"Seriously?"
"I know right!"
"But that's so wrong!"
"I'm glad someone agrees with me."
"And Zoe didn't care that Annabeth was a brunette?"
"Nope, she was all like- You don't find it weird at all that they have our names in there? And I was like- no it's just a coincidence. And then she flipped out on me for being a percabeth fan!"
"What's wrong with percabeth? Their like the best PJO couple ever!"
"I know, and-sssh she's coming!" Percy hissed and Nico nodded and mock zipped his lips. They were just conversing about The Lightning Thief until Zoe came along. To get on her good side he started talking to Nico loudly,
"Don't you just love Percy and Zoe together? I know I do!" Poor oblivious Nico frowned at Percy.
"I...never mind. I like the shipping Pertemis, you know Percy and Artemis. Their a funny couple." Percy and Zoe's mouths dropped open comically while Nico raised an eyebrow.
"What? Their cute too! Especially their kiss scenes!" Zoe looked like she could faint while Percy looked sick.
"You do know that's Zoe's mom right?" Percy asked Nico who shrugged,
"So? You know who else is a great shipping? Perila, Percy and Thalia." Percy frowned and that sick feeling came back, his goth little bro loves romance. Really weird romance.
"But their cousins! We're cousins! Ew!" Percy scrunched his face together in disgust. What is wrong with the world? This didn't deter Nico as he continued,
"But when you think about it...Zoe an Percy is just as odd as perila. Cuz she's a maiden and it just doesn't sound right. What's their couple name? Poe? Like the panda, you know Kung fu panda! Ugh, that's worse then prachel!" Percy paled when he saw Zoe look at Nico murderously.
"Bro, run!" He yelled at Nico who bolted down the hall. He wrapped his arm around Zoe's shoulder and she relaxed.
"I like Poe"
"The shipping?"
"No the panda!" He joked only to get elbowed in the ribs.
"I mean, Perzoe is awesome!" He enthused but felt as though he was betraying percabeth. He didn't want to be with Annabeth, he wanted book and movie Percy to.
"Zoe, I love being with you honest! I just want book and movie Percy to be with Annabeth. I love being with you, not your mom or my cousin. Ew that's gross, any who blondes aren't my type." Zoe smiled up at Percy and kissed his jaw. He grinned and his heart fluttered.
"Well now that Annabeth isn't out to get you anymore we just gotta worry about Drew." Zoe said her name with malice and Percy furrowed his eyebrows,
"Who?"
"Er..I mean Dre."
"Wait her names Drew? Stupid amnesia, and to think I was excited about her being nicknamed Dr. Dre."
"It's gotton way better, you remember all your friends now." He smiled at her optimism and kissed her forehead. She smiled at him softly and they continued walking to music class. Percy was glad that the awkwardness between him and Annabeth was over. He decided to start catch and try to regain some memories before class started. He didn't but liked listening to more stories of when he was a kid. The more he spoke with Annabeth the cooler he thought she was. Dre- er Drew kept touching him and it both creeped him out and made him slightly agitated. He scooted as far away from Drew as possible but she was persistent and kept messing with his fingers or whispering to him.
Zoe glared at Drew and started plotting revenge against her. She looked at Katie who was fiddling with a plastic water bottle.
"Can I borrow that?" she asked politely and Katie smiled and nodded. She took the water bottle from Katie and unscrewed it.
"Mr. Apollo, someone is at the door." She said and Apollo shrugged and went to check to see who it was. Once he passed her table she tapped on Drew's shoulder,
"Hey Dr. Dre, leave my boyfriend alone." She snarled and splashed water into the unsuspecting girls face. Black mascara streamed down her cheeks and she spluttered trying to wipe it off. Zoe then dumped the rest of the water on her and she shrieked,
"MY HAIR! OH MY GODS!" She raced out of the room and shoved Apollo out of the way. The music teacher raised an eyebrow at Percy, Zoe, and Annabeth who were laughing heartily at the dilemma.
"I would normally send you guys to the office but...Perce is the man and Zoe your his girl. Not to mention she's annoying the Jupiter out of me." Percy and Annabeth laughed while Zoe glared at Apollo.
