"So shoo off you two." Percy said to Hades and Persephone
"What?" Thalia snickered
"You two should plan on the other table." She said
Percy grinned sheepishly.
He and Percy went to an empty table.
"So songs first?" Nico asked
"Yeah." Percy said
"Thousand years?" Nico asked
"Sweater weather." Percy grinned
"Oh yeah." Nico said
"Beginning, middle, end." Percy said
"How do you know that song?" Nico asked with a raised eyebrow
"Watched the movie with Annabeth. We were surfing through Netflix so…" Percy said
"How do you know it?" Percy asked
"Watched it with Will." Nico said
"Anyway this town?" Nico suggested
Percy wrote all the songs down.
"The spellings are screwed up." He laughed
Nico snickered.
"Gone, gone, gone." Nico said
"You are the reason." Percy said
"I like me better." Nico said
"Radio love." Percy said
"You." Nico said
"Love me like you do." Percy said
"Sucker." Nico said
"Here with me." Percy said
"Savage by Neffex." Nico said
"Savage Love." Percy grinned
"Broken." Nico said
"Yellow." Percy said
"Charlie Brown." Nico said
"Chasing Fire." Percy said
"Baby, one more time by Crypto." Nico said
"Make be Believe." Percy said
"Dark horse." Nico grinned
"X." Percy laughed
"Bad habits." Nico said
"Blinding Lights." Percy said
"Something Just Like This." Nico said
"Closer." Percy said
"What makes you beautiful." Nico said
"Pillowtalk." Percy said
"You right." Nico said
Percy gave a snicker.
"Yep, so that's good I think." Percy said, writing all the songs down and adding a few more.
"You know, I'm quite surprised that Ares and Aphrodite aren't going on a date." Percy said
"Yeah, I guess they're changing. They would go but Hephaestus is going as well." Nico said
Percy nodded with a small smile as he looked down and wrote the names of the songs.
"Okay then. Now what? Décor?" Nico asked
"Sure. I was thinking mostly a dark one with roses. Some yellow lights but not many and candlelight?" Percy suggested
"On point." Nico grinned
"What about, we make booths. So that way maybe even others can come for a date but each couple will have their private booth?" Percy asked
"Does anybody wanna come on a date?" Nico asked
"Hey dad!" Percy called
"Yeah?" Poseidon asked
Percy jogged to him.
"Do you guys wanna come on a date too? Don't worry each booth for a couple will be private. So like nobody can see inside each other's booth." He said
"I'm fine if they come in a different booth." Persephone shrugged. Hades nodded.
"Okay then." Amphitrite grinned.
"Hey what about, I ask the other demigods?" Nico asked, coming up to the table
"Sure." The gods shrugged
"Great! Normally I would go with Will but, I'm the waiter today." Nico chuckled
Will laughed.
"Yeah." He said
"Me with Annabeth but I'm the waiter too." Percy grinned
Annabeth chuckled. Percy and Nico went around and asked Travis and Katie, Silena and Beckendorf, Frank and Hazel and Chris and Clarisse. All of them agreed. Even Dionysus agreed to bring Ariadne. Castor, Pollux seemed a little nervous but were fine.
"So multiple designs. We can use the songs as a playlist in the room." Nico said
"Yeah." Percy said. He opened his Spotify and made the playlist.
"Is it premium?" Nico asked
"I love Hermes for this. He gave everything premium." Percy grinned
"Awesome."
"Aw, I love you too Perce." Hermes said to Percy from his table
"How the heck did you hear me from there?" Percy asked in awe
"Skills." Hermes grinned and winked
Percy laughed.
"So for Clarisse and Chris, maybe we could have a warm red and yellow light mix with Vermilion curtains and maybe not candlelight. For Travis and Katie we could have greenery and candlelight. Then for Silena and Beckendorf, we could have some fire aesthetic along with some pink flowers, maybe some coneflower, don't ask me how I know that. Vines for Mr.D and Ariadne with candlelight. Candlelight for Hazel and Frank. " Nico said
Percy's face broke into a grin.
"Amazhang." He said
"Zhang." Nico chuckled.
"How do you know about the flower?" Percy smirked
"I've live in the same palace as the goddess of spring. It just makes sense." Nico said
"Fair." Percy chuckled.
"So now only dad and Amphitrite left." Percy said
"Hmm." Nico said
"What about some wavy designs, with some shells. Some candlelight for them as well." Percy suggested
"That's good." Nico nodded.
"Cuisine?" Percy asked
"I don't think we should keep any Italian. At least not food." Nico said
Percy nodded in agreement.
