"Well, I figured out that my 'strong feelings' for you were positive." I said, still playing with his fingers, but looking up at his face to meet his gaze.

"Oh. I kind of figured." He said a smirk tugging at his lips.

"Hey Lovebirds! We're here! Let's go! We have like half an hour until the train leaves."

APOV:

"Gods! Annabeth! What did you put in this thing!" Percy complained as he wheeled my suitcase through the station.

"Stop complaining! It can't be that heavy! I only packed like three sets of cloths. I figured you could do laundry with your water power." We had found out that Percy could drop cloths into a river, lake, ocean, etc. and it will clean itself, then spit it back out.

"It is heavy though! Feel it!" He handed me the handle and I tried to pull it, but I couldn't.

"Thalia? What did you pack?" We had decided to share suitcases so we had less luggage. I shared one of those mini-roller suitcases with Thalia, Katerina shared with Clarisse and the boys all shared one larger one.

"Four sets of cloths. And toiletries." She replied from the front of the group. She had the tickets and with her and Nico in front people parted for us. After all, Thalia is pretty scary and Nico is like the Prince of the Dead. He gives off an aura-type-thing that people tend to avoid.

"There is no way this thing is that heavy." I said. I pulled it over to the side, with help from Percy and opened it up. The sight that met my eyes was surprising.

"What is it?" Clarisse asked coming up behind me. She looked over my shoulder, "Oh." was all she could say.

"Oh. Don't bother to enlighten us." Katerina said sarcastically.

"Well you know how when someone goes on a vacation and you want to go, you say, 'Let me hide in your suitcase! Take me with you!' Or something like that." Everyone nodded, except for Clarisse who was still staring into the suitcase, "Well, someone actually did."

Katerina walked up behind us and looked. "Wow."

"Well we can't send her back to camp." Thalia said, seeing what had us all amazed.

"Nico, call camp. Tell them we have a stowaway, and tell them that she has to come with us or we'll miss our train." He did so, "Katie, you can get out now."

The daughter of Demeter climbed out. Looking around at us with a scared expression.

"I'm sorry. But I wanted to come and it was the only way I could think of..."

"I can't say what you did was okay, because it wasn't. But you can come. You will be rooming with Clarisse." I said and Clarisse grumbled, Katie nodded.

We continued walking down the platform, Nico still on the phone.

"Annabeth, Chiron wants to talk to you." He said holding the phone out to me.

I took it. "Hey Chiron."

"I expect you to keep track of her." Was his response, "Rachel said she had foreseen an eighth person going, but she was only meant to pick seven. She told me to buy eight tickets, which you have. If she gets out of hand just let me know. We can have one of the gods bring her back."

"I think she'll be fine. She's keeping up well."

"Where is she, I want to talk to her."

"Here." I handed the phone to Katie, who was holding Percy and my hands. She let go of mine, but held onto Percy's tighter. Chiron talked for a while, her speaking only a few words. I noticed her face, started to fall, and apparently Percy did too, since he started to rub little circles into the back of her hand with his thumb.

I thought it was cute. Percy was comforting this little girl who could have destroyed the entire mission. He would make a good dad one day...

"Here." Katie said, handing Nico back his phone. Nico smiled at her and took it.

"Do you have any cloths with you?" He asked her. I hadn't even thought of that. She just looked at him, "Do you?" She shook her head.

"I didn't think I would get this far." She said. I smiled and Nico chuckled.

We were now right outside our train, waiting for the person who was there to help us with our bags. Nico knelt down so he was eye level with Katie,

"Well, then. I think I read that there was a three hour stop down in one of the Carolinas. There we'll get you some cloths. But that will be tomorrow, so tonight, you'll either have to sleep in your cloths or in one of our shirts. They should be long enough to be a dress for you..." Nico said. He was right, I knew Percy had brought a t-shirts that were huge on him, since he knew I liked the bigger ones. And Nico was pretty big. So any of there shirt should work as a dress for the little girl.

Katie smiled at him and wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling him into a hug. He met my eyes for a moment and I could tell he was shocked, but he still hugged her back.

The person came back and took the bag he had been rolling and the one Thalia had. That left Percy with a little bag, which he carried on himself. Nico lifted Katie up and carried her onto the train. Katerina and Nick followed, then Clarisse. Leaving me with Thalia on the platform.

