Chapter 11

Nico POV

My side was killing, me I lost consciousness in a sense right as the fight ended but I could still feel my body but that was it. I couldn't hear or say anything or even move. I felt someone bandage my wound 'probably that daughter of Apollo, Atlanta' I thought. Then I was carried and set on something soft so I was probably in the medical tent.

Everyone left but I could feel someone there and even though I had no idea who they were I was thankful that I had some company. It felt like I was there for hours but slowly my senses started coming back. It was still night and I could hear someone breathing hard to my left. I laid there few a few more minutes and even though it was faint I thought I heard someone say'I love you'.

At first I was shocked but then I thought it might be meant sisterly from Hazel or I could have misheard completely. All this went through my head in a matter of seconds, but it was shut down when I felt someones lips on mine. My first thought was 'please be a girl, please be a girl'because this was my first kiss and I would hate it if it was a guy.

I managed to will my eyes open and saw Thalia with her eyes closed kissing me, it's a good thing I couldn't move because I probably would have jumped halfway to Mars not that I hated it I actually had had a crush on Thalia since she rescued me and Bianca at Westover hall. Thalia started to lean back and I closed my eyes not really sure what to do.

In my mind I was screaming for joy but I was unsure about what to do now, I mean she's a hunter. As I sat there contemplating what to do I felt a weight on my chest and a few minutes later I heard someone snoring. I risked opening my eyes and saw Thalia still in her chair asleep with her head on my chest facing me, at that moment I couldn't have been happier sure I still have a lot to figure out but for now knowing that she loved me was enough even if she didn't know how I felt about her'I love you too'I whispered and fell asleep.

Artemis POV

I woke up around 6 and went to the infirmary only to find Thalia fast asleep with her head on Nico's chest both of whom had a smile on their face. I went over to her and lightly tapped her shoulder "Thalia" I said quietly she opened her eyes and saw me. She gave me her usual annoyed look for waking her up before realizing what her head was resting on then shooting up right.

"Yes Milady?" she said trying not to blush. She was clearly embarrassed but I decided to let it go, "I need you to wake up the girls and tell them we're going back to camp half blood and to break camp" I said

"This is gonna be fun."she said sarcastically

"Tell them that if anyone complains they got laundry duty for the next month." I said walking out. I found Percy and told him the same he nodded fishing out a bronze cell phone that Hephaestus made him as a thank you for saving Leo during the giant war. It prevented monsters from locating you as long as the conversation was under 3 minutes.

I went to my tent to fill out some forms on the latest hunt, Zeus had started making me do these ever since his Roman and Greek aspects combined which I found immensely annoying.'everyone is finally free of those headaches and he decides to give us all one himself' I thought.

Seriously it was like there was a buzzing in my head then I realized there really was a buzzing sound. Percy was using the number I gave him on our date, "hello" I thought remembering how the line worked all I had to do was think and he would hear it through his phone.

"Hi it's Percy." he said

"Who? Oh Percy! How's it going and you do know it's like 7 am."

"Oh sorry I forgot I'm normal not up this early…" we talked for a while and he asked me out for lunch, I said yes of course. After he hung up I went back to the forms but they didn't bother me so much. Just as I finished the last form Thalia walked.

"We're ready to go." she said

"Ok I'll be right out." I replied stuffing the forms in the folder I kept them in.

After arriving at camp half blood I told Chiron that we would be staying for a few days, practiced archery with my hunters then left to my place to get ready for my date. I decide to go with black jeans a blue T shirt and the grey hoodie I got from Aphrodite then flashed to my pretend house just in time to hear the doorbell ring. I opened to door to see Percy standing there in a green jacket and blue jeans."Hi Diana." he said.

"Hi Percy." I replied "So what do you want to do?"

"Well I know this great pizza place in Manhattan so we could go there for lunch, then go to the museum because a friend of mine said they just got a new exhibit on Greek myths and I remember you said you were a fan of Greek mythology." he said hailing a cab.

An hour later we were at the pizza place which was called Old Joe's sitting next to each other laughing and eating. It was even better than our first date because all the nervous tension was gone we were just being ourselves "Wow this pizza is amazing!" I said

"I knew you'd like it." Percy said "Old Joe's has the best pizza in New York but almost no one knows about it." I nodded in agreement

"Are you sure you're not cold." I asked when we got there it was freezing cold outside and of course I slipped on a patch of ice and landed in a pile of slush soaking my hoodie. Being a total gentleman he gave me his jacket against my protests saying that it would be warm inside so he wouldn't need it anyway.