"Maybe different cuisines for different couples?" Percy asked
"That'd be good." Nico nodded.
"So Mexican for dad, Greek for your dad, Italian for Travis, French for Silena, Italian for Chris. French for Hazel and Frank and Italian for Mr. D." Percy said
"That sounds good." Nico said
"Lastly drinks and desserts." Percy grinned
"Ah." Nico said, rubbing his hands
Percy grinned.
"So alcoholic – Whiskey, Wines, Vodka, Tequila and Champagne. Nonalcoholic – Virgin mojitos, Mocha, Lattes, Juices, Iced coffee, Kool Aid and shakes." Nico said
"You know a lot about alcoholic drinks." Percy teased
"Oh shut up." Nico said
Percy snickered.
"Yes sir." He said
"Desserts, Percy." Nico said
"Tiramisu, Blueberry cheesecake, Red velvet, Strawberry cheesecake, Brownies, Apple Pie, Chocolate, Vanilla and Strawberry Ice cream and of course my special cookies but I'll make them in different colors." Percy said
"I'm think that Tiramisu is Italian." Nico said
"Oh, then we can remove that. Pity, I quite like Tiramisu." Percy said
"You know it had rum right?" Nico asked
"I know it does." Percy said
"I think Tiramisu is minor, we can keep that." Nico said
"Great." Percy grinned
"Let's get cooking." He grinned
Nico sighed and chuckled. They went to the kitchens and put on aprons and chef hats. Thalia walked in the kitchen and burst out laughing.
"You guys look great." She choked out
Nico and Percy grinned.
"What happened?" Jason asked as he came in and saw the two cousins.
"Oh I get it now." He laughed
"Lemme take a photo." Thalia said and took her phone out
Percy and Nico slung their arms over each other's shoulders and grinned. Thalia snapped the photo.
"Let's take a selfie." Jason said
Thalia nodded. The two of them went and slung their arms over Percy and Nico's shoulders.
"Say cheese!" Thalia said. The four demigods said cheese and Thalia snapped the photo. Unknown to the four demigods, a couple of gods saw them and chuckled softly.
"Memories." Percy smiled
"I'll send the photos to you." Thalia grinned.
The cousins nodded.
"Okay now shoo, let us cook." Percy said
Jason and Thalia saluted and went out of the room while laughing. Percy and Nico snickered.
"Oh and a couple of us are planning on coming as a group so you guys can join us later as well. No need for any fancy design or something." Jason said
Percy nodded. They decided to keep a simple white curtained booth for them with yellow lights.
It took 4 and a half hours for Nico and Percy to finish cooking. Luckily the kitchen was air conditioned so none of them were sweaty but they were a little tired especially as they slept at 7am. So they made themselves cups of hot coffee and drank it which made them feel better.
"Phew, done with everything." Percy said
Nico nodded.
"I tasted everything, it's awesome." He said
Percy grinned.
"Lez go outside." He said
The two demigods went out of the kitchen and had lunch with their families.
"Done with all the cooking." Nico grinned
"I'm sure it's gonna be great." Amphitrite grinned
Percy smiled.
"You guys better get ready." Nico said
"Now?" Hades asked
"In two hours or so. We just have to set up the date room." Percy said
"Okay then."
"Come on Nico, we better get designing." Percy said
Annabeth grinned.
Nico nodded and went off with Percy.
"I'm quite excited to see what they set up." Annabeth said
"Who are you going with?" Triton asked
"Oh, I'm not going with anybody. Just a couple of us decided to go as a group. We told Percy." Annabeth said
"Oh okay."
"You should come." Thalia told Triton
"You sure?" Triton asked
"Yeah, of course." Jason grinned
Triton grinned.
"Any dress code?" Tyson asked
"For us? Nah. For the ones going on a date, it's up to them but it's most probably going to be suits and dresses." Thalia said
Tyson nodded.
Percy and Nico had finished setting up the whole room by 5pm. They sat down and drank some cold water. Percy poured some on his face and threw some at Nico. Nico screamed because of the cold touch.
"You're dead Jackson." He grinned
Percy screamed and ran out of the room, laughing. Nico chased him while laughing. They reached the place where everybody was sitting and Percy stopped and Nico jumped on top of him, trying to tickle him. Percy was laughing and screaming at the top of his lungs. Everybody was chuckling.
The two of them got up and took deep breaths and laughed.
"Everybody, let's get ready." Nico said
Everybody nodded and went to their quarters.
