Chapter 2: You're A WHAT?!

Summary: Second chapter. If I say to much, I'll give it away, so as the song goes, "My lips are sealed."

Note: I'm aware my Poseidon is different from the real (or mythological...whatever) Poseidon, but I thought that Percy should have a nicer dad, he deserves it. Also, I am aware of my typos...my spelling and grammar check is either really crappy, or doesn't like me. Either way sorry. Anyway...ENJOY!

"Get away from her!" I heard a voice scream.

"Agh! Stupid gods! This is my meal, not yours!" Jessie screamed.

"I said get away from her or else," the voice growled.

"Or else what?" I couldn't see what the voice did, but Jessie dropped me to the floor, and backed off.

"Put that away!" I heard Jessie scream. I looked up and saw Poseidon, the dryad, and the satyr all standing there, the dryad holding a sword. It didn't look like any sword I'd seen on T.V. It was different, like a bronze colored. The dryad lunged at Jessie the same time Poseidon ran over to me and grabbed me. He dragged me away from them, and tried to cover my view, but I saw the dryad stab Jessie.

"Oh my gosh, Jessie!" I screamed. Wait, why do I care about her!? She tried to kill me. Wait, what did she mean, stupid gods?! Poseidon pulled me out of the room.

"Are you okay?" he asked. His eyes were darting around my face. He seemed...scared. Almost like he was afraid I was going to faint, or run away screaming.

"I'm fine. I'm just...Jessie said...that there was a god in here? What did she mean, a god? Are you a...a...a god? Are you Poseidon, the sea god? I know it sounds crazy, but that's the only explanation that I can think of!" I told him. He gave me a really odd look.

"That's the only thing you could think of?!" he asked incredulously.

"So you're not the sea god?"

"NO! I mean, yes I am, but...why was that the only thing you could think of? Most mortals would come up with some other explanation. Why did you jump to this?" he asked.

"I...I may have seen things. I always had this hunch that Jessie wasn't...normal. I could tell almost right off the bat that those two weren't human. I could tell you weren't human either," I mumbled.

"Really? That's amazing! I've only met one other person in the past three hundred years who could really see through the mist!" he said.

"Who?" I asked him.

"J.K. Rowling. Granted, she came up with this really weird story about witches and wizards and all that stuff, but she could still see through it. This is amazing!" he exclaimed.

"So...what's up with Jessie? What is she? And what are the dryad and the satyr's names? Is Alfredo human? Or is he something else? Am I different? Or am I just a talented-"

"Calm down! I'll answer all your questions in a minute! We just need to get to a different place, a safe place, before any more monsters show up," he said.

"My apartment. Quick, go get the other two," I told him. He ran to the other room and I heard him say a couple things, then the other two came out with him. I motioned them to follow me and I started towards my car.

"Sally, senorita, where are you going?" Alfredo yelled.

"I'm going home. I'm sorry for not helping to clean up, I'll do double shifts next Friday for you okay?" I yelled over my shoulder. I ran to my car and unlocked the door, then unlocked all the others.

"Thanks for doing this Sally!" the dryad yelled happily.

"No problem!" I said, starting the engine. We drove in silence for a few minutes until Poseidon said:

"Sally? You should probably stop trying to choke the steering wheel. I'm sure it doesn't deserve it, no matter how bad you think it's been," Poseidon told me, putting his hand on my hand.

"What? Right, don't kill the steering wheel Sally," I laughed. "Distract me," I ordered. "Distract me and I'll be able to drive like a sane person," I told them.

"Well...my name is Clifford," the satyr -Clifford- said to me. "This is my fiancé, Fauna. That's obviously Poseidon," he went on. "Now that we're done with introductions, is there anything you want to know?" Clifford asked.

"What was that thing that Jessie turned into?" I asked.

"That's called an empousa. That's where the myth of vampires started," Clifford explained to me.

"What happened to Jessie? I mean, did that empousa take over her body, or was she always that way? And what happened when the dry-I mean Fauna- stabbed her? Did she die?" I asked.

"Well, Jessie has always been an empousa. And as for what I did to her...well, monsters never die. They go to the Underworld for a little bit, and then they come back. She wasn't that powerful, though, so it'll be awhile before she reforms," Fauna explained.

"Oh" was all I could manage.

"Are you going to faint?" Clifford asked. Fauna and Poseidon both slapped him.

"That was rude!" Fauna yelled while Clifford rubbed his arm and knee.

"No, it's alright. I'm not going to faint, don't worry. I'm just in shock. I can't believe that everything I've been seeing all these years isn't just my imagination! It's really the reality," I told them.

"She is going to faint," Clifford said. Fauna slapped him again.

"No, I'm not! You don't have any idea how happy I am right now! I'm not crazy!" I laughed. I felt giddy. Not only was my mom wrong, and I was right, but I was sitting next to Poseidon, who was my favorite god, and earlier, I was flirting with him! Can you imagine!!

"You are without a doubt, one of the strangest mortals I have ever met in my entire existence...and I've been around a really long time!" Poseidon said, staring at me in awe. I blushed again.

"Thanks...um...here's my house," I said, pulling over. Fauna got out of the car, pulling Clifford along with her. Poseidon hurried out and opened my door for me. I looked at him funny, but he just smiled so I got out. He closed the door for me and we all went up to my apartment. I looked behind as we were walking up the stairs, and I saw Clifford and Fauna just staring at each other and giving each other google eyes. A few years ago, I would've told them to get a life, but I couldn't now. When you find someone you love, you just can't leave them.

When we finally got to my floor I realized with a sudden jolt that I hadn't cleaned my apartment in months. Not since spring cleaning...of last year.

"What's wrong?" Fauna asked. I guess she noticed my hesitation to let them in my apartment.

