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Percy was in a surprisingly good mood. In fact, he was in such a good mood that he decided to make a family game night (technically day). He invites were given out to OJ, Weasley, the Stolls, Nico, Daniel, Will, and a nice daughter of Aphrodite named Joey.
Now, we all know that these demigods weren't Percy's best friends, or would have ever been his first choice when it came to group outings; but he felt like he was neglecting some of his non-hero of Olympus pals.
OJ was the first to show up, pulling Daniel in tow. She examined the inside of the Poseidon cabin and snickered when she saw the freshly painted wall where she had left her prank note/confession to Percy.
"Hey Percy!" OJ stated as she pulled Daniel through the cabin and to the small living area towards the back.
"Hey guys," Percy said and waved at the two in greeting. He heard a mumble that sounded a lot like a 'hi' coming from the general direction of Daniel. As he looked up, he noticed the blush that had been creeping up Daniel's neck and and reaching the tips of his ears. He followed the boy's eyes and saw that they rested on the spot where OJ's hand sat on his arm.
'Ah,' he thought. 'Young love.' Or, maybe not love yet. Just that awkward stage where they will always act flustered around one another.
Before his thought could delve any deeper into the topic, Joey came running into the cabin and plopping down on the couch next to Percy.
Joey took a huge breath and words seemed to fly out of her mouth at an incredible speed. "HiPercy,howareyou?Ihaven'ttalkedtoyouinsooolong!Thislittlegettogetherthatyou'vemadeisgoingtobesooomuchfun!Ican'twaitforWillandNicotocome,becauseIhavetoconfirmiftheyarereallyathing." Percy winced at the excitement of the daughter of Aphrodite (plus the fact that she is SUPER loud). OJ looked at Joey with amazement and a little bit of admiration.
"Slay girl!" She stated from her position next to Daniel on the floor facing the couch.
Percy smiled at Joey sheepishly, "I forgot you talked that fast..." Joey looked at him with concern and opened her mouth as if to say something, but all eyes turned to the son of Hades, who had miraculously appeared out of nowhere next to OJ on the floor.
Nico gave a slight nod of acknowledgement to the four other demigods in the room. The group fell into compatible silence for three more minutes until the Stoll brothers showed up, striding into the room casually, but OJ's keen eyes could make out paint on the two boys fingers.
'Something's going to happen." She thought excitedly. Eventually conversation petered onto topics like the weather and what new trends were going to be the hottest this year (Joey did most of the talking). Percy interrupted her speech about how sparkles are the new black by standing up and facing the demigods present.
"Since Will and Weasley are not present at this moment and time, we will have to start with out them." He began. "It hasbeen a while since-" He was cut off by OJ's voice.
"What exactly does this 'family game night' consist of, Percy? If this is some ploy to get me back for the paid off nymphs, I'll just go ahead and say I'm sorry!" The ginger crossed her arms defiantly.
Percy gave a dramatic sigh, "This is exactly what the title of the invitation said, a game night. I just wanted to get some close friends together and play some classic party games!" He stopped and thought about what OJ had just said. "And what do you mean about paid off nymphs?"
The said girl blanched to a new level of pale and swatted Nico upside the head when he started sniggering. Daniel rolled his eyes, but didn't say anything.
"I'm going to ignore that statement for the time being, because we need to get started!" Percy held up a stack of cards. "The first game is Go Fish!"
The five surrounding demigods looked at each other for a moment and then burst out into laughter.
"OMGOMGOMGOMG!" Joey screamed as she wiped tears from her eyes.
"What," Percy exclaimed. They all eventually calmed down enough to talk in full sentences.
"Percy, your a son of Poseidon..." Nico started. "And you want us to play Go Fish. The irony is real, man."
Connor looked at Travis and they got devious grins.
"It must be a dam good game." They chorused in harmony. This made the group burst into more laughter, and all the while Percy's face gets redder and redder.
"Let's just play the game..." He mutters. Dealing in the cards, the seven demigods settled down for a relaxing card game.