Percy and Nico each wore a white jacket with black buttons, black pants, black boots, white gloves and a black bow. They tied an apron to their waists and looked exactly like waiters. The ones going on dates wore suits and shirts and dresses. The demigods and gods going as groups wore simple pants and t-shirts or jeans and pants.
Nico and Percy went outside. Percy gave a mock gasp of surprise. "Nico's wearing white! 911!" he yelled
"Shut up Percy." Nico snickered
Percy grinned.
The two of them went to the room and lit the candles and connected the phones to the speakers and sprayed some room freshener and put some fresh flowers in the pots on the tables.
"So everybody ready?" Percy asked Nico
"Yep. They said they'll be here in ten minutes." Nico said
Percy nodded and flopped down on the chair. They closed the door so that if somebody came they would have time to get up from the couch and start the music
Then there were a couple of knocks on the door. Nico started the songs.
Percy opened the door. The group of demigods and a few gods came in. Will and Annabeth saw Nico and Percy and blushed.
"Looking good Seaweed brain." Annabeth smiled
Percy blushed and grinned.
"Looking handsome Neeks." Will said
Nico grinned.
"Ooh." The demigods and gods said
They laughed.
"Come on guys." Nico said
"Whoa." Connor said
"This place looks amazing. Great job guys. I wasn't wrong when I said that you guys plan great dates." Thalia said
Percy and Nico grinned and bowed.
"Here's your booth." Percy said and showed them the place they arranged for them.
"Now that's beautiful." Apollo said
"Thanks." Nico grinned
The demigods and gods slid into the booth.
"I want to see what you guys made for my daughter." Aphrodite said
"Sure, come on." Percy said
Aphrodite got up and showed Aphrodite the Silena and Beckendorf booth. Aphrodite's eyes gathered with tears.
"It's beautiful." She said
"Glad you like it." Nico said. Aphrodite went back to the booth with the demigods and gods.
"I want to see the one for Persephone as well." Demeter said
"Oh lord." Nico said
"Come on." He said
Demeter got up and saw the Persephone booth. Percy and Nico had added a pomegranate as well.
"Looks good." Demeter said
"Thank you." Percy said. They guided Demeter back to the booth.
"You guys gonna join us?" Hermes asked
"Maybe. We have these ringers so if anybody wants something, then they just have to click the button on the tables. When we're free, we'll join you." Percy said
Hermes grinned and nodded.
Then there was a knock on the door.
"I wonder who." Nico said and went and opened the door. It was Travis and Katie, Silena and Beckendorf, Frank and Hazel and Clarisse and Chris.
"Hey guys come on." Percy said
The four couples grinned and walked in.
"Looks awesome." Beckendorf grinned
Percy and Nico smiled.
They showed each one to their booths.
"Wow, I love it." Silena said
Percy smiled.
"The songs are awesome." Travis grinned
Nico smiled.
"This is beautiful brother." Hazel smiled
Nico grinned.
"Thank you my lady." He bowed
"Ah so were going to be addressed 'my lord' and 'my lady', this is going to be fun." Frank said
"Oh gods Frank." Percy laughed
Then there was another knock on the door. Percy opened it. Nico joined him. This time the guests were Poseidon, Amphitrite, Hades, Persephone, Dionysus and Ariadne.
Nico and Percy bowed.
"My lords and ladies." They said, trying not to laugh.
The three couples chuckled.
"Welcome." Percy grinned
"You guys have name tags. Nice touch." Poseidon grinned
Nico bowed.
"Come on in." He said.
The three couples followed them.
"Whoa." Poseidon said
First they went to Dionysus and Ariadne's booth.
"It's nice to finally meet you lady Ariadne." Percy bowed. Nico followed him.
"Thank you Percy and Nico. It's a pleasure to meet you as well." She smiled
Percy and Nico smiled and gave thumbs up to Dionysus. Ariadne chuckled. They reached the Dionysus booth.
"Wow, it's beautiful." Ariadne said
"Thank you." Nico smiled
"Good job Perry and Nico." Dionysus said
"Thank you sir." Percy grinned
Poseidon, Amphitrite, Hades and Persephone nodded.
"We'll give the menus after five minutes." Nico said
They nodded
"All right sir, your booth now." Percy grinned to Poseidon
Poseidon and Amphitrite smiled.
"I like this song." Persephone said
"It's Yellow by Coldplay." Nico said
Persephone nodded.
They reached the Poseidon and Amphitrite booth.
"Here's yours." Percy grinned
Amphitrite and Poseidon grinned widely.
"This is amazing." Poseidon said
"Truly." Amphitrite grinned
Percy smiled widely.
