Clarisse POV

We cuddled for hours until the bell rang. I could not help but to feel girly when I was with Percy, almost every single time he said he loved me I got teary. Percy did not judge me, he just hugged me and held me close whenever I needed him. It showed that we weren't ashamed of being ourselves in front of each other. Our relationship was completely honest, and it felt so right, so perfect, it was almost like a dream. If anyone had told me I would be dating Percy and be happiest I ever been two weeks ago I would have never believed them but now here we are, cuddling before dinner.

When I found out about Himeros, I truly thought that Percy only got with me because of sexual desire but I noticed what he said was true. When I saw him that day he was blatantly checking out every single thing that could have been classified as female. Now that I think of it, he probably was checking me out in the dining pavilion, I could not help but to blush again. What Percy said was true though, ever since our kiss Percy never had that lustful look in his eyes, well until last night. I got flushed and turned red at the memories of last night and Percy raised me an eyebrow. He gave me a coy smile, he knew what I was thinking!

I need to focus on something else or I will be blushing for the entire day. Will told us that the campers ignored us because of something. I wonder what they were planning. What if they somehow peeked in and recorded everything we did! That would be horrible, grade A blackmail material. Yeah, this is not helping out either.

On the bright side we are about to be parents, well hopefully. This is so exciting although I'm dreading all the being pregnant stuff, I heard that it was the absolute worst, the only upside was the baby of course and no problems down there for 9 months. It was worth it though, it was going to be our child, Percy's and mine's, a physical manifestation of our love.

The bell rang, and I found myself incredibly anxious about the campers. The campers slowly started coming in and the food was magically set up on the food table. The hungry ones rushed to the table and the rest just socialized. It did not seem like they were aware of us at all, if anything they were purposefully ignoring us. I saw a few people shoot a few glances at us but turned away quickly as if afraid to give something up. I looked over at Percy and he was looking around the room equally as confused as I was. He then looked towards the food table and ran towards it as if trying to catch someone there. He filled two plates of food and hurried back.

"You aren't hungry?" I looked at him in disbelief, I thought he rushed for something important. Regardless I grabbed my plate and started eating anyways. Then I remembered that Percy had not eaten anything since yesterday and must be starving after our workout. I was not really hungry because of my intake of godly food yesterday and the piece Will gave me a few hours ago. I glanced over at Percy again and saw he was half done with his plate, I was about to comment about how fast he ate the food when I heard the Stolls enter the pavilion.

"Ladies and gentlemen," said Travis. Everyone in the pavilion looked at the Stolls to acknowledge their presence.

"Demi-goddesses and demigods of all ages." Continued Conner.

"We are here to celebrate and honor two of our greatest campers. They have risen above all expectations and have become legends." Travis said. I could not believe those two. Was there a point to any of this? If everyone already knew about us why were they making a huge deal about it?

"They have battled by our sides and lead the campers to victory on the most recent wars. They are true heroes that deserve happiness beyond imaginable. Not only that, but yesterday they have blessed us with a gift." A gift? Wait, are they talking about our actions from yesterday? That would be incredibly rude. I wanted to stand up and punch their smug faces but as I did so I noticed I was still useless from the waist down and sighed in resignation.

"Today we are here to congratulate them on their most recent achievements," Travis said. The Stolls looked in our direction and grinned. I hated both of them with a passion, them and their stupid smiling faces.

"Bring out the cake," shouted Conner. Behind them Annabeth and Clayton came out with the biggest looking cake money could ever buy. It was blue and had many layers. They placed it on the Poseidon table and saw Annabeth wink at me. I blushed furiously. What the hell? That was so weird, Annabeth winking at me as if we both had a shared experience, oh gods. I realized what her wink meant and immediately glared at her. Annabeth just gave me an impish grin, came closer and whispered in my ear.

"You got nothing to worry about Claire, I miss it a lot, best moments of my life but I love Clayton now, good luck". My eye twitched in rage and I could not help but to feel jealous Annabeth experienced Percy before me. She basically had just told me she had him before me and got the same treatment. I was burning in anger, about the slap her across her face but I calmed myself down. Percy did not have the mark of Himeros when they were together, so she did not get the full experience and that was enough for me. The mark of Himeros was literally a blessing in that regard and from what I know Percy could quite literally please me all day everyday if I asked him to. I found myself super flushed again at the thoughts of doing it with Percy again.

Clayton narrowed his eyes at me and then looked at Annabeth. He was probably feeling insecure and maybe jealous of Percy. Right in front of his face Annabeth whispered something into my ear and now I was red as a tomato. I decided to make Annabeth pay for making me feel jealous of her and did something a bit evil… OK very evil.

"He did the exact same thing to me, it felt soooo good when he did it for the second time. However, the first time was literary heaven, truly a GOD!" Annabeth was aghast and Clayton looked furious and Percy looked at me like I had two heads. That's what you get bitch, I know Percy cares about you but winking at me and telling me you had him first is bitch behavior. I can't believe she was my "friend". Then again, she did confide in me about Clayton and did not want to hurt Percy's feelings so I started to feel a bit guilty now.

The whole pavilion was looking at us, I had totally forgot about the campers and now was flushed again. Then out of nowhere Clayton swung his fist at Percy.

"Clayton please, calm yourself down!" Percy told him as he grabbed his hand quickly and twisted it behind his back. He pinned him on the table, but Clayton was remarkably strong as he was making Percy struggle to keep him subdued.

"I don't know what that was about, but you guys are my friends and I don't want to hurt you." He looked at me and I felt ashamed of my actions. Clayton had visibly calmed down and raised his left hand in submission. Percy let go of him and placed his left hand on Clayton's shoulder and looked at the campers.

"Please, let's all forget we ever heard that. I believe the Stolls were about to tell us something about this beautiful cake and why we are receiving such ...umm honor?" Percy gave me a meaningful glance and I understood what he meant.

I looked at the shocked Annabeth and she looked back at me, furious that I had potentially ruined her relationship with the love of her life. In all honesty, it is really hard to keep being friends with the ex of your boyfriend, but I had tried for Percy. After this we would probably drift apart a bit, probably for the better.

"Sorry Annabeth," I whispered. Annabeth heard me clearly but Clayton and Percy heard me but just barely.

"I just got so mad when you came here to tell me that. I wanted to get even for making me feel jealous. I know my actions were bad I did not think clearly about your relationship with Clayton...". Annabeth's look changed from menacing to realization to sad.

"I didn't mean it like that, I... I was just wishing you a good future with Percy." Annabeth whispered as well, Clayton visible calmed down and Percy took a sigh of relief however the awkward silence remained, and the campers were waiting for an explanation. The Stolls spoke and I quickly forgave them for all the pranks they ever pulled on me.

"Well Pierce, the cake is to celebrate the future birth of a new camper." Travis smiled cheekily and continued. "A soon to be warrior, a child destined for greatness, a child of two great warriors who deserve to be happy, the future legacy of Poseidon and Ares!" All of the campers cheered for us. I had completely forgotten about their invasion in our privacy, if it could be called that and was grateful to have them, they were real friends. The Aphrodite girls must have sensed that I was pregnant, and I smiled with glee at the confirmation.

"The whole camp will like to congratulate you and we all hope the best for your family." That was surprisingly sweet and mature coming from a Stoll. I got teary eyed and nodded in appreciation. I looked at Percy, he smiled back at me with glee and clapped his hands calling the campers attention.

"Well? What are we waiting for? Let's dig in!" Percy said in a cheery voice and the campers eagerly headed towards our table.