Halloween Special ~

Jason made Piper swear not to tell anybody that he remembered the day where he shared his first kiss with her. I won't say I eavesdropped it. Eavesdropping is when somebody is secretly listening to a conversation. I'm not secretly listening, just merely walking by. Sure, they were on a beach with nobody visibly seen on it but this isn't the McLean private beach. People like me who have connections with celebrities or their families can just walk right through.

I'm sorry, I just can't keep secrets. It's simply not in my genes to do so. I could only keep one secret and that is my identity. Am I the Shooter? I wish, but no. That is somebody totally above me.

Promises. I did mention that I can't keep secrets, did I? However, keeping vows are my strength. I keep plenty of oaths. One of the promise I made is to break Piper McLean and that, I will achieve. Literally, break her.

And again, this is not the shooter.

"You do know about Piper's yearly Halloween parties, don't you?" Leo asked.

"What? No." Jason looked pretty confused. "She didn't say anything about parties."

Percy filled him in. "Piper has these Halloween parties where you have to dress up. Usually, a lot of people go there so it gets pretty crowded though."

"I'm taking Juniper to the party." Grover's eyes glimmered with excitement.

"So it's like one of those date parties where you have to get a date?" Jason questioned.

"Not really." Leo shrugged. "At least I go dateless."

"I'm thinking of asking Hazel." Frank muttered shyly.

"And I'm guessing you're asking Annabeth?" Grover nodded towards his best friend.

Percy nodded. "So Jason, are you going to ask Reyna or Piper?"

"What?" Jason shook his head. "Reyna? Piper?"

Leo sighed. "Man, it's no surprise that you like either of one them."

Jason blushed. He knew that he had a teensy crush on Piper but now they mentioned Reyna, she's not that bad. In fact, he suspected that he once liked Reyna. "No." He protested weakly.

Frank gave him a small, sympathetic smile and said. "You don't have to ask any of them if you don't want to. It's just that we are all fairly curious on who you like."

"Well, I like them as a friend."

Leo coughed. "Or more than that."

Percy and Annabeth were lounging in Percy's living room watching a show on National Geographic. Percy didn't recognize it but it was one of Annabeth's favorite. For the whole time, Annabeth's eyes were glued to the screen while Percy sat next to her wrapping his arms around her while using the other one to eat popcorn.

Percy would like to last on longer. His arm felt amazing around Annabeth, he didn't want to ruin the moment. However, he felt like it was the perfect time to ask Annabeth.

"Hey, uhm..Annabeth." Percy started nervously.

"Yeah?" Annabeth drew her attention from the TV Screen to Percy.

"I was just wondering…uh."

"Go on." Annabeth said a bit impatiently. Percy wondered if it was really the right time to ask her.

"Do you want to go to Piper's Halloween party together?" Percy blushed almost instantly.

Annabeth laughed, Percy wasn't sure if it was a good sign or not. They had only started dating over the summer and he never got to ask her anything like this before. "Of course I would, Seaweed Brain."

Percy noticed that she was using the nickname they gave each other since they first met on the first year of Secondary School. Annabeth didn't use it a lot nowadays but whenever she used it, it often implied that he was being dumb. Percy didn't get it. What part of his question was stupid?

"What?" Percy asked curiously.

"Nothing." Annabeth started giggling again. "What made you think that I won't say yes?"

"I didn't think that." Percy raised his eyebrow convincingly. "We're official, why won't you say yes?"

"You're such a kelp head." Annabeth sighed as she pulled Percy into a kiss.

"Did a Martian abducted the real Reyna or something?" Leo raised an eyebrow. "You want me to hack into the school systems change your grade?"

"Pretty much, yeah." Reyna looked nervous.

"Hack into the school system." Leo repeated. "I can't believe it. You're always like the perfect student who follows every single school rule even if it's as stupid as you can't go to the toilet the whole day. You would hold it and go after school."

"Not true!" Reyna exclaimed as her burning cheeks betrayed her. "Okay, but I'm desperate. You're the only person who can hack into the system."

"You know not even kids who have been getting an average of F every term ask me to hack into the system but you, just one little slip to a friggin awesome B asked me to."

"When are you going to start doing complicated stuff on your laptop? This is sort of urgent. " Reyna complained. "You know what? Do you want to get paid? Cuz if money helps you to speed up, I'll give it to you."

Leo shook his head. "Why would I want to be paid?"

"I don't know!" Reyna shrugged. "It's a motivation for you to start working."

"Okay." Leo muttered as he tapped some keys on his computer.

The Halloween Party at the McLean mansion was successful as always. Due to the popularity of Piper (partly because she's famous) and the amount of celebrity's kids that go to Piper's parties, a lot of people showed up. Some of them only did to meet celebrities and their kids then leave straightaway but the mansion is crowded.

To fit in with the Halloween theme, everybody had to dress up. Most girls were wearing slutty play-boy costumes to impress guys while some of the guys didn't even bother dressing up. It's not like Piper can monitor the entrance saying 'you're not wearing a costume, not invited' anyway.

