Silena's Point of view.

As the summer continued I still spent time with my friends, Luke, my dad and Ezra, for now, my dad didn't know about Ezra and me but he would probably find out sooner or later and I hoped he wouldn't freak out about it. I don't know what exactly he'd do when he did find out but I hoped that he would accept the fact that I wanted to be with Ezra.

I knew that he seemed like a great guy, and as we continued spending time together we were getting closer. One day we sat just talking but we both sat rather close together and his arm was wrapped around me. We weren't exactly trying to hide how we felt so I was kind of surprised that my dad hadn't found out already but somehow he hadn't and I wasn't really complaining either.

That evening after the campfire Ezra and I didn't go our separate ways until we reached the cabins. I'd already seen my dad go into the Poseidon cabin with Luke and Michael, and just before I was going to go to my mom's cabin Ezra kissed me, it was just a quick peck but still, I hadn't been expecting it. Although I was slightly surprised I found myself wanting to close the distance between us once again.

I did just that and the second kiss lasted a little longer than the first. Before too long though we stopped since it wouldn't be long before the harpies were out, not to mention that our half-siblings would probably wonder what we were up to, well mine would probably figure it out quickly enough but Ezra's probably wouldn't be so quick to figure it out.

After I went into my mom's cabin I saw knowing looks appearing on most of my half sibling's faces, well the ones that bothered to look at me anyway, some of them were already lying in bed although they probably weren't asleep yet. I'm kind of surprised that no-one told my dad about me and Ezra, it's not like no-one had seen us together so I kind of thought that someone might have said something by now since it had been a while since I'd first realized I had feelings for Ezra. I was pretty sure that at least one child of Hermes had seen us so I thought that one of them might have said something if they realised how protective he was of me. clearly, no-one had since my dad hadn't said anything to me or Ezra.

Percy's Point of view

I was with Aphrodite, it wasn't the weekend so we were in my apartment, We ended up having a discussion that I hadn't expected, it started when Aphrodite said, "You know I think you're a little too protective of Silena,"

Sighing I replied, "Yeah I know but I can't really help it. I don't want her to go through what I went through so I don't know what else to do,"

Aphrodite seemed to understand but she still suggested that I trust Silena more, and reminded me that I can't control what happens to her so whether I liked it or not she would go through some tough times and there would be no way I could stop it. In my head, Silena was still the sweet little girl that played with Barbie dolls and watched cartoons, but in reality, I knew that those days were long gone and that she was a teenager who for the most part could take care of herself and would not want to be sheltered.

Unfortunately, I also knew that sooner or later she would meet someone that she would come to like in a romantic way, and trying to force them apart wouldn't do any good since that would probably just make them want to see each other more. If nothing else they would probably just ignore me. As Aphrodite and I spoke it seemed like she knew something that I didn't. although I wondered about it I didn't ask her, if it was important she might tell me, and if not I might still find out anyway.

I knew I would certainly be far from thrilled if I found out that Silena was dating someone but I knew I couldn't do much to stop her if she was. I knew how Annabeth and I had been even though both our parents hadn't approved. Aphrodite Pointed most of that out to me and I reluctantly admitted that she was probably right. After all, she is the love goddess so she should know a lot about it since it's her domain.

It seemed that all I could really do was hope that if Silena did find someone she wouldn't get hurt like I had when Annabeth left me. I would probably still talk to whoever she fell for though to hopefully make sure that Silena wouldn't get hurt.

What I didn't realise was that I would be in for a surprise when I went to camp on the weekend, a couple of surprises actually. When I got to camp I went to try and talk to Luke and get him to tell me, but no matter what I said he wouldn't tell me what was wrong. He seemed a little better than he was before he returned to camp but he still wouldn't tell me and I'd tried everything short of actual interrogation techniques since obviously I wasn't going to use those on my son.

I was starting to get pretty desperate though and the thought had occurred to me to ask Aphrodite to use her powers to see if she could find out what was wrong since he wouldn't open up to me despite how close we'd gotten since we first met. Obviously he didn't want me or Annabeth to know, maybe he didn't want us to worry or maybe he thought he could handle whatever it was himself but it was obvious to me that his plan wasn't working since Annabeth and I were worrying, and whatever his problem was he clearly wasn't handling it very well since we could see that he was hurting but it obviously wasn't from any physical injuries.

I wasn't sure why he didn't want us to know, but I wasn't desperate enough yet to resort to asking Aphrodite to pry into his secrets. If I did resort to that Luke would probably be annoyed with me for it and I didn't want to upset him even more than he already was. I tried to think of what could be bothering him, after all, I'd been a teenage boy once and remembered what I'd gone through at that age. Mind you I'd been in the middle of a war at his age but still, I'd gone through the same things that most boys go through at that age.

