Percy POV

I sighted as I closed the door behind me. I'd just said goodbye to Annabeth, she was going back to her dads, I hated how short her trip had been but atleast I could look forward to meeting up with her at camp. Only two more weeks and id be back at camp. All the Titans war was behind us and now I could relax. Almost three months had passed since camp broke up or was it two I just shock my head and walked into the apartment living room. Mum was out with Paul sampling all New York had to offer this time of year. I was walking past the new couch, long story but my pet Mrs O'Leary kind of broke the last one when the voice greeted me.

"Good afternoon Percy!"

I swung round and reached for Riptide within seconds the gleaming celestial bronze was in front of me. I got into my fighting stance and looked at where the voice had come from. A young man sat on my mother's couch. A bunch of black feather clung to the couch which appeared purple when they caught the light. His eyes were playful as relaxed on the yellow and green patterned cushions. His black hair was rough in the popular fashion. His eyes were lilac or purple they seemed to shift as he thought.

"Sorry to surprise you Jackson but us gods aren't know for being polite with doors"

I kept my eyes on him, gods couldn't be trusted I had fought with Ares, almost been imprisoned by Hades and Athena hadn't exactly warmed to me till after I'd saved them really. The god laughed when I didn't reply

"Will you calm down if I was here to hurt you I would have done it by now"

Why are gods always so vain?

"You could be lying," I said back

The god sighted as if bored

"Why do heroes always never trust you… I'm mean is it so much to ask for some curtsey?"

I got him then

"Then swear it!"

The god rolled his eyes and got up muttering to himself as he ignored me and walked into the kitchen. He called as he pulled out a glass

"Got any wine?"

I wouldn't lose focus

"Swear on the river Styx!"

The god silently poured himself a glass of Paul's wine and walked back into the room. His clothes were plain black jacket, pants and a red shirt. I tried to think of who he could be. Annabeth always told me to learn the gods and goddess but there were so many. He settled onto the couch and pulled at me seriously

" I swear onto you Perseus Jackson that I won't harm you or any of you friends etc… on the river Styx and my honour"

The sky rumbled as the oath was done. I relaxed a little lowering my blade but I kept a careful watch on him

"Who are you then?"

The god calmly took a taste from the glass he poured

"Not too bad vintage but still had better… right demigods lets test you I'm a primeval god like Gaia… oh but that's too vague so here's a clue, I'm like a female goddess you met"

Percy thought he'd met Athena so he could be some king of wisdom god but he seemed too flashy for that. Hera was a goddess of families and marriage but this young white clean shaven man didn't seemed like he'd have a family… Aphrodite was goddess of love but…wait

"Love?"

The god chuckled and smiled

"Good man! I tried that out on a hero once and it took him two weeks to solve it! But yes I am Eros the primeval god of love and sex and all that subject… so will you sit down now?"

I still didn't trust him that much yet

"Then why are you in my mothers apartment?"

He put his glass down on the nearest table and gestured to the set across the table to him. Recreantly I sat down but kept my sword Riptide still in my hand.

"Percy do you know how Zeus became king?"

Now that was easy, id spent the last few years of my life re-fighting the war

"He overthrow Kronos to take it"

Eros nodded

" And all because Zeus's brothers and sisters were…"

I was getting annoyed with gods not just being blunt and telling you things. Instead they have to make you get it, I makes you feel like your three again

" Kronos ate them but Zeus was saved by his mother as she gave Kronos a disguised rock which he ate without checking"

Eros smiled and nodded

"So tell me what happened to Zeus's mother, what happened to Rhea"

That got me!

"I…I don't know… they never said"

Eros sighted

"Its sad nobody ever mentions her in the stores they always skip to the Titans and Olympians fighting but I'm here to tell you that Rhea survived but went into hiding"

I wondered what it would be like to find my mother missing, runaway it must have killed my dad if she was anything as good a mother as mine was.

"Never told her children they just found her things and they've never seen her since, she had too hide from Gaia and any Titans which wanted to punish her for really starting the war!"

He tasted the wine again and looked around the room

"Nice place, I must say the world has changed since I've been gone"

"You were saying about Rhea"

"Oh right…well she still stayed close to the gods following them as the moved from one culture to the next and even secretly helped which included when her husband tried to return this decade"

I caught on then

"She helped, how?"

Eros shrugged

"By finding and releasing me but by the time she did you had already won. So seeing as I have to obey her as she released me she gave me a new task. Rewarding you!" Eros stood up and I mimicked him gripping Riptide in my hand. Eros sighted as he noticed my hold on my sword

"Really now I did promise you and rhea I wouldn't harm you…now lets see what gift to give you…um…no…umm"

He stood over me wondering and thinking what to give me as a gift when he just asked

"So still a virgin?"

I hadn't expected that, I mean it was true me and Annabeth hadn't got that far but how had he known

"I'm the love god Percy, I'm the original and primeval god of it as well which makes me stronger than Aphrodite. In fact being a primeval god makes me stronger than all the Olympians! But I think I can fix your problem I'll give you my blessing!"

Before I could protest the wineglass disappeared from his hand and he grasped my hand in a friendly handshake. The moment he did that his eyes glow pinkish red the world around me turned a whirlwind of purple, red and pink energy and after a few second flashed bright white.

When I woke up I realised I'd been knocked unconscious by the white flash. The clod breeze made me look to see that the window had been opened. A trail of black feathers led from where Eros had stood to the window.

"Perfectly fine to appear and make jump but he has to leave though the…window?" I said to my self. My head thumped from whatever Eros had done to me. I checked and Riptide was back as a pen in my pocket. I sank into the couch and rubbed my head trying to think what had happened, what had the god's gift been? I jumped and pulled out Riptide when I heard the door open. My mother was laughing with Paul until she turned to see me sword in hand

"Percy what's wrong?" her face looked worried as she looked around. I realised that id jumped up to nothing, whatever had happened Eros was gone now.

"Err…I just…I mean…sorry just jumped"

She relaxed as she and Paul walked in happy as they talked as Percy put Riptide back into his pocket and decided to try and forget what had happened, after all he'd be able tell Chiron at Camp.