But when we got inside we found out their heater was busted. "Ya I'm fine" he said. With his jacket off even though his shirt was fairly loose you could clearly see his well muscled arms, chest, and six pack which I didn't mind at first but now it was annoying me to no end because all the girls there kept trying to flirt with Percy.

I mean we're clearly not brother and sister, most walked away after I gave them my signature stare that I usually use to keep men from trying to flirt with me. But some, well one in particular who really got to me, she was really beautiful I guess with long black hair and brown eyes. She walked right up to Percy and started flirting with him he sighed and repeated for what I think was the 23rd time that night that he was here on a date with me I grabbed his hand that was on the table for emphasis.

She took one look at me then our intertwined hands and I could see a look in her eye that I could quite figure out "Oh come on you could so much better than this trash heap." she said gesturing to me and to say I was fuming would be the understatement of the year

"Look I'm flattered but as I said I'm here with my girlfriend so would you please leave us alone." Percy said 'he called me his girlfriend' I thought giddily she reddened but very smoothly said"Why don't you come with me, who cares if she's your girlfriend a guy like you should be with the most beautiful woman here."

"And as far as I'm concerned she is the most beautiful person here." he said wrapping his arm around me, holding me close and I rested my head on his chest.

The girl reddened even more and stomped away "So I'm your girlfriend?" I said looking up at him with a raised eye borrow.

Percy panicked a bit "Um...yes...you see...well I was going to ask if you wanted to officially be my girlfriend today sorry if.."

I gave him a peck on the cheek cutting him off "It's ok I'm happy to be your girlfriend."

He visibly relaxed "Oh that's good." he said.

"Percy." I heard someone call off to my left.

I turned to see a older couple walking towards us, the woman was 8 or 9 months pregnant "Hi mom, hey Paul" Percy responded standing up and giving them both a hug.

"Percy why didn't you tell us you were going to be in town you could have come to the movies with us." Sally said.

"Sorry mom I just decided to come up this morning."he said

"Ok fine." she said with sarcastic exasperation turning to me"And who is this?"

Percy offered me a hand and helped me up "This is my girlfriend Diana."

"Hi." I said nervously.

Sally POV

I was a little nervous when Percy introduced me to Diana and she seemed nervous too but all in all I was happy for him, we talked for a little while while they finished eating, and once we got past the nervous tension Diana was actually a ton of fun.

When they finished eating we said goodbye"Well she seems nice." Paul said.

"Yes she does I just hope that she doesn't brake Percy's heart like Annabeth did. I don't know if he could take that again." Paul nodded going back to his food.

"True but he's a tough kid and she really seems to like him and ... it seems he's still forget full" Paul said picking up Percy's phone

"I'll IM him later and tell him we have it". We finished dinner and went home because we both had the day off, put in the movie King Kong and watched it for about two and a half hours when I felt a strange sensation then realized what it meant "Paul" I said.

"Yes." he said pausing the movie.

"My water just broke.".

Percy POV (About 2 hours earlier)

Me and Diana walked into the museum and I couldn't help but cringe I could still remember the last time I was here. It was when my English teacher miss Dodds turn out to be a fury. I paid for the tickets and we went over to the Greek exhibit.

I have to admit it was really cool, they had some new stuff on Theseus and the Minotaur and a ton of new things on Heracles which I hated. How come he goes down in history as one of the greatest heroes to ever live when in reality he's a gigantic jerk.

Diana didn't really seem to like him either so we moved on. Next was an exhibit on Artemis, part of it was a carving that depicted her and the hunters chasing the Nemean lion most of them I didn't recognize but both Artemis and Zoe were clearly carved. We visited some other additions to the different gods exhibits before going to my dads located right next to Athena which I found ironic.

Artemis POV

'I remember when we posed for that carving. Right after it was finished me and the hunters had to go to the battle of Thermopylae' I thought as Percy and I headed towards his fathers portion and found a couple in their 20's in a full on make out session. The boy was in front of Poseidon's exhibit and the girl in front of Athena's "No way." Percy said.

"What is it?" I asked thinking that the couple looked kinda familiar

"Wait here I need to go check something." he said before walking up to the couple. For a normal person they would have been too far away to hear but being goddess of the hunt has its advantages "Dad?" I heard Percy say questioningly.

The couple jumped and now that they weren't kissing I could clearly tell who they were Poseidon was standing in front of his exhibit and Athena was standing in front of hers 'oh she is going to have some explaining to do when I get back' I thought

"P-Percy what are you doing here" Poseidon said trying to act casual. "I'm here on a date and so are you it seems, also since when are you and Athena'together'" Percy said.

