Author's Notes: My posts as of now will be back to normal, every Wednesday.

The drive from Long Island wasn't long. No sooner after we left, we were already in the city. "Alright, Annabeth and myself will stay at my mom's apartment for a few days."

"And the rest of us will be in a hotel close to the apartment complex." Landon grabbed my hand, still the touch of his skin caused me to blush.

"Percy, are you even going to introduce them to your mom?" Annabeth grabbed his hand, leaning against his arm.

"They'll meet her tomorrow, after we go there and see her."

"So why are we staying for three days?" Brent looked agitated as he stared down Percy.

"Because I want to see my mom in case things go bad on this quest."

"Why are you worried though, you've already swam in the River Styx."

"But that doesn't mean I can't be taken down. If gods forbid someone found my human spot, especially since someone here will be the one to betray camp and the gods, then me swimming in the River Styx won't make a difference."

Brent twitched slightly, "Oh whatever, I'll go find something to do after we get our hotel room."

"That sounds like a good idea, I'll see you later Ryan." Percy gave me a hug, whispering into my ear, "Tonight I start the test."

"Good, I hope you get the results you want." We separated, allowing Percy and Annabeth to walked off towards an apartment complex.

"So, which hotel do you want to go to?" Landon looked around to find any close hotels.

"I demand we get a fancy hotel." Brent crossed his arms, voice full of rage for some odd reason.

Nico pointed to a giant hotel three blocks from the apartment complex, "How about that one?"

Brent looked over, "That's the place I want to stay in."

"And what if I don't want to stay there?"

Brent glared at me, "If I have to stay in this wretched city, I at least want a decent bed to sleep on."

I rolled my eyes in defeat, "Fine, we'll stay there." I took out my green card from the Lotus Casino, kissing it, "Thank the gods I kept this."

We walked over to the Hotel, passing a couple sports venders and hotdog stands. The hotel was called Heaven's Essentials, making me laugh slightly. The lobby was mostly empty, a few random people sitting in chairs or standing around.

I walked up to the front desk, "Hello sir."

The man looked up from his magazine, "Hello. How may I help you?"

"I'd like to rent two open rooms for a few days."

The man looked at me confusingly, "Sure, but why do four teenagers need rooms at a hotel?"

"Our parents are out of town for a few days and they told us we could rent hotel rooms while they were gone."

He looked at me skeptically, "Alright, what kind of rooms?"

Brent walked forward, "Two of the best rooms in the hotel."

I sighed, "Yes, the two best open rooms you have. We'll be here for at least three days."

The man's jaw dropped, "You kids want the two emperor's suites?"

"I guess so, as long as they're the best rooms left." I rolled my eyes, watching a grin form on Brent's face.

The man started to enter something onto a device that Landon later told me was a computer, "Alright, your total will come to…$100,000." I handed him the green lotus card, causing him to examine at me even more. He swiped the card through something and an infinity mark came up on a screen.

The man's eyes bulged out of his head, "Oh, my apology sir, I didn't realize you came from such wealth. Let me give you your keys." The man hastily grabbed two keys and handed them to me, "Your rooms are on the fifteenth floor, please enjoy your stay at the hotel." "Thank you, and any room service from these rooms are to be added to the card."

"Got it sir, anything else?"

"I think that's it." I grabbed Landon's hand and I started to pull him towards the stairs.

Landon stood firm, "Why are you going to the stairs Ryan?" Landon pulled my other hand and spun me around.

"That's the way up to the rooms." I smiled happily.

"Well, yes but we could just take the elevator."

"Elevator?"

Landon laughed, "I sometimes forget that you're from the 1940's. An elevator is a device that's used to speed up the time it takes to get up and down floors." He pointed over to a pair of sliding doors that opened to a small, carpeted room.

I blushed and buried my head into his shoulder, "I'm such a dunce."

"No, you're adorable when you're like that." He gave me a kiss on the top of my head, causing Brent to release a groan.

"Can we go upstairs?" Brent came over and grabbed a key, "Come on Nico, you're bunking with me." Nico followed Brent into the elevator and they headed up to the fifteenth floor.

"So, ready to go upstairs?" Landon took my head in his hands and made me look him in his perfect sky blue eyes.

My knees went slightly weak, "Yeah, let's go." We headed over to the second elevator and headed up to the fifteenth floor in pursuit of Brent and Nico.

The room looked amazing. It had a giant king size bed with a matching bathroom, a fully furnished living room with a 60 inch television, and a kitchen in case we didn't want room service and bought some food to cook. "I'm liking this room."

