Disclaimer: I do not own PJO or HOO. But I do own Mel.

At first Poseidon had no clue what was going on, he was just talking and Athena was mumbling something about shutting up. Next thing he knew her lips had caught his mid-rant. He didn't know how to react.

His sworn rival was kissing him! And he was scared to death. He didn't anticipate this at all, after all Athena hated him, right? And this wasn't his dreamland where he could control her reactions. He would have to go through this completely blind.

So he did the only thing he could think to do, kiss her back. Soon his hands were curled in her long tresses and he began to notice all the little things. Like how she closed her eyes, which he thought was an utter shame, or how her lips tasted like chocolate.

When she finally pulled back, however he could only think of one thing to say. "Why'd you do that?"

Athena blinked a few times looking slightly dazed. "To shut you up."

"It worked."

She smiled. "I suppose I should try it more often."

"Yes," he laughed, "yes you should." He looked into her shining eyes and sighed.

"Um, Poseidon could you?" Athena asked.

He reluctantly took his hands out of her hair. "Sorry."

She noticed his somewhat sad facial expression. "It doesn't bother me…It's just, I have a feeling we're going to be having an emergency meeting."

"Yeah," he sighed. "I'm not the most popular god at the moment. That earthquake should do a bit of damage, but no casualties. You are not the only merciful deity." He looked out the window and suddenly he felt the earthquake stopped. "Wait, what? It's supposed to stop in ten minutes! How in Hades did it end early?"

The wisdom goddess raised an eyebrow, a ten minute long earthquake? "Maybe Melecia stopped it."

"Nonsense, she would have to be, mine. But my last kid was Tyson. So how…" He furrowed his brow this was puzzling.

Athena gulped. "Well, Kelp Breath I have a confession to make."

Mel threw herself onto her bed. "That was exhausting! I didn't even know I could be exhausted." She looked towards Percy. "What were you talking about earlier?"

"Well, uh…"

"Spit it out Mortal!"

He laughed, "So that's your nickname for me?"

"Yes."

Percy rolled his eyes. "Well Your Highness, I don't quite know if I'm at liberty to tell." He sat on his own bed. "I'm kind of waiting for Annabeth to give me permission."

Mel scrutinized his appearance. "You two got engage didn't you?"

He started. "How did..." he began. Then he simply chuckled and asked, "Why'd you have to be so smart?"

"Because I'm cool like that."

"You're pretty hip for a goddess."

"Of course I am…" she began. "Percy, is my basket twitching?" He looked at it and nodded, not quite sure what to say. Mel carefully flipped open the lid. Inside there was an envelope. She opened it up. It read:

Dear Mel,

I have finally told your father about you. About time, too. Take this letter to Chiron and pretend to be surprised when out find out who we are. Ask him to announce it at the campfire tonight. Don't be surprised if you get many strange looks. If the weather turns violent sometime after, you know why.

Love,

Mom & Dad

"Yes!" She yelled. The letter glowed and the words changed.

"What just happened?"

She smiled like an idiot. "My parents, they just happened." She jumped off the bed. "I've got to get this to Chiron."

"Wait, who are they?"

She was already halfway out the door. "You'll find out at the campfire tonight!"

Mel ran all the way to the Big House with a new found energy. She almost ran straight into Chiron. "Milady what's got you in such a hurry?" She handed him the note and rambled about how it was from her parents. He read it. "Oh, oh my. I did not…this isn't oh dear."

"Bird Brain, you are really boring sometimes."

Athena rolled her eyes. "Well I'm sorry for assuming you'd think the Titanic was an interesting topic." She propped herself up. They were lying down on the floor staring at the ceiling, just talking. "What exactly do you want to do?"

Poseidon thought a moment. "How about we play a little game I like to call 'Do you know'. I'll start." He looked at her. "Do you know that you look like your mother?"

"Do you know that I think olives are disgusting?"

He gave her an odd look. "Really?" She nodded. "Do you know that The Little Mermaid absolutely terrifies me?"

Now it was Athena's turn to give him a look. "How?"

He shrugged. "Think about it, my son Triton rules the sea. What happened to me? Did I fade away from existence? And what kind of shambles is my kingdom in? He can't even run a household, let alone 75% of the Earth."