"Nothing, I just didn't...nothing. Never mind," I said finally, putting my key into the door and unlocking it. I pushed the door open as much as I could, then stood aside to let them in. "Sorry about the uh...mess," I said, trying to laugh it off. It's no big deal that I have a god in my pig-sty apartment. No big deal at all. I heard Clifford snicker and heard another slap. I looked behind me and Poseidon had a straight face. Clifford was trying hard not to laugh, mostly for his own sake. I'm guessing Fauna and Poseidon hit hard.

"It's so pretty in here! So cozy, so pretty. I love all the flowers! Even though they're fake! I can help you with those, you know, give you tips on how to grow flowers, if you want me to!" Fauna said to me. I smiled at her. The flowers weren't my biggest problem at the moment.

"So um...is anyone hungry?" I asked. What do gods, satyrs, and dryads eat?

"I'm still hungry! Clifford made me hungry for Oreos! Do you have Oreos?" said Fauna.

"Yes, I do. What about you Clifford?"

"I'll have a root beer. Not to be picky or anything, but could you bring a cup with?" Clifford said.

"Alrighty then."

"Nothing for me, thank you," Poseidon told me. I nodded and went into the kitchen. I dug around for some Oreos and went to my fridge to get a rootbeer. I got myself a Sprite, then was about to go into the living when I heard:

"I'm just saying, you shouldn't get too involved!" that sounded like Fauna.

"I'm not involved! I'm nowhere near involved!" Poseidon. Wait, involved in what?

"No offense, but I saw you flirting with her in the restaurant," Clifford said that.

"I wasn't flirting! I was...being...courteous," Poseidon finally spits out.

"If Zeus finds out..." Fauna warned him.

"Zeus won't find out, okay! I'll make sure of that. Besides, there's nothing to 'find out' about!" Poseidon defended.

"Yeah, sure, we believe you, really," Fauna said sarcastically.

"Look, you can flirt and all that, but if you accidentally knock her up-"

"I'm not going to 'knock her up'! I know better! Anyway, I believe it would be her choice if she wanted to do anything with me or not!" Poseidon sputtered.

I made a couple of noises before I came into the room. They shut up immediately.

"Here you go," I said, handing everyone what they wanted. To my surprise and utter shock, after Clifford dumped the root beer into the cup, he gave it to Fauna and started munching on the cup. Right, right, he's a satyr, like a goat, they eat that type of thing. I opened my Sprite and sipped it slowly. You know when you're a kid and sometimes kids will say, "It's quiet, to quiet,"? Well, that's what I wanted to say at that moment, because that's how quiet it was! Oh my goodness, I thought it would never end. Then I heard a dripping sound. Great, just great.

"I'll be right back," I said to them, walking into my bedroom. I grabbed the bucket from behind my door and put it under the leak.

"What's wrong?" Poseidon asked.

"The stupid pipe keeps leaking. I keep telling the landlord to fix it, but he never does," I said. "Stupid Gabe, my mom stopped by to talk to him about it, and she said he likes me and since I won't go out with him, he won't fix my pipe!" I vented. Poseidon walked over to me and looked at the leak. It stopped.

"I will never understand men of this age. Back in Greece and even Rome, if a man like a woman, he would try to impress her, not be an jerk to her," he muttered. I looked at him. Might as well ask.

"Um...what was that...about being careful?" I asked.

"You heard that? How much?"

"Enough."

"Great." He sighed. "I'm not supposed to have kids. They're too powerful, way too powerful, and they get hurt often," he explained.

"What does that have to do with me?"

"Well...to be honest...I...guess I like you. They were just warning me. They came to the restaurant to make sure I didn't try anything," he told me. My heart started pounding like crazy. Poseidon likes me? Woah, too much too handle! Why would he like me? Wait, can he hear my heart beat super fast? I hope he can't, that would be embarrassing...

"I like your room," he said.

"Thanks..." I'm not listening. Too busy thinking about other things.

"I see you like the Greeks and Romans," he noted, pointing to my bookcase. I had random non-fiction books on them, the Iliad, the Odyssey, and a few fiction books on them. He pointed to one of the fiction ones. "It seems you like this one the best." It was the only one not dusty.

"Yeah, it's such a good book, I just love the Trojan War," I told him. The book was called Troy. It was a Trojan female's outlook on the war. I loved it.

"I read it once. My only problem was that my beard back then wasn't as long as they said it was. Zeus's beard on the other hand...well, let's just say he looked like Father Time," Poseidon laughed. I laughed too. It was easy to talk to him. I sat down on the bed. He sat down next to me. I was suddenly aware of the fact that his face, particularly his lips, were inches away from mine. He shook his head, as if to say "We can't do this" put leaned in closer. I leaned in a little closer as well. He even smelled like the sea, but that's okay, I like water. We were so close, I could count every eyelash he had...

"Hey, lovebirds, Chiron gave the a-okay for us to go back. So me and Fauna are gonna skedaddle, a'ight?" Clifford told us, busting into the room. We jumped six feet apart, and Poseidon quickly replied with a:

"Yeah, right, well we better get going. I'll see you around, Sally," he mumbled, running out of the room. I heard a slapping sound and saw Clifford's head go forward, his hat flying off, his horns showing.

"What was that one for?!" he yelled.

"It's not like he can get her pregnant by kissing her!!" Fauna screamed. Clifford rubbed his head, picked up his hat, and stalked off.

"Sorry about that Sally. Look, thanks for everything, really! I don't know if I could ever repay you!" Fauna said.

"You can repay me by stopping in every once in a while," I said. She smiled then walked off as well. They could also repay me by giving me some alone time with Poseidon, but I'm not going to say that one out loud.