Part seven and eight.

When she was finally alone Alexis picked up her black backpack. She looked down at her orange tee and blue jeans. It was nice of Piper to give her these but it wasn't her. For her it was too bright and calm. She preferred the tattered, old black jeans that were originally three sizes too big but now were still big but at least she didn't need a belt. Also she wanted back the "All American Rejects" tee. She walked out of her room and saw everyone else was in the dining room, yelling. Perfect she thought. Alexis walked to Piper's room and walked in. Her jeans and tee were in the trash. She reached down and gently pick them up. It felt like if she applied any pressure it would dissolve in her hands. Quickly she ran into her room. Within a few minutes she was back in her jeans, tee, and dark blue hoodie. She walked onto the deck in front of the ship. She sensed that they were going approximately 120 MPH. The wind through her hair felt great, but it was putting her hair back into a giant tangle. The thought of Piper combing it out came to her mind. Oops. She gripped the railing and the cold of the metal beneath her hand sent a chill down her spine. She smiled, it was ridiculous but at this moment she was happy. Which sadden her, she hadn't been this happy since the last time she was in Brooklyn. When she was thirteen she was walking down the street it had been the first time her father paid her any attention. She was on the sidewalk heading back from school at Yancy Academy. The orphanage was two blocks away, she could even hear the small children playing in the back yard. She had pulled out her phone to check the time and on the black screen she saw a symbol above her head. A sea green trident, floating right there in the middle of the street but no one paid her any attention. This clearly wasn't the weirdest thing they had ever seen. Until a tall man wearing a trench coat grabbed her arm and pulled her into the alley. His green eyes glowed under his hat, or should she say eye. He threw her against the dumpster and kicked her in the gut. She began to taste a mixture of blood and bile in the back of her mouth. He got one more kick to her before the world went black. When she awoke it was dark and the man was gone, her backpack was still there. She stood up unsteadily and limped to the orphanage. She was yelled at for an hour after she got there. That night she left and hid on a boat going to Greece. Where she stayed for three years without any major trouble. She didn't hear anyone walk up and stand next to her, it was Leo. He was studying her like the way she had seen artist study landscapes in Greece. She looked at him out of the corner then looked back at the horizon. "Are you okay?" He asked. She heard a twinge of worry in his voice. Alexis looked at him and smiled. "Yeah," she spoke softly, "I'm fine."  He smiled which made her feel slightly better. "Normally Percy helps us with keeping the waters calm for us. But he's been gone for a while and now he's been too distracted to do it." Alexis looked at him. "And?" He smirked. "And I want to see if you can do it." She got nervous. "I don't know I've never done it before." He looked at her and he smiled gently. She thought, who smiles that much it kind of scares me. "Here just relax and close your eyes," she listened and she closed her eyes. "Now just think of the water beneath your feet. Think about something that makes you relax." Calmly she nodded. She felt the water relax. She smiled then opened her eyes. "Cool." He was smiling back at her. Alexis walked back inside and went into her room. She sat at the edge of the bed and cursed at herself for falling in love, again.

