A/N: hey everybody! I didn't get home till late so I didn't have time to write it! I'm getting my hair dyed! I'm getting blue in it! Thanks for the reviews and again, sorry about the short chapter. Not this one, I hope.
As Piper walked through the woods towards Grover, she shoved her hands in her pockets. They never listened to her. Never; not even when she told them that she'd get them to tell her about Percy. No, they said. They'll never do it, they said. We'll see about that, she thought.
As she got to the heart of the strawberry fields, taking the short cut through the woods, she found Grover teaching a little Satyr, Jimmy, with his gigantic basket. Piper walked towards him. When she got to him, the little satyr smiled, showing off his two missing teeth, and waved.
"Hey Pipwer!" he said. His basket slipped and fell to the ground. "Oh sshhoot!"
Piper bent down and helped him pick them up. He smiled and held the basket as she placed them in there. Grover helped to. Once they were done, Jimmy smiled again and then scampered off, almost dropping the basket again. His mom came and held the basket for him.
"What's up?" Grover asked, helping Piper up.
"Um, I was wondering if you'd tell us a little bit about Percy," she said.
Grover shifted, his goat legs bending, making him look smaller. "I'll tell you, but Jason scares me and Leo… he gives me the creeps."
Piper laughed. "Alright, thanks."
"Come on," Grover said. "Not out here. Too many" – he shot his head toward the crowd – "EAVESDROPPING SATYRS!"
The crowd giggled as they worked. Grover led her to the heart of the woods and sat on the tree stump. Piper sat on the log. Grover began:
"Do you want to hear, like, what he did?" he asked.
Piper nodded.
"Ok," Grover said. "When Percy, me, and his mom were flying in his first stepdad's Camaro, this Minotaur started chasing us. Percy was scared and when he found out I was a satyr, I thought he was going to pass out. His mom was flying when BOOM!" His hands went in Jazz Hands. "Lightning hit us. The car flipped and slid to a stop, but we were alright. So, I took my pants off –"
"Excuse me?" Piper said.
"Satyr, remember?" Grover said. "Anyways, I kicked the window out and we got out, but Mrs. Jackson was yelling for us to go to the gate and she'd distract him, but Percy NEVER follows the rules. He grabbed his mom and started to run, but his mom pulled away. I jumped in front, but I got hit by the Minotaur. I slammed into the tree and was unconscious."
"Then how do you know this?" Piper asked.
"Percy told me. The Minotaur grabbed Percy's mom by the throat and poof – she was turned to gold dust and sent to the underworld with Hades."
"Did she die?"
"No, no; Mrs. Jackson's just fine in her apartment with her new husband, Paul. But that's a whole different story. Well Percy was TICKED! He grabbed his pen – have you heard the pen story yet? – and turned it into a sword and fought the Minotaur. He got the Minotaur so confused that it slammed into the tree with its horn and got stuck, pinning Percy below it.
"Percy couldn't reach his sword, but the Minotaur jerked back so fast that part of its horn got stuck in the tree. Percy pulled it out right when the Minotaur was at him and stabbed the Minotaur in the chest. It turned to dust. Percy ran over to me, grabbed me, and pulled me to the gates where he collapsed. They found us then."
"They?"
"Annabeth and Chiron; Annabeth took care of Percy, but she… liked someone else then. But she doesn't anymore. So why did you want to know?"
"I just wanted to see what he was like. I don't want to be like "My bratha!" to a wimp."
Grover smiled. "Trust me; Percy is anything BUT a wimp. But you know, thinking back, Percy might've told me that to make me feel better..."
"Thanks, Grover!" Piper said, standing up.
"Anytime," he said, standing up too.
"See ya!"
Piper ran towards the bunker, excited to tell them the story. When she got there, she found Leo and Jason quiet and annoyed with each other. She plopped down in a chair.
"What'd you do?" Leo said with a laugh. "Sprint around the camp three times?"
She shook her head. "I… went and… asked Grover about… Percy."
"You did?" Jason asked.
She nodded. She began and told them the story, close to word for word. Leo even asked if his mom was dead and she told him exactly what Grover said. After the story, they all got to work. Leo and Jason shared a look after the story was over, and Piper was confused.
"What are you two doing?" she asked.
"Nothing," they said simultaneously. The three got to work, but Piper noticed that Jason would look at her out of the corner of his eye, but when she met his eyes, they'd dart away.
Gods, she thought. Why won't he man up and ask me out!
A/N: ok, who should tell the next story? :) thanks for the ideas/reviews/help on getting my name known like others are. Lol!
