Third Person POV

The Olympians were in a council meeting, and the topic they were discussing was a demigod that most of them hated. Zeus asked, "Have you seen any sign of Perseus?" Repeated answers of no sounded within the throne room. Poseidon had disowned his son so Percy had essentially been reduced to a clear-sighted Mortal. This also meant that Poseidon could no longer find him. Artemis had also been unable to locate him. None of the gods had seen any sign of the demigod in over two years. This left Zeus furious and several of the other gods frustrated and angry. They had been trying to find Percy ever since he disappeared because most of them still believed he hadn't been sufficiently punished for what he had done. Athena said, "Artemis, have you tried sending some of your hunters into Alaska? He might have gone there since he is aware it is beyond our power,"

"Of course, they looked there, do you think I am so foolish to forget the one place where we lack power!" Artemis said, slightly offended that her half-sister could think she would forget something like that.

Athena suggested that they search Alaska again since it seemed like the only place where Perseus could hide from them. The gods were puzzled, to say the least. and the meeting ended without any other suggestions being made other than Athena's to search Alaska again. Artemis didn't think her hunters could have failed to track Perseus down if he was in Alaska but she also had no better ideas on how they could find him.

Percy's pov

It had been a few years since I first came to Alaska after everyone betrayed me. Despite that I still hadn't told anyone the whole truth about why I'd come to Alaska and what I was, well technically what I used to be since my father had disowned me, taking away all my powers. I think I must have also lost my demigod scent as well since monsters don't really come after me anymore. I was basically a clear-sighted mortal, and honestly, I'm not really complaining. Back before all this happened there were times when I wished that I could just be normal for once without having to worry about monsters ruining my plans.

Before all this happened I had hoped to marry Annabeth, and eventually have kids with her. Now that certainly wasn't going to happen. I think that I have moved on from her but I haven't come across anyone here that I was interested in. One day after my shift at work, I didn't feel like going home and cooking so I went to a restaurant that wasn't far from the building where my apartment is. After I sat down at a table I ordered a Coke, and then when the waiter returned with that I ordered a burger and fries. Sure it was nothing special but it was good enough, and I didn't have to cook it myself.

When it came, I ate my food in silence, since I was alone after all, and I didn't know any of the people who were at the other tables nearby. I was probably just going to go home and watch TV or something. I didn't really have anything better to do although I can even use the internet now without attracting monsters so my life wasn't completely boring. although I felt like it was missing something, I just wasn't sure what that was.

After I finished eating and paid for my meal. I left the building and headed for my car. Before I made it there though, I noticed a woman around my age Standing beside a car that I assumed was hers. We got into our cars, but just as I was starting mine, I noticed her getting out, as the hood of her car opened, and I realized that it must not have started for her. I had learned some things about mechanics from Beckendorf, Tyson, and Leo, so I decided not to leave just yet in case she needed help. As she was looking at her car I decided to get out of mine and ask if she needed help. Once I did, she replied, " I think it's probably the battery, I'm not sure if I left my lights on this morning or not, or if the battery just needs replaced, this thing isn't exactly new anymore, but I'm sure there's somewhere you need to be, I can just call a tow truck,"

I replied, "No it's okay, I would have just been going home to sit on the couch and watch TV or something, at least let me try to boost it for you before you call a tow truck,"

She gave in, and replied, "Okay,"

while we were waiting to see if her battery would charge, she asked, "What's your name?"

I replied, "Percy,"

She seemed to be a bit surprised, probably because it's not a super common name.

I asked, "What's yours?"

"Jada,"

After that we kept talking until I went to check on her car, I found out that she was working at the restaurant as a waitress while she was in university studying to be a nurse. I told her that I had moved to Alaska a few years before, although I didn't say why, and that since moving here I had become a firefighter.

Her car's battery had charged, and as we were about to go our separate ways she seemed nervous for a moment before blurting, "Do you want to go out sometime?"

I was surprised, but I had moved on from Annabeth so it didn't take me long to decide, I replied, "Sure,"

We exchanged phone numbers and planned to meet on Saturday for coffee, before going our separate ways for now. Sure I was surprised when she asked me out, but I had quickly decided why not? So far she seemed nice, and I thought she was pretty, so why not give her a chance? I was single since Annabeth betrayed me, and since it's been a few years since then I've moved on.

