Sorry about the wait. Thanks for all of the reviews, didn't mean to let you down BrookUchiha hope this makes up for it. Still don't own anything. Enjoy!
Last Time
I bowed and turned as she started to glow and vanish. The camera followed me back to the main group where Thalia was taking a turn. "I'd duel Jason because I love to crush my baby brother."
"I'm not a baby," Jason huffed, "just ask Pipes how grown up I am." He added with a smirk.
Several jaws dropped on and off the screen. "I can't believe you just said that," Piper echoed herself on screen perfectly. "Not that us being together is gonna be much of a secret with mom on our case now anyway…" she froze realizing what she just said. She blushed and mumbled an "oops" that was drowned out by the Aphrodite squeal.
"Nice one Beauty Queen," Jason fake scolded while putting his arm around her shoulder, "guess the secrets out now."
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH, my ears are bleeding. I'm your sister I don't need to here that," Thalia yelled.
Jason got a high five from Leo and Connor. "Nice Sparky, took you long en…"
Thalia cut Leo off, "Back to my list. I'd probably marry Percy, sorry Annie but there is just something about his loyalty. To finish the list I have to agree with you Nico that I could rock your world, but I'm an immortal maiden so." My Gatorade bottle found its mark and hit her right in the face shutting her up. I answered her death glare by nodding my head and mouthing the word 'mortals' to her. As realization hit her she looked terrified. Luckily a look in my friends' direction showed that they were completely unfazed by her comment.
"You are all very lucky," Athena warned. "If mortals were to find out about us we may have to eliminate them."
"You're not touching my friends" I warned in a very serious tone.
"Let's just get back to the movie," Hestia chimed in trying to restore the peace.
Percy's POV
"Now if I remember correctly the ever beautiful Annabeth said to bring our swim suits because this was a pool party." I said to try to draw the attention away more from Thalia's comment. "I also recall that the wise all-knowing Annabeth is also undefeated in chicken fights."
"Way to lay the flattery on thick there Percy, you might live through this after all," Connor joked.
"What everything I said I meant." I retorted cheesely.
"Got any chips for all that cheesiness Seaweed Brain." Annabeth added while giving me a kiss.
Everyone started to take off their outer layers revealing there swim suits. We are some lucky guys with how the girls were looking. Annabeth sauntered over to me seductively in her silver bikini, and words escaped me. "Damn" I managed while watching her for the second time now. Athena huffed disapprovingly. "How do those flies taste Seaweed Brain?" she finally questioned when she was next to me. She used her hand to shut my mouth for me. My always intelligent brain managed an "uhh".
"Real eloquent Percy," she responded, "but thanks and I'm sorry about this." With that she gave me a shove into the pool. My years of demigod training kicked in and quick as a snake my hand shot forward and grabbed her wrist pulling her in with me. She shot up to the service but I went underneath her and stood up real quick so that she was on my shoulders. This caused a very girly, very unannabeth scream to escape her lips. I squeezed her leg reassuringly before calling out to everyone, "I am Perseus Jackson, Master of all water, mightier warrior then Achilles, Slayer of all who come against me. Who shall face me?"
"You get kind of hot when you go all warrior mode Perce," Annabeth said, with most of the females present agreeing, much to their boyfriends' annoyance.
"You're a Kelp Head is what you are," Thalia yelled while climbing on Nico's shoulders. Everyone started circling up so it was going to be a giant free for all. The other teams were Chris and Clarisse, Travis and Katie, Jason and Piper, Austin and Jane, Mac and Stacy, Leo and Kristen, and Connor and Juniper (Grover told the mortals his leg condition kept him from swimming).
Hermes paused the replay so that he could start taking bets. Everyone was betting mostly on their own children when Athena spoke up, "You are all imbeciles. It's in the water clearly the sea spawn is going to win, plus he has my daughter as a partner. Brains plus Brawn plus water powers equals unbeatable chicken fighters. I wager 10,000 drachma that they win."
I sat there shocked before whispering to Annabeth, "I think your mom just complemented me."
"I don't really think so but it's as close as we're going to get."
It started off as utter chaos, with everyone trying to take everyone down. Mac and Stacy knocked Connor and Juniper over but toppled and fell themselves in the process. Clarisse was scary on Chris's shoulders and quickly took down Travis and Katie. Leo and Kristen took out Austin and Jane, but Annabeth slammed Kristen into the water from behind looking like she enjoyed it a little too much. The three remaining teams surrounded us.
"Uh oh, Athena you better start counting those drachmas out for me." Hermes taunted.
"You should have saved somebody else, 3 of you just isn't gonna be enough," I goaded them. I felt a blast of wind hit me in the face and saw Jason smirking. If I hadn't been in water I would've fallen over for sure. "I didn't know it was going to be that kind of a game J, but I guess two can play that way." I had the water grab his foot and pull it out from underneath him. Piper gave a shriek before hitting the water.
I charged at Chris and knocked him off balance, after some deft maneuvers I can't even describe by Annabeth against Clarisse it was us versus Thalia and Nico.