"Why did they get on? We still have like ten minutes." She asked, I shrugged. We sat down on a nearby bench. In five minutes we would get on.

"Thals? You and Nico are, um, dating." I knew things like that were a touchy subject with Thalia.

She looked my in the eyes, "No shit Sherlock." She smirked at me, "I quit the hunters a couple months ago, but Artemis asked me to continue fighting with them, I still kept the immortality since I didn't want to turn sixteen. So that was what we really announced a couple days ago, me becoming mortal once more."

"You gave up immortality for Nico?" I asked. She nodded.

"Just like Percy did for you." She snickered.

"I'm glad he did." I said. There was a warning whistle coming from the train so we both ran across the platform and jumped on. We walked over to the guy who had helped us with the bags and he pointed us to our rooms.

We walked down the halls together and went into the rooms we would be sharing with our boys. I had to stop right in the doorway since the beds were down. Percy was already lying on the bottom one, asleep. Boys. I walked back out of the room and into Thalia's.

"Is he asleep too?" She asked me, gesturing to my room.

"Yep. Come on, let's go see if the others are too." We walked to the rooms beside our's. Clarisse was sitting on the top bunk on her laptop and Katie was on the bottom asleep. We turned and looked into the room behind us. The sight we saw amazed us both. Nick was lying on the bottom bunk. His arms wrapped around Katerina, who was lying on top of him. And they were kissing. Correction. They were making out! I looked at Thalia and her face expressed exactly what I was feeling, "What the beep!"

"What's wrong girls?" A voice said. Percy was walking out of our room and over too us.

"Nothing." Thalia said quickly.

"See, when someone says nothing like that, it means something." He pushed us aside and looked into the room. He froze.

It was quiet for a moment before Percy threw open the door. "Thalia. Take your brother. I want to talk to my little sister." He said. His voice scary calm.

Katerina had sat up quick, glaring, ready to freak out on anyone who had interrupted them, then she saw the look on Percy's face. She stayed silent, got off of Nick and sat on the edge of the bed, looking at her feet. As soon as she was off him, Nick stood up and walked past Percy. Thalia led him to mine and Percy's room so she wouldn't wake Nico up.

Percy turned back to look at me before walking into the room and going to close the door. But I caught it, "Can I talk to her first?" He gave me a look that said, are you crazy. "It's a girl thing." He debated for a while before he walked out of the room leaving the door open. I watched him walk into Nico and Thalia's room. As soon as that door closed, I walked into Kat's room and closed the door. I sat down beside me.

She didn't say a word. After a slight pause, "I can't keep him out forever." Still nothing, "Katerina, what you did, it isn't exactly wrong." She looked at me confused, I knew she was expecting different, "The thing is you are only twelve, so making out on a bed isn't going to sit well with your older brother." I paused, waiting for her to say something. "I know you've known Nick forever and have only known Percy for a matter of days, but he is protective. That is his greatest weakness. He cares too much. He may act like a pain to you, but he loves you and just wants the best for you. So listen, when he comes in here, just sit quiet and hear him out. Don't try to be a wise ass, just let him get it out of his system. Ok?"

"Why are you being so nice to me?" She asked.

"I was your age too before. And I had a huge crush on my best friend too." I said smirking.

"Have you two ever...you know?"

I hesitated, "No. We're only sixteen, and we have only been 'dating' if that's what you want to call it, since we got back to camp. You haven't done anything with Nick have you?"

"No. And if he ever tries anytime soon, he may loose his baby maker. I don't plan on doing that for quite a while."

I smiled at her and she smiled back. "Do you need another sec to regroup and get ready to face your brother?"

"No. Send him in." She said. I got up, but before I opened the door, it opened, slowly. Revealing Percy.

"Annabeth. Can you go hang out with Thalia or Clarisse or something?" He asked, not moving his eyes from Katerina. I walked out. I hope he wasn't too hard on Kat, she was a sweet girl underneath it all. In fact underneath the bratty attitude, she was a lot like Percy. The difference between them was she was raised by a sort-of selfish god and Percy was raised by his selfless mother. She was a good kid at heart.

PPOV:

I waited ten seconds after the door closed and I walked out of the dark room. I went and stood in front of the door. I know eavesdropping is wrong, but these are special circumstances.

