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Chapter 7
Thalia woke up the next morning to the smell of eggs and bacon. Before she got out of bed, she needed to know what time it was so she scanned the room for a clock. She noticed a regular, blue clock on the wall above the door that led outside the room.
The clock read ten AM. She stretched before she threw her blanket off and rolled out of the bed. She slowly walked to where the kitchen was. She assumed it would be Percy who was cooking in there, but what she found confused her. Standing by the stove was a woman who looked like she was in her late twenties. And she was making the eggs and bacon in the kitchen.
She rubbed her eyes to see clearly. She thought maybe she was seeing things. But even after her vision cleared up she still saw the lady. The woman hadn't noticed her walk in yet so she announced herself.
"Um, can I help you?" Thalia asked, still drowsy from the sleep.
The woman turned around hearing Thalia.
"Oh Miss. Grace, you're finally awake. Mr. Jackson said you would be awake soon and I should make you breakfast." The woman said smiling as she pointed towards the breakfast.
"Uh okay, but who are you?" Thalia asked still confused.
Who was this lady and what was she doing in Percy's house. A million options ran through her head but only one caught her attention. She assumed that Percy had become like every other god and had a one night stand with this mortal woman.
She was horrified at that thought. The idea of Percy having "it" with this woman made her want to throw up. Not that this woman wasn't bad looking. Actually the mortal woman was very pretty, with long dirty blond hair and brown eyes. She wore a pair of blue jeans with a white blouse and a pair of sneakers. But for now Thalia averted her gaze as she waited for the woman to answer her question. She couldn't bring herself to look at her now, not after thinking about that.
"I am Miss. Martin. I am the help. I work for Mr. Jackson." The woman replied as she continued to make the eggs.
A truck load of relief hit Thalia when she heard that. The thought of Percy becoming like her father disgusted her.
"Oh okay, I'll go wash up then." Thalia said smiling.
"Okay, hurry up because the eggs are getting cold." Miss. Martin said without looking her way.
"Oh, where is Percy by the way?" Thalia asked before she left for the bathroom.
"He went out for a bit. He said he needed to take care of some things and would be back before noon." Miss. Martin explained.
She then put the eggs and bacon on a plate and moved them to the kitchen table.
"Okay thank you." Thalia said heading into the bathroom.
She brushed her teeth and washed up. Then she went to the bedroom and changed her clothes. She put on a black pair of jeans and a grey-ish sweater over her black t-shirt. She then proceeded to comb her hair and braid it down her back.
After she was done she headed to the kitchen. She saw Miss. Martin was sitting at the table waiting for Thalia.
"Ah there you are Miss. Grace. Here is your food." The nice lady said as she uncovered the plate filled with eggs, bacon and toast.
"Please, call me Thalia." She said sitting as Miss. Martin got up, went to the fridge and brought her a glass of orange juice.
"Okay dear, but only if you call me Jackie." Jackie said setting the glass down by the plate filled with food.
"Thank you and okay, if you say so." Thalia said taking a sip of the juice.
She started eating when she realized that Jackie was just sitting there.
"Aren't you going to eat?" Thalia asked finally realizing that she was being rude.
"No dear, I already ate when I made breakfast for Mr. Jackson." Jackie said smiling.
"Yeah about that, how long have you been working for Percy?" Thalia asked the question that's been on her mind since Jackie said she worked for Percy.
"Well I think it's been about three weeks." She answered twisting in her seat to get more comfortable.
"How did you two guys...like...meet and stuff?" Thalia asked as she continued to eat.
"Well I put up flyers for hiring. So I am guessing he saw one of my flyers and decided to call me. At first I was so surprised to find him living alone in this house, especially at such a young age. But he told me not to worry about it and offered me a lot of money to work. I was suspicious but I really needed the money at the time." Jackie explained looking embarrassed and ashamed.
"Don't be embarrassed, I am not going to judge. But are you still suspicious of him." Thalia asked raising her brow.
"No, he told me that he came here to study at a college. And he didn't want to dorm so his dad bought him a house. His father sends him money every month to pay for housekeeping. I even talked to his dead and he second it. But his dad must be really rich if he bought his son a house just so he can attend college." Jackie said looking surprised.
"Yeah, he must be really rich." Thalia said finishing off her food.
