Artemis POV
As the meeting ended I sat in my throne unable to fully comprehend what had just happened. Lost in thought I didn't notice Thalia trying to get my attention, in fact I completely forgot she had been present as I flashed myself out of the throne room into my castle on Mt. Olympus to think some more.

I didn't quite understand how Percy could think so low of me. I mean yeah, he was right, but that didn't mean I had to like it. And plus how does he know how I think so well I made sure to avoid him as much as possible after he saved me the first time, I was deathly afraid of my own growing attraction towards him, so I occasionally went as far as running out of a room if I so much as caught sight of him.

I had to admit though he was so dead on with my thoughts it was scary, especially because I had believed, like everyone else, him to be an idiot. But honestly what scared me the most is how quickly he had turned down the chance to be surrounded by beautiful single young ladies and a goddess for the rest of his life. Even with the obvious points he made he, as a male, should have begged to join us. I know and understand that most of this anger is from my feelings towards him, feelings of which I'd deny for all of my existence, but why did his words hurt so much even though they were the truth.

I also couldn't get over the fact that throughout the meeting he held that slut so tightly, why couldn't he offer to comfort me? I didn't need any comfort but still. Oh no, oh no, I sound like a whiny child...

Athena
I stayed behind and watched everyone's expressions and body language for signs on how the felt.

Poseidon was clearly angry as he flashed out with a glare sent Percy's way.

Apollo, Hermes, Hephaestus, and Dionysus were clearly enjoying the show and ready for tomorrow's meeting.

Hestia I couldn't really get much off of except that she was looking towards the hearth as if she's getting ready to travel somewhere, and if I had to guess I'd say to see Hades and tell him what transpired.

Artemis's and Hera's body language and facial expression clearly matches what I felt at the moment and in that moment I realized they too harbored feelings for him. I filed away that tidbit for later.

Zeus and Demeter were the most indifferent but I had a strong feeling that with tomorrow's meeting that would change.

Ares was clearly seething that Percy was holding "his" girl and jealous that he was seeing her in her most true form even though he had never seen it. He glared daggers at the back of Percy's head and flashed out wisely choosing not to confront the demigod who at the age of 12 had bested him in battle.

Thalia was clearly angry at Artemis leaving her with no way back to camp. She sent a hopeful glance and half smile towards Percy hoping to get him to take her back, clearly she was in a hurry to get away. Seeing his indifferent blank stare she bowed her head in sadness and went to ask Apollo for a ride back to which he readily agreed saying he wanted to go give his kids a piece of his mind for how they acted towards their hero.

Annabeth was staring at Percy clearly not accepting defeat and formulating a plan of action. As she made to approach him his face turned from an indifferent blank stare to a cold hard glare and she backed up and instead headed for the elevators knowing nobody would flash her to camp after what she had done. I suspected she had completely forgotten her lover's existence in favor of formulating possible plans for tomorrow's meeting in hopes of winning Percy back.

I asked Apollo through the mind when he'd be back from camp to which he replied, "I just got here it'll be about half an hour, why?"

"I was just curious of Sam's condition, wanted to know if he'd be up for tomorrow's meeting?"

"Oh he'll be up, I'll make sure of it." Apollo said clearly sneering, " wouldn't want him missing Percy's death glare all throughout tomorrow." He stated gleefully.

I closed off my mind to him and instantly noticed nobody except Aphrodite, Percy and myself still remained. I looked towards him to see him staring back expectantly.

Percy
As Athena finally noticed me awaiting her attention I flashed her a half smile and said, "I'll be seeing you in a hour, if you're not at your palace you'll have to find me."

She gave me a strange look and said, "I will be there, in fact I shall even prepare lunch."

At this declaration my smile broadened and I said, "If it's blue I'll visit you more often."

She blushed, his her face in her hands and after mumbling, " I'll see you in an hour," flashed out.

Aphrodite looked up at me and scowled, " why did you never tell me that all it took was some blue food to get you to come visit me?"

"Simple," I replied, "you never asked or even offered to make me a meal, in truth this is the first time a God or Goddess has offered to prepare me a meal."

"Not even Hestia?" At the shake of my head her jaw dropped and she said, "But she always cooks for visitors."

"The only issue with that is that she never invites me to her place, I think she's afraid of being alone with me. We either meet up at a restaurant on Olympus or earth and talk over a very public meal. On rare more rushed issues she approaches me at camp from the hearth during meals and sits and talks with me there. I don't understand her fear of me, I doubt she has done anything to earn my ire."

Aphrodite replied with a knowing smile and said, "Oh you poor innocent demigod, if only..."

"Either way it works out better for me that way I get the nymphs and dryads at camp to make all my food and drinks blue and to show my gratitude I visit them and help with the dishes and even grant them any reasonable requests they may have for me." At her curious stare I elaborated, "I go with them as a date to weddings and parties, massages if they are in need, or scaring off someone too forward with any romantic or lustful advances."

