Him or her? (A Pipabeth story)

Chapter Eighteen

Piper's POV

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A/N: quick note, this is NOT the last chapter, but it's getting close. Also, haven't done a disclaimer in a while so, ALL CHARACTERS AND PLACES DON'T BELONG TO ME THEY BELONG TO RICK RIORDAN (besides Summer and her brother who I made up for the story) AND PLOT IS MINE. Enjoy!

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Piper walked through the door, trailing behind Annabeth. She held the door open for Percy and let it shut after he also walked through. Dark colours were everywhere, and it was evidently the Hades cabin.

She stood next to Annabeth, noticing the others that were in the room. It was Nico (as it was his cabin, of course), Leo, Hazel, Frank, Reyna, Thalia, Will, and, Calypso. Frank, Calypso, and, Will looked bored, making Piper assume they were probably dragged there by their respective partners. Of course, Reyna, Thalia, and, Leo looked the most interested in what was going to be talked about, but even Nico and Hazel looked like they definitely wanted to be there. Piper could barely stop herself from grinning and laughing as she noticed the weird looks the others kept giving Percy, since Annabeth had mentioned what she thought they wanted to talk about the her and Percy.

"So, why did you guys want to meet with us?" Annabeth asked, with an expressionless face.

"Well..." Leo started, looking between Annabeth and Piper, and Percy standing just behind them. He nodded at Piper and Annabeth. "It was kinda a conversation we only wanted to have with you two."

Annabeth crossed her arms, acting amazingly annoyed for someone that was probably laughing on the inside, and spoke. "Anything you have to say, you can say it now. I need to go teach the younger kids fighting tactics soon and Chiron doesn't want me to be late since the kids will get bored and leave." Not even a lie.

"Uh..."

Piper desperately wanted to see what they would do next, but the looks of confusion and panic on the faces of her friends were enough to make her smile and look away. Unfortunately, despite Annabeth's amazing acting, and Percy's equally as good ability to act normal, Piper couldn't help but smile at how they were messing with their friends. The others gave her suspicious glances. Leo was just about to speak when Reyna interrupted, lifting her eyebrow.

"What's making you smile McLean?"

Piper quickly got a funny memory in her head that made her smile, taking notice of Reyna's gold dog in the corner of the cabin.

"Hmm? Oh, nothing. Just thinking about how Summer couldn't remember this was the Hades cabin so she called it the 'Emo guys' cabin'." She responded, smiling. Again. Not a lie. Since as of just before she spoke, that was what was making her smile.

Nico crossed his arms after she spoke. "I'm not emo."

"Are too," Will argued, smiling.

"NO."

"Guys!" Thalia interrupted, turning to face Piper. She narrowed her eyes, which atop the whole situation in general, just made Piper smile more. At this point, it felt like anything even remotely funny would cause her to burst out laughing.

"You're acting awfully suspicious, McLean. You're smiling too much."

"Am I not allowed to smile at a funny memory?" Piper responded with an innocent voice.

"Plus," Annabeth said. Opposed to how Piper avoided look right at.... Aurum?, Annabeth looked directly at the gold dog before continuing. "Anything you say in here is something Percy can hear."