Landon gave me a kiss, "I agree. So what do you want to do?"

I nuzzled my head into his chest, "I want to take a shower."

"Great, I could use one too." Landon started to undress.

The rapidity of his actions made me laugh, "You're in a good, or more likely a hyper mood."

"Yeah, I'm hyper, is that a bad thing?" He finished taking off his shirt, embracing me tightly.

"That's not a bad thing; I just wanted you to know what had you in a good mood other than me." I smiled brightly, nuzzling my head into his chest.

"Well, you're the reason why I'm in such a good mood. I'm happy to be alone with you for the first time without having to leave in about an hour." He laughed more brightly, seeming to raise my spirits with every chuckle.

"That's sweet, and I'm glad as well. So, do you want to go take a shower?" I took my shirt off, giving him a slightly playful look.

"Sure, let's go." He pulled me into the bathroom and closed the door.

The next morning, I woke up next to Landon and I smiled brightly. It was the first time we had actually spent the night together and he didn't have to leave. I curled up close to him, "Good morning love."

Landon stirred a little bit, opening his eyes after a few minutes. "Good morning Ry, how'd you sleep?"

I kissed him lightly on the cheek, "I slept perfectly fine, how about you?"

"I slept just as good, if not better because I got to sleep next to you."

I blushed, "You always know what to say to make me go red." I gave him another light kiss, "We need to call over to Percy's house and see if he did what he was supposed to do." I walked over to my pants that were in the bathroom and took out the sheet of paper that had Percy's phone number on it.

"Are you sure we should use a phone? Remember what Chiron told us about demigods and phones."

I hit my head with my hand, "I'm stupid sometimes; I think I should just Iris message him." I fished out a drachma out of my pants pocket.

Landon got out of bed and dragged me into the bathroom.

I opened the window and turned the faucet on, willing the water to float up and scatter in the air, creating a rainbow. "Oh goddess of the rainbow, accept my offering." I threw the coin in the rainbow and it disappeared, "Percy Jackson at the Manhattan apartment complex." The rainbow fizzled and Percy appeared in bed with Annabeth asleep next to him.

"I think he had sex with Annabeth last night." Landon whispered softly into my ear, making me shiver slightly.

Percy started to wake up, looking at us for a minute. "Ryan, Landon, what are you doing?" He slowly grabbed his pants and slid them on.

"We wanted to check up on you, it is noon." I smiled snobbishly, making Landon laugh slightly.

He looked at the clock next to his bed, "Oh, I'm sorry." He collected himself before speaking again, "Anyways, I did half of the test you wanted me to complete."

Landon looked at me, "What test?"

I looked back into his eyes, "I gave him a test to complete because he wanted to know if he was straight, bi, or gay."

"That makes no sense but I'll go along with it." He looked at Percy, "So how'd it go?"

Percy smiled, "It went perfectly. We both enjoyed ourselves a lot."

I smiled, "That's good, now you know what you need to do today right?"

"I need to call David." Percy looked over at Annabeth, "I'm not going to like cheating on her but I need to know."

"And we're going to keep Annabeth busy while you do that. The longest we'll keep her for is two hours; double the length of time you allotted me." I gave him a serious look.

He gave me one back, "I got it and thank you so much for helping me." He looked at us more closely, noticing that we were both only in underwear. "So did you two do the same thing I did last night?"

I looked down and covered my body, "Sorry bro, I forgot I didn't have most of my clothes on."

"Riiight, so did you?" He laughed softly, making sure not to wake Annabeth.

"No Percy, your brother and I didn't not have sex last night like you did." Landon laughed, causing me to laugh too. "But now that you're watching, we can start." He bit down on my neck, causing me to moan slightly.

Percy gave us a stern look, "Not funny Landon."

Landon lifted his head off of my neck, revealing a bruise where he had bitten. "So, we'll be over in about an hour. Tell her we want to spend some time with her and also tell her that your mom want's to spend some quality with her son."

I covered my neck, "That sounds believable." I looked at Landon, "Don't do that to me unless we're in bed. You almost made my legs buckle."

"Oh come on, it wasn't that bad of pain."

I raised my eyebrow and bit a spot on his neck. Landon's legs fell slightly and I heard him release a moan. I bit down even harder and I felt him getting hard through the fabric of his underwear. Not being in the mood, I stopped biting and he let out a sigh of relief.

"That felt really good." Landon panted heavily, his lower organ slowly becoming flaccid once again.