The water was calm tonight thanks to Alexis; and Leo's help. Alexis stood at the helm of the ship closely studying the waves. The rhythmic sound of the ocean could put anyone to sleep, except for her right now. Her mind was racing at a million miles a minute. She walked over to the couch and sat down. Slowly she lied down and stared at the ceiling. The calming beat of the water under her made her think. Leo said they were going somewhere after Greece so that meant the boat would be docking, soon. Then she could run again. But she thought of Percy that morning how he made her laugh. And Leo who got her insane mind to relax for the first time. But the idea of someone actually caring for her made her stomach twist into knots. She didn't even realize she fell asleep. In the middle of the night she was woken up by Leo looking down at her, smiling. "Hey Leo." she said while sitting up. He didn't say anything all he did was walk to the front of the ship. Alexis stood up and walked to her room. She didn't go back to sleep that time. She just stared intently at the blank ceiling. The window behind her showed all the stars, it reminded her of a little time in France. When she sneaked into an art gala and got to see Starry Night by Van Gogh. When the sun rose up out of the horizon Alexis still never slept. She stood up and walked in front of the mirror. Alexis pulled her hair back into a knot. The walked out of her cabin. The entire ship was eerily quiet. “Everyone must be asleep.” She said to herself. Alexis walked into the dining hall and sat down at the table. She ate a plain bagel with cream cheese by herself. After three hours she got suspicious. She knocked on Percy’s door, no answer. Then she tried Leo’s door, nothing. Using her power of the ocean Alexis made the boat trip to the left. She heard a few people fall to the ground, she smirked slightly. After ten more minutes Percy’s door finally opens. “What happened? Are we under attack?” There was some panic in his voice. Alexis smiled. “No, we’re fine. Sorry to wake you.” He glared at her slightly then walked back into his room. She walked back into her room and sat on the floor. When she got bored Alexis had this habit of picking the cracked nail polish on her fingernails. But after the past few days she picked it all off. She felt the ocean beneath her. Within a 1,000 meters there was land. Alexis ran to the front of the ship. Using all her force she positioned the boat in port. After twenty minutes it was finally in port. Her head started to spin. She gripped the railing tightly, her knuckles turned white. The she realized they were back on land. She ran inside, grabbed her things, along with her skateboard and iPod that she told no one about. When she was ready Alexis scribbled a note explaining that she was leaving. She ran to the front of the boat with a smile plastered on her face. Her vision blurring from how fast she was running, Alexis jumped the railing and landed perfectly on her state board and skated away from the only people who cared about her.

Here's part five and six.

She paced back and forth across the room. After the sun had risen that's when people woke up but luckily for Alexis they were too tired to notice them. Leo barely made it to the dining room. The only one who was awake enough to pay her any attention was Annabeth. Naturally she said hi but then she saw Percy. Annabeth rushed to his side trying to wake him up. Now Annabeth terrified Alexis, there was just something in her storm gray eyes that made Alexis want to say everything she had done wrong. So when Annabeth turned around and stared at her that's when Alexis knew the true meaning of fear. "What happened to him?" Annabeth said. Alexis said everything that happened and stopped herself from saying her last name remembering what Leo told her. Alexis didn't even notice everyone else walking out to see what was happening. Everyone was scared for Alexis, they recalled what happened when Percy disappeared and was replaced with Jason. Sadly Alexis didn't know about this, all she knew was that Percy and Annabeth were going out. Under her breath Alexis apologized. "Sorry? That's all you have to say? You put him in such a state of shock he passed out. I knew it was unwise to bring you here. We should've left you in that mall." It would've been easier and less painful for Annabeth to have just thrown Alexis off the ship. With tears in her eyes Alexis looked at Leo and said. "How far away are we from the closest harbor?" Leo walked to the screen. "About twelve miles. Why?" Leo looked at her expectantly. Alexis didn't say anything. All she did was walk down to the stables, pick up her backpack and skateboard. While she was down there everyone left to eat breakfast leaving Percy alone on the couch. Alexis walked back up and saw Percy on the couch asleep. Even though she didn't know Percy that long he was still her brother. She walked over to him, carefully she took off her sliver necklace and she put it in his hand along with a note explaining everything. She walked onto the deck and to the back on the boat, little did she know behind her was a one way window and Leo was the only one watching. Alexis walked in front of the railing prepared for the cold, dark water beneath her. Leo stood up abruptly and left the dining hall. Everyone else thought he heard something wrong with the ship. Leo walked beside Alexis, calmly he said. "What are you doing?" Alexis looked at him. Leo had never seen a girl so sad. She seemed worse than Annabeth when she couldn't find Percy. She spoke calmly, clearly she had spent years covering up her emotions. "I'm leaving. You told me Annabeth was the daughter of Athena so she's never wrong. And when she says something is unwise she must be correct." A single teardrop glinted off her cheek. At this moment Leo got a good look at her. Her dark hair contrasted with her pale skin. Her green eyes weren't like Percy's, her were harder and darker. She was smaller than all of them. Even though Piper gave her an Aphrodite touch her skin was had dirt specked in different spots. He realized that Alexis was going to jump off the ship and swim back to Greece. "You can't leave." He said. Alexis walked in front of him and looked him in the eye. "Why? They don't want me here. Percy and Annabeth hate me. So I'm going to go back to Greece find a way to go to South America." Her shoulders dropped. Leo stepped back and she looked at him. He looked into her eyes, she had started to tear up. While she was wiping her eyes she muttered something about how she hated crying in front of strangers. She sat down. "You're not leaving. No demigod left behind." He helped her up and brought her inside. He took her into the commons area were Percy must have woken up and left. He set her down on the couch where he sat next to her. "I'm sorry." She said under her breath. He smiled. She didn't know why but his smile kind of annoyed Alexis. "Here I need to show you something." He stood up and walked to a room like Piper's at the end of the hall. But this one had just a twin sized bed, a dresser with a mirror above it, and a window that took up one wall that showed just the calm waters of the ocean. She looked at him confused. "What's this?" He smiled. "If you're going to stay with us you might as well have a room to sleep in. I wouldn't want you to sleep in the stables every night." She thanked him and set her backpack on the bed. She didn't realize that it was already getting dark. "You should sleep." He said. She nodded. "Goodnight Leo," she leaned over and kissed his cheek. "And thanks again." He walked out and shut the door behind him, he knew he was bright red.

