Hi! I know that people have been waiting anxiously for this chapter, so I'll make my note quick. I just want to give the biggest thanks to everyone who reviewed because after last chapter I now have over 100 reviews for 7 chapters! Wow! Thanks so much guys, that's a new record by far for me! So, huge thanks to: the Olympians111, GoTTaBeSoMeBoDy, -CullenGirl76-, meiscool2, Omeagus, fan of fan fiction77777, theparthenonrocks27, PercyBeth, xXthe shadow huntressxX, seaweedbrain1, ME, Caramel Kryptonite, artemisrocks, Silentsole, FunnyLaugh, Alicen-Newton-Loves-JasperHale, pineconeface711, paintsellers, BURRITO-FIGHT, Willow Plixstar, XxXTridentsForRentXxX, Bookworm5509 and .. What would I do without you reviewers?

Okay this chapter's song is: Where Were You? By Every Avenue. Not only is this a fabulous song (I highly recommend it) but also it is pretty much the "theme" song of the story. I meant to put it for the last chapter (it would have fit there much better) but I forgot, so you guys get it for this chapter.


Percy looked at his ex wife for a few seconds before he responded. "Fine." He placed his napkin on his chair and got up and followed her into the kitchen. "What do you want?"

"How come you didn't tell me that you were having guests over? I would have joined you and not have worn my junk clothes." I could hear her say, it was hard to hear, but if you listened carefully enough, you could figure it out. Her clothes didn't look like junk to me though. Since when did designer clothes become junk?

"I thought you didn't want me to speak to you again without your lawyer around." Percy said, sounding tired and worn out. He clearly didn't want to be dealing with her anymore, and I could see why.

"Percy, you can't be serious. Until the day we sign the paper and you move out of this house, we are going to have to talk to each other. And if you have guests and I'll be around, I want to know." She insisted, her voice sounded similar to hers in the movies. She always plays these dramatic roles, so when she's talking like this, it almost sounds like she's playing a part.

"Last time I had Rachel over and I told you in advance, you screamed at me. You asked me 'Why would I care? It's not my life this is about it's not my girlfriend, why do I care?' So why again would I ask you this time? And besides, I never agreed to move out." Percy said. Ah, just like the movies, fights, not knowing who's moving out, just that someone is.

"This is a family. This isn't your girlfriend. And while we share this house and you invite guests over, I want to know. I tell you when I have guests over." She replied. I heard footsteps beginning to move.

"But" Percy started, but he was cut off.

"Which is why I will be joining you for dinner." I heard a clatter of plates and silverware.

"Fine, you could have just said that. And, Rachel isn't my girlfriend. She's just my friend, she's been my friend since I was 14, and you know that." Percy replied, out of the corner of my eye I had been watching my mom throughout the whole conversation, but she looked normal, that is except whenever the name "Rachel" was mentioned. She would always twitch a little, and this time she practically choked on what she was eating.

I wasn't the only one who noticed. "Mom, are you okay?" Layla asked, as my mother began to cough like when you drink water too fast.

"Yes Layla, I'm fine. I just swallowed funny." She replied, taking a sip of water.

"Is everyone alright, I thought I heard someone coughing?" Percy returned with his ex wife following behind with a place setting.

"Yes, Mom just ate a carrot too fast." I said to Percy.

"Well, if you don't mind, I'll be joining you guys for dinner. Sorry, I would've been here earlier, I just wasn't informed that Percy would be having guests over." Regina said politely, shooting glances at Percy every few seconds. "So, whom exactly am I having dinner with?"

Percy rolled his eyes, but I think that I was the only one who noticed, because I looked around the table to see if anyone else was trying to suppress a laugh. "Regina, this is my old friend Annabeth." He gestured over towards Annabeth, "Her husband and two children Ally and Layla."

"It's nice to meet you. Where do you two know each other from?" Regina said, looking at Annabeth.

"We used to go to camp together." My mom replied she had finished what she was eating, and was just about to take a sip of water. I looked down at my own plate, wow, I really haven't eaten much, and I guess I'm just not that hungry.

"Oh, did you go to the same as Percy and his cousin Nico? He comes over every so often." Regina said. "He's so pale and has such a dark aura to him." She muttered the last part.

"Uh, yeah. I haven't seen Nico in a while though." My mom replied, she looked up at the ceiling as if she was trying to remember when she saw him last.

"To come to think of it, I've never met your uncle Percy. He didn't come to our wedding." She mused. "Percy, how come you never invite your dad over? The only time I met him was at our wedding!"

"I've told you before Regina, he's a very busy man." Percy said.

"Yeah, I guess. After all, he does own Atlantis." Regina said. Layla and my eyes met, we've always wanted to go to Atlantis, but we were never aloud too. Mom isn't the biggest fan of theme parks. But what mom did was strange, she laughed. Laughed. Laughed?

