Salutations, ladies, and gentlemen. I wrote the last 1,5k words of this chapter completely shitfaced, so forgive the quality of the primary editing. I was suffering from an acute case of writer's block and ended the catalyst to finish the chapter. I really wanted to finally finish this chapter and edited as far as possible (With the help of Grammarly). I will work my way through this chapter once my liver has metabolized that stuff that makes the sad voices in your head be quiet.
Anyway, I really enjoyed it. Working ahead in the plot, looking forward to finally hooking boxes off that list of plot points I wrote down at the beginning of the story, and really hope you enjoy this as well.
Percy Jackson
Percy woke up to something warm and wet bobbing up and down his morning wood. He groaned as his conscious mind wrested for control of his body.
"Annabeth?" he asked though it felt wrong, the daughter of Athena was not that good.
Despite having originally planned to return to the city that evening due to plans in the morning after finally leaving the hospital she had tagged along with him for what had ended in some pretty amazing lovemaking.
Those sweet lips disappeared from his manhood. "Annabeth left thirty minutes ago, and asked me to prepare you breakfast," a familiar voice greeted him.
For a moment he asked himself if being woken up by impromptu blowjobs crossed any lines but then decided that considering mere days ago he had woken her up for what could only be described as rather rough sex it was fair game. She wore a dark blue turtleneck that went well with her eyes. For a moment Percy asked himself if he was even in the mood, then decided that it hardly mattered either way.
"Did she tell you to suck me off too?" he asked, looking down at the young woman and realizing she had also brought a tray with breakfast to the bed and placed it next to him.
"No," she admitted, holding his length in one hand, and grinned. "That was all me... . So, I heard you're a big brother now! Congratulations!"
"Yeah, pretty much," Percy confirmed.
"That's awesome. Now eat, while I take care of you."
Silena had made bacon and eggs, and it smelled pretty damn awesome, plus Silena was as hot as ever, so he promptly complied. It wasn't every day that you got to eat breakfast while a beautiful woman, kneeling next to you as she bowed over his lap to suck his cock and it was surprisingly hard to concentrate on the food. He couldn't see much of his woman though, only the back of her head. The daughter of Aphrodite took her time. It was probably the best breakfast he had ever had. As she worked Percy was tempted to address the incident she had at camp, though decided that it was bad timing.
When he set the plate aside Silena finally pulled off his length and looked up at him while slowly jerking him off. "What did I do to deserve this?" he asked curiously.
She grinned at him. "Do I need a reason to show you a good time?" she asked. "Plus you've been holding out on me ever since you fucked my ass."
She cocked her head and gave him that playful smile.
"You certainly can," Percy announced, deciding that being woken up with a blow job and breakfast ready was to be considered a good thing.
"But now your gonna have to let me have sex with you," he then decided.
"Good, because I've been horny all morning," she promptly announced. "And let's face it, my options are limited."
She claimed into his lap and looked down at him intensely. "Give me the dick, I want it," she warned, gently pushing him back until she had him straight on the lips.
"Hey," Percy chided her.
"The dick," she announced earnestly. "Annabeth is hoarding the only one available, believe me, she elaborated at breakfast this morning," Silena purred. For a woman her size, it was impressive how she kept him pinned in the manner she did. "... in excessive detail,.. now give me the D."
"Fine!" Percy laughed, earning himself one of Silena's dazzling smiles. "Good boy," she announced and sat upright as she straddled him.
"Well, you are already on top so get those titts out so I have something to look at," Percy suggested and folded his hands behind his head.
"Well,..." Silena replied. "I guess that would be fair."
The daughter of Aphrodite promptly lost her top. She hadn't put on a bra yet, and a smile spread across his lips as her breasts fell free, hanging down over him like some glorious bells. The sizable hickey, slowly taking on a greenish shimmer, still sported on her neck.
"I don't think I'll ever get tired of these," Percy admitted, grabbing both of them.
"If you do, I'm failing at my job," she reasoned and kissed him and leaned down to kiss him on the lips hard.
Resting his hands on her slender waist, he simply let Silena take the lead. She did just that, keeping him rather occupied for a few minutes until she climbed off him just long enough to kick off her leggings. Just like her bra, her panties defied themselves by their absence.
