It was hard to think of what to put in this chapter... part of that might be because I've done almost nothing all day...
But I wouldn't dream of missing a day!
Merry December 7th and happy reading!
A very Percy Jackson Advent
December 7th
"Hazel?" Piper called as she knocked on her cabin door softly.
The door opened to reveal Hazel standing in her pyjamas and her hair even more frizzy than usual. "What's wrong Piper, we all agreed that we were gonna sleep in today."
"I know," Piper said apologetically. "But I thought it'd be the perfect time to start up our sword practice again, when no one will be in the way."
Hazel sighed and held up her finger telling Piper to wait a minute. She then shut her door and came out dressed in jeans and a shirt with her hair tied back as best as she could. "Come on then."
The two girls quietly made their way up onto the top deck. The rising sun created a warm glow across the ship and, apart from a cool December breeze, it was quite warm for winter. Hazel and Piper drew their weapons; Piper had grabbed a sword from the Argo II's storage instead of using Katropis.
They sparred until the sun was completely risen and even then, no one had awoken.
"I guess everyone really needed that sleep in," Hazel commented as she walked together with Piper toward the dining hall.
"Yeah well," Piper agreed, "watching all of those movies yesterday was tiring."
"I don't understand why we can get so tired from sitting around all day..." Hazel said.
Piper shrugged.
As they arrived at the dining hall, they found Nico standing in the middle of the room looking slightly guilty.
"Morning, Nico," Hazel said. "Are you okay?"
He nodded. "I couldn't sleep so I came to sit in here."
"How long have you been in here?" Piper asked.
Nico shrugged. "I guess I'll just go back to my cabin... try to get some sleep," he mumbled before turning around and leaving before either of the girls could say anything.
"Well that was weird," Piper said before grabbing a bowl of fruit and tucking in. Hazel nodded but didn't let her brothers strange behaviour go as easily as Piper had.
"He's hiding something from us; I know it," she said.
Piper finished eating her food and then put a comforting hand on her friend's shoulder. "The kid's been through a lot, Hazel. I know we've all been through a lot but Nico's been through the most... I'd be lying if I told you the kid didn't scare me a little but we've just gotta show him we care about him and maybe he'll come around. Everything will be fine."
"Charm speak doesn't work on children of Pluto... uh... or Hades, Piper," Hazel chuckled.
"That's partly why Nico scares me," Piper admitted. "I'm gonna go get cleaned up," she said before leaving Hazel in the dining room alone.
"Feliz Deciembre 7th Hazel!" Leo sang as he strolled into the room. "Did you have a nice sword practice?"
"Uh... sure... how did you... know?" Hazel replied.
"You and Pipes aren't the only ones who are keeping up with their responsibilities you know; I have a ship to sail!" Leo replied.
"Oh, right," Hazel said. She'd completely forgotten that Leo was in charge of driving the ship; she just assumed it sailed itself all the time. "You of all people deserved that sleep in this morning though, Leo."
Leo shrugged. "I've been getting plenty sleep lately... Even get Piper to charm speak the truth outa me if you don' believe me."
"It's because of Calypso isn't it," Hazel smiled.
Leo went bright red and then his nose burst into flames.
"Calm down, Rudolf," Frank grinned. He'd finally managed to get an insult back at Leo. Perfect timing on his part, really. Leo wasn't offended by it though, on the contrary, it made him double over in laughter.
"Oh Frank," he wheezed. "Never change."
Later that day, Leo rounded the whole crew up into the Rec room again and, despite everyone's protests; everyone sat down to continue their Christmas movie marathon.
"Do we really have to watch more movies? Jason sighed. He'd taken advantage of the sleep in and had refused to even change out of his superman PJs.
"Shh!" Percy and Frank had replied. The two of them were wearing their Christmas jumpers (Frank had gotten Nico to also wear his jumper, but he didn't look too pleased about it) and were very much into the Christmas spirit by now. Because of this, Jason decided it was probably better to shut up and accept his fate of another day watching cheesy Christmas films... even if he'd rather be out fighting monsters.
So there was a lot of speech in this, sorry if that sort of thing annoys you but I was seriously lacking creativity today :/
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