Hello, everyone! Thanks for taking the time to read this.
DISCLAIMERS:
I do not own the Percy Jackson series or the Heroes of Olympus series. They belong to Rick Riordan.
Because of the gratuitous reference to Sherlock, I feel I have to point out that it belongs to BBC, Steven Moffat, and Mark Gatiss, all of whom are not me.
"Before He Cheats" is a fun song by Carrie Underwood. (a.k.a. not me)
Okay, that's about it. Also, I refer to the Avengers, which are not my property. Unfortunately, the same applies to all of the celebrities I've mentioned.
"ASK PERCY AND ANNABETH!"
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I press the record button and face away from the camera.
"Hello, friends!" I whip my head around and wiggle my eyebrows at the camera with a creepy smile. This causes Annabeth to punch me lightly in the shoulder.
"Great entrance, Seaweed Brain," she says, smirking, and I swear my heart beats just a bit faster when she looks at me. I grin in response, then turn back to the camera.
"Hey, Argonauts! Today we are going to answer the questions you guys emailed me. This is gonna be exciting. And as a treat, I have with me the amazing Annabeth Chase! You ready, Annabeth?"
Annabeth smiles widely.
"Absolutely, Percy!" She salutes me sarcastically.
"Okay, let's begin! This first question is from Jake H., in New Jersey. Wow, New Jersey," I make a face, "super exciting stuff we've got here. Anyways, Jake H asks: 'What is your favorite food, Annabeth and Percy?'"
"I… I don't know if I have one," Annabeth frowns.
"Wow, you don't know the answer to something? This must be breaking your heart. How can you even take the pain?" I fan myself dramatically in a scarily good impression of Hazel, then wink at the camera. The real Argonauts will know who I'm imitating. "I know what my favorite food is. Blue chocolate chip cookies. My lovely mother makes them for me at least once a week. Without them, I fear I would die."
"You know, at this rate, you're going to get a potbelly by the time you reach age twenty-five," Annabeth remarks, patting my abdomen. "But don't worry, I'll still love you."
"Oh, really?" I ask. "That's good to know. Okay. Next question. Serena W., Michigan, asks: 'Who is your favorite celebrity?' Oh, for that one, I'd have to say… Chris Hemsworth. Or Tom Hiddleston. Or Chris Evans. Any Avenger, really. They just do something for me."
Annabeth raises an eyebrow.
"Huh," she replies. "I don't know. I mean, I do like Tom Hiddleston, but Benedict Cumberbatch- holy Zeus. I'd go there."
"Wait, what? What do you mean, 'I'd go there?' I'm the only place you're going, Annabeth! Besides, why do girls even like him? What does he have that I don't?"
"Well, he can act," Annabeth says. "That puts like one hundred points in his favor. And he can also make millions of people fall in love with a high-functioning sociopath. That is pure talent. You should watch Sherlock with me sometime."
I pout towards the camera.
"That's not fair, Annabeth," I whine. "No one's ever given me the chance to be a psychopath on some TV show."
"He's not a psychopath, he's a high-functioning sociopath. Do your research."
With that, she peers over my shoulder at my phone where I have the questions listed.
"Continuing…" she mutters as she scrolls through my questions. "Oh, this one needs advice. Jacqueline O. writes: 'I'm pretty sure my boyfriend is cheating on me with other girls. What should I do?'"
"Well, Jackie- is it okay if I call you Jackie?- I think that this is something you need to talk to him about. I highly doubt he's going to change his ways any time soon, so you'd just be opening yourself up for heartbreak if you let him play you like this any more. I suggest telling him how it's impacted you in an effort to help him learn, but break up with him. He's a loser and you can do better. Now, I'm gonna turn you over to Percy for revenge ideas."
"Hello, Jackie." I rub my hands together mischievously. "Well, first is the obvious- you have to tell everyone he's in contact with about what he did. That means the girl or girls he cheated on you with, his friends, his family, especially his mom. Man, if my mom found out I was cheating on my girlfriend- she'd flay me alive. Then you have to dig your key into the side of his pretty little souped-up four-wheel drive and carve your name into his leather seats! Take a Louisville slugger to both headlights, slash a hole in all four tires! Then maybe next time he'll think before he cheats."
"P-Perce…" Annabeth turns to look at me. "Was that Carrie Underwood?"
"It most certainly was," I reply. "Awesome song. But seriously now, because that's vandalism and you could get arrested for that, you might want to sell the stuff he left at your house or send him a box full of his stuff that you hit with a baseball bat multiple times. Just an idea. Good luck, Jackie. Also-" I lean into the camera conspiratorially "- Google is your friend."
Annabeth claps her hands together.
"Why don't we move on? I think we'll have time for one more question. Percy, you can do the honors."
I look through all of the queries and finally choose one.
"This is lighter," I say. "Xavier L. from Arizona asks: 'WHO ARE THE ARGONAUTS?' All caps."
"The Argonauts are our friends from across the country," Annabeth answers for me. "We don't see them very often, so we use YouTube to keep connected with them. You can find their channel in the link below- CACJ."
"Speaking of them, shoutout to Jason, Hazel, and Frank! See you- was it next month we planned for them to visit?"
"Yeah, next month. And yes, we will do a collab with them. Till then, Argonauts and all you honorary Argonauts out there- goodbye!" Annabeth ends with a flourish.
"Wow, one take," I say. "Impressive, Wise Girl."
"Well, that's what I do, Seaweed Brain. I live to impress."
"Mission complete."
She leans over and kisses me.
We can edit that out.
COMMENTS
Sludgemonster26: Another awesome video! So excited for the collab.
FrenchKisser: Can Percy be mine? Can I just keep him forever? He's just… perfect.
Charlie Goodman: Does anyone know if they're together?
NessaTheContessa: Yeah, they've been together for a couple years now.
RuthRox: PERCABETH FOR LYFE!
221BMine: The Sherlock reference! XD
Henry Stone: this is garbage. cute couple though
BonsaiShmonsai: is it bad that ive binge-watched all of their videos and CACJ's videos in one sitting? becuase thats what ive been doing
ValdezCutie435: WHERE's LEO IN THIS VID? I NEED MORE OF HIM 3 3 3
Gigimax: Off to check out CACJ! High hopes!
Well, that's about all I've got in me today! Thanks for reading, and please follow, favorite, and review!
Beck
