Disclaimer: The Jacksons and The Chase are not mine.
Two days ago
This morning started with a phone call. Mom got up quickly and noisily running to the phone which was ringing downstairs. I still don't know why my parents don't have one in their bedroom. I opened my eyes at the noise and I closed them again. I tried to sleep again. I was almost sleeping when my mom yelled waking up and scaring everybody. I stayed silent to listen.
I heard my dad running down the stairs and yelling "What's wrong?"
"Dear, Annabeth called. She is coming" said my mom happily.
"For real? What time?" said my dad super loudly by a summer morning.
"One hour. She said something about flying" said my mom. I heard more happy screams. I sighed. I wasn't going to sleep anymore. I rubbed my eyes and sat on the edge of my bed yawning. The sun was up. It was probably 7 or 8 in the morning.
"Did you listen?" said my twin brother Bobby as he removed the covers of his head.
"Yes, Annabeth is coming" I said. He smiled. We both missed our sister. She didn't come often since she preferred living in Long Island in Camp. Dad wasn't happy but Annabeth was the most stubborn girl ever.
"Ok. Wake me up in one hour" said Bobby and covered himself in the blankets. Soon, he was snoring again. I looked at him for a couple of minutes before getting up and going to the bathroom.
I walked downstairs to the living room still wearing my Mario Bros' pajamas. I sat on the comfiest spot in the couch ready to turn on the TV. I found the control remote under a pillow. I turned up the TV and I happily watched the Cartoon Network or CN nowadays.
I was in the middle of an Adventure Time marathon when my dad entered the room and sat next to me. He just got out of the shower and had a towel on his shoulders. He was wearing dark blue jeans, a gray bottom down shirt, and sandals.
"Good morning, Matthew" said my dad looking at the TV.
"Good morning, dad" I said looking at him.
"Your sister is coming. You should get dressed" said my dad still staring at the TV.
"My sister doesn't mind me wearing pajamas" I said. My dad turned to see me and smiled.
"You are right about that, but your mom wants you and Bobby dressed and ready to see your sister" said dad and I nodded to him. I turned down the TV and walked upstairs to my and Bobby's bedroom.
I took me 5 minutes to wake up Bobby and dragged him out of bed. He can be so irresponsible. I don't know where he got it because mom, Annabeth, dad and I are so serious.
I was nearly 9 o'clock when Bobby and I walked downstairs wearing cargo shorts, graphic t-shirts and sneakers. We try so hard not to match but it happens. We are twins for God's sake. We sat on the dining room table ready to eat breakfast. Mom had already a plate with a small tower of waffles on the table ready to be eaten.
I took two and poured a maple syrup on them. I was halfway eating my waffles when my mom yelled. "Don't eat yet. Wait for your sister"
Bobby and I wined complaining. I put the plate aside and I felt my stomach groaning angrily at me. Bobby crossed his arm and mumbled completely mad.
A couple of minutes later, dad came with the newspaper and sat with us. He stared at us surprised and curiously.
"Boys. Why are you not eating?" said my dad as he served himself three waffles. I was about to talk.
"I told them to wait for Annabeth. She should be here any minute" said mom loudly from the kitchen.
"You are right, dear" said dad putting his waffles aside to. He opened the newspaper and started reading.
I heard knocking on the door and Bobby's face brightened. Annabeth. We stood up and ran at the door. I opened and I saw my sister standing next to a boy, both wearing their distinctive orange Camp t-shirts.
"Sis" yelled Bobby as he flew to our sister's arms,
"Oh, Gods! You are so big" said Annabeth as she hugged Bobby.
"Well, we are 11. What were you expecting?" said Bobby almost snorting at her.
"Bobby" said my dad warningly from behind us.
"Sorry" said Bobby to Annabeth.
"Move, it's my time… I missed you" I said as I pushed Bobby away. I hugged Annabeth. I missed her a lot.
"I missed you too" said Annabeth as we let go. I looked at the boy next to her.
"Annabeth" said my dad and hugged Annabeth too.
"Dad" said Annabeth smiling at us. Mom appeared and hugged Annabeth too.
"Hi, sweetie" said my mom. Annabeth just nodded at her. I kept staring at the boy.
"I saw you once" I said pointing at him. The boy smiled and took my sister's hand.
"Yes. I'm Percy Jackson, your sister's boyfriend" said the boy and I just nodded. I knew my sister got a boyfriend but I never expected to meet him so abruptly.
"Hi, Percy. It's been a while" said my dad and they shook hands.
"I guess, Mr. Chase. Ms. Chase" said Percy and shook hands with my mom.
"Well, are you hungry? Breakfast is ready" said my mom.
"We are not staying. We are passing by" said Annabeth and I felt bad.
"Why?" said Bobby almost crying.
"We have some things to take care of" said Annabeth sadly.
"Sis, can you stay for one night?" I said with watery eyes and Annabeth stared at me.
"Wise girl, maybe we should stay. New Rome isn't going anywhere" said Percy and Bobby and I smiled at him. He got our approval to date our sister if he convinced her.
"Sure?" said Annabeth looking at his boyfriend.
