I don't own Percy jackson.

Aphrodite's house, or castle actually, was pink. Really pink. It looked like a castle from a fairytale. It had two towers and just had this Walt Disney appearence. Everything was pink, the towers, the walls, everything.

"Wow, that makes my eyes hurt". Artemis laughed. "Wait until you're inside, there it's even worse" Percy look at her, suprised. "You have been inside her house"? Artemis shrugged. "A few times. She kept begging me to come by. Eventually, I had enough of it and gave in".

Percy laughed. "Oh, really? And where did you talk about"? Artemis blushed. "I don't want to say". Percy tickled here. She tried to escape him, but he grabbed her and kept tickling. "Tell! Or I will tickle you to death"! he laughed.

Artemis laughed like crazy, tears rolling down her face. "No! Percy St-o-op. Please" She said. Appearently she didn't think about her godly powers, she just tried to break free. But Percy hold her in a death grip and kept tickling her. Her face became all red; she couldn't stop laughing. "Sto-o-p. Ok, I will tell. But stop please" she begged. Percy led go of her. Her face was all red and her hair messed up, again. "You can't attend the love goddess looking like this. She won't let you in" he teased.

Artemis raised one eyebrow at him. One moment, Percy was enjoying her appearence, the next he saw a blur. Artermis tackled him, bringing both of them to ground. She put his hands above him, so he couldn't do anything. She leaned forward. "What now , Percy"?

Percy smiled. "You know I could just roll over , don't you"? "Try it" Artemis said. He rolled over. They were wrestling, both trying to get on top. Artemis managed to get him on his back and trapped him between her thighs. She laughed. "So, now I've got you". "Yes, you do. But what are you going to do now"?

Artemis dug her nails in his wrists. "Making you feel sorry. Beg me for forgiveness, Percy". "Yeah , like that's going to happen". Artemis just smiled devilish at him. She started tickling him. Soon, he was beggin for forgiveness. Now he was the one screaming and struggling, desperate to escape. Only when he started to laugh so hard, he actually was crying, she let him go.

He lay on his back, struggling to breathe. Artemis looked down at him. "Having a problem, Mr. Jackson"? she asked. Percy saw she had to stop herself from laughing. "Oh, you think this is funny, right"? He smiled. Artemis couldn't hold it anymore; she burst out laughing. She was laughing really hard. After a long time, she finally stopped.

"Done"? Percy asked. She nodded, wiping off her tears. She placed her head on his shoulder. She sat at his lap, looking really comfortable. Percy looked at her; she had her eyes closed. She put her arms around him and sighed happily.

Percy cleared his throat. "Ehm, Artemis"? She looked up. For a moment, all he could think about was kiss her. He almost did, but at the last moment, he resisted that urge. He took deep, slow breaths. He felt Artemis tense; she had finally realized she was sitting on his lap. He opened his eyes, seeing a mixture of confusion and desire in her eyes. Before he could do anything stupid, like kissing her again, she jumped off his lap and got up. She took a deep breath, too.

He got up. They looked at each other, tension in the air. Then they started laughing. First, softly, but soon they were both rolling over the floor. When they were finally finished laughing, Artemis spoke. "Why were you laughing"? Percy chuckled. "I don't know, why were you laughing". "I don't know" . They looked at each other and burst out laughing. "why are we laughing, it's not even fun" Artemis said between fits of laughter. "i don't know" Percy said.

After a few minutes, they managed to stop. They sat there for a moment, trying to catch their breath. When they could speak again, Percy turned to Artemis. "So where were you talking about with Aphrodite"? he asked, curious.

Artemis groaned. "You aren't going to let that go, are you"? Percy shook his head. "No, so just tell me". "Fine". Artemis sighed. She looked away, but Percy saw she was blushing. "Well, we ehh.. we were talking about boys". "And..."? Percy urged her to continue. He just felt that wasn't the part she really didn't want to tell. Artemis bit her lip. "She was talking about her.. sex life. It was disgusting. She kept going on and on, going into details!"

Artemis shivered. Her whole face was red now. "And not only that, she also asked about my sex life, which I don't have of course, and kept talking about how I ' needed' to get laid or something". Percy smiled. "Real torture, I can imagine". Artemis nodded. She wiggled her nose. She fidget and looked away.

"And you"? Percy was confused. "What about me"? he asked. Artemis still wouldn't look him into his eyes. "Are you still a virgin"? Percy blushed. A silence fell when she asked that. He suddenly felt really uncomfortable. "Yes, I am". She still didn't look at him, but he heard her sigh. Was she relieved? Why would she be? Percy thought.

