Hey, guys! Thanks for the positive reviews! Sorry for the delays. My family took a vacation in the mountains and there's no internet connection for weeks! So here it goes!
Disclaimer: PJO is an incredible work of art that i can't make. So for argument's sake, i do not own the PJO.
Chapter 3: I MAKE MY PALMS SWEATY.
PERCY'S POV.
"percy! It's p-day! Come down here and get some breakfast!" my mom, sally, called me.
I jarred my mind away from a vicious dream, no, a nightmare. Then i clambered down the stairs and greeted my mom good morning.
I sat down at the table and inhaled the sweet aroma of blue lasagne.
"hey, mom, what's so special today? You're making blue lasagne." I noted.
"what's so special? I just told you it's p-day." My mom set down the plate of blue lasagne.
I glanced at the calendar by the fridge, hoping for some clue to what this p-day means. But the date is blank. So i tried to guess.
"lemme guess. Percy jackson hero remembrance day?"
"no you arrogant boy."
"pants in the dryer day?"
"Not even close"
"okay i give up!"
"cmon!" my mom said in exasperation. "you forget your own proposal day to Isabel?"
I spewed out a mouthful of lasagne. "yeah, right. I'll swing by a jewelry store later."
Isabel. The name that gave me hope when others let me down. She is a writer, like my mom and we just have a connection. Finally, i could forget about her. And settle down.
".no." my mom said. "percy, that's not the jackson way. Here. Give this." And she set down the most marvelous ring i've seen in my life.
It's band was silver, and encrusted with tiny, shiny, pearls, the gem was an emerald green so unlike others for it was probably found in the ocean depths. It was shapely oval and uncut but a unique bauble, nonetheless.
"mom," i said in awe. "where've you got this?"
"poseidon once proposed to me. That time when he told me he could build me a palace under the sea. And he gave me this. When i refused, he said i should give it to you when the time comes."
Wow. This was important to my mom. And she gave it to me. I wanna cry like a kid and hug her. Then i saw that she was crying. Oh.
Before i could cry, i said goodbye and went outside and proceeded to Montauk.
Now, this beach is important. Really important. This was were mom met my dad, the sea god poseidon. This was were they had a romance. This was were i went when i grew up. And now, this is the place where i will propose to isabel.
i saw isabel's car and i opened it to hug her.
"hey."
"hey. What's the agenda? I've got work to do. Manuscripts to submit."
Isabel is a short girl, brunette with chocolate brown eyes. She's a little soft, not at all fierce and feisty. She is very kind and down to earth. It was a pleasant change of things. We've been together for three years. And i'm sure she's the one.
"so, Isabel, we've been together for three years. Isabel, everyday, will you walk with me by the sea? Will you make laughter so easy? Then if you say yes, will you marry me?"
Her brown eyes shone with tears and she said, "oh percy. You suck with poetry. But if i say yes and marry you i know i will be unhappy because you're a half-blood!"
"well, you should meet apollo, if you hear him rhyme, you'll never want to hear a poem again. Isabel, i'm out of commision now. I'm now just a regular mortal."
Yeah, she knows about me being a half-blood and all, being an ex-girlfriend of Nico di angelo, Pollux, and Connor stoll.
"then, percy, yes."
