Percy POV

"Stop stealing Nemo from me, Percy! I need Nemo!" Paisley whinged, rolling around in her duvet, holding her cold feet.

"But I like Nemo too!" I say back to her, "And I bought him!"

"But... But..." Her bottom lip pushed out into a pout and her eyes drooped sadly. I almost fell for it. NEMO IS MINE!

"What in the Gods names is going on here?" Annabeth walked confusedly in, looking between me, with the Nemo in my hands, and Paisley writhing in pain on her bed.

"Percy took Nemo!"

"Paisley stole my Nemo first!" I retorted, holding Nemo closer to me and petting it creepily.

"How about I take it and no one has Nemo?" Annabeth suggested, making me gape at her.

She wanted to take my Nemo away from me! And apparently Paisley had the same train of thought because her groans in pain worsened.

"Paisley, stop moaning. Someone's going to think that something very wrong is going on here," Annabeth said sternly, making my sister stop her rolling. "And Percy, hand me the Nemo, because it's either you share the Nemo or I have it."

I stubbornly handed over the Clownfish as Paisley looked at me in shock.

"Paisley, Nico was looking for you. And Percy, your dad was asking for you too," Annabeth informed us, helping Paisley off the bed and shoving me out the door.

I didn't know what Dad was going to ask or tell me about, because if he wanted to hang out he could have invited Paisley too.

But I knew deep down that there was more to it than I thought.

—-

"Hello Percy," Dad man-hugged me, and I man-hugged back.

There is a fine line between hugging and man-hugging. Man hugging is obviously more masculine than hugging. Man hugging is more shoulder bumping than embracing and there's even a clap on the back involved too.

"Hey Dad, you wanted me?" I ask him, tucking my phone into my back pocket.

Dad stepped out of the doorway of his hotel room that he shared with mum.

I took a few steps until I was inside the room, and then I noticed we weren't alone.

Sitting on the edge of the bed was a man, a few years older than me. I guessed that he was in his mid-twenties, or around there.

He had blonde hair, and brown eyes that resembled Paisley's. He was wearing shorts and a blue shirt that for some reason made his eyes look brighter.

"Percy," He flashed a pearly-white grin at me, standing up to shake my hand. "I'm Cole. Paisley's older brother."

It took me a second to comprehend what he was saying, because last I knew, he was in New Zealand. And that's like, ages away.

"Hi, I'm Percy," I introduced myself stupidly, shaking his hand slowly. He chuckled at me, before tugging my hand so that I was in a very awkward hug.

I silently wrapped my arms around him too, and patted his back. I can see where Paisley gets her hug-y-ness from now.

"So nice to meet you in person, Percy. My wife, Liz, and my son, Harry, are in the other room across the halls, if you were wondering where they were," Cole seemed pleased that I hugged him back.

"Nice to meet you too," I say. "Erm, Paisley's in the house thingy, with Nico. You've met Nico!"

"Yeah," Cole hummed, "Nice kid." He seemed like he wanted to add more onto the end of the sentence, but refrained from doing so.

"So..." I rocked back and forth on my feet, my hands tucked in my pockets.

"I want you help with surprising Paisley," He blurted out, "I want to surprise her and Sally was in on it because she said that I was busy working. I was flying over here and stuff."

He even talked like her.

"Okay, what can I do to help?"

—-

All I had to say was that his son was adorable. At two years old, he was able to speak, however gibberish it was. He had short dark blonde hair and Liz's blue eyes. His skin was warm to the touch and he was so small! He must have gotten that from Liz.

Liz was a short, kind woman. She reeked of sensitivity. Her rambunctiously red hair was wavy and reached under her armpits, however was kept up in a bun. Her skin was pale and freckled, however still glowed with life.

All in all, I knew that Paisley would be in great hands no matter the circumstances.

We're all currently scattered around the lounge, 4:12 having arrived too again. Venus and Apollo have decided we all need 'Quality Bonding Time' and it was kinda ruining the plan Cole and I had thought up.

"Let's play a game!" Leo perked up, after finding there was nothing on the television. "Any suggestions?"

"Bang!"

"Wink murder."

"Nothing?"

That last one came from Nico who looked more than pleased to be sitting next to my sister. I felt like growling at him, and I'm sure everyone else figured that out too. He was on his final straws, that boy.

Do you know what I walked in on when I came back from the hotel they were staying at? Paisley and Nico hugging. And that is so disrespectful! I had tried my hardest to keep my infuriation caged, but it was horrifically hard for me.

"A giant game of truth or dare. Nothing too inappropriate though," Annabeth suggested from beside me, and no one was stupid enough to suggest otherwise.

"Okay, it's settled then." Reyna shrugged, not really caring. I got the feeling she didn't want to play, but I also knew that no one was idiotic enough to ask her anything, ore really dare her stupid things.

