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Percy's POV

"C'mon Percy! We have to go pick up Annabeth in a half hour!" Someone called through the apartment.

Yeah, I was really looking forward that. "NO." I answered. What is the time even? I wondered groggily. It was only 7:30! In my book, way too early to get up. But my mom wouldn't stop giving me that look.

"Fine," I finally gave in, "I'm up now, you happy?" Annabeth and Grover had always claimed that I am not a morning person. I scrambled on the first T-shirt I could find, not caring that it hadn't been washed for a while. Then I got on some khaki shorts on and went out, only to find my mom making blue pancakes with a big smile on her face.

"What makes you so happy?" I asked, although I already knew. My mom loved when I went to Camp Half-Blood. Especially having her new boyfriend, Paul Blofis.

"Oh, nothing." She said as her smile got even bigger.

"If you're thinking about Annabeth and me again, drop it. It's never going to happen and you're embarrassing!" Even though I may possibly like her, I'm still not sure and I can't take her obsessing over it. I take it that I had just slipped out of my morning not-uppidness, as my mom liked to call it.

Finally, I finished breakfast and got my bag. I had waited for the time to go to Camp Half-Blood again for a while now. And It's always a plus that Grover might be there. Probably not though.

When we got to Central Park, Annabeth and my meeting spot, she was nowhere to be found.

"Mooooooom? Do you see her? I can't-"

"Always a plus of being able to go invisible." Said a voice from over my shoulder. Of course, not being used to voices randomly springing out of the air, I jumped. Annabeth had taken off her Yankees cap and started laughing hilariously.

"Gods, Wise Girl! You really have to stop doing that!" She was laughing so hard, I doubt she would be able to hear me. Gladly, nobody was actually paying attention to us so nobody saw a girl appearing out of the blue. That would be kinda cool though, you know, If I wasn't already a half-blood and used to that.

"Im-ha-sorry-hoo-Seawe-hahaha!"

Yeah, laugh at the most important person in Western civilization. Just one of the perks of having a daughter of Athena for a best friend. I thought. She eventually stopped laughing long enough to get her bags. Being the Awesome Lord of Greatness, I helped her get them to the car.

We were only about 6 miles from Camp Halfblood at this point and as we shuffled into the car with my mom, we were already working on catching up. But the huge smile coming from my mom was too much so I quickly ended the conversation. We got to Camp Halfblood in about 18 minutes seeing as there was definitely not as much traffic as normal.

"Thanks mom!" I said, hoping that would get rid of her easily enough. It didn't.

"I love you sweetie! Be careful and don't get killed over summer!" Not something a normal kid needs to hear before going to a camp. Though it actually fits in this situation I thought to myself. Then she started kissing me no less than one hundred times. Help. Me. Now. Was the look I shot to Annabeth. Somewhere in that smug smile she sent me back was a No way, Seaweed Brain! This is too amusing! What a nice friend, eh?

"'Kay! Bye mom!" I attempted. It worked! She finally pulled away and remembered Annabeth. "Bye Annabeth! Watch him won't you?" She jerked her thumb at me while slipping into the car.

"Sure, Ms. Jackson!" she said while smirking such a 'See that, Seaweed Brain! Even your mom thinks I'm better' smirk, trying to make me feel small. But actually, I had sprouted up and I was about the same height as her now.

"Let's go up now." I suggested. So we walked up the hill together, worried of how camp may have changed. But it hadn't. The first person to see us was none other than Silena Beauregard. Oh gods I thought to myself. Not her again.

"Oh my gods!" she squealed. It was just then that I noticed how odd it might look to the campers having me and Annabeth standing together, shoulder to shoulder at the top of halfblood hill. It wasn't really awkward for us but when the campers started to notice, it got there.

But Annabeth didn't move away. Yep, said my inner mind, Home again, home again. I looked at Annabeth and said "Race ya'?"

"Oh yeah," Said Annabeth, her voice dripping with sarcasm, "I had forgotten that you still had intentions of winning." And with that she raced down the hill, me close behind. I followed her all the way to the Big House. That's when Chiron saw us.