AN: I can't believe it's been about three years since I've really been on this site actively, and I feel like a scumbag for not updating for so long, but for some reason I just lost interest. However, that reason must've went away or something, because I suddenly got back interested in this story at three this morning and I somehow came up with this. I'm really trying to get back into writing frequently like I used to, so I will try to update this more and not be such a scumbag. And also, because it's been three years since I updated, I lost interest with where I was going with it with 'the talk' and all of that, so that's not gonna happen, but hopefully this is as entertaining for you to read as it was for me writing it.

Athena had been brainstorming a lot about what would improve the lives of the gods. After all, they were eons old powerful beings, they should be doing more than hanging out in Olympus getting themselves into questionable situations, so she decided to hold a meeting to tell everyone of her idea.

"Whatever reason you have for making us come here better be really good. You interrupted my cereal time," Demeter says as she enters the throne room along with the other gods.

"I would agree with Demeter, but that would mean I'd be agreeing with Demeter, and there is no way I'm agreeing with that devil, so I'm not sure how I feel about this."

Demeter glares at Hades for calling her the Devil, which was actually ironic, considering he was the god of the underworld so if anyone would be a Devil it would be him.

As soon as everyone was in the room Athena stood in the middle of the throne room and started her announcement.

"I'll get straight to the point since I know some of you don't want to be here," she paused and looked at Demeter and Hades, "I think it's about time we all start being more productive and get jobs."

"Productive?" Zeus scoffed, "I'm the King of the gods, I think I produce enough."

Hera sneers at him and says, "Oh, you mean reproduce?"

All of the Olympians groan in unison because they've heard this conversation from her plenty of times.

"Here we go again," Poseidon sighs.

"This nagging bi—" Hephaestus is cut off by Athena clearing her throat.

Hera apparently doesn't get the message because she continues complaining.

"I think Athena is right, Zeus does need to get a job, then maybe he can learn to do something besides being a bad husband."

"Learn to be productive?!" Zeus yells, "I'm the greatest god of all, I don't need to learn anything, I'm good at everything."

"Except pulling out," Poseidon murmurs under his breath, but everybody hears him and erupts into laughter, except for Artemis, who covers her ears, not liking the inappropriate direction that this conversation was surely going.

"You have no room to talk. How's your son these days?" Zeus asks sarcastically.

Poseidon frowns and Zeus continues, "Oh right, you probably don't know which one I'm talking about since you have so many."

"Haha very funny, brother, but thanks to me not pulling out, Olympus wasn't taken over by Kronos," Poseidon says pridefully.

"Enough!" Athena shouts, "No one wants to hear about either of your… techniques."

"Yeah, what she said," Artemis agrees.

"Speak for yourselves," Hades says, "This is the most entertaining conversation I've heard all day. Maybe I should visit here more often."

"Or Not."

"No one asked your opinion, Demeter!"

"If only Hera hadn't interrupted, we could've gotten to the point already," Hephaestus said, "She's such a nag."

Hera gasped and fired back, "Your mother is a nag!"

"You are my mother, you forgetful twat!"

"Oh right. Well don't remind me!" Hera looks at him with disgust and then wonders aloud, "What's a twat?"

"Allow me to explain," Hermes says, "A twat is a slang term used for a –"

"Everybody stop!" Athena was beyond frustrated that everyone kept getting sidetracked.

"What do you all think about the idea of all of us getting human jobs?"

"Ehh I'll pass," Hades said, "I'd rather not deal with living beings."

"And I don't see the point of me getting a job, I'm basically already a mailman." The fact that Hermes was wearing a UPS uniform further emphasized his point.

Artemis didn't see the point for her either. "I do a lot already, but I do think it would be a good idea for everyone else."

"I'm too good for this. The working world is for lames. Refrigerator."

Hephaestus wasn't a fan of the idea also. "I work in the forges already."

"And I'm too busy looking at myself to do any of that stuff. But I am nosy and I like being in people's business," Aphrodite thought for a second, "I know! I'll just pretend to be a student at that high school that a lot of the demigods go to and I'll spy on them and disrupt their lives!"

"I see your points," Athena said, "except for Aphrodite's and Apollo's, but I think jobs would be beneficial for the rest of us. Zeus, what do you think?"

"Well you are the smart one, so maybe we should give it try."

"But what would we all do?" Poseidon asked.

"I think that's something you all should decide. I want to be a teacher, since I am the wisest."

"I'd be good at something dealing with food," Demeter says, imagining all the Gourmet cereal could make.

"I'm the god of the sky, so maybe I can be a weatherman."

"I like being a dick, so I can be a gym teacher." Ares thought about all of the innocent students he could torment during gym class and it made the fireballs in his eye sockets light up.

"Working at Goode sounds like a brilliant idea," Poseidon imagined all the ways he could mess with Percy.

"Well that's everybody. Let's start tomorrow."

After the meeting was over and Athena was back at her house, she was thinking of a name to use for her teaching job. She couldn't just tell everyone to call her Athena; that would be suspicious.

There was a knock at her door, and when she opened it Poseidon was there with an excited smile on his face.

"Why are you so happy?" She asked as she let him in.

"Because, now I can use this job thing as an excuse to mess with Percy and Annabeth, doesn't that sound exciting to you?"

"Poseidon, the point of this isn't to play silly games with our kids, we're all doing this so we can do more than be unproductive here in Olympus."

"Yeah, yeah whatever," Poseidon said, "that's nice and all, but I'm gonna have some fun with this."

"Well that should be interesting."

"So, what's your teacher name going to be?"

"I don't know yet, that's actually what I was just thinking about."

"Don't tell me you're gonna do something lame, like name yourself after a dictionary or something else nerdy."

"Hmm." Athena grinned.

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Annabeth and Percy's life was just starting to become normal again, it was the beginning of their junior year in high school, and they were hoping nothing weird would happen to mess that up.

"Good morning class, I'm your new English teacher, Ms. Webster."