"Came prepared I see," Percy pointed out.
"Unlike some blond, we are both acquired with I don't get thrown over a hot guys shoulder and carried off to bed," Silena pointed out amused.
"That point makes like no sense," Percy replied. "And I literally took advantage of you two days ago," Percy reasoned, sitting up.
"Not the same," Silena argued as she clambered back onto his lap and pressed her lips against his and went back to kissing him with considerable enthusiasm before rising to her knees only to hurry his face in her breasts warm embrace.
There were worse places to be.
"So, you slept with Juniper?" she said once releasing him and pushing him back loop down on his bed.
"Ate her out, you sure you want me to be thinking of Juniper right now?" he asked and Silena laughed. "Probably not. So dad invited me to spend New Year with him. I said I'd have to ask you..."
Percy stared her straight in the eyes. "Oh yeah, that is tomorrow," Percy realized. "Wait, did you really wait until you were naked on top of me until asking?"
Silena offered him her best dazzling smile and for a moment he was thrown back to when he and Silena had actually done it for the first time.
"Yeah, fine as long as you stop messing around and get going," Percy ordered as if Silena hadn't been the one to initiate.
She only grinned down at him lazily and began to do those pelvic rolls that seemed so much more elegant than bouncing around on his cock. As if to even improve the view, she reached behind her head with both hands, drawing attention to her chest in a rather spectacular manner.
Noticing his gaze, Silena grinned to herself and then sped up her ride before leaning forward to kiss him. His hands coming to rest on her hips, and he resisted the urge to meet her thrusts and let her put in the effort. She had started it after all and quite frankly Percy was still sore from last night.
His lover did not disappoint though and for the next two minutes, both of them were entertained. Neither of them actually came there, but it was still a pretty decent way to start off the day, and even that Silena fixed after spending ten minutes kneeling in front of him in the shower.
The day passed in a blur. His usually very relaxed day was split between visiting his mother, his training, and spending time with Annabeth, while also not ignoring his other roommates. Buying snacks, drinks, and fireworks for a small new year party with Thalia somehow ended up being the day's highlight. Apart from the fact that half the hunt seemed to have invited himself to his until then unplanned party, it struck Percy how well he and Thalia got along when it was just the two of them. Juniper seemed to have a hard time meeting his gaze despite constantly being around him when he was at home. The joke was on her, he planned to move forward to her when she didn't see it coming. Otherwise, it would simply be too easy, and quite frankly felt something of a disservice to her.
Piper Mclean
Annabeth's enthusiasm for Percy's little sister took Piper aback. To Piper at least, it seemed fairly obvious that the topic was very much on Annabeth's radar It didn't fit at all with the impression Piper had gotten of the blond over the past two especially considering Piper, who considered herself far more girly, was happy to stay an arm's length away from any goblins for the foreseeable future, much less have any of her own. Truth be told, she didn't know if she'd ever want children.
With Silena aka Percy's maid/home manager having left that morning, it fell to her to help Percy and Juniper in the kitchen and to set up the evening. Annabeth was too preoccupied with sticking to her probably future mother-in-law's side, fawning over little Estelle, to be of much use.
So just as she bowed down to help Percy set up when Thalia pulled her aside. "Heads up, Jason is coming by later this evening. Sent a message just before I got here," Thalia warned quietly. For a moment Piper asked herself why on earth she and Jason would be talking, and then remembered that they were actually siblings. How that slipped her mind, she did not know.
"It's fine," she assured Thalia. She wasn't lying, while she very much cared for Jason, she had moved on from their relationship, with nerdy and dangerous blonds to entertain her idle thoughts.
Suddenly Piper's phone rang to the tune of Ride of the Valkyries, something that immediately earned her an accusatory glare from every demigod in the room. Yes she owned one, and when she was somewhere unsafe it was usually turned uf. But what the fuck was supposed to happen on Olympus? And Annabeth? Piper knew for a fact that Annabeth owned one of her own.
Piper rolled her eyes in the best imitation of Drew and walked away from the party preparations and took the call.
"Hey dad," she greeted her father.
"Ah Piper, finally reachable. How are you doing?" he asked.
