I would like to say thank you to those of you who reviewed my story so far. This was a surprisingly difficult chapter to write. I knew what I wanted it to say, it was just getting it on paper that proved to be a challenge. I will try to have the 7th chapter up in either about 3-4 hours or tomorrow afternoon at the latest. Enjoy. :-)

Important thing to note... This will be yaio (boy-boy) eventually. Don't like? You do not have to read.

Disclaimer- I do not own Percy Jackson and the Olympians or the Heroes Of Olympus series. (One can dream though) All rights go to the proper parties.

Percy's POV

I was already up by the time Nico came in to wake me. He looked surprise but I couldn't really blame him. I was not exactly what anyone would call a morning person. Nico nodded at me and went to the dinning pavilion to grab a quick bite before Jenn could track him down.

Drew had really aggravated me last night.

I could understand why a child of Aphrodite may think enough time had passed for me to move on. They would be wrong of course, I would never move on, but that was beside the point. Honestly, even if I was going to date someone, why would I want to go out with her?

When I stepped out of my cabin I saw a blonde camper that I had never spoken to, sitting on my porch. I felt my eyebrows pull together in confusion.

"Oh hey," She smiled at me. "How are you Percy?"

"Um, hello," I closed the door and started to walk towards the dinning pavilion. She jumped up and fell into step with me. I remembered that she was a daughter of Apollo but for the life of me I couldn't seem to remember her name. "I'm sorry; I don't seem to know your name."

"Oh," She looked a little hurt but she smiled at me again. "It's Colleen."

"Right, sorry," I looked at her and tried to figure out what she wanted. After a little bit I realized that she wasn't going to say anything. I guess it's up to me then. "So Colleen was there something that you needed?"

"Oh, right." She glanced at me and started to blush. Suddenly I had a bad feeling about this. "Umm, I was wondering if you would like to go out sometime."

I frowned. I was right about it being bad, "Listen, I am sorry but I am not looking to date anyone right now."

She ducked her head, "Oh, okay. Nice talking to you..." She turned away and started walking back to the cabins.

Well that was highly awkward.

I shook my head and went to grab breakfast.

ΩΩΩ

As I stood in line to burn my food to the Gods I felt someone tap me on the shoulder. I turned around to see a girl with bright red hair looking at me.

She smiled and without even an introduction asked, "Do you want to go out with me?"

My jaw dropped. "Wait, what?"

She giggled. "I said would you, like to go on a date with me?"

This had to be some kind of dumb joke. "No thank you, I am not looking for a relationship at the moment."

She shrugged, "Alright, see you around." With that she turned around and went to sit at the Iris table.

I stood there for a moment, to stunned to move. It wasn't like I hadn't been asked out since she left, but this wasn't normal. First Drew, then Colleen, then this daughter of Iris. Someone was playing with me, they had to be.

I came back to reality when I heard someone behind me clear their throat. I quickly burnt food to my father and to Hermes, as had become my habit, and went to sit at the Poseidon table.

Maybe it was just my imagination but there seemed to be a lot of girls looking at me. I certainly hoped it was just my imagination at least.

I sighed as two girls from the Aphrodite cabin walked by my table, looked at me, and started to giggle. Maybe there is something on my face? But I had a feeling in my gut that it wasn't as simple as that.

I was just finishing my breakfast when Chiron came by the table. "Good morning Percy. You will be harvesting strawberries today."

"Okay, thank you Chiron."

He smiled at me and cantered off to go tell other campers their tasks for the day. I stood up and headed over to the field.

ΩΩΩ

The entire afternoon was a nightmare. I could never have imagined that I would be jealous of the way Jenn stalked Nico. But then again, Jenn's constant presence by his side made sure to keep any other girls at bay.

By the time I was done harvesting the strawberries I had been approached by a daughter of Hephaestus, two daughters of Apollo, a daughter of Hecate, and a son Hermes. All in all, it was turning out to be one of my least favorite days at camp.

I tried my best to be polite but I was getting very annoyed and I have never been very good at keeping my temper.

