4Welcome! I hope you enjoy my new story, The Combo!
Please no flames. I'm sorry if it stinks, it was a random idea I had and I wrote it down!
On the show!
I don't own Percy Jackson!
Athena stood stiffly by three white-draped tables covered in wedding food. Her daughter, Lucy, was getting married to a mortal named Jim.
The goddess most certainly did not approve of the wedding. Jim was not the brightest one of the bunch… at all. Much to her disparagement, though, she had been invited to the wedding as the bride's mother and for some reason she had accepted, coming to the indoor wedding. Most untraditional.
Luckily, the significantly more intelligent Annabeth had also been invited and she had brought along not only Percy but all three of her kids; twins Amber and Ashley and their little brother Charlie. Unfortunately, while Annabeth was talking to Lucy, she had managed by unfathomable means to get Athena to watch the kids, and I tell you, watching both four year old girls and a two year old was not easy. Even for a goddess like Athena. (She was not going to admit there could be anyone better at it.)
Charlie had sprayed food all over her when she picked him up, and Jim's parents had noticed leaving her without the option of quickly cleaning it. The two mortals would notice that the spit had mysteriously vanished.
She had cleaned it the normal way, dabbing paper towel on it.
She had just finished cleaning up the spit when Ashley and Amber started whining about dessert.
To her annoyance, Annabeth was still in animated discussion with Lucy. Percy had even been self-sacrificing enough to talk to Unintelligent Jim. What a shame, she thought, both my smartest daughters married dummies. And the slightly cleverer one is Poseidon's spawn.
She sighed – for the millionth time - and let Ashley and Amber tug her along to the cake table.
"Ashley, Amber, what do you want? Cake, pie or ice cream?" She asked.
Charlie bounced up and down. "I wan' ice creamb!" he said gleefully.
Athena grabbed a bowl, putting a scoop of vanilla ice cream in it, and gave the bowl to Charlie to hold. Charlie, who was in a baby sling across her chest after the whole spit fiasco, happily accepted it, grabbing some with his fist and bringing it to his face.
Shuddering, she looked back at Ashley and Amber, who were having a silent conversation.
"Well?" she asked.
"I want cake and ice cream!" Amber said quickly.
Athena took a plate and put the cake and ice cream on it, then she handed it to Amber.
"Ashley?" She asked, "What do you want?"
Ashley looked at her options, then smiled.
"I'll take the combo!" She said smugly.
"What?" Athena asked in confusion.
"The combo! Cake, pie, and ice cream!" Ashley said.
Athena stared at her, her brain moving at an unintelligible speed.
"The combo," Athena said slowly.
"Yes, the combo," Ashley said, eyes round with an innocent expression.
Athena stared at Ashley.
Narrowing her eyes she put cake, pie, and ice cream on her plate.
They went to a table and sat down, letting Charlie clamber onto a high chair, when Amber said, "I want the combo too!"
Athena narrowed her eyes impressively far, before getting up and going to get in line for the pie.
She grabbed a plate and put a slice on it, bringing it back to Amber and putting it in front of her.
Then Charlie puked all over the table and himself.
Athena's eye twitched.
She started over to Annabeth and Percy, eyes like storms, and said, "You take them! I'm leaving." And with that she disappeared with a crack, startling Unintelligent Jim, who jumped so far he skidded into a pile of puke and slipped over.
And that's all of it! Hope you enjoyed!
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