"Okay, it's still kind of odd though." Athena thought a moment. "Do you know that I love to bake?"

"Do you know that you're kind of perfect?"

She blushed slightly. "Do you know that flattery will get you nowhere Kelp Breath?"

"Do you know I consider that a term of endearment?"

Athena laughed. "Do you know that it actually is?"

"Do you know," he pondered a moment, "that your lips taste like chocolate?"

She nodded and pulled something out of her pocket. "Do you know that I wear lip-gloss?'

"Do you know," he pulled her closer, "that I have a weakness for chocolate?" He leaned in and kissed her lips and she sighed happily.

"Do you know that I dated men unlike you, because I wanted to forget I liked you?"

He laughed. "Do you know that I dated women who reminded me of you?"

"Do you know, given your track record, that makes no sense?"

Poseidon laid back down. "Do you know I only dated Aphrodite because of her stupid girdle?"

He laughed when he noticed the smile on Athena's face. "Do you know I was extremely jealous of her?"

"Do you know that when I broke up with her she cursed me and that's why I fell for Medusa?"

She looked slightly miffed. "Do you know that the love goddess needs a good punch in the face?"

"Do you know that I was jealous of Odysseus and that's why I made the journey so hard on him?" Athena gave him an odd look. But she supposed it really didn't matter anymore, the hero had gotten back to his wife in the end anyway.

"Do you know…"

"POSEIDON! What did you do to my cabin?"

She continued, "that Father is about to kill you?"

The sea god laughed and kissed her forehead. "I'll go on ahead, but I wouldn't be surprised if he called a meeting."

Sure enough not long after he left all the gods were called to the throne room on Olympus. Athena sat down in her throne and tried not to look at Poseidon; because she was sure she would burst out laughing.

Zeus looked around the room. Dionysus was still gone, but he was tired of waiting. "Okay we are here to discuss my ungrateful brother who thought it best to destroy several cabins at camp." He watched his older brother roll his eyes. "Do you have anything to say for yourself Poseidon?"

"You should know better than to do something so stupid. I retaliated and guess what all I really hurt was your pride."

"You destroyed my cabin!" His wife coughed. "And Hera's."

"And your two boys, I am aware."

Zeus grumbled something about not caring. "Why did you?"

Poseidon said, "Because you, Hera, and Hephaestus deserved it. The Ares cabin was just an eyesore." He saw Aphrodite nod. Athena gave him a slight thumbs up.

"We'll take a vote. Who wants to punish him?" The four who had their cabin's virtually demolished raised their hands. "Who doesn't?" Everyone else raised their hands. Zeus groaned and slumped back into his throne. "Majority has it, he shall not be punished." Thunder boomed.

"Dramatic much?" Poseidon asked.

His brother mumbled, "Will someone just shut him up?"

Poseidon looked at Athena and waggled his eyebrows. She burst out laughing. All the other gods turned to face them. She blushed. "Sorry Kelp Breath is being an idiot."

Artemis raised her eyebrow, but said absolutely nothing. Everyone else just stared at them blankly. "When," Hades added, "is he not?"

"Touché."

The sea god looked towards her and clutched his heart. "Wow Thee, that really hurts!"

Silence.

"Did you just call her Thee?"

He blinked. "Yeah?"

"Dude," Apollo whispered to Hermes, "that's the first sign of the Apocalypse!"

Artemis rolled her eyes and hit her twin upside the head. "No you idiot…"

"That is," Hermes added.

Zeus noticed that most of the room got silent.

Aphrodite shrieked.

"No way," breathed Demeter.

"Yes way," Apollo whispered. "Hermes you got a camera?"

Zeus looked puzzled, but then he finally turned.

A/N:

First things first, Happy Birthday Percy!

For your birthday I wrote my longest chapter yet. My dad's taking me swimming today. I shall celebrate this joyous occasion as such.

Poseidon better not be mad at me for revealing his deep love for Athena. I don't want to drown. Plus sometimes I think I'm Athena's daughter and in a story I'm writing (not PJO related) my alter ego is! You can't hurt me or else she'll get really mad and you can never marry her.