Percy: Meeting in Aqua

I wiped my forehead as I watched the viewers leave muttering excitedly among themselves. This group was the most annoying one as they kept making demands on seeing specific fishes or sharks or whales and several times began arguing among themselves. Each time I had to break it up, but the coldness and hostility was noticeable.

Before I could think more, however, my phone rang, and I watched the reminder of another group coming through the door. I cursed under my breath and plastered a smile and walked to the gates.

The first thing I noticed was a girl of about 21 years old with auburn hair leading a group of girls of 15 years old. All the girls were looking around while I stared at the older lady.

She seems familiar but who is she?

I extended my hand in front and said, "Hello I am Percy. I am your guide for today and I really hope you enjoy your time here."

The older girl stiffened when she heard my voice and looked up, tugging a lock of her hair behind her ear. I gasped inwardly as I recognised her.

I said, "Hi Artemis. I didn't know you liked visiting aquarium."

She nodded and smiled and said, "Hi Percy. I do like Aquarium. Its just my dad hates your dad, so I wasn't able to come here before."

I looked at her sceptically, and asked, "Who's your dad?"

She looked away and said, "Zeus."

Queue jaw dropping and eyes opening wide. I stared at her in shock and asked, "You mean the Zeus?"

She blushed but nodded and I asked again, "If your dad is Zeus, then why do you work?"

She grinned and said, "Just like that. I want to be useful and not sit home like Dionysus."

I rose my eyebrows at who was Dionysus and she shook her head and said, "He a dimwit of a brother. Well half-brother. My dad has a lot of children as much as my mom hates that."

I nodded in understanding. Zeus' escapades were pretty popular. I led Artemis and the girls inside and introduced them to the fishes and sharks.

To say they were peaceful, would be an understatement. They kept running around asking about each of their heritage, their qualities, their speciality and so many questions that I didn't get to ask Artemis why she lied to me the other day.

After a lot of answering, I noticed all the girls were hungry and tired. I smirked at the chance and said, "Now, if you girls want, there is a restaurant just around the corner. Go ahead and eat whatever you want."

The girls looked down and one of them said, "But we don't have any money."

I turned to her and gave her a smile and said, "Go and tell them that Percy is your guide. He will give you free food."

The girls smiled at me and ran to the restaurant. I looked at them go and grinned when a voice shook me out of my stupor, "Perseus?"

I shook and looked to my right and saw Artemis standing there. I asked, "Didn't you go with them? I thought you were hungry."

She shook her head and laughed and said, "Nah. I aint hungry. So, what have you been upto?"

I shrugged and said, "Nothing much except daily work. This reminds me, I searched you up on internet and turns out, you lied to me about your name."

I glared at her as she before sighing and said, "Don't tell anybody about my true identity, ok? I don't want to be famous like everyone wants me to be. I want to be normal, not some goddess (A/N: hehehe)."

I nodded sensing no faults and said, "You can trust me Artemis. I won't tell a soul about your identity."

She looked at me with a hopeful look in her eyes and I stared right back, not backing away. Her grin grew larger and she jumped on me, hugging the crap out of me.

I hugged her back and said, "Hey now calm down. Let's go and I'll introduce you to my dad."

Surprisingly, she shook her head and said, "No need. I'll meet him some other day. Plus, the girls would be coming any second now."

I laughed out loud and said, "Not possible. Anyone who goes in there takes a long time."

She turned to me, her grin never leaving her face, and said, "You underestimate my girls."

Just as she said that, the girls came running from the corner and bumped into us. They fell to the ground while Artemis and I laughed our hearts out. The girls pouted but after some time they calmed and laughed.

I showed them around for a few more minutes but I kept stealing glances at Artemis, completely aware of her looking at me frequently. I was really hoping to get atleast 5 minutes with her alone, but fates seemed to be against me.

Soon, we reached the exit, the girls (without Artemis) were hopping excitedly, and Artemis was smiling but her smile wasn't reaching her eyes. She looked at me and forced a smile.

I gave a reassuring smile and whispered to her, "Don't worry. Trust me. I won't tell anybody of your identity."

She let out a sigh but let out a smile which definitely reached her eyes. She nodded and began leaving with the girls. I looked at their retreating forms and sighed before turning and walking to my office.

I walked about 5 steps before a voice called out, "Percy!"

I turned around and saw Artemis' sprinting form. I looked at her curiously before she jumped at me, making me take a few steps back. I hugged her back and she relaxed before pulling back and blushing at me.

I looked at her and asked, "Wh-"

I was interrupted as she pecked me on the cheek before sprinting at unimaginable speeds. I stood there, frozen in shock and held my hand at the spot she kissed me.

I smiled slightly before going back to my office.

A/N: YAY! Finally got this chapter done. I have been working on this chapter for a week -_- Not fun so I am relieved to get it done. Also, I won't be updating for 2 weeks as I have tests coming up. So, I'll update ASAP. Anyways, enjoy, review and REVIEW. Did I mention review?