning with Annabeth. Got turned into an olive tree until Annabeth demanded I was turned back. Dad might have gotten really mad too."

Everyone stared before cracking up. "What was the question?" Jason asked through his laugh.

Percy looked down at the floor. "If I could get a room at the Palace Athena," he grumbled. (I got this from Percy Jackson's Greek gods too.)

Everyone cracked up again. It took awhile for them to calm down especially when they looked up to see Percy's pout.

Even as they played for a few more rounds it was obvious Percy had lost. He had done the most out of all of them even if he hadn't been living the life of a demigod as long as most of them.