The New Kids: Chapter 2

A/N: Hellloooo!

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So, let's get on with the story, shall we?

Now, I just have two things to say:

The gods are like, super dooper, pooper scooper, fantastically, amazingly good looking, right?

So, their kids would be super dooper, amazingly good looking, by default, see my logic?

And: I think that after the Giant War, Jason would switch back and forth from CHB to CJ, like Nico did for a while.

Oh, and outfit links are on my profile!

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LUNCH: THE SAME DAY

ANNABETH'S POV:

Finally, lunch.

Thalia and I sat down at a table, waiting for the boys, "So, Thals, what do you think of Kaine?"

Thalia shrugged, "She seems pretty cool to me. I may just be paranoid, but she reeks of demigod potential."

I nodded, "I think so too. She must be a daughter of a minor goddess; she lives with her dad, plus, she's managed to stay alive all this time."

Thalia sighed, "I hate this. They just throw us in Virginia, and expect us to come out with demigods."

"Yeah. It kind of sucks.", I said in reply.

"Preach," Thalia dead-panned.

Percy and Nico walked up behind us, "MUST HAVE FOOD!"

I snorted, "Then how about you go get some, Seaweed Brain?"

"Yeah, Kelp Head, get us all some food!", Thalia cried, laughing.

"Get your own food Pinecone Face," Percy snapped, then turned to me, "You want something Annabeth?"

Thalia rolled her eyes, "Whipped much?"

Percy sighed, "I just don't want to be beaten up by my girlfriend."

I laughed, "Just get me a burger and a coke."

Nico got up, "Thalia, you want anything?"

Thalia grinned, "Same thing as Annabeth."

Nico nodded and stalked off behind Percy. Just as I was about to continue our Kaine/demigod conversation with Thalia, Kaine herself walked up to us,

"Hey, guys. Do you mind if I sit here? There isn't any room anywhere else."

Thalia shrugged, "Sounds good to me."

I nodded, "Yeah, no problem."

Kaine grinned and set her stuff down, "I'm going to go get some food. You two want anything?"

I shook my head, "No thanks, Nico and Percy are getting our stuff."

"Okay, be back in a minute."

Kaine turned on her heel, and headed off to the line, and a few minutes later, Percy and Nico strolled back to the table, trays full.

Percy handed me a burger, along with my bottle of Coke, as did Nico to Thalia.

I took a huge bite out of my burger, mumbling, "Thanks Seaweed Brain," to Percy.

Percy snorted, "Geez, Annabeth, hungry much?"

I glared at him, "Well, since two idiots I happen to live with didn't go to the store, I had coffee for breakfast."

Percy looked down into his lap, "Point taken. Me and Nico will go to the store after school."

"Nico and I," I corrected.

"Whatever."

Kaine sat down at the table with some water and a salad. I raised my eyebrow,

"That's all you're eating?"

Kaine blushed, "I'm a vegan. Plus, I had a big breakfast."

Thalia, the carnivore gaped at her, "Vegan?" She said it as if she was saying Echidna's delicates.

"How can anyone live without meat?"

Kaine chuckled, "I've been a vegan for as long as I can remember. It's natural for me."

Thalia shrugged, "Well, you can feel free to torture yourself, but I'm sticking with my friend Mr. Burger."

Percy snorted, "Wow, Thals, nice."

Percy's laughter died off, leading into an awkward silence. I popped one of Percy's fries into my mouth,

"So… Who wants to play 'Would You Rather?'"

Thalia's eyes lit up, "Me! Me, me, me!"

Nico raised an eyebrow, "I guess since Thalia's so into it, I will too."

Kaine nodded, and Percy grinned.

I rubbed my hands together, an evil smirk on my face, "Thalia, would you rather become a vegan," Thalia looked horrified, "Or, let Aphr- Aunt Aphy, give you a makeover?"

Thalia gaped, a terrified expression on her freckled face, "Oh my gods. Both sound awful. It's either, eat like a rabbit, no offence Kaine, or look like a Barbie? I think I'll take becoming a living Barbie."

Nico scrunched up his face, "Don't let her hear you say that…"

Kaine cocked her head, "Who's your Aunt Aphy?"

