Off Key {HoO fanfic}

Chapter 1: Ice Cream...?

The very next day...

Percy and co. were meeting up at the end of the day. Percy and Annabeth were being cute together... in their own way...

"But wise girl!"

"No, seaweed brain."

"But we want ice cream!"

This got nods from the whole group.

"Fine." Annabeth said, handing them the keys to the van. "Go get ice cream."

Annabeth walked away, smirking at the groups cheers. They were best friends, and for some, more. 

Annabeth walked back over. "Alright, but you're not getting ice cream without me!"

"You knew you wanted ice cream!" teased Leo.

Piper laughed. "But you can barely control your powers, so your ice cream ends up on the floor!" She said as she ruffled his hair.

"I'll have you know, Beauty Queen, that I've been practicing!"

Jason chuckled. "We had to buy five tubs of ice cream, but you could eventually do it!"

Everybody laughed. Leo put on an expression of mock-anger, then burst out laughing.

Frank probably just realized he had to get something else, because his expression changed. He was lactose intolerant, so ice cream was a no-no.

Hazel noticed and looked up at him. "Cheer up, Frank, we can get you something else!"

Frank smiled, and pecked Hazel on the cheek. They noticed everybody else watching and both started blushing furiously.

Percy saved them. "Well, are we going to get ice cream or not?!"

Everybody started heading over to the van, talking about what flavor they would get. Frank was fine with getting some dairy-free cookies, but still wanted ice cream. 

On the way to the ice cream place, they sang along to the songs in the car. It actually looked like they could have a normal evening!

Boy, were they wrong.

At the ice cream place, Annabeth was giving a waiter their orders. Percy wanted vanilla with coconut shavings. The waiter frowned when it was requested to be blue, but took the order nonetheless. 

Annabeth wanted plain chocolate. Jason wanted cookie dough, Leo wanted caramel and Piper wanted mint chocolate chip! It took a while for Hazel to confirm, but she decided on strawberry.

The waiter left with their orders, and they talked about random things, like what type of music they liked, pokemon, and solangelo.

The waiter came back with their ice cream, and they all stopped. Now it was time, for the ice cream eating contest. The world cup. Get it? Cause their ice creams were in- know what, never mind.

"The rules!" Jason said in a announcer voice. "Eat your ice cream as fast as possible, without getting a brain freeze! Last person who doesn't have a brain freeze, or first person to finish, wins!!! Ready? GO!!!"

Piper, Leo, Percy and Hazel participated. They started shoveling ice cream into their mouths, which was probably a hazard. It also earned a few looks from the other customers. Hazel was first to get a brain freeze, which Frank comforted her about. Hazel started eating the rest slowly.

Percy was halfway done with his ice cream when he got a brain freeze. He was pretty mad, but in a gosh-darn-I-lost way, not a frick-i'm-going-to-kill-you way.

Piper and Leo were both almost done when there was a burst of light in the center of the shop. Everybody shielded their eyes, and when the light died down, they saw Apollo.

"Who's ready for karaoke!"

Apollo snapped his fingers and the seven were teleported back to camp. And there was a stage. A big one.