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Again, I would like to apologize for a lack of concrete updates in the past week or so.  I have a few announcements and requests for all of you bebs.

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Thanks everybody :)

No Luna. But there is femslash.

Title: In the Dark (First in a series)

Pairings: Thalia/Reyna, Percy/Annabeth

Preview:

“Why are we doing this?” Thalia whined, throwing her head down on the desk.

Reyna ignored the dramatics; she was pretty used to it by now. “So we can be ready for the Arithmancy exam tomorrow,” she answered evenly, not looking up from the book in front of her.

“No,” Thalia sighed, sitting up and placing her head in her hands. “Why are we taking eight NEWTs?”

“Because no one ever has. We’re making history.”

“I’m beginning to think there’s a reason for that.”

[muffled french revolutionary singing in the background]

It was Hazel who broke the silence first, coughing slightly and pushing her hair behind her ear as she looked around at the other girls. "So..." she hazarded, looking pleadingly across the table at Piper, who was busying herself NOT looking at Reyna.

"So..." Annabeth repeated, fiddling with the lid of her water bottle, "Here we are."

"Yep." Hazel coughed again. 

"Yep." Piper repeated, standing up this time to pace around the living room.

"This is ridiculous." They all jumped as Reyna's fist hit the kitchen counter. "Absolutely ridiculous. This shouldn't be-"

"So hard?" Annabeth quirked an eyebrow. Reyna scowled.

"I was going to say 'shouldn't be happening'. This is ridiculous."

"Yeah, you said." Piper sighed, "Listen, guys, we can't just do this," she waved her hand in a gesture that encompassed the entire kitchen/living room set up, "all day for the next month. We have to do something..."

"What do normal teenage girls do?" Hazel looked nervous, but pressed on, "You know. On vacation? Or when they get a hotel, or-"

"Drink? Party? Sex?" Piper pursed her lips, "At least in my experience."

"Uhm, really?" Annabeth gave Piper a look, "Because in my experience we usually just watch bad movies and, like, order a pizza."

"I guess we hung out with different people." Piper shrugged, "But your idea sounds way better, if I do say so myself."

"Pizza sounds good. I like pizza." Hazel sighed in relief. At last, they were getting somewhere.

"Alright!" Reyna pulled out her phone and tapped at it hurriedly, "Operation Pizza is a-go."

"Reyna, it isn't a mission, it's a phone call to Pizza Hut." Annabeth frowned at took Reyna's hand that held her phone, stopping her from doing anything else with it, "Guys, seriously. We all have normal lives outside of the Legion, right? I mean, okay, maybe not ALL of us..." She looked apologetically at Hazel, who shrugged, "But I mean, it's only a month. A month of being JUST normal teenagers. Hanging out, going to school, making questionable decisions about sleep. No missions, no tasks, no villains, no codenames. Just us. Living together. For a month. As normal, non super-powered people."

"Annabeth is right," Piper took her seat again at the kitchen table, "Really, why are we freaking out? It will be good for us to take a few weeks and just be, you know, kids. That includes you, Reyna. So unless you're updating facebook or texting the person you have a crush on, no fancy spy tech. Got it?"

"You can't tell me what to do, you're not in charge here-"

"NO ONE is in charge here, Reyna, that's the point. Remember?" Annabeth's hand moved from Reyna's hand to her arm, stroking it comfortingly, "Alright?"

"Right. Alright." Reyna shut her eyes and tried to force herself to relax. She couldn't remember the last time she hadn't had the burden of leadership and responsibility. She didn't remember how to be domestic. "So, pizza?"

"Nico," Hazel picked at her hair while looking in the mirror by the door, "It's no big deal. It's just a 'girls night', it's going to be perfectly-"

"Awful? Dangerous? World shattering?"

"You're doing that thing again." She turned to frown at him, hand on hip and looking all the world like...well...like a normal teenage girl.

"What thing?" Nico sat up to frown at her, looking all the world like a put-upon brother.

"That thing you do where you overreact and get dramatic over nothing and worry about me too much." 

"I don't-"

"You do. And I appreciate it, Nico, I do, really. But believe me I can take care of myself."

"I know you can take care of yourself," Nico frowned again, messing with the skull ring on his finger, "It's the others that I don't trust."

"Nico," Hazel sat down next to her brother and put a hand on his shoulder, squeezing reassuringly. Nico could be ridiculous sometimes, but it was sweet. "I'll be fine. Relax, take the night off, order a pizza or-" She grinned playfully, "Invite over Jason." 

"What? Shut up! What? You're-" 

Hazel laughed at Nico's flustered stuttering, giving him a kiss on the cheek and turning back to the mirror, "I'll be fine. You have my communication line. You'll be fine." 

"Fine." Nico managed to crack a smile, "You better get going, you'll be late. Are you sure you don't want me to give you a lift?"

"No, I'm good. Nightengale is picking me up! I'll see you, Nico!"

"Be careful!" Nico called after her as she pulled on a jacket and started out the door.

"I will be," She toed on her shoes and rushed out the door, before calling back, "I'm serious about Jason!" 

She heard a thud as Nico threw a pillow at the door.