"We're glad you like it sir." Nico smiled
"Now yours, sir and ma'am." Nico said to Hades and Persephone
Percy chuckled.
They reached the Hades and Persephone booth.
"It's great." Hades grinned
Nico grinned.
Percy bowed.
"It's really beautiful. Thank you." Persephone said
Percy and Nico grinned.
"Glad you like it ma'am and sir." Percy said
"I quite like this ma'am and sir thing." Hades said
Percy grinned. They left the couple and drew their curtains like they did for everybody. They had some help and made the area soundproof as well so that one couple couldn't hear or see the other. Percy and Nico ran and gave their specific menus to everybody. The demigods and gods who had come as a group had all the cuisines.
"We'll order one Margarita veg." Grover said
"Me too." Hermes said
"Veg vegetable pizza." Piper a said
"You don't eat non veg? I mean I know about Piper and Grover but Hermes?" Percy asked
"I don't like eating animals either." Hermes said
Percy nodded in understanding.
"I'll have some Lyonnaise Potatoes." Aphrodite said
"I'll have tacos." Apollo, Ares, Hephaestus and Leo said
Nico noted it all down on a notepad.
"Anything else?" Percy asked
"Nah, we'll share." Hermes said
"Okay then."
"One thing, do we have to pay? Cause I didn't see any prices." Connors said
"It's free." Percy said
Connor cheered.
Percy and Nico chuckled.
"Drinks?" Nico asked
"Kool aid." Dakota said
"Peanut butter shake." Tyson said
"Chocolate shake." Connor and Piper said
"We'll share a pitcher of Watermelon juice." Will said, gesturing to him, Lee and Michael
The two nodded.
"I'll have Mocha." Annabeth said
"Virgin mojito." Jason and Thalia said
"Tequila." Hermes and Apollo said
"Vodka." Ares said
"Red wine." Aphrodite said
"Mocha." Hephaestus said
Percy and Nico nodded.
"So I'll repeat. Two veg margarita pizzas, one veg vegetable pizza, one dish of Lyonnaise Potatoes, four plates of Tacos, one peanut butter shake, one chocolate shake, one pitcher of watermelon juice, two mochas, two virgin mojitos, two tequilas, one red wine." Nico read off his note pad
Everybody nodded.
"Okay, just one thing, do the ones who have ordered alcoholic drinks want the whole bottle or just glasses?" Percy asked
"Bottle. Me and Apollo will share one." Hermes said
"Glass." Ares said
"Same." Aphrodite said
"Thank you." Percy said
He and Nico went outside.
The people inside the booth grinned.
"I'm excited to see the dishes and all." Thalia grinned
"Yeah." Piper agreed
Everybody started their conversations. Sometimes the demigods were talking to gods or gods were talking to demigods or were talking among themselves.
Percy and Nico felt a ring. They checked it.
"Your dad." Nico said
"I'll go, you handle the order." Percy said
Nico nodded.
Poseidon and Amphitrite were talking about the menu when they heard Percy's voice.
"May I come in?"
They chuckled.
"Come on in." Amphitrite said
"Hey, so how may I assist you?" Percy grinned
"We'd like to place our order." Poseidon said
"Great." Percy said, taking a notepad from his back pocket.
"Just one thing. Which song is this?" Amphitrite asked
"Uh this is 'what makes you beautiful.'" Percy said
"Thank you." Amphitrite said
Percy smiled.
"So we'd like one dish of Chilaquiles and one plate of Tacos." Poseidon said
Percy nodded and wrote it down.
"Any drinks?" he asked
"Tequila." Poseidon said
"Bottle or glass?" Percy asked
"Glass." Poseidon said
"Champagne glass." Amphitrite said
Percy nodded.
"Okay." He said
"Anything else?" he asked
"Not right now." Poseidon smiled
"Thank you." Percy bowed and went outside
"That was formal." Amphitrite chuckled
Poseidon chuckled.
"This is going to be fun." Amphitrite smiled at Poseidon
"The date?" Poseidon asked
"Yeah. I like that one couple can't see or hear the other." Amphitrite said
"Yep." Poseidon grinned
"Dad and Amphitrite ordered one plate of Chilaquiles, one plate of tacos, one glass of tequila and champagne." Percy said
Nico nodded and tossed Percy a bottle of tequila and red wine.
"I'm done with the order of Will and the others." Nico said
Percy grinned and gave him a waiter tray and took one himself.
"I'll give the drinks first, then I'll help with the food." Percy said
Nico nodded.
Percy kept the vodka, tequila and red wine on the tray. He grabbed a bucket of ice that are found in bars and went to his friends' booth. He opened the curtain and went inside.
