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Another day, when I woke up a second before my alarm clock rang. 6:59. I reached out and turned it off before the entire cabin woke up and gave me nasty looks before snuggling back into their bunks. The nightmares had really messed with my precise waking up schedule and my siblings were not happy about being ripped out of their pleasant dreams with cute, irritating green-eyed boys. I hopped out of bed and took a quick shower. I looked into the mirror to see tired gray eyes and killer dark circles. Maybe I would stop by Aphrodite's cabin today because I looked like trash. My hair normally full and blond laid limply and...was it shedding? I couldn't help but feel like my hair was falling out. But I could never find any blond strands on my pillow or in the bathroom.

Not wanting to looked at my exhausted appearance anymore, I tucked my hair into a small, sad ponytail, and threw on a white t-shirt and some jeans shorts. I grabbed my favorite pair of Nikes. Interestingly the idea of Nike shoes was hotly debated among the gods. The elder (read: whiny and traditional) gods like Zeus and Hades couldn't believe that mortals would wear the name of a god on their feet while younger gods like Apollo and Aphrodite were jealous that their names hadn't been chosen instead. The real Nike simply shrugged and mentioned something about an offshore account that filled every time a purchase was made.

I strolled across camp to the Poseidon cabin and judging by its silence, its lone resident was still deeply asleep. I rolled my eyes and kicked open the door. I immediately recoiled at the smell. Teenage boy smell was not tolerated in the Athena cabin, I'd seen to that. In the center of this filthy cabin, with clothes and weapons strewn around, with random artifacts collected from the Greek Gods thrown about like they were worth nothing, was a large bed that was currently home to none other than Perseus Jackson, savior of Olympus. Who was currently drooling, happily sleeping, and hugging a pillow. I felt a mild twinge of jealousy for that pillow and then shook it off. We had things to do. I approached carefully remembering the last time I had set off one of Percy's booby traps and had ended up drenched with water from seemingly invisible water balloons. I glanced over him and my gaze softened. Seeing a demigod still was nearly impossible unless they were sleeping and so I took a moment to appreciate him. His black hair was getting a little longer but oddly enough I found myself liking it and I took a minute to appraise his body. I remember the skinny lanky boy that ended up here years ago but the toll of saving Olympus several times had…well okay I wouldn't really call it a toll because Percy looked pretty damn good. He was tan and lean and had shot up a few inches that I was still thrown off by looking up at him. Though his body had scars from old battles passed it only emphasized his strength and reminded me of the fights we'd been in and…I blushed hard and looked away. This was my friend and looking at him the way the other girls looked at him made me feel embarrassed.

I looked around the room until my eyes settled on an object on his table next to his bed. My eyes hardened. It was a hairclip with a small flower on the end, it was cute and pretty, and it most certainly did not belong to me. For weeks I'd been seeing these little girly objects come and go. First it was a pair of purple glasses, then it was a tube of pink shimmery lip gloss, and once I had found a long strand of very much not blond, very brown hair. I put the clues together and knew that girl from Demeter was becoming close to Percy. Katie Gardner's younger sister Jen. I hated her. Well, I hated her because she was squeezing me out from my spot as Percy's best friend. Other than that she was nothing but a sweet, tree hugging delight. Ugh. She had been found and brought to camp really recently and when I first heard about her I didn't give a second thought. But then she was all like "OMG Percy!" and I was all like "OMG I hate you!" and she's been a delightful, Demeter thorn in my side ever since.

Enough. Time to wake up this boy and get on with my day. Preferably with him in it. I poked him. No response. Poke poke poke. He grumbled and rolled over, taking the pillow with him. My poking intensified. Pokepokepokepokepokepokepokepokepoke.

"Okay stop!" he whined. I grinned.

"Wake up, sleepy head." I sang, "We have things to do, paperwork to file, camp counselor garbage to fulfill."

"Why do I even have to do that?" he complained, "I don't have any siblings anyway."

"You can still fill out paperwork for the sparring arena. Or for keeping stock of the Capture the flag games." Really, if there was one hidden fact about the gods and goddesses, it was that paperwork and bureaucracy were a cornerstone of Western tradition.

Percy sighed and sat up. He ran a hand through his glorious – I mean ugly and dirty looking – hair and looked at the clock.

"It's only 7:30." He said irritably, "The meeting is at 9."

Okay so maybe I had my motives for waking him up early. Namely I noticed that weird Demeter girl seemed positively nocturnal and never woke before 10 or went to sleep before midnight. Does that make me a creeper? Maybe. I don't know. I knew she was definitely not awake and I didn't mind having Percy all to myself.

