Himeros POV

It seemed my mother noticed the faint smell of the sea coming from me. I knew that Perseus's power will give me a bit of his scent, so I took caution that morning. I went to take a swim on Montauk just like I told my mother, that way I had a reason for the smell of the sea. My mother seemed to buy it. She asked me where I've been all this time and I replied honestly. I been everywhere, I was just pure energy spread thinly on the world, so I did not really lie. I could tell my mother would keep asking but she seemed to sense Perseus and his activities as she looked shocked and grinned evilly.

"What's wrong mother?" I pretended I was in the dark.

"Oh, nothing really, just your father will be really angry when he finds out who is going to give him a grandchild," she giggled and smiled. No way! I was certain she was talking about Perseus, but they went all the way for a child, I did not expect that at all.

I faked curiosity and asked, "who might it be mother? I mean if it's okay to ask…"

"Oh Himi, you'll find out soon enough," my mother seemed way too excited about Perseus having a child with the daughter of Ares. I narrowed my eye at her to show her I was mildly irritated with her response.

The topic quickly went back to my adventures over the last eight hundred years. I worded my adventures carefully to ensure that my mother never found out about my true past. We talked, and my mom told me everything that's been going on in Olympus over the years, mentioned the second Titanomachy and Gigantomachy with the rise of Gaea.

I was actually surprised by some of the things she said. I knew what was going on for most of the time, but Aphrodite seemed well informed about the war for a goddess that does not fight. She told me about how father had abandoned her a few years ago for an unknown reason. I placed the pieces together and figured he left my mom to train for his battle with Perseus. I was glad my mom was no longer with my father. I loved him as a son, but he was a huge jerk, paid no mind to the affection my mom felt towards him and only spent time with her when he wanted sex. Of course, with me being the god of unrequited love, that angered me greatly.

It would be great if my mother had bonded with Perseus through my blessing, I thought for a minute. He would have treated her right, if only she had been near him at the right place at the right time... My mother spends a lot of her time with mortals having kids because every time one gives her a sliver of genuine affection she feels loved. She believes she has found what she's been looking for and she is wrong every single time. My mother's existence is a cursed one indeed, one would figure being the goddess of love she would have an easier path to it, but one could not be more wrong. I wanted to bring the subject up, eventually but not now. Plus, I noticed we have been talking for hours already and it was getting late.

"Mom, I would love to stay and talk longer about my journey, but I still have to visit some of my brothers, they deserve an explanation as well. It has also gotten pretty late, but I'll be back later, is that ok?" I asked sheepishly.

"Of course, Himi, I'm just so happy you are finally back," my mom said as she started weeping once again. Sigh, nobody knew just how emotional was mother, if only people saw her as more than a pretty face or a good piece of meat. I smiled at her kissed her in the cheek.

"I'll be back to catch up later mom, I promise." She smiled, and I flashed away.

Clarisse POV

I woke up feeling extremely sore in my core and private area. I realized I was not in my room and I was playing little spoon to someone. I turned my face around to see a drooling Percy, gods he still looked hot. He must have been exhausted as well if he had not woken up yet. Percy moved like a machine yesterday, he had what seemed to be unlimited stamina, not to mention he never ran out... I flushed as I remembered all the crazy stuff we did yesterday.

I tried to stand up, but my legs did not respond, and my hips hurt like hell. I started freaking out but willed myself to calm down. It has to be temporary, maybe they are like that from overuse I figured. I did the only logical thing to do in this situation and shook Percy awake.

"Percy, Percy wake up," he did not react. "PERCY!" I shouted.

He started to wake up but closed his eyes and held me tighter, I found myself breathing in short pants again and pushed him away, I was not up to that at the moment and even if I was the bottom side of my body was not working and I was totally freaking out again.

"Percy, come on! I can't feel my legs!" I shouted once again to get his full attention.

That seemed to do that trick as Percy shot up and looked shocked. "Clarisse, I'm so sorry. I think we overdid it…" He was breathing hard and was freaking out as well. "Hold on I will take you to the infirmary at once," he said in a rushed manner. I saw him struggle putting on his pants and putting on a shirt as his back also hurt him. He then came over to me.

"Clarisse I'm really sorry, I did not know this could happen. I should not have pushed you past your limits. Don't worry though, everything will be fine. The people in the infirmary will know what to do, I think," he said but I did feel worried. If we go there, they are gonna start asking questions and they will know about what happened. We will be forced to tell them everything we did yesterday so they can help us.

Percy removed the sheets from me and froze. I wondered why until I remembered I was completely naked. I shyly tried to close my legs tight, but it did not work so I had to cover my chest and private area with my hands. I then glanced over at Percy who had huge erection outlined in his jeans. He saw my glance and covered with his hands as well. I could not help but to smile at that.

"Umm, I think we should get you your clothes Clarisse," he said looking down in embarrassment for his erection. I nodded and covered my body with the sheets. Percy looked around for my clothes but only brought my bra and jeans as my panties and shirt were nothing but shreds of fabric on the floor. I put on my bra easily but came to a problem when I tried putting on my jeans as I could not move my legs.

"Umm Percy, can you help me put on my pants?" I asked meekly. Percy turned red with me when he remembered I had nothing below my waist. It was really dumb considering what we did yesterday to be embarrassed and blush at something like this but for some reason we still did. Percy nodded and helped me put them on. I caught him licking his lips when he got close to my personal area and could not help to blush again.

"You are going to need a shirt too.." Percy said and reached for his drawer once again. He pulled out the first shirt he saw. It was a blue t-shirt with little fishes that said "Keep calm and just keep swimming," I looked at him in disbelief.

"I never actually wore it... well just one time," he said embarrassed again. I laughed at loud and he smiled back. I put on the shirt while Percy brushed his teeth. He came over picked me up bridal style and took me to the sink. He gave me a new toothbrush and sat me next to it, so I could brush my teeth. When I was done he picked me up bridal style again and opened the cabin door.

Percy POV

When I opened the cabin door I saw that it was noon. We must have overslept due to exhaustion I figured. I noticed a lot of campers were out but none looked my way, so I guess my cabin was soundproof. I sighed in relief and rushed to the infirmary near the Apollo cabin.

I saw a few kids of Apollo there, but I was looking for the one I trusted the most. I noticed Will looking over some papers in his tiny office and went in.

"Hey Pierce. Umm hello Clarisse, is there something you need?" He said with a huge grin on his face. I narrowed my eyes at his suspicious reply but sat Clarisse down in a chair and brushed it off.

"Yes Will, you see… I was with Clarisse. We were sparring you know and I think we overdid it because when she woke up this morning she could not feel her legs. I felt responsible for it, so I brought her here to see if there's anything you can do about it…"

"Ah yes of course, It is not very common but sometimes when people spar their legs do get overworked and need some time to heal before they can move them again." Will did air quotes when he said spar and I knew he knew, shit.

"Ok Will, we did something else and now Clarisse can't feel her legs. Happy?" Clarisse looked super embarrassed and Will looked amused with a stupid grin on his face.

"Relax Percy, everything will be fine. She just needs a bit of godly food and in a few hours, it will hopefully pass. It does happen but only when you 'spar' really hard and for a very long time." He raised his eyebrows suggestively. Damn you Will, I thought as I blushed furiously. "It is proportional to the amount of effort exerted so it could take a few hours." He handed Clarisse a piece of godly food and she ate it quickly.

"Thanks Will, but please don't tell anyone about this." I asked pleadingly. Will looked at me with pity and gave me a sad smile.

"Percy, you do know your cabin is not soundproof right?" Clarisse and I both froze.