"Keeping busy with school. You know, no time to be a teenage delinquent anymore," she teased her father, a small grin appearing on her lips.
"Piper,.." her father chided, and even through the phone, she could hear his disapproval.
"I swear," she pushed on. "Haven't stolen anything," she assured her father.
"Well, at least that is something. Are you keeping up in school? I talked to a friend of mine, he said he could get you into Harvard."
Piper put it off with a laugh. "Dad, I am fine. College is fine, I have a huge nerd for a roommate." She did not say much more, still not quite sure how far her father was in the loop about the Greek god's thing. She didn't put it past Aphrodite to come back for round two with her father like some divine wrecking ball and this time play with open cards.
"Letting her do her homework?" he asked, a note of disapproval entering his voice.
"Oh no, she is just violent and will beat my ass if I don't study," Piper assured him.
"This is that Annabeth Chase girl you talked about? I think I met her father at this fundraiser. He's a professor at West-point, right?" her father asked and Piper froze, her gaze shifting over to Annabeth.
Their father's meeting sounded like just about the worst thing that could possibly happen.
"Ahm, maybe..." she replied. "Not sure."
"And I hope you were joking about the violent part," her father added.
Piper glanced over at the blond and lied. Percy was more or less a one-man army, but his companion was in her opinion in desperate need of a therapist.
"Anyway, the main reason why I called you is that I was invited to take part in a new project that has the potential of becoming really big," he announced.
"Hey! That's great!" she congratulated him.
"Like Star Wars or Harry Potter big," he added helpfully. "Read the script, it is really good. The thing is, the main cast is a father-daughter duo. Now, before our producers start inviting the usual lineup for a casting he suggested that you would be well suited for the role. I for my part agree."
"Wait,..." Piper exclaimed. "You are inviting me...no! I thought you didn't want me to get involved in the industry," Piper complained.
"You have been around movie sets a thousand times," her father reasoned. "And you are all grown up and at liberty to make your own mistakes. You don't have to make a career out of it, just think about it. The project would really get going this fall."
"I have college to attend," Piper offered weekly. True, in the past she had imagined what being a movie star herself would be like. Being the daughter of one, she was sure her version was closer than those of most teenage fantasies. She had even been offered roles in the past, but most of them, her father had declined on her behalf, regardless of any interest she might have had. The career had somewhat been spoiled for her though, simply by how little private time it afforded her with her father. So being invited to work at her father's side, one of the most respected faces in Hollywood, it surprised her. Not that the respected part meant much in a town that was so full of excess and degeneracy.
"Hey, I get it. If you want to stick with college I will of course respect it. I just thought I should pass on this offer. I for my part would look forward to working with you."
Piper paused for a long moment. "I will think about it, I promise," she finally said, racing through all the possible negative consequences partaking in such a project would have. After all her life was just beginning to take on some vague sense of normalcy or at the very least whatever that passed for one for a demigod.
Once the call had ended Piper helped with the preparations right until Jason, Hazel, Calypso, Frank, Leo, and Reyna arrived almost at the same time. While she greeted most with enthusiastic embraces, Piper ended up awkwardly shaking Jason's hand. Same with Calypso, though mainly because Piper still hadn't gotten the measure of the sorceress.
"So!" Leo announced.
"Brought like a shit metric tone of fireworks."
"Sweet," Percy greeted him, fortunately breaking the ice.
Piper noticed the look Calypso threw the young god as he unburdened Leo from a stack of wooden crates and bit the inside of her cheek. She prayed to her mother, and whatever god was responsible Soap Operas that this would not escalate into some drama.
"Okay Kelp Head!" Thalia finally declared before things could get awkward and for a moment Piper wondered if Thalia had seen the same thing she had. "Go do the grilling thing. I recall that is firmly within the male jurisdiction or something. Take the other boys with you and you can exchange dad jokes or what ever you guys do."
Once the guys had all assembled outside in the snow to lite up one of the fire brazers and set up a grill grate on a tripod over it she saluted the huntress. "Thanks, would have gotten awkward with Jason I think," she thanked the huntress.
"No problem, men do like their barbecues." Thalia mused and winked. "Give them a fire to stand around and you will have them occupied indefinitely."