We kept circling, sizing each other up. Finally Annabeth bent down and whispered get ready. "Hey Thals, I didn't know Artemis let boys touch you, let alone have your legs straddle his head." Annabeth taunted. I was laughing at their shocked faces as I charged in. Annabeth quickly got behind Thalia with her in a chicken wing and whispered in her ear, "Percy and Annabeth 131, the rest of the world 0." And then she dunked her under the water.
Athena turned to Hermes smirking, "I'll give you a couple of days to get my money together. Never bet against Athena."
I lifted Annabeth off my shoulders and onto the side of the pool, and climbed out. "How about that game of spin the bottle" Juniper offered "I'm a little tired of swimming."
We all changed out of our swimsuits into some dry clothes, and met back outside around a bottle. Being the hyperactive elf that he is Leo just had to go first, he soon regretted it when it landed on Grover. Everyone was cracking up, "I didn't have anything to do with that spin G-man" I told him. Jason was next and true to my word I made his spin stop on Piper who seemed more than happy to comply with the kiss. The game passed for a couple spins pretty uneventfully, Mac kissed Kristen, Stacy kissed Austin, Jane kissed Connor, Travis kissed Katie, finally it was Thalia's turn. Everyone took a deep breath when the bottle landed on Nico, we all knew what was gonna happen next. They both stood up and Nico walked over to her. Nobody made a sound as we all watched intently. Then to everyone's surprise Nico gave her a quick kiss on the lips and pulled away. He turned around to walk away. "What but the picture showed…" Annabeth started but stopped when she saw what happened next. Thalia grabbed his arm and spun him back around to face her, "You call that a kiss?" she asked before smashing her lips to his passionately and backing him up into the wall. "OH never mind," Annabeth restated. "Shit, I started it all," Thalia mumbled while avoiding the glare from Artemis. The kiss was getting more heated, Thalia had her hands tangled in his hair and Nico had his hands on her waist. Both trying to pull the other closer. Finally Jason coughed, causing the two to split apart.
"Enough waiting!" Artemis burst out causing Hermes to pause the screen showing Nico and Thalia blushing and smiling sheepishly. "We will discuss this now." She ordered with a sense of finality , while regaining some of her composure. She turned and looked at Thalia, "I've decided that although you went against your vow to forsake all boys, it was an Aphrodite trap," she spit out the name like a curse, "and the result of meddling men," she gave the Stolls and then me some serious death glares, "I shall allow you to remain in my service."
Thalia closed her eyes and nodded her head. She then shared a long look with Nico. She must've gotten all the information she needed from that look because she turned and bowed her head to Artemis. "I'm sorry for my indiscretions my lady. You deserve better than that from your hunters, especially from your lieutenant. That kind of thing cannot happen." Nico's shoulders slumped and he looked down dejectedly. Thalia looked at Annabeth and she nodded her head in encouragement. "Which is why my lady, I must resign myself from your services. I can't live forever with this big of a what if." Nico instantly perked up and he let a smile cross his face. The only thing keeping him from jumping up and down from excitement was the murderous look on Artemis's face, but not even that was enough to keep Aphrodite from bouncing up and down in her seat. "It has been an honor to serve you Lady Artemis," I noticed how she switched from calling her my lady like the hunters all do, "I will always have the greatest love and respect for you and the other hunters, but Annabeth was right. I joined from fear of being the child of the great prophecy, but now that it is gone I need to take my chances at a real life." She turned to Nico and smiled," I hope we can give it a chance." Nico just nodded, but you could tell by the look on his face if it wasn't for the gods all being present he'd of kissed her again like he did in the video.
"Very well, we will miss your services very much Thalia Grace daughter of Zeus. You have served me well." Artemis replied to her kind of icily. Although the words seemed nice it came across in an almost threatening tone.
Hermes took this time to start the video up again.
Everyone was staring at Nico and Thalia in shock. Annabeth took it upon herself to break the awkwardness and tension by spinning the bottle. As you would expect I stopped the bottle on me. She leaned over in her chair and gave me a kiss. It was a nice kiss but suddenly out of nowhere she jumped to her feet. The suddenness of her movements caused me to jump up too and reach for riptide, "What's Wrong?"
She just shook her head looking at my hand with riptide in pen form indicating there weren't any monsters, and tried to take off running into the house. She made it about half a foot before stumbling and falling down on her hands and knees.
"So that's how I scratched up my hands."
"Real smooth Annie," Connor teased her.
I quickly picked her up and set her on her feet, "You okay Wise Girl?"
"No" is all she shouted at me as she bolted into the house with me hot on her heels. She ran straight into her bathroom and started throwing up into the toilet. I followed her in and shut the door behind us. I sat on the edge of the tub while holding her hair and rubbing her back.
Thalia started laughing, "The mere thought of kissing you is making her sick Percy." I just laughed. "What are you laughing at?" she questioned. "Just keep watching and you'll see."
When she was done puking I tried to get her mind off of it, "I know how you feel Wise Girl, seeing Thalia and Death Breath kissing made me want to throw up too."
Thalia's laughing stopped and she scowled at me. "Now you know how we all feel Kelp Head," Clarisse said, wiping the smug look off of my face.
