𝒞𝒶𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓇𝓉𝒾𝒸 | ᴘᴇʀᴄʏ ᴊᴀᴄᴋꜱᴏɴ¹

4. Beauty mourns her metal-born lover

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This is a gift

It comes with a price

Who is the lamb?

And who is the knife?

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⚔ Ethan was trying not to laugh as he watched Helena and Percy.

Apparently, Jackson had some type of dream involving her and he told Helena about it, not realising how it sounded at first. 

Ethan had felt her sister lean in and say, "Watch me get him to agree to everything on my current to-do list in under five minutes. Time me."

And boy, was Ethan watching.

Percy was helplessly trying to explain himself to a fake teary-eyed Helena and she just kept sniffling and laying the guilt on. He had given up on trying to explain and was flat out just trying to buy her forgiveness.

"I'll buy you those shoes you said you wanted," Percy said. "Or that bag; it was red, right?"

Helena let out a watery sob. "You don't even know what colour it was."

"It was red, I swear!" Percy said. "Or was it black?"

"See! I can't believe you right now!"

Ethan had to give her props, if she didn't tell him she was faking it he would have believed it too. Seriously, he was thinking of getting her an award.

"I'll buy you both and an entire strawberry cheesecake!" 

Helena sniffles. "And you'll take me to the museum for a date and then we will have a picnic with Ethan and Nico and you'll drive."

"And I'll take you to the museum and have a picnic date with Ethan and Nico. And I'll drive!"

"Really?"

"I promise."

Helena looks up, grins, wipes her fake tears away, and kisses his check; her mood doing an clear 180. 

"Really? I'm holding you to that," Helena grins at a stunned Percy. She turns to Ethan. "Time?"

Ethan checks the timer he set up on his phone. "4 minutes, 27 seconds." 

"Damn it," Helena said. "I'm just too good. I'm going to spar with Clare. Cya."

Percy stood there blinking for ten seconds before groaning and collapsing onto the floor and Ethan just sighs and pats his shoulder.

"Everytime. Every. single. time," Percy groans. "You think I would learn but no. What exhibit is in town?"

"None of the one's she normally goes to."

"So then what was she..." Percy trails off. "She wants me to drive her to Brooklyn, doesn't she?"

"That or Newark."

Percy sighs. "The things I do for her seriously."

Ethan hums. "So what have you and Nico been scheming?"

"I have no idea what you're talking about," Percy said, averting his eyes.

"Do you want to know how I know that's a lie?" Ethan said. "Because you avoid eye contact, you cannot lie for shit. What is Nico making you do? Tell me or I'm bringing Helena back here."