Pairing: Annabeth and Percy

Word Prompt: Busted

Summary: In which Annabeth makes Percy get a little somethin'-somethin' from the store.

Rating: PG-13 for slight innuendo.

Disclaimer: Rights to Rick Riordan

A/N: Give me a word prompt, a pairing, even just an idea with your review and I will have a chapter in your honor.

He glanced up and down the aisle, making sure no one he knew was watching as he stepped into it and searched the long row of colored packages and boxes.

"Can I help you, sir?"

He nearly jumped three feet in the air and turned to face the experienced employee so suddenly she nearly jumped as well.

"Uh, yeah. My girlfriend – "

"Of course," she replied, nodding her head knowingly. "I should've known you weren't buying these just for yourself."

He choked out a nervous laugh and looked sheepish, rubbing the back of his heated neck. "So, uh, I don't know which kind…" He gestured to the array of brightly colored boxes.

"Right," said the brown haired woman. She looked expectantly at him. "First, you need to let me know the size."

His eyes widened. There was a SIZE? He debated with himself for a moment before curving his palm over a clenched fist. "Like, uh, this size. I think."

The employee blushed and pushed his hands down. "I mean, how bad is it?"

"Worse than last time," the words rushed out of his mouth. "Wait – forget I said that. She'd kill me. I mean, she's, uh, much much moodier this time."

The brunette laughed. "And the amount of…" She nodded at him, and he immediately understood what liquid she was implying.

"A lot."

"Right," she said again. She picked up a box and placed it in his hands, and smiled at him.

"I think you'll know what to do with this then, hun. Your girlfriend is lucky to have a guy like you, buying these for her." She nodded to the package in his hand, and it took him all his willpower not to throw his arms around the woman.

"Thank you so much, uh," he looked at her name tag, "Monica."

"Sure, dear. Use them safely!"

He stepped out of the store, the package tucked safely in a bag, amongst three bars of Hershey's chocolate.

He was halfway home when the bag ripped open, spilling its contents.

And, of course, it was just his luck when his violently red-headed friend from school picked up the embarrassing object and looked it over. When her big green eyes widened with amused sympathy (was she laughing at him?), he thought he might explode from the heat of his face.

"Tampon duty again, Percy?"

Busted.