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Chapter 5

Authors Note: Hey! Sorry for lagging behind. I have been hitting the books hard in an attempt to wipe the floor with my finals next week, hope the people that follow this story understand. Anyways I found a few hours of free time to work on this for a second so please enjoy! Also, would you guys care if I put an M rating on this story so I can explore more explicit avenues of writing? Also, I'm thinking of maybe switching to the first-person style of writing. I feel like it would work better in this story; let me know if you would mind. I feel like it is already on the edge of an M rated story but you know the deal let me know if I should actually do that cause I am thinking about it. Also a huge thank you to the people that have favorited this story or followed it. It means a lot to know people like my work. Anyways, without further ado, chapter five…

When Percy woke he was once again covered in a sheen of cold sweat, he was alone in his "palace" but he felt like he was being watched. He was still fully dressed from the day before so he stood up uncomfortably, he felt like he had been training for hours but he knew he hadn't. He thought back to the nightmare he just experienced but not much of it lingered other than a scene where Percy brought his sword down on Zeuses neck in the very throneroom the elder god had created. He didn't know what the dream meant and he doubted it meant anything because the fact was he would never betray the people he fought so hard to protect.

He brushed off the dream to the back burner and he would talk to Nico about it later but for now, he desperately needed a shower. As he walked to his bathroom across the room he stripped. By the time he got there, he was fully nude and ready for a shower. He looked around the fancy bathroom and saw a bubbling hot tub in one corner, an open-air granite shower in the left side of the room, the only way he knew it was a shower was the raised tile shaped in a square in the middle of the room with what seemed to be a waterfall coming down into it. He stepped into the steamless water to notice that it was the perfect heat. He tried to summon some generic soap and a dove bar of soap appeared in his hand as well as some head and shoulders. He cleaned himself off feeling refreshed before stepping out and feeling himself dry off.

He looked in the mirror and found some clippers and tightened his beard to a close clean look that he had always wanted to sport but it never grew quite right. He moisturized his face, brushed his teeth, put on deodorant, and walked back into his room. He turned to his closet and found it stocked with all sorts of outfits styled perfectly for him. He ended up grabbing a pair of blue jeans, a white tee-shirt, a black leather jacket, and a pair of stylish black boots. He walked back into his bathroom and noticed his hair was just as wild as it always had been and decided not to mess with it.

As Percy walked back through the house the way he came in he was astonished by the simple beauty of the place. It was homey and obviously his. The wooden beams that held up the ceiling made it look like a boat was built overhead, and the cabin was spacious and seemed to have a different source of water in every room. His house was exactly what he wanted it to be and he smiled to himself as he stepped back into his snowy front yard. He walked through the white powder until he saw a large lightning bolt crash through the sky and he guessed he knew that meant that there was a council meeting. Percy decided to test out "Flashing" and closed his eyes and imagined himself sitting in his throne. He felt like his body was twisting into a pretzel and as soon as that feeling stopped he opened his eyes and saw that he was, in fact, sitting upon his throne with the other gods and goddesses that had already gathered there. He turned to his father on the right and asked: "Dad, what's this about?"

Poseiden turned to him and shrugged before pulling out a book called 'The Art of Fishing.' Percy looked around the room noticing that most of the gods and goddesses were busying themselves with pointless distractions. Percy sat back in his throne with both hands on either armrest and paid attention to the few gods that were paying attention, they were Athena, Hestia, Hera, and Zeus. Once everyone had arrived and sat back with enough time to distract themselves Zeus boomed out "Are there any major problems in anyone's domains?" He looked around the room noticing that no one was speaking. "Hades is the monster numbers regular in the mortal world?"

Hades looked up from his book that was titled 'The Raven' and responded evenly "Yes, everything is normal, brother."

Zeus turned to Poseidon "And is there any hostile action occurring in your domain?"