I was about to answer, when I heard one of our Camp songs. The one about how our grandmother prepares for battle, coming out of Percy's pocket.

Percy blushed, and pulled out his 'iPhone', which was enclosed in a case that looked like the old Nintendo Game Boy. He slid his finger across the screen to pick up,

"Hello?"

"Oh, hi Mom."

Thalia gasped, she loved Percy's mom. She reached across the table and snatched Percy's phone out of his hand,

"Hi Aunt Sally!"

"Yeah, we got here in one piece. Well, Annie and I were pretty annoyed, because your son and Nico wouldn't shut up about Call of Duty."

I could hear laughing on the other end, then murmuring.

Thalia's eyebrows shot up, "Who's coming down here?"

More murmuring.

"Both of them? Tonight? Oh, gods. Well, I gotta go, I have to prepare the others. Bye, Aunt Sally, love you!"

With that, Thalia tapped the 'hang up' icon on the screen, sighing.

"Guys, guess what."

I raised an eyebrow, "What?"

"Lexia and Lyrical are coming down here to go to the middle school," Thalia replied.

I gaped at her, "LEXI? As in my sister, Lexia, and her equally hyper best friend?"

Thalia rolled her eyes, "Well, how many other Lexia's do you know?"

I nodded, "Good point. Oh, gods. We have to take care of two 13 year olds."

Nico nodded, "Yeah, but it's not like they can't fend for themselves. We could just give them five bucks and make them walk to the nearest McDonalds."

Thalia scrunched up her face, "That could work."

Kaine interrupted, "Who's Lexi? Annabeth's sister?"

Percy nodded, "Yeah. And Lyrie. The most adorable, yet hyper 13 year olds the world has ever seen."

Nico shrugged, "Percy's right. Those kids are pretty lovable."

Thalia rolled her eyes, "Oh, please Nico. You just like them, because they'll play Mythomagic with you."

Nico crossed his arms, "Wha-? I don't play that anymore.. Psht.. That game's for kids."

I chuckled, "Oh, really? Do you want me to call Lex? She'd be happy to rat you out."

Nico looked down at his feet.

Kaine raised an eyebrow, "Wait, who's Lyrie?

I chuckled, "Lyrical, or as you heard us call her, Lyrie, is my sister's best friend."

Kaine bit her lip, "You guys are taking care of kids now?"

Percy shook his head, "Nah.. More like we have personal slaves. They're really fun too, Lexi's great at pranks. See, she's really smart, and she has a 'not-so-secret-'crush on a big pranker named Connor, so they've been pranking together lately."

I slapped his arm, "Seaweed Brain, I'm not going to let you make Lex and Lyrie your slaves."

He pouted, "But, they'd be great at it!"

Nico snorted, "Lexia wouldn't. The kid's a clutz. She can't walk up the stairs without tripping. Remember that time she fell on top of Connor, and they wouldn't get within 100 feet of each other for, like, two weeks?"

Thalia laughed, "That was so funny. She got all red in the face, started blubbering, and then started crying."

I sighed, "Guys, that wasn't funny. The rest of Cabin 6 would agree. We had to listen to her weeping about how Connor hated her for the rest of the night. It's not like it was even true, he so likes her."

Kaine put on a sympathetic face, "Awww… Poor kid."

Nico nodded, "I'm gonna go get coffee. Anyone want some?"

We all shook our heads.

Thalia laughed, "Oh my gods, I just realized that we're going to have to deal with a happy Nico for the rest of the day. This should be good."

Kaine scrunched up her eyebrows, "Caffeine makes Nico happy?"

I nodded, "Yeah. It's very funny. He starts acting like Lexia; going on and on about Mario Cart and how much better Yoshi is than Toad. It's quite creepy, actually."

Nico sat down with a cup full of the brown liquid, sighing, "There wasn't any Cool Whip. Cool Whip makes everything better."

Percy nodded, "He speaks the truth."

Thalia grunted, "Idiot."

Percy pouted, "Annie… Thalia called me an idiot again!"

I sighed. My friends are so immature, "Number one, Percy, hon, you know not to call me Annie. Two, Thalia, don't call Percy an idiot. It lowers his self-esteem.

