Percy P.O.V.

On fridays Annabeth, Piper, and Hazel liked to study at the library. So I might have happened to be there too. At the table where they couldn't see me behind the book shelf, which of course was just an odd coincidence though. I took out some of my homework so I wouldn't look suspicious just sitting there.

Even after half an hour the only thing I learned was that Piper liked to talk about Jason's abs. A ton. They said nothing about Charlie, but at least I had sat in one place long enough to do my math homework.

Then it happened.

"Oh crap! I have to be at Charlie's easter party on sunday and I haven't gotten his costume yet!" Annabeth said loud enough so I could only just hear it.

Ok, she has plans on sunday, but where?

"Do you want me to drop you off on my way to Jason's?" Piper asked, packing up her stuff.

"No I'm fine, it's at Wallabys on fifth street, I can just ask someone from the group for a ride."

I grinned and packed up my homework. Thank you lady luck! Looks like I have plans on Sunday.

I jiggled my under our kitchen table as I waited till my mom left to go to her Mommy and Me class. I'd go to Wallaby's as soon as she left. What kind of a place is that I wonder? Probably some fancy restaurant that Charlie is throwing a party at to apologize to Annabeth for something that he did. I bet he's a rich snob who doesn't really care about Annabeth at all. Disgusting.

Wallaby's was pretty close, but I had no idea what time Annabeth was meeting Charlie there so I took the bus to be early. I packed a lot of snacks in my backpack, just in case they'd made plans for later in the day. I might have to wait there awhile.

I only had to walk a few blocks once I got off the bus before I reached Wallaby's. Once I got there, I stopped dead.

For one, it was Wallabys, not Wallaby's. Two, it wasn't any kind of fancy restaurant, or even anything that adults would go to; it was a kids entertainment center, like Chucky Cheese's!

A indoor kids' playground? What would Annabeth and Charlie be doing here? Did they have a kid? Was Annabeth married? The only way to find out was to go in, it would be a bit creepy if I watched the place from across the street as I had planed. Well, going in was still pretty creepy I guess . . . But at this point I was dying of curiosity.

Lady luck was still on my side though, because guess who comes walking around the corner? My mom and her Mommy and Me group . . . and Annabeth?

I hid behind the tree planted at the edge of the road and watched them from across the street. If Annabeth had wanted to hang out with my mom she could've just asked, she didn't have to do it behind my back. But why was her boyfriend meeting her at a Mommy and Me class?And where was Charlie? Why hadn't he shown up yet? I guess he was the late type. Couldn't even be bothered to show up on time, even for his girlfriend. Ugh. I hate guys like him.

So there I waited, sitting on a bench for the next two hours. Still no Charlie. All the mothers came out and started leaving, my mom and Annabeth the last ones. Except, it wasn't just them and Danny, there was another kid. Annabeth was holding him.

Charlie.

Oh.

OH!

It all made sense now: why no one could go visit them, the secrecy, why Danny recognized Annabeth, why she hates being called a mom. Annabeth has a child, named Charlie. He wasn't an abusive boyfriend, or a secret agent, he was Annabeth's baby. Now I know.

Are you proud of yourself now? You intruded on Annabeth's personal life, resorting to stalking. Now you know her darkest secret, which she didn't want you to know. You are scum, you didn't really believe for a second that it was for her safety, you were just jealous.

But I had been worried about her. I really had! But honestly it was still no excuse. I cared about her, so I was never going to do this again. I was going to wait for her to tell me herself.

You should just leave her alone. She's better off without you. You're scum, lying scum who is just going to lie to Annabeth when you invaded her privacy, you disgust me.

How could she ever trust me after this? No one can know that I was ever here. Annabeth will tell me about Charlie when she trusts me enough.

Not that you deserve her trust.

I will just have to be supportive of her. She shouldn't be ashamed to have a child! I love children! I could help her take care of Charlie!

Well, when she trusts me enough.

Which will never happen.

Drew P.O.V.

*A bit earlier in the day*

I stood outside the college campus, knowing full well I shouldn't be there. I should be with Piper, looking for a job. But here I was, planing to go to the B academy again. I knew that they wouldn't turn me down, that they couldn't actually. Being a cult leader is difficult and not everyone is cut out for such a job. It is kind of a job too. I could get enough money to go into college again and become a business major.

I must have looked sketchy, just standing there, not doing anything and just staring at the campus. The campus police was giving me a weird look and walking toward me. Either I left now or went down to headquarters.

I was going to take the highroad, I really was, and return home. But just then I got a text.