"It was that simple?" She practically screeches.

After a good minute of solid laughing at her reaction I calmed down enough to say, "You do realize that I have limits, I'd never go beyond what I'm comfortable doing, no kissing, leading on, and definitely no cheating. Though with the most recent developments in my life cheating is no longer a problem."

"Still, to have you as a wedding date, have you visiting constantly, and massages to boot, I'd be the most envied Goddess and not to mention the happiest."

"I never realized I was that popular." I stated dryly

"Oh you are. Can you give me a massage?" She asked pouting cutely

"Yeah, only a few condition. You cannot try to seduce me, you'll have to wait until after we visit Athena, and this discussion stays between us, I cannot imagine what the consequences would be if this info would get out especially if what you say about my popularity is true."

"Deal! For now we got 40 minutes to be there, let's go back to my place, we need to change, me because of my change in form, my clothes are too baggy, you because I want to see you in a tux. Now you'll have to vapor travel is there, still very weak from the heartbreak."

"Just one issue I've never been inside your palace, I cannot enter until you invite me in."

"I forgot you always refused to meet me anywhere private." She said childishly sticking out her tongue at me. "Just vapor travel us as close as you can while carrying me, I'll hide my face in your chest."

"That works, but why are you so scared to show your true form, you're gorgeous."

Blushing she responded, "It's the same as if I'd give everyone a really strong love potion, they'd all pursue me, even females, and when they couldn't talk me into anything they'd try rape. And yet it still doesn't affect you at all."

Picking her up bridal style I say, "I'm sorry that really sucks, would nobody be unaffected?"

"Nope." She said burying her face in my chest.

Upon arrival inside her palace I put her down and asked, "so you won't be joining me? We can't have Athena raping you."

Pouting cutely she replied, "I don't want to wait for you all alone, I cannot stand being away from you for so long."

"Is there a way to get you enough power back for you to change your appearance just enough to get by?"

"At this point a golden apple, a strong display of love or lust, or for me to make love to someone." She said the last part seductively while raising her eyebrows suggestively.

"Ahhhhh... As tempting as that is you'll have to settle for the strong display of lust."

Frowning slightly she started asking, "Wha..." But I cut her off mid word with a passionate kiss that made her squeak and freeze up for a few seconds than slowly she unfroze and started to respond. After a few minutes she tried to deepen the kiss and I decided it was time to pull back. As my lips left hers she made a sound of disappointed frustration and looked up at me.

"Why did you stop? I thought we were in the moment?"

"My only goal was to help you get some power back. You know I'm not ready to move on, please forgive me but that's the quickest way I could think of."

She smiled dreamily, "Oh I'm not complaining, I just was hoping you'd get lost in the moment."

"Since you look different I assume that was enough."

"It was, but how could you lust so strongly for me but be able to resist all the potions?"

"The way I see it is I'm a teenager, lust is ever-present within me, I just control it with simple thoughts such as, "she's a goddess, she'll live forever, you won't even be but a night of passion in her eternal life so just give it up Percy," and that did the trick just now. When I was in love I didn't have to fight it cuz it was all directed towards her."

"Percy, you wouldn't be just a night of passion, I think I'm in..."

"Don't finish that sentence," I interrupted, "it cannot lead to anything you need to accept it, I am a mortal and I will remain so until death where I will go for rebirth until I am in the isle of the blessed. You're wonderful when you're not trying to seduce me, I'd love to have you as a best friend and confidant for this lifetime but if you try to lead away from that I'll have to distance myself. It'll be a few hundred years until I am able to get over all the betrayal and you know that, so accept that I will never have a chance for love in this lifetime and just keep your homes up for the next."

Smiling sadly she said, "I'm not happy with this, but I accept it as the truth, sorry about that."

"Let's get ready, or we'll be late and you know Athena hates that."

She nodded and flashed us on a matching tux and dress and took my arm and flashed us to Athena's front door. I knocked at exactly an hour and she instantly opened the door and smiled at my attire.

"Thank you Aphrodite I wanted to see him dressed up, all I've ever seen is jeans and a t-shirt."

"He's eye candy either way." Said Aphrodite.

"Now I know sometimes I'm slow on the uptake but did you both plan this ahead of time?" I asked finally taking notice of the fact that Athena's dress also matched my tux.

Smiling innocently Athena replied, "Yes, we both agreed that while we love your normal look we wanted to see you all dressed up."

I sent some not-so-convincing angry glares their way in which they responded with broad I-know-you-forgive-us smiles. I made to walk in past the pair to be stopped short by the two goddesses grabbing an arm each and cuddling up one on each side. At my inquisitive look Athena said, "what? You're single now, I can try harder to win your affection, and an added bonus I'm helping distract you."

