Chapter 3: What's Up With Him?

I don't own Percy Jackson or Twilight.

Chapter 3

Bella's POV.

"Hey dad, can Edward come over?" I called out as I walked into the house after school. Not that it would matter much what his answer is one way or another; Edward is going to be in my room later anyways.

"Sure, but later, right now I want you to meet someone." He called back from the living room. I frowned as I set my bag down on the table. Who would I need to meet? I know everyone in town by now. It was probably someone from the reservation. There was really no one else of importance that Charlie would invite into the house.

As soon as I walked into the living room all those thoughts left my head. I really didn't have a clear picture of what I was expecting, but it certainly wasn't what my eyes saw sitting on the couch with my father. What I saw was a teenage boy, but only the back of his head. This confused me further; Charlie wasn't going with his match making games again was he?

I cleared my throat, and the boy turned to face me. A lump clogged my throat, and I almost choked.

My first impression was a vampire; he was definitely had the looks to be one. He could probably beat even Rosalie in a beauty contest. Of course there was a problem; his skin color and eyes. His skin was a perfect sun kissed tan color; a color I could only dream to be. His eyes were a beautiful green color. They were like the sea; an ever changing current of greens and blues. The stranger also had windblown, raven black hair. Hands down he is probably the most beautiful boy that I have ever seen, besides my Edward of course! It baffled me how it would be possible for a human could look like this.

When I looked into his eyes once more, I realized that he was studying me too. Almost as if he was determining whether or not he liked me by a mere glance. One thing was for sure, he definitely had an intense stare. I turned from his gaze, not liking the attention.

"Percy this is my daughter Bella, Bella this is Percy Jackson. He's your cousin." Charlie said as he introduced the two of us. While I was relieved that this another attempt of Charlie's matchmaking skills, I was confused as I was under the impression that Charlie was an only child. I voiced my thoughts.

Charlie nodded. "Biologically I am, but I do have a stepsister, Sally Jackson, or Blofis now I guess. They live in Manhattan, New York." My eyebrows shot up into my hairline. That shocked me even more than Charlie having a sister. I turned to face my newfound cousin.

"If you lived in the Big Apple, then what on this Earth made you to want to live in small, rainy Forks?" He looked down, hesitating before he answered.

"Some things happened, and New York just held too many memories for me." He looked up from his hands to make eye contact with me. "It's good to meet you though."

It was that moment that I could see what he was trying to hide; the pain, anger, and sadness all swirling around in his eyes. The worst thing though was the dead look in his eyes. He looked like he had his life and soul ripped from him, and that it was sheer will and determination that he was still walking at this moment. This scared me because I knew that stare all too well. I saw it every time I looked into a mirror for months when Edward had left me. I instantly knew that someone or something very important to him was no longer in his life. I felt a surge of sympathy; this wasn't something that I would wish on my worst enemy.

I was broken from these thoughts from my phone ringing from my bag in the kitchen.

"Excuse me." I mumbled before walking into the kitchen. I walked to the table and rummaged through my bag until my fingers closed around my cell phone. I lifted it to my ear as I answered it.

"Hello?"

"Bella." Edwards's relieved voice filled my mind. I smiled.

"Edward! Hey my dad said that you could come over."

"Bella your future disappeared." With those words I froze. How could it disappear? I haven't died, and the wolves aren't around? Were they?

"Wha – What how did that happen?" I stuttered out, finally finding my voice.

Edward answered, his voice smooth, trying to comfort me. "We don't know, but I'm coming over right now to check on you."

I nod even though he couldn't see that. "Okay, but play nice, my cousin is here to stay for a while."

"You have a cousin? I thought that Charlie was an only child."

"Yeah so did I, but as it turns out he has a step sister that lives in New York. Percy apparently went through some stuff and needed a change of scenery, so he came here. He seems nice enough, so be nice to him." I warn him teasingly as I know that he will be a gentleman just as he always is.

"Okay love, I'll be there in about five minutes." After he said this he hung up, and I set my phone back on the table before going back to join the guys.

Percy's POV.

