Ch.1

I lean at the wall of a marbled grand ball room with my hands on my pocket, the women wore fancy dress and us men wore tuxedo, I tug at my sea green tie a little and curse whoever idea this was. I watch as the Gods and Demigods celebrates our victory over the Giants, they dance as the muse play their music, drinks and chat. I can see my dad talking to some gods, probably gloating about his greatest son, which is me and the proof that I was right is Triton glaring at me beside my dad, I raised one eyebrow at him, saying What? you wanna go?, he look away and I smirk. I turn to the dance floor and saw all my friends dancing, Jason with Piper who wore a red dress, Hazel with her dark dress dancing with Frank, Leo with some girl I don't know and it looks like she doesn't know how weird Leo is because if she do, she'll be running right now. Then I turn to Annabeth wearing a gray dress with her new boyfriend, I look up hitting my head at the wall, then closed my eyes and sigh.

I open my eyes and walk towards the door out of the ballroom, people greet me as I walk, asking me to dance and drink with them. After a while he finally made to the door, I slip out and found myself at the streets of Olympus, then I loosen my tie. Nature Spirits, Satyr and godlings point and look at me as they walk by, wood nymphs and naiads giggled with their friends and nodded at me.

I smile politely and nodded back. I run my hand through my long messy dark hair.

I put my hands on my pocket and sight, I look at the starry sky and search for the constellation. I wonder around Olympus, Hawkers offer to sell me their things, I ignore them and thought about how my life got this way. I look up and suddenly found myself in a big garden, full of all different kind of flowers, rose, tulips, lilies and moonlaces, a path lead toward the very edge where a gazebo with three marbled pillars on either side but nothing on the front and back, the pillars are coiled with moonlace just like the roof. Inside there is one small round table with wine and two chairs. The chair on the right was occupy by a woman with white silver dress, I was about to walk out when the woman spoke

"Why don't you join me?"

Percy curse

"I heard that" she said

I walk to the gazebo, and took the three stairs, then I was inside. The view was amazing Manhattan spread across below me, with its beautiful night lights. I sat to the left chair next to the woman

"Why are you here?" Hera ask me, and drank her wine

I shrugged "I was just wondering around and before I know it, I was here" I said as I look at the city below me

"aren't you suppose to be in your party"

I put my elbow at the armrest and made a fist then I put my cheek in it for support

"I'm just not in the mood to celebrate"

I could feel her eyes on me, it would have made me uncomfortable when I was young but now, I'm use to it.

"you look depressed for someone so Victorious" she said

I look at her for the first time, her chocolate brown hair is braided in plaits with golden rainbow with a golden crown plated with jewels, her skin pale and her brown eyes glazed with power and she basically look breathtaking with her silver white dress, she look like a queen among queens.

She look at me with coldness but I see a tint of sadness in them

She look away and watch the city from below, and we sat there silently, while the others celebrate our victory a week ago, we were too tired to celebrate last week so we decided to do it now, before the Romans go back to Camp Jupiter.

"Are you gonna tell me your problem or are you just gonna sit there?" she ask me

"I don't know I like to just sit here beside I'm not comfortable discussing my problem with a goddess who hate my very existence"

"then How about this?" she snap her finger and turn into eighteen "While I'm in this form, I'm not the goddess Hera, I'm not the Queen of the Gods but a regular mortal or demigod who doesn't hate you"

I look at her "Wow, you must really bored huh"

I nodded "okay but you have to tell yours too"

Hera sigh "Very well"

I look at the city "My girlfriend cheated on me. Apparently falling into Tartarus by myself to save the world made her cheat on me" I look at her "You?"

"My husband cheated on me again" she drink her wine again

"I need a drink" I look at the table but there was only one glassed and Hera was using it, So I made water appear in air and shape into a goblet then froze it, I grab it and pour wine and drink.