"Did I miss something?" Regina said, looking just as confused as the rest of us.

"No, sorry, I just thought of the time that I met Percy's dad." My mom said.

"Oh, I've only met him once at our wedding. He didn't stay all that long…" She began to tell a long story about their wedding.

I brought my glass of water to my mouth, and tasted nothing but ice. I looked at everyone quickly. Good, no one is looking at me.

Melt. I said in my head to my water glass. Okay, I know you might think that I'm crazy, and when I first discovered I could do this, I too thought that I was crazy. I can tell water to do stuff. Like get hot or cold, or melt or boil, or move in certain directions. I've never tested my limits, but I'm sure that I can breathe underwater. I've stayed underwater for long times, but I've never tested how long I can last.

I've never told my parents about it though. Well, more like I tried, but it didn't turn out too well. After that, I never tried again. Now days, they wouldn't believe me anymore than they did. Which wasn't at all. Mom is way too down to earth to believe me and Dad would just think that I was pulling a really cool magic trick and would tell me to teach it to him sometime. Neither of them would understand.

It's weird; it actually comes in handy sometimes. I even remember the time I found out that I could control water.

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10 years earlier; the hospital; New York City

"It'll be a few more hours Mrs. Chase, than we'll have to bring you into the delivery room." The nurse said to my pregnant mother. Daddy said that mommy would stop yelling at us after the stork came and dropped off the baby.

"Okay, thanks." My mother replied. Once the nurse left the room, she looked at Daddy and I. Her face looked angry, tired, and hot. "I'm thirsty."

"I'll go and get ice chips…" Daddy said, inching towards the door.

"I'm a big girl, I'll get it." I told my parents with confidence. I was a tad scared, but the water fountain was just outside the door and I wanted to be a hero.

"Are you sure, sweetie, you're father can get." My mom said with worry.

"No! I will get it, I'm a big girl now, remember?" I said with determination and I walked out of the room with the cup besides the bed where mommy was lying down.

I could barely reach the top of the water fountain but I was able to in the end. I filled the cup with the water and I walked back into the room feeling proud of myself.

"Here mommy, I have water." I said, as I handed my mom the cup.

"Sweetie, thanks, but I need ice chips, not water. Your father…" She said as she rejected the cup.

"No. I will fix it. I am a big girl." I said, but this time I wasn't sure. Last time I went with dad to get ice chips it was all the way down the hall. Way to far for a four year old to walk no matter how much of a big girl I was.

I walked out of the room and broke down outside. "Why can't it be ice? Why?" I began to cry to myself in the hallway, which turned a couple of people's eyes. Normally daddy would have heard me crying but mommy was yelling at him about called "condoms" and "how if he used them she wouldn't be going through so much pain."

"Ice. Ice." I said aloud to the cup, hoping it would magically turn into ice if I wanted it. Suddenly, with a little bit of crackling, the cup that used to be filled with water was now filled with ice cubes.

"I did it!" I screamed as I walked into the room where my parents were. "I made ice! Here mommy, I made ice for you."

"What a big girl I have. Thanks so much, sweetie." My mom said, taking the cup.

"Mommy! Daddy! I made ice. It was water, then I wanted it to be ice and it turned into ice! I can do magic!" I said, jumping up and down.

"I think it's been a long day and it's time to go to bed." My dad said, picking me up.

"No! It's true! I did!" I said, pounding on his back with all the energy I had.

"Of course it is." He said as he carried me out of the room and down to the parking lot where auntie Thalia was waiting for me.

"How's Annabeth?" She asked daddy once we reached her.

"It's been a long day, for both of them." He said as he handed me over. "Oh, Annabeth wanted for me to tell say thanks for taking off camping to take care of Ally."

"Tell her I'm glad to do it." Auntie Thalia said as she turned to me. "Hey Ally. Ready to go to bed?"

"No! I want to play with water!" I demanded.

She and daddy smiled at me, then daddy said. "Goodnight Ally, I'll see you tomorrow when you'll have a sister."

"Bye Daddy!"

**

To come to think of it, I have a very weird family. I can control water, and Mom has hats that make you invisible (or something like that) and daggers. It's almost like we're a family right out of a fantasy novel or something.

Okay, that's the chapter. Just a few things, first off, I know I said that I thought that I'd get another update in this weekend, but looking at my schedule I'm not so sure that'll be able to happen. I'm really sorry guys, but I'll do the best that I can.

Also, the reason why the tone of voice is very different in the flashback is because it's Ally's point of view when she was four, so…

Anyways, thanks for reading and please review (reviews tend to motivate me so if I get a ton I'll have more energy to try to fit another chapter in this weekend)!

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