Shattered

Rude

A/N: Shorter Chapter, but we're expecting the next one this week as well....Sowwy ;(

Percy was eating a simple lunch with the hunters which consisted of bread with olives, figs, cheese and smoked salmon (Which Percy refused to eat) that Mia had caught off the coast of lake Ontario. Percy sat with Zoe to his right and Phoebe to his left ,the latter of whom was vacuuming her food into the endless void she called her stomach.

Not that Percy was doing any different. Somehow, he was able to maintain a casual conversation with Zoe, despite his eating habit. They mainly spoke of just pointers on how to aim forward with a bow and arrow.

Suddenly there was a flash of golden. It was Artemis' golden hind. Bianca had returned from wherever she had been.

The daughter of Hades climbed off the hind and locked her gaze with Thalia for the briefest of moments before her vision trimmed back towards Artemis. The goddess smiled at the daughter of Hades.

"How was your visit to the underworld Bianca?"

Bianca reddened for some reason, "I- It was fine my lady."

Artemis rolled her eyes, "I hope you had fun, now sit, eat with us."

The girl nodded nervously, taking a seat beside Thalia, who had kept a space vacant for the girl for if she returns before lunchtime. Bianca reached over, grabbing a loaf of bread and a porcelain plate from the pile on the middle of the table. Next, she reached for the figs and cheese that was off to her right. When she reached for the salmon, her palm brushed across Thalia's breasts, which caused both the teens to redden.

"I-I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to!"

Thalia laughed, waving her off, "It's fine Bianca, here, let me help."

The daughter of Zeus uncharacteristically reached over to the salmon and handed the bowl to Bianca, who smiled at her coyly. With that, regular lunch continued, and Percy directed his attention back to Zoe.

"Hey," Zoe whispered to him, "Is it just me, or does something seem off to you about the way Bianca is interacting with Thalia."

Percy concealed his grin within the piece of bread he was holding up to his lips. He recalled that one 'vision' he had when he dreamed of a Christmas celebrated in his mom's house. Bianca and Thalia had arrived hand-in-hand and had been leaning on each other when they were on the couch. Perhaps these visions of the future that he was getting was a sign for the things to come. Of course, he couldn't become reckless believing that his future was set in stone and everyone would get a happy ending judging from his dreams.

Percy didn't notice Artemis' ears perk up.

"Yeah. I've noticed it too. You don't think that, maybe-" Percy didn't complete his question, but from the look of understanding that appeared on Zoe's expression, Percy could tell that Zoe understood what he was implying.

"Maybe.... Maybe I might have to talk to Lady Artemis about it later."

Percy barely heard the moon goddess' soft chuckle at that, but it was definitely definable.

The two returned their focus to their food, fining away the conversation for a later date. A part of Percy's attention fell on the other two children of the big three among them.

Clearly none of the other hunters were all that curious about what the daughter of Hades had been doing, but Thalia seemed to show some interest.

"Why'd you leave so early? I'm sure Nico could have waited for few hours to meet his sister."

Bianca choked on her food, so Artemis answered for her. "I sent her there early so that she could return soon. I have some training sessions planned and Bianca is going to be needed to complete some of them."