Flirting right beneath my father-in-law's nose without a care

As we separated our lips, both breathing in the air greedily after nearly drowning in each other.

"I gotta say this was not how I expected our first kiss to be. My bad beautiful, I got a little bit too excited there." - I said, teasing the beautiful girl in my arms, who had a faint smile adorning her lips as her earlier gloomy mood was all but gone.

Rolling her eyes with a little giggle, she said - "Shut up, stupid!"

"Huh? Make me!" - I daringly taunted her, to which she responded with another wild kiss of her own, as she clumsily invaded my mouth with her cute little tongue.

I had not much experience, but I wasn't inexperienced either, so I promptly responded to her agressiveness. As soon as we separated, both panting slightly, relishing in each other's company and warmth.

As soon as our breathing evened out, both calming down, I asked the question that had been bothering me ever since I found her crying in the corner, one I had buried deep inside so I could work on my new idea.

"So, beautiful, mind telling me what happened earlier in the hotel?" - I said, while keeping her body glued to mine, as I stared into her beautiful blue eyes, that had been stained by bits of red from her crying.

She blushed beautifuly as she recalled what had just happened.

"I am afraid..." - She started - "Luke, Annabeth... you... I see us all as a family..."

"Haihai! We've got a really cute niece! And there is also Luke, I guess..." - As I said that, I receive a playfull nudge from the beauty in my arms.

"Really, what do you have against Luke?" - She asked rolling her eyes at my antics.

"Nothing much, I just had a bad feeling about him, and I also find it funny taunting him!" - I respond, holding back a little laughter.

She smiled and continued - "So I was afraid of losing you... it's all my fault... if not for me, you all would never have to face so many monsters. I'm so sorry..." - Yep, that's it, I've had enough of this, so I shut her up with another kiss, this time a more chaste one, stopping as soon as she started to enjoy it, earning myself a pout from her.

"I did not know the strong daughter of the mighty Zeus would have this side to her..." - I heard some rumbling in the skies, so I guess my new father-in-law is not so happy with his daughter being taken right in front of his eyes. But it only elicited some giggles from the both of us, who did not gave even half a fuck to what that old bastard thought about the matter.

"Why? Do you dislike it?" - She sent a playfull smile in my direction.

"If I dislike it?" - Having a fun idea, I hug her tightly and throw myself back, falling onto the ground with her in my arms, earning a small yelp from this cute girl, who did not expected this at all - "No! I love it!"

"Haha! You are such a bully!" - She pouted again, making for a really endearing visage.

"Do you dislike it?" - I ask her back with a contented smile on my face.

With a smile on her face, she gave me another kiss, and after we parted, said - "No! I love it!"

We then stood still, basking in each other's warmth, as we watched the dark sky, with a couple of visible stars, who seemed to bless us with their light. Enjoying the peace for several dozen minutes, I then broke the silence with a calm voice, tightening my arms around Thalia.

"Thalia... it's not your fault... none of this is... if someone is to blame, then it would be those old relics up there that love to act like little children throwing tantrums. You never asked to be born, they are just too damn stuck up to own up to their mistakes... but leave it all to me! I have thought of a way!" - There were some more rumblings in the sky, but I decided to straightout ignore it, without a care in the world, I had more important matters to attend now.

Hearing my words she started to cry again, burying her head in my chest. And I started running my arms around her back, trying to comfort her.

"It's okay... put everything out..." - I said as I gave her a kiss to the top of the head. I guess living carefree for almost a month, just to have to face the harsh reality all in one go was just too much for a young teen to deal with on her own. Luckily I was here to support her through all this shitshow those unsighty gods put up.

Really, with each passing day I start to feel more and more inclined to give those hipocrites a good and well deserved beating... But back to the present time.

After Thalia calmed down, she looked up with a timid expression, that did not suit the image of a strong girl she previously had. Really! What is with this cute creature?

Not resisting, I gave her another peck on the lips, earning a smile from her teary face.

"So... am I a mistake?" - She asked in a small and weak voice. And so I give her another peck, as I jokingly answer.

"In a way, they do think of you as a mistake..." - I give myself a dramatic pause to let those words sink in before going on - "But... I guess I just so happen to love mistakes..."

And I received a peal of laughter from the beautiful girl in my arms, making me smile, as she seemed satisfied with my answer, and that was all that mattered in this moment. We relished in the moment for a while longer, when I decided we had already spent enough time enjoying ourselves, and I could feel some annoyed gazes thrown my way, ones I could distinctly tell were not from the gods, so I better move on.

So I gave Thalia some playfull taps on the back, before saying - "We should be on our way back now, otherwise they might become worried, as we went missing without telling them a single thing. By the way, you look terrible!"

Rolling her eyes at me, she tryed to stand back up on her own, only to fail spetacularly as I held her tight and rolled her over, pressing her against the floor, before giving her another wild and long kiss, that she reciprocated, not without giving me a reproachful glare at my little prank.

Having had enough, I stand up, pulling Thalia with me into a princess carry, as I walked her all the way back to the hotel. Where I dropped her at her room, finding little Annabeth waiting beyond her bedtime, looking at us with a pout decorating her little face.

"We are back! Why are you not yet sleeping, little lady?"

The one who responded was Luke, who was waiting nearby, probably keeping a watch on Annabeth.

"She was worried about you two lovebirds! At least say something before leaving!" - He was fuming, but was still holding back in front of Annabeth. So considerate of him...

"Look at you two! It is as if you were rolling on the dirt! And what about you, Lysandros!? Nice shirt! I loved the new print, I wonder, where did you buy it? And what about your new style? Great lipstick!" - Yeah, now he is just venting on us. But I do think we were quite a bit messy.

"Cool, right? It's this little thing called a girlfriend! Go get a life!" - I taunted back, which earned me a hard nudge from Thalia, while she tried to hide her embarassment, but her crimson red ears gave her away.

Then, ignoring the killjoy, we freshened ourselves up, and I called both Luke and Thalia for a meeting late into the night, leaving the now sleeping Annabeth out of it.

As soon as everyone arrived into my room, Luke standing against the wall, and with Thalia and me both sitting in the bed. Luke was still grumpy about what had happened earlier, using his usual gear, while Thalia had regained her composure, and was wearing some light comfortable clothes as nightwear, adorned in surprisingly light make-up, leaving her beautiful face more visible, to my personal delight. Seeing everyone looking at me, I started the meeting.

"So, hear me out, this is the plan..."

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Author's Notes:

Even as the author I feel like I have just eaten dog shit after writing this chapter... maybe I should just send some really painful, with not much benefits, but also 100% non-letal tribulation lightning his way just to toast his ass a bit... yeah, sounds good!

Well, jokes aside, thank you all for the support! It really inspires me to keep on writing!

I would also like to say we've got ourselves a winner who guessed MC's mother right! I will be saying whom he is when we arrive at camp half-blood and MC is reclaimed by his mother.

Also, HAHA! SUFFER WITH THE CLIFFHANGER! (I'm so evil :D)

Peace out!