AnnabethPOV:

At this point, I was totally freaked out. I mean, I had just told my mother, Athena, that I was going out with Percy whose father is Poseidon and her response was to smile!

So my automatic thought was that she went in to shock. So I, naturally, screamed for Apollo. "There's something wrong with her!"

Then, to add to the shock, she laughed! "Annabeth, you really should let me finish speaking next time. I was going to tell you that I approved! Although I had my doubts about Perseus Jackson, I'll admit I was wrong. That boy has proven to be a great hero."

OK now I was really in shock. Not only had she smiled and laughed, she complimented Percy and approved of our relationship! It was just too much to bear!

BrookePOV:

"Hey Brooke will you come with me?" Percy asked.

"Yeah I guess so. Whatever," I agreed, pretending not to care and followed him into the kitchen.

Despite everything I said to him, I really wanted him to like me. I felt terrible for saying those things to him. This could not be easy on him but he was handling it really well until I yelled at him. He didn't deserve that.

Without saying a word, he went to the refrigerator and pulled out two bottles of blue Gatorade and tossed one to me.

"Oh my gosh, I love this stuff," I told him.

He smiled at me. "Yeah, we're pretty big about blue stuff at this house." To make his point he grabbed a bag of blue gummy bears.

"So now I know where I get my strange obsession with blue jelly beans."

He laughed. So far so good. No one was yelling, yet.

"So camp is almost over and mom will never let either of us stay there for the year. You're going to come and live here and go to Goode High with me. FYI it is Paul' school so try really hard not to get expelled or embarrass him. Oh and speaking of Paul, could you at least try to be nicer?"

"Yeah I'll be nicer, but I don't think I can handle a real school. I've never been to one before," I admitted. I even let my defenses down and let a note of panic slip into my voice.

"You're the one that's worried?" he asked incredulous. "I have to worry about not failing calculus."

"I don't even know what calculus is!"

"Oh then you're going to die."

I reached over and punched him, hard. Then an idea struck me. "So since I'm your sister can I do all those cool water trick thingies too?"

PercyPOV

"Oh then you're going to die," I said, entirely kidding.

She reached over and punched me in the arm really hard. If I weren't invincible than it really would have hurt.

"Will I be able to do those cool water trick thingies too?" she said.

I hadn't even thought of that. While it will be a little sad to have someone share the ability that makes me unique I think it will be cool to practice together.

"Yeah probably, you want to test it out?" I asked.

Her eyes brightened at the prospect and there was a twinkle of mischief in them. "Definitely, but is it okay if we try it here?"

"Yeah why not? Trust me when I say Mom has put up with much worse," I told her. "So nayway what you're going to do is, well you'll feel something almost like a tug." I stopped, not really sure how to continue. I had never really described it before. I tried to think back to what it was like the first time I had controlled the water. A very distinct memory of toilets popped into my head and with it came the perfect idea. I grinned as I lunged at her, fists clenched.

BrookePOV:

"What the fuck is the matter with you?" I screamed as my brother attacked me.

I don't know where I went wrong, I really don't. I thought everything was just fine, that the two of us might actually be getting along for the first time since we had found out we were related.

I don't know what happened next. One minute Percy was lunging at me, fists flailing as I tried to block his attacks and the next he was sprawled across the kitchen floor in a large pool of water, soaked from head to toe, and looking dazed but proud. It took me a second to compute and by that point everyone had come running from my earlier screams. They must have been confused seeing me standing over my brother who had an awed look and me with a triumphant glint in my eyes. I had controlled water for the very first time.

"That's my girl," Poseidon bragged proudly.

Percy stood up and hi-fived me. Everyone else seemed to be finally figuring out what had happened. Once they did I was bombarded with congratulatory smiles, pats-on-the-back, and one pissed off glare from Zeus. You would think that seeing as how he is some all powerful king of the gods his glares would be a little more frightening.

"I'm impressed. I'm now extremely proud to call you my sister," Percy said, grinning, "We are going to have to fight each other soon."

I grinned back nervously. It was confession time. After I told him this I didn't think he would be very proud to call me as his sister.

"Umm yeah, one little thing, I don't fight."

"You mean you don't know how? You've been at camp for practically your entire life."

I could tell he was confused. Most demigods were confused by my choice. After all our ability to fight was one of the few things that kept us alive in this world. I knew that eventually I would have to leave camp but I never really thought of. Not fighting was my one act of rebellion, of showing people that I could be normal and I would not accept the life of a demigod no matter how idiotic that choice may be.