Percy:
Percy was uncomfortable. For many many reasons. First of all Thalia was staring daggers at him. Secondly Jason looked like someone just fried his brain, not to mention he was still clutching a pillow over his crotch which was the opposite of subtle. Third of all his mom was lecturing him on having 'significant others' alone in his room when no one's there, and lastly he was still sporting a partial from his little make-out session with Jason.
Percy shifted awkwardly on his bed. "Mom" he complained "can we save the lecture for later, please?"
She sighed and scanned the room. "Yea, this situation seems like punishment enough" she said before turning to leave the room.
Thalia snorted and crossed her arms, Percy and Jason on the other hand did not find that comment amusing. Silence filled the room and Percy was starting to think he could cut the tension with a knife. "So..." Percy said awkwardly "funny how we all know each other..." Percy gave the world's most awkward fake laugh.
"HOW COULD YOU NOT TELL ME YOU DATED MY SISTER?" Jason suddenly yelled, making Percy jump.
"I didn't know she was your sister!" Percy defended.
"Who cares about that?" Thalia cut in "how could you not tell me you're gay?"
Jason bit his lip. "Um, I only recently figured it out" he said.
Percy nodded. "That was my doing" he said triumphantly, but then he realized that may not have been the best thing to say so he added "I mean I didn't make him gay, it doesn't really work like that. But erm I kind of helped him-"
"Percy, stop" Jason said as he placed a hand on his shoulder and Percy gave him an appreciative nod. He needed someone to shut him up.
"Yea, okay" he said quietly, but Thalia held her hands up in the air.
"No," she said "Percy needs to start explaining everything. Even though I'm not sure he can form an intelligent sentence at the moment..."
"Shut up" Percy defended. He took a deep breath and focused on Jason. "Okay, so here's the thing" he started "me and Thalia went to school together when we were younger. We were in the same friend group and we dated very briefly. It wasn't serious or anything, like we didn't do it-" Thalia made a gagging noise and Percy shot her a glare. "Hey you weren't making that noise when I had my hand on your-"
"Okay, GROSS" Jason said and Percy felt his cheeks turn red. He wasn't doing a very good job with this situation.
"Uh- anyways" Percy continued, "as I said, it was a short-lived relationship, but we still keep up as friends. I knew she had a brother, but I didn't know it was... you." Percy turned his attention to Thalia. "And I've only known Jason for a week-"
"Wow you move fast" Thalia chimed in and Percy glared at her.
"Anyways" he repeated "um... actually that's about all I have to say on the matter other than WHY didn't you tell me you're related?"
"How were we supposed to know we both knew you?" Jason defended.
"You're siblings" Percy said.
Thalia rolled her eyes. "Barely" she said "our parents separated and we went in opposite directions, and now I'm at an all girls boarding school. I hardly see Jason anymore. Which explains why I wasn't aware of his new found sexuality..."
"I wasn't aware of it" Jason mumbled. Percy nodded in agreement.
Everyone in the room stared at each other for a while, no one really knowing what to do. This whole scenario was kind of strange. After a very long thirty seconds of silence Percy said "so... do you guys wanna watch some TV or...?"
They stared at him for a while before Thalia finally sighed. "Fine" she said "I came all the way here to see you and I haven't seen Jason in a while either, so I guess this works. Just no sucking face."
Jason:
Jason had considered decking Percy when he suggested watching TV with Thalia. His relationship with his sister was... complicated. They hardly qualified as siblings since they grew up in separate homes, but still. It was weird. He had just made out with the same person his sister had. He had never really considered that he'd have to face that problem...
Percy nudged his side. "You okay dude?" he asked. Jason gave a slight nod and Percy went back to catching up with Thalia. They'd been talking for a couple hours and Jason had hardly contributed anything. "That tree still hanging on?" Percy asked her.
"Still standing tall" Thalia said "I'd protect that thing with my life."
Jason frowned. "What tree?" he asked.
"When we were younger Thalia was super obsessed with this big pine tree. She was in it for practically 5 years straight" Percy laughed.
Thalia punched him in the arm. "It was a nice tree!"
"Whatever tree-girl" Percy joked. "So, um..." Percy glanced at Jason and shifted his weight on the couch. "Have you talked to Annabeth lately?"
Jason's entire body tensed. Did this boy have any friends that he didn't date at some point? And was he seriously asking his ex-girlfriend about his other ex-girlfriend while sitting next to the dude he just made out with?
"Now that you mention it, I saw her the other day" Thalia said "she wanted me to invite you to a party at her place next week. It's just a small thing to get everyone together. It'll be fun and uh..." Thalia awkwardly glanced at Jason. "You could bring Jason if you want."
Jason frowned. That sounded terrible. Percy clapped him on the shoulder. "Sounds awesome!" he exclaimed. Jason glared at him. "We'll be there! Just text me details."
"Alright" Thalia said as she stood up. "I should get going. I'll see you next weekend. It was nice seeing you again, same for you Jason." Percy stood up and gave Thalia and hug, forcing Jason to do the same.
When she finally left he and Percy collapsed back on the couch and Jason tried his best not to look angry. Percy scooted close to him so their thighs pressed against each other. "So..." Percy said quietly "that was weird."
Jason snorted. "You could say that" he mumbled.
"Ya know, I meant it when I said me and Thalia weren't serious. It was just a dumb fling and we didn't even get past second base. I don't even think there were any real feelings there, we were just screwing around."
Jason shifted so he wasn't touching Percy anymore. "So you planning to have a dumb fling with everyone in my family because Nico's got a thing for you if you need someone to screw around with after me" he growled.
"Nico?" Percy asked "I didn't even realize he's into dudes."
"Percy!"
"Oh yea- sorry" Percy said "anyways-" He held his hands up defensively. "I'm not screwing my way through your family. Plus, who even said there would be an 'after you', huh?"
Jason frowned. "What're you talking about?" he asked.
"I'm talking about- gah!" Percy threw his hands in the air and stared into Jason's eyes. "Jason do you really think that I just made out with you for like an hour because I was helping out a bro? I didn't come over to your house on a Friday to do homework because I'm your bro. I didn't get excited about you coming to a party to meet my old friends cuz you're a fling. I mean, come on Jason!"
"Percy-"
"No!" Percy said "you've got me started, so there's no stopping me now. The words are just coming out!" Jason gave a slight nod and kept his mouth shut. "I. Like. You. Okay? I like you! I want to take you on dates and hold your hand and go see dumb movies. I want to do that dumb couple thing when we're always touching just a little bit and I want all the single people to glare at us and be jealous. I wanna touch your butt and take you to dinner. I don't want to screw my way through your family. I. Like. You."
Jason didn't know what to say, so instead of speaking he leaned forward and kissed Percy square on the mouth. The boys melted into the kiss and Jason felt Percy's hand on his thigh. Jason put his hand on Percy's waist and was about to slip his tongue into Percy's mouth when-
"A-hem"
The boys broke apart and looked to see Sally Jackson standing in the door way with a plate of cookies. "Er- hey mom" Percy said.
Sally shook her head. "This is the problem with two teenage boys dating, they're both horny all the time" she said.
"Mom!" Percy exclaimed as he put his head in his hands. "I cannot believe you just said that."
Sally laughed as she walked over and placed the plate of cookies onto the coffee table. "Just keep it PG boys" she said as she walked out of the room.
"Will do mom!" Percy called after her. Percy immediately dug into the cookies and Jason couldn't help but laugh a little as Percy tried to shove 3 cookies into his mouth.
Jason reached over and took Percy's hand that wasn't holding like five cookies and intertwined their fingers. "I like you too."
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