Are you coming in or not you coward?

And how could anyone resist proving themselves to infact not be a coward. So I started walking toward the base. The low road really was much easier.

Piper P.O.V

Drew had been gone for a full day and hadn't responded to any of my texts. I wanted with all my heart to call the police, but it had only been 12 hours not 24 so I couldn't file a missing person's report. I didn't think that she had gotten herself in trouble, but I have been wrong before, she could have been kidnapped.

I frantically texted her again, really believing that she was kidnapped, begging her to answer. This time there was a response. It sounded like old Drew, and I realized where she had been. She had gone to her old school and hung out with her terrible friends there. She must be going back to her old ways.

So I called, I was going to knock some sense into her.

"Drew I know that you are at your old school, and you are coming back right now."

"Hey Piper, it's fine. I actually was thinking of transferring back, actually the whole thing was just a big mistake." She sounded so calm, and happy. Who was I to stop her from getting what she wanted?

"Drew, I know that you're going back and hanging out with your old friend's, but please, don't forget us this time. Don't leave your family, and your friends. We care about you, remember us."

There was a long pause before Drew replied with a teary, "I will." I just hoped she was telling the truth.

The next day Drew was packing up her stuff and heading back.

"How were you able to transfer back so quickly?" I asked Drew, dusting the shelves in her room.

"Oh, actually they found out that the reports weren't filed against me, someone went into the database and changed them. Isn't it miraculous the way some things work out?" She smiled at me, placing some of her books into a cardboard box,

"But wasn't there other things too?" I asked, not believing her story for a bit. I knew that she had blackmailed the headmaster or something like that. Honestly I don't care, I just wanted her to be honest with me. "Please Drew just tell me the truth." I sighed, flopping down on the bed, which had just been strpiied.

"Piper I don't think you want to know." Drew said quietly, turning away as she sealed up some of the last boxes.

"Yes I do!" I said in a yelling whisper, as I don't want Annabeth or Hazel to come in. "I'm your sister, I don't care if you are doing something illegal, or are going to prison. I just want to know what you are doing and if you are safe. We never were the best or friends and I had always regretted that. I thought you wanted to turn a new page when you came to live with us but now you're lying to me again!"

"You really feel that way?" Drew asked, turning around slowly.

I nodded and patted the space next to me on the bed. She took the offer and sat next to me.

"I don't care what you do, as long as i'm in the loop. And you aren't murdering people or keeping slaves." I added, only half joking.

"Don't worry I don't have any slaves and I haven't killed anyone yet." Drew laughed.

"Let's keep it that way." I said in a hushed whisper, pulling her in for a hug.

"Agreed."

Percy P.O.V

"You really need to work on your stalking skills Perce, you're lucky Annabeth didn't notice you sweetheart." My mom said, calmy stirring her coffee.

I nearly spit out my hot chocolate onto the table. "What?!" I said, swallowing my hot chocolate.

"You were sitting across the street on a bench, not even trying to disguise yourself. And I'm not going to go over how it's not O.K. to stalk people. I thought that was a given." She was just so calm, how could she be so calm‽

"Well I talked to you before so you know why I did it." I muttered, feeling really guilty, like I should. "I Thought Charlie was an abusive boyfriend, not her child."

"While I am not saying that I condone your actions, under the circumstances, I'm not going to punish you." That meant that she is praising me. "Are you going to talk to her about it?"

"I can't. When she's ready she'll tell me herself. Until then I'll just have to be supportive of her." I sighed, eating the marshmallows off the top of the cup.

"Aww," my mom stroked my hand, "How did I raise such a wonderful boy?"

Annabeth P.O.V

I held Charlie in my arms as we said goodbye to Drew. Something just didn't seem right. Piper promised that Drew wouldn't tell anyone, but I wasn't sure. I know that Drew had changed, but why was she leaving now? How did she get her scholarship back? It made no sense and there was something fishy about the whole thing. She said that her teachers felt uncomfortable, so if there were so many how could they have filed the wrong person?

I knew for sure that she was lying, but not which one was the lie. I knew that I shouldn't get into it, that it would only lead to bad things. But I had to find out what she was hiding. For the sake of knowing, but also for Piper's safety and especially Charlie's.

The question was, how do I find out? Well that and if I should actually do it. It went against my better judgment to go through with this. And I trusted my better judgment . . . It probably is just some stress about tests. If anything suspicious happens, or anyone gets hurt. I'll know it was her. For now though, I'll just keep on living my normal life.