Chapter 2.

Percy remained on his feet. It was just something about being asked to sit down, by the King of the Gods, that made him feel uneasy. Zeus looked annoyed.

"I said, sit down, mr Jackson."

And without knowing why, Percy found himself on the chair, like Zeus had used some invisible magic on him. Zeus looked pleased.

"There, there. No time to ignore manners, right? Now, we had something important to discuss now, didn't we?"

"I doubt it." Percy said, calm voice, but he felt rage flooding inside of him. "Why have you come here?"

Zeus looked at him with a look that clearly said Oh like you don't know, and ignored his question. Percy wanted to get up from the chair, but some force held him down and it annoyed him even more. Zeus reached down to a briefcase Percy hadn't even seen appearing, and took out a black notebook from it.

"Calender? Really?" Percy asked, with a smirk, hoping that if he was rude enough Zeus would get angry and get out of his apartment. Zeus ignored him though, just peacefully flipping through the pages of the book with a calm look on his face.

"I see you've been… dating, my son, for quite the time now." He said after a while of page flicking. Percy should've known it would come to this.

"Not really." He said, struggling to get off the chair, but with no luck. "Just… hanging out, that's all."

"I see. I've heard about it. Friends with benefits, is that it? Because that, I know about."

"Seriously, you're here to talk to me about flowers and bees and what not?" Percy asked, and for a moment stopped trying to get up from the chair, just staring at the God on the other side of the table. "Because I think I can live without that lecture, thank you very much." And he really could – listening to Zeus talk about something like friends with benefits were just as awkward as having the first serious talk about sex with your parent. Even though Percy knew very well Zeus probably was the master of love connections, he didn't want to share, or have him share it with him. Zeus just shook his head.

"Jason is a good kid, you know. Great in battle. A serious young man. Never lets passion get ahead of him. That's why he fit in right away at camp Jupiter." Zeus gave Percy a dark look, and Percy could guess what was going to happen next in this conversation, even before Zeus opened his mouth.

"What, you think I've ruined him?" Percy said with gritted teeth. "Just so you know, I wasn't the first that got Jason into…"

"What my son does in the bedroom is not really my problem, mr. Jackson."

"Nope? Then why are you here, then?"

"It's what he does with you, that's the problem." Zeus glared at him. "I don't mind Jason having a… fling, or a couple, but this thing…" He almost spitted out the last part. "He's completely off his guard. Going around with that grin on his face, light steps…"

"Oh no, your son is happy. Please, you have to stop it." Percy said, surprised at himself and how sarcastic he dared to be.

"Don't be rude, mr. Jackson." Zeus said, with rising anger in his voice and apparently he lost control over the chair because Percy, who'd been trying to get off it for the last couple of minutes suddenly, fell into the floor. Zeus rose above him, looking more evil than ever.

"War is not over, mr. Jackson." Zeus said, his eyes shooting lightning. "You will be sorry if Jason is not fit for battle. I will not forgive you, if you are the reason my son is off guard. Remember my words."

Percy closed his eyes, because he could feel the god exploding into his true form, which was lethal for ungodly eyes.

"Remember my words."

Percy stayed on the floor, eyes closed, until he was sure that Zeus had gone. Then he started panting, like he'd held his breath for a long time and finally could breathe again. Fuck this, he thought to himself. Hung over, confused, maybe-in-love-ish and on top of everything a visit from Zeus. This wasn't a very good day. He got up on his feet. He wasn't going to crawl on the ground for Zeus more than he needed to.

He decided to take a shower and when he got out of it, towel wrapped around his waist, his head was filled with questions on why Zeus had visited him. War? Sure, he was well aware of the fact that even though they'd fought in many wars, and won, it wouldn't necessarily mean it was the end of it, but Zeus, this worried? And why would Percy be one to blame, just because Jason and him had a fling? Percy wasn't even sure what the thing between he and Jason would turn out to be. Then he heard a door slamming.

"No way." Jason showed up, looking disappointed. "You blow me off and then you take a shower without inviting me? What is this Jackson, no love, no water, nothing?" Teasingly he started to try to remove the towel from Percy's waist, but Percy was quick and jumped out of reach from him. Jason looked even more disappointed.

"You don't wanna play either? Oh fine, just fine." He tried to look more disappointed, but it was ruined by the big grin on his face.

"I had a visit from your father." The grin on Jason's face vanished immediately.

"Jupiter slash Zeus?" he asked, and Percy couldn't help but smile. The way of Jason talking about the gods like that, roman and greek, it was just something funny about it. But then he remembered that this wasn't funny, and his smile disappeared just as quickly as Jason's grin.

"Yeah. I don't know what it was about. War and stuff, battle and… him not being the biggest fan of us."

"Really?" Jason looked puzzled. "Well, I know he doesn't like you but I've never seen him be…"

"It's because of us being together." Percy sighed and wished he and Jason would be doing other stuff in his bathroom, not discussing his father. "I don't know why. But he seems to think I ruin you."

Jason laughed. Percy wish he could.

"Oh come on, Jackson." Jason said, when he saw that Percy wasn't anywhere near joining in on the laughter. "He can't be serious, can he?"

"I don't know." Percy said, feeling uneasy. "Zeus isn't usually one to make jokes like this. I don't know what it is, but I don't like it. I think we should speak to Chiron."

Jason didn't seem to be a big fan of that idea, like he didn't want Chiron to know about them, but if he had any remarks about Percy's idea, he didn't say anything.

"Fine, we will." He said, running his fingers through his hair, looking closely at Percy. "But do you think we have to do it right now?"

"What else did you have in mind?" Percy asked, and when he saw Jason's look, the boy slowly watching every inch of his body, he didn't feel like asking more questions. The thing with Zeus could wait, at least one more hour.

They're not going to stop doing what they want. You have failed.

They will. Just give me time.