Poseidon looked up from his book and casually said "Nope." Zeus then started scratching the back of his neck and said: "then why did I feel so threatened this morning?" more to himself than anyone else. Percy thought back to his dream and thought of the power that might've been behind it. Percy decided to stay quiet and watch how it all turned out. Realizing that if he told Zeus that it could have been about his dream it could mean a very harsh punishment from the King of gods. Zeus rubbed his eyes in a stressed way before quietly saying "Meeting adjourned."

Percy decided that this was free time and a chance to visit Aiode. The one goddess that seemed to get his attention more than any other. So he did what she told him to do and he simply thought of her name and her face before a mental link seemed to be opened between the two of them. Percy mentally asked, "Hey, What are you doing right now?"

He felt a response enter his head in her voice that said: "I'm hanging out at my house, want to come over?" Percy let a smile slide onto his face as he got up off his throne and started walking there. All the other Olympians had decided to flash out and that left him by himself to wander out.

As he walked out with his hands in his pockets and a grin playing on his face he thought back to her "See you in a bit." As he left the throne room he saw Apollo lounging against one of the columns resting outside of the great temple. There was a mischevious smirk on his face as he looked at Percy approaching.

Once Percy was close enough to talk casually he asked the sun god "Did you really just flash to this point?" the smile on Percy's face quickly played into a raised eyebrow and crossed arms as he looked at his elder.

"Yep, now let's get to business," Apollo said as his smirk turned into a full-on 1000 Kilowatt beam of light that seemed to reflect all light. "You like Aiode." Percy blushed crimson and scratched the back of his neck.

He stammered as he thought about it before collecting himself and asking "And?" Looking back at the god realizing that he had nothing to worry about from Apollo anymore. With his gained confidence in his answer and how he felt he reassured himself that there was nothing to worry about with his feelings anymore. He wasn't a kid, no, he was a demigod that fought and won two wars, killed titans, and giants, He was Percy Jackson and he was a man, no, a god, and an olympian at that, why should he fear his feelings?

Apollo sat quietly as Percy spaced out after his rebuke and had a mental conversation with himself. Once Percy seemed to come back to the current world, Apollo nodded and asked: "You done getting your thoughts together?" Percy looked at him laughed and scratched his neck.

"Yeah, sorry, I do that sometimes, but what about it?" Percy asked with a small smile playing on his lips as he looked at the elder god.

"Nothing just wanted to say that you guys are a match made in Olympus and I 100 percent condone it. Saying that she is one of my muses, after all." Apollo said with a similar smile matching Percys.

Percy paled a bit before turning to the god "Wait, have you guys…" Apollo burst out in hysterical fits of laughter for about 5 minutes before getting himself together and looking back at Percy.

"To answer your question, no, she is one of the few goddesses on Olympus that I haven't been with. Mostly because I like to separate work and fun. Things are easier that way." Apollo seemed at ease in his conversation with his younger cousin. Apollo was one of the few gods that Percy ever actually liked before ascending to godhood. They had a more extensive relationship than any of the other gods on Olympus, other than Poseidon. But that's different, Poseidon is Percy's dad.

Percy's skin color came back to normal before smiling at the god and nodding at him. "Thank the gods for that, No offense bro but I don't exactly want to go where you have been."

Apollo laughed easily at that remark "Awe come one cuz, we can be Eskimo bros." Apollo kept laughing as fear seemed to cross his face.

"Well, Apollo as much as I would love that… I have a date." Percy said as he started walking past the god. Overall with a confused expression on his face.

"Have fun, Percy!" Apollo called after him as Percy was a few feet ahead. Percy smiled back and kept going towards Aiodes house. Until he felt her presence still in his head. He thought to her.

"Did you hear all of that?" He felt like he could feel her smile in his head.

"So its a date then?" He heard her response and he thought back as fake confidently as he could. "It is if you want it to be."

"Yes. See you in a bit." he heard her response and he walked on. About 15 minutes passed before he was at her door. On the walk, he ran into different assortments of gods, goddesses, and nymphs, all seemingly beautiful in their own way. The new design of Olympus continued to be breathtaking and as he passed through it all. Annabeth really outdid herself when redesigning this place.

