The first week of December was fairly eventful for Percy. He was granted godhood by Zeus, but left before being bestowed a title. He asked to take the finals early, and only barely passed. He started attending weekend classes at the community college to help with his dyslexia. And, most surprisingly of all, he got a job as a waiter at one of the highest class restaurants in Manhattan. His relatively early graduation, though he still needed to attend the same ceremony as everyone else to get the physical diploma, allowed him to accept a full time job at the restaurant. He even asked the head chef to give him some cooking pointers at the end of each shift. Because of this, and how quickly Percy took to it, the chef told Percy that he would be willing to take him on as an apprentice if he got a culinary degree in college.

Since Percy spent most of his time at the restaurant and the college, the girls barely saw him at home. While they understood that Percy was doing this so he could properly support them all, they still felt lonely without him, especially Artemis, who hadn't formed any sort of bond with anyone else in the house. Annabeth spent most of her free time helping Percy's mom around the house. Allianna was kept busy being a mother to Kai. And Khel had bonded with Percy's little sister, who was much more of a hassle now that she could walk. Artemis had tried to go to Olympus to spend time with Selene, but she and Kira were too busy with their studies to spend time with family, as evidenced by Kira tossing a textbook out of their dorm room window out of frustration.

Artemis thought about getting a job at the same restaurant as Percy, but immediately dropped the idea when she saw that Aurora and Nira had already beat her to it. They had the looks and the skills, making Artemis think that they were born to be waitresses.

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The first snowfall of winter arrived as school let out for winter holidays. As Artemis left the school, she saw Percy waiting at the bottom of the steps. She walked down to meet him.

"Don't you have work today?" Artemis asked.

"I'm on my break," Percy explained, grabbing her hand, "Come on. Selene's already waiting for us."

"Waiting where?"

"You'll see."

Percy brought her into an ally, where Selene satin the back of a gleaming blue car. He opened the door for Artemis, showing that while the outside was a cool vehicle that the jocks in school would kill for, the inside was that of a family vehicle, somewhere between an SUV and a van.

"You have a chariot now?" Artemis asked, clearly shocked.

"It's an early Christmas present from Hephaestus." Percy gave her a quick shove, "Hurry up and get in. We need to pick everyone else up."

Artemis sat in the passenger seat while Percy took his place behind the wheel. The engine roared to life when Percy wrapped his fingers around the wheel.

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The last thing anyone expected that day was to be eating at a high class restaurant free of charge. But that's exactly what they got when Percy won a company contest that gave one free dining experience to the family of the winner. Percy was even courteous enough to extend his prize to his in-laws. Zeus, Hera, Apollo, Hephaestus, Athena and even Ares sat at the table with Percy's family. Kira gasped in disbelief when Percy came out pushing a cart of appetisers. The food was the last thing on the minds of the women in the harem, as this was the first time any of them saw Percy in his uniform.

It was simple, black dress shirt with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows, black dress pants, black dress shoes and one of those little black aprons that servers wear. What really made it worth gawking over was the fact that Percy's usually messy hair was smoothed down. He almost looked like a different person. Percy placed the appetisers on the table, and the gods started eating.

"Please enjoy and let me know when you're ready to order." Percy said with a smile, "I've been given permission to be your private server for this evening."

Percy left them to eat and returned to the kitchen.

"I already know what I want," Allianna smirked, "This restaurant is actually one of the few that has an option where you can have a meal prepared by your server rather than the chef."

Annabeth, Artemis and Khel all stared at her, clearly getting ideas of their own. Anita coughed up one of the appetisers and pushed the tray away, causing everyone to look at her.

"Too much garlic," she said in an almost raspy voice.

Athena cleared her throat, "So, Annabeth, have you and Percy decided on a date for your wedding?"

"January 29th," Annabeth answered, "then he's marrying Khel on Valentines day and Allianna on March 23rd." Annabeth noticed someone peaking around the corner and got an idea. She spoke in a raised voice, "I think I may have even heard him say something about expanding the harem afterwards."

"Yes!" Everyone heard Aurora say in a hushed voice before she banged her head against the wall, "Ow!"

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Percy wanted to spend time with everyone after his shift ended, but he had something important to take care of. He dropped everyone off at the apartment and made his way to the nearest mall. He ran inside to get what he needed, then rushed to Olympus. He thanked his new godly stamina for allowing him to pull such a taxing all-nighter. He returned to the apartment at the crack of dawn. He snuck into his room, being spotted by Artemis, who stayed silent upon seeing seeing that Percy was holding a package. Percy snuck over to the kids' bed and carefully placed the package in Selene's arms. He kissed Selene's forehead and snuck over to Artemis.

"I'm sorry I can't stay longer," he whispered, "but I still have a lot to prepare." He gave her a kiss, "Bring her to Central Park at 10." He went over to the door and looked back at his sleeping daughter, he whispered, "Happy Birthday sweetie." and left.

We are coming up on the one year anniversary of the harem's inception. What could Percy be planning for Selene's big day?