Chapter 4

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A/N Here's the rest of the last chapter.



When Annabeth entered the house, she found herself in what she assumed was the living room seeing as it had three couches and two chairs surrounding a beaten-up coffee table. But, what intrigued her the most was the carpeting. It wasn't the traditional kind, there were patches of different textures, sizes, and colors spread upon the flooring.

Leo, following Annabeth's gaze, explained, "The flooring used to be wooden, but it was too moldy to keep, so we ripped it out and put carpet over the top."

Even though the concept of that was somewhat insane she just nodded her head in understandment. Looking around, she saw a set of stairs leading to where she assumed the bedrooms were. There was a doorway leading to the back of the house, and another leading to the left side. The windows were clean, curtsey of the people living there, and opened slightly to let in a cool breeze to air out and keep the house at a plausible temperature.

She was broken out of her thoughts when a girl about sixteen years old with caramel hair and almond eyes came up to Leo and pecked him on the cheek.

"Where you able to get anything?" she asked him quietly.

"Does she count?" Leo asked pointing to me.

The girl finally taking notice of Annabeth said politely, "I'm Calypso."

She stuck out her hand and Annabeth shook it, "Annabeth."

Calypso nodded her head then said, "Lunch is almost ready. I'll put out another plate." She then walked through the door leading farther back to the house with a smile on her face.

"We'll introduce you to everyone at lunch," Jason said happily, "For now we can show you were you'll sleep."

"Thank you," Annabeth said quietly. She never thanked anyone unless she meant it, which was rarely.

Jason and Leo lead Annabeth upstairs and brought her to an empty room that had a mattress that was laying on the floor and an empty closet. It wasn't anything special, but it was much better than the conditions she had been in before.

"This is where you'll be staying. Sorry you can't room with anyone, but all the rooms already have two people in them, and Reyna likes her space," Jason said gesturing to the small space.

Annabeth set her bags down on the bed and turned to face the boys. She felt her hormones taking over and the urge to cry was overwhelming, but she tried not to give in. She was only able to resist for so long before she thought Oh well and let the tears flow.

"Thank you, you don't know what you've done for me," she said hugging them.

Jason patted her on the back awkwardly and Leo said hyperly, "Anything for a fellow in need!"

Annabeth's tears were quick to dry, and she became quite focused on studying the room and what was outside her window. Jason and Leo had left shortly before and said they would get her when it was time for lunch.

About half an hour later, she heard a soft knock at the door and turned to see Calypso standing there.

"Lunch is ready if you want to come downstairs to eat and meet the others," she said kindly.

Annabeth nodded her head and followed her to the kitchen. As they neared the room she was able to hear playful banter and happy laughter from at the least six people.

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