"I think your mistaken. Percy doesn't own me, I own him. Get that through your thick skull sunshine and we should be okay." There was complete and utter silence until Percy and Katie roared with laughter causing the tension in the air to turn into giddiness as everyone laughed.
"Good choice Percy." Apollo said approvingly and Percy smiled at him.
"I know."
-NEXT WEEK-
"My girl, my girl! Talkin bout my girrlll. My girl!" Percy sang as he walked with a blushing Zoe into the school. His arm was wrapped around her shoulder and he kissed her temple sweetly.
"Meet you in our first class." She smiled,
"Latter fish boy." Suddenly the Stolls appeared and grabbed Zoe and Percy.
"How is our 2 favorite PJO couple?" Connor asked while Travis wiggled his eyebrows. Zoe rolled her eyes but was secretly glad that someone liked book Percy and Zoe together. Percy frowned at them,
"But what about percabeth?"
"Lame and over done." Travis answered and Connor nodded. Zoe smirked at Percy's baffled expression.
"Any who we need a favor." Percy and Zoe eyed them suspiciously,
"What favor."
"Oh it's nothing major!" Connor assured and Travis smirked.
"We need help wrecking prom." They said in unison. It was kind of creepy but Percy was ecstatic.
"We're in!" Zoe frowned at Percy and gave him a elbow to the ribs. He grunted,
"Ouch! What we won't get caught! We've got little pranksters on our side."
"Ya! And the rest of the groups in on it too. We "volunteered" to help set for prom, hehe our dad is even in on it." Travis boasted and Connor nodded proudly.
"Hermes?!"
-PROM SETUP HOUR BEFORE PROM-
"Did you bring the stuff?"
"If you mean gummy bears then no."
"Travis, seriously."
"You are no fun Thals!" He complained as he pulled out his mini explosives. Thalia grabbed them and tossed them to Leo who grinned mischievously and started to tinker with the chocolate fountain. Percy sprinkled itching powder onto the crown king and queens crowns. Hermes saw this and grinned,
"I'm already liking you a lot Perce." He enthused and Percy smirked deviously,
"I love pranking people, I pranked Zoe into thinking I was dead. Your sons helped me with that. It was hilarious." Hermes grinned,
"You sure your not my kid?" This made Percy laugh. Piper started pouring a canteen of salt into the punch. Zoe let lose roaches and rats onto the dance floor, Thalia set up a trip wire in the front and back entrance of the gym. Jason replaced the candles with stinky shoes and Nico and Bianca loosened the bolts of the metal chairs while Frank and Hazel rigged the sprinklers. Apollo replaced the DJ music with music from the 70's and Travis and Connor made the floors super slick. They could hear excited Juniors and Seniors coming into the school.
"I'm out!" Percy fast walked out of the gym while avoiding wires, bugs, and rodents. Everyone filed out and immediately rushed to the windows. They saw the teens rush in only to trip on the wires put up by Thalia. The dark haired cousins high fived as girls shrieked and guys fell on top of the girls. None of them knew what had tripped them and the girls started screaming at the guys for being clumsy. The others went to sit on chairs only to have them collapse and they fell to the ground with a yelp.
"Have a nice trip! See ya next fall!" Percy said cheekily, Hermes and the Stolls laughed while everyone groaned.
"Travis, Connor, meet your new brother." Hermes gestured towards Percy.
"Sweet!" They said in unison. They went back to watching the prom nightmare. The girls went to the punch bowl. They took hearty gulps until they tasted the salt and they started coughing and wheezing. One of the girls tried to fast walk away from punch bowl but slipped and did the splits. Her dress ripped in the process and she screamed in frustration and embarrassment.
The DJ was cursing loudly at his iPhone for having such old music. Girls shrieked as cockroaches and rats came to join the party. A large group gathered around the chocolate fountain and Reyna grinned,
"Now!" Leo hit the button and a chocolate explosion gushed all of the Seniors and Juniors. There was a lot of screaming and then the DJ yelled into the microphone.
"Okay, the prom king and queen are...Dr. Dre and Ugly Scar face!" Reyna and Zoe high fived and the group started laughing as the DJ guy looked around in confusion. A girl scampered on stage to whisper in his ear and he looked embarrassed.
