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It was a pretty normal day, in demigod standards. I was in my cabin, I was with Annabeth, I was listening to a lecture on architecture that I definitely did not understand.
"Seaweed brain, you've been staring at the empty papers for 20 minutes. I told you false information to test if you learned something. You never objected. Not even when I said Empire State Building has only 102 floors. "
Does that mean I'm done? Probably.
"I do not understand anything. If there had been one thing keeping me from drowning all these papers was your voice. "
I leaned down until I was in at a distance to Annabeth that Athena would definitely punish me for. The question is, do I care?
"Are you really sure you don't have charmspeak?"
I was having a good time but apparently, Aphrodite said no.The door knocked. It was Clarisse.
"Come here lovebirds, Chiron wants to talk to you two. "
"Clarisse how many times I have to tell you we are not lovebirds?"
Annabeth being right next to me and hearing her voice made me question if Clarisse was right or not. One thing she didn't know, or maybe did know was I really loved and will love Annabeth for the rest of my life.
Clarisse was a few steps in front of us so I had the chance to continue our conversation.
"Seriously, are you sure you're not Aphrodite? "
"What? Of course I'm not. Why would you even say that? "
"Long story. "
"We have time. "
I didn't want to tell her that I saw Aphrodite looking like her 3 years ago, when she was kidnapped. When I said I didn't want to tell her I didn't mean I wanted to get interrupted by Clarisse. That's what gods understood apparently.
"We absolutely don't"
"Were you listening to us, Clarisse? "
"Do you think I'm interested in your relationship drama, Jackson?"
Soon, we arrived at the Big House. Inside there was Grover, Chiron, five kids (no, six) I never met before.
Chiron spoke first. " These demigods wer seen by the camp borders by Grover Underwood. No satyr knows them. Until further notice, I want you guys to introduce them to camp and cabin 11."
The kids looked at us. They didn't look much older than 13. They introduced themselves.
The black, straight haired girl spoke first. "My name is Julia."
A freckly blond added. "She basically adopted us even though she's the youngest. Max, by the way. "
Julia was kind of upset. "Wow. Rude."
"So, do you guys know each other ? "
Julia answered my question. "Yes, we've been in the same hotel for a few months. Then we found ourselves here. "
A boy with grey eyes (just like Annabe– Percy, you're thinking about her way too much) spoke next. "Max is right, even though I know Julia will be mad at me for saying this. I'm Sam. Is there a library around here? " "Now we're talking, wait until you see our cabin, cabin 6."
"Really, Chase? So we're going to pretend you don't live in Jackson's cabin more than you live in your own? " I didn't realize Clarisse was still there. I was happy without her. I wonder why the gods keep her at camp.
Julia looked at us like she's solving a puzzle. "So you two are? "
" Hey! Me and Annabeth are... Um... "
Annabeth shut me up really quick,slightly leaning onto me. I'm really grateful for her. What I would do without her?
"Yes, he is my boyfriend. Got a problem with that?"
"Definitely not" This time the voice belonged to a brown, curly haired girl. "I'm Lucy. Nice to meet you! "
"And I am Valerie, if you care."
"Valerie of course we care about you."When Julia said this, I thought Max was right. Julia really adopted them as her children.
The last to introduce himself was a boy with black, curly hair. "It's Tim."
We were about to go to cabin 11 so the new demigods would meet their cabinmates. Just when we were leaving the Big House, we saw Nico di Angelo. Julia immediately ran towards him and hugged him. Did Julia know Nico? Was there anyone Julia didn't know?
"Nico I know it's been a few days but we missed you. Were you this tall in Lotus? "
"Wait, Lotus? Were you together in Lotus? "
"Yes, Annabeth. What's wrong with that? "
"Time is lot faster there. Nico was there for 70 years but he thought it was just a few months."
"So we're in the future? "
"No, you came from the past. "
"If Nico is here, where's Bianca?"
You could tell Nico was angry. I mean, he's still mad at me.
"That's none of your business, Valerie."