Cider: A Jay Cider Short Story
She swung a sword through a kampii and looked up and glared.
“THIS! IS! NOT! FUN!” She screamed.
Jay Cider looked up and smacked his sword into another kampii. “Lil, it’s not that bad.”
She sent him a glare and Jay rolled his eyes. He looked up as he dropped his sword and extended his
hands. His purple eyes began to glow and seemed to have a ripple affect like liquid does.
Grape vines shot through the ground and started tangling the kampii. He closed his eyes a grapes
formed on the vines and started to pop as the grape juice started to gather.
Jay snapped his ngers as the grape juice stuffed itself into the kampii’s throats and they screamed.
Jay sighed and pulled his sword out and killed the monsters as Lillius Medal killed the others. She
nished and looked up with a glare.
“I am going to kill you.”
“You can do that when we get back to camp Predator.” He said with a smirk.
Lillius stared at him. “You really don’t care.”
“I don’t. Whatever it takes.” Jay said with a smile.
He tossed his sword in his hand as it turned into a glass bottled of Diet Pepsi. He took a chug as the
bottle magically relled itself.
“You need to break that Pepsi addiction Predator.” Lillius said walking over.
“Do I?”
“Uh yes.”
She walked up to him and Jay smirked.
“Listen here Predator, you can’t just say we’re going out for the day to only be attacked my kampii.”
“But that’s the fun.” Jay said with a smirk.
He leaned down and kissed Lillius softly.
“Predator, I simply can not allow you to drink your Pepsi.” Lillius said taking Jay’s Pepsi bottled.
“You need real water.”
Jay’s eyes widened. “But… my Pepsi.”
“To bad.”
Lillius took it and stuffed it into her bag.
“Lil—”
“You will survive!” She said shingling him her water bottle. “If you really need a drink, you have
water!”
Jay glared at Lillius as she patted his shoulder.
“Come on! We have a bridge to see.”
Jay groaned and pulled the strings to his Alabama State University hoddie. He glared at the water
bottle and sighed. He was thirsty.
He took a sip and chased after her.
“This is nice.”
Jay smiled and nodded. “Agreed, but the troops aren’t going to boss themselves around.”
“Yes they will.” Lillius said raising an eyebrow. “They always do. We tell them to shut up.”
“Uh… yeah I guess but—”
“Jay I’m not stupid, and it’s a no.” She teased in a sing songy voice.
Jay groaned. “Lil, please! I need my Pepsi!”
“No you don’t.” She said looking back out at the water.
The two stood on the San Francisco Bridge. The sun was setting and their shadows loomed over the
bridge.
Jay looked up and took a sip of the water and sighed.
“What if we retired.”
“Jay, that’s not how it works.”
“I mean, it kinda is. We’re twenty. We probably can.”
“You just want to go back to Alabama.” Lillius mumbled. “I know you do… and I don’t blame you.”
Jay sighed and nodded. The two looked at the sunset and Jay smiled. He broke the ice and grabbed
her hand. Lillius looked up and Jay pushed her short curly brown hair back.
“As long as I have you I’m still in Alabama.”
Lillius smiled and put her head on his shoulder. Jay smiled and pushed his blonde hair out of his face.
He looked at her and smiled.
“Can I have my Pepsi back… please?”
“No.”
Lillius smiled and kissed him and Jay retired it.
“Pretty please?”
“No.”
Jay groaned and looked around,
“Wanna go for tacos?”
“Sure thing Cider.”
“Do you think the camp is burning down without us?”
Jay looked up and stuffed the last enchilada into his mouth. He licked his ngers and rubbed his
hands into his napkin.
“Nah. I think Kelly has it under control.” Jay said grabbing his water bottle.
“Kelly?!”
“Yeah!”
“KELLY?!”
Jay nodded. “Look, I know you don’t like her but she knows how do defend the camp.” Jay said
folding his arms.
“SHE TRIED TO LOVE POTION YOU IDIOT!” Lillius yelped with a snark.
“Yeah? So?”
“Are you stupid?!”
“I’m doing what the camp needs. We don’t like— or trust— her but still.” Jay said gagging down
water. “She’d our second best defender.”
“Behind me.” Lillius huffed.
“Lil,” Jay reach out and grabbed her hand. “I only have eyes for you.”
Lillius smiled and the waiter came around.