He reached out for the oak door to knock and when he did he heard her call out "Come in" in her sing-song voice. If she was to be any of the Disney princesses she would be Rapunzel with a hair cut and dyed black. Something about her made Percy feel like she could serenade wild animals into cleaning up her home. He opened the door and walked in revealing the familiar cabin style house she lived in which still had a roaring fire that heated the house perfectly leaving him feeling that warm homey feeling.

"Hey." He called out as he walked through the door to be greeted by her in a bath towel with wet hair.

She smiled deviously as she watched the eyes basically pop out of his head and he started to stutter but before he could get anything out she said: "Sit on the couch and wait for me to get ready." Percy just nodded moving to the couch, tripping over his own feet unable to take his eyes off of her. Something about her looking so human-made her so appealing. While she did wear light makeup whenever he had seen her in the past she had this fresh look about her without all of it on. She had a splash of faded freckles on her cheeks and over her nose that he hadn't noticed in the bar or in their time hanging out and something about it made her more and more endearing to him.

Once he finally got to the couch and sat down she headed back into what he assumed to be her bedroom. He turned his attention away from her and thought back to his dream and decided he was going to talk to her about it. He felt like he could trust her no matter the risk.

When she walked out of her bedroom she was in comfortable-looking black PJ pants and a large tee shirt that Percy had seemingly left there. It was the Lynrd Skynrd tee and the way it hung loosely around her small frame made it look more like a dress on her than anything but she somehow made it look better than he ever could so he didn't question it. She looked at him and asked, "So are you going to watch this movie with me or what?" She said holding up a movie that read "What if" on the cover.

Percy was too preoccupied realizing that he was on a date with this gorgeous goddess that he didn't realize that it was a romcom, and he didn't care either. He smiled at her and stood up. She eyed him speculatively before saying. "No, that outfit won't work. You need PJs." Percy realized the predicament and had an idea. He quickly sent a prayer to Aphrodite for some PJ pants and a hoodie and was granted when some appeared on the couch next to him. He smiled, they were basic, an ice blue pair of pants and a black hoodie.

He looked at her holding the new pair of pajamas up. "Will this work?" She smiled and lead him into her bedroom which was simple with white sheets on the king-sized bed and a TV resting on the Dresser in front of it. It had two doors on either side of the dresser. One for the closet and one for the bathroom.

She turned to him and said, "You change and ill get the movie and snacks ready." before pointing to the bathroom.

He walked towards the bathroom before turning to her as he was passing her and exaggeratingly bowed at the waist so low his head almost touched the ground, on the way back up he took her hand in his and kissed it before smiling and saying "Thanks for having me."

She blushed a deep crimson before hiding her face and smile before saying "Of course." and then proceeding out to the kitchen, He had to stifle a laugh as he looked at the holes in the back of the shirt seemingly for his wings. Percy then walked into the bathroom and changed into his PJs. When he walked out he saw a large bowl of popcorn and two bottles of coke awaiting him and her. She flopped down on the bed and seemed to sink into it as if it was a clod and Percy followed her lead. They cuddled up and she pressed play on the movie.

It was a good movie from the parts that Percy watched, at about the halfway point Percy took her chin delicately in his hand and kissed her. It was the first time he had kissed anyone since Annabeth had passed and it was a melancholy moment for him but he seemed to move past it as she deepened the kiss rolling on top of him and putting her hands in his hair and him lowering his hands to her hips. As the kiss got more and more intense Percy used the wing holes in her shirt to feel her back. Her skin felt warm against his cold hands. They made out as if their lives depended on it and as more time passed and it got more intense she started grinding against him.

They seemed to melt into each other using that moment to express all of the feelings that they had been hiding from the world. Percy put all of his anger, grief, sadness, heartache, and the developing feelings for her into it all, and she put all of her pent uo emotions in it as well. Using physicality to express themselves. The more time they spent like that the more they seemed to understand each other and the more they fell for each other...