Percy Jackson: Families in Peace

Chapter 1 of my first Percy Jackson story, mainly being done as practice before I start a serious Percy Jackson story. Anyway, hope you enjoy it, this story is set between TLO and TLH, before Hera kidnaps Percy. Just a happy family fic, not a oneshot BTW, in case you are wondering, there will be a couple more chapters after this one.

Disclaimer: Percy Jackson belongs to Rick Riordan.

Chapter 1

There was mostly silence in the apartment. The Second Titan War was over; Paul Blofis couldn't believe he had actually witnessed it. More than that, fought in it, he and his fiancée, Sally Jackson were waiting in the apartment for Sally's son to come home. They had heard about Percy's role in the war, how he, along with his friends, had saved Olympus from Kronos, but truthfully, details were left out; mainly because Poseidon had been in a hurry.

He had come by to tell them the war was over, things were gradually getting back to normal and they would be rebuilding soon. He briefly informed them of something important however, Percy would be coming home soon; they'd see him and for Sally, that was the most important thing. Hearing he was alright and actually seeing it first-hand were two different things to her.

While Paul was content to wait patiently; seated on the sofa, Sally was nervous, pacing.

"Sally, honey, calm down, everything will be fine." He said softly, trying to reassure her.

Sally jumped and then stammered. "Oh, I know, I know Paul, it's just…I thought Percy would be back by now and…"

Paul smiled softly, noting she was talking quickly; something she did when she was nervous. He moved to calm her, but before he got the chance, they heard the knock at the door.

At once Sally hurried to the door; Paul followed close behind, as they reached the door, Paul paused for a moment, looking through the peephole and grinned.
"What?" Sally asked; eyes wide.

Paul put a finger to his lips and gently, soundlessly, opened the door. Sally grinned as the two of them saw Percy. He wasn't alone either; with him was Annabeth and the pair of them were unaware that the door was now open. Unaware as they were currently engaged in a soft, but undeniably romantic kiss.

While they hated the thought of breaking them apart, they knew they had to, so Sally cleared her throat. They immediately sprang apart, both of them blushing furiously.

"Mom, I…" Percy gasped out.

Annabeth seemed determined to look anywhere but at Paul or Sally. Finally however, they seemed to calm down and Percy sighed.

"Well, I'm home Mom." He said, somewhat lamely.

Sally just laughed and immediately embraced him. Paul grinned, as did Annabeth as they watched the reunion of mother and son. Finally the embrace ended, Sally had tears in her eyes, Percy smiled softly and stepped back as Sally turned to Annabeth and hugged her too.

"Mrs. Jackson?" The girl gasped, surprised.

Sally laughed. "Annabeth, I told you, call me Sally, please…I'm so glad to see you both, safe and sound."

Annabeth smiled and relaxed, returning the embrace. Finally, they all went through to the living room, giving the two Demigods a chance to sit down. It was clear they were run off their feet, probably not having had a proper rest since the war, they simply sat down and practically sank into the cushions, both having similar relaxed expressions.

Paul and Sally almost laughed as they too sat down.

Finally, after a moment of silence, Paul spoke up.

"So what exactly happened, I mean, we've heard bits and pieces and we saw, kind of, some parts of the war…But…" He trailed off, uncertain.

Percy and Annabeth shared a quick look before turning to face them again.
"Well, let's see, where to start…" Annabeth remarked.

So she and Percy began to tell them about everything that happened, including the fight up on Mount Olympus, the battle in the Gods own throne room. They finally explained about Luke's sacrifice and then the aftermath, shocking them both, especially when Annabeth then added.

"Of course, Percy just had to refuse immortality, didn't you Seaweed Brain?" She grinned as she said it.

Sally's eyes widened even more at that. "What, Percy…?!"

Percy sighed. "Yeah, it's true mom, but I couldn't, I mean, it would mean…"

He looked towards Annabeth and they both blushed again. It dawned on Paul and Sally too what he meant, just by that gaze alone.

"Ah, say no more." Paul told them. "So, anything in particular to share, about the two of you now?"

They both sighed and, perhaps subconsciously, reached out and linked hands.

"Yeah, we're…together now." Percy said at last. "We officially started dating at camp, after the war, on my birthday."

Annabeth almost burst out laughing. "Yeah, until the other campers decided to interrupt and throw us in the lake."

Percy laughed too. "Well, the joke was on them in the end."

Paul glanced over at Sally and saw she was smirking; clearly understanding what Percy meant. He guessed it was something to do with Percy being the son of Poseidon. It certainly would fit, still as far as they were concerned, everything was perfect again, Percy was back, he was safe and what was more, he and Annabeth were together, just as Sally predicted they would be.

End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please, let me know what you think, constructive criticism welcome, thanks.