Meeting the top dog - or god

So there we are, at the top of Olympus, waiting to go in and see him.
It's all very odd - I'm kind of on nodding acquaintance with quite a few of the gods and demis, so I have to say Hi a few times, and getting quizzical looks - as in "What's he doing all the way up here, and with her too ? Isn't he supposed to be somewhere else with Aphrodite, or Persephone or something ?" Can sense the immortal rumour mill starting to grind away, and so when Hermes turns up, I get a feeling everyone will know what's going on pretty quickly. For some reason I can't quite fathom, he sees himself as a bit of a star journalist, a paparazzi without a camera, a sleuth on the trail of a story.....which he isn't - he just tells tales, passes on news and generally operates a rather bad gossip column for the immortals. Don't like him a lot, in case you wondered , not that it's obvious (much)
So he asks me what I'm doing there, and I'm obliged to say "No Comment" like a politician who's just been caught out with a mistress or two, and when he asks why I'm here with Calliope, it's really tempting to tell him to **** off and mind his own business, but I don't - I'm tempted to do the " No Comment" thing again - but he's not looking happy, and I know this one is going to play in the storybook for a few days at least, and everyone will know - including the ones who did it - and given I'm not alone, they will fairly quickly put two and two together, and even the most educationally challenged immortal ( which is quite a few) could hardly fail to make that four !!
So I have to come up with a story for him, and quick. I decide that the reason we're up there is because we've heard that her son is trying to persuade blokes not to stay with their wives, and that we've heard a rumour that someone is going to kill him for that- a rumour that has come through the nymph network, and the reason I'm here as well is because I heard the rumour too, and that he was ging to be ritually sacrificed like I am and so I wanted to help her get it all sorted before things got too far - we can't be having more than one sacrifice in a year, now can we ?
Not sure if he believed me, but he did nod a couple of times - well, it is kind of plausible, not too far fetched - so let's see. Glad that's sorted - now we've been summoned to see the big one, the boss....