I'm honored to have so many people read my story so far! This is my first fanfiction, so special thanks to SereneSerendipity for betaing my story and being my first reviewer. Also, thanks to all of you who added this story to your Story Alert!

I know a few of you are wondering when Poseidon/Sally is coming in so here's the first bit! It's my take on how the two met and bits of that summer they shared.

Disclaimer: I don't own Percy Jackson and the Olympians.

Enjoy!

Chapter 2: Memories of that summer:

It was like drifting and falling at the same time. One second I saw my childhood again, the next second I was twirling through darkness. Then something strange happened, my feet found solid ground on the beach and salt water lapped over my feet. It took me a few moments to realize that I had embarked into Poseidon's memories. He didn't fight my being in his thoughts since I felt no assault on my brain.

A young lady lounged across the sand on a towel reading to herself. I found that Poseidon had appeared next to me, but he didn't realize I was there. However, he wasn't staring at the girl, he was staring angrily at the sky.

A few short moments later, a bolt of lightning hit the sand inches from the God of the Sea. A normal person, or even a demigod would have been electrified to death, but Poseidon seemed unscathed. He sighed. Zeus had struck down another airplane- the fifth one in three years- and it landed in the ocean, yet again. The information shocked me, I was surprised I knew that trivial fact, but then again, I must know everything going through Poseidon's head. It seemed like something else was bothering him too… I caught a glimpse of Aphrodite yelling at Poseidon a few days ago. Hmm, that was not a good sign.

As I snapped out of my reverie, several things happened at once. Okay, fine, my brain just registered a few details I missed when I was thinking. The girl on the beach suddenly screamed as Poseidon took his trident and shoot sparks toward the sky. Poseidon turned around and the girl came into better focus. She was pretty- who am I kidding- she was beautiful… in Poseidon's mind at least. Her eyes caught his attention the most. They were multicolored in the most wondrous ways, yet she seemed so balanced and gentle.

She looked startled and scared and confused as she gazed at the weapon the Sea God wield. Poseidon looked perplexed, stared around at everything- seeing right through me of course- checking to see if anyone else had spotted his Trident. Perhaps he thought that the Mist itself had a glitch in it and everyone could spot that he had an out-of-the-ordinary weapon. However, no one else seemed to notice it. A human even slapped him on the back at that moment saying, "Dude! Nice fishing rod. It's SO cool! Where can I get one?" I burst into a fit of hysterics as the surfer walked away.

In the few moments the God of the Sea stared at the man's back, the lady walked up to him, her head cocked to one side.

"I'm so sorry, but why do you have a Trident in your hand? It seems like no one else noticed. I'm known to be a little weird because I seem to see monsters come at things," she trailed off looking baffled. I watched angrily as Poseidon threw his weapon back into the sea. He looked down at her with a gentle expression; it looked to me as if he were in love. WHAT RIGHT DID HE HAVE TO BE IN LOVE WITH THIS…. MORTAL? Fury surged through my veins when he didn't turn around or disappear into the wind. Instead, he looked down at this woman with a smile and said, "Oh, do you have time tonight to have dinner? I'll explain everything then." The girl seemed very happy as she had no plans for the evening and often felt alone.

I scoffed at her naïve attitude. How did she know that he wasn't some random mass murder or rapist? How did she know that he was single and that he doesn't have a wife and son waiting at the bottom of his damn kingdom? A swirl of color enveloped me as I ran faster through the time. I learned that her name is Sally Jackson, Percy's mother. Slowly as I saw more of her through Poseidon, I began to feel bad. She lost her parents in a plane crash as a little child (My great-great grandfather's fault) and that she was quite lonely except a few friends who were in college.

During the first few days after they met, Sally didn't seem to regard Poseidon in more ways than just a friend. On the fifth day though, something happened that chilled me through and through.

Poseidon had told Sally everything during the first few dinners (you know about how the Gods were really and how he was Poseidon). Sally was always interested and never truly surprised. She had secretly fallen in love with him too, but as she had little to no experience with love, she kept silent.

The two were walking by the sea when a woman, who looked so much like my mother walked pass them kissing a demigod on the cheek. Poseidon's blue-green eyes flashed as he recognized his wife. Amphitrite seemed not to have noticed her husband and began kissing – this is where I started to lose balance and it seemed like there was no air anywhere- my father.

