For the love of Aphrodite (a Percy Jackson story)

Trying new things

Percy's POV

A week had gone by and Chiara and Jason were officially a thing. I truly thought she loved me. I know I did.

But maybe she was somewhat right.

I knew Aphrodite hadn't really charmed me into loving Chi but maybe Chiara never truly loved me, maybe that was Aphrodite playing all along. Still, one thing was for sure, my love life was shit.

I still didn't feel like getting back together with Annabeth. I've known better now. I've felt love and I wouldn't settle for less than that even if it meant dying sad and alone.

But yep. Basically she was hurting because of me, I was hurting because of Chiara and Aphrodite was probably laughing like a maniac right now. Also, the dove was her, not only that one time but every time I cursed her. Every. Single, Time. So I guess now I new better.

As for Chiara, I just hoped she was happy, she truly deserved it. Jason had went with her to the Hamptons this week and I couldn't wait for them to get back hoping that maybe her parents hated him, that they would convince her she was better off with me.

I decided to check her Instagram. I never used mine and she was one of the 20 people I followed, I followed her the day she arrived when we were chatting at her room. She'd followed me back despite me telling her I never posted, I had only one post so far.

By checking her stories I could see how it couldn't be further from the truth. His parents were there with them, everyone spoke Italian, there was a picture of her sitting on his lap...

She had posted a picture from Friday night, they both had gone to a gala party in the city. He was tagged and I clicked on it, only to regret it. There was a story where she kissed his neck. What the fuck!

As if I hadn't tortured myself enough I decided to google her. There they were, all over the internet, on the news about the gala, some of their stories on gossip magazines from Italy, a picture of the two of them at the beach in the Hamptons and one of them kissing underwater.

I was hit by some water jet. Realising that me clinching my fists had caused me to break the fucking tap. Great. Just great. I turned down the water pressure on the cabin. Why would Poseidon's kids need taps and showers for anyways, who even designed this camp?!

Chiara's POV

"Jason" I ran into his room and jumped on top of him. "He saw it!!" I said excitedly "mission accomplished!"

"Thank the gods!" He said relieved making me arch my brow "not that I don't like being around you and getting some great kisses but come on Chia, it's quite hard to, you know... keep my cool around you, specially when your sitting on my lap or kissing my neck..." he said and I blushed.

This very minute I'm right on top of him. I look at him ready to apologise but before I can he kissed me.

I pushed him back "Sorry, Chia. I know you're not emotionally available. I'm sorry..."

I can't deny that I couldn't help but to wonder if maybe I tried to have something real with Jason we could actually make it work... He was nice, he was hot, he was a good kisser, he knew all there was to know about my messy life... I just wished I could fall for him. Well, maybe I could...

"We could fall for each other..." I tried.

He smirked at me. "You want to charm us?" He asked and I nodded.

"I'm up for it!" He said.

"You sure? Don't you prefer blondies?!" I tease him. I have been teasing him about that ever since he confessed a crush on Annabeth. Well, she was single now but still, we knew it was just my godmom trying to screw hers and Percy's love life.

He turned me around placing me on the bed. He was now on top of me. He started kissing my neck. I couldn't seem to close my eyes without thinking about Percy. And that's when I charmed us.

"You fucking did it, didn't you?" He asked with a smirk "how can I tell?"

"You were aware I was doing so, I guess that's why. I don't know, I never done this before... How come you've noticed it..."

"Let's just say I'm lusting even more for you now..." he pressed my hands down over the mattress on top of my head. He kissed my neck harder and longer. He stopped and took off his shirt.

"Stop it!" I said. "I'm so sorry Jason. I can't do this! I'll uncharm you!" I said uncharming him and running to my room.

"Chia. Chia! Are you fine? Chia, don't cry! Hey... come on! Open the door!" He shouted from the other side of the door.

I'm so sorry if I hurt you. I'm sorry my godmom is a bitch. Everything is so fucked up I can't even...
I hope you're fine. I hope she have uncharmed you by now. If not, I hope that by seeing me and Jason you've decided to move on and give Annabeth a second chance.
I wish I hadn't fell for you as hard as I did. I'm afraid I'm now hurting Jason with this pretend play of us. I even tried charming us, however it didn't work. I couldn't advance with him, even charmed I kept thinking about you. Maybe I'm bad at it, maybe Aphrodite still needs me to keep her plan of screwing you going on and she charmed me even harder.
I'm just sorry I showed up to camp, that I showed up in your life, I wish I hadn't. Truly.
I wish I didn't miss you. I wish I didn't cry every single day. Sometimes I wish I wasn't born.
I hope you're fine. I hope you're happy. That's it.

I finished typing and pressed send. I then deleted all pictures and stories Jason-related. It made no sense considering I had just told Percy the truth.

Then I saw a lighting and seconds later I heard a storm, with that my door fell down. It revealed a Jason both scared and frustrated.

"I'm sorry. I was just frustrated. I didn't mean to ruin your door..." he said and we burst into laughter. "I'm sorry I let you charm us. I should've said no... I guess the idea of having you like me was too alluring to pass. But we are friends, I shouldn't have let you do that."

"Jason, if only I wasn't in love with Percy, I guess we could try. But I am. And I can't seem to take him out of my head. I'm sorry. We would make a pretty cute couple!"

"I think you meant pretty hot!" He joked and we laughed. "Are we still going back to Camp Half-Blood today or do we wait until tomorrow?"

"I'm not going back... I've made up my mind. I'm going to Italy!"