Percy Jackson Love of Aphrodite

Chapter 22

A/N I'm going to do a Q and A type thing, if you have a question for me put it in the comments and I will answer it when I post the next chapter. I will answer pretty much anything unless I think it's too personal.

Percy's point of view

After I kissed Aphrodite she was quick to respond kissing me back passionately. I had come to realize that my feelings for Aphrodite were more than just those of friendship. As we kissed I knew I was feeling something that I hadn't felt in quite a long time, something that I'd thought I might never feel again through the kiss I could also tell how she felt about me. When we separated we just sat there and talked for a little while and kissed a couple more times Aphrodite moved, sitting beside me, her side pressed up against mine. As we sat there I wrapped my arm around her waist without really thinking about what I was doing. Eventually, Aphrodite left and I returned to my cabin to try and get some sleep.  For a few minutes, I was still thinking about everything that had happened recently since I'd returned to camp I'd gotten a chance to speak to most of my old friends so I now knew what had happened to most of them since I had left.

I'd learned that most of my friends were married, or had found someone. Some of them were married before I left but not all of them were. Piper and Jason and Grover and Juniper were married. Like he had said he would Jason travels between the camps to make sure that all the gods were getting the recognition that they deserved.

I'd learned that he and Piper had a house in new Rome but right now Piper was visiting camp.  Now that I was calmer I was actually able to fall asleep. just before I drifted off my mind was on my newfound feelings for Aphrodite. For the longest time I'd thought that I might never love someone in a romantic way again but now I know how I feel about Aphrodite and maybe things will be better.

I also decided that I was happy about Luke as well, sure I'm not particularly fond of Annabeth anymore, but I know that despite that I will try and visit Luke as often as I can.  I eventually fell asleep and surprisingly I didn't dream for once I slept peacefully without any dreams causing me to wake up early. 

The next morning I went to breakfast, as usual. I will have to talk to Annabeth about visiting Luke, I'm not particularly fond of Annabeth anymore, but if I want to see my son I will have to deal with her. After breakfast, I spoke with her and we decided that we would go see Luke that day.

We went together since there wasn't much sense in taking two different vehicles, unfortunately, though, that meant that the car ride was rather awkward. Except for when Annabeth told me where she had been living ever since she left camp we didn't talk much.I did ask her a few more questions about Luke, but except for that we sat in silence occasionally fidgeting

Honestly, I had mixed emotions about meeting Luke, I was looking forward to it, but I was also a bit nervous about it. I couldn't help but wonder what he would think of me, would he accept me right away or would it take a little time of us getting to know each other before he would accept me. I know that it's really Annabeth's fault that I didn't know him already but I'm not going to hold that against her since I'm getting to meet him now.

We eventually came to a stop in the parking lot of an apartment building, apparently, Annabeth had been living in a different part of Manhattan than me but I wasn't exactly complaining about that since it meant that we had never accidentally run into each other. We headed into the building, Annabeth led me to her apartment where we knew Luke would be.

After we were in the apartment I waited outside the room that I assumed was Luke's Annabeth had gone in first to explain to him the truth about why he hadn't been able to meet me before since she explained that he might be able to accept me more easily. As I waited for Annabeth to leave the room I couldn't help but fidget nervously.

I knew that I shouldn't be so nervous but to be honest I couldn't help it since I would be meeting the son that I hadn't even known I had. Sonner or later we would have to have him meet Silena, whether we bring her here or take Luke to camp will have to be decided when the time comes.

Eventually, Annabeth left the room and I , still slightly nervous, headed inside to meet Luke, my son who I hadn't even known I had. When I entered the room my eyes landed on a young boy who I knew could only be Luke. He looked much the same as he had in the photograph Annabeth showed me he just wore different clothes.

Clearly, he had Annabeth's blonde hair and my green eyes, he also seemed to have some of my other features as well, to be honest except for the blonde hair he reminded me of myself when I was twelve, that was a while ago. Back then I never would have believed half of what has happened to  me, now reflecting back on it I supposed that if I hadn't gone through all that pain I wouldn't have gotten to where I am now, I probably wouldn't have my beautiful daughter, or Luke for that matter even though I hadn't known about him until yesterday. I also hope that Aphrodite cares about me enough to stay with me I would just be hurt all over again if our relationship ends up being just another one of her affairs.

Luke's point of view

I had always wondered about who my father was, most of the time when I asked her about him my mom would get upset, I'm not sure why my only guess was that she missed him. Eventually, my mom admitted that like her he was a demigod, she'd admitted that he was the son of the sea god Poseidon. Since I knew at least some of the myths I was kind of surprised by this since Poseidon and my grandmother basically hated each other.

The one thing that my mom had never told me was why my father wasn't a part of our lives my mom seemed certain that he wasn't dead, but she never told me why they weren't still together either. Had he broken up with her, or had it been the other way around? Did he not want me or maybe he didn't even know about me?

I didn't know, and I wouldn't know until I met him or my mom tells me. That leaves me to wonder and fantasize about who he is, One day after so many years of doing just that I learned that I would finally get to meet my father. I was extremely curious about him, as always I couldn't help but wonder, who was he really, why had I never been able to meet him before?

Finally, I heard my mother arrive and based on what I had been told I assumed my father was with her. Much to my surprise, my mom entered my room first, I was even more surprised when she finally explained everything to me. She admitted that it had been her that had ended the relationship between her and my father and that she had never been able to bring herself to contact him and tell him about me for fear of how he would react.

She had expected that he wouldn't have wanted to talk to her and would have probably ended the Iris message early so she had never tried to contact him. I couldn't help but be a bit annoyed at her for that but we couldn't change it now. After she finished her explanation and left the room I saw a man who I knew had to be my father enter the room.

For a moment neither of us spoke although we were both looking at each other. I could see now that I looked a lot like my father except for my hair which obviously came from my mother. "So you're my father," I said still unsure what else to say.

My father simply nodded before saying, "Yes I am, I just want you to know that if your mother had just told me about you sooner I would have been here for you ages ago."

Although I already suspected the answer I couldn't help but ask, "Will you and Mom get back together?"

My father replied, "Sorry son but no, we will get along for you but we won't be getting back together, I've moved on and sooner or later your mother will as well,"

After his answer I found myself asking, "are you with someone else?"

My father was silent for a moment as if he was trying to decide how to answer which made me think that he might be. He finally replied, "Not at the moment, but in the not too distant future I might be."

I continued talking to him, we each asked each other various questions, both of us trying to learn more about the other. I knew I wanted to learn as much as I could since he was my father who I had never met before I was also sure that he felt the same way about me, although I think my mom had already told him a few things about me.

Eventually, he told me that I had a half-sister, I couldn't help but be surprised, I hadn't been expecting that news, hopefully, I would be able to meet her sooner or later, maybe my mom will finally take me to that camp that she has talked about. Regardless after my parents left again I couldn't help but be pleased that I had finally been able to meet my father and so far he seemed like a pretty nice guy.