"So, sweeties, are you ready to try on your new outfits?" Aphrodite asked when they had entered the room. Piper smirked and went to stand by her mom.

"This is going to be awesome." She grinned. Percy, Thalia, and Nico glared at her, only making her laugh. "I can see the headline already: TB3 tries on ridiculously fancy clothes that they will never use because of their clothes designer." She waved her hands around for extra effect.

"You're so mean!" Thalia complained.

"Aphrodite, your daughter is so mean!" Nico agreed.

"Aphrodite, Nico said that your daughter is so mean! And I agree with him." Percy added.

Piper started laughing. "It's not like you can do anything about it."

Percy raised an eyebrow. "Oh really? You're talking to the richest teenagers alive, telling them that they can't do anything about you being so memean to them? You've got to be kidding me."

Piper looked a little nervous. "Okay... So I didn't mean that."

Thalia smiled. "Good. Then we won't have to get guards to kill you."

Piper nodded. "And I'm okay with that."

"Now, children, it's time for you to change!" Aphrodite said sweetly. The three famous teenagers groaned but didn't do anything else. They'd just learned to live with it. Fighting back only made it worse.

"Let's start!"

Five minutes later, Percy had on a black suit wwith a sea green tie to match his eyes and sunglasses. Nico had a black suit and black tie with shades, and Thalia had on a gorgeous one- strap electric blue dress and a black hat and sunglasses. They all looked like fashion models.

Aphrodite took a picture of the three of them together, then they changed again.

Percy then had on a white t-shirt and jeans. Nico had on a black t-shirt and black jeans, and Thalia had a light blue t-shirt with a long black coat. They looked cool.

Once again, a photo was taken, then they had to change. They did this about ten more times before putting on their regular clothes and looking at the pictures.

"I personally liked the one with the t-shirts." Thalia admitted. Nico looked at her, eyebrows raised.

"Really? I liked biker style."

"I thought that the first one would be good for formal occasions. You know, like dances, talk shows, weddings, things like that?" Percy asked.

"Yeah." Thalia and Nico agreed.

"Well I liked the last one." Piper looked at the pictures from behind them. "The one where you wore the clothes that normal teens would wear? Shorts, shirts, everything looked normal. And that's what you should have: normal clothes. I mean, come on! You're teenagers. You should wear teenage things. Not dresses, suits, or biker outfits unless their needed in something. It just makes the most sense, you know? Plus, Percy looks hot in the last one. That's always good too."

TB3 nodded, looking impressed. "Aphrodite?"

"Mmhmm?"

"We'll take the first last, third, and fifth." Percy said.

"And the biker ones." Nico added.

"Fine. And the bbiker ones." Thalia mocked. Nico shoved her. She shoved him back. It became an all out shoving wwar in seconds.

"Is it usually like this?" Piper asked.

"Yup!" Percy informed. "We're teenage cousins. You can't possibly expect us not to act like that, can you?"

"Well, I guess not."

"Pinecone Face! Quit it! You're hitting a girl! And we all know that that's not allowed in this house!" Percy grinned.

Thalia smirked at him. "Oh, you're right, Kelp Head. I'll stop hitting you, girl."

"Seriously Perce? Now she's never gonna leave me alone." Nico complained.

"Exactly."

"I totally have the sweetest ccousins ever."

"You better believe it, Death Breath!" Thalia tickled him. He swatted her hand away.

"Be quiet."

"What are those nicknames for?" Piper asked. TB3 turned towards her.

"The nicknames? Oh. I wasn't aware that we were using them." Nico admitted.

"But what are they for?" Piper was curious.

"Thalia once tried climbing a tree and fell off. Then a pinecones from said tree fell on her head. That?s why she's Pinecone Face." Percy smirked.

"Percy is so fast in water. I swear he's part fish. And he's not that smart. Hence the name Kelp Head from Thalia." Nico grinned. Percy pushed him playfully.

"And Nico loves sleeping. When he wakes up, his breath stinks! It always smells like somsone died. That's why we call him Death Breath." Thalia laughed.

Piper smiled. "So, you're close cousins?"

"Could we form a band if we weren't close cousins?"

"True."

"Piper, honey! It's time to go! Annabeth is coming over, remember? We need to be home when she does." Aphrodite called.

"Okay Mom! Coming!" Piper grabbed her backpack and started heading for the door. "Hopefully I'll see you guys around."

"What high school do you go to?" Percy asked her.

Piper raised an eyebrow. "Goode High School. Why?"

TB3 shared a quick glance. "No reason." Thalia said. "But we'll have a surprise for you when school starts."

Piper nodded slowly. "Okay then." Then her face lit up. "Oh! Can you sing this? It's for one of my friends."

"Sure!" Nico reached for a pen. Scribbling 'Nico di Angelo- Best wishes,' he handed the pen to Thalia.

'Thalia Awesome Grace. Stay cool.' was what she wrote.

"Who do I make this out to?" Percy asked.

"Um... Do Repair Boy!" Piper grinned.

"Okay?" Percy asked, but wrote his message any way.

'Repair Boy (Piper's words, not mine),

'Stay cool. YOU're always completing your dream if you know what you want. I'd know. Signing out (literally), Percy Jackson, lead singer of TB3.'

"That's good?" Percy handed Piper the t-shirt back.

Piper read over the message, grinning. "Yeah. Leo's gonna flip."

"Leo?" Thalia asked, eyebrow raised. "Who's that?"

Just as Piper opened her mouth, Aphrodite started yelling again. "Piper McLean! You get down here! Annabeth is going to be at your house before you get there!"

"He's... a family friend. Goes to Goode." Piper rushed. "Bye!"

And with a final wave, she was gone.

Right before bed, Nico barged into Percy's room.

"Percy?" He asked.

"Yeah?"

"Uh... Dad called."

Percy shot up. "What'd he say this time?"

"Um, school starts in two days."

"What?" Percy exclaimed. "Two days?"

Nico nodded silently.

"Keep it down! I'm trying to sleep!" Thalia called from the room over.

"School starts in two days, PF!" Percy hollered back.

"WHAT?"

"Two days!" Percy repeated. Nico left his room, slamming his bedroom door on the way out.

Two days. School started in two days. Two days. Impossible.