WHAT UP ! This is my VERY FIRST story, so please, go easy on me okay? Hope you enjoy it.

ATHENA'S PoV

I collapsed on my bed with a disappointed look. Only a little while ago did I finish ANOTHER argument with my fellow goddess, Aphrodite, over the concept of love. We have been fighting for centuries and neither of us seem to be getting the upper hand on the matter. When will she ever get it? Love isn't logical, it's stupid, useless. I thought while letting out a large sigh.

Suddenly Aphrodite herself burst through the door, spinning like a little girl after her first kiss. She always acted like that, so I wasn't surprised.

"What do you want?' I asked disappointed.

She smiled like she just won something which, sad to say, she kind of did. That last argument ended with her getting the last word, I was just too tired to continue.

"Oh nothing, I just enjoy rubbing the TRUTH in your face." she replied, doing a little spin around my room. I just shook my head, upset at her ignorance.

"You should really consider the fact that the heart is a wild and uncontrollable part of us. It shouldn't be used when making choices, it just gets in the way." I told her.

"NO! The heart is a beautiful thing, and is the perfect thing for deciding true love." she replied, emphasizing the "true love" part.

"I don't want to argue anymore today, just get out."

She stopped her spin and looked at me, disappointed. "It's too bad though, since you'll never find a man who you could care about."

"Men are stupid pigs with nothing good on their minds. Sometimes I wonder how I still manage to have children."

"It's LOVE!" she stated "Only yours is a little less passionate. Too bad really, it's a great feeling."

"One I don't need," I replied, crossing my arms "now get out. We're done here."

Aphrodite just frowned and did as I told her. She shut the door behind her and I just sat there, lost in thought.

Soon I got bored just sitting there. Recently my only escape from stress and anger was to head down the earth. Books didn't just do the trick like they used to. I just assumed it was some sort of godly phase I was going through. Nothing to worry about. So I changed out of my goddess dress and threw on a blank gray t-shirt and sweatpants. Once I did I changed into the size of a normal human and popped out of Mount Olympus and down to the lobby of the Empire State Building.

The lobby always struck me as fascinating. The mortals bustling around, doing meaningless work (or at least, meaningless to me.) I stepped out behind the front desk where the satyr who worked at the front desk sat. He saw me and bowed, whispering "Lady Athena."

I acknowledged him with a slight nod and walked out into the spring day of New York.

Dr. Chase's PoV

"Mark!" I called out. My name is Frederick Chase. DOCTOR Frederick Chase. Professor in historical battlefield strategies. I live in San Francisco but a few friends and I were invited to a banquet in New York to attend the wedding reception of the founder of my old institute, Jared Erikson. He was an okay kind of guy, but tended to be a little critical with just about everything. So it wasn't too much of a surprise when he invited his favorite graduating class to the reception. The party wasn't for a few more days, but here in New York time seems to go by quickly.

"What?" Marked asked me as I caught up to him.

I took a few deep breaths to slow my heart rate "Hey. What are we doing after we finish unpacking our stuff?"

Mark looked around at his messy room. There was six of us, Mark, myself, and twin guys named Bill and Keith and a couple who's names were Alex and Alexandra (It's an interesting pairing.) We all had our own room except for the "Alex's" as I call them, who shared one.

Anyway, Mark looked back at me and replied "Well we were going to head out to the bar for a few drink. You want in?"

I was never a drinker, so I told him "No thanks, I think I'll just grab a bite to eat somewhere."

Mark just shrugged his shoulders "Whatever. Just don't get yourself in trouble, alright? Don't want to have to file a missing person report or worse, attend a funeral."

"Oh thanks Mark, that makes me feel good."

"Anytime buddy. So you gonna take off?"

"What you tired of seeing my face?" I asked jokingly.

"…A little." he replied with a smirk.

"Alright, I'm leaving. Tell the others I said hi" I said as I walked out the door.

I exited the hotel we were staying in and took a fascinated look at New York. It was truly a marvelous place. The commotion never stopped here, I guess why they call it "The City that Never Sleeps".

I unzipped my sweatshirt and walked towards a local diner, not knowing that I was about to have one of the best experiences of my life.

ATHENA'S PoV

I was in the streets, walking among the mortals, who didn't so much as look at me. It felt kind of good to know I wasn't always being worshipped and could just be left alone for a while. Besides, with so many people in New York, who would care about one seemingly harmless woman?

Walking down the street I suddenly grabbed my stomach. It grumbled. I hadn't even noticed how hungry I was, besides, goddess have to eat too. So I walked into a random diner and grabbed a table. The waitress there looked at me and took my order. A bagel was all I wanted. She just nodded her head and walked away. I sat there and folded my hands, trying to relax.

Dr. Chase's PoV

Walking into the diner I waited at the front desk for a chair. I looked around the room at all the people there. One woman caught my eye, she wore all gray clothing and looked deep in thought.

The waitress must have seen me staring and said "This way sir." I didn't even notice she was bringing me towards the table where the mysterious woman sat until I got there.

"Here's your table sir." She said with a smile.

The woman looked up, surprised. I just stood there with a stunned look. I began to protest at the mix-up, but suddenly the waitress was gone, just like that.

I looked down at the woman and said "Sorry, I didn't even notice where she was taking me. What a weird lady."