"I'm hungry, of course, I want to stay" said Percy grinning making everybody giggled.
"Ok, we will stay. I just have to tell Leo to go and that we will catch up later… also we need clothes" said Annabeth at us. We nodded at her. She took her boyfriend's hand and walked to neighbor's yard where a flying ship was suspended in the air. I gasped in wonder at the sight of the ship.
On the deck, I saw another boys and girls wearing purple and orange t-shirts. I waved at them and they waved back.
"Are your friends?" said Bobby pointing to the ship. Percy nodded and a Latino boy threw a rope stair. Annabeth and Percy climbed.
"Can we go up?" I yelled to Annabeth who was halfway up.
"Sure, Matthew" said Annabeth and I grinned more that the Cheshire cat.
"Dad, can we?" said Bobby asking for permission.
"Sure. I'm going to. I want to see the armory" said Dad and helped us to climb the stair.
Soon we were on the deck. Annabeth and Percy were gone but their friends remained. I waved nervously at three teens, one of them blond and wearing a purple t-shirt; while the other two: the Latino girl and a Native American girl.
"Hello, Mr. Chase. I'm Jason. This is my girlfriend Piper and our repair boy Leo" said the blond guy as he shook my dad's hand.
"Nice to meet you, guys. These are my son, Matthew and Bobby. Boys, say hi" said my Dad.
"Hi" we said at unison. The teens nodded at us.
"I must say it's an impressive ship. I see that you have very interesting weapons. Some look like really historical accurate with the Civil War. Can I see?" said my Dad really excited. Leo's face lighted.
"Come with me. Mr. Chase. I will blow your mind" said Leo and they both walked inside the ship. Bobby and I stood there unable to know what to do. My eyes turned to blond guy called Jason.
"Are you like my sister?" said Bobby. The girl named Piper nodded and I heard my brother gasped in surprise.
"Who is your god dad or mom?" I said excited.
"Well, my dad is Jupiter… you know, the god of sky. Piper's mom is Aphrodite" said Jason.
"So cool! Can you hold lightings?" said Bobby.
"Something like that" said Jason shrugging.
"I want to see" said Bobby and I nodded. I really wanted to see that. Jason smiled and suddenly Annabeth walked out.
"What are you doing?" said Annabeth smiling at us. Jason flinched and I just knew that we won't see some lighting.
"Nothing" said Bobby and I smiling. Annabeth stared at us with caution and turned to see Jason with scolding eyes.
"Jason. I hope that you weren't going to show something dangerous to my very mortal and innocent brothers" said Annabeth and I gasped in annoyance. My sister can be so boring sometimes.
"But sister, he is the lighting dude" said Bobby and my sister turned to us with her hard grey stare and we gulped.
"Sorry, boys. It's dangerous" said Annabeth and Percy walked out carrying a bag on his shoulder.
"What's dangerous?" said Percy smiling at us. He had a troublemaker smile and I felt hope that something cool would happen.
"Nothing of your concern, seaweed brain. We are going now to the house. Where is dad?" said Annabeth at us.
"Well" I said and suddenly we heard an explosion inside. I gasped in surprise and everybody ran to the source of the boom.
We entered to a semi-dark room to find dad on the floor with his hands on his heads and moaning in pain. The Latino guy called Leo was on the opposite side of the room almost knocked out. Annabeth, Bobby and I went to my dad's side and the rest to check on the Leo guy.
"Dad, are you OK?" said Annabeth kneeling next to him.
"Dad, what happened?" I said concerned. My dad opened and closed his eyes a couple of times trying to see clearly. He looked dizzy and disoriented.
"I just touched something and started ticking. Leo pushed me away and it just exploited. How is Leo?" said my dad looking around.
"I'm fine, Mr. Chase" said Leo waving his hand while his head was leaning on his knees. He looked tired and more disoriented than dad.
"You seem fine, dad. Stand up" said Annabeth and Bobby and I pulled him up. Dad touched his head like having a headache and Annabeth took his arm.
"Easy, dad. I will take you to the house. Boys and Percy, let's go" said Annabeth and we sighed annoyed to our sister bossing around but we followed her anyway.
Soon we were back in the house. Percy said goodbye to his friends while we were going down the rope stairs. Mom was worried and nervous when she saw my dad dizzy as Annabeth almost carried him inside. She walked to dad and helped Annabeth with dad.
Bobby and I sat on the dining room table looking at each other. We really didn't know what else to do. Mom, dad and Annabeth were walking the stairs to put dad on the bed. Percy entered the room and sat in an empty chair.
"Percy, is dad going to be fine?" I said worried.
"Sure. He is just dizzy. Leo's stuff can be dangerous" said Percy looking at us, then he smiled and I felt better.
"Well, Leo said he was going to blow his mind, right?... Should we eat?" said Bobby looking at me. I shrugged really not knowing.
"Maybe we should. I'm hungry" I said and grabbed my cold waffles' plate. Bobby did the same. Percy looked at us wondering to take dad's plate or not.
