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Percy POV
I woke up with a cinnamon taste on my lips and felt someone shift beside me, confusing me. I looked over at the person and saw auburn hair "Who do I know who has auburn hair?" I muttered to myself till I remembered last night and everything that happened and that Artemis was sleeping beside me. I watched Artemis sleeping and noticed how beautiful she actually is "That explains whose beside me but it doesn't explain why my lips taste like cinnamon." I said as Artemis shifted again to the point she was facing me.
I was really tempted to kiss her but I stopped myself "Watch yourself Romeo, just because you forgave her doesn't mean your lips need to be on hers. Besides, you don't love her." my consciousness said but I doubted it "But I probably do love her, I always did love Artemis despite what she did to me." I said "Then why don't you love Annabeth? She was your first crush." my consciousness said as I wrinkled my nose in disgust.
"She made her choices by herself, she told some of my deepest secrets to Luke and he used that against me. She should be grateful that she's still here otherwise I would've tossed her out into the cold and her prideful sister with her, despite what my dad says." I said looking at Artemis "I understand that reason, but why Artemis? The things that she did to you are possibly worse than what Annabeth did to you." my consciousness said as I thought about these words. "I guess it's because whenever Annabeth left me for Luke, Artemis was there and we gradually became closer till we were nearly inseparable. I guess over time, that friendship and companionship turned into something more." I said giving Artemis a kiss on the forehead as she smiled and scooted closer to me as I wrapped my arms around her, pulling her closer to me.
"I blame your fatal flaw, makes you forgive to easily." My consciousness said "That is partially true, but just because Aphrodite's friends are here doesn't mean that I forgave them. I only forgave Artemis and Aphrodite, the rest can go rot in a hole." I said as my consciousness didn't answer back so I take it as I won the argument as I pulled the covers back over us and fell back into a dreamless sleep.
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Oh, this is awkward." I heard as my eyes snapped open and I looked at the door and caught a glimpse of the boys but I mostly saw blonde hair and electric blue eyes "Jason." I growled under my breath as Artemis woke "Who was that?" she muttered rubbing the sleep out of her eyes as she sat up beside me. "Jason, I don't know why he's up so early." I said looking at the clock and saw it was nine thirty "Do they always do this?" she said as I nodded "usually their always trying to prank me but I guess since you're here they stopped." I said smiling at her. "Want something to eat, I can cook us breakfast since everyone's still asleep and you didn't eat last night did you?" I said as she went to speak but her stomach growled as she blushed in embarrassment while I raised an eyebrow.
"I'll take that as a yes." I said as I got out of the bed as did she while I walked to the door and opened it and headed downstairs with Artemis beside me.
"What do you like to eat for breakfast beside cereal?" I said as she got a thoughtful look till she spoke "Bacon and oatmeal are good, if you can cook that." she said as I raised an eyebrow at what I swore was a challenge. "Are you challenging the master of cooking breakfast?" I said as she smirked "You? A cook?" she said with a raised eyebrow "A lot has changed Artemis, I can do a lot more. But if you think you are a better cook than me, well lets see." I said as I took her hand and guided her to the kitchen.
"Do you want to cook the bacon or the oatmeal?" I said turning the stove on to preheat it "I'll cook the oatmeal, don't want you to get that pretty face dirty." she said as I laughed "I think I'm more worried about you getting that pretty face dirty, your smile is a one of a kind." I said as she turned away but I could've sworn her cheeks were a little red. "Alright, let's cook and see who is better." I said as I turned the radio on and started to cook the bacon as she started to cook the oatmeal.
"Percy what do you plan on doing once you grow up?" She said suddenly while I looked at her confused "I told you this before, remember?" I said hoping she'll remember what I wanted to do after college. "Oh that's right, you wanted to become a marine biologist." She said while I smiled "Do you remember what I wanted to do, Percy?" she said as I instantly spoke "You said you wanted to help out women and save forests animals. Prevent anymore forests animals from going extinct or being hunted down and sold illegally." I said as she smiled and nodded as we continued cooking and just talking.
