A.N. I'm happy. I figured out i have internet here at the Outer Banks. However, we have absolutely no cell phone service. If anyone cares, you could take a look, this is the house my family and 8 others are staying in... .

LPOV: Luke

We were all at the hotel. We had a two of the villa things. Turns out, when you got pissed-off, over tired, hormonal teenaged daughters of Hades, Poseidon, Zeus, Ares and Athena, two of which are a pain on the best days, getting an extra suite is a snap. I'm not going to go into detail, but the five of them had us guys cowering, and they weren't even pissed at us... poor Katie was clutching Percy's hand so hard his fingers were turning white.

Any way, we got the room easily and for free. So here we all are, sitting in one of the rooms, trying to figure out how we were going to do this.

"Okay, we have two suites, four bedrooms, six beds and two pull-out couches... How are we planning on doing this?" Annabeth asked, stating the facts. Each room had a king bed in one bedroom, two queens in another, then a pullout couch in another room, which was the living room.

"I say we just do it like we did the train." Thalia said. She was still hanging onto my arm. I noticed that even though I wasn't holding her in anyway, Nico, who had gotten over the shock of his sister, was sending glares at me. I looked at him helplessly, which only made the glare intensify.

"Okay, that works. So in one bed it's Percy and Annabeth, in another it's Thalia and me, in another it's Clarisse and Katie, then Nick and Katerina..." He trailed off and glanced at Percy who nodded, "and Luke and Bianca." If Nico was over-protective of Thalia, he was crazy-protective of Bianca, which is an understatement. I swear, I think I saw a crack in the concrete outside the window cracking. I had fought Nico's skeleton warriors and I didn't want it to happen again.

"Nico. Calm down." Bianca said, placing her hand on Nico's shoulder. Nico calmed down a bit. I could tell he was at least controlling it now, "Now who is sleeping in which room?"

"Luke and Bianca in the same room as Nico and Thalia. Does that make you happy Nico?" Katie asked, picking up on the tension from her spot on Percy's lap. That little girl was so attached to him.

Nico, who was sitting beside Percy on the couch, spoke to the girl, "That would be great. Wonderful idea kiddo." Nico said. The girl climbed off Percy and onto Nico. It amazed me how good those two were with the girl, "Now, who else?"

"Um... Percy and Annabeth will probably want a king-sized bed, right?" Thalia said, making a kissing face at Annabeth, who was sitting on the other side of me.

"Ha ha ha." Annabeth said sarcastically. Then she did something I never thought I would see Annabeth do, "Oh Thals." She said it like it came as an after thought and with it, came Annabeth's middle finger going up.

Percy and Nico both burst out laughing, Thalia's face froze in amazement. She didn't believe our Annabeth, the one we pretty much raised on the run had done that. When she recovered Thalia stood and walked into a room she was apparently claiming. Nico followed her. I had to admit, he seemed like a very dedicated boyfriend.

"Whatever." Annabeth said rolling her eyes. "I guess that'll work. And I'm guessing the other king will go un-used..." Annabeth glanced at Percy.

"That's right it will." Percy said.

"What? Why?" Katerina yelled.

I only knew her name, I didn't know how she got here or who the other boy was. They looked like kids of Poseidon and Zeus respectively.

"Do we need to go over the time on the train?" Percy asked cocking an eyebrow. What happened on the train? I thought when both of the newcomer's cheeks flared red. "I didn't think so." Percy said after a minute of two of silence. "So Nick, Kat, Clarisse and Katie will be in the other room with the two queen." He said it more as a statement.

All involved nodded, except for Katerina. She stood up and walked halfway to the door, turned around and said, "You know, Perce? After that day in the water, I thought we could be friends. Apparently I was wrong." She said with an ice cold stare. And then she walked out of the room into the hallway, slamming the door.

Nick and Percy met gazes. They seemed to have a silent conversation. Percy nodded. Nick got up and followed Katerina out. "I'm going to go get something to eat. Anyone want anything? No. Good." Clarisse said, not pausing after the question. "Katie? You want to come?" The little girl nodded and the two of them left through the same door as the other two, leaving me, Bianca, Percy and Annabeth.

"You shouldn't be so hard on her." Annabeth said, scolding Percy.

"Hey. I'm not going to let a pair of twelve year olds share a king sized bed." Percy retorted.

"Not to interupt, but who was she? And Nick too?" I asked.

"Well Nick is the Thalia's half-brother, the son of Zeus. And that wonderful little angel, Katerina, she's my sister." Percy said.

"Oh. What's their last name?"

"Doon. Nick Doon."

"And Katerina's?"

"I told you, she's my sister. She's a Jackson." He said.

"Oh. Like for real? She's your full on sister?" Hardly ever did half-bloods have full siblings since Gods rarely went back to the same human.

"Yeah. She was really strong when she was little when it came to water moving and things, so Poseidon took her into his realm. I think something along the same line happened with Nick." Percy responded.

"Luke. I'm tired." Bianca whined.

"Since when do you need my permission to go to sleep?" She never asked me for permission for anything.

"I wasn't asking permission. That was my way of telling you, I'm going to sleep. Don't wake me up." She said, she stood and followed Thalia and Nico into the bedroom.

"I'm going to sleep too." Annabeth said. She stood, kissed Percy's cheek and walked into the other bedroom.

Percy and I just sat their, on opposite couches looking at each other. Personally I think he was sizing me up, trying to tell if I would be a threat, I just refused to be the first to look away.

"Listen. I don't trust you." He said, "But I trust Thalia, Bianca and Annabeth, and they trust you. So, you're staying. But I am telling you right now. If you give me one reason to mistrust you; you're out. If you betray us in the smallest way; you're out. If you touch any of the girls, especially Thalia, Annabeth or Katerina; you're not just out, you're dead." I opened my mouth to point out how Thalia is like attached to me, but he continued, "I know Thalia hangs on you. I'll allow that, but anything on your part and the previous applies. Plus, it'll probably blow away in a week at most."

"Okay." Was all I said. He had every reason to mistrust me.

"Goodnight." He said dismissivly. He stood and followed Annabeth.

"'Night." I said to the already closed door.

I wanted him to trust me. I needed him to trust me. If my plan was going to work, he needed to trust me.

A.N. I need to go now. The house may have a bajillion houses, but with with 9 families we still need to share rooms and my roommate is obnoxious. We have been here two full days and I've cleaned the room twice just so I could walk. And now she is pissed since my 'typing is too loud'... Anyway, I'll update if I can. Not sure if it will be this week, but I'll try.