Chapter 5

Artemis POV

Athena looked dumbstruck and Aphrodite was hyperventilating she was so excited but when she finally got a hold of herself she said"ok before you continue I need to know two things 1. how do you feel about him exactly and I want a straight answer and 2. how long have you been having these feelings for him."

"s-since took the sky from me because he was different than the other males he didn't ask for a reward he just wanted to help everyone. When the end of the titan war came and he was offered godhood I thought for sure that he would accept and become just like other males but instead he used his wish to help all the other demigods to help others. Then again after the giant war he was offered godhood but this as an Olympian but instead all he asked for was to have Hestia and Hades become Olympians again." she said "

Every road that I expect him to go down he chooses to find a new route he helps people just to help them. And then three months ago your daughter broke his heart" she said to Athena "And even though he was devastated I was secretly happy at first because it meant that I might have a chance with him but as time wore on it started to hurt me to see him so destroyed. I tried to get close but I was afraid of how he might respond to it so I hid it under the guise of try to help Thalia with her friend by making sure we went to camp half blood every other week, and then a few days ago I got the perfect opportunity"

Flashback

I was at my cabin when Thalia came back from talking to Percy looking down "What's wrong Thalia?" I asked.

She sighed "Percy would barely even talk to me, ever since Annabeth dumped him he's been getting worse and worse usually he just he would just go to the sword area for a while and he would be fine but its like without her or someone to protect he doesn't feel like he has a reason to go on" it hurt when she said that without her he didn't want to go on.

I thought for a moment then said "Thalia you said you felt he needed someone to protect so what if we gave him one or forty?" "What are you getting at milady?" Thalia asked

"Well I just got back from Olympus with a mission from Zeus we're going to Colorado to ride of a nest of dracena I was going to have us leave after lunch so why don't you go and tell him that he'll be joining us."

Thalia looked so happy but said "Are you sure milady I mean he is a boy after all?"

"Yes I'm sure." Thalia said thanks then ran out the door to tell Percy just as the rest of my hunters returned from the archery range so I took the time to tell them that Percy would be joining us and to be honest I was expecting them to get mad but instead they seemed to be okay with it.

"Why aren't any of you mad." I asked "Don't get me wrong I'm glad that it won't be a problem but I was expecting a least someone to groan or to say 'but he's a male' " I said using air quotations.

They looked at each other for a bit then Phoebe said "It's true we don't like most males but he's the only one who seems to have a some sense of kindness, decency, and respect towards girls."

"Plus hes always been nice to me." Melissa said she was the youngest in the hunt being about six years old she had grown up at camp half blood but despite being claimed when she arrived about five and a half years ago she never really fit in with her cabin mates. She only stayed because Percy had been like a brother making sure she was safe, getting her birthday presents, even sneaking her candy from time to time. Though Melissa would never say it to anyone Artemis knew she thought of Percy as her father. The only reason she joined the hunt was because Percy disappeared for six months when he was kidnapped by Hera and she had thought he died. At Melissa's statement the other hunters nodded in agreement and I couldn't help but smile.

End Flashback

Aphrodite POV

I couldn't contain my squeal of joy "You've have been in love for the last 4 or 5 years and you're just telling me now." I said slightly annoyed.

"No I liked him for a while then I fell in love with him a few months ago and I wasn't sure what was happening this is all new to me." Artemis defended.

"ok, ok so how are we going to get you together." I said to my self.

"Aphrodite stop and look at me." I looked up "First you know our deal no interference from you or your kids, second I'm a maiden goddess I can't date him at all, third he'll probably freak if I were to tell him I love him, and fourth the hunters will kill him if they see us going out." Artemis said

"Well I don't know about the other 3 but I can help you with the eternal maiden problem." someone said to our left. The 3 of us turned to see Hestia in her six year old form, tending the flame in Aphrodite's fire place.

"How could you help?" I asked curiously "Because unlike what everyone seems to think Artemis and Athena and my vow of maiden hood was not made on Styx, their vow was made to me and because of that I can let them out of their vow." Hestia said with a mischievous smile.

"Ok so let Artemis out." I said

"Not so fast I'm not going to let her completely out of her vow just because she's fallen in love for the first time."

"but…" I started to say but stopped when Hestia held up her hand "let me finish Aphrodite before you start making your comments I won't let her completely out of her vow but I will let her start dating if it turns into more we can go from there." Hestia finished.

"Ok one down 3 to go." I said turning back to Artemis "Now that you can date lets address the other 3 problems, your biggest worry is what will your hunters think correct."

"Correct." Artemis said

"ok then simple answer we don't tell them for now and before you ask 'well what if they see you' I already got a way to fix that and your other problem of how Percy will react."

"How is that?" Athena asked. Aphrodite gave her an inquisitive look "don't you know that goddesses can change the way they look, all Artemis has to do is change her appearance and pretend to be a regular 17 year old girl that is meeting Percy on a blind date set up by my daughter Piper and me." I said extremely pleased with myself.

"That's not a bad plan Percy gets to know the real you without knowing its you and you get to date Percy." Athena said around a bit of her sandwich

"see even Athena agrees and now as far as our little agreement goes I believe the deal was that me and my kids couldn't use magical means of any kind I can still do the mundane stuff like set you up on a date and help you with your clothes and make up.".

Artemis POV

All this happened so fast I had trouble keeping up, I stood there for a minute then said "you make a lot of good points but wouldn't Percy be mad if he didn't know that I was the girl he was dating."

This gave Aphrodite pause but then she said "It might but if you were to say your reasons for it were because you wanted him to love you for you and not because you're a goddess it might make him less mad and right now this is your best bet."

"Fine I'll do it." I said.

"HALLELUJAH!!" Aphrodite screamed while doing a victory dance."Just wait here I need to go IM my daughter I'll get back to you with the details." Aphrodite said running down the hall

"Well she's excited" Athena said calmly.

"Well I got to go tell her bye for me and don't tell her about this." I said grabbing Aphrodite's untouched sandwich "Missed lunch." I said before flashing out.