It's been 5 years since Bella was born. Carly is now 15, Luke is 12 and Bella is well, 5. Luke spent the past 3 years at Camp Jupiter while Carly made some new, interesting friends at Camp Half Blood, one in particular.

"Come on, Mom and Dad are expecting us." Carly said to her boyfriend, Seth Carnage, son of Thanatos.

"You sure your dad will like me?" Seth asked

"I don't see why he wouldn't, after all, he has met your dad. Besides, I picked tonight to have them meet you since I know he'll be in a good mood since Luke is coming home." Carly said as the elevator opened into her family's apartment.

"Hey sweetheart, you must be Seth." Annabeth said as she walked out of the kitchen where she was making dinner.

"Hey mom, is dad home yet?" Carly asked

"No, your brother's plane is late. But he should be home soon." Annabeth said.

"Nice to meet you Mrs. Jackson." Seth said.

"Call me Annabeth." Annabeth said.

"You're not at all what I thought you'd be like." Seth said

"What did you think I'd be like?" His girlfriend's mother asked

"Well, after hearing all the stories about you at camp half-blood, a veteran hero, raised there since you were 7 and till you 12, hero of 2 wars, surviving Tartarus, I thought you'd be more serious and closed off." Seth said

Annabeth smiled and said "Before I met Carly's father, I was exactly like that. But relax, remember, I am half human."

Seth laughed as Annabeth smiled and told them to go wait in the family room for Carly's father and for dinner.

When Percy finally got home with Luke, he headed into the family room to meet his daughter's boyfriend.

"Hey dad." Carly said to her father.

"Hello sweetheart, Why don't you go say hello to your brother while I speak with your new boyfriend." Percy said

"Sure." Carly said, kissing her father's cheek and then walking out of the room.

"So, whose your godly parent?" Percy asked

"Thanatos." Seth said

Percy looked surprised at this.

"Carly said you know him." Seth remembered.

Percy nodded and said "Back when I was around your age, I did a quest in the roman legion with its current praetor, Frank Zhang and the head centurion of the 5th cohort, Hazel Zhang, or as she known back then, Hazel Levesque, to rescue your father from Alyceous in Alaska."

Seth kept waiting for Percy to tell him that he wasn't good enough for his daughter. Instead, Percy just chuckled and said "I'm glad my daughter found a boy who loves her as much as I love her mother."

Seth looked surprised at this.

"You were expecting me to tell you I didn't think you were good enough for my daughter." Percy said and Seth nodded.

Percy smiled and said "You know, when I first met Annabeth, her mother didn't approve of me even being in the same place as her daughter. So I really don't think I have any right to tell you that you aren't good enough for my daughter. I will warn you though. If you do anything to hurt my daughter, I will send you to your father the hard way."

Seth gulped and nodded as Annabeth called them in for dinner.

At dinner, Luke was talking about his years at Camp Jupiter.

"So, how many stripes are on your tattoo?" Seth asked as they all dug into the delicious meal Annabeth had made.

Luke pulled up his sleeve to reveal about 7 lines, the SPQR motto and a trident and spear crossed and an owl in the center.

"You were only at Camp Jupiter for 3 years. How do you have 7 lines?" Percy asked curiously.

"Several quests and war game victories." Luke said like it should be obvious.

"Right, anything else we should know?" Annabeth asked her son.

"I got promoted to centurion." Luke said proudly.

"Congratulations, but when?" Annabeth asked

"Aunt Hazel finally retired, so Uncle Frank promoted me to centurion." Luke said

"What cohort?" Bella asked

"The 5th. The same one as Dad, Uncle Frank, Aunt Hazel and Uncle Jason were all in." Luke said

"Congrats." Carly said to her brother.

"Thanks sis, but anyway, this must be your new guy." Luke said.

"Yep." Carly said, clearly wanting to end the discussion.

After dinner, Seth stayed a little longer to get know the rest of Carly's family before deciding he needed to get back to camp.

"Have a safe trip back." Carly said to her boyfriend as she walked him to the door.

"I will, I'll see you at camp in a few weeks." Seth said, kissing her before walking out.