Percy Jackson Stark

chapter 3- Why?

Tony wasn't sure what to do. He was sitting in front of his new Iron man armor, which F.R.I.D.A.Y had accidentally painted wrong. It was blue and gold now. Tony just told her to change it back to gold and 'hot red'.

F.R.I.D.A.Y said it was going to take a while, so Tony decided to just go meet Percy. He didn't know why, but Percy always calmed him down.

He walked to Percy's house. Before he could even reach the doorstep, the door flew open and Percy ran out, his hands behind his back.

"Mr. Stark! Mr. Stark!" He said, almost bursting from excitement.\

"Hey," Tony said, "why so jumpy?"

"Mr. Stark," Percy gasped for breath, "I got you something!"

"Really?" Tony asked," what?"

Percy handed him a black box. Inside, there was a tie, ALMOST the same color as Percy's eyes, which were far more beautiful.

"Do you like it?" Percy asked eagerly.

"I love it!" Tony laughed.

"Mum said it looked like me eyes," Percy told him, "and you told me that you liked my eyes, so I got this for you!"

"But why did you get this for me?" Tony asked.

"It's friendship day, remember?" Percy informed him.

Tony was too overwhelmed to answer. He wanted to laugh, cry, hug Percy or do all the three at the same time. Percy didn't notice.

"I got Nelly a new collar," he said proudly, "and it's beautiful."

"Really?" Tony asked.

"You want to see?" Percy asked.

"Sure," Tony replied.

On their way to Nelly's house or whatever it's called. Hideout? HQ? (which was somewhere in the thick trees in a park near Percy's house. Tony wasn't really sure, but Percy knew the EXACT location.) Tony told Percy:

"But I didn't get you anything."

"Oh that's okay," was the cheerful reply that came back.

"No it's not okay," Tony said, "you wanna get ice cream after this? Blue cone, chocolate ice-cream?"

Percy laughed, "why do you always give me food?"

"Because you like to eat," Tony told him, "only a few people are serious about eating. Like you and me."

Percy laughed at that too, but didn't reply.

They reached Nelly's house. Percy and Tony looked around but they couldn't find her. Finally, Percy found her behind a huge rock. The moment he saw her, he gasped out loud,

"She multiplied!" He gasped.

Tony looked over Percy's head and saw that Nelly was sitting on the ground (looking VERY proud), with her almost new born puppies sleeping beside her.

"They're so cute!" Percy squealed sitting down beside Nelly and patted her head. Then he looked at the puppies like they were the most precious thing in the whole world.

"Yeah," Tony agreed truthfully, sitting down beside him.

For the next 30 minutes, they just sat there and named all the puppies. There were six of them in all, 5 male and one female. They decided to name the female Nelly jr. And she LOVED Tony. Percy sat near Nelly and the rest of the pups. He looked happier than Tony had NEVER seen him so happy. Tony quickly whipped out his phone and took his pictures. (Tony did that often. At first Percy was a bit surprised, but now he had gotten used to it). Tony guessed that the pups were a Labrador and Retriever mix. Percy didn't care.