"You don't know about his parents?" Jackie asked her curiously.
"Should I?" Thalia asked confused.
"Well considering you guys are best friends I presumed that you might." She said letting out a chuckle.
"Yea well he doesn't like talking about his family. That's one of the things that we have in common." Thalia replied leaning against the chair.
"Oh, that makes sense, I guess." Jackie said taking the dishes to the sink.
"Hey I am going to go watch some TV, come join me when you're done with that." Thalia said heading towards the living room.
Jackie hesitated for a second but replied, "Okay."
When she walked into the living room this time, she noticed things that she didn't notice last time. Things like the flat screen TV on the wall. The blue curtains on the windows. The door at the corner of the living room that looked like it led to a closet.
She plopped down on the couch and turned on the TV. She flipped through the channels as Jackie came and sat next to her.
"So what do you want to watch?" Thalia asked still surfing through the channels, not lasting on one for more than two seconds.
"Well since you asked, we could watch a movie." Jackie said looking at Thalia.
"Lead away, as long as it's not a chick flick or some romance stuff." Thalia said handing the remote to the Jackie.
She pressed some buttons on the remote and a channel that was showing a movie popped up.
Thalia didn't know what movie it was, or who the actors were since she didn't have time to watch TV.
"What movie is this?" Thalia asked, observing the TV.
She noticed that there were a lot weapons and violence involved and she was starting to like it.
"It's pretty recent, it's the Expendables 2." Jackie stated putting the volume up a little higher.
"I don't watch TV so I don't know what kind of movie this is but considering there are a lot of guns involved, I like it." Thalia stated smiling.
Jackie wanted to ask why she didn't watch TV, all teenagers watched TV, but thought it was because of all the work from college.
They watched the movie, getting an adrenaline rush from watching all the shooting and fighting.
They were so focused on the movie that they didn't even notice Percy, when he walked into the living room. He didn't say anything as he stood there and watched them laughing and yelling at the TV when something happened that they didn't like.
He cleared his throat when the movie ended and the credits were coming up.
"Mr. Jackson, you're back so soon." Jackie said rushing to her feet.
She didn't want him think that she was slacking off. She didn't want to watch TV, but she didn't want to sound rude towards Thalia.
He looked at the clock above the TV and she followed his gaze. She finally noticed that it was already past twelve.
'How did the time fly so quickly?' She thought.
"I am sorry Mr. Jackson. Thalia wanted to watch TV and asked me to join her. And I didn't want to sound rude so I said yes." She rushed out.
He didn't say anything, just stood there. And his silence was only making her more nervous. Thalia noticed how uncomfortable Jackie had become so she finally spoke up, not wanting to see the mortal squirm any longer.
"Hey Percy. Where have you been?" Thalia asked looking past Jackie to get a look at him.
She noticed that he was trying hard not to smile. He was amused by seeing the mortal woman squirm. She shook her head as she bit back a smile herself. It was funny seeing someone squirm before you.
Finally he let out a breath and headed towards the couch.
"Jackie calm down, I didn't say anything. I don't mind if you watch TV. Don't I always tell you to not be a workaholic?" He said sitting down.
"Yeah but I get paid to work, not watch TV and have fun." She said, sighing in relief.
"Okay, do whatever you want. It's not like I can force you to do anything." He said facing the TV.
"Okay. Now what would you like for lunch?" She asked smiling slightly at his carefree attitude. If it was anyone else, they would have fired her.
"I don't know. Make whatever tastes good." He said lying down on the couch.
Thalia sat there, watching the conversation.
"Okay. Lunch will be ready in an hour." She said heading towards the kitchen.
After she left Thalia turned to Percy. She softly punched his arm.
"Ow, what was that for?" He inquired smiling as he turned to face her.
"For making the poor woman worry like that. You're so mean, you know that." She asserted smiling with him.
"But it was pretty funny. And she knows that I don't care about the things she does." Percy said averting his gaze to the ceiling.
"It doesn't matter. Don't be a jerk. Anyway, where were you?"
"Taking care of things." He said his voice losing the sound of amusement.
"What things?" She asked raising a brow.
"You'll know when the time comes." He said mysteriously.
"Again, jerk." She said smiling.
He smiled a little too as he closed his eyes and covered them with his hand.