For a while now I've known that I wanted to eventually find the right girl, get married, and have at least one kid. I used to think that girl was Annabeth, but she had proved me wrong so now I know that I will have to find someone else. Who knows? If things go well Jada may eventually turn out to be that girl. I know that there's also a chance that we don't work out, and although I don't want to get betrayed again I knew I shouldn't let worry about that stop me from possibly getting the happy life that I wanted. Like I said I would, I went home and watched TV for a while before going to bed. I was honestly looking forward to the date. For a while, it's felt like something was missing from my life, and I hoped that maybe Jada would fill that gap.

Over the next couple of days, I was looking forward to the weekend more than usual. I do like my job, I was just looking forward to the date. Once Saturday came I considered what I should wear for a bit before deciding that we were just going for coffee so I didn't think I needed to dress up too much, not to mention that I didn't have many dressy clothes to begin with since I don't usually have any reason to dress up. I put on some of the nicer things I could find and went to the car.

Once I got to the coffee shop we were going to, she was also there and she was just getting out of her car. I parked in an open spot near her and got out as well. I walked over to her and we talked as we walked into the building. Once we were inside we got in line to order, and thankfully the line wasn't too long. I Paid for both our orders, call me old fashioned, but I thought that's what the guy is supposed to do on the first date. We sat down with our coffees and went back to talking.

Her first question didn't surprise me too much, but it was one I had hoped to avoid. She asked, "Where'd you get that ring? I never noticed it the other day," she seemed nervous and I quickly understood why when she asked, 'You're not engaged or married right?" I replied, "no it was a gift from a friend that I got around a year or so ago. I haven't dated anyone since shortly before I left New York, but I'm sure you don't want to hear me complain about my ex, so it's probably best we just leave it at that for now, just know that I'm not the kind of guy who would cheat on their partner," I changed the subject and We chatted, getting to know each other better, although there was also flirting involved. At one point she asked me why I had moved to Alaska, since I had told her the day we met that I had moved here from New York. I replied, " I don't get along with my father, and his side of the family, so I wanted to get far away from them,"

Sure that wasn't the exact reason, but I felt that it was close enough to the truth that it was the best answer I could give her for now, I wasn't going to tell her the whole truth about that on the first date. If this works out and we stay together, once we've been together for a little while I will tell her my whole story and hope she believes me rather than thinking I'm insane. For now, though I wasn't worried about that as we continued flirting, and getting to know each other.

I was trying not to seem awkward since this was all new to me, I'd had a few years to get to know Annabeth and become close friends before we both realized that we had feelings for each other and started dating, so now although I've moved on, this is completely different from what I'm used to. Despite some nerves about it, I was trying to be optimistic since I like Jada. At one point we ended up talking about music and it turned out that she likes a variety of different music. And that we like some of the same genres.

Eventually, Jada briefly changed the subject to books until I admitted that I have Dyslexia so I don't read much. For whatever reason, my father disowning me hadn't taken away my dyslexia and ADHD, so that was one part of being a demigod that I still had to deal with. Compared to often having to fight monsters, that was just a minor inconvenience. Jada and I continued talking, and eventually her hand found its way into mine and I didn't mind. When it was time for us to leave, we walked out to our cars hand in hand, and just before we went our separate ways, I hesitated for a moment, not sure if what I was thinking about doing next would be going too far, I quickly made up my mind and gave her a quick peck on the lips. It seemed it wasn't going too far, because we had already talked about scheduling a second date while we were on our way to our cars, she'd just said she was going to double-check her schedule and let me know when she would be free next.

Sure enough, later that day we were texting and during that conversation, we planned our second date. Once again I was looking forward to it, and next, we had decided we would go to a movie. I hadn't seen a movie in a theatre in years because since I moved here I didn't really have many friends so even now I don't get out much. Now that I was finally starting to let new people into my life that might not stay the case for long. I Didn't like being so alone, but I had been worried that any new friends I made might just betray me too and I didn't want to go through that again. Now I had finally found the courage to let some new people into my life and I hoped I wouldn't come to regret that.