The New God Series Shorts and One Shots.

Night Out

Percy's Point of view

I wasn't that surprised when Apollo and Hermes showed up again to bug me about going with them when they went to "hang out," Obviously I was kind of annoyed that they wouldn't take no for an answer, and I began to think that I might have to go with them just to shut them up.

out of the two of them, Apollo seemed to be the most insistent that I go. I'm not sure why he was so determined to get me to go, but whatever the reason it was getting pretty annoying.

He said, "Come on Perce, I know you're not with that blonde girl anymore, it's time you got back out there, I'm sure there are plenty of women that would be interested in you, you need to loosen up and let yourself have a good time,"

I replied, "Did you forget that I'm the god of loyalty Apollo, I'm not that kind of guy, I'm not interested in meaningless sex with whatever woman I find attractive,"

He must have ignored what I'd just said since  Apollo tried to argue again. I didn't want to admit to him that I still had feelings for Amber so before too long I just got tired of arguing and huffed, "Fine but I won't be going off with some woman if that's what you're expecting me to do,"

I was still kind of irritated but I went with them to try and get them to stop badgering me. Not that long after we got there, Apollo said, "She looks like your type Cuz," as he pointed out a blonde woman. He wasn't entirely wrong, I had to admit that she was rather attractive, and the dress she was wearing didn't really help matters since it showed off her figure as well as having a low neckline that showed part of her boobs. Despite all that I made myself snap out of it and looked away from her, No matter why Apollo and Hermes dragged me there I wasn't going to give in.

It just didn't feel right to me to go off with some other woman when I still loved Amber. besides, that other woman was obviously a lot different than Amber, Amber would have never worn what she was wearing, Amber was extremely self-conscious of her appearance so I never saw her in anything particularly revealing until we were pretty far into our relationship. That was when she finally felt confident enough to show herself to me. The other woman wasn't showing off so much that you might think she was a prostitute, but it was still more than Amber would have done, or at least more than she would have done when I first met her.

It wasn't just the fact that I still loved Amber that stopped me from being with someone else. There was also the fact that if I wasn't careful I could end up having more children, as it was I felt kind of guilty about Luke since I knew that he would most likely have a difficult life ahead of him when he got older.  After all, he would probably be a powerful demigod considering how powerful I am and that would mean more monsters would be drawn to him. 

I had walked away from Apollo and Hermes and it seemed that they weren't paying as much attention to me now since obviously, they hadn't just come to drag me there. Once I was sure that they were distracted enough that they wouldn't notice I would probably leave, but I didn't think that time had come just yet. I had a couple of drinks, more to pass the time than anything and just waited. Technically I could have sped up time but I didn't feel like dealing with a bunch of confused mortals. I waited as patiently as I could manage. sure there were a few women there that I found Attractive but Like I've said before I didn't think I could behave the way the other gods do, going out and picking up women just for sex and seemingly not really caring whether the woman ended up becoming pregnant from it.

I might enjoy sex just as much as any guy but I was perfectly fine going without it as long as I wasn't with Amber and I didn't want to have any more demigod children, after all, Luke hadn't even been planned. I eventually noticed that the blonde that Apollo had pointed out earlier was coming toward me. Had she seen me looking at her and got the wrong idea? I assumed that she must have, either that or she hadn't noticed me until now and just took an interest in me.

I had a fair amount of experience fending off women that I wasn't interested in, but for some reason, she was one of the more difficult ones to deal with, I wasn't sure if it was because I was actually kind of attracted to her, or because she also seemed rather interested in me. Regardless I made it clear that I wasn't interested. Once she'd got the message and walked away, another woman decided to try me. Eventually, I glanced to where I'd last seen Apollo and Hermes.

Apollo appeared to be gone, and I realised that so was one of the women I'd noticed earlier. I knew that she might have left on her own but I got the feeling that she probably hadn't. Hermes wasn't gone yet but I thought he was distracted enough that I could leave without him noticing. I had gotten to the point where I knew I wanted to leave since I didn't want to end up doing anything I'd regret.

I'd come far too close to giving in when talking to one of the women who'd approached me. I'd controlled myself but I knew I'd been too close to giving in and going off with her. Apollo and Hermes can do what they want, but I knew that from then on I would refuse if they asked me to go again since I wasn't sure if I'd be able to restrain myself the next time if I ended up talking to a woman that I found attractive.

I was pretty sure that if I did give in I would regret it and I'd rather not have to regret my actions for who knows how long. Someday maybe, after Luke gets to camp I would get back with Amber since I could take her as my immortal wife if she and the other gods agreed to it. I know that the gods aren't willing to give immortality to just anyone but I thought that maybe enough of the Olympians would agree to it since I was pretty sure there were just three of them that really didn't like me.