No matter how much she tried Alexis didn't sleep that night. Her head was full of questions that she didn't want to talk about. She realized no one else besides Leo knew she was still here. By a force of habit she reached up to touch her necklace then she remembered she gave it to Percy. She grabbed her backpack and pulled out another necklace she kept at the bottom of the bag. It was a simple gold chain with a square charm. It wasn't even real gold. She took it from a jewelry cart on 22nd street. She was sitting on her bed with her legs crossed in front of her when someone knocked on the door. She looked at her watch, which she also stole, it was 2:16 am. Carefully she walked up and slightly opened the door. On the other side was Percy. His eyes were frantic they were darting around everywhere. When his eyes set on her he relaxed. He took her arm and hugged her. Alexis struggled her way out of his grasp. She looked at him confused. "What are you doing?" He reached out to touch her shoulder but before he could she pushed his hand away. Alexis stepped away from him. She was scared because no one had ever shown any kind of affection to her. He just noticed that. "I'm sorry. I was relieved to know that you were still here." Percy said. "Why?" Alexis said. "I mean you're my sister. I've always wanted a sister. Come on, we need to talk." Percy spoke in a calm voice. "About what?" Never in her life has Alexis ever been so confused. "Well," Percy said seeming just as nervous. "I need to know something about my sister." He smiled at her but she didn't smile back. Percy led her to the commons area. Where he brought her hot cocoa. They talked all night. He told her about his life. Her favorite story is when Annabeth had found him at Camp Jupiter and she flipped him. That was the first time in a long time that Alexis had laughed for real. She told him about her life too. He said when she had been a stowaway on that ship it was interesting. He said he had been on every kind of boat except for an actual cargo ship. The only thing that told them it was morning was Leo walking out of his room to check on the ship's status. "Hi Leo." Alexis said happily. That really woke him up. He hadn't heard her be actually happy before. So it surprised him. "Umm morning Alexis, Percy." They nodded at each other. Alexis didn't get why guys did that. She smiled and shook her head. Percy walked her to the dining hall since they were the first one's there they continued talking. He told all the things demigods should know from the story of Kronos to the fact they weren't supposed to use phones. Which she was fine with since she didn't have any friends. When people woke up and started to file in. Leo stop them from going in. When Leo walked away they walked in and were surprised to see Alexis and Percy talking like they had known each other for their entire lives. They all walked away, when Annabeth woke up she still believed that Alexis was gone and on her way back to Greece. So when she walked into the dining room to see Percy and Alexis talking. She was surprised but when she made Percy laugh the same way that he laughed when she made him laugh, she got mad. Alexis noticed her. "Morning Annabeth." Alexis smiled and walked out of there leaving Percy and Annabeth. Alexis walked past everyone in the common. "Morning everyone." She smiled and walked to her room.