#christmasverse

“This is unfair!” You yelled as you threw another snowball his way and he grinned.

“All is fair in love and war, (Y/n).” Percy said from behind you, and as you turned around you were facing an immense pile of snowballs.

“How did you-” You started to ask only to realize that that son of Poseidon-

“Water powers work on snow too, to some extent,” Percy smirked, “Duck!” You quickly jumped out of the way as Percy started bombarding Leo with snowballs, actually hitting the son of Hephaestus once or twice.

You just sat on the cold snow, looking at your friends brutally fighting for victory against one another. You slowly started to understand why people didn’t want to do a snowball fight with these two, as they both were no match for ordinary demigods. Quickly though, both boys realized that you had stopped participating in the fight, and as Leo took a straight hit from Percy when he looked at you, Percy also noticed your discontented face.

Both boys slowly made their ways away from their forts and towards you, still eyeing one another suspiciously.

“Hey,” Percy said and you ignored him. He sighed and exchanged a look with Leo.

“You don’t seem to be having fun, huh.” Leo stated as he squatted down. You just shook your head, glaring at the boys before you.

“It’s not fun when you two cheat like this,” you huffed, “I mean, I am no match and both of you were just trying to beat the other!”

“Ah, yeah, sorry,” Percy scratched the back of his neck, “We went a little overboard. How about we team up against Leo.” he suggested as Leo’s face shot up to look at the son of Poseidon.

“Hey! That’s unfair, (Y/n) is way too good to be on your team!” he protested, “Look, (Y/n), team up with me. I’ll protect us and you can throw snowballs.”

“Ah, yes, discuss your top secret strategy in front of the enemy, Valdez.” Percy rolled his eyes to you.

“At least we have a strategy!” Leo shot back and you snickered, getting the attention of both boys.

“See, that’s the face we wanted.” Percy smiled proudly and Leo nodded, “You still need to pick a team though, so who will it be?”

“I think (Y/n) should join our team,” the voice of Annabeth piped up from behind you. You turned around to see quite a lot of your friends there, “Us all against you two, to make it a little fair.” She challenged Leo and Percy, who in turn exchanged a look.

“We want (Y/n).” Leo demanded and Annabeth laughed.

“And give you that advantage? You bet.” She grabbed your arm and pulled you up, “The fight starts in 30 minutes. Good luck.” you both walked away and you stuck your tongue out to the boys as you left them behind, that’s what they get for cheating during your snowball fight.

“I need your help,” he started, “I want to celebrate Thalia’s birthday and I have no clue how to.”

“And you got all of us together because of that?” Piper asked and Jason nodded curtly.

“Annabeth and Percy know Thalia the longest,” Jason's voice faltered but he quickly regained his thought, “and you two,” he gestured to Piper and Leo, “are my best friends?” As Leo agreed you looked expectantly to Jason, wondering when he would address you being there and as he turned to you he smiled.

“And we all know that (Y/n) is our master planner!” he tried to lowkey hype you up but just shook your head while grinning.

“Thanks for the compliment Jason,”

Your Thalia Birthday Squad started quickly with brainstorming, as you all agreed that even if Thalia wouldn’t want it herself, she and Jason had a lot of things to catch up on. While Thalia might have most of eternity left, Jason only had one lifetime and they had already lost so much time together. So, through than very intensive thinking progress, which consisted mostly of Leo shouting out everything that came to his mind and Annabeth jotting down the ones she thought Thalia would enjoy the most, you came to the conclusion that you would start with Jason and Thalia first catching up on some childhood by making gingerbread houses together and then moving on to the actual ‘surprise’ party where everyone would be.

Piper and you were in charge of making sure that the gingerbread house making would go smoothly- it helped that making said houses was already a part of the Camp curriculum of the day. So, you two teamed up to assemble your own house not too far from Jason and Thalia, but far enough to let them have some time together.

They seemed to be having fun. Jason was trying to keep the four walls upright as Thalia balanced the roof on top, after a moment they both let go and the house was standing. Thalia held up her hand for a high five and as Jason high fived her, her smiling face turned into one of disgust. She looked at her hand only to quickly move forward and wipe it off on the front of Jason’s shirt. Jason laughed as Thalia calmed down and looked at her little brother with love, patting his arm as she instructed him to get decorating.

“Hey! You’re messing up my walls!” Piper smacked your hands away as you turned to look at what you were doing. You might have been staring at Grace siblings a bit too intensely, because you accidentally made the roof of your house too heavy, almost making half your house collapse.

“Sorry Pipes,” you shrugged towards Jason and Thalia, “they seem to be having fun though.” Piper looked past you and nodded.

“Yeah, I don’t see why we would need to be here honestly,” She smiled at you, “Although I am not complaining about being with you right now. It’s nice.” You send her a teasing smile.

“Aww, are we going soft on me?” you asked her as she shook her head.

“You wish.” she laughed.

As the gingerbread houses were done, Piper and you quickly made your way to the site of the party. Your arrival signaled that the birthday girl was coming soon, and as you stood next to Reyna, you could already hear Jason and Thalia talking.

As soon as they were in sight, you all started singing Happy Birthday. As the song was done quickly Thalia just squinted her eyes.

“I’m immortal,” she said and Jason turned to her.

“Yes, but I just wanted,” he sighed a little and Thalia looked up at him. She wasn’t surprised that he had outgrown her- but her heart ached a little at what it meant.

“Thank you,” she looked around and then back to Jason, “I’m sorry we had so little time together before, and I am glad to spend today with you.” You weren’t sure but you could have sworn you saw her eyes get a little teary.

“I got the cake!” Percy suddenly ran into the party, “Mom just delivered it and-” he took a breath, “Am I interrupting something?”

“Just the general peace, Aquaman.” Thalia told him and Percy glared at her.

“My pleasure,” then he broke out in a grin, “Good to see you, Pinecone face.” Percy went to put the cake down and you realized something.

You turned to the girl standing next to you, and tapped her on her arm. As Reyna turns her gaze to you, you purse your lips.

“Hey, uh, quick question, but would you like to come with me to Calypso this year?” you smiled nervously, “Most people already have plans and I would like to get as many together to visit Calypso for new years.” Reyna nodded and smiled.

“If Lady Artemis let’s me, I would love to join you. I haven’t seen Calypso in ages.” You eagerly nodded, moving along to join the other party guests.