She smiled slightly "It's quite alright, I guess mort- I mean, everyone makes mistakes."

I smiled back "Well now that I'm here would you mind if I took a seat?"

"Sure."

ATHENA'S PoV

Now normally I would have said no and to go the Hades away, but something about this man intrigued me. I didn't know what, but it was just…something. I couldn't explain it, which confused me more since I WAS the goddess of wisdom after all.

Regardless, he took a seat and sat back in the plain wooden chair "So, what's your name?" he asked suddenly.

"Athena." I replied plainly.

"Oh? Like the Greek goddess of battle strategy?" he asked, intrigued.

"Don't forget wisdom." I replied with a smirk.

"Ah yes. It would be quite interesting to meet her, should she be real or not. I have so many questions that I'd like to ask. I AM a battlefield professor after all…" he stopped suddenly "Oh I'm so sorry, I forgot to even introduce myself. I'm Frederick Chase. And I guess I just told you my profession." he said a little embarrassed.

I just smiled, enjoying the fact that he WAS talking to the goddess of wisdom and battle strategy "It's alright. Nice to meet you."

He smiled "So what do you do for a living?"

"Not much," I lied "but it's funny. I used to be a professor, but left for an easier life."

"Easier life hmm? Well I can't argue with that. Being a professor DOES tend to get a little stressful," he looked up to the ceiling and let out a little sigh "So anyway, what's someone like you doing in New York?"

I smiled a little, glad he didn't pursue the topic of my career. But still, that last comment surprised me "What do you mean someone like ME?" I asked, sounding offended.

He suddenly realized his mistake, saying "Oh I didn't mean it as an insult. I just picked you as more of the type who would stay away from big cities like this. I apologize if I was wrong."

I looked at him, his eyes even spoke sorrow through his glasses "It's alright, but yet you were wrong. I live here. Not too far from the Empire State Building."

"So you live in an apartment?"

"…something like that." Just then the waitress came back with my bagel and set it down in front of me.

Then she turned towards Frederick Chase and asked "Oh. Would you like anything sir?"

He looked at her, realizing it was the same girl who led him to my table in the first place "Yeah actually two things, first off, actually listen next time you get a customer on where he wants to sit," he accused. She looked embarrassed. He continued "second…Coffee. Milk and one sugar"

The waitress wrote it down and walked off quickly, not wanting to hang around him much longer.

"That was well handled." I pointed out.

"Thanks, it wouldn't be the first time." he replied.

"Oh well that's unfortunate. It's sad when you can't even find decent service anymore."

He folded his hands at the comment "Very true. Very true."

As I went ahead spreading cream cheese on my bagel, we stayed quiet. I had no idea why I was being so open, so kind with this MORTAL. I was a GOD, the goddess of wisdom making small talk with some random mortal who was sat at my table on accident. That's when I picked up the hint: Was it really an accident? I decided to wait until the waitress came back and Frederick left.

That came just as I finished the thought. The waitress brought his coffee in a disposable take-out cup. That's when I looked at the waitress and recognized her face: Aphrodite. I was going to kill her when we got home (not literally, since we can't die.)

Frederick stood up, coffee in hand "Well I should go, the others will be waiting for me, wondering where I've gone."

"Oh alright. Nice meeting you Frederick."

"You too Athena," as he began to walk out he stopped "Hey can I have your number? In case you wanna meet up again?"

I looked at him, contemplating on whether to do so, since I actually did have a cell phone. All the gods did, we just seldom used them. Finally I concluded it wouldn't hurt, he seemed like a good guy.

"Alright, here's the number." I grabbed his cell phone and put my number in it.

"Thanks Athena. See you around?"

I smiled "Sure Frederick."

"Please, just call me Fred."

"Alright Fred, take care."

"You too, bye." he said, walking out of the diner.

Now onto my little love goddess. I thought. That's when Aphrodite, still disguised as the waitress, walked towards me.

"Oh that was great! See, I told you there was a loving side to you." she squealed.

I shot her a dirty look "It's not love Aphrodite. We were just talking."

"Yeah, but you NEVER talk like that to a guy. He must be real special."

"He's a mortal, and just a guy. Nothing more."

"We'll see." Aphrodite finished, disappearing in golden light. Thankfully no one saw her return to her true form, so no one died. I really wondered what went through that crazy mind of hers. What compelled her to try to get people together? I sighed and sat there quietly, eating my bagel alone.

DR. CHASE'S PoV

I returned to the hotel, thinking about my run in with Athena. What a funny thing, to meet someone you could connect with just by accident. I looked at my phone, staring at her number. Athena I thought what a woman.

I opened the door to my apartment and lied down on my bed. What a day I thought. First we go through hell on an annoying plane ride (try sitting in front of two crying babies the whole way in) then to unpack and meet a girl who really peaks your interest. I decided to make a call tomorrow, maybe invite her to the reception in three days.

Slowly I climbed into bed and was soon asleep.

ATHENA'S PoV

I was back at Olympus, sitting in my room. That man was really getting on my mind a lot. I couldn't tell why. Was it his eyes? His sense of humor? Or maybe I could sense his vast amount of knowledge. Maybe it was all three. I didn't know, but was too tired to think about it.

I climbed under the white sheets of my bed and was quickly asleep, waiting for him to call again. Weird.

PART TWO COMING SOON