"I know it did. The only reason I stopped was because 1: we need to get ready and 2: Percy is right there."

Percy was just looking at us, a hint of lust in his eyes, "What'd you say?"

"The first is true but it's not like Percy hasn't seen us do it before." He teasingly looked at Percy.

"Well I don't want to intrude and I do need to get ready and wake up Annabeth. I'll see you in about an hour." Percy waved his hand through the message, disrupting it and causing it to fade away.

"So now can we get dressed?" I continued to cover my neck where the bruise was.

Landon smiled, "That sounds fair, but why cover your neck? I like the little mark there." Landon grabbed me by the waist and pulled me into the bedroom where our bags laid open on the floor. "I think I'll finally wear my Cleveland shirt." He pulled out a blue and white shirt with the words Cleveland on the front.

"Nice hun." I pulled out one of my old New York Yankee shirts from back in the 1940's, remembering that my mom had bought it for me.

Landon looked over at me and saw me tear up, "Are you ok?"

I whipped my eyes, "I'm fine, just remembering my mom."

Landon came over to me and gave me a hug, "I'm sorry about that. My mom wasn't that great so I wasn't ever really close with her."

"It's ok, I'll be fine." I got my shirt on and grabbed a pair of jeans.

"Ok then." Landon got dress, looking at me intently to make sure I was really ok.

We walked out of the room, locking the door on the way, and walked over to Percy's apartment.

* * * I knocked on the front door, "Percy, you home?"

I heard Annabeth yell for us to come in so I opened the door hesitantly only to be amazed at how different the apartment looked compared to the outside. It was a decent size, it had a fairly large kitchen and living room, two large bedrooms, and two complete bathrooms. "Wow, this place is nice." Landon looked around curiously at all the ancient Greek pottery and apparel hanging on the walls.

"Hey Ryan, Landon, how are you doing today?" Annabeth came down the stairs jubilantly, a slight limp in her step but to an unknowing eye, she looked fine.

"We're fine, how about you, did you two do anything fun last night." I kept my tone even, trying to act as if I didn't know what had happened. "We had a blast last night. His mother went out on an extra long date with her fiancée and we just hung out and relieved some stress." She said relieved with a slight sigh.

"So what exactly did you do?" Landon wrapped his arms around me, reveling the bruise he had left.

Annabeth stared at my neck, "Never mind what I did, what did you two do?" She giggled slightly after saying that, probably thinking we did what she did last night.

I covered my neck, "Landon got a little hungry and decided to bite my neck this morning in the shower." An annoyed look came across my face, causing Landon to laugh even louder.

"Oh you know you enjoyed it." Landon gave me a kiss on the neck again, "Now don't change the subject, why did you two have a blast all alone?" He wasn't as good about hiding what he knew as I was, but he kept his tone even.

Annabeth turned deep scarlet, "We…well you see…we kind of…Percy!"

Percy came running down the stairs, fully dress this time, "What Annabeth?"

"Should I tell them what we did last night?" Her eyebrow raised as she spoke. "That's up to you, remember you're the one who has to spend the day with them, not me." The smile on his face was obvious from the tone of his voice.

She turned back around and smiled, "Alright, last night Percy and I lost a certain something."

I made my eyes widen, "No, did you two…have sex?" The tone of surprise in my voice sounded real enough.

The blush on her face gave it away, "Yes, we both lost our virginity. It was Percy's idea, he said that if something bad were to happen on the quest, he wanted to make sure I knew he loved me."

Percy smiled brightly. Nice job Percy, way to make her feel at ease. "That's very sweet of him. We'll probably do that before we head out on the mission, but last night we were both too tired to do anything like that."

"Yeah, maybe tonight we'll get around to it and then Ryan will have a limp like Annabeth does." Landon laughed, coving his mouth after saying that.

The color drained from Annabeth's face, "You noticed the limp, but how?"

He sighed, "It's because I've already seen that limp from when Ryan and I had sex. I didn't want to instantly assume anything but I kind of already knew when you walked down stairs."

I elbowed him in the stomach, "Now be nice, I didn't say anything, did I?"

"You noticed it too, oh gods, how many other people will notice it?" Annabeth began to franticly pace around the couch.

"I only noticed because I've had that exact limp, if not a worse one."

Annabeth slowed down, "How did you make it go away?"