"Why turn down Immortality again? you could have eternity to get her back, she's not gonna stay with that mortal you know" she said

I shrugged "I thought about it, but I realize she's not worth it"

She nodded "hmm" and drink wine

"I have experience a lot of things, horrible things. When I live this life to the fullest, I want a rebirth and start over, live a normal, and peaceful life. I realize that she's not worth giving that up"

"a second chance"

I nodded "yes" then I drank wine,

then I look down on my hands "I'm sorry" I said, then I look up, she stare at with surprise expression

"What for?" she ask

"I will never ever say this to you but since your not Hera the goddess but Hera a regular mortal I'm sorry for hating you blindly without understanding why your so bitter. I understand now, your husband cheating on you must have hurt but doing it over and over again and live with that feeling for all eternity must have been hell enough to make you bitter and hateful. You are the strongest person or being I know to live with this... feeling for thousands years with no escape unlike me who have a second chance to live my life. I'm sorry for hating you without knowing anything, i'm sure you weren't like this before"

The coldness in her eyes disappear replace by something I couldn't recognize because she look away from me

I look at her with concern "What's wrong?"

"Nothing" she reply softly

I nodded and look at the city "You know, now that I think about it, we're the same"

she chuckled "And why is that"

"Because even though Annabeth cheated on me, I never thought about abandoning her to die and no matter how many times your husband cheated on you, you never left him. We care about family too much and no matter how much they hurt us, we will always stay"

"Yes, I think you're right" she said gently, she reach for the wine in the table "here" she said and held it out and pour some wine on my ice goblet.

"We should celebrate" she said

I look at her confused "What for?"

she smile warmly at me "Instead of celebrating the war that ruin your life, we should celebrate your second chance" she held out her glassed towards me for a toast

"For second chance" she said

I chuckled and toast her glasses

"for second chance" I said and we both drink our wine

I smile and look at her "Thank you"

she nodded

I sat and talk to her comfortably, I haven's felt happiness in a long time and I didn't expect Hera to be the one to make me feel happiness.

she told me what was it like in the past before the humans have started to polluting the earth, and I listen while watching her eyes lit up and dance with joy as she talk about what was the world was like, she told me about nature and beautiful landscape. We talk and drink wine while the others are still partying, then a slow romantic song played at the background

I smiled, then stood up, she look at me as I held out my hand to her

"Since we're celebrating would you like to dance with me?" I ask her

she chuckled and took my hand "Very well" she said

I held her right hand with my left and put my right on her hips and she put her left on my shoulder. we dance together at the slow song, I twirl her and we both laugh, I stare at her warm brown eyes and my smile slowly faded, we stop dancing and we just look at each other's eyes, then slowly lean in to each other. I stop myself with my lips millimeters from hers.

"This is wrong, you have a husband" I murmured

"I told you, while I'm in this form I'm not Hera the goddess but Hera the regular mortal" she murmured back

"I curse myself for always wanting what I can't have" I said then closed those millimeters and kiss her

Her lips are soft, and her mouth is warm, it was the most wonderful kiss I have ever felt. It ignite something inside me that I haven't felt in a long time since Annabeth, a spark of fire in my heart that slowly growing into a roaring flame that spread through my body as we kiss. I put my hands on her hips and she wrap hers around my neck

We seperated both of us breathing hard, I put my forehead into hers and look at her brown eyes

I curse myself over and over inside my head.

There is no stopping myself now.

"would you like to have dinner with me sometimes? I murmured

"Yes" she reply

We stayed like that until I heard someone call my name

"PERCY"

We separated, Hera fix herself and turn back to her regular form, to her regular self with cold unforgiving eyes.

Hazel came in to the garden, she smile at him "There you are" and walk towards me but she stop and her smile faltered when she saw Hera.

"Your father is looking for you" she said

"Yeah I'll be right there" I said

I turn to Hera and she look at me with her cold eyes as if it was all a dream, and I just woke up

I bowed to her, then walk to Hazel

"What are you doing with her?" she whispered as I approach her

"Nothing" I said with innocent face

she frowned at me, then turn around and walk back

I turn around and look at Hera, she smiled and look at me with her warm brown eyes and I smiled back, then I catch up with Hazel.

"you seem happy" Hazel said as we walk back to the party

"We won the war" I reply

"Yeah we did"

They reach the ball room, I was about to walk in when Hazel move in front of me and stop.

"you'll want to look presentable you know" she said, as she reach for my tie and fix it, she smoothed my clothes, then pat my shoulder

"There"

"thanks mom" I said and she laugh, we walk inside and join the party.

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