Percy scrunched up his face, "Wise Girl, you sound like Drew. And that's never a good thing."

As I was about to reply, a group of 4 or 5, skinny girls, with make-up covered faces walked up to our table. The one in the front snapped her gum, and plastered on a fake smile,

"Do ya'll mind if we join you?" She asked, eyeing Percy.

Oh my gods. I get that Percy's good-looking, almost all demigods are, but does everyone have to hit on him?

Thalia scrunched up her face and raised an eyebrow, "Uh, how about no?"

The lead girl glared at her, and sat down in the seat next to Percy, one down from me, her cronies following.

"I'm Hailey. These are my friends, Audrey, Lyssa, Tess, and McKayla."

Thalia rolled her eyes, "Great. Now can you please leave?"

Tess gasped, "How rude! You don't even know us!"

Thals glared at her, "Sure I don't. Who would want to?"

I snickered, and Hailey gaped at me,

"What's it to you, Blondie?"

I could feel Percy tense up, as did Nico.

"How about you just leave us alone?" Nico asked.

Hailey scoffed, "Fine. I wouldn't want to hang out with LOSERS you."

She turned on her heel, and snapped for her pack to follow her.

Kaine let out a breath, Percy ran his hand through his hair, and sighed.

The bell rang for our next class, and I turned to my friends, "Okay. So, what does everyone have next? I have Greek."

Percy nodded, "Greek."

As did Thalia, "Same here."

"I have Greek," Nico told me.

Kaine grinned, "I've got Greek next too."

I smiled, "Good. This makes things easier. Let's get going, shall we?"

Nico snorted, "Shall we. Shakespeare says stuff like that."

Percy groaned, "And let the reign of Happy Nico begin."

Thalia sighed, "Oh joy."

Kaine chuckled, and Thalia raised an eyebrow at her,

"Hey. You wouldn't laugh if you had to go home with him."

Percy crossed his arms, "I have to share a room with him."

I put a hand on his shoulder.

"I feel for you Seaweed Brain."

He sulked, and grabbed my hand, pulling me up next to him. We opened the door to our Greek classroom, to find an empty room.

I shrugged, "Let's find a table."

We walked up to a circular table, seating 6, and sat down.

I was drumming my fingers on my leg, Percy was tapping his foot, Thalia was playing with her Camp necklace, and Nico was bouncing his leg. It's pretty obvious that we're ADHD.

Kaine pulled out a book and started reading. Thalia cocked her head,

"Wha'cha reading?"

Kaine blinked, and showed Thalia the cover.

Thalia blushed, "Can you tell me? I... I uh, I can't really read it. Dyslexia."

I bit my lip, "We're all dyslexic."

Kaine turned pink, "Oh, sure. It's A Game of Thrones."

Thalia nodded, "Oh. Cool."

Kids started shuffling in, one by one, until the only seat left was the one at our table.

The brunette girl, Tara, grinned and walked up to our table, "Do you mind if I sit here? Everywhere else is full."

I had seen her in some of my classes, but she'd never talked to me.

Not much of a welcoming committee, I thought.

Percy nodded, "Yeah, sure."

Nico waved, "Hi! I'm Nico! I like cotton candy!"

I turned to Nico, "Nico. Shut up. She knows our names. And," I turned to Thalia, "No more coffee for Nico."

Kaine chuckled, "I'm Kaine. What's your name?"

"I'm Tara! I already knew their names, but it's nice to meet you!"

Kaine scooted her chair away from Tara's, obviously creeped out.

I cleared my throat, "Uh, Tara, we invited Kaine to your friend Brianna's party on Friday, is that okay?"

Tara's grin stretched farther, "That's fantastic! Brianna is super excited that you guys can come!" She set her head in her hands, and rested her elbows on the table, "What are you guys wearing?"

Thalia coughed, "Uh. I don't own anything formal. I guess I'll go shopping soon or something."

"My stepmom bought me a blue one-shoulder dress, I guess I'll wear that with flats," I said.

Tara nodded, "Kaine?"

"I guess I'll go shopping."