Bella left the living room to go answer her phone. She seems really nice. A bit awkward, and she blushes a lot, but who am I to judge?

After she left, an awkward silence overtook the living room. Charlie didn't seem to like this so he leaned over and turned on the TV to some baseball game. He became quickly enthralled with the game, yelling at the bad players and hits. I just sit on the couch and watch the game with disinterest. I didn't really get it; there was sticks, balls, and running, perfect game for a dog if you ask me.

I drift into thoughts of camp, though careful to avoid the memories of her. I should probably IM Thalia and Nico sometime soon. Gods knows that they'll be giving me hades for not contacting either of them in over a year. Maybe they can come visit me here, and then we can catch up for the lost time.

My thoughts were broken as Bella came back into the living room.

"Hey dad, Edward will be here soon." She turns to me, "Edward is my – "

"Boyfriend I know. Charlie explained everything to me." I say in response to her confused expression. She nods. There's a knock at the door. Wow that was quick.

Bella shoots up, accidentally stubbing her toe on the leg of the coffee table, and runs to the door. Once she opens up the door, she greets the person there with a hug. She grabs their hand and leads them into the room where we were.

"Percy this is my boyfriend Edward, Edward, my cousin Percy." She introduces us. She looks at the both of us pointedly, probably expecting us to greet each other, but we just study the other.

As soon as I laid eyes on this Edward guy, my mind was screaming at me that there was something not right about him. This was a feeling that was being confirmed by every single thing that I noticed about him.

He looked deadly pale, as white a sheet of paper. No human being could be that pale and be in any way healthy. He also had golden eyes. They were not like Hazel's jewel like eyes, but they resembled the coldness of Luke's eyes when he got possessed, a liquidy kind of thing. But none of this was what bothered me, it was the memories that came with his appearance.

Memories from my fourth year at camp came to my mind. Of Tammy and Kelly from Goode High. The pale, pasty skin, the look in their eyes that reminded me of an animal, and the way they held themselves. Both Edward and the empousa carried themselves in a sort of defensive way, as if ready to pounce on someone at a seconds notice. This was impossible though as Hecate only made female empousa, but it was all there, and if he wasn't an empousa then he had to some other type of monster. I wonder if there was something that was very closely related with the demons.

Just then the obvious occurred to me. He was Bella's boyfriend, he was a monster, and so Bella is dating a monster. This thought irked me. Even though I have only known her for a short amount of time, I already felt protective of her. The innocence that shines in her big brown eyes reminds me of some of the new kids at camp; the ones that haven't yet been exposed to the world that they were to be thrown into.

I glare at Edward, and he visibly cringes. I break my glare in surprise, no monster has ever cringed before. Sure they have hesitated, but they've always attacked in the end. Hmmm, so that shows that he at least has some humanity left. I'll judge later whether I let him date Bella or run him through with riptide.

Finally I stick my hand out, deciding to go with the polite approach before passing my judgment.

"I'm Percy Jackson, but I guess you already knew that huh." I say, unable to keep the sarcasm out of my voice. Bella shoots me a look that says stop-it-I-know-what-you're-trying-to-do. I shrug my shoulders at her trying to look innocent.

Edward finally comes out of his stupor and shakes my hand and I was instantly startled by the icy feeling of his skin, but I hid it, not wanting to show weakness in front of a monster. "It's nice to meet you too." He then looks to Bella, "Ask your father if you can come to my house; there are some things that we need to discuss." I almost snort, what teenager talks like they've come from the 18th century?

Then his request registered in my head. What could this guy have to talk to Bella about that would require his family? And what monsters have families? This is definitely a first!\

"Okay, I'll be right back Edward." With that she walked back towards the living room to talk to her father. Edward and I just stand there staring at each other; tension was thick in the air.

The more that I stared at him the more confused I got. His appearance suggests an empousa, but how he acts towards Bella suggest that he is just a normal, love-struck, teenage boy. One thing is for sure, he is not human, and I'm willing to bet that this "family" is the same thing that he is. I also know that sooner or later I will figure out their little secret just like I always do. I glance down, I don't want to see my cousin get hurt like I did when I lost . . . I cringe, I can't think of that.

