"You got a cat?" It was the first thing that Nico heard as he slid into a booth at the ice cream Parlor. Nico scowled, and Will grinned wildly, looking at the kitten that was perched in the pocket of Nico's jacket.

"This is Bianca." Nico answered flatly, pulling the kitten out. 

"Does it have wings?" Percy asked, after a few moments of silence. 

"Yes. It also has fangs and can bite you." Nico glared. 

"Oh shush. Bianca is a sweet little thing that wouldn't dare to-" Will stopped as Bianca suddenly jumped out of Nico's jacket, and bit Thalia on the hand. "I stand corrected. This is a viscous, wild animal, that's going to tear us apart limb from limb." Thalia hissed in pain, and attempted to pry the cat off. 

"How? Just how?" She asked. 

"Is the Thalia Grace going to be taken down by a little kitten?" Nico teased, cracking a grin. 

"Of course not! But I can't exactly punch a kitten without looking like an idiot." Thalia shot back. Juliane walked over, licking her strawberry ice cream. 

"Aww! What a cute little kitten!" She said, pulling her off like it was easy. Nico smirked in Thalia's direction. "She is so adorable!" Juliane gushed. "But not as cute as Rebel." 

"Oh please Juliane. Bianca beats Rebel by a mile." Will challenged. 

"No!" 

"Yes!" 

"Not possible!" Adria said, walking past the table. "We all know Nikio is the best out of them all." 

"Shut up!" Will and Juliane said at the same time. 

"Rebel's so much better." Juliane went on, taking Rebel from his carriage, and holding him in front of the teens. 

"Umm. Bianca's so much cuter." Will pointed to Bianca who was sitting on the table, looking up with innocent eyes. 

"Nikio can turn your sorry arses into ash." Charlie said in passing, going to sit with Adria and Bill who looked to be betting on who would win. 

"Stay out of this Charlie!" Juliane shouted in his direction. "Also, Rebel will live longer." 

"What makes you think Bianca's not an immortal kitten?" Will asked, raising an eyebrow. 

"Really? Even in the Wizarding world, immortal kittens don't exist. Trust me." Juliane said, giving the group a flat look. 

"Will. I think Juliane won this one." Nico muttered in Will's ear. 

"But Nicooo!" Will wined, turning around and putting his hands around Nico's neck. "I wanna win!" 

"We can't win 'em all, now can we?" Nico said with a small smirk. 

"Oh get a room you love birds!" Jason called out with a grin. Nico shot Jason a look, that turned into a mischievous smile. 

"Fine. Don't go back to the house for a while." He grinned. Jason looked scarred at the images, and Will had turned scarlet. 

"I'm gonna go pour bleach in my ears. Coming Piper?" He asked, standing up and holding out a hand to Piper. 

"Sit back down. You act as if you're so innocent." Piper snorted. 

"I am so innocent." Jason gasped. 

"No you aren't. Just last night I walked in on you and Piper-" 

"Percy I swear if you finish that sentence." Annabeth said with a menacing glare. 

"Fine wise girl. Let's go get more sweets." Percy said, pulling Annabeth with him. They exited the ice cream parlor. 

"Can I say it?" Jason asked Piper. 

"No Jason." Piper sighed before muttering things under her breath. Juliane only caught a few words like, "Good thing he's cute...The things I have to put up with." Juliane laughed, and walked over to the table that occupied Bill, Adria, and Charlie. 

"They are so cute." She said, laughing as she placed Rebel in his stroller, and pulled Bill's ice cream to her, sticking the spoon in. Bill let out a sound of protest as she attacked his ice cream. 

"That's mine!" He cried. 

"It's mine now." Juliane smirked. Bill rolled his eyes and conjured up another spoon. He too began to attack the couple. 

"They are so similar." Adria whispered. "But still so different." 

"It's strange." Charlie agreed. 

"Too strange." Juliane looked up for a few seconds and stuck her tongue out at the couple. 

"We can hear you you know." She said in between spoonfuls. 

"That was the point." Adria said, sticking her tongue out back at Juliane. After the ice cream was finished, Bill gave Juliane a look which she immediately understood. It was time to ask Hope if she wanted to be adopted. Juliane walked up to Hope's table with a nervous look behind her eyes. Oh who was she kidding. It was probably written across her face. The nerves that Hope was going to laugh in their faces and walk away. Juliane knew that Hope would never do that, but it was still a fear. A fear that kept Juliane up late at night. "Hope?" Juliane asked. Hope looked up with a smile.

"Hey, what's up?"

"Can we talk to you?" Hope's smile faded slightly.

"S-sure." She said shakily, getting up and following the two into an alley. "Look I understand if you don't want to adopt me, or if you can't adopt me. I understand." Hope said before the two could say anything. A defeated look in her eyes.

"No!" Bill shouted before clearing his throat. "I mean, no. Hope we wanted to tell you-"

"Dumbledore gave us the okay to adopt you. I mean if you still want to get adopted that is. I hope you do." Juliane interrupted Bill.

"I wanted to tell her." Bill said with a pout.

"Oh man up." Juliane rolled her eyes, before turning back to Hope anxiously. "So do you want to get adopted?" To say Juliane was nervous was a huge understatement. She was beyond nervous in the land where everyone went when they were faced with a life changing decision. Hope's next word, would shape the rest of Bill and Juliane's lives. Hope answered with one word.

"Yes."