Juniper

For once she was not the first to rise. She melted from her tree, her feet leaving shallow imprints in the snow that had fallen through the circular hole in the ceiling over the nymph fountain.

It could not be denied that she was not made for the cold, in fact she very much preferred the warmth. One might think that not being entirely corporal might blunt the cold's bite, but it didn't.

She quickly headed into the warmer parts of the home and proceeded downstairs, sighing in relief when her bare feet reached a warm carpet.

Piper already stood in the kitchen, pouring milk into a bowl of Cheerios.

"Good morning," Piper greeted her brightly.

"Morning," she replied.

For a moment she asked herself if she should begin to set a larger breakfast table, then figured that Percy and Annabeth had likely celebrated Christmas in a more carnal manner and would not have been opposed to being served an early snack after waking up. Normally it would be Silena to do such things, but truth be told she didn't mind getting a little peek at her owner with fewer clothes on. It wasn't as if they were doing much swimming these days... and she really didn't have anything better to do.

It wasn't as if there were any other men she could really admire, so perhaps she could be forgiven for casting an eye upon another women's man.

Once she had set up a light breakfast with orange juice, and some toast, and made her way downstairs and quietly stepped into the master bedroom.
Unfortunately, the room's occupants were already awake and it seemed she had prepared one meal too few because the bed was occupied by more people than had expected.

Annabeth lay snuggled up against Percy, her head resting on his chest and the blanket pulled up to her shoulders. Lounging on Percy's other side, her head resting on his shoulder, was Silena Beauregard.

The daughter of Aphrodite sat bolt upright, the blanket slipping down, revealing her bare breasts. "Juniper!" she complained, her cheeks blushing bright red as she hastily pulled up the blanket, leaving no doubt about what the nature of her sleepover had been.

Annabeth only pulled her blanket up to her nose, though she only grinned sheepishly.

"Ah, Juniper," Percy greeted her unabashed.

"I brought you breakfast," Juniper squeaked, blushing a deep shade of green, understanding what aftershow party she had just crashed.

Percy pulled the mortified Silena closer and for a moment Juniper felt a small pang of jealousy at not being invited. Not mainly at having missed what would have very likely been an entertaining night but jealousy at not being included.

Percy seemed to notice Silena's embarrassment and pulled her slender form closer with one arm. The sound of his deep chuckle sent shivers down her spine, "Wow, thank you!"

Annabeth Chase

"You ass," Silena complained once Juniper had left the room and squirmed in his embrace. "That was so embarrassing."

Annabeth sat up and ginned over at her friend fondly. Some part of her had worried that she might resent the daughter of Aphrodite after watching Percy rail her right in front of her eyes. She knew she had a mildly territorial streak. But, fortunately, nothing seemed to have changed so far.

"We should get up," Silena announced, seemingly surrendering to Percy and resting her head on Percy's chest as well. "I'll be leaving for my father's in a few hours. Need to get some stuff done."

"Damn," Percy muttered to himself.

"Gonna miss those blowjobs?" Annabeth teased, remembering and still feeling mildly impressed with how Silena had sucked Percy dry last night. She had even tried to take over at some point, but it had been obvious that she simply did not share Silena's talent. She had also expected Percy to utilize the bed's special features. Then, she wasn't sure if Percy knew that two of the beds in the house had been a phrase from Crusty's Water Bed Palace.

She playfully bumped her shoulder against his.
"Yeah, Juniper does realize we're going to be eating breakfast together?" Silena asked mildly and rolled on top of Percy before shooting her an uncertain look.

"After last night, this is hardly worth note," Annabeth assured her.

"Don't know, the night is over," Silena offered in return.

"Does anyone care what I think?" Percy asked.

"Nope," Annabeth replied.

Silena at least had the decency to smile down at him apologetically. "I don't think so, sailor."

"I thought I was the dude with the harem here," Percy complained softly.

"Oh shut it," Annabeth shot back. "No one likes a whiner."

Percy turned towards her, dragging a suddenly quite helpless Silena along until she was stuck in the narrow gap between herself and him so that he could lean over and kiss her lips. "Keep it up and someone is getting spanked later," Percy threatened, his voice dangerously soft.

"Uhh," Silena cried out dramatically. "Corporal punishment?"

Percy slapped Silena's rear and then kissed Annabeth on the lips.

"Guy's! Kinda stuck here," Silena complained.

"Becides," Percy said, ignoring her complaint. The daughter of Aphrodite groaned when he settled his weight on her. "I don't really want this morning to end. If it went by me neither of you would ever wear any clothes again."