When I look back up at Edward he was looking at me weird. This angers me. I'm tired of being looked at like that by everyone, I give him one of my infamous death glares, and he cringes again. I smirk, I love that it has that effect of people.

"What are you guys doing?" Bella asks as she walks back into the kitchen.

"Nothing." I reply, still smirking. She nods, not looking at all convinced.

"Whatever you say." She turns to look at Edward. "Charlie said that I could go. Are you ready?" He nods.

I look at the both of them, "You to be careful! We wouldn't want anything to happen to either of you now would we?" I say the last part while looking Edward straight in the eyes, hoping to get my point across. Lets just hope that he heeds my warning; I don't think that Bella would forgive me if I had to kill her boyfriend.

Edward's POV.

Not a second after Bella got her seatbelt on, I was speeding to my house. I needed to warn my family of this teenage boy. He was most definitely something different. My family will definitely need to hear about this him.

When we pulled into the garage I rushed around and got Bella out, before rushing us both inside. Once inside, I set her down on the couch and called the family into the room.

"Edward what's wrong? Is Bella okay? Why did she disappear?" Alice said as she was coming down the stairs with Jasper a step behind her. Her vision shifted to me, and her eyebrows furrowed. "If Bella is right here, then what could possibly be the matter?" Jasper nodded.

"Edward your emotions are all over the place. They keep shifting from confusion to anger to agitation, what's going on?" Jasper asks me.

"When the whole family gets here I will explain." I respond.

"Well brother you'll be pleased to know that we're here now. You better have a good reason for interrupting us." Rosalie said a she and Emmett came from their room upstairs. Carlisle and Esme follow quickly behind them, coming from Carlisle's study.

Esme comes over and hugs me. "Edward, what's wrong son?"

"Okay so it started this morning when Alice saw Bella's future disappear –"

Rosalie scowled, "Those mangy mutts!"

I shake my head, "No it wasn't them. When I went over, there was no trace of the wolves. In fact there was nothing out of the ordinary."

"So we are here because?" Rosalie asked.

I glare at her, "Because I eventually found something disturbing!" Everyone became quiet. Bella looked at me shocked.

"There was something at my house? Why didn't you tell me?" She asked me.

"Because he would have known." Bella was about to talk again, but Carlisle beat her to it.

"Son why don't you just tell us the entire story."

"When I arrived there I smelled a scent that I have never smelled before, it was wonderful, almost better than Bella's." There were a few shocked faces in the room. "It smelled like a mix between salt, water, and something sweet, but not too sweet. The only thing though was that I also felt like there was this vibe of danger, as if there was something dangerous in the house. When Bella came into the door she said that there was someone that I needed to meet?"

Bella stopped me with an incredulous look on her face, "Wait, wait, wait! So this whole thing is about Percy! I told you to play nice, he has been through a lot and you are only going to make it worse!"

Esme moved over and gave Bella a one-armed hug, "Who is Percy dear?"

"He's my cousin from New York. He looked like he had been through a lot so I didn't really question why it was that he came." She answered.

"How did you know that he has been through anything? He could just be faking the whole thing." Rosalie said snottily. Bella looked as if she wanted to snap back, but like she didn't want to upset Rose.

"Because he reminded me of myself; of last year when – when you all left." I winced. "He had a dead look in his eyes that could only come with losing someone. That's all I have to say, but I personally would like to hear about what Edward has to say about my cousin." I nodded and continued.

"Well when we met we both took the other in, but obviously he thought of something because he looked as if he recognized me from somewhere, but obviously it wasn't a good memory because soon he started glaring at me."

"Awww! Wittle Eddie can't handle a wittle gware from a wittle human!" Emmett said in a teasing baby voice.

"Emmett it wasn't the glare that scared me! It was the air around him that seemed like I was in the presence of the Volturi. It was if he was determining a way to kill me. I don't think that he is a normal human!"

"Then what do you think he is?" Bella asked.

"I have no idea, but I intend to find out!"