"Gods Thalia, you almost make them sound like cavemen," Piper coughed.
They watched as the men enthusiastically piled up a tower of logs and then cheer when Leo lit it up. "Uncanny," Piper finally mumbled in agreement. Even Percy, a god in his own right, was stuffing a piece of wood into a small gap in the pile. Though, on second thought, that part wasn't too surprising.
"So, Khione going to join us," Thalia finally asked once they had headed off back to Annabeth and the others.
"I doubt it, she usually hangs out with Silena," Annabeth replied. "Don't actually talk that much with her, to be honest."
Piper almost sighed in relief. While she was certain Khione would behave, it wasn't a can of worms she would wish to open, especially with Jason around.
Percy Jackson
"You okay," Percy asked the two women hiding away in Silena's bedroom.
"Oh yeah," Juniper squeaked, blushing furiously.
Khione, who was lying on Silena's bed, reading what looked suspiciously like Harry Potter though Percy could not be bothered to actually read the title. "You, I get," Percy said, nodding at Khione who shrugged. He hadn't brought it upon himself to lock Khione up again and would have been surprised if she volunteered herself as some piece of decor. It wasn't as if she was friends with anyone in the crowd.
"But you?" he said, turning his attention to Juniper. "What is up with you? You usually aren't hiding away."
Juniper looked down at her feet uncomfortably. "Come on, is there some drama I don't know about going on?" Percy asked.
"I don't know," she squeaked.
"You are friends with some of them and Grover isn't even heard!" Percy said, crossing his arm.
Juniper's cheeks took a deeper tone and she looked away.
"Come on," Percy complained, looking back and forth between his two problems.
"She is worried your little friends are judging her," Khione explained, sounding more annoyed than anything else as if hoping he might get the Dryad to stop sulking. The lack of venom and familiarity she addressed Percy with was oddly gratifying.
"They haven't mentioned it once," Percy tired. "Really no one cares. Believe me, you are hardly the juiciest piece of gossip out there."
"He is right, you know," Khione replied, her voice cool and neutral. "No one cares about Dryiads spreading their legs or not. Now if you belonged to another god, perhaps..."
Juniper turned to face Khione indignatly. "Must you phrase it like that?"
"Well, I will leave you two to it," Percy decided and retreated from the room.
"And?" Annabeth asked once he had safely closed the door. The blond was leaning against the staircase, her arms crossed.
"I don't think she wants to be social," Percy observed helpfully.
"Well, her loss," Annabeth commented and shrugged. "Girls gets gone down on and thinks she is too good to the rest of us," she then quipped, earning a dirty look from him. Despite having admittedly grown to to enjoy the perk of being surrounded by beautiful women constantly, Annabeth seemed to derive a lot more amusement from the situation than he did. Yes, Percy might be ashamed of him to some extent there, but then he thought to himself that any straight guy who had Ms Silena Beauregard locking onto him with those beautiful blues, offering to suck him dry and have his girlfriend be perfectly cool with her doing it, would probably have fallen into the same hole he had. That, or he was just a shittier guy than he had thought and was taking advantage of a woman whose main currency to offer were sexual favors and he had complete power over and who was utterly reliant on his goodwill.
When he got sidetracked on that darker train of thought he imagined how Silena would react if he voiced those thoughts.
"Come on, it is almost midnight," Annabeth finally encouraged him and lead him back upstairs. Not much had changed, they were crowded around the lounge, with Calypso, Reyna, and Thalia offering his mother company and gushing over his little sister. Piper and Jason had apparently struck up a conversation and were quietly talking which was a good thing Percy hoped.
"Okay guys, Midnight is in ten minutes!" Annabeth yelled. "Get your glasses ready."
"But Annabeth!" Thalia wined. "We have like eight minutes to procrastinate."
Annabeth scowled at her friend and sat down next to Piper, the bounce in the cushions caused by this ending Piper's conversation with Jason.
For a moment Percy considered calling Silena and checking in on her, but then thought better of it. The less she had to think about him that night, the better...probably. Yes, Percy was aware that Silena considered him with genuine affection, but that was just her. She was an amazing person, all things considered, and probably a loss to humanity stuck in his service. Their loss, his gain, or something like that.
