Chapter 10 - Poseidon, The Greatest Ladies' Man Ever

~Percy Jackson's POV~

Oh crap.

We were having a water balloon fight when Travis' water balloon missed Leo and hit Nico, Hazel, and Hades head-on. I jumped into the canoe lake with baby Poseidon in my arms before anything deadly happen to me. I swear I could hear the screams from the surface even if I'm already underwater. Baby Poseidon seemed to be enjoying our little swim. Tiny fishes swarmed around us, filling my head with voices.

Look! Look! It's Lord Percy!

And Lord Poseidon too!

Why is Lord Poseidon so small?

He's sooooo adorable!

Awww. Why is he wearing dolphin pajamas? Lake trouts are better!

No! Bass are better!

Gimme a break! Guppies are the best!

While the fishes were arguing which pajama design is better, a naiad popped out behind me with a waterproof smartphone on hand, almost giving a heart attack.

"Ooooooh! He's such a cutie!" She squealed. "Is he your brother, Mr. Jackson?"

"Brother?" I blinked. "No."

"For real? Can I take a picture?"

"Uhh...sure?"

She took baby Poseidon from my arms and began doing selfies with the fishes photo bombing.

"What an adorable baby!" Another naiad popped out. What's with naiads suddenly appearing out of nowhere like mushrooms?

"He's not your brother?" Naiad #2 asked.

"No."

"Is that so...?" She frowned, looking back and forth to me and Poseidon who was busy catching some fish.

"Actually, he's-"

"Wait!" She gave a gasp. "Don't tell me he's your son?!"

"What?! N-"

"Did I just got whiff of Percabeth?" Another naiad appeared wearing a t-shirt with the words PERCABETH IS FOREVER! printed on it. Pretty soon, a crowd of naiad began appearing wearing or holding merchandise with our names, our faces, and even stolen shots that I would love to burn even if I have to fall down to Tartarus again.

"Did someone said Percabeth?"

"Percabeth!"

"My ship sailed!"

"Percabeth is life!"

"They got a baby?!"

"Where's Percabeth's baby?! Where? Where? WHERE?!"

"Jiper!"

Everyone turned to the last commenter. An awkward silence followed. It was the first time I saw the danger lurking within a mob of fangirls and what are they called? Shippers? The water temperature literally dropped into a negative with the way they looked at her. The naiad gave an awkward smile and disappeared in a swirl of bubbles.

A couple of seconds passed before the crowd began to surround us again. Some were screaming like some opera singers, doing groupies with Poseidon, and asking for autographs. I was forced to snatch Poseidon away and swam back to the surface. I used the water to shot us straight to the dock and landed a perfect ten. My clothes were dripping wet because I was too focused on escaping the clutches of horror shippers and fangirls. Waiting by the dock was Annabeth and Malcolm. On his arms was a seemingly annoyed Athena. He simply looked at me like, Don't mind me. I'm just standing here, restraining Mom from killing you.

Annabeth raised an eyebrow. "Well?"

Somewhere, I could hear the high pitched screams of the Stolls as they were still hunted by a furious son of Hades.

I plopped down on the wooden boards of the dock. Poseidon wriggled out of my arms and crawled toward the edge. He waved his chubby hand. "Bye-bye fishies!"

I sighed. "Should we arrange our next date somewhere no one will find us out? Especially from Poseidon-loving naiads and killer shippers?"

I got nothing against Jiper so please don't hurt me. In fact, they're my third favorite ship. I just thought it would be awkward if someone just shouted a different ship name. And yeah, sorry if this is a crappy chapter. I will do better for the next one.