Not Another Tragic Love Story

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"You know I could let you drive the sun chariot anytime you want. Maybe even do some target practice." Apollo tells Percy smiling at him.

"Um im really not that good at archery." Percy says looking away suprised the sun god is even talking to him.

Apollo frowns a little then smiles. "Well if you ever wish for me to teach you i can. And that offer of you driving or riding the sun chariot will always be on the table."

Percy looks at him confused. "Um. Thanks?"

Apollo nods and goes back to his sister pretty sure Percy did not get that he was flirting with him. But oh well just keep trying.

Percy goes over to Annabeth and Grover. "What did Apollo want?" Grover asks quietly.

Percy shrugs. "He was offering to teach me to shoot and drive the sun chariot."

"I think he was flirting with you." Annabeth says glancing at the god. "Im going to go talk to mom about rebuilding Olympus." She adds and walks away.

"Sooo. Are you going to ask Annabeth out?" Grover asks nudging him.

Percy shrugs. "Honestly i think we are better as friends." Percy tells him and looks at Hera who is staring at him strangly.

The next day Percy goes to camp so he can practice and see how everyone is doing. Him and Annabeth goes and trains sword fighting.

"So has Apollo tried to talk to you again?" Annabeth asks.

Percy shakes his head. "No he has not."

"Percy if he keeps trying to talk to you please be careful. Gods are dangerous especially Apollo. Even more so if he wants to date you. You know what happened to his past love interest?"

"They got turned into plants?"

"Or dead or both."

Percy looks down. "Ill be carefull."

When Percy is leaving camp he sees the god standing by his car. "Hello Percy." Apollo says smiling beutifully.

Percy freezes staring at him. "Oh um. Hi Apollo."

"How was your training?"

"It was fun."

"Ok. So. What exactly are you and Annabeth?" Apollo asks seeminh genuinely carius.

Percy thinks about lieing to him to get him to go awau but figured thayll be dangerous, for Annabeth as well. "We are friends. Shes like a sister to me."

"Good. Oh I got you somthing." Apollo says and holds out his hand a golden dolphin necklace appearing. "For you."

Percy carefully takes it. "This is beutiful."

"Just like you. Put it on."

Percy blushes a little and puts it on. "Thank you Apollo."

"Your welcome."

"Um. I need to go home. So bye." Percy says going to the driver side door.

"Would you like me to drive you?" Apollo asks staying on the passenger side to not look to creepy.

Percy shakes his head. "No thank you. Im sure you got more important things to be doing any way."

Apollo looks Percy up and down tilting his head a little. "Are you scared of me?"

"No. The gods dont scare me." Percy says trying to sound brave.

Apollo crosses his arms. "I heard your conversation with Annabeth. If you want me to leave you alone just tell me and I will."

Percy looks at him a little taken aback. "Um. I. I dont know."

Apollo sighs and goes around to were Percy is. "The people i turned into plants. I didn't mean for them to. I didnt want anybody to die. Or get hurt. And I dont want to hurt you."

"Apollo. I dont know okay. Just. Let me think okay."

Apollo smirks. "Thats not a no or for me to leave you alone. So that means i can keep trying to make you mine."

Percy goes to say somthing but the god dissapears so Percy wont be able to tell him otherwise. "Ass." He mumbles getting in the car.

When he gets home his mom is cooking and Paul is at the table making plans for the coming school year.

"Mom?" Percy says as he goes over to her.

"Hello Percy how was camp?"

"It was good. Just there is somthing weird going on."

"Do you want to talk about it? Its not another dangerous quest is it?"

Percy shakes his head. "No not a quest. Just. The god Apollo keeps trying to talk to me. He also gave me this necklace." Percy says showing his mother.

"Oh that looks nice."

Percy nods. "He seems to want me to date him."

"Well Percy. I wont tell you not to. Just please be careful. I know what it was like to date a god."

"I dont know if i want to. Apollo has a bit of a reputation with his love life and. Somtimes even his kids are scary."

Paul laughs a little. "One time we were talking about greek gods and one of my students shortened a story for him perfectly. Said he flayed a satyr for saying he was as good as a musician as Apollo and called him a twink." Paul frowns thaughtfully. "That dosnt help does it?"

"What about the people he loved?"

"Well i can say it seemed he genually did. Just bad luck really. At least its not Zues." He says shrugging.

"Yeah then id need to deal with Hera."

"Have you ever ran into the Roman gods? I mean if greek gods exist what about the romans they stole from the greeks... and then like. Egypt gods and Nordic like Thor?" Paul asks because hes still trying to get used to this stuff.

Percy thinks for a moment but the sound of thunder cuts his thoughts short. "I dont know i got to much to think about without adding more gods."