It had been a week, a week since 'that night'. Percy didn't know what to do with himself. School was boring as always, no matter how hard he tried no one would hire him and now he couldn't see Annabeth in his spare time. Many times he had thought about calling her, but was to stubborn to apologize. Annabeth had the same problem. He let out a sigh as he walked into the local diner, his mom and Paul were going to be away for a week and there was no way he was going to cook. Taking a seat at a booth he started going over the menu. "Evening, Percy." He instantly recognized the voice, one with a slight Louisiana accent. His eyes peaked over the edge of the menu. "Hi." Emmy stood in front of him her unruly hair pulled into a sloppy pony and white apron tied around her waist. In her hands she held a note pad and pen. "What can I get you?" It took Percy a moment to recover from the shock of seeing her. "Um, just a Coke for now." Emmy nodded jotting down a little note on her pad before looking at him again, "Coming right up."
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Twenty minutes later Percy was enjoying a burger when Emmy suddenly sat in front of him. He slowed down his chewing looking at her with a raised brow. "So tell me, has Annabeth always been this stubborn?" Percy swallowed looking at Emmy slightly surprised, "Always, and shouldn't you be working." The girl smiled and nodded, "Probably, but I have this magical thing called a break. Now, confess to Mother Emmy." Percy couldn't help but smile, "It's complicated." He didn't think he could explain his and Annabeth's history, too much Demi-god 'stuff' involved. Emmy kept her smile, "Try me." Percy took a bite of fries and a deep breath before beginning. He started at the beginning, when he first met her at 'summer camp'. Emmy nodded and listened the whole time until he reached the moment where he asked Annabeth out. "Oh yes, Annabeth told me all about this and Camp Half-Blood." Percy almost choked on his burger and looked at her with wide green eyes, "Um, what." Emmy gave him a smirk. "It's complicated." Percy couldn't stop his eye roll. "Well you see, my mother was a daughter of Demeter, and attended Camp as a kid. Because of my grandmother I can see through the mist." Percy had never thought about a Demi-god having kids with a mortal, would the kids have the powers of a god? It was almost like Emmy read his mind, "Although I have no control over plants I inherited my mother's ADHD. A bit of a pain for school." Percy nodded completely understanding what she meant. "So you're telling my Demeter is your grandmother?" Emmy nodded like it was no big deal. At that moment her boss looked over and gave her a slight glare. She stood cheerfully. "Hey I get off in half an hour, free slice of pie if you wait." It only took a second for Percy to agree, if free food was involved he was game.
Stomach filled with pumpkin pie and burger Percy held the door open for Emmy who had taken off her apron and was just wearing skinny jeans and a gray v-neck. "So, to your house?" He asked awkwardly knowing Annabeth would be waiting. Emmy nodded looking slightly grim. "Lead the way." Percy gestured for her to go ahead of him. For awhile they walked awkwardly before Emmy turned to Percy with a slight blush. "Can I borrow that?" She pointed to the jacket that was hanging over his arm. Percy looked down at it then nodded, "Yeah, sure." He took it off his arm and handed it to her. He hadn't noticed she was shivering, to him it felt perfectly warm, though he never seemed to be cold. Emmy pulled the sweatshirt over her head, it was simple and red but contrasted with her hair. Shrugging her shoulders she huddled up against the cold. The jacket smelled weird, but not bad, like she thought a guy would smell. Percy looked at her wanting to break the silence. "Random question time, what do you want to do with your life?" Emmy looked at him with a raised eyebrow before answering, "Well if you asked my parents they would say a lawyer. But I would say a jazz musician." Percy nodded, parents pressuring you, he could understand that. Emmy turned to him, "You?" Percy stopped suddenly and Emmy didn't realize they were in front of her house and almost kept walking. Percy sighed, "Actually I have no idea." He answered as Emmy pulled off the sweatshirt and handed it to him. Quickly and without hesitation she hugged him, "Thanks Percy and remember, I'm always here to help." Percy didn't know what to do about the hug, he just stood there while it lasted. "Emilia Daisy DeRushe!" They both looked up to see Annabeth sticking her head out of the window. Percy and never seen her so mad. Emmy waved at Percy, "Looks like I've got to go, see you around." He just nodded and walked away as quickly as he could, hoping his ex didn't throw anything out of the window at him.