Chapter 6: Pizza with the Stolls
The gods were brought to a pizza parlor around the corner. They had found a seat and ordered their pizza and sat talking and laughing. Then Percy thought of an idea.
"What about a game?"
"Like what?" Nico asked boredly
"I don't know spin the bottle?"
"Sure why not" Zeus said
Percy took out a bottle filled with water from inside his bag. he manage to finish its contents within a few gulps leaving them all, other than Poseidon, completely shocked. Annabeth hit him in the arm.
"Keep that up Seaweed Brain and you'll choke."
"Nah don't worry too much Annie" he said with gargling sounds
Zeus faced Nico "You were right he also does that?"
"Also?"
Poseidon drank some of the complimentary water and said "Yes he said also" with a mouth filled with water.
The two smiled at each other, mouths filled with water.
"Will you guys stop that!" Thalia exclaimed
"Why?" Percy asked
"Because it's disturbing"
"Well maybe it's because"
"You're jealous"
"That we're so"
"AWESOME!"
The others groaned. Like father like son. They're both crazy, and very childish. Zeus looked indifferent from his attitude. But this didn't even affect Hades. He knew of his brother's childish side. Being the youngest for a couple of centuries also had a contribution in this. After they were resurfaced back to the land of the living, this had never changed. Their sisters, the over protective sisters they were, they were worried for their brother when he started doing those stunts. Ahh those were the times Hades thought while shaking his head at his brother's antics. After the two Sea people stopped laughing the met a pair of familiar twins.
"Hey guys aren't those Travis and Connor?" Nico said pointing to the twins that entered the room. Two identical looking boys entered the Pizza Place. Both tall with curly brown hair, lanky build and mischievous smiles.
"Oh yeah" Percy said happily then waved at them. Connor, the shorter brother, saw then and elbowed his brother and pointed towards the group. The two had an exchange of smiled then made them all uneasy. The two sons of Hermes walked towards the group.
"Hey guys!" they said in unison
"Hey guys what are you guys doing out of camp?" Annabeth asked her hand in her pocket where her wallet lay
"Nothing really"
"Mr. D told us to come to…buy some materials needed for camp. You know bandages, watering pales for the strawberries and of course don't forget his world famous Diet Coke." They all shared a laugh.
"We don't need those stuff in camp and you know it" Annabeth said sternly after recovering from laughing "What are you two up to?"
The two brothers held up their hands in surrender "We are innocent!"
"Highly unlikely" Thalia said "You two cause more trouble than Percy can in school."
"Hey!"
"Sorry Percy, but I have to admit that it is true" Annabeth said
Percy pouted.
"Anyway what do we do in this bonding time for people we know" Travis said "And don't know" looking at the three gods.
"Oh the introductions" Annabeth said "Travis, Connor, these are our school mates Matthew, Mark and Michael. Guys these are …"
"Travis and Connor Stoll" they said in unison
"Princes of Mischief"
"Pranks"
"And Travel"
"Hey why don't we play a game?" Percy repeated his question from before the Stoll brothers arrived "I didn't drink an entire bottle of water in one gulp for nothing"
"Percy" Annabeth said "if I told you to drink all that water in one sitting you'll do it"
"I'll do anything for you Annie" he said then gave her a kiss. Everyone groaned.
"Guys, in public here" Nico said "and kid right in front of you!"
"Yeah guys keep it PG!" Connor joked
"Yeah Pathetic Giddiness with each other" Travis said smirking
"Shut up" they said in unison making them all laugh. Percy placed a bottle in the middle and started the game. Which landed on Zeus.
"Okay Mike, Truth…" Percy said ominously "Or Dare"
"Uh… Truth?"
"Who…" he said with a dramatic pause ..Still pausing. Till Annabeth slapped him behind the head
"Get on with it" she said
"Fine. Who are you closer to between your brothers?"
