The idea for a snow storm was given to me by Gh0sst, thank-you.
Percy huffed as he sat in the traffic drumming his fingers against the steering wheel. His deep thoughts were interrupted by the sound of his phone ringing. Looking down at it he saw it was Emmy calling. He bit his lip, he wasn't supposed to answer the phone while driving, but it might be something important. Plus he was justing sitting in traffic. Before thinking about it anymore he answered the phone setting it to speaker and placing it on the dash. "Hello?" It took a moment for her to respond, "Percy is that you? Sorry I can't hear you all that well." Percy picked the phone up bringing it closer to his face, "Yeah it's me, what's up?"
"Well, I have bad news. My flights been cancelled because of a snowstorm."
Percy's eyes widened, "So does this mean you can't go home for the holidays?"
"Yep, but I would really appreciate it if you came and got me."
Percy nodded, "Yeah sure no problem, but there won't be any time for me to drop you off at your house. You're going to have to come to dinner with me."
"Alright, sounds okay to me. I'll be waiting for you were you dropped me off."
Percy pulled up to the curb at the airport and got out greeting Emmy, "So much for a week." Emmy laughed and nodded, she seemed strangely happy. Her Christmas plans had just been ruined, but she looked happier than before. Percy shrugged it off and put all of her bags into the trunk. "Alright get in the car. We don't want to be late. My mom is making lasagna." Emmy's eyes widened, she was going to meet his mom. She nodded and climbed into the car buckling her seat belt. Emmy watched Percy drive for a while before speaking up, "Does your mom know I'm coming?" Percy shook his head keeping his eyes on the road, "No, but I'm sure she won't mind." Emmy nodded, she sure hoped so. It would suck to make a bad first impression, Emmy desperately wanted his mother to approve of her.
As they pulled up to Percy's family's apartment Emmy grew nervous. Bringing the car to a stop he looked over at her, seeing her taking in deep breaths. "Hey, don't worry about it. I'm sure they will love you." Emmy nodded it seemed stupid to feel like this. They were only people, "Well I guess it's now or never." She got out of the car and pulled a roomy sweatshirt over her head. Emmy could feel that snowstorm coming in. Percy lead the way up the stairs, Emmy close behind. The door opened before Percy could even open it. It let out the smell of delicious food. There stood a tall man with salt-and-peppered hair, there were wrinkles next to his eyes that showed he smiled a lot. "Oh, Percy. We were wondering where you were. Keys?" The man held his hand out and Percy dropped the car keys into it. "Hey Paul, yeah sorry. Emmy's flight was canceled." Paul looked over to the girl, giving her a quick up down. Pocketing the keys he held out his hand, "Name's Paul. I'm Percy's step-dad." Emmy gave him a smile and shook the large hand. "I'm Emmy. Percy's, um, friend." She wasn't quite sure what they were, but friend seemed like the safest route. Percy spoke to break the awkwardness from building, "Paul is a teacher at one of the local high schools." Emmy nodded, "Oh that's cool." Paul took a step back allowing the two inside. Percy took of his shoes and Emmy tried to follow his example, but had to sit down in order to take of her high top converse. She stood up, looking self consciously at her mixed matched neon socks. Following Percy to were ever he was walking she silently prayed her feet didn't smell and looked around.
Paul had returned to his couch and continued watching Sports Center. Percy lead Emmy into the kitchen just as his mother pulled a pan out of the oven. "Hey mom, we're here." Sally didn't turn around as she spoke, "We? Is Annabeth with you?" Emmy's eyes widened and she swallowed nervously. Sally turned around with a smile, but setting eyes on Emmy the smile disappeared. "Oh, Percy. Who's this?" Percy was surprised by his mother's reaction, "This is Emmy. A friend of mine." Emmy stuck out her hand, and Sally shook it before looking back at Percy. "Um, Percy can I talk to you for a minute?" Percy nodded and Emmy looked around awkwardly, "I'll go wait out there with Paul."
Emmy sat on the couch next to Paul curious to what was going on. Paul could sense the tension and spoke trying to break it. "So that accent of your's, where is it from?" Emmy looked up and smiled at him, "I'm from Louisiana." Paul nodded returning her smile, "Oh cool. I used to visit my grandfather down there. What part are you from?" Emmy thought for a moment, should she tell him the town? No, he probably wouldn't know where it is. "About an hour out of New Orleans." The way she pronounced the town was proof enough that she was from there. Paul nodded once again, Emmy did so as well. Without really anything else to talk about they sat there awkwardly watching the T.V.
Sally looked at Percy as Emmy walked out of the kitchen. "What happened to Annabeth?" Percy rubbed the back of his neck. That was right, he hadn't told his mother yet. "We um, broke up." His mom sighed, "How long ago was this?" Percy had to mentally count. "Um about three months I guess." Sally's mouth opened, "And you never told me?" Percy shrugged looking down, "I guess it didn't come to mind." He looked up seeing his mom pull plates out of the cabinets, "Here set the table while we talk." She handed Percy the plates and he got to work. "So who is Emmy to you? And don't say just a friend, I'm a mom I know better." Percy bit the side of his lip, not really sure how to answer. "I'm not really sure at the moment." Sally nodded, a bit disappointed. She had really like Annabeth, Emmy was going to have to work hard for Sally to warm up to her. Having finished with the table Percy stuck his head out of the kitchen. Emmy turned around and gave him a look that said, 'Please help me.' He smiled, "Dinner is le served." Emmy stood quickly, thankful that was over. Together they stepped back into the kitchen. Percy showed where Emmy was to sit and sat next to her. Emmy took her seat taking in a deep breath, she wasn't sure how this was going to go.