"Yeah, you've got Percy. I'm not here right now, obviously. Leave a message and I'll try to get back to you at some point."

Iris messages were so much cooler.

There was a ton of snow on the ground outside which Percy wasn't about to deal with. He'd already done it once and nearly had nearly fallen on his face for the trouble. It'd just been a simple run to the store to get some food but the sidewalks hadn't been treated and he hadn't been paying attention and long story short, he'd very nearly done the ( Read more... )

Percy was Christmas shopping. He was in the middle of a crowded mall which was the absolute last place a guy like him wanted to be. But, he was there. He'd waited too long to actually order his crap online and have it guaranteed to be there by Christmas Day so he'd gone out at some point before any snow started up and was trying to pick u pa few ( Read more... )

Luke and Percy had a standing invitation to go over to his mom's house for Thanksgiving. But, of course, Percy's life couldn't be that easy because his mother, evil thing (not really) that she was, had dropped hints that she hoped Percy would make something to contribute to the Thanksgiving dinner. He knew she'd let he and Luke come even if they ( Read more... )

It was an interesting time to be in New York ( Read more... )

Percy was spending Tuesday night doing laundry. His laundry and Luke's laundry. Never again could anyone tell him that he wasn't a nice guy. Luke had a lot of freaking laundry but at least most of it was t-shirts and pants and nothing special that required a lot of finesse. Even Percy couldn't ruin the clothes, this way ( Read more... )

Percy had adapted to being back in New York quickly. It was nice to go out at any time of day or night and be able to get precisely what food you wanted and where you wanted it from. Something was always open. And Percy had taken advantage of that by heading out to fulfill is craving for hamburgers and hoagies. He'd gotten a bag full of both ( Read more... )

So, this whole living with Luke away from the island thing wasn't so bad. It was nice not to have to worry about classes and it was nice to be in a familiar place where he knew where the stores where, where the spots to hang out were and he didn't have to worry about a sometimes pissy island. He liked being able to order food late at night and ( Read more... )

Percy had listened to the radio. Percy knew there were kids on the island and Percy really wondered if he and Luke had just gotten lucky yesterday or if their comeuppance was, well, coming. So far, no kids had shown up but Percy remembered last year and he just couldn't quite let his guard all the way down despite no visits just yet ( Read more... )

Just because Percy couldn't go home didn't mean he was totally going to ignore Thanksgiving. Hey, he loved to eat so he'd found a place on the mainland that offered a pretty cool special that included food and even the opportunity to go treasure hunting ( Read more... )