The thing that had been trying to creep through me since I landed in Poseidon's memory finally broke through my unwilling mind. The reason why Poseidon even came up to the beach: he had an argument with his wife! The reason why Sally was so attractive to him: she cared about his feelings and seemed to always be a comforter. I couldn't charge Poseidon anymore with anything, not when my own mother started it. To think I took all of the blame off of her shoulders.

I physically felt my body roll over and throw up. The returning to the regular world was short. I heard the two voices of Apollo and Poseidon.

"Uncle, do you think she's ready to know all of this?" the cheery voice of Apollo asked.

"She must understand. If what Aphrodite is right, this girl will bring her back to me," Poseidon sounded sad, as if sorry that it was my fate to do something. " I'd hate make this child do this for me, especially since she is Ampitrite's daughter, but..." his voice trialed away.

I wanted to scream WHAT IN ZEUS'S NAME ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, but at that moment, I returned to the beach of Poseidon's memories.

Sally had dragged Poseidon away from my parents. I began to wonder about my complicated family tree as I had no idea who my father, a demigod, was a son of. Come to think of it, I had no idea of my power. The only thing that hinted I was related to Zeus was my lightning quick temper. Other than that, I could use the wind to make a physical shield, use it to attack at times and survive underwater for a few hours (which must have come from my mother).

"I'm sorry Poseidon, but …well… this can't keep going on, can it? I mean, I know you think of me as a friend and all, but I kinda like you in another way, but you have a wife and an oath on the River Styx," Sally's rant faded as anger shot through Poseidon's eyes. There was a pain that shot through his eyes that made even me feel sorry for him. What could you say to a god whose heart was just broken? Not to mention, I hated my mother. For all the showy "Don't do this for me" in the throne room of Olympus, she's probably rejoicing somewhere that she's free of that huge burden that ends up on my head! I mean Poseidon might as well just kill me to be even with Amphitrite.

Poseidon looked away from Sally; I could see his eyes filled with tears. "Do you honestly believe that I don't love you?" His voice was rumbling like the sea, but it had a catch in it. "Why does it always end up like this? Why can't I do the things I love without consequences? Why can't I love someone, grow old with her and die with her?" He stared back into Sally's deep multi-colored eyes with pleading in his voice. "Why can't we be together?"

I caught my breath. That was such a touching five questions. I couldn't help it, I began to cry because I had forgiven Poseidon for something that I thought was not possible to be forgiven. He was right, why did gods have to lead such hard, strict lives? I couldn't even help forgiving my mother. Perhaps I had my idea wrong from the start. Maybe some things that apply to us mortals shouldn't apply to the gods.

Sally was silently crying. After a minute filled with the loudest silence I had ever heard, Poseidon sighed. He turned to go back to the sea saying formal, "You're right Sally Jackson. I must return to my kingdom. It was a true pleasure to meet you." He hesitated to turn into mist an in that short pause Sally flung herself sobbing into Poseidon's strong, muscled arms.

"Please don't go," she gasped into his back as the Sea God froze in shock. "Please don't leave me. I can't stand being alone anymore! Mom and Dad left already. Don't abandon me too." Poseidon turned and hugged Sally.

"Shh. It's okay, I'm here. I won't leave you, shh." Poseidon whispered, burying his face in her sweet smelling hair. They stood together embracing as the waves of the sea lapped at their feet and the sun began to set. It was such a romantic scene that I couldn't help to wonder if Apollo had paused his chariot at the perfect place and laughed as his uncle hugged Sally. I could not believe how cheesy this was. It was the old and classic kissing scene I'd seen in movies.

Poseidon pushed lightly away from Sally, who had stopped crying, and lent in for a kiss. I'd love to have described it in detail like what the kiss meant, but as I was not a part of it, I couldn't tell.

The summer spurred across my eyes in a few short minutes. I could tell that the two were in love (like NO DUH). The ending was abrupt. Sally had refused to join Poseidon in the sea even after she found that she was pregnant. I thought that Poseidon was trying to protect me or him from reliving the memory too closely so he didn't have to feel the pain.

I opened my eyes slowly, the truth staring me in the face. I had to make those two a couple again even if Poseidon refused. It was going to be my way of saying sorry for my relatives. Interestingly, I was still on Olympus, not in the throne room, but a little room dedicated to Apollo.

The god of the sun grinned at me as I sat up and said, "Well, that was interesting." I nodded stretching. "Zeus wants to talk to you alone. Er- we think he wants to tell you your family tree." I nodded getting up from the bed where I had witnessed Poseidon's memories and sighed.