“Yeah, Annabeth works too. I simply meant, Congratulations.” He said with a smile in response to Annabeth’s dry response. Connor was 24, about to turn 25, by now, he was used to people always assuming he was stealing something. Of course, it made things harder when he actually was taking something that wasn’t his, but sometimes when the object belonged to him, he didn’t like people assuming he was stealing, it left him always having to prove that the object was his to start with.
“Actually,” He said, now reaching for the box anyways and opening it, revealing it’s contents. “This is mine, so that innocent act, wasn’t an act.” He tilted the box towards the daughter of Athena and revealed a mess of party supplies. “I’m throwing a party, a birthday party, or maybe it’ll be a pity party, depending on how many people attend.” He knew that having a party during a war wasn’t a great idea, but with his birthday on the 13th, and Travis not being here, he had never felt so alone, thus, the idea to have a party. “I don’t know if I should have asked someone first, but I figured if I ordered the decor from Hermes Deliveries, those in charged couldn’t say no, especially due to the no return policy.”
A small smile tugged at the corners of her lips, still getting little butterflies of her joy in her stomach when people congratulated her and Percy on their marriage. It hadn’t been ideal, per say, but it had been perfect. “Thanks, Connor.” Annabeth had known Connor for what gelt like a lifetime at this point. Camp Half-Blood and his arrival felt like ages ago. But she’d quickly learned not to leave things lying around anyone that was a child of Hermes, especially Connor and his brother. Guilt wasn’t something she felt whenever she wrongly accused him of stealing something, for perhaps she wouldn’t assume wrongly if he hadn’t made a reputation fro himself.
“Mhm,” was all she said in reply to his correction, not giving him an inch. “It could be a birthday party and a pity party,” she teased lightly. “Why limit yourself?” Nevertheless, she was glad he was celebrating despite the current climate. People could use something to lift their spirits. “So are you ready to be an old man?”