Perseus Jackson: Titan of The Hunt

CH59: Mothers Part 1

(Diana)

'You know we don't need to tell her just yet, it is early days after all.' Percy complained as we stepped out of the elevator of the apartment complex.

'We are here now so man up.' I told him looking straight into his eyes.

'Yeah but we could just flash away now and she would be none the wiser.'

'Wow glad to see one of us is confident this will go down well. We agreed on this remember. So remember that you have supposedly have a pair and tell her.' I told him firmly. Why is it he will happily face down monsters and death but the thought of talking to his mother scares the crap out of him.

'Yeah but she is my mum.'

'Exactly and what is the worse she can do, scold you. You are an adult now so act like one. To think the fate of the world has rested on your shoulders.'

'So did the weight of the sky and I still feel that.'

'You held it for like a few minutes at most, I held it for days so your argument is invalid. Now which number is it?' I told him pushing him down the hallway half-heartedly.

'Last chance we could walk away.'

'And what turn up some time next year with a child instead?' I told him before noticing staring at a certain door. As soon as he did I knew where the objective was.

'Either you knock on that door or I will. If I have to, your chances of ever having sex again will drop astronomically.' Sure I did not actually mean what I said if anything I was looking forward to doing it. Especially because my counterpart had been the one to break our oath, freaking double standards and then she had forbidden us for the duration of the pregnancy.

Never the less the threat served the purpose of getting him to left his hand before gently knocking the door.

'No one's home, time to go.' He said after a fraction of a second and I noticed his hand shaking in genuine fear of what a simple mortal could say.

'It will be fine.' I whispered reassuringly grabbing his hand just in time for the door to open. Revealing the figure of a woman holding a young child in her arms.

'I thought I heard the door knock, Oh hi Percy.' She said recognizing her son. I knew she could see through the mist but apparently she also had super hearing to hear him knock.

'Err hi mum...can we talk for a while?' He asked nervously.

'You are my son aren't you so of course you can and who is this young lady?' She asked turning towards me and I suddenly felt my mouth go dry.

'My name is Diana, pleasure to meet you Mrs. Jackson.' I said quietly.

'Hi you can call me Sally but where are my manners come in both of you. Paul! Percy's back!' She said loudly before making her way into the apartment. Well great now we can tell his step-father as well at the same time. Suddenly I was feeling a lot less confident and I realized the threshold of the apartment was the point of no return before reluctantly following Percy inside.

(Percy)

As I followed my mum towards the lounge it took everything I had to not start panicking.

Sure I had dealt with a lot of scary and terrifying stuff in my life but at this current point time in time that paled in comparison to telling my mum I was gonna be a father. Not because of what she could do to me but just the simple matter that she could be disappointed with me which was so much worse in my opinion.

Nevertheless the fact that Diana at least was also here reminded me that we were in this together as she held my hand tightly just behind me due to the narrow hallway.