Heart Pierced - Kayla Knowles (1)

XXII. My Dad Makes Me A Deal

Alternative Chapter Title: I Get The Talk From Kayla's Siblings

(A/N: Part of this is inspired by AO3 user Laurellins, though this is more from her headcanons of Apollo kids than anything else, mainly the headcanon that whenever an Apollo kid starts dating someone, their siblings become super overprotective.. to very overreacting levels. And also given how much Michael tried to get Colton and Kayla together earlier, I think it's fun to demonstrate that the Apollo kids can be both the sweetest things on the face of the planet, but still be devils in disguise. Plus another shout-out to Askinar-The-Dark since part of this is also inspired by his fanfic.)

As soon we got out of the big house, I got plowed into and group hugged by all of my siblings, Clarisse being especially emotional. I ended up at the bottom of a pile of my siblings, with Kayla just looking on in adoration at the sight. Gods, that girl is beautiful in every conceivable way.

"Don't.. leave.. me.. again.." she said while sobbing. I hugged all of them, having really missed all of them as much as Kayla. The younger ones were about as emotional as Kayla was earlier, oddly enough.

"Hey guys.. yeah.. I missed you all too.." I said to them from the bottom of the pile. "I could have been back to you all and Kayla sooner.." Kayla beamed at the mention of herself. "..had Jackson not blown up."

"He literally destroyed a damn mountain in that explosion.." Sherman muttered, to which one of my other siblings - I forget which - called out "language!"

"Did he really?" I asked Sherman, who was on the upper end of the pile. He nodded.

"Wow.. unbelievable.." I muttered, even as I was petting heads, calming down siblings, and just feeling happy with the group hug. "Percy really does not know his own strength.."

Even with that revelation, it was a good long while before my siblings all got off of me after I calmed them down.

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Chris decided to spend the night in the Hermes Cabin that night, much to Clarisse' chagrin. I'm guessing he needed a break after managing her for two weeks. In any event, Clarisse slept in my bed out where I used to sleep, and Kayla and I slept in the cabin counselor's bed.

Looking into her beautiful face in that bed as boyfriend and girlfriend, for the first time.. god was it sweet as hell. "Has anyone ever told you that you are a goddess?" I teased.

She blushed. "C-Colton.." she stuttered. "..I'm not that beautiful.."

"You so are.." I said back, kissing her forehead. She sighed happily as she nuzzled my neck. I moaned a little from it, and she giggled. Her eyes were still twinkling like diamonds, and it was so beautiful. "Percy apparently had the winning bet on when we hooked up.." I admitted. She gasped in surprise.

"Sherman admitted it when I was running up to you about to confess my feelings earlier.." I continued. "..safe to say, I'm honestly surprised, considering that I tried - and failed - to get him to realize that Annabeth is in love with him on the raft ride back. Percy is so dense it's illegal."

"Yeah it is.." she replied, both of us keeping our voices down so we wouldn't wake up the cabin. "..so did anything happen to the two of them while they were down there?"

"Right before Typhon crowned me Monster King.. she kissed him on the lips in Hephaestus' forge before fleeing with the aid of invisibility. I watched, and they didn't see me.." I said, and she gasped again.

"Awweee.." she cooed, before toning it down. "Too bad he couldn't take the hint."

"Yeah.. big oof on Percy's part indeed.." I replied.