A twinge of pain went through my lower back in memory of the pain, "I just walked with a limp for about a day. For you, people may think you fell or that you just got a cast off. Back at camp, people knew I had a sex limp because someone accidentally admitting to the camp that we had sex." Annabeth looked over at Landon.

"What, it's not my fault. I blame Shane and Arista for making him go mad to find out what happened. They're psycho but they're also some of our best friends back at camp." Landon nuzzled his head on top of mine to try and comfort me.

Annabeth shook her head, "Ok, let's change the subject, are you two ready to leave? I think Sally and Paul will be back soon to take Percy out for the day."

Percy came down the rest of the stairs, "Yeah, so if you're done honey, I think they want to get going, right?" He gave a me look, one that said to please take her now.

"Yeah, we have a big day planned. I really want to see how much the city has changed in the past sixty six years."

The mention of differences in building designs got her attention. "If you want to know about architectural differences, I'm your girl." She looked happily back at Percy, "Bye."

I stepped back and showed her the door, "Lead the way Annabeth." Like a bolt of lightning, she grabbed our hands and pulled us out of the apartment. "Good luck today Percy."

He smiled, "Thank you."

Annabeth was on fire. She kept dragging us from building to building; telling us about the framework of the building or how the architect could have done a better job proportioning the sides to the roof.

"This building is my favorite in the entire city." She pulled to the empire state building.

"Why is that?" I looked over at the clock hanging on the street. It read 1:30, an hour after we left Percy's apartment.

"Because it's so tall and the architect did an amazing job with everything they did." She kept staring at the skyscraper, marveling at the sheer height of it.

Landon leaned in, "Go check on Percy, make an Iris message in the bathroom or something." Landon walked over to Annabeth and began to ask her more questions that he really didn't care about.

"Hey, I'm going to the bathroom." I turned around and walked over to the closest bush. I pulled out bottle of water, and threw some of it in the air, creating a rainbow. "Oh goddess of the rainbow, accept my offering." I threw the Drachma and it disappeared, "Percy Jackson of the Manhattan apartment complex."

The image fizzled to a scene of Percy sitting on the couch. He looked over at me and panicked, "Ryan, what are you doing here."

"I called to see how things are going."

"He's in the bathroom getting ready. We've spent the last hour talking so it didn't sound like just a booty call."

I laughed slightly, "But isn't it just a booty call?"

He made a face, "Yes but I don't want him to know that." He looked over at the bathroom, "Now go, I've still got another hour right?"

"Yes, but I'd hurry, I don't know how long Annabeth will want to be with us.

"You'll be fine as long as you let her talk about architecture. Now go, I think he's coming out of the bathroom."

"Fine, goodbye."

"Bye." He walked over and waved his hand through the message.

I ran back over to find Annabeth still talking about the empire state building.

Annabeth saw me walking over, "So what else do you boys want to do?"

Landon looked over at me, "Nothing that can be done here." He gave me another bite on the neck, creating a bruise on the other side.

My legs buckled, causing Annabeth to laugh, "You guys are fun, but seriously, what do you want to do. I'm bored."

I looked around nervously, "We could go get something to eat. I wonder if the restaurant I ate at sixty plus year ago is still around. They had the best food and that's where I meet Jeremy."

"Sounds good to me, I'm hungry but I don't have any money on me." Annabeth frowned.

"No problem, I have my lotus card." I pulled out the little card that had saved my ass far more times that I would like to recall when I needed money.

Annabeth shook her head, "You actually kept yours."

I nodded, "Well yeah, I need money and I haven't even checked my bank account since I got back to the real world."

"Oh well, let's just go check for that restaurant." Landon grabbed both of our arms, "I'm starving."

I rolled my eyes, "Fine." I led them to the part of town that I remembered the restaurant was in and sure enough, it was still there. "There it is, Cibo Degli Dei."

"It's small and quaint, but what does the name mean?" Landon looked over at Annabeth who was giggling.

"It means food of the gods, kind of ironic for us to be eating here." She continued to giggle slightly.

"Unfortunately, my waitress and Jeremy's waiter were both monsters that we fought. A manticore and an empusa."

The mention of manticore made Annabeth shutter, "I despise manticores. I almost died because of one."

"Oh well, I don't think we'll see any monsters in here." Landon pulled us in, "Hello miss, table for three."

The hostess looked up at me and I froze, "Right this way." She eyed me as she grabbed the menus. Those eyes, that tone of voice, there was only one person it could be; Kristen, the empusa.

Author's End Notes: I've been working on another story, only this one is Naruto based. If you'd like me to start posing that story, leave a message.