"And boys, make sure you wear some nice jeans, or something! I'm wearing a silver, sparkly, strapless dress!" Tara beamed.

I though suddenly hit me, "Uh, Tara, we have my sister and her friend coming to stay with us tomorrow, and we can't leave them home alone."

Tara thought for a moment, "Oh! Brianna has 2 little sisters, they're 12 and 14, they can hang out with them!"

I nodded, "Yeah, that'll work. Their names are Lexia and Lyrical, they're 13."

"Fantabulous!" Tara cried.

The teacher walked in, "Hello. I am Mrs. Botcher. This year we will be studying Ancient Greek culture, and learning the language."

Percy grinned, "Easy…"

The teacher came up with a clipboard, "Does anyone speak fluent Greek?"

Thalia, Nico, Percy and I raised our hands.

The teacher looked surprised, "Oh, okay. Would you please come up and give a demonstration?"

I shrugged, "Sure."

We walked up to the front, and held a very, very, fast conversation in Greek, mostly about whether or not Kaine is a demigod, and who her parent is. We knew that she lived with her dad, so her mom must be a minor goddess.

The teacher gaped at us, and we sat down.

Kaine stared at us, "Oh my god. That was awesome!"

Thalia smirked, "Just a little something we learned at Camp."

I kicked her leg under the table, hissing, "Thals! Shut up."

She shrugged at me, and Kaine looked puzzled,

"What camp do you guess go to?"

I quickly came up with a name, "Camp Brunner. It's in Long Island."

The teacher recovered from her shock, "Oh, my. That was impressive. What are your names?"

I waved, "I'm Annabeth Chase, that," I pointed to Percy, "is Perseus," he poked me, "Sorry, Percy Jackson, that is Nico di Angelo, and that's Thalia Grace."

The teacher nodded, then checked us off the roll, "Okay. Well, class, today we will be learning the basics of Greek Culture. The twelve main Olympian gods were, Zeus, Hera, Aphrodite, Hephaestus, Ares, Athena, Apollo, Dionysus, Artemis, Poseidon, Hermes, and Demeter. Some other gods and goddesses were Hestia, Persephone, Hypnos, Hades, and Nemesis."

Nico sighed, "I hate that Hades is a minor God. But I love cotton candy!"

Thalia rolled her eyes.

"Now, before the gods, there were the Titans, the parents of Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Hades and Demeter. They were ruthless and cruel, and didn't care about the mortals. Now, Kronos ordered his wife to feed him his children, the gods, because he didn't want them to overthrow him. But, instead of feeding Kronos baby Zeus, Kronos' wife fed him a rock, and hid baby Zeus. Since they were immortal gods, they grew up in Kronos' stomach, completely undigested, and Zeus tricked Kronos into drinking a mixture of mustard and wine and he threw up the gods, who were completely unharmed and fully grown, Zeus then sliced Kronos up with his own Scythe, and the gods ruled the Earth. Zeus was given the sky, Poseidon, the ocean, and Hades the underworld."

Thalia grinned and rubbed her hands together, "Yes! Finally a class I can ace!"

The teacher continued, "Now we will be taking a quiz, to find out how much you know about the Greek language, culture and mythology."

She handed out a 3 paper quiz, and started a timer, "You have 45 minutes. Go!"

I signed my name quickly on the top of my paper, and started circling answers. This was too easy. After about 3 minutes, I raised my hand,

"I'm done. Do you want my paper now?"

Mrs. Botcher gaped at me, "Excuse me? You're done?"

I nodded, "Yeah."

She snatched up my paper, just as Percy and Thalia yelled, "Done!"

She stalked over to them, and grabbed their quizzes, just as Nico cried, "I'm done!" in a gleeful tone, "I would've finished sooner, but I wanted to check over mine."

Mrs. Botcher took his quiz and walked over to her desk, whipping out a red pen to check them.

After about 5 minutes, she walked over to us, giving us our papers back, muttering, "All correct. All correct. How is this possible?"

Kaine looked up at us, shocked, and whispered, "How did you guys do that?"

Mrs. Botcher glared at Kaine, "Keep your eyes on your own paper, Miss-"

"O'Connolly. Kaine O'Connolly."