Midnight came and passed. Hugs were exchanged, and Percy got to witness someone voluntarily kissing Leo, especially a girl that pretty. A glance at Annabeth told him she too had noticed it and was following the spectacle with a slightly cocked head as if following some grand grotesque play. She met his gaze and winked, confirming that their thoughts had gone down the same toxic path.
Soon Sally and Paul headed back down to the mortal world and so did Calypso and Leo. Reyna and Jason too retired to their respective guest rooms.
Only when all who were left sitting at the table were himself, Thalia, Annabeth, and Piper, did Juniper come out again? "Juniper," Thalia yelled, pouring herself a glass of Vodka now that his mother wasn't there to treat you to a humbling dose of motherly disappointment.
"Juniper you old shrub, come here!" she greeted the Dryad. "Can plants get drunk?"
"Hey guys, ...I was busy," she squeaked.
"Here! Now!" Thalia yelled, pouring the dryad one too.
Percy exchanged a skeptical glance with Annabeth. Of all girls, he knew Thalia was probably the most interesting drunk. She was fun but tended to cause trouble of some sort. All things considered, he was glad he wasn't responsible for her. All Annabeth did when consuming larger amounts was get clingy while Silena...will for Silena the sad voices in her head became a bit quieter.
"Percy? Can you make Piper and me Mojitos?" Annabeth asked, giving him that telling look. Normally Silena made them, but by now Percy had learned a few of the recipes himself.
He did, as he mixed the drink he realized he had one more thing he should do. So once his guests were happy among themselves he returned to Silena's bedroom where Khione was still reading.
"You have a moment?" he asked from the doorway.
She slowly closed the book and glanced up. "You will find, Perseus, that you can occupy as much of my time as you please," she greeted him in return.
When he closed the door Khione raised an eyebrow. "Don't give me that look," Percy complained."If I was going to do something to you, you think I would have waited so long?"
For a moment the corner of Khione's lips twitched. "Fair point, Perseus."
He sat down on the toy chair at Siena's makeup table. "So far you seemed to have arranged yourself quite well with living here?"
"All things considered, I can't complain," Khione agreed. "A lot better than Circe..." she then added.
"Yes, I understand the two of you do not get along that well," he confirmed. "You've been behaving really well, and Silena likes you, so if you promise not to try to escape or cause any other problems for me you can have one of the rooms up here on a more permanent basis."
"And leave Circe down there alone?" she asked as if liking the sound of that.
"That being said, if you misbehave you can kiss your privileges goodbye," he added.
The goddess nodded slowly. "And you want nothing in return?" she asked.
"Only that you behave. You aren't permitted to leave the house, that much is obvious I hope?" he added.
Khione rose from the bed and stood in front of him. For a moment Percy was reminded by how beautiful the goddess was.
"Why would I wish to parade myself around on Olympus when it would truly ruin what remains of my reputation?" she asked quizzically.
"Not worried about Olympus," Percy said, "And I don't give a fuck about your reputation. The city is off limits for you anyway. I am more worried about you trying to run away," he explained.
Khione tapped her celestial bronze collar. "I do not believe I would get very far, even if I had my powers. Without..., not that I would even consider such a foolish action?"
"So we have an outstanding?" he asked.
Khione sighed deeply. "We do."
"So, grab what you want from downstairs. If you need anything else, let me know," Percy told her. "Did you really think I was going to take advantage of you or something?" he asked.
Khione shrugged, "Either that or even worse, make me try to socialize with your little friends."
Percy snorted. "Really?"
Khione blankly stared at him.
"You are weird, Elsa," Percy finally decided and turned around to leave.
"That is not my name!"
Piper Mclean
That Thalia was comfortable enough to get wasted in Percy's place was probably a good thing, she told herself doubtfully as she watched Thalia wrap an arm around Juniper's shoulder and make good on her promise to find out if plants could get drunk. Unfortunately for Juniper, it looked like they could. And unfortunately for her, Thalia was prone to excess.
