Percy P.O.V
I got out of my car I walked into Zeus Inc. against my father's wishes. A long time ago my father, Poseidon, a man named Hades, and Zeus use to be part of this huge company. They were called 'the big three.' They ruled the business world and expanded adding only the best companies to their little group. First it was some lady named Demeter, and after that followed Zeus' children Hermes, Athena, and Hephaestus who each had their own industries. They also added some guy named Ares, some woman name Aphrodite and finally these two twins Artemis and Apollo. They called themselves the Olympians, and they called their main work building Olympus. 'Olympus', is located at what used to be known as the Empire State Building.
Over time they bought a bunch of other companies from other people, a man named Aeolus, a woman named Iris, another named Hecate, the list goes on and on. All of them used to work for a guy named Kronos, but he passed away and left the company to Zeus. After that happened my father and Hades were furious. Hades took it the worst, and Zeus kicked him out of the Olympians. My father drifted further away from the Olympians, but he still is one today. He, Zeus, and Hades are all enemies now, they hate each other, but silently.
The three of them only talk when it involves business, as far as I'm concerned they don't talk at all these days.
I'm not surprised that my father is pissed about me going to work for Zeus, and even though being head chef of a giant chain of seafood restaurants would be like a dream come true, I'll accomplish that dream on my own, without him.
I walked up the steps to the building that Zeus main residence was located in, it was called CHB, I'm not sure why though. I don't even think it stands for anything.
As I strolled into the building I bumped into a girl with stringy brown hair and pig-like brown eyes.
"Watch where you're going," she said in a hard voice as she shoved past him.
"Well isn't she a breath of fresh air?" I muttered under my breath.
"Why yes she is." Said a woman's voice.
I whipped around to find myself face-to-face with a woman with cold blue eyes and a turban/ wrap thingy covering her hair. She had a regal composure, but the bitterness was written all over her face.
"Son of Poseidon." She sneered. "I used to date your daddy." ( I am so sorry, but I just had to do that.)
"Ummm," was my intelligent response.
I've always known that my father was a player, so it didn't come as much of a surprise to me that this woman dated him. She was looking at me with so much cold hearted hatred, I was beginning to think that she might've been a bit off her hinges.
"Come this way," she hissed at me as she sauntered down the hall.
Me being the idiot I was followed her immediately. Yup, follow your dad's psycho ex who obviously hates your guts.
She walked into an elevator and me being as stupid as I am, followed her into the enclosed space where no one hear my screams. She pressed a button that said "PH" and the elevator shot up the shaft. The ride seemed never ending and I prayed that she wasn't taking me to the roof of the building to kill me.
When the elevator door opened I was greeted with the smiling face of my best friend, Grover Underwood.
Thank all the Gods that this lady didn't kill me.
"Thank you for bringing him to the penthouse, that'll be it for now, Medusa." Grover said with faux sincerity and I had to try not to laugh.
Medusa gave a little curtsy and shot daggers at me with her eyes as she stalked off. Once she was out earshot I frantically mouthed "Medusa?!" While flailing my arms around like a maniac.
"Yup that's her name," Grover said smirking. "Medusa Gorgon."
"So are her snakes underneath her turban thingy?" I asked.
"That's what we believe," Grover said shaking her head. "Come this way Percy."
I followed Grover as he guided me through the lavish penthouse. I wouldn't be surprised if my jaw had dropped to the ground, the penthouse was beautiful even though it looked like I was watching it through a black and white filtered camera lens. There was plush grey couches, with dark grey and white stripes. There was shiny marble black floors underfoot with a variety of different carpets and rugs scattered all over the floor, some with intricate designs, some where just plain white or grey. The paintings hanging on the wall were as plain in colour as the rest of the house. The light fixtures were the same eery colours and the walls were a plain white.
Grover patted me on the back. "Yeah… Zeus and Hera aren't exactly the most colour oriented people."
"Yeah, I can tell." I said with a tight smile.
"This way, Perce." Grover said as he guided me towards a door at the end of the room.
The door lead to the biggest most beautiful kitchen I've ever seen. It was gorgeous. Everything from the top of the line appliances, down to the marble counter tops.
"Yup, it's every chef's dream kitchen in black and white." Grover said.
All I could do was nod my head up and down.
