Percy's P.O.V.
I woke up to a mass of auburn hair spread over my chest. Chuckling, I laid there, remembering last night.
Flashback
"I love you!" I said, holding Artemis in my arms.
"And I love you" she responded, pulling me in for a kiss. We stayed like that for... Well, I don't know how long it was, but lets just say that by the time it was over, we knew how the other tasted inside out.
When we came up for air, we stood there with our foreheads together, noses touching.
"Percy, it's getting late, we should go." Artemis said.
"My palace or yours," I joked, hoping I wouldn't get hit.
"I'm to tired to care. Lets just go." She mumbled, leaning against me.
Well, she didn't care, and I was pretty tired myself, so I flashed us to my palace. We flashed on some sleep clothes, laid down on my bed, dragged the comforter over us, and let Hypnos make us drift off into the sweet realm of Morpheus.
End Flashback
Artemis woke up and looked at me. "Morning," she muttered tiredly.
"Morning Moon Beam," I said, kissing her forehead.
"Did you just call me Moon Beam?" She asked me, surprised at the nickname.
"It's that or Arty, take your pick," I said, my trademark smile plastered on my face.
Grumbling something about being worse than Apollo, she got up and stretched.
"You know the hunters are gonna kill me if they find out." I said matter-of-factly.
"Nope! I know that they've been trying to set us up for years now, so they'll be more likely to throw us a party or something," She called, walking to the shower.
That explains the frequent visits to camp from the hunters. And the alarming, yet pleasant, amount of time that me and Artemis had been having.
"Why don't you go to you're place so I can get ready?" I asked.
"I thought I already was?" She said, looking at me with a wink.
To say I was grinning would be an understatement. "Well... I guess you can move in if you want to," I said, acting like it I had to contemplate it.
Artemis hit my arm, then kissed me again. "I see why Thalia calls you Kelp-For-Brains," she smiled.
"Hey, I'm smarter than the average fish," I grinned, wrapping her up in my arms.
Rolling her eyes, she gave me a quick peck on the cheek then rolled out. "I'm going to my palace to shower and get ready so you can do the same."
"No need," I said. I then felt the flow of time around me and imagined it stopping, which it did. I ran through my morning necessities, got dressed (in a gold t-shirt with an hourglass on it and jeans), then returned to my spot next to Artemis and let time flow. "Done!"
She grabbed my ear and pulled on it. "Rule #1 of being a god, fish face: Don't abuse your powers!"
"Okay okay, just let go! This really hurts!" I screamed. Believe it or not, Artemis can really pack a punch.
"Fine," she said, releasing my ear.
Artemis's P.O.V.
After letting go of his ear, I went and got into the shower. After that I got dressed into a pair of white skinny jeans and a silver t-shirt with a crescent moon design.
I walked out to find him sitting there, fiddling with his pen.
"Ready to go?" I asked, wrapping my arms around his neck.
"Yep. Lets do it to it!"
Shaking my head at his antics, I flashed us to where the Hunt was currently camped, which was somewhere in the badlands of South Dakota.
"Girls," I said, getting there attention.
Immediately, all but one had their bows trained on Percy.
"M'lady, what's Percy doing here?" Thalia asked, walking up to us.
"That's what I wanted to talk to you about." I said, preparing myself to make the important announcements.
"Percy, is it okay if I tell them about the council meeting?" I asked him silently.
"They might as well know." He sighed.
So I explained about Percy asking to die, the incident with Chaos, Percy becoming a god and me having to train him.
During the story, I saw Percy's face become sadder and sadder, and I hate to see him so upset. Without even thinking about it, I gave him a quick peck on the cheek, trying to cheer him up.
Then I remembered that we weren't alone.
"Thank the gods! It's about time you two hooked up!" Thalia exclaimed, beaming at us.
Percy's P.O.V.
When Artemis kissed my cheek, my immediate thoughts were, "Everything's gonna be alright," "Holy Hera, the Hunters are right there," and "I'm gonna die."
The last one was apparently invalid.
"Thank the gods! It's about time you two hooked up!" Thalia said, beaming at us.
"Wait, you aren't mad that I'm dating Artemis?" I asked, really confused.
"Percy, she would never shut up about you! All those times we visited camp, that was her trying to spend time with you."
Artemis rolled her eyes. "Please, you make it sound like I was some love-struck school girl. It wasn't that bad," she said, exasperated.
"You're right, it was worse," one of the Hunters, Phoebe I think, called from the back of the crowd.
After we all shared a good laugh, Artemis calmed the girls down and told them to pack up camp. "The Minotaur has been spotted leading a small army of monsters across the Rockies, and were going to wipe them out," she told them.
"I take it Percy is coming with us?" Thalia asked with a knowing smirk.
"And miss an opportunity to see tall, dark, and beefy again? No way am I missing out on that. He's one of my favorite monsters to slay," I said, giving my trademark grin.