Percy had left off somewhere, she did not know where. Piper was fine with that. Annabeth tended to be distracted when Percy was around, and it might seem reprehensible, but she didn't being the center of attention. Especially when the other was as hot as Annabeth Chase.
She listened as Annabeth explained something related to the math part of her college course and had effectively zoned out. The cocktail had eased her into a comfortable lul, and the blond polymath's clear voice was enjoyable to listen to. Her being very easy on the eyes simply helped things along.
"So, what if New Jersey raises property taxes by five percent?" Piper threw in to keep the conversation going and watched as Annabeth went down another lengthy side tangent about how this would shift the mathematical equation. "That being said," Annabeth concluded, "At the end of the day if your client can't make payments it is the bank's problem, not your own. You get paid upfront."
"Hence we had a Housing Crisis," she replied and Annabeth shrugged. "Play your cards well, and a housing crisis is a great money-making scheme."
"You are a horrible person," Piper commented, honestly not too bothered by the matter entirely.
"Hardened capitalist, I know," Annabeth admitted unbashful. "I'd take Percy's lunch money if he weren't so damn cute..."
"And it would derail your sex life," Piper mused. She knew it was out of line but having listened to Annabeth being taken to pound town through the wall more than once, she felt entitled to the comment. That and having to imagine what was probably a pretty impressive show by the sound of it.
"Anyway," Annabeth concluded and looked at her with more attention. "What did your father call you about?" she asked sharply, her stormy gray eyes locking onto her with the intencity of a Battleship's range finder.
Piper doubled over and coughed just as she took a sip from her drink, spilling the icy liquid onto her pullover and lap.
"Fuck!" she spluttered as Thalia, slapped her thigh as she laughed and even Reyna giggled. "You look like a retard!"
"Hey!" Piper complained.
"You kinda do," Annabeth agreed, grinning wildly.
"Fuck you too," Piper growled and Annabeth raised her hands, still smiling. "Don't threaten me with a good time, Ms. McLean!"
Piper lost the following staring contest and looked away.
"What's going on here?" Percy asked, rejoining them from the staircase and stopping behind Annabeth who pulled her head and shoulders in as if anticipating to be tickled or something.
"Piper is too stupid to drink," Annabeth explained. "Back to the question."
Piper sighed. "Well, my father offered me a role in a movie, like a really big high-budget project," she explained, her cheeks warning.
"Sweet, always wanted to know a movie star," Thalia joked. "If I weren't a huntress, I'd ask you to introduce me to your father. Wouldn't mind calling him daddy."
Piper pointedly ignored that rather inappropriate joke.
"You don't look happy," Reyna observed.
"I am, or I'm not. Fuck, I don't know. Dad always kept me away from them. Don't really want to move back to LA, and college is starting to be fun," she explained. She had also actually found friends she cared for and trusted, and frankly, she wasn't too eager to have to try to start from scratch. For one she doubted she could, all things considered, there wasn't that much she had to offer. For another, she didn't want to start from scratch with her studies. Though a project like that would really set up her private bank account. She had spent less than three years Demigoding and was surprised she had gotten so far. Lacking the sheer ferocity of someone like Percy or Annabeth, she doubted she would last much longer if she continued on that path. Real estate and even acting were considerably safer career choices.
Percy brought the lot of them another round of cocktails which they generously accepted before rejoining them and getting involved in Thalia's conversation.
The night grew older and at some point, they started with drinking games. Stupid dares, bets, and increasingly personal questions.
Percy was the first to have to lose a shift, something Annabeth seemed to not mind at all, and Reyna, now that she thought about it, also seemed to appreciate. Thalia covered her eyes in disgust, asking Annabeth for bleach, while Piper had to admit to herself that she did not mind too much either.
Annabeth unfortunately only lost her socks, which Thalia had promptly stolen, and dumped into the fire brazer. Why? Piper had no clue. But then random acts of destruction did not seem too out of place for the huntress and Annabeth did not seem overly upset about this. Reyna next fell to the curse of having to drop some clothes, her top incidentally, leaving her only in her bra and leggings, and while she reluctantly went along Piper had to admit that Reyna had a rather amazing body for a career politician. She was also surprised to learn that Reyna was also capable of goofing off, seeing as she had Annabeth had after a while begun to offer Percy cash if he undressed even more. If a bunch of guys had done the same to her, she would have been rather pissed off but Percy simply took it with good humor.
