I am not blind.

I think that it's funny that the rest of the group calls Atlanta and I blind sometimes. Actually, no I don't. It's extremely irritating. Who's the blind one when the miss how Atlanta looks ready to throw a fit when Archie talks to Alyson Turpin?

I'm pretty sure it would seem she feels the same way about him, but doesn't do anything for some Zeus-knows-what excuse. Then again, it's pretty hypocritical for me to give out any relationship advice whatsoever. Besides, I'm only guessing. But, hey, a leader needs to pay close attention to people who are going to follow him into battle.

And while we're on that topic, I'm not some—contrary to the popular belief—huge idiot walking around with his eyes crossed. I've seen Theresa. She's pretty. Really, really pretty.

And if you think that I can't think about her that way that you are severely underestimating my powerful mental discipline.

So she's funny and smart and cool and pretty. So what? Is it not enough that we have to do the entire world's dirty work and bring the destruction of an immortal megalomaniac who I barely have the emotional power to hate anymore because he's made my life such a living Hades that it's almost funny?

Does anybody think that it might just be a bad idea to go falling head over heels for a girl who I'm supposed to be fighting alongside in a godly war with? Huh? Because let me tell you, it's hard enough to be the leader who has to lead six teenagers out to fight the crazed god of time and his army of ancient Greek monsters. I cannot balance a relationship on top of that.

Does anybody not think that some people would be a bit miffed that I brushed off my "fate" duties to go fall in love with my girlfriend and go on dates to the movies and just let Cronus pick off the population to his heart's content?

I admit it— that's exactly what would happen. I would fall so hard in love, I would never be able to get up again. I would be a stupid, self-indulgent teenager who couldn't bother to take his eyes off of his girlfriend long enough to aim his sword.

Okay, maybe I'm exaggerating a bit, but it's completely irresponsible to go diving headfirst into a relationship when I'm supposed to save the world.

So everybody take wipe those stupid, knowing smiles off their faces because you're messing with my head when I already have so much pressure on my shoulders, you don't even want to think about it.

A/N Denial's a weighty business, Jay.

Did this come across as angsty? I was meant to be, but it was supposed to be more humorous. Like he just needed to rant. I like this. I really do. And that's not really something I could say about a lot of my pointless one-shots, but I really do like this.