But not five minutes into the game does all of their ADHD complexes start to kick in, making them restless. Daniel was tense, OJ was shifting constantly, the twins were muttering about how foul play was in the air, Percy tapping his leg, and Joey bouncing in her seat. Just before they all completely lost it the door to the Poseidon cabin burst open and Weasley came running in.
"OJ," he called. "The nymphs are in pla-" he looked over Percy's shoulder at OJ, who was signaling him to shut up. Percy was giving him a suspicious look, but didn't say anything, and didn't notice the frantic pleads of the daughter of Hermes. Weasley felt beads of sweat roll down his neck as he sat down on Percy's other side.
"Sorry I'm late," he mumbled. "What happened?"
"I don't know," Travis started.
"You and OJ were born and we suddenly weren't Daddies favorites anymore." Connor finished without looking up from his cards.
Weasley gave a small grin and shook his head, "Deal me in."
...
The call of their ADHD was suddenly too much for the group, and competition was steadily rising.
"Youaresocheating,HadesSpawn!" Joey yelled at OJ, who had just made her go fishing for threes. OJ gave her an incredulous look and stood up.
"Why don't you come over here and find out, Plastic Prima Donna!" she spat in return.
Percy stood up between the two girls. "Okay! Go Fish time is over! Why don't we play Twister?"
The new game had quickly escalated from something fun to a battle of manhood. OJ and Joey stood off to the side and video taped all of the weird poses that the boys found themselves in. The most astonishing was Nico, who not only participated, but was the most flexible demigod there.
In the middle of OJ and Joey's whispers about selling the tape to Chloe to mass produce, a blonde figure ran into the cabin and stopped to take a breather. Standing before them was a sweaty and shirtless Will Solace.
Nico quickly got out of the embarrassing position he had been in and started to blush. When he looked up and saw Will's *cough cough, attire, he blushed even more. The look on his face reminded Percy of the one he had seen on Daniel not half an hour before.
Will pushed his blonde hair back with one hand and swatted at his face with another.
"I am so sorry that I'm late you guys, but a fight broke out between Lexi and Carl. Alec and KK got involved with picking sides, and soon all of the Ares and Athena cabins were involved. I was running in and out of the infirmary!" He gestured towards the general area of where the camp was towards the cabin.
Joey nudged OJ with her elbow and pointed at Nico. The girl's got devious grins on their faces and turned to address Will.
Joey spoke first, "HeyWill! ...What'swrongwithNico?"
"Yeah," OJ said while faking a look of concern. "You don't look so good Neeks." Will turned to look at Nico, and what started as mild interest turned to overprotective concern.
"Their right Nico, you don't look so good." He put a hand on Nico's forehead, leaning over the small (flustered) Italian. "You even feel a little warm. Do you think your coming down with something?"
Nico turned even more red at Will's closeness, and when he tried to back away he was cornered by a wall and one extremely overloading Aphrodite fangirl (who had given her phone to Weasley to record the outcome of this situation).
"I-Well," Nico started. "It seems-you, how could I... OH FOR THE LOVE OF GOD CAN SOMEONE PLEASE GET THIS MAN A SHIRT SO I CAN CONCENTRATE?!" The red slowly faded and was replaced by pale faced horror.
"Did I just say that out loud?" He asked. Seven heads nodded back at him. The son of Hades put his face in his hands and hid behind the Stoll brothers.
"Okay, so I'm guessing no on is up for truth or dare?" Percy asked.
…...
For the next three hours, the group played countless games, becoming more and more competitive. The most intense games they played were Operation (Will: How am I losing? I'm a doctor!), Monopoly (Daniel: I hope no one notices that I am magically moving the dice on my turn...), Heads Up (Joey: I'mtheonlyonebesidesScarlettinthisentirecampthatkeepsupwiththetrendsoftheoutsideworld.), and Poker (T, C, W, OJ: Good thing this cabin has so many mirrors...).
Percy threw his cards down as he once again lost a hand to OJ, who pulled all the Doritos bags over to her table space. Everyone was exhausted and completely drained of energy.