"You can eat that waffle if you want" I said and Percy nodded. He took my dad's plate and poured more syrup on the waffle. I went to the countertop and got a glass for Percy. I gave the glass to him and sat again in my chair. We ate in silence for two minutes when mom and Annabeth entered the room.
"How is dad?" said Bobby as Annabeth sat next to Percy.
"Fine, he is just sleeping. Don't worry, boys" said Annabeth. Mom walked next to her and gave her a glass, a plate and a fork to eat. Annabeth nodded at mom and took two waffles too. Mom sat on dad's chair and we ate in silence again.
After breakfast, Percy, Bobby and I were watching the rest of Adventure Time Marathon on CN while mom and Annabeth washed dishes and cleaned the kitchen.
"Percy, who is your God parent?" I said as a commercial started.
"Poseidon" said Percy smiling and giving me a thumb up.
"Cool" said Bobby and I at unison really amazed that our sister's boyfriend was son of sea God.
"So you are like Aang?" said Bobby excited.
"Who?" said Percy confused. Maybe he didn't watch TV in Camp.
"It's a cartoon about a guy who controls air, water, earth and fire" said Bobby and took the control remote. He changed the channel where casually was The Last Airbender on. The episode was when Katara started to teach Aang water control.
Percy leaned forward on his seat as he watched the episode with intensity. He said a couple of 'ohs' and 'wows'. The episode was about to finish when Annabeth sat next to Percy. I saw that they held hands and Percy kissed my sister's hair.
"What are you watching?" said Annabeth.
"The Last Airbender" said Bobby.
"Was it good?" said Annabeth as the credit titles appeared.
"Awesome. This guy can control air and has to learn to use water, fire and earth. It's like having Leo, Jason and I together. Cool!" said Percy excited and Annabeth rolled her eyes smiling.
"Sure, seaweed brain" said Annabeth sarcastically.
"Percy, could you show us water control?" said Bobby and I nodded too. Percy looked up thinking and looked at Annabeth like asking for permission.
"Yeah, why not… just be careful" said Annabeth. Bobby and I high-fived almost we were jumping off the couch.
"Let's go" said Percy and we followed him to the backyard. Percy walked to the water hose and opened. Water ran in the yard. Percy moved his hand and the water lifted off the ground. The water stream moved like a snake around Percy.
"Wow" Bobby and I said with our mouths wide open.
For the rest of the morning, Percy showed us how he could move the water making shapes. We also played wooden swords fights with Annabeth and Percy. We had a blast spending time with them.
At noon, dad found us in the backyard playing and laughing as Bobby and I were wrestling with Percy. We were tickling Percy who was on the ground laughing hard. Annabeth was sitting and giggling.
"How are you feeling?" said Annabeth when she saw dad. I stopped tickling Percy and walked to dad.
"Yes, I'm fine after a good nap. Boys, what do you want to do today?" said dad.
"Can we go to the movies?" I said and turned to see everybody.
"Ok. I will go for the newspaper to see what is playing right today" said dad and walked inside again.
Bobby walked to me leaving Percy on the ground breathing hard and gasping after laughing so hard. We went inside to find dad with the newspaper. After some arguing, we decided to watch the new Pixar movie.
We went to the movies and nothing really interesting happened. We ate popcorns and hotdogs. I liked the movie.
Annabeth and Percy held hands the whole day while we watched movies like a normal couple. Mom and dad did the same. Percy and Annabeth looked happy together but sometimes they looked sad and looked away when dad asked something about camp.
We have dinner in Annabeth's favorite restaurant as a late birthday celebration. The place wasn't packed but full enough for the service to be slow. The food was great. Dad interrogated Percy about his intentions with Annabeth making him blush and stammering. I bit my lips so hard trying not to laugh at them. It was hysterically funny.
Dinner was almost gone when a group of waiters came with a small cake and a candle lit. They started singing happy birthday. Bobby and I sang along, also Percy. Annabeth was smiling as one waiter placed the cake in front of her and everybody around us applauded. My sister was smiling almost crying of happiness. Percy kissed her briefly.
"Make a wish, wise girl" said Percy and Annabeth blew the candles. More applause was around.
"Thank you, guys" said Annabeth as she took her fork and ate a piece of cake. Bobby ate a piece too with his fork. I did after Bobby and I was delicious.
On our way home, Percy was telling us the sea horses or hippocampies when an idea crossed my mind.
"Dad, can we go tomorrow to the water park?" I said. I looked to dad over the rear mirror.
"Sorry, Matthew. Your mom and I have to meeting tomorrow" said dad and I looked down.
"Can Annabeth and Percy take us?" said Bobby and I got excited. It was a better idea.
"Can you, Annabeth?" said dad.
"I think we can stay another day. What do you think, Percy?" said Annabeth.
"Water park… who are you asking to?" said Percy raising his eyebrow making us giggled.
"We are going, hurray!" said Bobby and I excited.
At home, mom sent us to take a shower while she got blankets for Percy. He was going to sleep on the sofa bed downstairs. I got a good shower and I watched TV with Percy and Bobby downstairs until it was time to sleep. At 10, dad sent us to bed and I slept smiling. I was happy that my sister was here.