You Belong With Me

Chapter I

New Neighbors (4 years old)


Annabeth

"Are we there yet?" I asked.

"Not yet." Daddy said. He turned the round black wheel in front of him.

"Are we there yet?" I asked again.

"Not yet, Honey." Mommy said. She touched my hair and started playing with it.

"That tickles!" I giggled and I wiggled on her lap. "Mommy! It tickles!"

She laughed and pulled me close. She kissed my forehead and hugged me.

"I love you, Annabeth."

"I love you, Mommy."

I looked out of the window. I saw the blue sky. I saw the green grass.

I saw flowers. All different colors. Pink, Purple, Yellow, Orange, Orange, Orange...

I fell asleep.


Percy

"Hi Mommy. Watcha doin'?"

"I'm baking cookies."

"Blue cookies?" I asked.

Mommy laughed.

"Why do you like your food blue so much?"

"Because it's dilishus!"

"Is it?" She placed a blue cookie in my mouth.

I chewed. "It is dilishus!"

Mommy laughed. "Don't you mean, delicious?"

"That's what I said! Dilishus!"

She laughed again. "Thank you, Percy. Save some for the new neighbors."

"New neighbors?"

"Yes," Mommy said, "I heard they'd be arriving today. I can't wait to meet them!"

"You think I'll meet a new friend?" I asked.

"Maybe." Mommy's shoulders move up.

"Hey! How'd you do that?"

"Do what?"

"How'd you move your shoulders up?" I asked.

"Oh," Mommy laughed a bit. "You mean shrugging."

She moved her shoulders up again.

"That's so cool!"

I tried shrugging. My head moved, not my shoulders.

"Ugh! This is so bad."

Mommy laughed. "You'll get it someday, Sweetie."

"Come on!" I tried shrugging again and again. It still didn't work.

"Could you hand me the whisk?" Mommy asked.

I shrugged. I didn't even know what a whisk is. How did she expect me to— Wait.

Hey! I shrugged! I actually shrugged!

"I did it, Mommy! I shrugged!"

Mommy laughed. I gave her a big hug.

"Thanks for helping me, Mommy."

"Anytime, Sweetie." Her eyebrows moved up and down.

"Hey! How'd you do that?"

Mommy laughed and she shrugged.


Annabeth

"We're here!" Daddy said loudly.

I looked out the window. I saw a red house with a chimney. It had two green square bushes in front.

"Do you like it, Annabeth?" Daddy asked.

"Yeah. It's nice."

"Just nice?"

"Well, I haven't seen the inside yet."

"Okay. Let's go in and tell me what you think."

"Wait. Daddy?"

"Yes, Annabeth?"

"Where do we sleep?"

"What do you mean?"

"Our beds didn't fit the car. Do we have to sleep on the floor?" I asked.

Daddy and Mommy laughed.

"Annabeth, our beds are already inside the house." Mommy said.

"Really? But how?"

"Movers."

"What are Movers?"

"They are people whose job is to move furniture from one building to another building."

"But when did they move our things?"

"Yesterday." Daddy replied.

"Oh."

He smiled. "Come on, let's go inside."

We entered the house and it was big.

"Mommy?"

"Yes, Annabeth?"

"Can I see my room now? Please?"

Mommy laughed. "After we tour the house. Alright?"

I nodded and held Mommy's hand. We walked around the house as Daddy showed us every room.

"This is the living room." he said. It was a white room with a red furry carpet.

"Ooh!" I lied down on the floor.

"What do you think of this room, Annabeth?" Daddy asked me.

"Comfy and very soft." I said.

Daddy grinned and said, "Let's go to the kitchen."

Mommy pulled me up and we walked out of the living room.

"Kitchen." Daddy said when we entered a room full of cabinets and drawers.

"I hope you like it, Athena." Daddy smiled at Mommy.

"Like it? I love it!" Mommy kissed Daddy on the cheek. Daddy turned red.

Mommy looked around for a while.

"This is beautiful, Fredrick. Thank you." Mommy said.

"Only the best for the best." Daddy said.

Mommy smiled and gave Daddy one more kiss.

"Okay. Let's check out the bedrooms."

"Finally!" I grabbed Daddy's hand and pulled him out of the kitchen.

"Where is it?" I asked.

"Upstairs." Daddy said.

I ran up the stairs, letting go of Daddy's hand. I was already at the top. Mommy and Daddy were still walking.

"Come on! Hurry! Hurry!" I told them.

"Calm down, Annabeth." Daddy laughed softly.

"Sorry! I'm just really excited." I said.

"Okay. Your room is on the right side, down the hall."

"Great! Which door?"

"The last one."

I ran down the hall and I looked for the last door on the right side. It's white.

I looked back at Mommy and Daddy and I point at the door. They both nodded.

I opened the door. My room was so nice!

It had green walls and a white floor. I saw things like a mirror, tables, a shelf and a bed.

The bed was just the right size. It had white bar thingies at the head of the bed. The blanket was colorful! There was green, red, yellow and more! I lied down on it and it was so soft.

"Do you like your room, Annabeth?" Daddy asked.

"Yes, very!" I said.

Daddy nodded. "I'll just continue touring the house with your mom. Do you want to come with us?"

"No, thanks. I'll just stay here in my room."

"Okay." Mommy and Daddy were about to walk out the door until I said, "Wait. Can you tell me where the bathroom is?"

"It's right across the hall." Daddy said.

"Okay, thank you!"

I was left alone in my room.

I stood up from my bed and walked to the window with a white curtain. I looked outside and saw a boy in his room.

He was playing with a blue robot. I watched him play for a while. He saw me looking and he waved at me.

I waved back.

He smiled and said something. I couldn't hear him.

"What?" I said.

He tried talking again. I still couldn't hear him.

"WHAT?" I said, louder.

He looked annoyed. He told me something I couldn't hear and he went out of his room.

I didn't mind. I decided to go play with my LEGO. I remembered that my toys were still in the boxes. I went to look for Mommy and Daddy.