I had not managed to get any information out of the girls as they all made a hasty exit after I turned them down. The son of Hermes however was a little more accommodating.

Flashback

"There is a rumor going around camp that you said that you were ready to move on and forget about Annabeth."

I winced at the mention of her name. It felt like a knife to the heart.

"I'm sorry; I didn't mean to bring her up. I have no idea who started the rumor but if you would like, I can help you by telling everyone that it's not true."

I smiled at him, "Thank you, I would appreciate that. I have to ask though, not that I am not grateful for your honesty, but why didn't you run away like everyone else?"

He started to laugh, "Simple, I knew you would turn me down but I felt like I needed to at least give it a shot. I've had a crush on you since the Titan War." He waved at me and walked away.

End Flashback

It was a little strange but I felt far less awkward when the son of Hermes asked me out then when the girls did. Maybe it was simple because I had actually spoken to him a few times. I had seen the girls around camp but I had never spoken to any of them.

"Hey Percy," I groaned, if one more person asks me out...

"What do you want?"

"Wow, who rained on your day."

I looked over to see a highly amused daughter of Aphrodite, "Sorry Piper, I didn't know it you."

Piper chuckled, "That fun of day, hey?"

"You have no idea."

"Oh I might know more than you would think." I raised an eyebrow, silently asking her to continue. She smiled at me. "For example, I know that Drew is spreading a rumor around camp about you. I also know that several of my siblings are hoping that you are, in fact, looking for a new relationship."

"Drew..." I growled. Why am I not surprised? "I guess I should have known that she wouldn't take rejection well."

Piper scoffed, "Tell me about it. I had to listen to her wine about it all night."

I sighed and rubbed my neck, if this was Drew's doing than it was only going to get worse. "I am really not looking forward to this."

"I don't blame you; Drew can be downright malicious when she wants to be."

I raised an eyebrow and looked at her, "You know, you kinda suck at cheering people up."

"Tell me about it." Jason came running up behind us and put his arm around Pipers shoulders. Piper flushed and looked down for a moment. "I love you but Percy's right; you seriously lack in the cheering up department."

"I'm not that bad at it."

"Oh really, do you remember when Hazel lost the bracelet Frank gave her? And you told her to quit crying because she could just summon it to herself with a thought?"

"Hey that worked!"

"That's not the point Pipes." Jason laughed.

I couldn't stop myself from laughing. Piper looked so indignant! Piper glared at me and looked away. Suddenly she smiled, "Hey Percy, it's your girlfriend."

I looked to see where she was looking and saw Drew walking towards me, I grimaced.

"See you later Percy," Jason called as Piper pulled him away. "Meet you at dinner."

"Thanks for the backup guys." I grumbled as they walked away, leaving me to face Drew alone.

"Hey Perce," she cooed."How was your day?"

I glared at her. I refused to play her game, "Delightful and yours?" She giggled and gave me a knowing look. Gods she was obnoxious.

"Why don't you come for a walk with me?" She fluttered her eyelashes at me, I rolled my eyes.

"And why would I want to do that?"

"I heard you've had an interesting day."

I snorted, "And whose fault is that?"

"Well mine of course," she smiled. I raised an eyebrow. I was shocked that she had admitted it. I had expected her to deny knowing anything. "You see, the entire camp now thinks you want a girlfriend. So you have two choices. You can either, suck it up and deal with girls flirting with you every day for the next few months or you can come for a walk with me, your choice."

I felt my jaw drop. She had to be kidding. Wow, Piper was right. She puts the c in conniving.

She stood there giving me the most incredibly smug look. She knew I was stuck between a rock and a hard place. No matter what I picked, I would lose. I definitely did not want to continue having people ask me out. On the other hand, Hell would freeze over before I would give in and go on a date with Drew.

I smiled at her, "Well I guess that makes my choice pretty easy than doesn't it?" Drew gave me the biggest smile and held out her hand for me to take. "I guess I have to deal with those girls throwing themselves at me." I winked at her and walked away.

The shell shocked expression she gave me was priceless.