Percy Jackson
He was almost dozing as what remained awake of his guests enjoyed their evening. He listened to Annabeth's familiar voice as she laughed and goofed off with their peers. The sound of her casual joy that he treasured more than he could put in words. It had been long a few years, he told himself, fully aware of how he sounded like an old man to himself.
"Percy, Percy!" Annabeth suddenly addressed him.
"Huh?" he asked, glancing over at the blond.
"Do that thing where you bounce your pecks," Annabeth demanded, and he noticed all four girls were looking at him.
"What?"
"The thing where you bounce your boobies, I saw you doing it a few weeks ago," she explained impatiently, glass in hand.
He did, earning roaring laughter from Piper and Reyna while gagging sounds from Thalia. "Gods, that is so disturbing," Piper commented. "Do you do that flexing in the mirror too?"
He exchanged a look with Annabeth, he very much did, much to her occasional amusement.
"No," he said much too hastily, earning himself even more spouts of giggles from the present company.
"Anyway," Thalia announced. "Drink if you have kissed a girl before."
Percy and Annabeth were the only ones to actually do it. Piper snorted with laughter and Annabeth earned a lot of inquisitive looks.
"What?" Annabeth asked defensively.
"Story?" Thalia demanded.
"Oh come on, you can't expect me to let my boyfriend fool around with concubines as hot as the ones around here are and not make out with any of them," Annabeth defended herself, grinning sheepishly.
"In other words, you got yourself in a three-way?"Thalia asked bluntly. "My kelp head of a cousin convinced you to take part in a threeway?" the huntress asked incredulously, looking back and forth between the two of them.
"It wasn't like that," she complained and Thalia snorted. "So you actually did it, fuck girl," she groaned and nodded at Percy. "Well played, my esteemed cousin," Thalia congratulated him. "Can't imagine how you could get anyone without brain damage in bed, much less two mostly level-headed hotties like Annabeth or Silena,..."
When she noticed how deeply Annabeth was blushing before burying her face in Percy's shoulder the huntress added an. "I take back the level-headed part. Did you drug them or something?"
"No, they ambushed me," Percy replied evenly. "Stood no chance, like dropping in a pit full of wildcats."
"Stop!" Annabeth begged, punching his shoulder in frustration, her face still hiding.
Thalia winked at him while Percy put a comforting arm around his admittedly mildly tipsy and deeply blushing girlfriend.
"I did not see that coming," Piper admitted, taking another sip from her drink.
"Your bias of low expectations is almost insulting," Percy announced to his two guests. "I am like a gloriously hot god and stuff."
Thalia glanced over at Annabeth, mischief glinting in her eyes. "Fortunately, I do not have to be the judge of that. Anyway, it is really late and I have to train a few newbies in like five hours. Mind showing me to the door Percy?"
Percy left Annabeth with Piper, letting the two drunk girls look after each other as he showed his cousin to the door. As they reached the cold atrium. "You taking care of Annabeth and Silena?" she asked quietly.
"Doing my best, of course," Percy replied. "Why?"
Thalia patted his elbow, seeing as it was the highest place she could reach without performing any gymnastics.
Thalia shrugged. "I do not claim to be an expert in a relationship, but having a girlfriend sounds like a full-time job and you basically have at least two, that is assuming you don't have any shenanigans with Elsa and that bitch running."
Percy raised his hand in defense. "Listen Thalia, nothing is happening without Annabeth being cool with it."
"I know Percy, but I also know Annabeth. She goes ahead with something like deciding that your little harem is the way ago, is stubborn about it, and then gets hurt. Both she and Silena are amazing women, so be careful with them."
"Of course," Percy assured her.
" Looks like you got yourself caught in a minefield there with all those women, and we both know you are poorly suited to having a harem. That only works when you don't give a shit about the women around you and you are too much of a softie to just use your partners. We both know you are going to grow attached, and eventually with how complex this situation is...I don't want you to get hurt either. Now, stop looking at me like some baby seal," she said and kicked his chin for good measure. "Take care."
