Jason's POV

That day, it seemed like the universe was telling me to become bisexual.

'Start from the top.' Leo said. 'Like what happened when you got there.'

'We weren't there, so.' Percy said.

I cringed inside. 'Like you said; I waited for Piper somewhere far but in front of the counter.

'While I waited, I tried to ignore the cashier staring at me. Even when Piper came; he still stared at me while she was talking to him—'

'Wait a minute.' Nico said. 'You're saying—'

'Yeah.' I said.

'If you ask me it's a really good security system.' Piper said. 'I flirted with him and he wouldn't even look at me.'

'Duh?' Nico and Will asked.

'I didn't know he was—'

'Ok. Whatever.' Nico said. 'What else happened?'

'I couldn't hear their conversation,' I continued. 'but when he finally turned to her, he seemed to be chewing her out. Then he turned back to me.

'Piper turned in my direction and I winked at her; but of course, Lot had to take it the wrong way.' I said.

'His name's Lot?' Everyone except me and Percy asked.

'Yeah.' I said. 'What's the problem?'

'You need to accidentally open a Bible sometime.' Annabeth said. 'Quickly.'

'What's so bad about Lot?' Percy asked.

'You guys are perfect for each other.' Will muttered.

'I grew up in a pagan Roman legion.' I said. 'I haven't read any page of the Bible in my life.'

'It's another long story.' Nico said. 'Also very offensive.'

'My fifth grade teacher said Lot was a hero.' Hazel said.

Nico gave Hazel the harshest look I'd ever seen him give her.

'Then again; she wasn't Greco-Roman.' Hazel squeaked.

'All we can tell you is that his name's pretty ironic.' Percy's Mom said.

'Piper called me over and I was like "Hey." and Lot looked like he was going to faint.' I said. 'She ordered me to flirt with him and ran away.'

'Very weird dare.' Leo said.

'Of course I didn't know what to say, but he seemed okay with staring straight—'

Laughter.

'—at me,' I continued. 'and not being sure of what to say.

'He finally asked me "What's your name?" and I told him. He told me his name was Lot Hitler—'

'You have got to be kidding me.' Nico muttered.

'It's a surname in Austria.' Annabeth said.

'and waited for me to laugh like the rest of you.' I said, annoyed.

'I know it's not his fault he was named that way,' Frank said. 'but who would be so full of irony that they would call their kid Lot Hitler?'

'It might be like Percy's name.' Percy's mom said. 'I named him Perseus so he could have a life like the original Perseus.'

'Awww.' Piper, Hazel and Annabeth said.

'Look where that got me.' Percy muttered.

'Exactly.' Percy's mom said.

'I'm sure his parents read him the stories of Lot and Hitler a lot when he was a kid so he grew up to their example.' Nico said with gritted teeth.

'I told him, ''If that was supposed to be a joke; I didn't get it.'' And he was like, "Wow." He then asked me if I was from around here and I said "No. Just wanted to visit a friend." We both got stumped on what else to say until Lot blurted that I was gorgeous.'

'That must've really surprised you.' Leo said, stifling a laugh.

'Me,' I glared at Piper. 'trying to stick to the plan, said he was handsome, too.'

'Oooh.' Annabeth, Leo and Percy said.

Hazel cleared her throat. 'This is where you tell us how things went— like Nik says— diagonal.'

'Oh, they went diagonal, alright.' I said, feeling my face turn pink. 'The next thing I knew, I was following him into the dressing room.'

'Flying boy said what now?' Nico and Will asked.

'Seriously.' I said.

'This keeps getting better and better.'

We turned and saw Nik; or at least we thought it was her.

She wore the most puffy pink and white ballroom gown I'd ever seen with a diamond tiara. She also seemed to be six feet tall; probably because of her shoes.

Percy smiled. 'All hail Princess Strange.'

'Hail.' We cheered, snickering.

'I had two drachmas in my jean pocket, Jase.' Nik said. 'Your sister would love to hear about your little bi-curious adventure.'

'How much did you hear?' Piper asked.

'21 Savage.' Nik said. 'Which is to say a lot. Which reminds me; His name's Lot?'

'Why does the most satanic girl in camp know more about The Bible than me?' I asked.

'Lot was this holy dude from—'

'Speak another word and I'll send you to Tartarus.' Nico warned.

Nik smirked. 'Sorry. I forgot you sinners were here.'

'Get on with it.' Percy said. 'What else happened?'

Embarrassment crept back into my face. 'We got in and he shut the door.'

'I just realized we're out of cookies.' Percy's mom said, looking sick. 'I'll make more.'

We let the woman walk back into the kitchen.

'We ran out of cookies ten minutes ago.' Frank muttered.

'Then he crowded me against the wall.' I continued.

'I'll help Mrs Jackson with those cookies.' Hazel said; then she was also saved from being scarred for life.

'Then he asked "Is this your first time?", and I didn't say anything.' I said. 'I was so scared.'

'You'd better be.' Nik muttered.

'He said "You don't have to do this if you don't want to." but I didn't hear any alarms, so I thought Piper hadn't escaped. Meaning I had to keep up with the charade.'

'The evidence is clear.' Nik said. 'Jason got demonitized because Pipey was too slow.'

'I wanted the coast to be clear.' Piper protested.

'The cashier wasn't there.' Nik said. 'Who else were you waiting for?'

Piper looked like she wanted to say something, but changed her mind and started nodding.

'I didn't get—'

'No spoilers!' Nik pointed a finger at me. 'Keep going.'

I sighed. '"I'm just nervous." I said. "And isn't this going a bit too fast? We just met and all."

'And he was like, "Don't you believe in love at first sight? It's not supposed to matter if we're supposed to be together."'

'Merda.' Nico cursed.

I bowed my head. 'Then he kissed me. A lot.'

'Demonitized.' Nik said.

'It's demonized.' Frank said.

'Tomato; demonitized.' Nik said.

'He began to take off my shirt when the alarms finally rang and a security officer opened the door.'

Piper kissed my cheek. 'Thanks for not cheating on me.'

'As it turned out; the security officer was Lot's boyfriend and he gave me an earful.' I said. 'He warned me that I should never step foot into the Tower again... or else.'

'Then you ran away as fast as you could; happily half demonitized.' Nik said.

'Yes.' I said.

Nik paused before she began slow clapping. 'I've got to tell Thalia about this.'

'Why?' I asked. 'And when did you get so close to Thalia that you tell her about everything?'

'Not everything.' Nik said. 'Just this thing. I haven't spoken to her since those two months ago.'

For a second, she looked sad; like she missed my sister or something.

She then perked up and smiled. 'On second thought; speaking of demonitized…'