Mrs. Botcher nodded.

SKIP TO THE END OF THE DAY:

I walked to my locker, and pulled some of my books out of my backpack. As I walked out of the building, I saw Kaine sitting on the edge of the concrete, I walked over to her,

"Hey Kaine. You have a ride home?"

She nodded, "Yeah. The city bus comes by here in half an hour."

I shook my head, "We'll drive you home. Percy's got a car. It'll be a bit of a squeeze, but we'll make do."

Kaine sighed, "I can't just ask you to drive me home. We just met today."

I shrugged, "So? At least let us drive you to our condo. Maybe you could get your dad to pick you up from there."

Kaine bit her lip, "Are you sure?"

"Absolutely."

Kaine sighed, "I guess so…"

I smiled, just as my phone rang, a girl screaming, "Piper's calling! Pick up Annie! Piper's calling! PICK IT UP ALREADY!"

I chuckled, and turned to Kaine, "I gotta take this. It'll only be for a second."

Kaine nodded, "No problem."

I slid my finger across the screen,

"Hey Pipes. What's up?"

"Hey Annabeth! Nothing much is up, but I'm suffering from death by my sisters!"

I laughed, "What are they doing to you?"

"It's makeover night."

"Oh. I'm glad I'm not there."

"Lucky butt. Hey, you know Lexia and Lyrical are going down to you guys tonight, right?"

"Yeah. I do. Hold on a second, okay?"

"Okay."

I turned to Kaine, "Percy's car is over there, we can start walking."

She nodded, and we started making our way to the car.

"You still there, Pipes?"

"Yep. Lexi's really excited to see you."

"I wish I could say the same."

Piper laughed, "I don't blame you. Where are they sleeping?"

"Oh, gods. I have no clue. I think our sofa pulls out. We could stick them on there. Thalia and I each have our own full bed, but there is no way in Hades I'm sharing a bed with either one of them."

We reached Percy's car and I pulled open the shotgun seat, Percy, Thalia, and Nico were already seated.

"One second, Piper."

I turned to Percy, "Hey Perce, Kaine doesn't have a ride, I told her she could come home with us, okay?"

"Kay. She can just squeeze in the back."

Kaine nodded, "Okay."

I resumed my conversation with Piper,

"Hey Pipes, I'm back."

"Cool. Who are you talking to?"

"Perce, Nico, Thalia, and our new friend Kaine."

"Oooh! I want to say hi!"

I turned my attention to everyone in the car,

"Hey guys! I have Piper on the phone, I'll put her on speaker, because she wants to talk to you guys."

I tapped the speaker icon,

"Okay, Piper, you're on speaker."

"Okay. Hi guys!"

A chorus of,

"Hi Piper's!" and "Hey Pipes!" was the response.

Thalia's voice stood out, "Hey Pipey, this is our new friend Kaine, we met her at school!"

Kaine grinned, "Hello Piper!"

Piper's cheerful voice came out of my phone's speakers,

"Hello Kaine! I feel bad for you…"

"Why?" Was Kaine's puzzled response.

"You're hanging out with the biggest freaks ever!"

Percy gaped, "Hey, that's not nice!"

"Get over it, Perce. Oh, and Leo and Jason want to say hey!"

"Yeah! I wanna say hi to my brother!" Thalia cried.

I first heard Jason's deep voice,

"Hello?"

"Hey Jason! It's Thalia!"

"Oh, hey Thals!"

"Percy, Annabeth, Nico and our new friend Kaine say hi!"

"Uh…. Hey, Percy, Annabeth, Kaine, and Nico, you're still treating my sister nicely, right?"

"I am, Jason, no worries."

"Okay, just checking. Here's Leo."

"Hey guys! It's the Flame speaking!"

"Idiot," was Thalia's response.

Percy turned to the rest of us,
"Annabeth, turn of the phone, I want to get home!"

I laughed, "Okay Perce. Bye Leo, tell Pipes and Jason we say bye."

"Okay Annabeth, see you guys later!"

I tapped the 'hang up' button, and Percy sighed,

"Finally! Now we can head home."

Percy stuck the key in the ignition, and turned the key. I started laughing,

"Our friends are so weird!"