He stood up and stretched lazily, his body twisting as his arms flexed. I hungrily took the sight in wondering if maybe Aphrodite did like me. Then I felt mildly insulted that this boy with Little Mermaid boxers on didn't seem to give a care that I was standing right there. (A/N: This little clip inspired by Six of Crows to anyone who has read it! It's my new favorite book).

"We can grab breakfast?" I suggested knowing Percy was a basic boy and food was an easy lure. He grinned happily down at me and I felt like I was dowsed in warmth. His bright green eyes shown and it was an easy lure for me. I stared back, mouth slightly open forgetting what I was about to say.

I didn't have a chance to say anything because at that moment the door banged open and I was hit with a gooey blob of something. I shuddered back suddenly wondering if this was one of my pleasant green eyed boy dreams that was being invaded by my nightmare.

"What the heck?" Percy said looking confused before he was hit with a blob too.

"I - " before I could answer another blob flew by and I threw myself to the side. I was lucky. I hit one of Percy's booby traps and an invisible slid dropped from the roof throwing out a waterfall into the doorway. The water flooded out and left an unknown figure in the doorway. By then Percy had grabbed Riptide and was slowly approaching the creature while I was immobilized by fear. This was happening, this was real, the monster from my mind had crawled into real life and was here to take him and probably to kill me.

"Connor?" Percy asked hesitantly. The two headed creature moved. Well it was actually two Stoll brothers piled on top of each other.

"Aw man Percy that was totally awesome!" came the voice of Connor Stoll.

"Yeah dude! A waterfall? We never would have guessed." Travis exclaimed.

Percy relaxed for a moment and then looked pissed.

"What the hell were you doing and what are these things?" he asked referring to the sticky blob on his broad chest. Not broad. Very small. Not manly at all. A part of my mind wondered how I could even consider Percy's body while being seemingly attacked by the semblance of a nightmare that had been plaguing me for weeks. I had a problem. Definitely a big problem.

"Well…", Connor looked sheepish, "It was a bet with Demeter's cabin. If we caught Annabeth they would do our paperwork." Ahh, bureaucracy at its finest.

"We saw Annabeth come in here - "

"- so we just followed - "

"- because we hate paperwork - "

"- and we thought you'd still be asleep - "

"- but that waterfall was epic and I guess better luck next time." Travis finished.

"And the sticky things?" Percy tried to pull it off but it seemed stuck.

"Not sure. That new girl from Demeter gave us the recipe and we just followed it. I think she would know how to get it off." Connor said, smiling devilishly.

Now mention of her seemed to burn my fear and turn it into rage.

"What the hell does she want?" I growled making the Stolls jump.

"Whoa Annabeth, what happened to you? You look awful." Connor blurted. Travis punched his shoulder and he winced.

I ignored the slight, "Why would a girl from Demeter give you the recipe to capture me if she also promised that if you succeeded her cabin would do your cabin's paperwork?"

"Uhh…" Travis trailed off apparently never have considered the logic. I rolled my eyes. There was a reason I was a child of Athena.

"Ohmygod!" a tearful gasp came from behind the Stolls, "Percy are you okay?"

5 drachmas to who that was.

A sad, tiny, ugly and mean brunette pushed past the Stolls and ran into the room.

"I'm fine too." I snapped apparently going unheard.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Percy said looking at her. I turned to look at them, my mood turning sour filing the room with ice. The Stolls looked at me nervously and silently ran away. Good. I don't need them kidnapping me anyways.

The girl was spreading something on Percy's chest, her hands laying on his heart a little longer than necessary. The blob fell on the ground and slowly disintegrated into nothing. So there was an antidote.

"Thank you." He said as he smiled that warm smile at her. But something seemed a little off about his eyes. I wasn't sure if it was jealousy (alright, let's be real I was jealous as hell) clouding my thoughts but where his eyes had been alive, now they looked flat.

She smiled back up at him and said, "I'm glad you are alright. When I saw her come here I didn't think you would be caught too." Before he had a chance to speak I cleared my throat. They both looked at me.

"I would like to get deblobbed too." I announced.

"Of course." She said smiling brightly at me. I didn't trust her. She approached me very slowly probably because I still had a hand on my dagger, tense. She pulled out a small vial and dropped a few drops on the blob. It also fell to the floor and disintegrated.

"I'd be interested to know the formula of that." I said nodding at the bottle.

She giggled. The audacity. She actually giggled at me.

"It's a seeee-cret!" she said in a singsong voice. She turned back to Percy, "I'll see you later!" and she flounced out the door. Ugh.

"So, breakfast?" Percy asked like nothing had happened. He looked a bit dazed like he wasn't sure what had just happened. To be fair I wasn't sure either.

I frowned.

"Okay."