"Percy, was it true that you really loved me?" She said suddenly as I froze and tried my hardest to keep the memories from popping up again. "What makes you say something like that?" I said not looking at her, still focusing on cooking "About a year after you left, I was looking for the necklace that you made for me, I found out that Apollo had it and we spoke about some things." she said nervously as I still had my back turned to her.
"What does that have to do with me loving you or not?" I said finally looking at her "He told me you did love me and you were going to tell me but the day you were going to was the day that I was already with him." she spat as I looked away from her as my head was gently turned to her as she gazed at me with silver eyes that were filled with love and hope. "Yes Artemis, I did love you." I said as she leaned in as did I. "Do you still love me?" She whispered as our lips were meters away till Jason walked downstairs with everyone in tow "Hey guys-" was as far as he got as oatmeal exploded everywhere making us jump apart and the girls to scream as we were all covered in oatmeal.
We all stood there, covered in oatmeal and looking at each other in shock "Looks like I'm the better cook Arty." I said trying to cover up what just happened as she glared at me. "Whatever, we got distracted." She said as Jason walked up beside me covered in oatmeal "Me and you need to have a little talk upstairs." he said as he headed upstairs still covered in oatmeal while I sighed and looked at Zoe. "If my dad comes down here and asks what happened, blame Leo." I said as she nodded while Leo was about to argue as I headed upstairs, feeling Artemis's gaze drilling holes into my back.
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"So mind telling me what you and Artemis were doing?" Jason said from his spot on my couch while I leaned against the wall "Nothing happened Jason, we were just talking about what we wanted to do when we grow up." I said as he rolled his eyes "First, I head up here to prank you and find you and Artemis in bed together-" "You make it sound like it was a bad thing, you and Piper are always in bed together." I said as he continued, basically ignoring what I just said "then I head down here and see you and Artemis were mere meters from each others faces. Are you two together or what?" he said as I looked at him. "We're just friends Jason, we got caught in the heat of the moment. Nothing more, nothing less." I said as he snorted "Yes, you two are friends alright. Friends with benefits." he said as I glared at him "We aren't having sex Jason, and who are you to tell me this?" I said as he spoke "I'm just your brother, I don't want you to get into any trouble for doing this. I heard her mother, Leto is seriously overprotective over Artemis and will fine charges on someone in a instant without hearing it out." he said as I rolled my eyes.
"You don't think I know this Jason, I knew her mother." I said as he nodded "I know you're in a little pickle between Zoe and Artemis." he said as I narrowed my eyes at him "What do you mean?" I said suspiciously as he rolled his eyes "Percy, I'm not stupid. I know you're still in love with Zoe but you're also in love with Artemis and you don't know who to choose. You pick Zoe, you hurt Artemis if you pick Artemis you hurt Zoe and I know you hate it when you hurt women." he said as I went to speak but couldn't find any words till I finally nodded in agreement.
"You're right Jason, I don't know who I truly love." I said looking down till he spoke "How about you do it this way. You spend a equal amount of time with both of them, not at once." he said quickly as I nodded "Spend a decent amount of time with each of them and in about a week or two see which one your heart chooses. But don't do it now, do it after the massive storm." he said as I thought about his words till I smiled and nodded.
"Thanks Jason, I knew there was a reason I kept you around." I joked as he laughed and stood up "Let's head downstairs, I smell breakfast." he said as I nodded as we walked back downstairs and was greeted with my dad and Sally and everyone else at the table but the tension was so thick that it could be cut with a knife.
"Hello Percy." Aphrodite said as I smiled at her and sat at the other end of the table in between Artemis and Jason while my dad was directly across from me, looking at me with a intense gaze as I looked back, neither one of us wanting to back down. "So Percy, when do you think this storm is going to pass over?" Leo said trying to break the tension as I spoke "Probably in a week or two, maybe more." I said still looking at my dad as he looked at Aphrodite then at me.
