Vesta's Child (Discontinued)

Chapter 12

The kiss was warm and sent electricity through Zoe's spine and she felt as though her heart would burst. It was soft and sweet, Zoe was temporarily stunned that Percy was kissing her. She suddenly felt excited that he could possibly liked her, she responded and Percy thought it was to good to be true. Zoe liked him, an eternal maiden had a thing for him? His whole face turned red and then he was yanked by the shirt and flung to the ground. Artemis stared at the two wide eyed before she glared at Percy who shakily stood up. Phoebe and Thalia watched from a distance in complete shock and disbelief.

"What the Hades Percy!" She yelled as she advanced on him. He would of told her not to use his greek father as a curse word but he was a little nervous he might die.

"See what had happened was, I like Zoe...a lot and I was excited she wasn't going to die and kinda kissed her." Artemis punched him and Percy's head snapped to the side he let out a scream of pain, he clutched his eye where Atlas had scratched him. Zoe leaped up and ran to Percy who was bent over covering his face with his hands. Artemis was in shock and felt bad for hurting her little brother, her anger overcame her and she didn't even realize he had a bloody scar slashed across his eye. The scratch was thick and ran across his left eye diagonally, it bled heavily thanks to Artemis punching him. Zoe leaned down towards Percy and wrapped an arm around his shoulders,

"Are you okay Percy?" She whispered, she felt nervous about the entire situation. Percy nodded but left his face in his hands. She then gave him a smack in the back of the head, he yelped and finally moved his hands from his face. She gasped at his jagged scar and he frowned at her,

"What was that for!" She got over her shock and glared at him,

"Of all the times you could of kissed me you do it in front of Artemis!" Percy cracked a smile and shrugged sheepishly,

"What can I say? I like to make a scene."

"Percy! This is serious!" Zoe yelled and threw her hands in the air. Percy paled,

"Right, sorry." She pinched the bridge of her nose in frustration while Artemis watched them curiously. Percy scratched the back of his neck nervously,

"I'm really sorry Zoe...I...-" he was cut off when she gave him a kiss on the cheek making his whole face turn red. He smiled softly at her and she smiled back,

"You can apologize to me later stupid, right now you need to talk to Artemis." Percy paled again and prayed that Zoe wouldn't be kicked out of the hunt for his actions. What if she kicked you out? He wondered nervously and ran a hand through his hair. Zoe looked fearful as well, but in reality she was thrilled that he had kissed her, even though she didn't show it. He's her best friend who kissed her once he found out she was alive, not that she minded of course. He was handsome, somewhat smart, nice, brave. He was far better then Hercules, the doof was treacherous and just thinking of him made her bitter. Phoebe and Thalia made their way over, Phoebe was smirking at Zoe and Thalia looked shocked and then she face palmed,

"That idiot kissed you in front of the man hating goddess who is also his sister." Phoebe roared with laughter and Zoe blushed furiously. Percy nervously made his way over to his sister, she looked at him apologetically once she saw how bloody his scar had become.

"I'm sorry Percy, but why would you kiss Zoe? Especially in my presence?" He sighed, he seemed to get yelled at for that a lot. He tried to wipe some of the blood away from his wound and it stung like crazy. He hissed and wiped the blood from his hand to his already ripped shirt.

"Bianca died," Percy croaked and tears blurred his vision,"I couldn't let Zoe die and I've developed strong feelings for her throughout the years I've known her. We started out best friends but I soon fell for her and knew it was wrong, I kissed her because I like her a lot. Please don't kick her out of the hunt, I'll go since I kissed her and not the other way around." Artemis looked at him in shock, he seemed to really like her. She knew that if they were to be together he wouldn't end up like Hercules, she and Vesta had taught him better then that. What could be the harm? She would never kick Percy or Zoe out of the hunt no matter what, they were family and you could never abandon family. Before she could say anything three old ladies appeared.