Chapter 7: Time to Tell

Hera's POV

Aphrodite finally released me so I could leave. But not before she tried to pick out multiple baby names for boys and girls and asked if she was going to be the Godmother. (I'll answer that question later.) So now it was time to tell... Poseidon (and Athena) about the baby. I know what you're thinking, why tell Athena? Well, A: I promised myself that I'd personally apologize for stealing her secret love later, and B: I need her, Hades, Hephaestus, Demeter, Aphrodite, Hestia, and Hermes' help (especially since they didn't laugh at me, and I need as many Olympians as possible to help me). I was also going to have to tell... my mother. But that's a whole other touchy subject.

Anyway, now I'm standing outside Poseidon's palace gates again, and yet again, a merman stopped and asked, "Is there something I can help you with Lady Hera?"

"Yes, can you take me to Poseidon?' I asked.

"Of course my lady." He replied politely. A moment later, I asked, "Where is Queen Amphitrite today?"

"Playing with Prince Triton in the kelp gardens, I believe." He said.

"Okay." I said. Thank God she's not here. I thought. A few moments later, we were in the throne room. "Hello Hera." Poseidon said in a friendly tone.

"Hello Poseidon." I said nervously. Poseidon gave me a funny look and said, "Sebastian, you may leave now."

"Yes sir." Sebastian said. Poseidon hopped off his throne and walked toward me asking, "Hera, is something wrong? You seem a bit nervous."

"I uh... I... I'm... I'm pregnant." I said nervously. He smiled and gave me a comforting hug, but I still think he was shocked. "Since I'm assuming the child's mine, I'd like to say that I'll help you and the baby in any way I can, and I'll even raise it if you'd like." He said gently. I was shocked. It wasn't the reaction I was expecting, although I suppose that it made things easier. "We'll discuss the living situation later, for now we need to focus on telling certain people so that we can get them on our side." I said.

"Which people?" He asked, seeming slightly confused.

"Well, Aphrodite knows because she figured it out for me. And the next person I was going to tell was... Athena." I said. He gave me a look that told me he'd rather die than tell Athena, and I couldn't say I blamed him.

"L-Let's go tell... Athena." He said nervously.

(Outside Athena's Olympian Palace)

Poseidon's POV

I'm gonna die, I'm gonna die, I'm gonna die. I thought. I just recently got Athena to go on a date with me, and I thought it ended fairly well compared to the multiple scenarios I had come up with about how the date could've gone wrong. And me having a baby with one of her mother figures after our first date was going to be a big turn-off. Hera could tell I was nervous, so she knocked on the door for me. Then because my hand was shaking, she held it. Great, another thing for Athena to be mad at me about. I Thought. I slowly pulled my hand away, so as not to offend her. Suddenly, Athena's brain-child Sly (get it? Athena, Sly) opened the door. She smiled and said, "Here for another date, Poseidon? My mother hasn't stopped talking about the last one, and it's been like, 4 days." I blushed, and I swear to God, Hera was holding back a chuckle by simply grinning an evil grin.

"No Sly, WE are here to talk to your mother about something important." I said as calmly as possible because I felt like I was hyperventilating.

"Okay, follow me." Sly said. Hera suddenly turned to me as we walked through the palace and whispered,"So... you and Athena went on a date?" She asked with a giggle.

"Shut up." I said. Then I read her mind and she was saying something about murdering Aphrodite later for lying to her about Athena's feelings for me. I'm not even going to ask. "We're here." Sly said when we were standing outside the door to Athena's main library. Yes, I said main. You know, for a Goddess who swore off men for the rest of Eternity, she sure as hell has a lot of romance novels (not to mention the porn novels she was hiding in the back of her library, and she begged me to never tell anyone about them).

We walked in and I saw Athena reading a novel that looked like one of those books Aphrodite keeps on other people's love lives, and it said 'Artemis' on the cover. I was going to make her tell me about that later, if she was still talking to me.

"Hello? Earth to Athena." I said. Athena looked up and smiled at me, but when she saw Hera, it went back to the usual look of question she had on her face except for her blush.

"Hello Poseidon, Hera." She said as she put her book down. "What are you two doing here? And Sly, leave us please."

"Fine." Sly said in an annoyed tone.

I don't want to go into detail as to the part where Athena slapped, then kissed me and said she forgave me, so let's skip that part shall we?

"I'll help you." Athena agreed calmly.

Now to tell... my mother.