Chapter 7

*A/N: *Tries to walk by in a black trench coat and a dark hat and not be seen. Denim Jeans taps on my shoulder.*

Denim Jeans: WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?

Me: WHA?

Denim Jeans: You haven't updated in forever! What happened?

Me: Distracted….

Denim Jeans: *Glares* Uh-huh – get to typing. *Slowly walks away backwards in a dark alley*

Me: What just happened?

Ok, so I'm going to try to make this one long to make up for the weeks I haven't updated. And, in advance, sorry if I don't update as often. My cousins Prego and I'm her personal servant (whoop-dy do!).

As Ryder showed everyone around, everyone was in complete shock. If it was from their recent experience of seeing Jeeves dancing to "Sexy and I Know It" or how big the house was, Ryder couldn't tell. Leo looked cute when he was shocked. As they walked upstairs to the third floor, Ryder saw something that brought a smile to her face, lying outside her door, looking at Ryder, and wagging its tail like a motor.

"Hercules!" Ryder said excitedly. "Come here, boy!"

The ginormous pit bull jumped up and bounded towards Ryder. He slammed into her, almost knocking her over. If his tail could go faster, it did. Leo looked kind of nervous.

"You have a pit bull?" he asked.

"No, this is a poodle," Ryder said sarcastically.

"He sure lived up to his name," Jason said.

"My dad named him," Ryder said. "He was just a few weeks old when we got him. Down, Hercules!"

Hercules got down, his tongue hanging out. He looked a Leo and began wagging his tail. He walked over and got under Leo's feet as if he was begging Leo to pet him. Leo bent down and petted him. Hercules scampered off, his tail was wagging so hard he about fell down the stairs. Ryder was smiling, but she kept walking. She turned to the right where room after rooms was lined up.

"Well," she said, "this is the bedrooms. Y'all can… do whatever. Kitchens downstairs. If you need me, holler."

Ryder turned and walked down the hallway. She grabbed onto the fire pole and slid down to the kitchen.

"I want a fire pole in my house so I can slide down it to the kitchen!" Frank said.

"We all do," Percy said.

Everyone chose a room and walked in. Piper chose the biggest room. It was purple with a chandelier. There was a walk in closet, a dresser, and a lot of space. She walked in and began putting the little clothes she had up, when Jason walked in.

"Dang!" he said. "This makes mine look like a closet!"

She smiled then turned around. He was propped up in the doorway. He was trying to act cool. He actually pulled it off – until he fell. Piper laughed and helped him up. His face was red with embarrassment.

"What are you doing here?" Piper asked him.

"What? You don't want me here?"

"I didn't say that!"

He smiled. She tried to keep a straight face, but it didn't work.

"Stop doing that!"

"What?" he asked, laughing.

"That – what – UGH!"

He laughed which caused her to laugh. "Did you notice?"

"What?" she asked.

"Leo."

"He's happy now." He looked at her with a Keep thinking look.

"OH!" she said. "I get it."

"All that perfume from the Venus cabin's got to your head," he mumbled.

She pushed him with a smile. Atticus began running down the hall, tripping Jason on accident. Jason fell, but Atticus kept running. He jumped up, grabbed the pole, and slid down stairs. Jason, lying in the middle of the hall, looked at Piper with a WHAT JUST HAPPENED look.

There was the sound of drums from Leo's room.

"If he got drums, we aren't going to get any sleep!" Piper said.

"I vote we steal them," Jason said.

Piper laughed. "Come on," she said.

They heard Atticus yelling to someone named Dan. The two of them looked at each other and knew that the Cahill's were here. Piper slid down first then Jason came down. Ryder was propped against the wall, her arms crossed, and she obviously not happy. There was a blonde headed guy talking to Atticus, then there was the crowd. One was Ian. Jason remembered him. The others weren't familiar except one: Jonah Wizard. When Ian saw them, he looked at them as if they were poor people.

"Who are they?" he asked.

"My friends," Ryder snapped. "You got a problem with it?" Piper noticed she put an extra southern twang in her voice when she was mad or irritated.

Ian didn't answer, he just glared. Ryder smirked.

"Ryder," the red head said.

"Sinead," Ryder said, growling.

"My mom's missed you," Sinead said sarcastically.

"And I hope she rots in hell along with you, your brothers, and your dad!" Ryder said.

Sinead tried to lunge at Ryder, by the big buff blonde dude grabbed her and pulled her back. Ryder didn't even flinch.

Leo slid down the fire pole silently and walked next to Jason and Piper. "What's going on?" he whispered.

Jason whispered what had just happened. Leo snickered.

"What are you laughing at?" Sinead snapped.

"You," Leo said fearlessly.

"You do realize that I can make an acid that can kill you without a single particle left?" she said.

"You do realize you can't touch this!" Leo said, smirking. He started singing the tune to the song. He also began dancing. Ryder was trying not to smile. Sinead lunged at him and Leo jumped back. The buff guy grabbed her again.

"Sinead, stop it!" he said.

"Why? They aren't Cahill's! Well, most of them aren't."

The demigods began smiling. "That reminds me of saying that they were mortals," Leo said.

"Excuse me?" Ian asked.

Atticus grabbed Dan and pulled him in the kitchen, behind a wall between the Cahill's and demigods. They were watching through the window.

Jason floated up in the air and flew above the Cahill's. He floated just out of reach. He turned over and lay on his stomach. "My dad's Jupiter, king of the Roman gods. All of us are half god or goddess. You're… just mortals."

"We're Cahill's!" Jonah protested.

"And…?"

Sinead jumped up and tried to reach Jason, but he was just out of reach. "Uh-uh-uh! No touchy!"

Piper smiled. Hazel and Frank came down, completely confused, but when they saw Jason taunting the Cahill's, they smiled.

"He's back," Frank sang.

Ryder walked over to Piper silently. "I thought they were going to get here tomorrow," she growled.

"So did I!"

"If I happen to be covered in blood –."

"RYDER!" Piper said, laughing.

Ryder shrugged. "I'm only telling the truth."

Atticus walked over to Ryder. "Why don't you like them?" he whispered as the Cahill's were still trying to get Jason.

Ryder didn't seem too thrilled to answer, but she did – and she said it loud enough for everyone to hear. "Sinead and her family stole 2 million dollars from me. That's how they got rich because they stole, just like Bae Oh. And they're liars."

Every Cahill stopped and Jason stopped messing with them. Sinead's face turned red.

"You haven't told them yet, Sinead that your dad's an alcoholic that can't hold a job, so your mom goes out and steals from helpless orphans?"

This time, Buff Guy was too shocked to stop Sinead. She ran towards Ryder, but Ryder was ready. When Sinead got close, Ryder rared back, and knocked Sinead out. She dropped like a light at Ryder's feet.

Ryder looked at the Cahill's. "Here's your cousin. Take her."

"She's your cousin, too!" the blonde girl said.

"No, she's not. I'm not a Cahill. Blood doesn't mean nothing; I'm nothing like y'all, and I'm not an Ekaterina. I'm… an unfortunate soul who was cursed with being born into Y'ALLS family!"

Ryder went into the kitchen, with her eyes closed. Jason got down next to Piper.

"Damn," he said. "This is awkward."

"You have no idea," Buff Dude said.