Suddenly, everybody's attention drew to the door. Piper didn't quite understand their sudden interest in who's coming in. Normally, people just slip in and out without anybody noticing but whoever that is coming through the door had captivated at least a hundred people.

A pretty girl stepped in, Piper knew exactly who she is. Ashley Taylors. Piper had met her once at Ashley's party and they briefly talked, mainly because Ashley wanted to be an extra in her dad's new movie but nothing much.

Ashley Taylors never goes to any parties unless it's hosted by herself or one of her close friends. This is obviously a sign to everybody that Piper and Ashley are close friends despite their lack of communication.

"Dude, why didn't you tell me that you guys are BFFs?" Leo whispered to her.

"I don't even know we are." Piper shrugged. "We only exchanged one conversation and that is about being an extra at my dad's movie!" Suddenly, Piper felt self-conscious. Her parties are never really A-listed. Nobody does anything exceptionally wild as they might end up in the front cover of the newspapers. Would Ashley find this party too boring?

"Piper! Great dress!" Somebody Piper had no clue to whom they are went up to her and complimented.

"Thanks." Piper forced a smile on.

"Oh my God! That bracelet is gorgeous. Where did you get it?" Another girl Piper didn't recognize gushed.

"My mom gave it to me."

"Hey, Piper!" Piper turned around and saw Ashley.

"Hi!" Piper tried not to look as nervous as she is feeling inside.

"Nice party you have here." Ashley twirled a blonde strand of her hair.

"Thanks." Piper blushed.

"So I was wondering about the movie…"

"My dad haven't answered to my message yet." Piper said quickly. "I'm sure he'll be more than happy to give you a spot when he comes back from shooting a scene in Greece."

"Keep in touch." Ashley gave her a small smile and sashayed away.

Piper spotted a black ninja. She didn't know who's under the black mask but she thought it'd be cool to ask. Nobody had been that bothered about costumes in Piper's Halloween Parties before. As she made her way towards the ninja, the ninja was moving outside to a bathroom.

"Hey." she greeted the ninja.

"Hi." Piper can tell that it was a girl under the mask.

"How are you?" Piper gave the unknown girl a winning smile.

"Fine." She nodded towards the bathroom. "Can you come inside. I want to tell you something."

"Sure." Piper walked inside of the spacious bathroom with the ninja as the ninja locked the door behind them.

"Piper McLean, kiss goodbye to your boyfriend or more specifically, your life."

Piper felt a sharp object hit her head as her body collapsed onto the ground. On the bathroom floor, she slipped into unconsciousness as the ninja climbed out of the bathroom window.

"I have reasons to believe that you know who's behind this, Mr. Di Angelo."

"Piper is my friend." Nico said simply.

Police Leah smiled and said cockily. "You do know if we take this to court, you would have to tell us everything you know about this assault. And you would have to be honest."

Nico shrugged. "My dad knows everything. Why don't you question him instead? I'm just an apprentice."

"He refused to tell us anything." Leah admitted.

"So you thought if you would question somebody weaker, maybe his son you would get the answers?" Nico's dark eyes fell upon a shotgun behind the police's back. "Well, you're wrong. Why didn't my dad tell you who assaulted her? Maybe your price is too low or maybe you're just not worth telling."

Police Leah seemed to have noticed Nico's gaze upon his gun. "Okay, if I remove this gun from the room, would it make it easier for you to tell me?"

"No. Why would I be scared of guns? I practically grew up around them. Anyway, you can't use them. It's against the laws, isn't it?"

She sighed. Nico will be a hard nut to get any information out of. "Do you want anything? Maybe a milk to warm up?"

"I hate milk." Nico replied shortly like everybody should have been aware of this.

"What do you kids like these days? A McDonald's Happy Meal?"

No reply. Nico just stared blankly into space.

"Hello?"

Nico sighed irritably. "The Fifth Amendment clearly stated that your suspect, me, have the rights to remain silent."

"You're not a suspect." Police Leah explained. "You're just…somebody..like an eye witness! You provide information for us to investigate."

"And I don't get paid?"

"Fine." she took out her wallet. "I'll offer you the exact amount I offered your dad. $100 bucks."

100 bucks, US dollars is normally quite a handsome amount of money for a teenager. However, Nico grew up in an extremely rich family. He can get that amount of money within a snap of his fingers. "Really? That's why dad refused to tell you anything."

Leah is starting to get annoyed from this boy. She is merely a police officer who just graduated from University. One of her first assignments were to interrogate this boy. At first, she thought it would be pretty simple but Nico Di Angelo is one of the hardest person on earth to crack.

Coming from a relatively poor family, she remembered how $100 meant the world to her when she was young. Police Leah didn't know how to react to this boy who could throw $100 away like it's trash.

"So you're not going to tell me anything." she concluded.

"Nope!" Nico grinned cheerfully. "And I'm glad you understand."

I hope you guys enjoy the Halloween special! However, I'm not sure if I'm able to update next week as my school camp is at that time...Don't worry, I'm going to try and finish another chapter to upload either before I go or when I come back :)

Anyway, Happy Halloween guys! And for those who are going trick or treating, grab all the candies!

~Kisses, Emily