"Oh. Are you going to.. you know" she asked. Percy felt really uncomfortable by now. "Why? Are you going to offer me a place in the hunt"? he said,teasing her. Finally, she looked at him. She smiled, her face really red. "No, of course not. I was just wondering". Percy shrugged. "I think i'm going to. Why wouldn't I"? "Because it's digusting" Artemis suggested.

Percy smiled. "How do you know if you've never experienced it"? Artemis blushed, turning even more red. "I just know". Percy smiled; he loved teasing her. "Oh, really? That's no prove it's disgusting, you know". She punched him. "Stop it"! she laughed. Percy continued. "I mean it, Artemis. To prove that , you should actually have to experience it".

She rolled her eyes. "You aren't trying to seduce me, are you"? Percy smiled. "Of course not. I want stay alive, you know". "Good, because even you can't get away with everything". Percy smiled again. "I know. I'm not going to try to get on your nerves. Well, I will try at least".

She laughed, punching him another time. "Come on , Percy. We have a mission, remember"? He nodded. " I know. Let's go".

They walked towards the castle. The door was really big and, like the entire building, really pink. Percy sighed. "What does that woman has with pink? I think this is just too much". Artemis rolled her eyes. "Yeah, I mean pink? Seriously. Don't even like the color". "Already thought so. But how are we going to get in"?

Artemis felt in her pockets. She took a master key from one of her pockets. Percy raised his eyebrow. "You carry a master key with you"? Artemis shrugged. "Comes in handy. And now hush, I need to concentrate".

In a few minutes, they heard a click and the door swung open. Artemis smiled. Percy still looked at her, a little bit shocked. They walked inside.

"Where did you learn that"? Percy whispered. " Hermes taught me some usefull tricks. Lucky, we didn't try to break in to Athena's house. The place is better secured than fort Knox". "You tried to break in to Athena's house"? Percy asked, now really shocked. Artemis shook her head. "No, we are friends. I've been there quite often, so I know it's really well secured". Percy nodded; that made sense. Athena was to person Artemis would probably like to talk to.

Percy took in his surroundings. He groaned. "Man, everything is pink. And red. But mainly pink" Artemis chuckled. "Yeah horrible, right? And she is the goddess of fashion". Percy chuckled. "Yeah, that doesn't makes sense". They were both laughing.

Percy looked at the surroundings once more. Everything was decorated. There were paintings, carpets, statues etcetera. Most of it pink. The statues were of naked people, kissing. The painting were of naked people, too. One painting showed a man and a woman. The woman laying on her back with the man on top of her. Percy rolled his eyes; he didn't like the painting.

Artemis saw where he was looking at. She paused. "Horrible isn't? I think she really should replace those" She was still whispering. Percy nodded. "Yes, I don't like them". Artemis smiled. "Me neither".

She continued walking. Percy followed her. Everywhere they came, they were decorations; statues and paintings of naked people mainly. But there were also clocks, beautifully decorated. And machines, Percy didn't know what they were .

Artemis pointed at the machines and clocks. "Hephaestus made them" she explained. "I like them". Percy nodded. "Me too, way better than those paintings".

They walked past a few other rooms before they reached the dressing room. It was enormous, and filled with clothes. One part of the room; dresses. Another part; skirts. Another part; tops. And so on.

Percy smiled at Artemis. "Let's get to work".

It took them a few hours, but they ripped apart all Aphrodite's clothing. Some things, they just destroyed. Others, they painted black or threw mud on it. ( Don't ask where the mud came from, Artemis is a goddess. She can let anything appear). When they were done, they looked around; all Aphrodite's clothes were ruined.

Percy turned to Artemis. "Won't she just let new clothes appear"? Artemis shrugged. "Maybe, but she will be really mad when she sees this anyway". Percy chuckled. "That will teach her a lesson. Shall we go and hide somewhere? We can film her reaction. And when she sleeps, we will do her make-up and everything".

Artemis grinned. "Good idea, let's hide". Artemis made herself invisible, but to be sure, hid behind one of the mirrors which were standing everywhere. Percy walked towards a statue, yes there were standing statues here too, and hid behind it. He made sure no one could see him. They had to wait a few hours, but eventually they heard footsteps. They smiled at each other, Artemis face was visible for a second. Then they heard a bloodcurdling scream.