The kitchen was exactly like the living room in terms of colour scheme. There wall tall black cabinets, white marble tiles and countertops, with a grey back splash. There was stainless steel cooking appliances, and grand center island smack in the middle of the kitchen.
"Is there anything that's in actual colour in this house?" I asked incredulously.
"Everything but everyone's bedrooms. With the exception of Zeus and Hera I'm guessing."
I nodded. "So where are Zeus and Hera?
"Oh, they're not here," Grover said.
"Then why do they want me to be their personal chef?" I asked.
"Because Zeus' grandchildren live here and he wants them to have their own personal chef," Grover said and I groaned.
"So what.. are they like children that I'll have to babysit?" I asked suddenly regretting to take this position.
Grover chuckled. "No, no. It's not like that. They're adults."
"Then why don't they cook for themselves?" I asked narrowing my eyes.
"Because they're practically like royalty."
I rolled my eyes at that.
"How much of them are there?" I asked.
"Well, there's Connor and Travis Stoll, Chris Rodriguez, Charles Beckendorf, Leo Valdez, and Malcolm and Annabeth Chase."
"That's like seven people!" I exclaimed.
"Not to mention the people who are always in and out of the penthouse," Grover said sympathetically.
"Dude- this too much for me," I said after a moment's pause.
"Don't worry Percy. I imagine that this job is only going to be temporary for you. Plus, it's good pay."
I sighed. "Guess you're right."
"Good. Now let's get down to business, I'm supposed to inform you about all of Zeus' grandkids kids and their different tastes. Now, first off there's Charles. We just call him Beckendorf, he's the one of the oldest at twenty-six years old. He's a serious mean, but he has a good sense of humor, he's good company. He's a criminal lawyer. Then there's Malcolm, he's twenty-six as well, the guys literally a genius. He also has a good sense of humor, he's a good guy. He's a scientist. Then there's the Stolls... they're twenty-five... and man.. those two are so funny. You just can't stop laughing around them. They're both detectives, and dam good ones at that. Then there's Annabeth.. she's the same age as you, twenty-four. It might take a while to for her to warm up to you, but once she does you two will hit it off right away. She's in law school with one more year to go. Chris is also twenty-four, he's not really around much. I'm not even sure what his job is. But it's something in business or law. Then there's Leo, he's the youngest at age twenty. The guys always laughing at something, he has the same personality as the Stolls. He's studying to become a engineer. They're all really cool.
"For your first dinner you should make a combination of all their favourite foods. For Beckendorf that's stake, Malcolm loves grilled chicken, the Stolls like chicken wings, not sure about Chris- though chances are he won't even be here, Annabeth likes caesar salad, and Leo loves french fries and chicken nuggets-" Grover said but I cut him off.
"Chicken nuggets?!" I questioned. "The dudes twenty!"
"Yeah, Leo has a bit more growing up to do," Grover said while shaking his head. "Well anyways, for dessert you should make strawberry cheesecake."
I smirked when Grover said dessert.
"I hope this kitchen is equipt with some blue food dye," I think I was probably grinning like a kid on christmas morning.
I believe that everyone should have the honour of tasting blue food. I mean, maybe it's the food colouring but everything just tastes 10x better when it's blue. I love giving people the chance to enjoy the culinary wonder that is blue food. It truly is the food of the Gods.
"Man, don't even think about it," Grover said patting me on the back.
"Grover, everyone needs a little blue food in their life."
"Just start preparing for dinner, Perce. You know your way around a kitchen," with that final note Grover turned on his heel to leave but stopped. "Oh, and another thing. I forgot to mention Annabeth's rules."
"Annabeth has a set of rules that I have to follow?" I asked quirking an eyebrow up.
"Well, no. We have a set of rules that men should follow if they don't want to end up on her bad side."
By this point both of my eyebrows were up.
"Relax, there's only two. Rule number one, no staring and rule number two no flirting. Abide by these two rules and you two should get along just fine."
Grover was about to leave as he turned around again. "Oh and another thing."
"What is it?" I asked tossing my head back in defeat.
"You have to make lamb chops," he said smirking.
"Who likes lamb chops?" I asked.
"I do," Grover said as he finally left for good.
I shook my head, you'd expect someone as eco friendly as Grover to be a vegetarian, but surprisingly enough he wasn't.
I sighed as figured that it would take a while to cook all of this.