"Can we do a round of the basics about yourselves first though? Just so we can all get to know each other. So, for example I would stand up and say my name, siblings etcetera. And then the person next to me would do the same." Cassie, I think says.

It was actually quite a good idea. We knew nothing about each other.

"Let McSchizzle go first, guy's! I mean, I'm really gonna raise the bar and you all need to know this about me. Like, I am amazing." Leo grinned at us wildly.

"Get on with it then," Calypso shoved him to his feet, to which he staggered a little.

"I'm Leo – The Great, Awesome, McSchizzle, Hottie- Valdez. Um, I'm obviously really good looking, duh. I come from Houston, Texas. But I moved to New York to be with my dad when I was about thirteen? I am the worlds best dancer, unofficially of course. My moves are too smooth for them! Ha! And I am obviously the best looking in my band." He winked (jokingly) at Cassie, which Kyle glared hatefully at him for.

He wishes. Honey Boo Boo Child, I've already taken that place.

Luke was already scoffing, "You wish."

"Babe, no need to be jealous," Leo patted his head jokingly. "Oh! And I have a sister, Nyssa."

"My turn!" Calypso chirped, pulling Leo back down before he could get too ahead of himself. "My name is Calypso Titan, Leo's girlfriend, prayformeguys. I'm 17 years old, and I love art and making music. I used to play the pipes, and I have no siblings. If this doesn't work out I want to own a café, because I also like baking."

And it kept going around the circle. We found out that Hazel was from New Orleans, Frank from Canada, and that Kyle and Cassie were actually going out (A/N As stated before: Cassie please don't kill me. I'm too young and beautiful (lol no) to die.)

"Hello, I'm Paisley Oceana Brown. I have ten siblings, I think. I'm the youngest. I am sadly related to Percy, which is why we share a room. My second oldest brother lives in New Zealand with my Nephew and my sister-in-law. They're amazing. I'm only half siblings with all of them. I got asked to go to the junior Olympics for swimming. Never mind Leo, because I am obviously the better dancer, and totally the better looking one. Oh! And I moved from New Zealand to here when I was thirteen, I think."

"Be glad you're related to the awesomeness known as me!" I say to her, feigning hurt with my hand slapped to my chest dramatically. "Oh Annie! Whatever shall I do? My only sister doesn't love me!"

"Oh hush up you big oaf. If anything I love you too much," Paisley sat back down, signalling the end of the intros.

Aww. She loves me.

"Okay! Who wants to start the game?" Leo says, to which there were no takers. "I will start then! Persassy! Truth or Dare?"

I was stuck, knowing either way I was screwed. Leo made these really embarrassing. He once made me walk around the streets in New York with my underwear over my pants and claim that I was superman.

"Uh," I drew out the 'H' as long as I could. "Truth?"

Leo grinned wickedly, "What are you secretly hiding, Percy?"

"My not-so-secret stash of awesome!" I reply, chuffed with my answer. Because I'm just so hashtag cool like that.

Admittedly, it's not one of Leo's best.

"My turn!"

And we stayed like that until we were all sitting comfortably on the floor, body parts overlapping in some place or another with someone. I was leaning against Annabeth, her hands running through my hair, and Leo was playing with my socks. Weird child...

"We should all just sleep like this," Hazel suggests with a giant yawn. "I think we can all lend pyjamas to someone, and we're all comfortable. Maybe we could have a Disney marathon in the morning."

I nodded at that idea, "I'm sure I have extra sweat pants or something for someone to borrow."

No one was protesting so we went ahead with that idea.

—-

I woke up to the sound of someone getting up.

"Shush," I tell them.

"Sorry Percy," Paisley whispers to me, patting my fringe. "Hey, my you-know-what's are in the cupboard, ay?"

"Yeah," I tell her, cracking an eye open. I would be lying if I said she didn't look adorable (no homo though, even though she's not a boy...). Her hair was in two loose plaits, giving her a younger feel. Her pyjamas were baggy too, drowning her narrow figure.

"Thanks Percy, you can go back to sleep. Love you," She whispered, squat-waddling over to me and kissing my forehead.

I had to admit, the carpeted floor of the lounge was a little uncomfortable to sleep on. And nineteen teenagers in it? Kinda smelt and was a little crowded.

I shuffled closer to Annabeth, who was sleeping beside me and snuggled into her warmth.

"Love you too you crazy chicken," I tell her, smiling as I go back to sleep.

Dang it was early.

When I woke up again, it was because I smelt bacon. And pancakes.

I jumped up, to find that the lounge was almost completely empty other than Luke and Thalia who were both still sleeping.

"- weird kid."

"Thanks Bethie! Love you too!" I heard Piper say sarcastically to Annabeth no doubt.

"Aww." Annabeth teased. "Did you hear that? She loves me!"

"I love you, too." I tell her, sneaking up behind her.

