The Little Merman and The Little Ghost Boy

Never

As we made it to land I turned and smiled at Nico happy we were back

"Percy?!" I heard Annabeth yell and my head snapped in her direction

"Annabeth!" I yelled and as she ran down the hill the lead to the castle. I towards her. I saw Will run past as I got to her. I opened my arms to embrace her and she grabbed my arm flipped me in the air then threw me to the ground before pushing her forearm against my throat.

"Don't you dare leave me like that again!" She yelled at me as tears fell down her cheek and hit my face.

"Never" I said pulling her down and kissing her. I then rolled her to the side and smiled as I continued to kiss her. I pulled away after a minute and then rolled on top of her and kissed her nose before standing up and holding my hand out to help her up. She laughed gleefully and grabbed my hand. As I pulled her up I pulled her into a hug.

"Gods, I missed you"

"I missed you to Seaweed Brain"

"I'm pretty sure I missed you more Wise Girl" I said as I pulled away smirking

"Wise Girl?' She asked with a smile

"Only fare you have a nickname too" I said

"Percy" She said

"Yeah?" I asked

"You smell horrible" she said and I laughed.

"Come on, let's go back to the castle and get you a bath" she said before blushing

"And same pants" she added looking away.

On the way to the castle Annabeth told me all about everything that happened in her side of the battle and how things went after. She told me how Will didn't wake for 3 days and how worried she was and I told her everything that happened on my side and how I was dragged away by my father right after it all ended.
We get to the castle with Nico and  Will close behind us and we were greeted by Chiron not as a half land horse.

"My, it's been awhile. It's good to have you back again" He said with a smile.

"It's good to back" I said

"We're going to head to the bathroom. Percy here needs a bath" Annabeth said

"Quite so" Chiron said wrinkling his nose. Annabeth laughed and I could hear Will trying not to do the same.

We walked to the bathroom.

"Did you want to bathe with your brother again?" Will asked

"Gods no!" Nico quickly yelled

"That was one of the most embarrassing moments of my life" He added

"How so? Do brother not do that kind of thing where your from" Will asked

"You not actually brother are you?" Annabeth asked

"No!" Nico said

"Oh! Your upset about the bath thing because you said you used to have a crush on me aren't you" I asked

"PERCY!" Nico yelled angrily

"What?" I asked

"You use to have a crush on him?" Will asked

"Can we just go?" Nico asked Will. He looked like he wanted to bury his face in his hands but he had his hands on front of him holding his shirt as low as he could.

"Where do you want to go?" Will asked

"Somewhere with a dry shirt and a pair of pants. I'm getting cold" Nico said. Will leaned over and whispered something in Nico ear and then pulled away with a smirk and Nico turned the deepest shade of red I've seen and tried to pull his shirt down more. He the shoved him away with his shoulder.

"What was that?!" Nico asked still red

"I just like seeing you blush. it's cute" Will said and Nico get even redder

"I am not cute!" Nico defended and I laughed which of course earned me a glare from Nico.

"Did you want to head back to your old room" Will asked Nico.

"After that comment I think I'll go by myself" Nico said

"Aww, come on you know I was just messing with you" Will said

"What did you say to him?" Annabeth asked making both of them blushed.

"Nothing" Will quickly said looking anywhere but at Annabeth. She arched her eyebrow and looked at him

"Let's go" Will said grabbing Nico's hand and hurrying away.

"Wait, Will!" Nico yelled as Will pulled him away and he tried to hold his shirt down with one hand. I still didn't entirely understand why people got so embarrassed when they didn't have pants. Annabeth shook her head while smiling.

"I'll have Cecil come by and help you draw a bath. I'll be back when you done" She said.

There was a knock on the bathroom door.

"All good?" Annabeth asked

"Yeah" I said and she came in as I put my shirt on.

"He give you any trouble this time?" Annabeth asked looking at Cecil

"Well, he didn't try and eat the bubbles this time" Cecil said and she just shook her head and walked up to me.

"That's better, you look nice in clean clothes" She said as she embraced me. I placed my chin on her head and felt something grainy

"You still have sand in your hair. You should wash it out" I said smirking

"Percy" She said as I pulled her towards the still full tube

"Don't you dare" She said as we got closer

"Percy, my clothes!" She yelled as I pulled us both into the tube with a big splash

"I hate you" She said as I hugged her to me.

"Now I have to mop" Cecil said with a sigh.