Here I go again. A big thank you to all the people who write reviews btw. Its a great feeling to know people actually like what you are writing. Since Im from europe and have never been to the US I just chose San Diego out of a list of beautiful cities I found online. I dont know street names etc. so I will not be so punctual when it comes to places and just assume somewhere in San Diego it is as I described.

San Diego; 3rd

The three appeared in some kind of a small alley. The nausea got less and less, atleast for Percy and Zoe. Must be because Percy and Zoe are flashing kinda often the last days. Thalia though wasnt that fine. She nearly vomitted.

After they gathered up and Thalia was doing a little better, they went to find something to eat. Soon they found a mall close to the water, which reminded Percy that San Diego appareantly had a beach.

"Hey Girls?"

"Yeah?"

"How about we go to the beach after we went shopping? I wasnt at one since a few months now. And the weather is great."

"Uhm Percy, you might have recognized that you are with 2 Huntresses of Artemis. You dont seriously expect us to have Bikinis and run around in them at a over filled beach right?" Zoe said now, though she wasnt completely there with her mind. Her mind though was thinking about Percy. Only in shorts. Okay... I guess thats enough.

"Uhm you dont? Dont you ever do something fun, like going to the beach and stuff like that?"

"Well, first off, we are Hunters, and thats what we do most of the time. We sometimes do fun things, but beeing a Huntress is our first priority. And well, Bikinis are kind of showing off, something no huntress would ever do." Zoe said, sounding annoyed, because, well because it should be obvious that a huntress of Artemis certainly not shows her body off.

"Oh. Well then lets go buy you girls something for the beach. Come on, I love the beach. How could you not?" Percy said with a whiny voice.

Zoe and Thalia sighed in unison. Gods he really is a Kelp head.

"Percy, do you really think that Zoe and I would like to buy off showing clothes with a guy, nonetheless, and afterwards wear them in a crowded area? Do you even ever think before you talk?"

"Uhm, not really. Ok, compromise. We get something to eat, shop a bit, also swimwear for the two of you and then go to the beach. I will go swimming and you can lay down on a towel, even in your normal clothes and if you feel like it, you can go change real quick and come swim with me. How does that sound?" Percy said, a bit embarassed because it was, in fact, pretty obvious that they dont have this kind of clothes.

Zoe and Thalia sighed in unison again. Percy is really stubborn when he wants. Thalia looked questioning at Zoe, because it was mostly Zoe who was not that fine with going shopping with Percy. Thalia though is kinda like his sister anyway, so thats not too unusual for both of them.

"Uhh... Alright. But lets get something to eat real fast, Im really hungry." Zoe said now in consent. Percy smiled and gestured them to follow him.

They went inside the mall and soon found an asia diner. Zoe always like asian food, since she doesnt gets it too often, and its not so much based on meat which she got enough at the hunt anyway. While they ate, Percy and Thalia told Zoe of their quest in the underworld, where they went to find Hades´ sword with Nico. That reminded Zoe of her not so legal plan. She needed to contact him in the evening so that he can arrange everything. Hopefully he could help.

"So, you literally fell into the river Lethe and didnt loose your memory? How the Hades does that work?" Zoe said in disbelief.

"Yeah, I just though dry like really, really hard and it worked. No idea how though."

Zoe simply shook her head. Percy was one special Demi God.

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After they ate, they went to buy clothes. Nothing special at all, until they came to the swim clothes. Thats when things got, hmm, a little awkward to say the least.

Percy and Thalia tried out different outfits, but Zoe would always just look out of her cabin, not showing her clothes at all. Percy soon found Bermuda shorts, just like his dad would wear them and Thalia got a simple black Bikini. Zoe, on the other hand, was still in her Cabin.

"Zoe, are you alright?" Percy asked.

"Y-yeah, every-everythings fine." Zoe said, stammering.

"You know, I could go away, so I wont se-" Percy stopped mid sentence.

The curtain of the dressing cabin opened, to reveal a stunning Zoe Nightshade. Atleast for Percy she was absolutely stunning.

She wore a simple Bikini in some kind of creme white, but that wasnt the stunning thing. The stunning thing was Zoe herself. Her toned but soft skin, athletic body and long legs would make any guy stare at her, but for now it was only Percy. And staring he did. She had a small blush on her cheeks, a bit angered but also flattered by Percys attention. Percy, on the other hand, was still staring shamelessly. Maybe because his brain was now finally completely shut down.

Percy started stummering, something that sounded like "ugh look good ugh". Zoe, still blushing, now laughed shyly a little bit. It was Thalia though who ended this small "moment".

"Charming Percy, really." Thalia said, while she laughed. But she had looked at them before, and by now she pretty sure knew aswell, what the Fates words meant.

"Sorry..." Percy said now, finally aware that he stared at Zoe for some good seconds.

Zoe coughed "Its alright."

"Well Zoe, atleast Percy was right, you look hot like fire." Thalia said now smirking devilishly.

That finally snapped the two others out of their little awkward Situation, because "hot like fire" is usually nothing a huntress of Artemis would aim for.

After they paid, with money Percy got from Poseidon, they quickly left to go to the beach. It was mostly Percy who was pretty excited for the beach, though Zoe always liked the sea. Her mother was a water nymph after all.

Thalia on the other hand never went to swim. Probably a pretty smart move from her. Poseidon probably wouldve drowned her the moment she touched the water.

So she was more excited for chilling in the sun.