He grinned and opened the bottles and poured them in glasses formally. He kept the Watermelon juice pitcher on the table. The people in the booth grinned.
Percy grinned and winked and left the room.
"That guy would make a good bartender." Hermes said
The demigods chuckled.
"That was the most basic skill we can do with drinks. We'll all go clubbing one day on Olympus and we'll show you our skills." Castor grinned
"You guys go clubbing?" Apollo grinned
"Not the adult clubbing, you know with the gross dances and all but normal dance parties and bars and stuff but we order nonalcoholic." Pollux said
Hermes and Apollo nodded.
"That's also clubbing." Ares grinned
Just then Nico and Percy came with the food.
"Here is your food. Enjoy." Nico said
They grinned.
"What are you guys talking about?" Percy asked
"Clubbing." Castor said
"We're going?" Percy asked
"Maybe in a day or two." Annabeth said
Percy and Nico grinned.
"We got to go." Percy said and he and Nico left the booth.
The others ate.
"This is so tasty." Tyson said
Everybody nodded.
"These are on point." Aphrodite said
"Nice." Piper grinned
Aphrodite gave her some.
"These are on point." Piper said
"So we learnt that mine and Annabeth's boyfriends are good cooks." Will grinned
The others nodded.
"I'll take the drinks for dad and Amphitrite." Percy said
Nico nodded.
Percy grabbed the champagne bottle and tequila bottle and went outside. He took one step and then came back cursing.
"What happened?" Nico asked
"Forgot the tray." Percy snickered.
Nico shook his head. Percy grabbed the tray and went to Poseidon and Amphitrite's booth.
"May I come in?" He asked
"Yeah." Amphitrite chuckled.
"Ma'am your champagne." Percy said, flipping the champagne glass and putting it on the table and pouring the drink in it.
Amphitrite grinned.
"Sir, your tequila." Percy said, grabbing the glass and pouring the tequila.
"Thank you." Poseidon grinned
"My pleasure." Percy bowed and left the booth
He went and got the food and went back to the booth.
"Ma'am and sir your food." Percy bowed and kept the dishes and left the booth.
"This looks tempting." Poseidon said
Amphitrite grinned and started to put some food in her plate.
"You wanna eat in a plate?" Poseidon asked
"Then how?" Amphitrite asked
"We share." Poseidon shrugged
Amphitrite grinned and put it back.
"This tastes delicious." Amphitrite said
Poseidon nodded.
Percy and Nico felt another two rings in their ringers.
"Mr. D and dad." Nico said. Then there was another set of rings.
"Hazel, Clarisse, Beckendorf and Travis." Percy said
"I'll do dad, Clarisse and Hazel. You do the other three." Nico said
Percy nodded. The two of them went to their respective booths.
Percy went to Dionysus' booth first.
"May I come in?" He asked
"Come in Peter." Dionysus said
Percy chuckled and went inside.
"How may I help you?" he asked
"We would like to order." Ariadne smiled
"Of course." Percy said and pulled out his notepad.
"We'd like one Lasagna and Margarita pizza. In drinks we'd like-" Dionysus started
"Wine, of course." Percy said
"Yes."
"Which one?"
"Red wines." Ariadne said
"Anything else?" Percy asked
"Not right now." Ariadne said
"Okay, thank you." Percy bowed and left the booth.
Travis and Katie ordered one New York Style pizza and two chocolate shakes. Beckendorf and Silena ordered one Cheesy Croissant Casserole and virgin mojitos.
Percy went back to the kitchen and got everybody's drinks. He went to Mr. D first. He twirled the wine glasses and poured the wine.
"That was skillful Perry." Dionysus said
"Thank you sir." Percy said
Then Percy went to give Beckendorf, Silena, Travis and Katie their drinks. Then he returned to the kitchen.
Meanwhile with Nico…
He went to his dad and Persephone's booth first. Learning from personal experience and for the sake of being formal he didn't enter directly.
"May I enter?" he asked
"Yeah." Persephone said.
Nico went inside.
"How may I help you tonight?" he asked
"Well which song is this and the one before that?" Hades asked
"Charlie brown by Coldplay. The before one was Beginning Middle End." Nico said
"Could I have the playlist after this?" Hades asked
"Of course sir." Nico bowed
Persephone and Hades chuckled.
"We'd like to place our order." Persephone said
"Great." Nico said, pulling out a notepad.
"We'd like one Tomatokeftedes and one Moussaka." Hades said
Nico nodded.
