A short little post, my lovely readers.

Point of View: Third Person

Percy stands and Nico follows him out of the tent. They head for the mess tent and Christina bumps into Percy as he opens the flap and is about to walk in. He steadies her by catching her arm.

"Sorry, Christina." Percy apologizes.

Christina rubs her nose. "Man, it felt like walking into brick wall."

Percy chuckles. "Can't say I've ever had that happen."

They all sit down and Thalia makes Percy sit next to Artemis, in between the goddess and Nico as Nico sits in between Percy and Thalia while Hazel sits across from them with Jason.

"Is there a reason why I am not sitting beside you now?" Percy cocks his head in question, and the girls giggle at the action.

"You look like a bird doing that." Rose laughs.

"I have watched many birds. I suppose picking up habits from animals is a logical standpoint." Percy says.

"But it's cute." Thalia starts dying from laughter.

"You make enough noise to wake the dead, Thalia. Besides, I am not cute." Percy wrinkles his nose at the thought. "What if Nico did it?"

Thalia abruptly stops laughing and turns tomato red, along with Nico who scoots closer to Percy. But Percy won't have it and slides him back over and closer to Thalia, making it look like Percy was leaning over Nico and Nico scooted away from him and not closer to Thalia. And Percy keeps him in that spot, embarrassing Nico.

"We sat you there because of Lady Artemis. She likes you." Erica shrugs.

"And you are all okay with that?" Percy inquires.

"Yes, but if you hurt her, I'll skin you alive after I make you regret being male." Phoebe points her fork at him.

Percy raises his hands. "I surrender." Artemis turns bright red. "But, I hope we all know, that both of us have made permanent oaths on the River Styx and it can never amount to anything so...intimate. And if it did, the Hunt would be disbanded, I would be reforming in Tartarus, and Styx would be very upset."

Everyone deflates and Artemis sighs. "I don't know then."

"If you truly have feelings for me, I want to know." Percy turns to face her completely, giving her his undivided attention. Everybody looks up in shock.

"Uh..." Artemis is stumped.

"Artemis, ignore everyone else in the room. Do you love me?" Percy's voice makes her focus on him.

Artemis stutters but she gets it out. "Y-yes, I do." Then she blushes golden, brighter than before.

Percy smiles. "Your blush distracts me you know. It isn't so nice when I am trying to say something. I suppose I'll have to get used to it." He laughs under his breath. "Artemis, Goddess of the Moon, I am in love with you." She can hear the conviction in the words. "And if you truly love me, then I will try for you. But I am old and broken. I am not worth the time you would spend trying to prove me wrong."