-1Heartbreak Warfare

Chapter 5:

Stripped

This chapter was based off of the song "Stripped" by The Shiny Toy Guns.

Previously:

"Come on." Percy mumbled against her lips.

She nodded as he pulled her in the direction of the tent. They fell back against the makeshift bed that was made for Percy, still exchanging kisses the whole way down.

Percy held himself above her as he let his hands roam her body until the kiss broke.

"Are you sure?"

"Get me out of here."

Percy gave her a crooked smile before taking his lips on hers again. Spencer smiled into the kiss, having never grown tired of the feeling of his kiss, but then let it fade.

She couldn't help but wonder what his motive was for doing this. Did he really love her, or did he just want her body, or did he just want to save the lecture that would follow when she got back to the camp?

She sighed as his lips moved from hers to her jaw line and down her neck. She whimpered slightly, holding on to Percy's shoulder tighter as he kissed and nipped at her neck.

It didn't take long until his teeth scraped against her neck enough to make her moan his name. Spencer felt the chill that went down Percy's spine as his name fell from her lips, putting a pleased smile on her face.

As Percy's hands slid down her legs, moving towards the hem of her dress, tugging at it, trying to tell her he wanted it off.

"Percy…" she breathed, "Wait…"

"Hmm?" he asked, his breathing as equally labored.

"You've got to tell me. Are you serious about this or do you just want me? Or is that different too? Are you trying to avoid the frustration back at camp?" she laced their fingers together.

"No, no…" he said, shifting uncomfortably, "I'm done with us fighting and yelling. I want you for you. I don't want you to be like this forever. I don't want us to be mad forever."

Spencer didn't say another word. She pulled him down by his hand, kissing him smack on the lips, only breaking the kiss as he pulled her dress over her head. Percy broke the kiss yet again and quickly pulled at the silver strings that hung from the ankles of her gladiator sandals where she could kick them off carelessly.

She giggled slightly as his lips came back to hers until his hand came in contact with the newly exposed flesh near her stomach.

She gasped at the new contact, putting a satisfied smirk on Percy's lips as he moved down and kissed her stomach where his hand had been. Her bottom lip darted between her teeth before he came back towards her and kissed her softly again as he finished, leaving her completely undressed before him.

Spencer bit into her lip. She knew she was a daughter of Aphrodite, and now she had the Huntress magic over her too, but there was something about being fully exposed in front of Percy that made her beyond nervous.

The way Percy was staring didn't help either. She felt as if he could stare out every flaw, from how muscular her legs were from years of soccer training, to her more defined abdominal muscles from hip hop dance classes. She felt too defined and too imperfect.

She pulled her wrist out of Percy's grip and shook her head, trying to cover herself.

"Nuh uh." he said, kissing her on the cheek, "You're beyond perfect."

"It's all magic, Percy. None of it's real."

Percy simply shook his head and kissed her softly, silencing her doubts.

Spencer moved to pulling his t-shirt over his head with a successful smile, that Percy couldn't help but smile back at. He then backed up and got his pants and boxers off. She fixed her eyes to the ceiling of the tent, completely unsure of what to do until Percy was back over her, resting his head against hers.

Her eyes went from his, to his muscular chest, inevitably to his uncharted territory. Spencer bit into her bottom lip and looked away as Percy took her lips on his, laughing a little into the kiss.

When they broke the kiss, they soon realized there was nothing left to do. This was it. It was either now or never, because after tonight, the quest group would head back out and the hunters would leave.

"You sure about this?" he asked, "You don't want this?"

"I'm sure, and no, not if it means I can't be with you." she said, running her hands up and down his arms.

Percy nodded and then swallowed hard. Nerves were catching up to him too.

Spencer watched as he looked off into the distance, as if he were preparing himself. He waited for a few seconds before crashing his lips down on hers and entering her slowly.

Her grip tightened on his arms as her slight gasp of pain was muffled by his lips.

"Sorry…sorry…" he breathed.

He looked down at her and the first thing that he noticed was her almost heavenly glow was gone completely and her hair hung loosely towards her face.

"Beautiful…I love you." he said.

She kept her grip tight on Percy, waiting until she felt like she couldn't take it anymore.

"Go…"

"Huh?"

"Go."

The next morning, Spencer woke up sore and a little disoriented. She ran a hand through her blonde hair as she tried to sit up, but was quickly brought back down to the makeshift bed with a small thud.

"Ouch" she frowned as Percy snaked his arm back around her waist and pulled her closer, mumbling something in his sleep.

"What the Hades?" she questioned groggily as she rolled over and saw Percy laying beside her, half naked and asleep.

Her confused expression quickly changed to a big smile when she remembered what happened. She watched her boyfriend sleep peacefully as she pushed a stray piece of dark hair out of his eyes.