Smiling a grateful smile I led them into her dining room seeing the table covered in my favorites including blue cookies I eagerly sat them in their seats and sat between them. As soon as I settled in I started a fire in the small open sacrificial hearth in the middle of the table and sacrificed some food to a few Gods and Goddesses. Realizing that I just sacrificed to them Athena and Aphrodite packed me on my cheeks and we dug in.

After we finished Athena grabbed my hand and led me into the living room sat me down on a couch and sat to my left while Aphrodite climbed into my lap after flashing us all into some more comfortable clothes.

"So Athena how did you get my mother's cookie recipe?" I asked

Looking at the floor guiltily she said, "When I left the throne room I visited your mothers apartment wanting to find out your favorite foods."

Keeping my face impassive I said, "that's understandable, but she never gives up her cookie recipe."

"We struck a deal. She gave me her recipe after I agreed to her terms. Apparently Thalia told Nico all she found out up here from you and Nico went and told your mother just before I got there and she wanted me to give you this letter." She finished by holding out a letter with my name clearly written in my mothers elegant hand writing on the envelope.

I took it and without opening it I burned it in my palm. Seeing their looks I said, "Aphrodite you'll understand the fire tomorrow, Athena I never wanted pity to bring my "family and friends" back, they betrayed me. Their guilty "if I had known..." bullshit only means that they would've waited to betray me, the end results would've been the same." Seeing Athena sink further into the couch guilty I added, "it's not your fault, you didn't know how I'd react, if I wasn't thinking about this logically I'd have run out to find my mother and beg her to take me back. Plus I sacrificed it, it didn't go to waste. Hera should have it."

Hearing the doorbell go off I said, "That's probably her now."

Giving me a look I couldn't quite place Athena flashed to answer the door and shortly returned with Hera in tow. Seeing Hera's face I gave my explanation to her as well. Thanking me for the sacrifice and extracting a promise to visit her for a discussion some time next week she left.

After she left Athena sat across from me so we could see each other clearly. We stared at each other for a minute or two when Aphrodite said, "So... We're here to discuss tomorrow's meeting but we have yet to move into that direction and I'm really curious, that way you two discuss it, it's like you have a huge shared secret that could change the world."

Clearing my throat I asked, "l to am curious as to what you wanted to confirm about tomorrow I don't get what might be a problem."

"Must I reveal everything I know pertaining to you?"

"What part would you like not to share?"

"Actually my involvement...?"

"What's to hide about that?"

Sighing in exasperation she said, "Beside the fact that I continually tried to get you to make a child with me naturally or even through my mind when I got desperate we did spend 2-3 days a week together in my palace, while we know we did nothing the others may be suspicious."

Aphrodite decided to blurt out, "Wait so while he was with your daughter you tried to get with him, multiple times?"

Blushing she replied, "How could I not, after he showed me he isn't the idiot we all thought him to be he was the perfect man by anyone's standards. Loyal, strong, authoritative, funny, handsome, dependable, intelligent, and very sexy."

Coughing to bring their attention back to the conversation at hand I said, "while what happened in those moments may be important to some parties as a whole the council and especially my ex have no reason to know, it's only hurt your image in certain people's eyes and it isn't needed to get the main point across so you can keep it as our little secret."

Athena smiled at me as I stood up taking Aphrodite with me and placing her on her feet.

"Okay, I'll see you tomorrow before the meeting I have something important to tell you for after the meeting. For now I'm going to Aphrodite's palace where I'll spend the night, see you tomorrow."

"I vapor traveled us to Aphrodite's living room where we went our separate ways to prepare for the massage. As I finished getting the room and table ready Aphrodite walked in and I got to work. After an hour we found ourselves back in the living room cuddled on a love seat watching movies. When bed time came I carried her to her bed as I made to leave she told me to stay and sleep in her bed with a swear not to try anything I agreed and climbed into bed where she laid her head on my chest and fell asleep leaving me only with my thoughts.

I think I'm going crazy. I thought. How do I tell them if I do go for another I already have my pick? How can I confess that even though they have been trying I'm attracted to another? It doesn't matter, I realized, I won't be able to fall in love either way, Aphrodite herself said a few hundred years before I am over the betrayal to love again. Still to have two Goddesses throwing themselves at me like that, I'm insane to hold on to my chivalry. Gods damn my upbringing. And with that final thought I fell asleep next to my new best friend.

A/N
Sorry had it finished for a few days but something seemed wrong with it, I didn't like that this seemed to be turning into a harem story when i said Pertemis so I added the final thoughts in a hope to straighten out that possibility and I must say I'm pleased with it. I'll try to keep up at this rate updating once a month thanks for the support people. Next chapter will finally get to the meeting.