Zeus faced his two brothers with curious gazes towards him. It was true that he and Hades had a good relationship. But between the two, he would have to admit that he felt closer to Poseidon sometimes. He thought of all the fun arguments they had. All the quarrels, threats and harsh words they had exchanged. He had never considered that his brother was helping him. Help carry the load of all the stress and problems he had experienced in Olympus, but he was too proud to see it. "Sorry bro, as much as I dread to admit it, even from all our petty quarrels I have to admit that I am closer to Mark." Their friends were shocked. Most of the time they would find the two at each other's neck and Hades was the peacemaker. They didn't expect that he would say it was Poseidon he had felt closer to. Hades saw it coming considering he had spend eons ignoring his brothers except during war. But the most shell shocked of them all was Poseidon.
Poseidon had a completely shocked expression. He had thought that Zeus would pick Hades for their better relationship in this little detour. He had never thought those times he tried to share the weight with his brother. Or those times he had tried to give him advice actually went through him. He gave a small smile and gave his brother an embrace.
"I like you too bro" he said then grabbed both brothers in the shoulders. "That's what brothers are for male contro il nostro padre e il resto dei nostri fratelli."
"Mischief with your father and sisters?" Nico translated
"Um, yeah lets go with that" Poseidon said
"Since when do you know Italian?" Percy asked
"We used to live in Italy remember?" Zeus interjected after glaring at his brother who just shrugged
"Why don't we go back to the game? Mike I believe it's your turn" Hades said
Zeus spun the bottle and it pointed to Annabeth. "Okay, Truth or Dare"
"Dare" she said boldly
"Okay" Zeus thought of a moment "Okay I dare you to sit between the Stoll brothers till the Pizza gets here."
"Sure" she said then switches seats
"Hey"
"Annie"
"How's"
"It"
"Going?"
"Do that again and I will screw you" Annabeth said pointing her fork to the twins.
"Fine!" they said hands up in surrender. "Anyway it's your turn."
"Okay." She said then spun the bottle, which landed on Thalia. "Okay Thals Truth or Dare"
"Truth" she said proudly
"Okay, other than Luke, who would be your best guy friend" Annabeth smirked at Thalia's glare.
Connor and Travis leaned closer to hear. "This would be interesting"
"And if I don't tell you?"
Annabeth smirked "Then you have to kiss them"
She glared at her with annoyance. "Fine, one of the only guys that I don't want to shot an arrow through is Percy"
The three gods were all shell-shocked. Zeus' and Poseidon's, one of the most powerful and childish pair of siblings who argued for the past few centuries, children are friends?
"Wow" Annabeth said then Percy who was sitting right beside Thalia, wrapped his arm around her shoulder giving her a hug.
"Well I am honored, I think" Percy said "But I think it would be your turn right now."
"Really funny, Percy" Thalia said punching him in the arm then spun the bottle. Which landed on Nico.
"Okay, Zombie boy Truth or Dare?"
"Dare" he said with no emotion as if it were nothing. Thalia and Annabeth smiled at this which made Nico uneasy and squirm in his seat.
"Okay then I dare you to let Annabeth and I dress you up tomorrow"
"Like dress up, pick out cloths or dress up dress up" he said slightly scared
"You'll find out tomorrow"
"Do I have a choice?"
"Nope"
He groaned and spun the bottle it ended to Travis. "Okay Travis, Truth or Dare"
"Truth"
"Ah…" Nico said smirking "What's going on with you and Katie?"
Travis blushed and the entire table laughed even Connor who he hit at the back of the head "Shut it"
"Well?"
"I don't know" he said "She hates my guts"
"Nah don't think that" Annabeth said "You just need to…I don't know STOP PRANKING HER!?"
"I don't know maybe" then he spun the bottle again. The Pizza arrived a few minutes later. They ate their pizza. When they left the Pizza place they said good bye to the two sons of Hermes. The gods finally learned some more of the Demigod's lives. They just don't know that they would experience another mortal situation sooner than expected.
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