"Drinks?" he asked
"Whiskey." Hades said
"Red wine." Persephone said
"Bottles or glass?" Nico asked
"Glass." Persephone said
"Bottle." Hades said
"Small or big?" Nico asked
"Small."
"Okay then." Nico said
"Thank you." Persephone said
"My pleasure." Nico bowed and left the booth.
Clarisse and Chris ordered a Lasagna and Virgin mojitos. Frank and Hazel ordered Quiche Lorraine and Virgin Mojitos.
He met Percy in the kitchen who had put the food items on the tray and was about to leave. Nico did the same and the two of them grinned and left.
Percy went to Travis and Katie's booth and gave them pizza.
"Here you go sir and ma'am." Percy grinned
Katie and Travis grinned at the 'sir' and 'ma'am.'
Percy went and gave the food to the other couples as well. Nico went to Frank and Hazel first.
"Here is your food ma'am and sir." He grinned
"Thank you." Frank grinned
Hazel chuckled.
Then he went and gave the food to Clarisse and Chris who grinned. After that he went to Hades and Persephone's booth.
"May I come in?" He asked
"Yeah." Hades said
Nico went in.
"You have great songs." Hades said
"Thank you sir." Nico bowed.
"Here is your food and drinks." He said and kept it on the table.
"Enjoy." Nico said. Hades and Persephone smiled. Nico's eyes widened but by very little so nobody noticed. He bowed and left.
The two of them dug into the food.
"This is very tasty." Hades said
Persephone nodded.
Nico and Percy sighed once they met.
"That was a lot and fun." Percy grinned
"Yeah." Nico chuckled.
"Let's go see what's up with the others." Percy said
Nico nodded and they went to Annabeth's booth.
"Hey guys." Nico said
"Finally free?" Hephaestus chuckled
"Yep." Nico said
"The food is freaking amazing." Dakota said
"Thank you so much." Percy grinned
Everybody chuckled.
"So what are you talking about?" Nico asked
"We were thinking that Percy and you should open a club combined with the water sports place." Apollo said
Percy and Nico's eyes widened.
"Seriously?" Nico asked
"You bet." Hermes said
"Damn guys, thank you." Percy said
"We're gonna discuss with your parents." Hermes said
"What about my mom?" Percy asked
"We'll convince her. Don't worry." Ares chuckled
"You too?" Nico asked
Ares nodded.
"On Olympus or what?" Percy asked
"It would be safer for you to open on Olympus but we can cast a shield on the ground so you could do that. Or you could open on both." Hermes said
"Both?!" Nico asked in surprise
"Yeah of course." Apollo said
"This is insane." Percy said
The demigods chuckled at their reactions.
"It's gonna be awesome." Triton grinned
Percy and Nico were grinning. They gave fist bumps to everybody. They chuckled.
"Hey can we order dessert?" Will asked
"Of course." Percy and Nico said
"We'd like a blueberry cheesecake, a tiramisu and red velvet." Leo said
Percy wrote it down and nodded.
"Be right back." Nico and Percy said.
They went to the kitchen.
"This is insane." Percy said, grinning
"I know right." Nico said
They put the dishes on the plate and returned to the booth and gave it to everybody.
"You guys have something yet?" Jason asked Percy and Nico
"Not yet but we're gonna eat later. We had a filling lunch and some snacks." Percy said
"Great then." Reyna said
Then Nico and Percy felt their ringers.
"Dad." Nico said
"Dad." Percy said
"So both your dads at one time?" Demeter asked
"Yes." Percy said
"How's Persephone doing?" Demeter asked
"Good I guess. I mean I'm not crashing their date. I'm only a waiter. Fates know what's going on." Nico shrugged
"I like how you say fates know." Thalia snickered.
"What? I don't think any god knows." Nico shrugged
"We got to go." Percy said
Nico got up.
Percy went to his father and Amphitrite.
"May I come in?" He asked
It took 2 seconds for them to respond and Percy muffled his snickers.
"Oh yeah, come in." Poseidon said
Percy got a straight face and went inside.
"We wanted to order dessert." Amphitrite said
"Of course." Percy said
"We'd like an Apple pie with Vanilla ice cream and blue cookies." Poseidon said
"Nice." Percy chuckled.
"Will be right back." He said and left.
Percy went to the kitchen. He took the apple pie and vanilla ice cream and blue cookies and returned to the booth.
"Here you go. Enjoy." Percy grinned.
"Thank you." Poseidon smiled
"Yeah, the food was awesome." Amphitrite said
"I'm glad you like my lord and lady." Percy bowed respectfully. "Let me know if you need anything." He said and left the booth.