"So son I see you are on good terms with Aphrodite?" He said as I nodded "Yes but I'm surprised you forgave her so easily." I said pointing at Sally as he spoke "Does it surprise you?" he said as I laughed and nodded "With the shit she pulled, yes." I spat "You watch your mouth young man." he said his voice slowly rising as everyone looked at me and my dad with caution.
"I'll watch my mouth whenever she leaves and never comes back." I said pointing at Sally as she tried to speak "Percy-" "Was I speaking to you?" I spat as my dad spoke "She is your mother and you will obey her." he said as I laughed. "Her? My mother? I don't think so, I know what Aphrodite said was harsh but what she did was disgusting. I thought that husband and wife were supposed to be forever faithful to each other. I wonder how many other men she's screwed behind your back?" I said with a thoughtful expression as my dad slammed his hands into the table making everyone jump minus me as his sea green eyes darkened considerably.
"You and I need to have a talk young man." He said as he stood up "Gladly." I said I stood up as my dad walked upstairs with me behind him.
Aphrodite POV
We all sat in shocked silence as Percy and dad walked upstairs till we heard a door slam while we looked at each other "That...was interesting." Calypso said as Leo got up "Where are you heading?" Jason said as he turned around "Going to check on him to make sure nothing bad happened." he said as Travis spoke "You mean to spy on them?" he said as Leo nodded sheepishly.
"You kids shouldn't do that. It doesn't seem like a good idea." Sally said but everyone ignored her and got up and headed up the stairs silently to Percy's room "What is your problem?" we heard from my dad "My problem? My problem is that she's here, she doesn't belong here." Percy hissed. "What about you? I thought you weren't going to forgive Aphrodite?" My dad said as Percy laughed "I never said I wasn't going to forgive her, it's just going to take a while. But what I don't understand is how you're actually going to let her back into your life. You don't think I saw the marriage rings that you and Sally wore before she was caught screwing my English teacher? Bold move dad, I bet you that she'll find someone else to screw and do it behind your back. I bet it." Percy spat as my dad spoke "What about Aphrodite's friends?" "What about them?" Percy said.
"Why are they here? Did you forgive them too?" He said as Percy laughed "No, while I may hate them I won't let them suffer out in the cold. The only people I forgave are Aphrodite and Artemis." "You know what, how about we stay out of each other's business? You stay out of mine and I'll stay out of yours." my dad said as Percy spoke "What will it solve? Sally won't quit bugging me. This family will never be back together, it's too far apart to be fixed but you're right, stay out of my business and I'll stay out of yours. That's the only way we'll be able to live under this roof without any arguments." Percy said as it sounded like he was walking towards the door.
"Everyone back downstairs." Zoe hissed as we all ran back downstairs as the door opened while we all got settled back in as Percy and Poseidon came back downstairs and sat in their opposite chairs as we all ate in tense silence.
"You know, if you want to be sneaky make sure Leo doesn't make any noise." Percy said eating his breakfast while we all glared at Leo.
Three weeks later
"Blue 42, hut hut!" Jason said as he tossed the ball to Percy who ran down the field and managed to grab about seven yards till he was tackled to the ground "Jason, run green twelve!" Coach Bray shouted as I looked at Piper "What does that mean?" I said curiously and confused as she spoke "It's a play but they just colored coded it so the other team won't know which play it is." she said as I nodded.
"It's too cold to be cheerleading." Silena whined "Think how they feel. It's snowing and the ground is probably iced over." Artemis said while we all nodded "Heads up ladies!" Coach Bray yelled as everyone backed away as Percy was slammed down to the ground in front of us.
Everyone got off Percy as he got up but the whole right side of him was covered in mud and ice "That ground is cold." Percy said shivering and rubbing the mud off him as Jason jogged up to him "That's why I gave the ball to you so I don't have to get dirty." he said panting as Percy glared at him "Sorry ladies, didn't mean to disturb your interesting talk." Percy said as he walked back to the field with Jason beside him.
"He's an idiot." I said while they all nodded "Percy, you and Jason switch." Coach Bray said as Jason went to running back while Percy was at quarterback "Percy can't play quarterback, can he?" Piper said while we shrugged our shoulders as Percy snapped the ball and tossed it to Jason as he and Charles ran in front of him as bodyguards, while Jason got an extra twelve yards till he was tackled to the ground.
