𝐒𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐎𝐖 ༄ ᴘercy ᴊᴀᴄᴋꜱᴏɴ

demigods hate taylor swift

I got passenger seat. I'm not sure how it happened, as Zoë was driving and I was certain that Thalia or Bianca would get it.

But it was me.

I'd like to tell you I got it because they realised how freaking cool I am and wanted to give me all their privileges and pledge their undying support and love, but it was for far simpler reasons.

Zoë got in, and Thalia went to the other front seat, but then seeing that she'd be sitting next to Zoë, she scoffed and sat at the back instead.

Percy didn't even try and sit with Zoë (because she'd most likely have an arrow between his ribs in seconds).

Grover had looked towards the seat too but Zoë had just raised an eyebrow, and he scurried away.

Then Bianca. I was already expecting to sit at the back with the others, but then Bianca pulled me back and sat at the back herself. Which is weird to say the least.

When Zoë saw it was me, she pursed her lips in a way that made me frown. What had I done?

Except I did do a couple things. First, I turned on the radio. It was Taylor Swift. I thought it'd be fun, that we all would sing and do karaoke, but as soon as the music began to play panic ensued.

Zoë's eyes widened comically. "No! No! How do you turn this off? What do I do? How.." She was pressing random buttons panickedly, almost stabbing the dashboard.

Thalia and Percy tried to help from behind.

"Move!"

"Stop!"

"Let me handle it!"

"No! you're doing it wrong! you need to press-"

Both of them were reaching past me, hitting the keys angrily whilst yelling at each other. From behind me, Grover was chewing on his nails and looking out the window desperately.

"They'll know! They know where we ar-"

Bianca looked as confused as I did. When Thalia was finally able to turn it off, a quick and painful silence descended.

"Not a fan of Taylor, huh. Is it a demigod thing?" I decided to break the silence.

Zoë cast me a powerful glare. "Foolish girl. Do you not know that it calls monsters?!"

I stared at her. "What, Taylor Swift?"

"No!"

"Nailea - phones and electronics - they're like transmitters. Monsters can smell demigods, right? Well they can also find us whenever we use phones or electronics like the radio. So we don't. Ever." Thalia told me.

"What so I can't listen to music?" I said with a grin. It faded as I noticed the look Thalia was sending me.

"Um... Well, Grover could always play his reeds?"

"I can do that!" He brought the reeds to his lips.

"No it's - it's fine." I swallowed. It was not fine. "Wait, how are we driving the car then?"

A pause ensued. Before anyone could respond though, Bianca made a sound of horror from behind me.

"You guys? There's a helicopter trailing us." Bianca suddenly said, staring out the back window.

I turned. It was sleek and black, looking quite similar to the one we had seen at Westover.

"They know the van," Percy said. "We have to ditch it."

Zoë swerved into the fast lane. The helicopter was gaining.

"Maybe the military will shoot it down," Grover said hopefully.