"That was professional." Poseidon said with a raised eyebrow
Amphitrite chuckled.
Poseidon bit the cookie and groaned contently.
"What did he put in this?" He asked
"I don't know. He said some secret ingredients." Amphitrite said
"It reminds me of the sea." Poseidon said
Amphitrite nodded.
Nico went to his dad's and Persephone's booth.
"May I come in?" He asked
It took 5 seconds for them to respond this time.
"Yeah, come on in." Hades said
"Anything I can do for you?" Nico asked
"Yeah, we'd like to order dessert." Persephone said
"Great." Nico said and pulled out his notepad.
"We'd like brownies with vanilla ice cream and cookies." Hades said
"All right." Nico chuckled.
"Between, we loved the food." Persephone said
Hades nodded. Nico grinned.
"Glad you liked it." He bowed and left the booth.
Nico went to the kitchen. He grabbed the brownies and ice cream and the special gray and yellow cookies Percy made. He went back to the booth.
"Here you are." Nico said and kept the dishes on the table.
"Thank you." Hades said
Nico and Percy went back to Annabeth's quarters.
"Hey guys." Lee said
"Hey." Percy said
"Of course you two twilight addicts would put this song." Thalia chuckled goo naturedly
"Hey thousand years is a good song, twilight or not." Percy defended.
"And we're not twilight addicts." Nico said
"Speaking of a series, this reminds me of the divergent paintball we had." Hermes grinned
"That was so fun." Tyson said
Everybody nodded.
"There should've been a Ferris Wheel." Nico snickered
Everybody laughed.
Percy's ringer rung.
"Mr.D, Clarisse, Silena, Katie and Hazel." He said
"You take Mr.D and Katie and I'll do the rest." Nico said
Percy nodded.
"These guys are gonna be busy." Michael chuckled, once Percy and Nico left the room.
The others nodded.
Percy went to Mr.D who ordered cookies and brownies with vanilla ice cream. Katie and Travis ordered Apple Pie, vanilla ice cream and tiramisu. Percy was really glad that everybody liked the food a lot. He was quite tired as well but he enjoyed doing this and if it also meant that his father and uncle wouldn't get nightmares then he would do it every day.
He went to the kitchen and grabbed the purple cookies, brownies and vanilla ice cream and gave them to Mr. D. Then he got the apple pie, vanilla ice cream and tiramisu and too it to Travis and Katie.
Nico went to Hazel first who ordered brownies and blueberry cheesecake. Silena and Beckendorf ordered strawberry cheesecake and Clarisse ordered Apple pie. Nico was also really glad that everybody liked the food. He made a mental note to cook again for them but he wasn't sure if he could remember it but it still gave him satisfaction to make the mental note.
He went to the kitchen and grabbed the necessary dishes and went to the respective booths to deliver them. He and Percy then went back to hang out with their friends.
"Hey guys, what about after this, we watch the stars?" Will asked
"Sure." Percy grinned
The demigods nodded.
"You too guys." Jason said to the gods there.
"What about everybody who is here, like in all the booths?" Connor asked
"Yeah, that's good." Nico said
"I loved the desserts. I would order more but I'm full." Thalia said
Nico, Percy, Annabeth and Jason gasped dramatically.
"Thalia is full?" Nico asked
"Never thought that would happen." Percy chuckled
Thalia stuck her tongue out at them,
They all talked for an hour before Percy and Nico's ringers started ringing.
"We'll be back." Percy said. He and Nico divided the booths and went to their respective ones. Everybody had finished and they wanted to know the bill. The two demigods told them that it was free of cost. They all got up. Percy and Nico went and informed the booth their friends were in. They all got up as well.
"We're going star gazing. Wanna come?" Nico asked
"Sure." Hades said
"Just one thing, can I keep this?" Aphrodite asked, holding the wine
"The wine or the glass?" Nico asked
Everybody snickered.
"Well both." Aphrodite grinned
"Yeah, you guys can keep the drinks. We have extra bottles behind. At least 4 more of different drinks. I'll go get those." Percy said
"I'll help." Nico said
He and Percy ran into the kitchen and grabbed the bottles or alcoholic and nonalcoholic drinks and went outside.
"Here." They kept all of it on one table.
"Take what you want." Nico said
Percy went and got the cookies and other desserts. He divided them into boxes.
"Here are your dessert boxes." He grinned and kept one for himself and gave one to Nico.
"The food was mind blowing." Amphitrite said
"It was amazing." Silena and Beckendorf nodded.
"Absolutely."
"100%"
"Definitely." Came from the others
Percy and Nico blushed under the praise and gave shy smiles.