Thalia snorted, "You can say that again. I can't believe Jason pulled the whole 'protective brother' thing. I can very well take care of myself, and he better know it."

Nico crossed his arms, "I know it. I have to be nice to you, or you'll kill me."

Percy chuckled, "I'd pay to see that."

Nico picked up a crumpled ball of paper, and threw it at Percy's head.

"Hey! No throwing stuff at the driver," Percy protested.

"How do you know Piper, Jason and Leo?" Kaine asked.

"Well, Jason is Thalia's brother, and we all met at Camp, err... Brunner," I answered.

"Oh, cool. What are you guys doing tonight?" Kaine wondered.

Thalia sighed, "Well, Death Breath and Kelp for Brains forgot to go to the grocery store last night, so we could all go."

"I call picking ice cream flavor!" Nico cried.

"Oh, great. He's still hyper," I grumbled.

"Ewwww! No! Nico likes weird ice cream," Percy whined.

"I do not! Raspberry ice cream is completely normal!"

"No it's not! It's gross!"

Thalia scrunched up her nose, "I have to say, I agree with Percy on this one. Raspberry ice-cream is gross. I want chocolate!"

"Agreed!" I yelled.

Nico and Percy started arguing, and Thalia shut Nico up by smashing her lips to his, then slapping him across the face, as she pulled away. Nico rubbed his jaw, pouting, but everyone could see the small tug on the corners of his lips.

Kaine snickered, but quickly hid her face in her hands, when Nico gave her his best death glare, which, is pretty freaky.

We pulled up to our apartment building, grabbing our bags, and walking into the lobby, we headed up into the elevator.

"I wanna push the button!" Nico screamed, scaring a little girl and her mother, who were riding with us. I smacked the back of his head, and turned to the mother and her daughter,

"I'm sorry about my friend. He, uh… He drank coffee."

Percy laughed, and let Nico push button number four. We rode up to our floor and I pulled out our key. I twisted it in the knob, then pushed the door open. We walked in, throwing our bags down on the floor.

"Wow," Kaine musses, "Nice place."

I nod, "Yeah. It's pretty cool. Thalia and I have a Jacuzzi tub."

Nico pouted, "Percy and I don't. Plus we have the small beds. Not fair at all."

We sat down on the couch, and turned on the TV, to Kate Plus 8.

"Awww," Nico cooed, "Those kids are so cute!"

Thalia glanced over at her boyfriend and cocked an eyebrow, "Uh… Nico, you hate kids. Remember at Camp, Mr. D made you help the little kids with strawberry picking?"

"Well, those kids are evil. Kate's kids aren't. They're cute."

Thalia rolled her eyes, just as we heard a knock on the door.

"Oh gods, could that be Lexia and Lyrical?" Percy asked.

"I hope not," I mumbled.

Thalia turned to Kaine, "Well, Kaine, you might just have the pleasure of meeting the two single most annoying kids on the planet. Have fun."

I walked over to the door, and was attacked by a mob of blond hair, Lexia.

"Annabeth! I missed you!"

"I missed you too Lexi!"

She pulled back and raised an eyebrow at my outfit, "What's up with the girly clothes?"

"Oh, those. Karen took me shopping, and I didn't put in any input, so she bought whatever she wanted."

"I think she looks cute," Lyrical interrupted.

"Hey Lyre Lyre!" I cried.

"Hey Annie."

I gave her a pointed look and she shrugged at me.

"Well, I don't mean to interrupt the love-fest, but there's someone who would like to say hi to her friends…"

"RACHEL! What are you doing here?" Thalia yelled. She always had a soft spot for the redheaded Oracle.

"Argus couldn't take Lexi and Lyrie, so I volunteered to fly them out here."

"Your dad's jet?"

"Yeah…"

Lyrical rushed over to Percy, "Percy! I missed you!"

"Hey Lyrical! How's Mrs. O'Leary doing?"

"Good. She misses you, though."

"The Stolls better not kill my dog."

"They won't. Katie's watching them like a hawk."

Percy laughed, "Of course she is…"

Over in the corner of the kitchen, Lexia was whispering to Nico,

"Mythomagic tournament, tomorrow night. You, me, and Lyrical. Loser has to prank call Mr. D."