"I can't keep him out forever." Annabeth said, she paused, "Katerina, what you did, it isn't exactly wrong. The thing is you are only twelve, so making out on a bed isn't going to sit well with your older brother." Hell right it won't! I thought as she paused, "I know you've known Nick forever and have only known Percy for a matter of days, but he is protective. That is his greatest weakness. He cares too much. He may act like a pain to you, but he loves you and just wants the best for you. So listen, when he comes in here, just sit quiet and hear him out. Don't try to be a wise ass, just let him get it out of his system. Ok?" Am I really that bad?

"Why are you being so nice to me?" Katerina asked, speaking for the first time.

"I was your age too before. And I had a huge crush on my best friend too." Annabeth said. I smirked. She had a crush on me that long? Well I had like her first.

"Have you two ever...you know?" Katerina asked. I knew what she meant and wondered what Annabeth would respond with.

She hesitated, "No. We're only sixteen, and we have only been 'dating' if that's what you want to call it, since we got back to camp. You haven't done anything with Nick have you?" My ears perked up

"No. And if he ever tries anytime soon, he may loose his baby maker. I don't plan on doing that for quite a while." I could tell she was telling the truth.

"Do you need another sec to regroup and get ready to face your brother?" Come on. I'm not that bad, am I?

"No. Send him in." She said. I opened the door, revealing myself.

"Annabeth. Can you go hang out with Thalia or Clarisse or something?" I asked, not moving my eyes from Katerina. Annabeth walked out.

I stood in the doorway for a moment, watching my sister. She was sitting with her back to the wall, in the far corner of the bed. Her knees were pulled up and she had her arms wrapped around her legs. She was looking down.

I sighed and climbed onto the bed. "Come here." She did. I picked her up and placed her on my lap. Wrapping my arms around her. I could tell something was wrong, "What's wrong?"

She shook her head, "Nothing."

"I'm not stupid."

She was quiet, "I'm sorry." I was shocked, "I didn't mean for it to escalate to that. I didn't even mean for it to happen." She then started to sob into my chest, "Don't...don't...hate me." She said through her sobs.

"Do you really think I would hate you for this?" She wouldn't meet my eyes. "Katerina, You're my little sister, I could never hate you."

"I kissed him on the cheek once, in front of dad. Dad freaked out." She said, her body shaking with sobs.

Note to self: have a word with dad. "How long ago was that?"

"A year ago."

"Well, since then he has forgotten about his feud with Athena for Annabeth and I. So he'll probably have no problem with you and Nick." I said.

We sat there for a while, until her sobs stopped and she was dozing, almost asleep. I laid her down gently and walked out of the room. I ran right into Nick. He was a good half-foot shorter than me.

"I just want to make sure you know. I would never hurt her, at least not intentionally. She has been my best friend since we were five, which was when we first met. I know it sounds corny and all, but she is my world. I can live without her, but I really don't want to. I really didn't mean for things to get like that, it just happened." He seemed like he was pleading with me. His eyes were meeting mine. I could see fear and honesty and love.

"Dude," I decided I would be nice, "I'm only like three years older than you. I know how it is. Just, don't do anything she wouldn't want you to do." He nodded and grinned like a complete idiot, "She's asleep, so be quiet in there. Ok?" he nodded and rushed into the room. I turned around and came face to face with Thalia.

"What is with you Zeus kids and running into me?" I asked.

"First off, you ran into both of us. Anyway, you handled that really well seaweed brain."

"You shouldn't call me that you know. We may be in-laws one day." I smirked.

"Damn." She said. I walked past her, bumping shoulders.

I went into my room. I sat down on the bed next to Annabeth. I put my arms around her, "So you've had a crush on me since you were twelve?" I smirked.

"Since after we returned the lightning bolt. You were listening?" I nodded. "You weren't too hard on her were you?"

"After I heard that she would take away his capabilities of fathering children if he tried anything, I didn't see a problem. She was scared to death that I would hate her. Apparently Poseidon freaked out when she kissed Nick on the cheek." I paused. "How would you feel about helping me with a little project?"

"Why do I have a feeling this isn't a little project?" She asked.

"Well your mother is the Goddess of wisdom, so you probably know it isn't a little project."

She sighed, "When?"

"Next stop by the ocean."

"Fine. Three more stops. Tell me the plan."