Leo and Paisley were making pancakes, blue ones. 4:12 were giving them a weird look for it. But at the same time, they were jamming to the radio, swaying like lunatics and mouthing the words theatrically.

"Morning Perce," She replied, kissing my cheek as my arms secured around her.

There was a chorus of "Good morning's" and a couple grumpy "Hmmph"'s. Couldn't blame them, it was awfully bright. I hid my face into Annabeth's hair while she continued to talk to everyone.

"Plate one of the pancakes," Leo said, catching my attention.

My head shoots up and I eye the blue circular objects.

"Why are they blue?" Kyle says questioningly, poking one tentatively with his pointer finger.

"Because why not?" Leo says, digging right into his.

"Because it's weird."

"Well, to you it's weird because you don't eat blue pancakes, and to us normal pancakes are weird. Really, it's just a matter of perspective," Annabeth shrugged, handing me a plate as I gawked at them.

"Thanks," I kiss the side of her head.

Suddenly, the doorbell rings. The sound ran shrill through the people-filled room.

"I'll go and get it," Kyle offered, jumping off the stool that he once occupied.

I picked up one of the pieces of heaven, shoving the whole thing into my mouth in one go.

"That's gross," Calypso distastefully spat, her eyes widening in horror at the sight.

"Uh, guy's! There's someone by the door, says his name is Cole? Anyone know him?" The tall boy jogged back into the room.

I grinned as Paisley completely froze up. She looked at me in a panic, before dropping the metal bowl she was holding.

"I take it you know him...?" Kyle awkwardly trailed off.

"Cole! C'min here!" I shouted with glee. It took a few seconds before Cole came into the room, his dark eyes immediately going to find his sister, who was still standing by the burning stove in shock.

We were straying from the plan, but the plan was actually set for yesterday.

Everyone seemed on alert as my sister began crying into her hand. Her brother (not me, the other one) (I wrote the Oreo one) pickle her up into a hug.

"Hi." Was all he said, before one of her fists flew to his chest.

"You spacehead! I thought you had work! And- and- I can't..." Was all she said before tackling the poor boy/ man/ person...?

"Ouch!" Cole yelled, half laughing and kinda crying too.

"Why are you crying, you big baby? I just got the biggest fright of my life just then and you're the one crying? Seriously?"

"Yes, yes I am."

—-

"Okay, I want you all to kick butt out there! No excuses! Butt has to be kicked! Like everyone socks and shoes are going to fly off and land on the moon that they were so good performances and all the haters gonna be jelly, but not fish jelly. What was Destiny's Child even thinking? Fish jelly? Who wants that?"

Venus was having one of her pre-show, energetic pep-talks with us again. And believe me, there was no lack of 'pep'.

"Is there going to be a 'Yes Venus'?" She demanded at us.

"Yes Venus!" We chanted.

"Okay, now hands in." We all put our hands in the middle of the circle. "1, 2, 3... TEAM VENUS!"

I could hear a low buzz of talking, as known as the crowd. The noise was making me nervous.

My heart thumped uncomfortably, as I knew that we were first up. We were going to sing Hello Brooklyn first, and then the girls, I knew, were planning on singing Missing You by the same band, All Time Low. We didn't plan this, guys.

"Do we need to go over the lyrics again?" Jason double checked with us, glancing around at us.

"I think we're good," Luke replies, "One more round and we can be in the finals guys."

I flicked my eyes around the room tentatively, seeing Annabeth and her band warming up a little, and chatting quietly like we were.

Roman Recruit (I think that's what they named themselves...) were in the other corner that wasn't occupied by the rest of us. We were all still in the dressing room for our team (VENUS).

"Boys, girls, you're up now." One of the stage hands peered in and informed us gently, seeing us as a bundle of nerves.

"Thank you," Annabeth looks at me as we begin to make our way backstage.

The crowd's mutters began to get louder and louder until it was ringing in my ears obnoxiously.

"And now, for the first act of the evening, Outcasts with one of their favourite songs, Hello, Brooklyn by All Time Low!"

"This city is so pretty, under moonlit skies we'll be hanging like a cigarette," Jason begins to the music, as I hit the drums with my drumsticks (A/N I don't know how to play drums, okay? I can play the tambourine and the maracas).

And as soon as the music started, it ended.

A/N

Hey guys! Sorry I haven't updated in ages!

There has been a ton of tests (I have been either doing homework in preparation or studying) and I've been trying to juggle a lot. This week I did three gym sessions and one swim training. I would have done two, but I was exhausted. I found my inner zen in yoga.

I am in love with the song Love In A Box by The Workday Release and On A Lonely Night by Rocket To The Moon.

Anyways, how have you guys been? Good, I hope.

How did you like the chapter? It's 2770 words about.

And Cassie, please don't murder me in my sleep.

~KaleidoscopeColours