Annabeth Chase
Once left alone with Piper, Annabeth suddenly remembered what Percy had confided in her concerning Piper's leanings.
"Hey listen," Annabeth burst out, for some reason that metaphorically kicking in the door was the best way to approach this delicate subject.
"Huh?" Piper asked as she filled in a troubling amount of Vodka into her empty cocktail glass, looking at the potato water mixed with what was left of the drink with some skepticism, before shrugging and shugging it down in a manner that her father would likely not have approved off.
"Really not mad, but my idiot is too polite to say anything," she promised. "But when we were studying a few days ago it seemed you were sending you're,.." she paused for a hiccup and a deep breath. "-you're, you know, horny thoughts about me towards Percy as prayers."
Annabeth was privileged to observe a seemingly conflicting but apparently possible situation where Piper was both blushing deeply, and turning pail at the same time.
"You fucking kidding me?" Piper asked, covering her face with her hand. "He heard that? Gods this is embarrassing."
"Just pretend it never happened," Piper said hastily. "I wasn't really horny, and I promise I won't ever try to make a move on you. I was just miserable with trying to study and you are kind of hot and I tried to trick myself into studying more. Don't take this wrong, but you are really pretty, like supermodel level of pretty, and..."
Piper McLean fell silent when Annabeth only smiled.
"Piper, I am not mad," she promised. "Percy's isn't either, you are attracted to whatever you are, and I will take it as a compliment."
Suddenly Annabeth had an amazing idea, or at least it seemed like one at that moment.
She had kissed girls before, as she had been forced to admit to so unfortunately earlier. But she knew that Silena wasn't really into her, she had the hots for Percy. Or at least it least, it seemed like that. She and Annabeth had kissed a lot that night.
It was a purely scientific curiosity, Annabeth assured herself, but she was legitimately curious.
"Really, tell Percy I am so sorry. I hope this doesn't-"
Whatever she was going to say, they would never know because Annabeth placed a finger on the daughter of Aphrodite's lips.
She looked deep into her roommate's eyes. "I just wanted to ask if you needed someone for a New Year's kiss, even if this is a few hours late."
Piper stared at her open-mouthed. "But Percy..:" she began.
"Literally has concubines and is cool with it," Annabeth assured her friend.
Piper was as red as a tomato, which was a strange look for someone of her ethnic background, Annabeth thought to herself, as she noticed that the room was doing that funny spinny thing that usually meant she would make Percy carry her to the next sleeping arrangement.
"I don't know," Piper whispered.
"Percy doesn't care, and I think you are really pretty. No strings attached, just some making out," Annabeth offered. "Never have to talk about it again."
Annabeth knew she had her friend when she made that hesitant pause.
"Piper, do you want to be my New Year's kiss? No one here cares if you are bi or not..." Annabeth asked, grinning mischievously.
"O...okay," Piper stuttered, her face steadily maintaining the complexion of a tomato.
Her fingertips tingling, she gently cupped Piper's cheeks.
As she began to lean in, the mildly impaired analytical part of her brain noticed that Piper was staring at her with wide eyes before her eyes fluttered close. She would have stopped, but Piper wasn't retarding as she slowly leaned in.
The kiss? If Annabeth had been required to write a report she would have described it as hot. Mainly physically, because Piper's lips felt very warm.
For a few moments, Annabeth feared Piper would say completely impassive, which would have meant she would have misjudged her cards by a considerable margin.
But after a few heartbeats, the daughter of Aphrodite cupped her cheeks and kissed her back.
Piper was a good kisser, Annabeth thought to herself. Not nearly as good as Percy, but then, she admitted to herself, she wasn't exactly impartial on that matter.
Suddenly Piper broke away and stared behind her.
She turned around and found Percy leaning against the door frame. "Don't let me interrupt," Percy hastily said. "Going to bed now."
"Wait," Annabeth hastily called after him.
She looked back at Piper, who was staring at her with wide, flustered eyes.
"Happy New Year, Ms McLean," Annabeth said, kissed her equally intoxicated friend one more time, before hurrying after her significant other after a hasty good night.
Both girls were too drunk to really notice Reyna staring at them open-mouthed.
Dear readers and female readers,
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