"You're right Percy, that ground is cold." Jason said as Percy pulled him up "Told you." Percy said as he looked at the clock "Got twenty five seconds left till the games over, let's walk it out Jason." Percy said as they walked back to their positions as the buzzer sounded, ending the game.
"New Rome 28, Titan High 27. Great game New Rome, have a safe trip back home." The announcer said as Percy walked over to us with the others in tow as he tried to hug me but I backed away, shaking my head. "You stink and you're covered in mud. All of you do." I said as Apollo spoke "Surely we don't smell that bad, right?" Apollo said while Percy and everyone else nodded in agreement.
"No, you smell like a rotten sewage and much worse." Zoe said while they all pouted but took off their pads "I thought you hated cheerleading Zoe?" Jason said "I do but everyone else convinced me to do it." she said glaring at Silena. "But you look great and you're an excellent cheerleader." she said as Zoe rolled her eyes while the boys walked towards the bus "See you on the bus!" Percy yelled while I shook my head chuckling.
Artemis POV
"Finally, we're out of that chilly air and cold breeze." Silena said as we all nodded as we walked past the boys who greeted us and continued what they were doing, getting ready to go to sleep or just listening to music "At least they aren't like the players from Greek High." I said in disgust while Aphrodite nodded "Coach Bray is strict about how the players treat the girls or anyone basically. That's why they are so respectful and nice." Calypso said as we made our way to the back where the boys were messing with Leo "Hey Leo here comes your lover." Travis said as everyone snickered and chuckled while Leo glared at everyone.
"For the last time Leo, I'm not your lover." Zoe said annoyed as Percy spoke "Oh it ain't you Zoe, it's someone else." he said smiling as Jason spoke "It's actually-" "Don't you dare!" Leo yelled as he jumped on him while everyone else started laughing till we got settled as I sat by Percy and interlaced my hand with his.
I don't know where we are on the scale board but I know we're somewhat more than friends "Alright, I won't tell anyone. Get off me you monkey." Jason said as Leo got off him and sat back down in his seat as Coach Bray spoke "We're going to stop at a pizza place, Percy do not eat up all the pizza." he said looking at Percy.
"Why are you looking at me? What about Leo, he eats more than me." Percy complained as one of the players snorted "Percy no one eats more than you." he said as everyone nodded in agreement as Percy slumped down back into his seat "Everyone always teases me." he said looking at me with puppy dog eyes as I laughed. "Don't be a baby Percy, toughen up." I said as he smiled at me and gave me a small kiss "Why must you always do that? We aren't even together yet." I muttered looking away so he doesn't see my red face as he spoke "I don't see you stopping me." he said smiling as the bus pulled out of the parking lot.
See what I mean? We're somewhat more than friends, I hope he tells me that he loves me or not so I don't feel like he's leading me on but I know that Percy would never do that, especially to me. "Percy, who are we playing next week?" Jason said as Percy looked thoughtful for a moment till he spoke "I honestly don't know, you'll have to ask Coach Bray." he said as Jason nodded as Percy leaned back into the seat taking me with him.
"You are freezing." Percy said as he wrapped his arms around me as I spoke "What do you expect? We were out in the cold for nearly two hours." I said looking at him as he reached over his head and grabbed his bag as he started rummaging through it till he pulled out a blanket and threw it over me and him. "You carry a blanket around with you?" I said with disbelieve in my tone as he nodded "You'll never know what could happen, luckily we can stay warm now." he said as I adjusted myself in his embrace as Percy was snoring in a matter of minutes while I finally got myself adjusted and gave Percy a small kiss.
"Good night Percy." I said softly as I fell asleep.
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"That was possibly the longest ride ever." Leo said as we all got off the bus and headed to the parking lot "It was, but the pizza was good." Percy said as we all nodded in agreement as he spoke again "I'm glad that you and Travis finally got a car, Connor." he said as Travis spoke "So are we, we didn't want to share the same car so we bought our own, despite draining us of all our money." he said chuckling as Percy stopped in front of his car "Artemis, can you and the others ride with Travis and the others? Me and Jason need to head to his father's house for some spare clothes." he said as I nodded as Percy and Jason got into his car and left before any of us.