"I mean Drew and Luke!" No one cheered but they gave a soft clap. The 2 walked up on Stage with chocolate matted into their hair. Drew looked like she was hit by a bus while Luke looked like he was mobbed by the ginger bred man. Drew looked angry while Luke smiled adoringly at the wary crowd. A chick helped them put on their crown.
"Percy, you recording this?" Jason asked but Percy gave him the cold shoulder. Truth be told most of the group was still mad. Jason deflated and looked at his old friend sadly.
"Perce, your getting this right?" Leo asked and Percy flashed him a mischievous grin,
"Of course I am hot head."
"Where the Pluto did you get that from?"
"Well you carry lighters around and their hot and..." Percy trailed off, not sure of what else to say. Zoe shook her head in shame,
"Percy, if you love me then you'll stop with the stupid nicknames."
"Their genius! Genius I tell ya!"
"Like star girl?"
"A doy! Cuz your last name has night in it and stars and night are relevant!"
"What about the sun? It comes out in the day time. Not to mention it's the only star in our solar system." Reyna countered and Percy mock glared at her,
"Shut up Popeye!" Thalia high fived her cousin.
"Now that's a good nickname!" Thalia stated earning another high five from Percy.
"Wow, this is like those Perlia fanfics!" Nico said in awe and Thalia smacked him and Percy slugged him in the stomach.
"That's disgusting!" They yelled while Bianca held back a laugh.
"The cousins are right! Have you not seen the thalico fanfics? Their adorable!" Piper gushed and Nico blushed while Thalia started to look green. The Stolls laughed and Percy made a face,
"Would that make Nico my cousin too?"
"No, I'm pretty sure I'd be your uncle."
"Where did you get Uncle from?" Zoe asked
"Well it's obvious that Nico would be Percy's uncle." Frank defended making Hazel flick his ear.
"Will you guys just watch?" Apollo snapped and they all turned their attention to Luke and Drew who were now scratching their heads really hard.
"He looks like a dog!" Percy roared and everyone laughed, then the sprinklers went off and everyone screeched. Guys just cursed loudly while girls ran around looking for shelter. This made them laugh even harder.
"Apollo, did you bring Travis and I's tucks?"Percy asked and he nodded and they changed in some bushes. They had on black glasses and walked into the school. Percy took out his iPhone and opened the door with a loud boom. Everyone froze as he and Travis took a ton of pictures.
"Sorry we're late. This is the FBI and were taking photos of this horrible crime scene. Then we're going to put it online so the world can see, thank you for your cooperation." Percy said professionally and Travis smirked,
"I heard the chocolate here was good, next time you should eat with your hands instead of your faces."
They then ran out laughing,
"Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter!" Travis laughed and Percy nodded eagerly. Lupa walked by and they both stiffened and ran faster.
"Run!" Leo hissed and they ran to their vehicles.
"Last one to my house has to kiss Reyna!" Percy called out and there were snickers from the teens.
"Jackson you moth-" he revved his engine, effectively cutting off Reyna's stream of curse words. Hermes was the first to get to Percy's house, then Apollo, then Percy. He was surprised that they came but happy because they were so fun.
"Now, lets see who the loser is." Leo looked pointedly at Jason who scowled along with Piper.
"Allow me." Reyna said and kissed her combat boot before kicking Jason where the sun don't shine. Percy fell to the ground along with Zoe, the Stolls, Hermes, Leo, Frank, and Apollo, laughing up a storm. Reyna smirked triumphantly while Piper glared daggers at her.
"What the heck! I'd expect such wild behavior from Zoe but what's wrong with you?" Zoe shot up along with Percy.
"Don't get mad at her for not wanting to kiss your pitiful boyfriend! I am not wild, I just happen to loathe that boy over there who is supposedly pure bred." Zoe snarled and Reyna nodded in agreement,
"At first I was mad that you took Jason from me, but now I'm so happy. He use to be so...nice, until something happened. Your boyfriend is a menace, how Percy is allegedly at fault for the crash is totally uncalled for."