Despite that, I still didn't really know what could be bothering him, or at least not until silena told me the theory that she'd come up with. She pointed out the fact that Luke seemed slightly better than he'd been during the school year so she'd thought that whatever Luke's problem was it probably had something to do with his school.

Annabeth wasn't at camp but I was going to tell her that after I got back home I didn't think she'd noticed the differences in how Luke acted yet since she hadn't been at camp much that summer. She was pretty busy with her job so I couldn't really blame her, after all, it's not like she was being lazy, but I thought that Luke might be a bit happier if she was here.

Silena's theory about Luke wasn't the only thing that surprised me though since that hight after the campfire we headed back to the cabins when I noticed Silena talking to a blonde haired guy who I thought might be a son of Apollo except I wasn't sure since I didn't really know him well. I didn't jump to conclusions about them just yet since they didn't seem to be doing anything romantic that would indicate they were a couple.

I'll admit that I can be oblivious at times but I hadn't really noticed if Silena was spending more time than usual with that guy, but then again I was kind of paying more attention to Luke lately since I'm concerned about him due to how he's been acting. I don't think Silena and that guy realized that I was still outside when they did something that made it obvious that they were a couple and not just friends.

I'd seen him give her a quick peck on the lips before they headed into their cabins. Unlike what you might think, I didn't immediately freak out. I stood there for a moment still absorbing what I'd seen and then went into dad's cabin. I laid awake, still thinking about the fact that my daughter clearly liked that guy and that they were a couple.

I guess I'd resigned myself to the fact that this day would come eventually, especially considering that Silena's mother is Aphrodite. So I guess that's why I took it fairly well but I was still surprised by what I'd seen. Although I wasn't sure I guessed that their relationship was still pretty new since the kiss had just been a peck so it's not like they'd been making out or something.

If I had caught them doing that then my reaction probably would have been different. I would still have to talk to them both though so that they wouldn't do anything stupid. After all, I doubted they would listen to me if I told them I would rather they end it. The best thing I could really hope for was that they wouldn't rush things, or do anything else that could lead to one of them hurting the other.

I certainly wasn't thrilled to know that Silena had a boyfriend since in my head she was still my little girl, but despite that, I was still going to do what I could to make sure she wouldn't get hurt whether it was due to that relationship or a monster attack, or anything else for that matter since we really had no way of knowing what might happen in the future.

I did eventually fall asleep despite all the worries that filled my mind and surprisingly I didn't have any demigod dreams either. I didn't jump to conclusions and think that could mean that there weren't any more challenges ahead of us, I wasn't that much of an optimist, sure I hoped that everything would turn out alright in the end but I wasn't exactly getting my hopes up either considering the luck I usually have.

Considering everything that had happened during the last fourteen years my life hadn't been that bad. Sure for a while, I was still upset over Annabeth but now I'd moved on, and I was still happy with Aphrodite a little over two years after we'd first became a couple. We'd had our ups and downs but we were just as happy now as we were when we first started dating.

Aphrodite is with me most nights now and if I didn't have Silena and Luke to worry about I would probably consider marrying her except I do have Silena and Luke, and the gods would have to agree to give me immortality before I could marry Aphrodite. I wasn't sure how she'd managed it but Aphrodite had even somehow convinced Hera to let her and Hephaestus divorce.

After considering it Hephaestus had also agreed to it since there wasn't much point in them being married when all they did was cheat on each other, and it's not like they were going to change their habits and fall for each other. If that was going to happen it probably would have happened a long time ago and Aphrodite wouldn't be with me right now.

The day after I'd found out about Silena and that boy whose name was apparently Ezra, I'd talked to both him and Silena in hopes that he wouldn't end up hurting her for some stupid reason. I knew they might still have to break up eventually if their relationship didn't work out, after all, I realized that the first person you fall for isn't always the one, but I just didn't want Silena to get hurt.

I 'd never really talked to Ezra before so I hadn't remembered what his name was until Silena told me since I'd spoken to her about him first. The conversation with Silena was kind of awkward but I'd decided that it had to happen so I didn't try and skip anything or rush it. When I did eventually speak to Ezra though I had to admit he seemed like he was a decent guy.

That didn't mean I completely accepted that he was with Silena though, it would take time before I would completely accept that, and it would also help if Ezra proved that he wasn't going to do anything stupid and Hurt Silena. I was letting the kid have a chance and hopefully, the kid knew not to waste it. It was hard for me to accept that Silena was growing up but the evidence was obvious, so I didn't have much choice but to just make sure she knew what she would be getting herself into since if I tried to stop her  from being with Ezra she could just use her charmspeak on me if she refused to listen and really wanted to be with him.