Confluent (1)

➵ I Make a Promise

▸  Backwards - Christina Perri

"Why are you even here?" I stepped away from Stiles, my face heating up. Percy gave me his signature grin. The Seven, minus Leo, and Nico stood at the entrance with smiles. I heard the pack walk up behind me.

"What? I can't come and surprise my little sister?"

"Not like this no." I scoffed, crossing my arms. Annabeth tilted her head as she read my shirt.

"You two are twinning again." She simply pointed out. Percy and I looked at each other's shirts. We were both wearing a sea green shirt with the words "sea you later" that Sally gave to us last Christmas.

"Dude. Not cool." I murmured. "We said we would stop this."

"How should I have known you were wearing that?" Percy exasperated. I gave him a look.

"We IM'd each other a few hours ago...I was wearing this shirt." I pointed at my shirt.

"Yeah? Well so was I." Percy sassed, placing his hands on his hips. Piper covered her mouth to keep herself from laughing. Frank and Jason laughed, not caring about covering it up. Annabeth looked done with the both of us.

"I should have never pointed that out." Annabeth groaned, placing her hand against her forehead. Hazel grinned. "You guys see each other for the first time in months and you two argue about wearing the same shirt again."

"I'm sorry, this has happened more than once?" Liam laughed. I glared at him. He immediately shut up.

"Oh, many times." Annabeth grinned. "They once wore a 'I made a dam t-shirt' that Grover gave to them along with Thalia."

"Those are dam great shirts." Percy beamed. I bit my lip to keep myself from grinning like a fool.

"So, they did that all without planning? It just happened?" Scott asked.

"All of the time. It's annoying." Nico answered, rolling his eyes.

"Yeah, so were you pipsqueak." I squinted my eyes at him.

"Don't make me go into technicalities." He pointed at me. "'Cause then Hazel and I are way older than you."

"You're like ten." Stiles looked at him with furrowed eyebrows.

"It's him, isn't it?" Nico deadpanned at me. I sheepishly smiled. "And no I'm not. I'm fifteen, but I was born in nineteen twenty-four."

"How?" Lydia tilted her head.

"Magical casino in Las Vegas that slows time." Nico shrugged.

"So Nevah?" Hazel swayed on her feet, sending me a smile. "Are you going to introduce us to your friends or?"

"Oh! Right! Yeah, yeah." I nodded, licking my lips. "I guess I'll start with demigods."

"Well, obviously, I'm Percy. It's nice to finally see you guys in person." Percy did a little wave.

"Ignore him. The scary looking blonde is Annabeth Chase, daughter of Athena." I started.

"I am not scary looking!" Annabeth protested.

"Leo's kinda afraid of you." Frank told her.

"He's also afraid of Nevah." Annabeth added. My heart ached at the mention of Leo.

"The guy dressed in all black is Nico, son of Hades." I pointed at him. "The little cinnamon bun over there with the curly hair is Hazel Levesque, she's the daughter of Pluto, which is Hades' Roman form. She's a sweetheart, btw." Hazel blushed and waved hello. "The Asian Canadian is Frank Zhang, son of Mars. Mars is Ares' Roman form."