Disclaimer: I own nothing, not the opening lyric and definitely not the characters. The song belongs to Lee Brice and the characters to Rick Riordan.
Be her best friend
He stepped into the room, sea green eyes wide and happy, mouth open as if to say something. He froze when he saw her on the bed, all the books on architecture surrounding her, a sketch pad and pencils in her hand.
"Uh, Annabeth?" he ended up asking instead. She glanced up once at him, a quick look over before returning to the books and the sketch she was working on. From this distance he could easily see the sketch, shaded in some places, dark lines in others. He could just barely make out her scrawl of measurements and words that would probably never make sense to him.
"What is it, Percy?" she asked. She bit down on the eraser end of her pencil, lifting a book and bringing nearly to her nose, squinting into the words. He stepped into the room with an amused smile and placed a hand on the book. "I miss talking to you," he said, pushing the book down.
A smile ended up on her face, and she placed the book on top of the sketch. "Oh you do, do you?"
He nodded and sat down, carefully moving a few books and sweeping pencil shavings as he did so. She leaned forward, as if to kiss him, but he just smiled, shook his head, and asked simply, "How has your day been?"
This threw her completely off guard and she laughed. It was just like him, too, to ask a question about her day when she was clearly swamped for plans to rebuild Olympus, making plans for blueprints of temples for minor Gods and Goddesses. She was also being recruited by quite a few new campers to design their cabins as well, and quite frankly, it shocked her that Percy hadn't kissed her yet.
All well, she thinks, answering him and listening to his answer. It's nice for him to just be here…and talk to me. She keeps smiling, letting his voice wash over her.
AN: The song itself is more about a man and woman who stuck together through hard times and through great times. But the chorus is about how it was possible. Love Like Crazy by Lee Brice. If you haven't heard it, you need to. Even if you don't like country, you need to suck it up, head over to Youtube or wherever you listen to music, and look up this song. It is entirely beautiful.
As for who I chose to play the rolls of the man and woman...I'm in a Percabeth phase at the moment, thanks to the Son of Neptune. DO. NOT. TELL. ME. HOW. IT. ENDS. I'm almost there (give it another two hours) and I hate spoilers I don't ask for.
This will be a series of drabbles, each one centered around one of the lyrics to the chorus. This is the first one.
"Be her best friend."
Enjoy~