"Percy you dog," Annabeth chided him affectionately but then, to ease the tension pinched one of Silena's nipples.

"Hey leave my nipples," Silena complained and slapped Annabeth's hips.

"Ladies," Percy chided them generously. "No fighting. You got along marvelously last night."

Both women stuck their tongues out at him and a moment later he felt Silena's judiciously maintained fingernails digging into his ass.

He was hard, but that was understandable and his length was resting between her thighs. It was would be so easy to just slip... . "Are you trying to get morning sex right now?" Silena suddenly asked and he could feel her legs responding to his hardness.

"Wouldn't mind," Percy admitted and pulled Annabeth even closer.

"As fun as that sounds," Annabeth interceeded. "We should get ready."

Percy sighed and rolled off Silena and finally set up. "Shower?"

They did shower, and together he might add. Though there was none of that erotic washing of each other or friendly blowjobs and they only took their turns. Strangely enough, it felt more familial than anything else, despite both Silena and Annabeth looking quite amazing when they were wet. Especially Annabeth, looking even more like an angry lesbian than she already did with her hair. The temptation of just bending her over was there, he could not deny that.

Breakfast, in the end, turned out to be a brunch after which Annabeth and Piper returned down to the city, escorting his mother and stepfather through the eternal city.

The moment they were gone Silena turned to him, an exciting spark entering her blue eyes. "Can we finally let her out? You know, no squishy mortals around and so on... ."

Percy sighed and finally shrugged. "Fine."

Silena Beauregard

The look on Khione's face when the cell door opened, was worth it on its own. That fluid shifted back and forth between confusion, concern, and resignation finally being superseded by surprise when Percy beckoned her to come out.

The smug grin on Circe's face though made clear that she thought Khione was about to be used.

Even this couldn't dampen Silena's mood. Her spirits had been unusually high ever since waking up that morning, but she still managed to maintain a straight face.

The goddess hesitated, but then did as she was told and was led upstairs. "What is this about?" she finally asked.

"Silena has been begging me to allow you some time out of your cell. You are not to leave the house, or do anything I would disapprove of. Silena is in charge, if you make me regret this you won't be seeing the sky in a long time. "

Silena scowled at Percy reproachfully but fortunately, Khione did not too put down by the threat. Instead, the goddess's attention was caught by the snowman grinning at them from the inner courtyard and the cold white blanket covering everything. Her gaze softened and the lightest of smiles hushed over her lips.

"Lord Perseus?" she asked instead. "May I?"

Percy only shrugged and Silena made a mental note to show Percy her appreciation later, well provided last night wasn't just a fluke. There was a very real chance that despite being allowed to, Percy might choose to still stay monogamous with Annabeth, or even only stay platonic with her. If that happened, well Silena would be fine with that too. Though as messy as things might get, she would very much prefer it if she was still on Percy's dessert menu, even if it might cause her heartache down the line.

As Percy retreated Juniper joined her and they watched as the goddess stepped out into the snow. "I do hope you know what you are doing," the nymph warned.

"I do too," Silena agreed.

Juniper stayed silent for a long moment and finally Silena cleared her voice.

"Yes," Silena asked, remembering the look on Juniper's face that morning.

"You laid with Percy tonight," Juniper noted.

"I did," Silena confirmed, keeping a straight face.

"Is this a thing now?" she asked.

"I did it because I was invited and simply felt like it," she replied and then headed towards Khione who had just sat down on a snow-covered deck chair. She was an adult and didn't feel like she should need to explain herself to the other woman. Quite frankly the only one's options she actually cared about were Percy's and maybe Annabeth's for obvious reasons.

Slowly she followed the goddess out into her element, grateful for the warm shoes she wore just as the goddess swung her legs up onto the deck chair and made herself more comfortable.

"I needed this," Khione breathed and turned her face up as if drinking in the gentle breeze that washed through the inner courtyard. The goddess scooped up a handful of snow and closed her fist, compacting the white pounder into a nugget. Then she glanced up at Silena and raised an eyebrow quizzically. "I trust there are no strings attached here?"

Silena chuckled. "I very much doubt it. Although Annabeth has opened up the harem officially last night. Kinda also spent the night with them."

"Has she now? Well, at least one of us is enjoying herself."

Silena chuckled. "Oh, I did."

"Well played by Ms. Chase," Khione mused thoughtfully. "Not a bad move on her part at all, I must admit."

Not sure what Khione was on about Silena only shrugged. Perhaps noticing that she was shivering the goddess rose again. "Let us return inside. Then you can tell me all about your night without that sorceress breathing down our necks."

So, a nice short little update while I set up the next few chapters.

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Henry Locker over and out.