"Sooo..." Weasley drawled. "What do we do now?" Everyone seemed to go into deep thought, until Daniel's face brightened and he jumped up.
"I'll be right back!" He called over his shoulder.
Two minutes later the son of Hecate ran back into the cabin with an old and original antennae phone.
"I pulled in a solid with Leo a few days ago, and he got me one of these babies out of the forge. I modified it with magic to where it calls any of the callers future numbers!" Seven mouthes dropped to the floor in awe of the amazing creation.
"That's cool, dude, seriously..." Connor trailed off.
"But what do we use it for?" Travis added.
Daniel smirked and glanced over at OJ, taking in her look of amazement for the few seconds it was there. He held the phone up with a flourish.
"We can prank call our future selves!" He exclaimed. "And since Percy is the host, he can go first."
Without having to be told twice, Percy snatched the phone and flipped it open.
"Okay, what do I have to do?" He asked Daniel.
"In essence, all you have to do is dial your current phone number in, and then it works much like a regular phone." Percy grinned in excitement as he dialed his number and heard the ring.
When the line picked up, the first thing the group noticed was multiple children's giggles were erupting from the receiver. Percy wore a look of confusion. Everyone in the cabin jumped when the heard what sounded like an older Percy on the other end of the line.
"Charles, Silena, Luke, Bianca! What have I told you about answering Daddies phone without his permission? Go pester Mommy. Annabeth, the kids are coming to pester you!" A snatching sound was heard. "Hello," older Percy inquired. Normal Percy's eyes widened and he quickly hung up.
"Why'd you hang up, Percy?" Will asked.
Percy looked up at the group with a suddenly very happy expression on his face.
"I'm gonna marry Annabeth and be a Daddy!" he squealed. In the midst of his squealing, Weasley pulled the phone out of his hand and dialed his number. He put it on speaker and everyone looked at it expectantly. There was no answer, it went straight to the answer machine.
"Hi. This is Wesley Carringer, Manager in Chief of the Hermes Mail and Shipping Company. I'm either unable to come to the phone at this moment... Or I'm avoiding you. Either one is a possibility. Leave a message, and I will get back to you as soon as possible; unless I'm avoiding you!"
Everyone cheered as Weasley hung up. Being the manager of Dad's company was a big deal, it also showed that his relationship with Dad would become closer.
OJ took the phone, typed in the her number and held it to her ear. It picked up on the second ring, and a muffled speaker was heard on the other end. A smile lit her face.
Clearing her throat and making her voice deeper OJ said, "Hello, is there any chance that I could speak to Olivia Jones for a moment? Oh, who am I? I'm from the appliance company." The group sniggered as they struggled to hear what the other person said. Slowly OJ's smile grew fainter and fainter. When she spoke next, her voice was back to normal.
"I didn't know. I am so sorry for your loss." The ginger hung up the phone and looked at her friends with a horrified look.
"Not cool, man. Not cool." she muttered. It slowly dawned on her friends what had just transpired on the phone. Daniel took the phone from OJ and put it into his back pocket. No one wanted to prank call their future selves anymore.
"Well, who's up for mafia?!" Percy asked with an haunted look on his face.
...
An hour later and a dead win by the mafia every time, the group dispersed. OJ and Weasley were the first to go, saying their goodbyes and running out the door. Nico and Will left next, with a fangirling daughter of Aphrodite filming behind them. Daniel left in search of OJ. The Stolls left to finish whatever the heck they had started, and Percy decided to walk them out.
When the twins were out of sight, Percy turned to go back to his cabin, only to find himself surrounded by tree nymphs on all sides. His eyes grew wide as they hefted their weapons; branches filled with sticky sap and very angry squirrels. Their leader was the nymph Charlotte, who hefted her squirrel.
"Ready, Aim, FIRE!" All that could be heard coming from the area surrounding the Poseidon cabin was the terrified shrieks of Percy Jackson, and the angry cries of nymphs and squirrels.