Original at Goode High [Vampire Diaries/Percy Jackson Crossover]

Chapter 9: The Birthday

Disclaimer: I only own the mortals and plot. All of the other characters and stories belong to Rick and the CW.

Rebekah was worried about Chloe. She had tried everything to get her to stop her hanging out with Kol, but nothing had worked. Kol had not taken the news about Klaus very well and Rebekah was pretty sure he was close to going into full blown destructive mode. She paced back and forth in front of her locker while she waited for Chloe to arrive at school. She needed to make sure everything was OK with Chloe and that she was safe from Rebekah's loon of a brother. Well, actually both of Rebekah's loony brothers. Klaus was unpredictable as well, but she had given him no reason to lash out. Kol on the other hand had plenty of reasons to lash out and do something crazy.

"Hi, Rebekah," Chloe said as she made her way to her locker. "Is everything OK with your brothers? Sorry I told Klaus about Kol; I didn't think he would react that way."

Rebekah smiled at her friend. "We're all fine. There are complications, but that's normal." Chloe nodded sympathetically. She used to think her family was super complicated, but it was nothing compared to what she had heard from Rebekah about her family. Chloe's family did have its share of drama with bizarre aunts, cranky older sisters and hyper little brothers, but that was pretty normal as far as families go. After all, no family is ever completely "normal." Someone is always sitting in the crazy chair. After witnessing the craziness of the Mikaelson family, Chloe was grateful for the loving and safe family that she had even if they were a bit cuckoo for cocoa puffs. Nico, Percy, Will, Annabeth, Thalia and Jules were all walking down the hall. Rebekah saw them and waved. As the group came closer to the two girls, a light hearted argument could be heard from Thalia, Percy and Nico. The three of them were very different from their parents, but there were a few similarities such as arguing non stop with the others over trivial matters. No one really knew why the argument had started, but that was often the case. The three of them were not always compatible and were very good at setting one another off with the most subtle of provocation. Will, Annabeth and Jules were obviously trying very hard not to laugh at the trios' "oh yeah"s "really?"s and "no, you're wrong"s. Once the two groups converged in the hall, Chloe and Rebekah also began snickering at the good natured bickering.

All of a sudden, Nico slapped his head with the palm of his hand. "Oh My GODS! I forgot! How could I forget?!" Percy and Thalia stopped speaking, surprised at Nico's outburst.

Percy furrowed his eyebrows. "What? What did you forget?"

Nico winced as if in preparation for a blow. "Hazel's birthday. How could I forget? I have been planning for it since we got back!"

"Who's Hazel?" asked Jules. "Competition for Will?" Everyone laughed at her question. Will's disbelieving face made her joke even more funny. Everyone knew that the chance of Nico and Will ever breaking up was less than zero percent.

"She's my half sister," replied Nico. "She lives in California, but she and her boyfriend are currently on the east coast and I was planning to get together with them today after school. It is going to be a surprise. She only knows that Frank has a something planned in New York City; she doesn't know that I'm here. I told her I have been staying our dad for the last couple weeks instead of living in New York."

"You told Hazel you were staying with your dad?" asked Rebekah. "What if she talked to your dad and he said you weren't with him?" Something about this just seemed off. There had been no mention of divorced parents and yet neither sibling lived with their dad permanently.

"She doesn't talk to him as often as I do. Her relationship with him is . . . different. Our dad is complicated. If she wanted to talk to me, she would get in contact with me instead him because my dad doesn't like it when we bother him unnecessarily."