Nico spit on his hand, as did Lexia, and they shook,

"Deal," Nico muttered.

After a couple minutes, I noticed Kaine, still standing by the TV, looking lost.

"Oh," I said, "Guys, this is Kaine O'Connolly. I was thinking of seeing if she would be interested in coming to Camp next summer."

I hope they got the hint, and I knew they did when Rachel nodded,

"Hi Kaine. I'm Rachel. I hope you could come. Some of our cabin patrons have been notifying us of future campers."

Lexia and Lyrical waved, Lexia, my sister, and a daughter of Athena, had straight, honey-blond hair, loads of freckles, and gray eyes, with hints of blue around the edges. Lyrical, a daughter of Apollo, had dark brown hair, brown eyes, and she too had loads of freckles on her pale face.

Percy cocked his head, "What? I don't—"

I stood on my tip toes, and whispered in Percy's ear,

"I'll explain later."

He nodded, "Okay."

Kaine checked her watch,

"Oh, I have to go, I need to catch the bus."

I nodded, "Okay. See you tomorrow at school?"

"Yep."

We waved as Kaine walked down to the lobby.

Rachel raised an eyebrow, "Demigod material?"

Nico nodded, "Yeah. We're thinking a minor goddess. She lives with her dad."

Rachel checked her watch, "Okay. I gotta go. I'll IM you guys later."

She turned on her heel and left.

Lexia and Lyrical walked through the apartment, exploring. A minute later, they walked back into the kitchen, Lyrical's arms crossed, and Lexia's hands on her hips,

Lyrical glared at us,

"There's no room."

Percy had a puzzled look on his face, "What do you mean?"

Lexia sighed, "You idiot! We come all the way down here, only to find out that there's nowhere for us to sleep!"

Nico cocked his head, "Annabeth and Thalia have double beds."

Lyrical laughed, "There's no way in your father that I'm sharing a room with Thalia."

Thalia looked offended, "What? What's wrong with me?"

I snorted, "You snore. A lot."

"Why didn't you ever say anything?" She demanded.

"I have ear plugs."

Lexia gritted her teeth, "Where-are-we-sleeping?"

I rolled my eyes, and yelled back, "I DON'T KNOW! LEXIA KAYLIN BURKE, don't you dare start acting like an Aphrodite girl!"

Percy whistled, "Oooooh! Cat fight!"

"That is NOT funny, Perseus Jackson!"

"Geez, Annabeth! Chill, okay?"

"I will not 'chill!' Just go to the freaking store already, okay?"

Percy walked out, dragging Nico with him.

I turned back to Lexia, "I think the couch pulls out. You'll both sleep there."

Lyrical narrowed her eyes, "Annabeth, you can't expect us to-"

"Just shut up, both of you!"

Thalia pulled me into our bedroom, slamming the door behind us.

"Annabeth Chase! What the Hades is wrong with you?"

I plopped my head in my hands, running my fingers through my curls, sighing.

"I overheard Percy talking to Chiron."

"About?"

"He wants to go back to Camp Jupiter."

"Like for a week or something?"

"No. He's thinking about alternating. Like Jason."

"Oh. Does Percy know you over heard him?"

"No. I'm just so frustrated! I lose him once, and as if that's not enough, he wants to go back?"

"I understand. You gave everything for him, didn't Chiron declare you clinically depressed about a month before we finished the Argo II?

"Yeah. I never told Percy that, though. He'd get all guilty. I mean, it's not his fault."

Thalia sighed, "I get it. How about you go to bed? I'll tell Percy you don't feel good."

"Thanks. Tell Lexi and Lyrical I said I'm sorry for snapping at them."

"Will do."

Thalia walked out, and I slipped my clothes off, and slid into some of Percy's old sweatpants, and a Camp Half-Blood T-Shirt.

I brushed my teeth, and laid down on my bed, exhausted. I curled up under my comforter, and went to sleep.

My last thoughts were,

I don't know what I'd do if Percy decided to live at Camp Jupiter.

I guess I'll tell him what I heard tomorrow.

A/N: So…

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