"For never was a story of more woe

Than this of Juliet and her Romeo." -Prince Escalus Act V Scene III

"YOU GOT THE PART!" squealed Rose, Annabeth's half-sister and one of her best friends, as Annabeth herself squeezed through the people standing in front of the listings, hope to see their name on the coveted list. Annabeth smiled, today was definitely her day. She finally made it, her name was on the list. At the very top in fact, right below...

"PERCY JACKSON!" she shrieked in dismay. She had finally made it, she was the lead in one of the now coveted Camp Half-Blood theatre productions, and her starring role was going to have to be played alongside Seaweed Brain. She was practically steaming. Just then, the water boy in question appeared next to her.

"Wha-" he yawned groggily, clearly awoken from a deep sleep by Annabeth's enraged yell. He blinked slowly at the list, and his tired expression faded and became one of delight. "Hey, I got a lead!" He said, slightly astonished.

"Yes," Annabeth ground out, "You're playing Romeo, with me as Juliet." Percy looked at her comprehension dawning on his face. "Oh no. Oh no, no, no, no. I'm playing Romeo to your Juliet?" Annabeth sighed, resigning herself to this fact, since she would never give up this role for anything. She nodded and he looked, well, he looked a lot of different things at once, one of which things, some might have described as excited or happy, but Annabeth dismissed that as an after effect of getting to play Romeo in the camp's production of 'Romeo and Juliet' this summer.

He sighed, also resigning himself, then turned to Annabeth, smiling. "Well, I guess I'll see you later at rehearsal." he told her, then walked off. Annabeth sighed and turned to Rose, whose eyes had widened greatly since she had first seen the list. Annabeth frowned at her friend and before she could ask her what was up, Rose hissed, "We need to go talk, NOW!" and had pulled her off towards the cabin of allowed herself to be dragged along by Rose, waiting for her to explain what this was about.

It wasn't until they had reached their cabin and had gone to their small section of the cabin that Rose finally said what she had realized when they were at the list.

"You're going to have to kiss Percy Jackson!" she blurted out. Annabeth stared at her, trying to comprehend this new found twist in her happiness. Rose stared right back. "Why aren't you freaking out? Why are you not pretending to gag?" she looked at Annabeth, a little bit worried that her friend had gone completely nuts. Realization then dawned on Rose's face. "Oh. My. Gods. You like him, don't you? You like Percy! That's why you aren't disgusted by the thought of kissing him! You love Per-" her little knowledge rant was cut off abruptly by Annabeth's hand over her mouth.

"Shut UP, Rose! I don't want you telling the entire camp!" Rose squealed. "So you do like him then?" Annabeth thought for a moment before replying. "I'm not really sure Rose, I mean, he's one of my best friends, and I wouldn't want it to be, you know, weird. Around him though, it's like, not much else in the world matters. Like, suddenly, everything else has disappeared, leaving me with him." Rose squealed again. "Oh you totally like him! Don't worry though, I won't tell anyone, I swear it on the river Styx." she mimed locking her mouth and throwing away the key.

Annabeth sighed, at least it wouldn't get out, she knew that no half-blood would never break an oath on the river Styx. Did she have feelings for Percy? Well, now was a good a time as ever to find out, especially as she could find out just by using their roles. She looked at her watch quickly, and realized she just had time for a quick shower before she had to run to her first reading for the play. She said a quick goodbye to Rose, who winked and wished her luck, before dashing to the showers, and then off to the reading.

So, how was it? I have the next chapter or two all written, but please review so that I know you want to know what happens. I really want this to be a longer story, with potential monsters, but knowing me, it will never happen, since I tend to lose interest relatively quickly. This is my first fic for the Percy Jackson fandom, so please be nice. Also, I have no beta, so all mistakes are my very own.

Peace. Love. And Shakespeare3.

~*Chickeerafish*~