"Singing Radiohead at the top of our lungs

With the boom box blaring as we're falling in love

Got a bottle of whatever but it's getting us drunk

Singing here's to never growing up"

- Avril Lavigne, Here's to Never Growing Up.


The seven of the prophecy and Nico sat in the break room of the Argo ll, all of them seated on counches, armchairs, or the floor. Six of them looked over at the son of Hephaestus, confusion etched upon all of their faces. Leo had called them into the room, but when they asked why, he merely put on a wicked grin.

"What do you need Leo?" Piper finally asked, her ADHD getting the best of her.

"Wait for it," Leo muttered, tapping his wrench against his thigh. "Abracadabra!"

As soon as he said those words, the Xbox turned on, along with the Kinect. The game that came on? Just Dance 2. Almost everyone stared at the T.V in horror, absolutely ready to protest against the highly embarrassing scene sure to come. The only one who looked happy about this besides Leo, was Coach Hedge, who came trotting in.

"Uh, Leo?" Percy asked. "As great as this is, I'm not dancing. I refuse to burn everyone's eyeballs out."

Annabeth sighed, "He's not joking."

Leo waved them off dismissively, and waved his hand in front of the sensor, pressing start. He pondered over what song to pick for a while, before deciding on Call Me Maybe.

"So, who's going first?" The son of Hephaestus asked.

No one volunteered.

"Nico it is!" He exclaimed, dragging the said son of Hades in the middle of the room before collapsing on the couch.

"I'm going to kill you," Nico grumbled, as the music started.


"I threw a wish in the well,

Don't ask me, I'll never tell

I looked to you as it fell,

And now you're in my way"

Nico tried doing the moves as the person on screen did, but with way less enthusiasm. At this point, Percy had a grin on his face, Jason was chuckling quietly, Hazel and Frank were smiling slightly, Leo was sniggering, Annabeth shook her head, and Coach Hedge called him a cupcake.. This went on for a while until the verse changed.

"Hey, I just met you,

And this is crazy,

But here's my number,

So call me maybe"

At this point, nearly everyone was collapsing in silent laughter, except Coach Hedge and Hazel. Coach Hedge was shouting at Nico to dance better, as he was missing almost every move. Hazel was fanning her face, as she wasn't used to this type of dancing even if Nico was failing miserably at doing it correctly.

"And all the other boys,

Try to chase me-"

The son of Hades face turned a shade of red so bright it seemed impossible. He made frustrated sound and stormed out of the room, leaving the others gasping for air. This, however, was short lived, because once the song ended it was fully known that it would be another person's turn.


"Jason, Percy, Frank, Coach Hedge!" Leo called once the song ended. "Next song!"

Out of all of the songs on that video game console, Leo picked What Makes You beautiful. All of the boys except Leo and Coach Hedge groaned, while Annabeth covered her ears, Piper sighed, and Hazel looked at the screen obviously confused with this music.

"You're insecure,

Don't know what for,

You're turning heads when you walk through the door,

Don't need make-up,

To cover up,

Being the way that you are is enough"

Percy looked like he was having a seizure, Jason seemed flat out awkward, Frank appeared to be a dancing panda, and Coach Hedge...Well, he was completely into the song. Annabeth was laughing hysterically, especially over her boyfriend, Piper was grinning, and Hazel had a smile playing on her face.

"Baby you light up my world like nobody else,

The way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed,

But when you smile at the ground it ain't hard to tell"

All of the girls were laughing uncontrollably at this point, and so was Leo, but the females were begging them to stop dancing. They didn't get their wish. Jason, Percy, Coach Hedge, and Frank seemed to start dancing even worse; If it's even possible, that is.

"You don't know you're beautiful,

Oh oh,

You don't know you're beautiful,

Oh oh,

That's what makes you beautiful"

At the end of the song, three of the four boys dancing tried to recover any of the dignity that they had left. Coach Hedge wasn't one of the three. He was bowing, saying how he would be absolutely willing to do an encore. Everyone else, even Leo, weren't too enthusiastic.


"For the next song...Piper, Annabeth, and Hazel!" Leo announced. "Get on up here!"

Thr three girls sighed and stood up, taking their place is the middle of the room. They groaned slightly at the song Leo picked; Moves Like Jagger. All of the guys were smirking though, aware that they would end up fully embarrassing themselves. Not worse than Nico though.

"Just shoot for the stars

If it feels right

And aim for my heart

If you feel like

And take me away and make it OK

I swear I'll behave"

It was the same routine as it was for the other songs, except this time, the girls didn't completely suck. Annabeth was doing fine, as was Piper and Hazel. Leo started to wolf-whistle, but that ended quickly after Frank appeared to be ready to sock him over the head.

"Take me by the tongue

And I'll know you

Kiss me 'til you're drunk

And I'll show you"

The guys started clapping jokingly, but quickly stopped after the girls glared at them. Leo, for some reason, took out a remote control and clicked a button on it. Suddenly, a multi-colored disco ball came from the ceiling, and all eyes turned to the repair boy who shrugged.

"With them moves like Jagger

I've got the moves like Jagger

I've got the moves like Jagger"

Everyone was completely silent for a moment, before they burst out laughing at how awkward this situation was. Annabeth, Piper, and Hazel sat immediately in their respective seats, blushing. The laughter echoing throughout the room really didn't help their situation.


"Your turn, Leo," Frank said, looking at the said person.

"Oh heck no. I'm not dancing!" Leo exclaimed. "But this is definitely going online!"

And that, is the story of how Leo Valdez was brought close to death. By a furious son of death, a kill-crazy satyr, a steaming son of Mars, and...A laughing group of demigods?


Author's Note: Yeah... I think I made this drabble because I'm having a serious PJO withdrawal. Especially with the wait for Blood of Olympus. I'm going to try to post a one shot on this story every day until the next book is released, so the next should be up tomorrow.

I don't own any of the songs, or characters used.