Piper was steaming now, "He's only human for gods sake!"
"And what do humans do? They learn from their mistakes. Jason is only human, he's gotten a second chance by a single apology. I'm not willing to forgive him so easily this time. I mean, I am a danger magnet right? And because I'm so corrupted and dangerous I shouldn't be trusted or cared for right? Well guess what McLean! I'm human too! I may be ill bred but I'm a person as well. Why is this pure bred even here? He's to good for me to even look at the ground he walks on. He's no messiah, he's no savior, he's Jason. Nothing but a human who never learns, so stop treating him as if he's any different because he's not, just because my parents weren't married before I was born doesn't make me a disease! He complains about me not protecting him when I shielded him from the explosion. I'm no savior, I'm no hero, I'm just the boy who grew up! He wants me to forgive him then he'll have to earn my trust back!" Percy snarled an spat on the crumpled up Jason. Tears leaked out of his eyes and Zoe put a comforting hand in his.
"Why don't you 2 leave. You've done enough damage for one night." Zoe hissed. Piper was beyond angry, no one insulted her boyfriend. Percy's just jealous, she thought angrily,
"Your just jealous because Jason's perfect and not ill bred like you are!" Piper was surprised that those words came out and she wished to die in a hole as Percy flinched away from her. What have I done? She thought in anguish. Zoe launched herself at her and clawed, pulled and punched her. Piper felt numb as she looked at Percy, he was in tears and his once vibrant green eyes were now dull and lifeless. Thalia went to comfort him when suddenly he started to hyperventilate, pain was evident in his green eyes as he clutched his head tightly.
-MEMORY-
"Daddy, come play with me!" Four year old Percy pleaded and his father looked at him in disdain,
"I didn't even want a boy, I wanted a beautiful baby girl." He hissed at his now terrified son. Poseidon had been drinking again and it made his anger crazy and unpredictable. Percy's bottom lip quivered,
"I can act like a girl if you want me to. I just want you to love me daddy."Poseidon glared at him in disgust,
"No thanks boy!" He snarled and Sally rushed in glaring at the alcoholic,
"What is wrong with you, he's our son not just mine." Poseidon rolled his eyes and kept drinking. Sally picked up little Percy and took him to his room, tears slid down his face. She layed him on his bed and tucked him in.
"Percy, I love you and I'm glad your a boy. Soon you'll be a man and your father will be proud of you." Percy sniffled and looked up at his mom,
"Nu uh, daddy hates me."
"No he doesn't sweety, he's just confused right now."
"Really?"
"Yes, now sleep my little man. You will be brave and strong. Even though your daddy and I aren't married yet your the perfect child. Don't let ANYONE tell you different." Percy smiled sleepily at her,
"Night mommy, I love you."
"I love you too my perfect child."
-END OF MEMORY-
Percy looked up to see every one starring at him in concern. I'm a perfect child he smiled fondly but his hate for Poseidon grew with the memory.
"Guys I'm fine." He assured them and noticed Piper and Jason left.
"Let's watch a movie!" Thalia announced noticing that Percy didn't want to talk about it. They watched The Lightning Thief again which caused many different reactions.
"Percabeth for the win"-Percy
"Oh I'm going to kill you!"-Zoe
"So no one else is creeped out that our names are all in that movie?"- Thalia
"I'm awesome!"- Apollo
"Why wasn't Annabeth blonde!"- Nico
"Who is this percabeth person?"- Bianca
"Dude, where's Clarisse!"- Leo
"Why didn't they show me stealing anything?"- Travis
"Cuz your ugly face would break the camera!"- Connor
"Man that movie was-"- Reyna
"Wait! Luke's in this as a bad guy? And he's mean to people in real life? What a coincidence."-Hermes
"That was insanely boring."- Hazel
"Your mom! OUCH!"- Frank
"Wait a minute wait a minute! Our names are all in there and you guys are talking about hair, percabeth, and moms?" Asked a concerned Thalia.
"Exactly! What if someone's writing about us right now! What if there's a book about us! What if we're being stalked!" Zoe yelled and everyone looked around nervously until Percy broke the silence,
"Your totally paranoid, who would write a book about us?"
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