And Percy... Well Percy... He was like a little kid. Running and jumping around. Tugging at Thalia and Zoes sleeves. Yup, he was hella annoying.

The two girls were both pretty relieved when they finally reached the beach. They all quickly lay down their towels and now it was Zoe´s position to be stunned. Together with about every female in a 2 Kilometer radius. That was when Percy took off his shirt.

He was tanned, well trained and had some pretty badass scars, to make it short. All that together made the women look at him like a piece of candy.

Percy though, didnt seem to realize the attention he was receiving. He was simply too excited, beeing close to the sea again.

He turned around to the girls, waiting for them to either join him or tell him to go. Whereas Zoe simply rolled her eyes, Thalia shooed him to the ocean. With that Percy sprinted off, causing a mass turning of heads. Mostly female.

While Percy swam and played in the water, the two girls watched him and the endless number of women, approaching him "subtly".

From asking him to "throw the ball back", to asking if he´s solo everything was present.

Thalia just lay there in the sun, yawning and overall acting pretty much like a cat would. Zoe, on the other hand, wouldnt let her gaze leave Percy. And all the women kinda surrounding him now. Seems like they found out that he was single now. At least as much as single fits in his situation.

They even went as far, trying to tough him and his muscles. Laying a hand on his arm, nestling themselves close to him.

Zoe looked at the whole situation with a weird uneasiness. She didnt know why, but she wanted to go over there and either shoo the women away or simply kill them. That should work.

Thalia, unknown from Zoe, watched Zoes expressions and seemed to be able to read her mind. She knew exactly what Zoe was thinking about. Which made Thalia smirk. That would be perfect Blackmail material.

Zoe looked at the theatre for about half an hour when she had enough. One girl just tried to wrap one of Percys arms around her. Zoe stood up and took her shirt and her Jeans off. In wise preparation, she still had her Bikini on. She then walked with firm steps to the water, directly at Percy.

Percy felt a cold shiver running down his back, turned around and saw Zoe walking straight in his direction. He expected the worst and gulped nervously.

Zoe though had other plans.

Percy expected a clap, because he was chilling with all these women, which looked not like he was actually grieven about Annabeth and one could think that was dishonoring for her. Well, he was pretty wrong about Zoes intentions and the reasoning behind them.

That was why he was so much more shocked, when Zoe walked over to him, started laughing and hugged him while she said :"Hey Sweetheart, Im sooo hungry. Can we get something to eat?" in her best High School Cheerleader manner.

Percy was stunned to say the least. First there was Zoes outfit, which revealed so much of her perfect skin. Then there was the hug, which felt great by the way, something Zoe is actually not supposed to do to a boy and then there was how she talked. Like they were some kind of a couple. Wow, sounds even more ridiculous when its spoken out.

"Uh sure." Percy said, still pretty confused and well, lets say distracted.

Now Zoe leaned forward, kissed him on the cheek, while she blushed furiously and said "Thank you honey."

Percy simply nodded, appareantly not able to form a real sentence. Zoe then took Percy hand and led him out of the water, leaving behind about 10 women, ranging from 17 to about 25, stunned and saddened.

But not as stunned as Percy was. Trying to get a clear though on the way to the place where their towels were, Percy was only recognizing how soft Zoes skin felt and how perfect her hand fits into his. Wow, that sounds creepy.

When they reached Thalia, both were blushing like Hades, but Zoe simply ignored it and signaled Percy to sit down. Thalia though was trying super hard to stop herself from laughing.

Percy still was utterly confused to what just happened. Zoe ingored his confusion and the blush on her cheeks simply and started talking about a hunt she had a few hundred years ago. But Percy wasnt ready to simply ignore what she just did.

"Zoe, why did you do what you just did? What did you even do actually?"

"Well, I saved you from a horde of stupid girls." Zoe stated simply, not even intending on leading on further.

"Ok, and in which way did you save me?" Percy asked now, still confused. Seems like thats kind of usual for Percy.

"Well, you see, some women these days are not so much different of males anymore. They only think about one thing. You probably can guess what Im referring to." Zoe stated again.

"Ok, but first off, I dont need to be saved from some women, and second, why? Why do you care, why did you do that?" Percy said now, a little bit angered.

At that Zoe bit her lip in embarassment. "Uhm... because you are a male and only can resists these advances for a short amount of time. Thats why." Zoe quickly recognized that she made a mistake. That was not something, someone, who just lost the love of his life, would like to hear.

Percy, now, wasnt a little bit angered anymore. First he was pretty shocked. Why would she think so poorly of him? He was pretty damn angry. How does she even get these thoughts? Why should she even care? Thats none of her business.

"Oh, sorry, I didnt know I needed your permission to talk to women. Next time when Im trying to, I will make sure you are nowhere near, so you dont need to see me, fawning over all these women." And with that he walked off, into the direction of a restaurant. This guy could really eat, 24/7 everytime, anytime.

Zoe was close to desperation. Thats exactly the opposite of what she wanted to reach.

"Well, seems like you need to think of an apology. I will accompany him, trying to give you some backup." And with that Thalia left, leaving Zoe alone.

Gods, how could she have been that stupid. Percy was the definition of beeing loyal and it certainly was not her business. Why does she even care though? What was wrong with her?

Zoe simply sighed, and went to apologize to Percy.

Ok, well short chapter. Not in the mood of writing right now. still probably will update soon again.