"Actually I came here by myself I just happened to meet Athena, and well we started talking and next thing I know I'm asking her to be my girlfriend she agrees and we're kissing." He said as Athena laid her head on his shoulder.

Percy looked dumbstruck "So where this girlfriend you supposedly brought with you?" Poseidon asked Percy turned and motioned for me to come over. Hesitantly I walked over praying that Poseidon didn't recognize me which seem a little ironic to me seeing as I was a goddess my self.

"Hello I'm Diana." I said Poseidon just looked at me for a moment before realization dawned on him thankfully before he could say something Athena whispered something in his ear he looked at her and nodded.

"Hi I'm Percy's father Poseidon." he said holding out his hand, I shook it.

"Like Poseidon as in sea god Poseidon?" I asked deciding to play dumb.

"Yes exactly, well same spelling, anyway hope you two enjoy your date." He said walking off with Athena.

'I got him to keep our little secret'Athena said in my head'but he is going to question you later so prepare yourself'

'I will thank you'I replied. I was standing in front of Percy with my back to him watching the couple leave when I felt Percy put his arms around me"Sorry if that was a little awkward."he said.

I leaned on him a bit"No it's fine I'm just glad it went so well." I said looking up at him.

"Me too." He said leaning down to kiss me.

I straightened up to meet him but just before we could kiss someone to our right said"Percy"reluctantly we stopped to see who it was. The only other person there was some guy in a green hoodie who was leaning against the wall several feet away with his hood up.

"Can I help you?" Percy said with a hint of annoyance in his voice

"No but I can help you." the guy said pulling down his hood for just a second then pulling it back up it 'it's that guy Silver from camp, the illegal born' I thought remembering the boys face from camp.

Percy seemed to remember him to because he stiffened too "First why are you here, and second what exactly could you help me with." Percy said.

"I'm here to repay a debt you kept my secret and as a thank you I'm giving you a bit of information.". he said "Go to the hospital a mile down the street, ask for Sally Jackson and I'd hurry if I were you." he started walking away

"What did you do to my mother!" Percy said barely containing his anger "I have done nothing to her, now hurry time is of the essence." he said rounding a corner. He looked at me, I nodded and we ran out of the museum. As we ran down the sidewalk I wondered 'when did that happen' I thought 'in that one second we understood each other completely'.

We reached the hospital and dashed in the doors neither of us were even out of breath which I thought was pretty good considering we just did a mile in like 3 ½ minutes "Where's Sally Jackson's room." Percy asked the receptionist.

"I'm sorry but we don't have a Sally Jackson here." she said gently.

I saw Percy panic for a sec then say "what about Sally Blofis?"

"Yes we do room she's in room 305." she said.

"Thanks." Percy called as he dashed down the hall.

We ended up having to double back once when we took a wrong turn but ran into Paul on our way to the room."Paul what's going on?" Percy said

"The baby's coming that's what's going on." Paul said "Now come on your mom is in the delivery room."

"Why aren't you in there." I asked

"They kicked me out for some reason." he responded. We stood outside the room for a while, we heard a few ambulances and asked a nurse what was happening

"Some girl went on a shooting spree and the wounded are being sent here." He said before running down the hall to help.

A few minutes later a bunch of people ran out of the delivery room one of the nurses came over to us and said "Are you her family." Paul and Percy nodded"There's been some complications…" She said pausing for a bit"We are trying to help but we're not sure if her or the baby will survive."

She walked away leaving us shocked, both Paul and Percy looked ready to collapse and it hurt to see Percy like this it was almost like how he was when Annabeth dumped him. I knew how much his mother meant to him if she died right now her death would probably destroy him. I was racking my brain trying to think of something anything I could do to help then it hit me, I'm the goddess of childbirth and I can affect what's in my domain.

Percy POV

Diana ran to the door of the delivery room and went in, I followed wondering what she was "Diana what's goin…" I stop when I saw Diana wave her hand and the doctor that was still in the room slumped against the wall and fell asleep. She walked over to my mom and held her hands out, there was a soft silver glow and my mom's vitals on the monitor started to go up.

Diana put her hands down and the glow faded just as the doctors came back in"What are you two doing in here."one said.

"They're her family."the nurse from earlier said.

The doctor softened a bit and said"I need you to leave the room" both me and Diana did as he asked. A few seconds later Paul was called in, as soon as he was in I turned to Diana.

"Who are you? What are you? and what did you do to my mom." I asked in a rapid fire fashion.

'huh I becoming just like Thalia when she gets impatient' I thought Diana stood there a moment and spoke.

"I healed her." she said staring at the ground rubbing her arm

"What?" I asked.

"You asked what I did to your mom, I healed her as much as the ancient laws would allow."at this I was a little less angry.

