The Youngest Hawthorne

6. Get to Know Me

“So then I gave away 28 billion dollars to be distributed to charities in the next five years, and I traveled the world with Jameson, and once a year, I have an opportunity for less fortunate kids to win a lot of money if the can play games like the ones the old man made,” Avery says, finishing her story. The demigods clap, still looking kind of confused. And I can’t blame them. Avery’s story is a very complicated one. Then Leo looks at his watch, and jumps. 

“Avery, it took you two hours to tell us all of that!” He says. 

“Oops.” It probably hadn’t helped that six different monsters had attacked during the story, but they were all able to fight them off pretty quickly. 

“Well, looks like I’ll have to shorten the get-to-know-me activities I planned.” Annabeth says. “Let’s just go around in a circle. Say your name, and Half-bloods, your godly parent, and any powers you have. Mortals, just one fun fact about you, I guess. I’ll go first. I’m Annabeth Chase, Half-blood, daughter of Athena, and my power is not being an idiot like some people here.” 

“Just to clear it up, were you talking about me, or Leo?” Percy asks. 

“That’s for you to figure out,” she says with a smirk. “You go next.” 

“Uh, ok. I’m Percy Jackson, half-blood, son of Posiedon. I’ve honestly lost track of all the individual things I can do, so I’ll just say that I can breathe underwater, I can control water, and water heals me. Also, I can talk to horses.” 

“That last one seems a little random.” Grayson says. 

“There was a whole myth about it. My dad made horses from the seafoam or something, so I can talk to them,” Percy explains. 

“Huh. Well, I guess I’m next,” Xander says. “I’m Xander Hawthorne, and I am a human Rube Goldberg Machine.” 

“Should I be excited, or nervous to find out what that means?” Hazle asks. 

“You’ll see,” Xander says with a smirk. “Y/n, it’s your turn.” 

“Oh. Well, I’m y/n y/l/n, and I’m one of the only people who can say that I’m a family friend of the Hawthornes. I’ve been coming here on vacations since I was like two, but I still get lost every time.” I can think of so many more things I could say, but I let Hazle go. 

“I’m Hazel Levesque, daughter of Pluto. My powers are finding gems everywhere. They used to be cursed, but that’s gone now,” Hazel says. 

“I’m Frank Zhang, son of Mars, and I can shapeshift,” Frank tells us. 

“Wait, shapeshift?” Xander asks. 

“Yeah. I can turn into any animal I want.” He turns into a lizard, then a bulldog, then back to himself to demonstrate. All the full humans are very impressed by that. 

“I’m Grayson Hawthorne, and one fun thing about me is that I was put in charge of giving away 28 billion dollars to charities, which I really should get back to. People have started trying to donate to a cause that is literally only for giving away money,” Grayson says, trying to stand up, but Jameson pulls him back down. 

“You’re not going anywhere Gray. You get to listen to the rest of us. Hannah, the Same Backwards as Forwards Foundation can wait. I’m Jameson Hawthorne, and I’ve never met a riddle that has an answer that I couldn’t crack.” 

“No, there was the one-” Xander starts, but Jameson cuts him off. 

“You said that it didn’t have an answer when you thought I wasn’t listening.” 

“Shush. I’m Avery Grambs, and my best ambition is to travel the world.” 

“She’s going to do it with me,” Jameson stage whispers. 

“Don’t worry, I won’t forget you,” Avery says, rolling her eyes. 

“I’m Jason Grace, son of Jupiter, and I can control the wind and make lightning.” 

“I’m Piper McLean, daughter of Aphrodite, and I have charmspeak, so I can make weak-minded people do whatever I want. But don’t worry, I won’t use it on any of you. Unless you make me really mad.” 

“I’m Libby Grambs, and I make apology cupcakes.” 

“I’m Nash Hawthorne, and I have the third largest collection of cowboy hats in the country.” 

“I’m Nico di Angelo, son of Hades, and I can summon dead soldiers and travel through the shadows.” 

“I’m Will Solace, son of Apollo, and I can light up. Like I literally glow.” We don’t hesitate in turning off the lights to test this. He can in fact, glow in the dark. Though he looks a little tired after. 

“I’m Leo Valdez, son of Hephestus, and I can make fire, and I’m good with technology.” 

“That’s everyone?” Annabeth asks, since we’ve come around in a full circle. “Great. Well, it’s getting a little late, so everyone should get to bed soon. The first day of training is always the hardest.” 

The house is big, but the old man didn’t see much need for too many guest bedrooms, so people had to start doubling up. But most of the beds are big enough that it didn’t even matter. And it was mostly couples who had to share beds. 

I say mostly couples because me and Xander have to share a bed. Maybe one day we will be a couple, but for now, we’re just friends. I want to be more than a friend to him. Someday. I remember what Max told me before she left.  If you want anything to happen, you'll have to make the first move. I’ll just wait a little longer. 

She only left around a week ago. And even though he normally does a good job of hiding it, I can tell he’s still sad. So I lay on the other side of the bed, and try not to invade his personal space. I’ll tell him I like him sometime. Eventually. Maybe. Hopefully. Get it together, y/n. He probably doesn’t even like you in that way. You’ve been friends since forever. Which is why you should be honest with him. I’ll tell him tomorrow. Tomorrow. 

A/N

My update schedule is crazy rn, so I'll go back to every other day now. I won't publish this again until Wednesday. Also, the reason I do t leave notes too often is because Wattpad is weird on my phone, and I have to like, fight it to make it type what I want. And it's blocked on my computer. So... that's fun. This is my fourth time trying to write this note. Please comment, I enjoy responding to them. Have a good day/night/whatever time it is for you! <3