Annabeth started to laugh, but was soon cut short by another wave of vomiting. "That's it," I soothed while rubbing small circles on her lower back, "just let it all out."
"Get out of here Percy, I don't want you to see me like this." She spat out in between convulsions.
"Fat chance Annabeth. Besides we've seen each other in way worse positions than this."
"Oh you have, have you?" Leo joked while raising his eye brows suggestively.
"Yes sea scum. What exactly do you mean by that?" Athena questioned me.
"It is none of you all's business what we do." Annabeth tried to defend me, but the look on Athena's face said 'It damn well is my business.'
"What I meant was we had seen each other in way worse shape. After the labyrinth when we hadn't showered in a week, during the titan war covered in monster dust and blood, after holding up the sky and being near dead, stuff like that, I tried to save us from Athena's wrath.
She laid her head on the cool edge of the bathtub, and I got up and got her a glass of water. "Thank you she mumbled. "It's alright" I said sitting next to her again. "It was crazy seeing them kiss," she said laughing lightly "but you know that's not why I got sick. I think the Stolls spiked my punch." She concluded perfectly serious while standing up.
I laughed at her statement, "Good to know the super brain still works when you're drunk."
"Yep I'm a genius," she slurred, "but I'm your genius." She tried to give me a hug but I held her shoulders stopping her. Slightly shocked by my unprecedented move she gave me a worried pout.
"Denied Annie" Travis heckled.
"Don't give me that look. You know I love you more than anything else. It's just you got some sick on your front, and I'm not too fond of having it on me."
"Ugh" she groaned, and immediately ripped off her dress.
"Anyone says anything they die." I firmly stated while Annabeth hid her face in my chest.
"Whoa, what do you think you're doing Wise Girl?" I asked while trying and failing not to look at her.
"Like what you see Perce," Piper joked.
"Yeah I definitely do," I answered honestly gaining a glare from Athena and a blush from Annabeth.
"Here take this" I gave her my shirt which she put on and not so stealthily sniffed at the collar. "Are you smelling my shirt Wise Girl?"
"It smells like you, like the sea. It calms me." She said matter of factly.
I don't know which of us blushed more "I can't believe I admitted to that." I gave her a kiss on the cheek, "Its ok. I like that you feel safe around me."
"Well alright," I said coming up blank on how to respond to your girlfriend admitting to smelling you.
"Real smooth Perce, way to be romantic back." Piper said.
"How does Jason smell Pipes?" I threw back successfully shutting her up.
She brushed her teeth and then gave me a kiss. "Better?" she asked smugly.
"Definitely, let's get you to bed though."
"Yeah I see you working Percy," Apollo cheered causing everyone except Artemis and the people on my couch to laugh.
I led her into her room and she laid down instantly closing her eyes. I kissed her sweetly on the forehead and started to walk away. Lightning fast she grabbed my arm with her eyes still closed, "Where do you think you're going?" she asked pulling me into a kiss. I shook my head clearing my dazed thoughts and eased myself gently out of her grasp. "I can't Annabeth, you're drunk and it wouldn't be right." Then I whispered into her ear, "Don't worry though it has nothing to do with you, I would love to." I saw her visibly shudder from my words before she pulled me into a want filled kiss.
It took all my willpower to pull back again. "Please," she pleaded, " at least stay with me."
Athena gave an angry huff, and Hermes wolf whistled.
I couldn't resist her puppy dog eyes she was giving me, "Fine, let me go make sure everyone else is okay and I'll be right back." When I got back out to the backyard, I found them all playing the original game again. Katie was the first to see me and eye balled me up and down without my shirt on, "Dang Percy you're looking real good." Katie was blushing like crazy now muttering apologies to Annabeth, Travis, and me.
I ignored it and walked up to Piper. "Pipes, I need you to charm speak everyone into not leaving. I don't want anyone driving home drunk." "That's very responsible of you," Hestia complemented and I smiled at her.
She did as I asked then decided it was her turn for the game. "I'd duel Grover," she giggled "easy win. I'd marry superman here of course." She said patting Jason's arm. "Now that I've seen you looking this good shirtless, I'd have to give you a roll in the sack Aquaman." I just laughed while walking back inside.
Piper was bright red and everyone was cracking up. "Aquaman, that's classic" Nico choked out while still laughing.
"Guess it's good to know I've got so many options. Piper, Katie, and Thals all want a piece you better treat me right Wise Girl." I joked. She squirmed in my lap while giving me a forced chuckle. "Ah, come on Annabeth you know I was just teasing you."
"I know" she said still sounding unsure.
"Annabeth," I grabbed her head and stared into her eyes. "Thalia is my cousin, Katie has Travis, and Piper has Jason plus she is like a sister to me. She is the number one, well number two supporter of our relationship after Aphrodite. Where do you think I get all the ideas for dates and gifts for you. You are the only one for me." I paused and gave her a gentle kiss while never breaking eye contact. "If you don't believe me, let's lock it in right now. Forever." Annabeth just stared at me shocked along with everyone else.
Piper was the one who broke the silence, "Did you just propose?"
I figured I should leave you with another bombshell, the name is TomBomb so it fits. I have a hectic schedule right now, but I'll try to update fast.