Percy POV
"Man this weather is terrible." Jason said as I nodded in agreement as I turned my wind shield wipers on as my phone started ringing "Who could be calling you at this time?" Jason said as I reached down and grabbed it and saw it was Annabeth. "Annabeth, I don't know why she keeps calling." "She's in love with you dude." Jason said as I shook my head "Well I ain't in love with her." I said as I denied the call and put my focus on the road "So how are you and Artemis d-" Jason said as my phone started ringing again as I looked down and grabbed it but suddenly another car smashed into us tossing us off the road as my world went black.
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I slowly opened my eyes to see what just happened as I felt blood dripping from my mouth and head as I looked at Jason and saw he had blood dripping from his head and more cuts on his body "Jason, are you okay?" I said but it sounded faint, even to me as I tried shaking him as he groaned in pain. "You're alive, thank god." I said as the car suddenly started tilting forward "Whoa!" I said as I leaned back and saw the car leaned back also.
I was confused till I realized we were hanging off the bridge like a balance beam "Jason, where's your pocket knife?" I said frantically as I saw him slowly reach into his pocket and pull out a knife as I grabbed it and cut him free from his seatbelt and cut mine as the car started to slowly lean forward. "Jason, if you can hear me, lean back so we don't fall off the bridge." I said quickly as he leaned back and slowly opened his eyes "Percy, what happened?" he said groggily as I spoke "We got knocked off the road by someone." I said as I pushed against my door but screamed in pain as I looked at my leg and saw a piece of metal in my leg.
"Jason, is your door jammed?" I said quickly as he pushed against it and shook his head "No." "Hurry, please." I said pleadingly as he pushed harder till the door finally opened as he saw my leg as his eyes widened "Wait here, I'm not going to let you die." I said as he got out and looked back at me "Percy, I'm going to have to yank you out quickly, this is going to hurt but it's better than dying." he said as I nodded as I grabbed both of his hands as he took a deep breath as the car started groaning and leaning forward as he pulled me with all his strength out of the car as I felt the metal push even deeper into my leg as I screamed in pain as he got me out as we fell back while the car fell off the bridge.
"We need call a doctor." He said as I shook my head "How? We lost both of our phones and our jackets in the crash." I said as I looked at the car that hit us and saw it looked eerily familiar "That car looks so familiar." I muttered as I saw oil dripping from it and a small fire was forming as my eyes widened "Jason, get clear of the car!" I shouted as he realized what the car was about to do as he pulled me up despite the pain as the car exploded, throwing us back as I felt a searing pain in my back as I yelled in pain.
"Jason, where are you?!" I shouted slowly standing up looking for him till I saw him lying on the ground unmoving as I crawled over to him and cradled his head in my hands as I tried desperately to keep him warm "We're going to be alright, Jason. Stay with me, we'll be fine." I said rocking his head back and forth for who knows how long till I saw a light appear in front of us.
"Hey! Are you two okay!" I heard as I started to fall into unconsciousness as the man appeared before me "Oh shoot, you two aren't okay. What are your names?" he said frantically as I managed to speak "Percy, Percy Jackson." I croaked out as I fell into unconsciousness.
Artemis POV
"Where are those two? They should've been home fifteen minutes ago." Piper said as Aphrodite's phone rang as she looked at it confused till she picked it up "Hello?" she said as we looked at her confused till she gasped in shock and horror as tears immediately started forming in her eyes as she spoke "We'll be there shortly, thank you so much." she said shakily as she hopped up and started to put her shoes and jacket on.
"Where are you going Aphrodite?" Ares said confused as she looked at us. "Percy and Jason are in the hospital."
Another short chapter! Feel free to review! On my Percy Jackson: Chaos Successor, I was thinking about doing a sequel after this story is completed, anyway I hope you enjoyed!