Percy's POV:
We were walking down the stairs.
"Is it okay for you, if we go to the fast food Restaurant around the corner? They have really delicious burgers."
"Sure. I don't really know fast food restaurants around here."
"Okay. Then it's a decided thing."
When we were getting on our shoes, one of the doors in the entrance hall opened – I saw the kitchen – and a woman came out of the Room. Once she saw us she stopped and looked surprised at us.
"Annabeth? I didn't know that you have visitors. I'm Helen, her Mom." She took a step towards me and stretched out a hand.
"Percy." I said and took her hand to shake it.
"We're going, Helen." Annabeth said.
"Okay. Be home by 8 pm at the latest."
"Yeah." Then we walked out of the house.
After a few minutes walking in silence Annabeth said: "She's not my mother.'
"What?" I asked confused.
"Helen I mean. She is not my Mom."
"Oh…okay."
"My Dad married her when I was 5 years old. And shortly after their marriage she gave birth to the twins."
"You don't sound really enthusiastic. You don't like her?"
"Well, not really. Sometimes they forget that I'm still there."
"How do you mean that?"
"Sometimes they're having dinner at a Restaurant and they forget to tell me about that or they do it on purpose. I don't really know that."
"And your real Mom? Do you two have contact?"
"No, I never met her. I just know, that she is an architect and that she is traveling a lot."
"Well I don't know my Dad."
"Not at all?"
"Nope. I don't even know if he still is alive or what his name is. My Mom mentioned his Name one time. It was something with po in the beginning. I think."
"Can't you just ask her again?"
"No."
"Okay…did your Mom get married again, just like my Dad?"
"Yes she did. When I was 8, she married a man named Gabe."
"You don't sound enthusiastic as well."
"I wasn't." He neither treated me nor my mom really well. But I didn't tell that Annabeth. I haven't told anyone. Not even my Mom knew it all.
"Was? Aren't they together anymore?"
"No."
We entered the fast food Restaurant and walked to the counter.
It was almost empty, so we hadn't waited too long until it was our turn.
We bought Burgers and French fries and then looked for a place in the windows.
"They are really delicious." I said after a few bites.
"Told you so." Annabeth laughed.
I grinned and kept on eating.
"By the way, what do you want to become?" Annabeth asked sometime.
"How come you ask me that now?"
"Well I told you this afternoon, that I want to be an architect. And I just remembered that I don't even know what you want to become."
"Oh. I want to become a marine biologist."
"A marine biologist? Sounds cool. But why of all do you want to be a marine biologist?"
"I like everything that has to do with water. It had been that way my whole life."
"That's also one of the reasons, why you like swimming, right?"
I nodded.
"That also means you must like biology currently."
I nodded again. After that we kept on eating in silence. But it wasn't an uncomfortable silence.
Annabeth was nice and the time with her flew by.
After we were done eating, we started our way back home.
"We'll see us tomorrow in school." Annabeth said to me when we reached the corner were our paths got separated.
"That's right. And don't forget our poster." I grinned at her.
"Never." She grinned back.
I turned around and walked towards my home.
When I entered my Room I put my stuff on the desk, sat down on my bed and looked around in my Room. Compared to Annabeth's Room, it was really small. Across from the door was a small window and the walls were blue – my favourite colour. Next to the window stood my bed, in front of it – directly next to the door – was my cupboard and across from my bed was my desk. The only picture that was in my Room was a Picture from me and my Mom. There wasn't more. My Room more looked like a stuffed chamber. But it was fairly cozy.