"Thank you for that"I said as sincerely as I could

"y-y-you're welcome." she stuttered.

"Could you please answer my other questions?" I asked using the same soft voice I used back at the museum she nodded.

"Sure j-just promise not to freak out."I noticed how nervous she was and I realized that even though she acted confident she was really worried about how I would react to what she was about to say."I know your a demigod."she said which really didn't come as a shock"I-I'm a g-g-goddess." she said clearly have trouble saying it aloud.

I stumbled back flabbergasted by what she just said"Why didn't you just tell me?" I asked regaining my voice.

"There were a few reasons first I didn't want you to chose to date me just because I was a goddess, not that I thought you would be so shallow in the first place but I wanted to be sure so I had Aphrodite set us up on a fake blind date which brings me to my second reason. I didn't know how you would react if I just came right out and told you about my feelings for you so I changed how I looked hoping that maybe if you got to know me as a person rather than the goddess you might not reject me. I'm sorry for deceiving you and I understand if you don't want to see me anymore." she said.

Even though I wasn't happy about being lied to I understood her reasoning, the idea of her trying to let me see the real her made sense.

Diana started to walk away but I grabbed her hand and made her face me "I understand why you did it and I'm willing to give us a try." I said and her eyes lit up "But I have one condition."

She got nervous as I said that"w-what is it?"she asked

"No more lies I want us to be completely honest with each other, and the first thing I want to know is who you are?"

Diana smiled at my request and nodded stepping back "Um- close your eyes I'm going to change back to my regular looks." she said I obliged, I felt her enter her true form for just a second 'probably makes it easier to change form'I thought 'oh crap what if she's married I didn't think of that'.

"You can look now." she said and I opened my eye's to see Artemis standing there in the same clothes she had had on during our date. To be completely honest I almost fainted right then and there.

"You look beautiful." I said "Even more than before."

Artemis blushed "Thank you." she said walking forward.

Just as she walk up to me she slipped and fell into my arms like in a Hollywood movie "Sorry." she said looking up.

"It's alright."I said and I kissed her, just like that I hadn't thought about it I just did it. At first I half expected to get slapped but instead she put one hand on my neck and ran the other through my hair, I put my arms around her waist pulling her close, just like that all my fears, all my stress, and anxiety was just gone.

We stayed that way for a good ten minutes before someone behind them cleared their throat loudly. I turned to see Paul"How's mom?" I asked.

"She's fine and so is the baby, in fact I was coming to get you when I found you...well occupied and I know it's not any of my business but I don't think Diana would be happy to see you kissing another girl." he said.

I had forgotten he didn't know so I just said"lets go in and I'll explain everything."

As I stepped in Paul was explaining to my mom, who was a holding a little pink blanket, what he saw when he went to get me. "Percy!" mom said scowling"I thought I raised you better than that."yep she was mad.

"Mom I can explain."

"I sure hope so." She said flatly

"This is Diana." I said gesturing to Artemis, at the mention of the name my new sibling made a small sound that I thought was laughter but I didn't think that she would know how to laugh being only a few hours old

"No she's not have you gone blind she looks completely different." my mom said, after a minute of silence I said

"Mom I should probably tell you that Diana is actually a goddess." Mother and Paul looked dumbstruck

Paul was the first to speak "Ok 2 things first which goddess and second how did you too end up together." most people don't know this but Paul loves romances whether their real life, in books, or even movies. Me and Artemis both told our stories of how it happened starting from when we first met all the way up till now.

At the end of it my mom was smiling but Paul who I usually consider a pretty cool guy was freaking worse than Aphrodite and have a river of tears flowing down his cheeks. once he calmed down pulled out a pen and a piece of paper said "So Percy what's your guess on the lottery numbers for the pick six." I was a bit confused.

"Why do you ask?"

"Well you got a maiden goddess to fall in love with you which was deemed impossible, you went to Tartarus and back also deemed impossible not to mention how many times you've come back from the dead. You have luck like I've never seen and we could use the money now c'mon whats your six numbers" he said I rattled off a few.

My mom who had been in deep thought motioned for Paul to lean down and whispered something in his ear, Paul nodded then she said"we've decided on a name."

"What is it?" I asked feeling a bit excited.

"Elizabeth Diana Blofis, we can call her Lizzy for short. Elizabeth because that was my mothers name, Diana because it was the name Artemis went by when she saved me."

"Thank you." Artemis said we talked for a while then Artemis flashed me back to camp saying she had some stuff to do. I walked down half blood hill and went to dinner because I apparently had been gone the whole day instead of a few hours like I planned and went to bed.