Ipod Shuffle Challenge: You and me by Lifehouse
Warning: Fluffiness and OOCness may occur in this fic or future fics. It's February vacation and just chillin' at home so who knows what I'll write? :)
I can't control what words come out of my tap-tap-tapping fingers in the keyboard. Enjoy!
This is no through Percy's POV, just a narrator.
This fic takes place after TLO, and Annabeth is Percy's girlfriend (how original, i know lol) His mom is out doing some grocery shopping(which usually takes her 2 hours)...I don't live in New York or anything so I don't know what its like there.
It's a lazy Saturday morning. Percy is sprawled all over his mattress, and a bit of drool is leaking from the corner of his mouth. His thick blue quilt is bunched up near the bottom left corner of his mattress, most likely a result of his squirming around while asleep (he tends to do that.) Dirty clothes are scattered on the floor. The sun faces his window and abruptly makes the room a whole lot brighter. The sudden light penetrates through the thin white curtains, which causes Percy to wake up.
"Ugh," he grunts in a groggy manner. Reaching for the clock that's always on his nightstand, he checks the time. 10:57 A.M.
A jolt of panic spreads through him. Annabeth had called last night to tell him she was coming over at 11:00. "Crap!"
A buzz at the door signifies Annabeth's arrival at the apartment building. Percy rushes around the room, franticly chucking dirty clothes in the hamper and desperately attempting to organize things when there is a sharp knock at the door. Uh oh. He's still in his sweats and has a bedhead. Shuffling to the door, he opens it, pleading and praying to not get skinned alive by his girlfriend. Annabeth stands in the doorway. Her wavy, honey blonde hair is in a simple ponytail.
"You forgot, didn't you?" she says with audible annoyance in her voice. She checks him out, grimacing at the fact it looks like he definitely just woke up.
"Uh..."
Percy is suddenly tackled by his girlfriend, gracefully if you can somehow imagine that. Percy is pushed onto the sofa and Annabeth flops down next to him.
"You don't even have a clue as to why I came do you?" she asks.
" 'Cause I'm awesome and you missed me even after seeing me yesterday?"
"Well, yeah," Annabeth says with a shrug. They're at the stage where they're comfortable with using phrases like "I love you"... at least Annabeth is.
"But something else, too," she adds. "It's been two years and a day since we defeated Kronos."
Oh yeah, Percy thinks. Yesterday was his birthday. It never seemed like such a big deal anymore, since the Titans weren't counting down his birthdays to start a war anymore.
Annabeth is just incredible; she remembers almost everything. It must be a gift because not many *normal* people have such an extensive and photographic memory like my girlfriend does, Percy continues to muse about.
Thinking about Annabeth makes Percy feel a pretty lucky guy, despite his family's small apartment and tight budget. She just seems so natural: no make up, no chemical crap in her hair, no phony acts...nothing like that. She just is as she is, he thinks. This suddenly brings him back to the present.
"Seaweed Brain...you're turning red. What you thinking about? Hmm?" asks Annabeth in a slightly mischevious tone.
"Just thinking...ah nevermind."
"I want to know!"
"I'm pretty damn lucky to have snagged a girl like you, 'kay?"
"Elaborate so you may shower me with wonderful words of praise," she says in a playfully regal tone.
Percy thinks for a minute. Too many thoughts are swirling around . Really, why did he love her?
"I really don't know, you...you're just amazing."
"I was kinda hoping for a real reason," she says in a jokingly indignant tone.
"You're just..." Percy's gaze shifts about, as if looking for inspiration around the room. "You-"
In a split second decision he leans in, gives her a kiss and holds her tight. "You're beautiful."
Annabeth hugs him back and is satisfied with this answer. She knows he doesn't just mean lookswise, but personalitywise as well. "I think you're beautiful too."