I know this took a while guys but I got a job a few weeks ago  and last week my mom was on holidays so we were really busy on my days off as well. yesterday I was glued solid to the book I've been reading and finished it. but now here's the chapter. I hope none of you like drew because I didn't make her into the best character.

Percy's point of view

It had been nearly a month since my argument with Annabeth that had resulted in basically the entire camp, and a few others finding out that I am dating Aphrodite. Annabeth and I hadn't spoken since, and I just hoped that she would come to her senses and accept that I had moved on and that I wanted to see where my relationship with Aphrodite would go.

If only for Luke's sake I didn't want to be in constant conflict with Annabeth, and I hoped that she cared for our son enough not to continue causing fights between us. To be honest I'd been avoiding her and so far she hadn't tried to bother me. I was at camp one weekend when she came back and I noticed that she had brought Luke with her.

I wasn't completely surprised by that fact since before our argument she had mentioned that she might bring him here and let him stay for the rest of the summer if he wanted to. Instead of having to stay in a specific cabin like a demigod would, he had the choice between Athena's cabin and my dad's cabin. I didn't know which one he'd pick since I didn't know whether he would rather stay with me or with Annabeth and neither of us are here all the time since we both have jobs outside of camp.

If he chose the Poseidon cabin it would give us a chance to get to know each other better since it hadn't been that long since we'd met for the first time and obviously I wanted to get to know him, he is my son after all. Coming here also meant that he would get the chance to meet Silena. I could tell that when I'd told him about her it seemed like he had wanted to meet her and I was pretty sure that when I'd told Silena about him she had been interested in meeting him as well.

Somewhat to my surprise Luke chose to stay in my dad's cabin with me and Michael. While I wouldn't be there all the time it would provide an opportunity for me to get to know my son when I was so I certainly wasn't complaining. Even though I knew that luke already knew about the gods I wasn't sure if Annabeth had trained him at all.

Depending on who they are descended from, and which generation they are legacies aren't usually in quite as much danger as demigods but I figured that it would be a pretty good idea to train Luke. When he was younger he usually had Annabeth to protct him but he should probably be trained as well just so he would be safer.

Things were still kind of awkward between me and Piper but I guess that's understandable considering the situation, although I hope it won't last too much longer since I still consider her a friend. The news of me dating Aphrodite had gotten different reactions most people were kind of shocked but had accepted it before long.

I think Drew Tanaka was surprised and kind of dissapointed since I think she might have had an interest in me since I came back. I'd heard from some of the older campers that she had gained a reputation for behaving like a lot of the gods what I mean by that is sleeping around. She would be with a guy but before long she would leave him and move on to someone else.

Supposedly she even had a couple children who she'd left with their Fathers. Obviously I didn't know for sure if those stories were true but even if they were just rumors and nothing more I wouldn't have been interested in Drew. Clearly though even she knew better than to try and compete with her mother for me since she hadn't tried anything.

So far my relationship with Aphrodite was still going strong. Since she's a goddess we could go practically anywhere even if it was on another continent. Sometimes I would come up with things for us to do and sometimes she would. Her choices weren't always crazy romantic like say paris or something, we'd been to many different places and so far I've enjoyed every minute with her.

Since most people already know about our relationship I'm not as concerned about someone seeing us. The only thing I'm still a bit worried about is what Hephaestus and Ares will do when they find out. Worst comes to worst I could probably take Ares in a fight but Hephaestus would be more likely to set some kind of trap like he had when Aphrodite was still cheating on him with Ares. I wasn't quite sure what would happen when he and Ares find out but hopefully it won't turn out as badly as I fear. I knnow I love Aphrodite but I am still a little aprehensive that I could be wrong about her.

When Luke and Annabeth arrived at camp Annabeth showed him around before he made the decision to stay in my dad's cabin, something told me that we would be seeing my dad soon enough too considering that he would probably want to meet Luke now that he's at camp. After Annabeth finished showing Luke around she spoke to me in what was obviously a forced polite tone. She more or less told me that she hadn't trained Luke yet and that it would probably be best to train him. I would make sure he does start training and I would also find out if he had any powers over water since he verry well could, especially since I now knew that Silena had some abilities from me.

I think that when Annabeth and I were speaking Luke noticed the obvious tension between us I wanted to try and keep things civil between me and Annabeth for his sake but Annabeth seemed to have a different opinion. I wasn't quite sure what to do about her but we would have to figure something out.

Later that day Luke asked me about Silena and I told him that he could meet her if he wanted to since was also at camp I just wasn't sure if she would be in a class or not since I wasn't sure what her schedule was. Like I said before I was giving her some space, letting her get to know the other campers. I may be protective of her but I'm not a helicopter parent.

I'm pretty sure that my dad will accept Luke regardless, but I'm that he won't be all that thrilled that Luke's mother is, "the Athena Spawn," considering that's how he refers to Annabeth most of the time since the last time I talked to him he was still pretty angry at her, in fact she's probably lucky that I Made my dad swear not to hurt her since I felt it would be overreacting considering what happened. In fact, if dad had hurt Annabeth Luke might never have been born.

Regardless that didn't happen so I don't really need to worry about that. Speaking of my dad I headed back to his cabin and when I got there I realized Michael was there, that wasn't a problem since we had gotten to know each other and we were pretty close. We would often train together and I was helping him with his powers. We had gotten close enough that we often joke around or tease each other, despite that I wasn't expecting what he said after I entered the cabin. He said in a teasing tone, "How many kids do you have brother,"

I knew he meant it in a teasing way and just messing with me because he just found out about Luke.

I blushed a bit and replied, "Two as far as I know,"

He was clearly amused by my reaction to his comment, and once I got over my slight embarrassment we just talked and joked around. At one point he seemed to realize something and asked, "That day that I walked in and smelled perfume in here and you said Aphrodite had been talking to you about finding someone else, that's not really what you were doing was it?"

I'd figured he'd forgotten about that but I responded, "no we weren't,"

He said, "were you.."

He trailed off but I was pretty sure I knew what he was thinking, I replied, "We were just kissing, get your head out of the gutter,"

It was his turn to be embarrassed, and my turn to be amused.

We kept talking for a little while and then we went to train, eventually it was dinnertime and then the campfire. Later that night Michael had already fallen asleep but Luke and I hadn't, Luke said, "Dad,"

I said, "What?"

He said, "I'm glad I can finally get to know you,"

I smiled, and said, "I'm glad I can get to know you too son,"

The word son still felt a bit weird in my mouth since I wasn't used to having a son yet, Sure I know Luke is my son and that I do really care about him but the fact that I have a son just takes some getting used to. I said, "You should probably get some sleep son, you have training tomorrow,"

I was slightly amused when he groaned and rolled over onto his side. I did the same minus the groan and fell asleep soon afterward. I knew Luke could have been faking sleep, a certain little girl had tried to pull that one before but I doubted it since I knew he'd had a pretty busy day. I wasn't sure if Luke had spoken to Silena yet but I figured he would meet her soon enough if he hadn't. I would have to take Luke to meet my mom and Paul at some point since I knew they would like to meet him and I'm sure he would probably like to meet them too. I know I won't be able to be at camp all the time due to work, but I would come to camp and spend time with my kids as often as I can.