Hey everyone. So I just finished TSS and this idea came to me. So people who read Percy Jackson fanfics may have read some of my stuff. To those people I apologize for being gone so long but I'm back and I plan on updating my previous stories as well. Anyway I hope you enjoy it. I've set this approximately three months after Carter and Zia start dating, when hopefully Carter has gained a bit of confidence.
Zia Pov
Zia strolled down the stairs into the great hall from the bedrooms. Khufu was sitting on the couch eating marshmallows while watching NBA. The ankle-biters were drawing pictures of Thoth, the god of knowledge, while the statue of him watched over the them protectively.
"Hey Khufu" She said as she walked past the baboon and ruffled his fur.
"Aghh" was her only response. She assumed that meant "good morning" but it could have also meant "Do you have any Jell-o" which was his favourite food.
"Morning Zia" the ankle-biters called as she walked past them.
"Good morning little people." She said. It was disturbing to think that she ruffled the baboon's hair and not the little kid's but they had the name ankle-biters for a reason… Naturally she said nothing to the statue of Thoth.
She sat down at breakfast alone because no one was there. They were all training or teaching or doing something that involved pain, especially the latter. It was ten o' clock in the morning. Normally she would be one of the first one's up, as her habits at the first Nome kicked in, but today she decided to sleep in as she had a very late night the previous night. Just thinking of it brought a smile to her face. Last night had been her and Carter's three month anniversary.
Carter had come in jeans, a white shirt, his eye of Horus necklace and a tie which was much too fancy for the occasion. He had met her at the top of the stars leading down into the great hall. He was still bustling with his tie when he saw her and his jaw had dropped. It wasn't a fancy dress occasion so all she wore were jeans, a linen top and her Khepri necklace. Apparently, from the way Carter had looked at her she had been stunning. She had started blushing before the date had even started.
"Hello Carter.' she said in that formal way of hers, when she reached him.
Carter stammered something smart like "Ugh, Ugh, ugh" in his awkwardness.
"What?" she asked giggling.
Carter saved himself by replying "You look beautiful."
She blushed for the second time that night. "Thanks you look… dashing."
Carter smiled, "The tie too much?"
"Just a tad." She replied
"Great I've always hated ties anyway." He said as he threw it over the railing of the stairs. "Shall we go?" he asked
"Sure"
He laced his fingers through hers as they descended down the stairs but promptly tripped over the second one but just managed to retain his balance. Zia laughed again
"Every time." He muttered
They walked down the stairs and eventually made it to the patio where the dinner table was set up. The table was set up with a fancy tablecloth, candles and the fanciest plates and cutlery you've ever seen. I guess when you ask Khufu to set up an anniversary dinner for you he goes all out. Carter being the gentleman he was slid out her chair for her.
"Thanks." She said sitting down. "So how was teaching today?"
Carter sighed. "Horrible. Felix summoned penguins to disable the training dummy who, once they did that knocked out Cleo and threw Walt in the river."
Zia smiled "Same old Felix." She noticed that there was no food on the table. "Where's the food."
"Ughh… Khufu wanted to be the waiter tonight." Carter shamefully said.
"Khufu wanted to be the waiter tonight?" Zia laughed. "Then tonight should be very interesting."
Right on cue, Khufu, in a fancy tailored suit, came walking from the hall bringing menus. "Aghh!" he stated. He gave them to her and Carter and stood by the table, waiting patiently. She and Carter opened the menus. When she saw it her brows furrowed in confusion. On the menu the starter was cheerio's, the main was roasted flamingo and the dessert was Jell-o with marshmallows.
Zia smiled. "And so the interesting night begins."
After a very heated argument between Carter and Khufu, which involved a lot of face slapping and baboon swearing, he finally managed to persuade Khufu to not serve them roasted flamingo and instead managed to get grilled cheese but unfortunately the crazy baboon would not change the starter and dessert menus. After a fun-filled night of grilled cheese, baboon jokes and Khufu persuading Philip of Macedonia to jump on Carter, they ended up sitting on the patio, behind the dinner table, looking at the stars.
Zia was resting in Carter's lap, her head on his shoulder. "It's a really beautiful night." She said
"It sure is, but only because you're out here." Carter replied
She blushed for the third time that night." You know that's the cheesiest line ever right. I lived in the first Nome and even I know that" she said trying to recover herself while hiding a smile.
"Doesn't make it any less true." Carter replied
She blushed once again and looked at Carter as he looked at her and their eyes locked. She lent in and pecked his cheek but they both had other ideas. She turned around and wrapped her legs around Carter's waist, straddling him. She lent in as Carter did the same and their lips met. They sat their together, under the stars, their lips glued to each other as the moon slowly progressed across the sky
They broke away because eventually they had to breathe and she rested her head on his shoulder once again and started to doze.
"Zia," she heard as Carter lifted her head so that their eyes met. She couldn't help but notice his piercing brown eyes bore into her as they stared at each other.
"I love you"
'Wait did he just say he loved me. He did! Oh my Gods! I need to get out of here! I need to think.'
She was about to get up and run to her room when she thought 'Wait why am I panicking. I think… I feel the same way.'
Instead of replying or leaving she launched herself at him and started kissing him again with renewed passion. He made a surprised sound but then started responding. Once again they were glued to each other until eventually she ran out of air this time. She leant her head against his shoulder once again and whispered in his ear "By the way I love you too" before she dozed off on his shoulder with his arms wrapped around her.
Zia smiled as she thought of the memory last night. She bit into the waffle she had been meaning to eat for the past five minutes now but her good mood disappeared as she thought of the second part of the night…
So I hope you enjoyed the first chapter. Hopefully the next will be up in a few days where it will get more interesting… So read and review and if you don't like it please tell me why. See you all next chapter.
Sonyvaio
