The Stories of Our Heroes

Babysitting, Blue Ice Cream, Brothers, and Boomerangs

Percy's POV

"Percy, are you sure you don't mind doing this?" Annabeth asked me as we walked to her family's new apartment in Manhattan.

"Of course not, Wise Girl. Do you think I lied the first ten times?"  I replied with a smirk.

"Okay, I'll stop asking," she promised.

Annabeth and I are supposed to be babysitting her half-brothers tonight while her dad and step-mom go out. Annabeth is freaking out and I'm not exactly sure why. How hard can it possibly be?

"So, what are we going to do tonight with your brothers?" I asked.

"Not sure. I figured we'd better let Bobby and Matthew pick or else they'll get bored and start misbehaving or something like that," she answered.

"Fair enough."

It didn't take very long to walk to the Chase household. The apartment that they moved into recently was pretty close to mine (which was awesome). Annabeth opened the door with me right behind her, and I'm glad she was in front. A remote control helicopter flew right over her head, unnaturally fast. I would have been taken out, being just that much taller.

"Well that's exciting," I commented. Annabeth just huffed.

A man walked into the room holding a controller. "Sorry about that, just testing out this new thing." He commanded the helicopter back to his hand and held it up to show us.

"Hi Dad," Annabeth said walking over to him. They shared a slight hug, pretty awkwardly. They might have made up, but I still don't think Annabeth fully trusted her father.

I stepped forward with an outstretched hand. "Hey Dr. Chase."

"Percy!"  he responded, shaking  my hand. I was going to say something else but was cut off by someone, two someones, jumping on my back.

"Hm, who could that be?" I grunted with mock confusion.

"It's us! No one told us you were coming!" either Bobby or Matthew shouted in my ear. Apparently Annabeth's brothers liked me. Well that's good.

"Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that I was bringing Percy with me," Annabeth chimed in.

"Well, since I am here," I started slyly, "I can do... this!" I shouted the last part and in one motion grabbed the two boys off of my back and hooked one under each arm. They both giggled as I carried them around the room.

"Alright, alright, you two are getting heavy," I said, setting them down. They both ran over to hug Annabeth and then took off into another room. I laughed and turned back around to face the other Chases. They were both smiling at me.

"What? Did I look ridiculous?" 

"No, not at all," Annabeth's dad told me, still smiling. Oh-kay then.

Annabeth's POV

After my dad and step-mom left, Percy and I sat on the couch together.

"Where did they go?" Percy asked me.

"Probably to their room, they kept talking about how they have something 'really cool to show Percy!'" I put the last part in air quotes. "They're most likely setting up."

"Your brothers like me okay then, I take it." He raised his eyebrows jokingly.

"Like you?"  I replied, laughing. "Definitely."

"Good," he mumbled, putting his arm around my shoulders. I leaned into his side, but not for very long, thanks to a little interruption.

"Ewwwwwww!" Bobby and Matthew groaned.