Brother and Sister? (An avengers and PJO crossover)

Chapter 7- Girls Night

Third Person POV
Later that day, Percy was dragged into Natasha's room by Wanda, Pepper and Natasha.

"Why do I have to get dressed up?" Percy groaned.

"We're going to a nice place so we need to look the part!" Natasha said.

The three surrounded her like vultures, before swooping in and focusing on different things. Wanda started looking in the closet for a nice dress, while Pepper and Natasha started fixing Percy's hair and doing her make-up.

"Please, nothing too girly." Percy begged.

"No promises!" Natasha responded with a devilish smile.

After about thirty minutes, the two of them finished with a decently simple braided hairstyle, and a no make-up make-up look. Wanda, who had spent the last fifteen minutes laying on Natasha's bed scrolling through TikTok, threw a dress at Percy.

"Go change!" Pepper said.

Percy groaned again but trudged to the bathroom and put on the dress. It was simple enough, with a plunging neckline and a tight fit. She reluctantly admitted that she was pretty hot in this outfit, before going outside to show the other girls. There were a few squeals when she exited, and comments about how cute she looked.

"Okay ladies, let's roll out!" Pepper said.

They hopped into one of Tony's nicer cars, and started talking.

"So Percy, any hobbies?" Natasha asked.

"Nope, I mean, I go to this summer camp and we do a bit of sword fighting, but other than that I don't do much." Percy said.

"Sword fighting? Tomorrow you definitely have to show us some moves in the training room!" Wanda said.

Training room? Percy perked up a little hearing this.

"You guys have a training room in that huge palace?" She asked.

"Duh. They're the avengers. How else would they prepare?" Pepper said.

Now this was a blessing and a curse for Percy. On the one hand, she could train and be prepared for danger, but on the other hand, it would be pretty bad if Tony found out that she was a demigod.

Still, she grinned, but Natasha wasn't done yet.

"Camp? I haven't heard you talk much about that." She stated.

"Oh, yeah. That's actually where I met Buck and Loki. You see, Bucky and I's dad is a sponsor for the camp, or was before he went missing. Loki just kinda showed up and the camp directors let him stay." Percy explained.

"Isn't that kind of dangerous? To have Loki around a bunch of children?" Pepper asked.

"Loki isn't dangerous, for one, and even if he was we'd be fine. There are some adults there to take care of us." Percy tensed.

"Any friends at camp? Or...more than friends?" Wanda asked.

Percy's demeanor took a sudden shift, and was much darker. "No."

The other women, sensing the change, got quiet. However, after a couple minutes they had arrived. "The Vetro Restaurant and Lounge." Read the sign. The four women walked in, and Natasha waltzed up to the man behind the counter.

"We have a reservation. Under the name 'Stark.'" She said.

"R-right this way ma'am." Said the dude.

They all followed him, and he took them to the lounge. They started chatting again.

"So after this, what do you guys want to do? We could go back and hang out, or go out." Pepper suggested with a wink.

"Percy and I are still underage." Wanda pointed out. (Idk how old Wanda is)

They ordered some food from the place, and then moved onto a bar nearby. They ordered drinks, non alcoholic for Percy and Wanda, and then moved onto the dance floor. While dancing, Percy tripped and bumped into someone causing them to fall.

"Oh no, I'm so sorry." Percy apologized. As the girl turned around, Percy was struck with how much she looked like Annabeth. She shook her blonde hair out and said, "Totally fine. What's your name?"

"Percy. You?"

"Alea." The girl said.

"Nice name! What school do you go to?" Percy asked.

"Goode High School. I just transferred recently, like a couple months before school ended."

"I go there. I've been on a trip since last year."

The two got to talking and moved over to a table.

"So, you mentioned a trip. Where did you go?" She said, leaning forward and biting her lip.

"Better question is where didn't I go." Percy chuckled, "No, I went all over Europe and parts of North America."

"Wow. I love to travel." She said, very engrossed in Percy's story.

"Yeah, it was very awesome. I went with my friends too, so that was a blast." Percy replied.

"Cool! Do you want to dance?" Alea asked.

"Totally!" Percy stated.

They moved onto the dance floor, and started moving to the beat. After a few songs, a slow song came on. Alea grabbed Percy and Percy went along with it, placing her hands on Alea's shoulders. Their bodies moved in sync to the beat and to each other's bodies. Before Percy knew what was going on, Alea leaned in and closed the gap between them, connecting their lips.

Percy felt like this could actually work, and knew that she was feeling something. And then, the perfect world shattered due to the wrecking ball known as Annabeth. Percy pulled back, and said, "I'm sorry." Before fleeing from Alea.

She ran off the dance floor, over to Natasha, Pepper and Wanda who were watching from the sidelines.

"Can I go?" Percy asked, a panicked look in her eyes.

Pepper saw that something was wrong immediately and all four of them left.

Percy was silent in the backseat, trying not to cry. All she could think about was how she betrayed Annabeth. The woman who she was truly in love with, who she wanted to spend the rest of her life with. When they got back, she sprinted up to her room, and buried her face in her pillow. The sobs released as soon as she got to her bed. Not just for Annabeth, but for all the people she lost. Jason, Piper, Leo, Hazel, Frank, her parents.

She sobbed and sobbed, until she felt another pressure on her bed. She looked up, eyes puffy, to see her brother. She reached up, and buried her head in his shoulder, and he hugged her.

"I'm sorry." He whispered.

"I knew I shouldn't have, but I let her kiss me. I let her." Percy muttered into his long, dark hair.

He released her, and looked her in the eyes. "You are allowed to fall in love again. You can be happy although they're gone." He stated.

"But how can I be happy when they can never be happy again?!" Percy practically yelled.

"Listen, I ask myself the same thing about my targets. How can I be okay when they're not? How can I fall in love and live when I took that away from them?" Bucky said, with a pain Percy knew all too well. "But you know what? I was not in control of my actions. And you didn't kill Annabeth or any of your friends. But you can't process that if you don't let anyone in. If you don't talk about it, you'll just feel worse and worse. You need to talk to someone, and if not me or someone you're already close with, then maybe it's time to see a therapist. A lot of the avengers see one, and it helps us a lot." Bucky finished.

After a moment, Percy spoke. "Okay, I'll do it."