“Can we get the check?”
“Yes.”
Jay looked up at the waiter. Okay, yes might be a good answer but he’s used to a ‘uh huh’.
“Can I have my Pepsi?” Jay asked carefully to Lillius.
“No, we are breaking your Pepsi addiction!”
“LILLIUS NOW!”
The waiter grew wings batt wings and her skin went red.
Lillius pulled her Imperial Gold watch off as it turned into her Imperial Gold ninja stars.
Jay grabbed a chair and smacked it over the Furry’s head and she shot re at him. Jay duck down and
grabbed Lillius’s backpack and grabbed his Diet Pepsi bottle.
“JAY NO!”
She ung a ninja star as it smacked the bottle out of his hand.
“LILLIUS!”
She jumped over the Furry and threw a ninja star at it’s back.
Jay groaned and extended his hands as his purple eyes gleamed. Grape vines ruptured from the
ground and grabbed the furry but she caught on re burning the vines away.
Jay lunged tackled Lillius away from ames and the two fell behind the bar.
“My Pepsi is my sword!” Jay yelled angrily. “Kinda can’t kill a monster without it!”
“Will you just shut up! I’m trying to help your dentist!”
“My teeth are ne! It’s Diet Pepsi!”
“JAY WENDLE CIDER WE DON’T HAVE TIME FOR THIS!” Lillius yelled angrily.
“I think we do!” Jay yelled angrily.
Some bottles of margaritas burst and Lillius’s eyes widened.
“DID YOU DO THAT?!”
Jay looked up as some of the liquid surrounded him. He found it embarrassing that he could control
alcohol. He never told anyone except for Cypher— a Greek demigod who was the new Oracle of
Delphi—, his twin sister Evelyn— a Roman demigod for some reason—, and her boyfriend Knole— a
faun with anger issues about being called a faun. He said he was a Satyr, but Jay could see through
him.
“Maybe.”
Lillius stared at him angrily.
“You distract, I get your Pepsi. We will talk about this later.”
“Indeed we will!” Jay snapped.
Lillius jumped over the bar and ran and Jay extended his hands and closed his eyes. He had done this
two other times. Why not a third?
Jay opened his eyes as a glowing purple in his purple eyes swished like liquid being poured into a
cup. The bottles of alcohol burst as the liquid zoomed like needles in the air at the furry.
She turned and eared and charged.
“JAY!”
Lillius tossed him the Pepsi Bottle and Jay kicked the cap of the bottle as it turned into his sword. He
slammed his sword through the Furry as golden dust exploded all over him.
He looked up at Lillius who gave a small smile, as she whipped golden dust off of her cheek.
Jay gave a small nervous chuckle.
“See, not that bad.”
“Shut up Cider.”
Jay smirked and xed his Alabama Hoodie. “Nah, I think you should.”
Lillius arched an eyebrow. “Make me.”
Jay walked over and kissed her softly.
Lillius smiled and Jay smirked.
“Your awfully quiet.”
“Shut up!”
Jay laughed and spun his sword around as it turned into his Diet Pepsi bottle. He unscrewed the lid
and took a chug before catching Lillius’s eye.
He stopped drinking his Pepsi and put the cap on.
“My bad.” He mumbled as the bottle relled itself.
“Whatever. I give up anyways.”
Jay smiled and chugged it down. The bottle relled and Lillius rolled her eyes.
Jay pushed his blonde hair up and smiled.
“Let’s head back. I think date night went up in ame.”
Lillius smiled and Jay wrapped an arm around her shoulders.
“Alright Cider.”
“You have got to be kidding me.”
Camp Jupiter was pretty much on it’s knees with Kelly in front throwing orders around with
monsters behind her.
“Treason.” Jay muttered.
“This is your fault.” Lillius snapped.
“No kidding lady.” Jay snapped.
The two sat on a hill leaking through the pushes. Lillius put her purple Predator’s cloak on and rolled
her sleeves up revealing her SPQR tattoo with seven lines and a laurel wreath over it. The symbol of
her mother, Victoria, goddess of victory.
Jay smirked and did the same revealing his tattoos. SPQR, eight lines, and a grape vine bush. He
pulled his purple Predators cloak he had under his hoodie over and turned to Lillius Medal.
“Shall we?”
“Sure thing Predator.”
Jay sider smirked as the two charged.