OH MY GODS! I'm so sorry for not updating! I had all sorts of problems with my computer and school, and I have only just been able to get back to it. But enough of my babbling, read on, for Chapter 2.
(After Thalia becoming a hunter. She is not lieutenant by the way.)
Percy POV
"Zoe, step forward." Artemis said. She stepped forward nervously. Artemis smiled at her warmly, but also with a bit of disappointment. "Zoe, you have served me long and well. You are free to do as you wish, and no longer live under your vow to me." Instead of protesting like I thought she would, she smiled, then bowed. "Thank you Milady." She stood, and walked back towards our little bunch and leaned up against the pillar. "Now that everything's over, bring out the music! Bring out the booze!" Zeus boomed. "Yeah!" Dionysus and Apollo screamed. Instantly the three muses started to play. I turned to ask Zoe something when I realized… she wasn't there.
Zoe POV
Once the music started to play, I slipped away. I never liked parties, they always had drunk assholes people call men. And Apollo was there. Bad + bad = terrible. I sat on the edge of Olympus and stared out over New York. I felt a presence behind me, but ignored it. If it was a drunk boy he go σκατά τον εαυτό του. But i was surprised when it was Perseus who sat down. "How can thou help thee?" I asked. (A/N. For speech I will use Olde English, for text, modern. KK?) He smiled and said cheekily, "Oh, I don't think you can. You see, I'm kind of crazy." I laughed softly to myself, but he had the ears of a satyr. "Was that a laugh? Did I, a boy, make Zoe Nightshade laugh?" he said with an excellent poker face. Then he lost I and laughed his head off. I laughed along with him, until I was out of breath. When he'd finished, he asked with a more serious expression, "Why did you leave?" That threw me off. Should I tell him? Oh, shit what do I do? Then I made my mind up. "Come with thou, and thee shall find out." I stood up, and walked towards a private alleyway between two buildings, not seeing if he followed. I walked for about half a mile, then turned. "Do you really want to know why Perseus?" I asked. "Yes." He replied. Percy POV "Yes." I said. She pursed her lips, then faster than one could believe possible, I was pinned to the wall with her lips pressed up against my own. I was shocked beyond my wildest dreams. I had liked Zoe, but never told anyone. Not even Grover, and yet, she seemed to know, otherwise she wouldn't be kissing me right now. And then I realised that, She left the hunters, for me! She pulled away, her cheeks a very bright shade of red, and said in a low whisper, "That, Perseus, is why I left. I, I, I started to like you when you stayed to fight the Nemean lion, when you could have run. Then, you tried to leave, not because you didn't want to be on the quest, but because you didn't want us to be harmed by the spartoi. Then, you brought me back from the brink of death. So Perseus, what I'm trying to say is I, I, I love you." I didn't say anything, just wrapped my arms around her waist and pressed my lips against hers. She smiled into the kiss, and wrapped her hands around my neck. We pulled away, and rested our foreheads against each other. "I love you to, flower." She smiled at her nickname, and pulled me into another kiss.