Annabeth’s week got harder when the Stolls, the near identical sons of Hermes named Travis and Conner, decided to prank Percy. Usually, she would have stopped them, but she was too busy reading a new book to notice. Annabeth got really into books; a bomb could go off right outside and she wouldn’t notice. She also hated to be interrupted. Those two facts were why there were almost three murders that evening. First, when Percy came to her to tell her what happened (he didn’t put it well), and second, when she finally found out what the Stolls did. Annabeth was peacefully reading her book when Percy came and started talking to her. She didn’t pay attention really until he put his hand in front of the book. “Have you even been listening to me?” …show more content…
I asked _ what was happening and they said, ‘Percy, thank the gods! Stop it!’ before pulling me through towards the center of camp. ‘What’s happening?’ I asked again pulling my arm from them. ‘Just see!’ they told me by way of explanation, continuing to pull me.” We’ll have a talk later _, I think. “So I get closer to the center of the cabins and it’s really muddy. ‘A water fight of some sort,’ I think, ‘and they want me on their team. Okay.’ Then I get to the center and its like Old Faithful was going off. The bathrooms were completely destroyed. At least we’ll get new toilets,” his voice going up at the end, as if he isn’t …show more content…
I had stayed to help (read make sure nothing else happened) Percy. He had managed to turn the water off, but the bathrooms had been irreplaceably damaged. There was just a crater where the bathrooms used to be. Everyone looked up when we entered the game room. Don’t ask why, but we have always had meetings around the ping-pong table, causing some good, mostly bad memories. I was just wrapping up a shortened version of what had happened when Conner came in covered in mud. “What happened to the common area?” He asked. I didn’t realize that I was advancing towards him until Percy grabbed my hand and started rubbing circles in it with his thumb. I sit down before I can do anything I might