Percy's face scrunched up at her touch as he stirred.

"Shh…Awh, I'm sorry." she whispered, rubbing his arm gently.

"Morning" Percy smiled as he finally looked at her.

"I'm sorry I woke you up." she smiled back.

"It's alright. I probably need to get up anyway." he said.

Spencer's smile faded into a frown, "Oh yeah, you have to leave today."

"So do you." he smiled back.

"But…wait!"

She looked down at her arms and hands. They were the original lightly tanned color as before, no glow what so ever. She smiled and turned into Percy, who held her tighter.

"So am I going with you?" she asked, tracing a heart on the underside of his arm.

Percy frowned, shaking his head, "You can't. You don't have clearance."

"Oh, yeah." Spencer frowned, looking down slowly and then looking back up all of a sudden, "Well, there's mainly one person to blame for that."

Percy smiled, "Yeah, sorry."

Spencer lightly smacked him in the chest as he grabbed her sides, pulling her on top of him.

"Percy Jackson!" she swatted at him again before he pulled her down for a kiss.

When the kiss broke, he ran his hand through her blonde hair and smiled softly, "I really do care about you a lot, and I'm sorry, really sorry. Forgive me?"

Spencer rested her head on his bare chest and nodded, wrapping her arm around him, "Look around you, Percy, obviously you're forgiven, but you've got to promise me you'll never do any of that ever again."

"Promise"

After finally getting up and getting changed, Percy and Spencer headed out separately, even though her physical appearance was enough to let everyone on the camp site know exactly where she'd been.

"Where's your fancy dress and all that?" Juliet asked as soon as Spencer approached her.

"Uh, I left it behind." she lied.

"There's something different about you. I just can't figure it out." the other girl studied her appearance closely.

In the midst of their conversation, a cold wind began to rush around them and the sky turned a light pinkish color.

"Oh holy Hera." Spencer said, having seen this phenomenon before.

"What's wrong?" Juliet asked.

"My mother."

Artemis appeared in the center of the camp, near the unlit campfire as the wind calmed down.

"Aphrodite, to what do I deserve this pleasure?" she asked.

"You recruited my daughter!" Aphrodite replied sharply.

"She chose of her own free will." Artemis replied calmly.

Spencer swallowed hard, and then exchanged a worried look at Percy, who had appeared out of no where by her side.

She then looked over at Juliet, and saw the wheels turning in her head. She studied Juliet's facial expression until she watched her jaw drop.

"No!" Juliet mouthed, gasping at Spencer.

"Shh!" Spencer put a finger up to her lips.

Aphrodite looked over at Spencer and then Juliet.

"Yes, she did." Aphrodite smiled, a sly grin crossing her features.

"I knew there was a reason you joined them, and it was all for love." she said, hugging Spencer, "That's my girl."

Spencer smiled widely, hugging her mother back.

"I told you, you two would be on the same page one day, and he's cute. Good job." Aphrodite smiled.

Spencer watched as her mother walked past her and stood in front of Juliet, studying her. Spencer raised an eyebrow and the looked over at Percy questioningly.

"Now, look at my other beautiful daughter, risking everything for true love. How romantic!" Aphrodite said.

"Other daughter?" Spencer and Percy said simultaneously.

"Where?" Spencer said by herself.

Juliet's jaw dropped as she pointed to herself slowly, confused.

"Juliet, of course!" Aphrodite said, hugging Juliet tight.

"Aphrodite, I mean, Mom, I can't breathe." Juliet replied.

She let go of her and smiled at both Juliet and Spencer.

"Two little heartbreakers."

Everyone looked around and at each other in shock. It was all so sudden. So Spencer was the last born daughter of Aphrodite, but there were other siblings that were missing.

"Why didn't you claim me before?" Juliet asked, "I mean, most kids go to camp at twelve or thirteen."

"Sweetie, you were a tomboy and since you dad didn't know that much, who by the way is still good looking, I figure you were safe and then when you met Luke at the café and told the harpy she need better night cream, I was like 'That's my girl!' I wanted to come down and claim you instead of sending a sign," Aphrodite said. "And I have a gift for you."

Aphrodite then pulled a golden whip out of nowhere and handed it to Juliet.

"Thanks" Juliet replied with a smile.

"Put it on your neck." Aphrodite said.

She did as she was told and watched as the gold whip turned into a necklace with the word "Heartbreaker" twisted in at the bottom.

"You're welcome." She said, "Now, good luck on your quest, my dear."

"Thanks, Mom." Juliet said.

"And you, my dear," she said to Spencer, "good luck with you and your love as well. I know you two will do well together."

Spencer smiled happily, taking Percy's hand in hers, "Thanks"

"And Percy," Aphrodite paused, "I told you I'd make it difficult for you."