I stared at her. Maybe I wasn’t the brightest guy in the world when it came to girls, but I was pretty sure Rachel had just dumped me, which was lame considering we’d never even been together.
Poseidon held out his arms and gave me a hug. I realized, a little embarrassed, that I’d never actually hugged my dad before. He was warm – like a regular human – and he smelled of a salty beach and fresh sea air.
He could’t have survied a hundred foot drop. I’m sorry Annabeth.
Leo. Jason said, you’re wierd. Yeah, you tell me that a lot. Leo grinned. But if you don’t remember me, that means I can reuse all my old jokes. Come on!
Leo grabbed the neasrest thing he could find- a Porta-Potty seat- and threw it at the face. Leve me alone!
Even when she looked scared, she had a lot of guts.
If I couldn’t trust her, I couldn’t trust anyone.
The taller they are, the longer they fall.
Leo had seen Tia Callida in action; she liked knives, snakes and putting babies in roaring fires. Yeah, definitely let’s unleash her rage. Great idea.
Which meant his only assets were one whiny imprisoned goddess, one sort-of-girlfriend with a dagger, and Leo, who apparently thought he could defeat the armies of darkness with breath mints.
Sounds like a plan worthy of Athena.
Now, sorry about that kill-on-sight business.
I didn’t answer, but, please – nothing is obvious with boys. For such simple creatures, they are quite baffling.
Maybe if he did really well they’d give him some mouldy apples.
If I’m going to burn, it might as well be bright.
Percy tried to remember. He really did. For some reason, Annabeth and he had visited a spa and decided to destroy it. He couldn’t imagine why. Maybe they hadn’t like the deep-tissue massage? Maybe they’d gotten bad manicures?
Annabeth’s face, her blond hair and gray eyes, the way she laughed, threw her arms around him, and gave him a kiss whenever he did something stupid. She must have kissed me a lot, Percy thought.
Wisdom’s daughter walks alone, The mark of Athena burns through Rome.
Life is only precious because it ends, kid. Take it from a god. You mortals don’t know how lucky you are.
Think positive girl, or the world ends.