"You guys should open a diner." Travis laughed
Hermes and the others grinned at Percy and Nico. Hermes told everybody their plan. Everybody was overjoyed.
"That would be brilliant!" Chris grinned
Percy and Nico were as red as tomatoes. They exchanged glances and smiled.
"Thank you." They said and bowed in unison.
Everybody cheered.
"Oh between hi, I'm Pollux." Pollux said, holding out his hand to Ariadne with a grin.
Ariadne smiled and shook it.
"I'm Castor, I actually died but hey the fates called me for the reading. It's a pleasure to meet you." Castor said and held out his hand.
The Greek campers and Dionysus grimaced a little but grinned at the end.
Ariadne smiled and shook his hand.
"I'm Dakota. I'm actually a son of Bacchus. I'm like Castor." Dakota grinned
There were slight grimaces but everybody grinned again.
Ariadne shook his hand.
"It's great to meet you guys." Ariadne smiled. She took a few cookies from her box and gave them to the three demigods. Dakota, Castor and Pollux grinned widely and the cheered.
"We have a cool step mom as well!" They whooped and jumped as they punched the air
Everybody chuckled. Dionysus and Ariadne chuckled.
Percy grinned. Nico gave a smile.
"So that's two gangs who got lucky." Thalia grumbled good naturedly, hiding a grin.
"Three gangs actually." Nico and Hazel said. Nico was glad that he took Percy's advice. It really changed what he thought. After today especially, he was actually seeing the good sides. Percy was right, he just needed to get to know Persephone properly.
Hazel and Nico high fived each other with grins. Hades and Persephone's eyes widened.
"T-thank you." Persephone said
Nico and Hazel smiled. Hades grinned and he and Persephone gave side hugs to Nico and Hazel.
Percy whooped and cheered. The others joined him. He grinned and gave a thumbs up to Nico. Nico smiled at Percy.
Castor, Pollux and Dakota gave fist bumps to Ariadne. Dionysus grinned.
"It's all thanks to this shank here." Nico said and pointed at Percy
"Shank?" Pollux laughed.
"Glade language." Apollo laughed.
"No it's not all thanks to me. It's all thanks to you." Percy told Nico
"Oh come on! You gave me some advice." Nico said
"Exactly, I gave you advice. You chose to act on it, you chose to start, you were the one who tried and you are the one who succeeded. Not me, I just gave you a small shove." Percy grinned
Nico chuckled. The demigods and gods smiled.
"Now let's go outside. Grab whatever you want and let's go." Percy grinned
"You five got lucky this way." Jason grinned
"That's true." The four of them said.
Everybody picked up the drinks they had had that night, alcoholic or nonalcoholic and they also took their dessert boxes.
"Here's the playlist dad." Nico said to Hades and gave him a piece of paper with the names of the songs.
Hades grinned.
"You guys chose great songs today. Apollo was humming half of them in the booth." Hephaestus chuckled
Percy and Nico grinned. Apollo chuckled.
On the way outside, Castor, Pollux and Dakota told Ariadne to take at least one of each of their cookies as she had given them one each. Ariadne was laughing and saying that it was a gift.
"This is a gift from us then." Pollux grinned
Ariadne chuckled and took the cookie. Dionysus and the other gods were grinning. It made the demigods happy to see their parents laugh and enjoy. The demigod and god couples who had gone on the date were holding hands and walking. The others gave them space.
"Annabeth, you got to design the club now too." Hermes grinned
"This is still so crazy." Percy and Nico said
Hermes grinned.
"We're all mad here." He said
The demigods cheered.
"So true dad." Connor said
Hermes winked.
Annabeth grinned.
"I'm gonna start soon then." She said
They all reached the railing. When Annabeth designed the place, she asked the gods to add protective shields so that there would be no accidents. Everybody knew that because they learnt during their stay. They all leant on the railing and sipped whatever drink they had brought as they watched the stars and identified the constellations. Artemis identified the most, obviously. Thalia, Annabeth and Percy were tied. Nico came third which he seemed glad about.
It was mostly quiet but there would be small bits of conversation between the demigods and/or gods.
They stayed there for half an hour before everybody started yawning.
"Let's sleep." Pollux said
Everybody nodded, gave each other fist bumps and went to their quarters. The gods watched their children crashed on the beds.
Today Nico and Percy had fallen asleep within seconds, proving just how tire they were.
Dionysus and Hades were really happy about the fact that their respective partners had been accepted by their children. All the gods smiled as they slept. Nobody was thinking about the next day's reading.