A/N: Yes, I am painfully aware how unoriginal this Idea is, but I was bored.
I don't own PJO no matter how much I wish I did.
PERCABETH AND THALICO FOREVER! -cue insane laughter-
I sat on the end of the dock, my feet dangling in the water. I sighed, and slowly fell back, so that my knees still dangling off the end of the pier, but the rest of me was on my back. I put my arm over my eyes and relaxed for the first time in months. We had defeated Kronos, and I finally had time to myself. I heard a splash, but presumed it was a fish.
I sighed again, and felt the water current changing. I sat up abruptly, and looked down. "Must have been my imagination," I said to myself. I splashed my feet in the water, and enjoyed the way it felt on my tan legs. I looked back to camp, and immediately, I felt the water change again. I scooted closer to the edge and peered in, trying to see through the darkness.
Suddenly, a two hands lashed out of the water and grabbed my legs. I shrieked, and they pulled me off my perch, and into the green ocean. I could hear Percy laughing as he pulled me into an embrace. When he touched me I dried off, and he formed a bubble around us. I smacked him, then cuddled closer, smiling.
He kissed me, and I could feel him smiling too. I pulled back and put my head on his chest. He sighed contentedly. We sat like that for a long time. Eventually we broke apart, and he swam up, closely followed by me. We broke the surface, and Nico was standing there, the little creep. He raised an eyebrow, but didn't say anything. He motioned for us to follow him, and ran off. Percy grabbed my hand and pulled me along.
"So what's on the agenda for today?" Percy asked when we had caught up to Nico.
"Well, Chiron is at a school watching some girl, making sure she doesn't find out who she is until she's ready, and Dionysus is on Olympus 'Sorting some things out,' so, we pretty much have the whole camp to ourselves, so that means that some of us are going to have a hardcore truth or dare session" he said.
Percy grinned at me, and I swear my heart almost stopped. In the back of my mind, I saw Nico glancing between us. He turned and walked away, shaking his head and muttering something about Aphrodite and teenage hormones. Percy broke away from the staring contest, and caught up with Nico. They exchanged a few hushed words, and I saw a horrified expression on his face, closely followed by a blush.
"Oh, Gods," I muttered to myself. "What are you two talking about over there?" I asked, louder.
Percy smiled evilly at me, and I regretted speaking. "Shit," I said to myself. I made a half-hearted attempt to run away, but he easily caught up and spun me around to face him.
"Oh, Annabeth. Poor Misguided Annabeth. Please for the love of the Gods, get your mind out of the gutter," he told me, putting his hands on my shoulders.
I laughed and shook my head. "You just automatically assumed that I had my mind in the gutter-"
"Which it was," he interjected.
"Which means," I continued, ignoring him, "that you had your mind in the gutter first, and you were thinking dirty thoughts about what you thought was in my head," I said confidently. I smiled at his confused look.
"Come again?" he asked. I rolled my eyes and tugged on his hand.
"Let's go Seaweed Brain," I said. We walked hand in hand to the arena where some of the cabin councilors and a few others had gathered. There was Clarisse, her boyfriend Chris, Connor and Travis, Katie Gardner, Grover and Juniper, Thalia and Drew, a daughter of Aphrodite who had somehow managed to rise through the ranks in the short week that she'd been here. Rachel was on a vacation with her family. Drew gave Percy a heart-wrenchingly beautiful smile, but he wasn't looking. She glanced at me, a disgusted sneer on her face. I looked at her, and thought of how different she was from Silena. It made me sad. I glanced behind her and almost busted a gut.
I saw Nico creep up, but Drew didn't notice. She was too busy trying to charm Percy who had suddenly developed an obsession with my hair. He pulled it, amazed at the way it bounced when he let it go. I laughed at him while Nico continued to stalk the oblivious Drew. Percy and I sat down, very close I might add, and I almost cracked up because now Nico was sitting next to Drew. She was trying to scoot away.
I leaned over to whisper in Percy's ear, "Is this what you two were planning?" I asked him. He didn't reply, but merely nodded, still tugging on my hair. I leaned against him, and he wrapped one arm around me, the other still yanking on my hair.
"D.I.A," he said.
"What?"
"A dare in advance," he said, as if I should have known what that meant. "I thought you knew everything," he said teasingly.
I grinned at him. "I thought I did too. Now, please explain what this 'D.I.A.' is."
"Well," he began. "it's where I swear not to dare him to do something horrible during the game, in exchange for a little entertainment," he said gesturing to creeper Nico.
"So it's blackmail," I deduced.
"Yup," he said.
"You're terrible," I teased.
"Yup."
"Is that all you know how to say?"
"Yup."
"Do you love me?"
He didn't hestitate and stared intensely into my grey eyes with his green ones. "Yup," he said, "Without a doubt."
I grinned at him and pulled him close for a kiss. "I love you too, Seaweed Brain." I could feel Drew giving me the death glare, and I showed her my middle finger. Clarisse snorted, Nico snickered quietly, Katie looked disapproving, and the Stoll brothers and Thalia were splitting their sides laughing. Chris rolled his eyes. Juniper and Grover were absolutely oblivious.
"Ahem!" Drew coughed. "Are we going to play or not?" I held out as long as I could, and I imagined Drew foaming at the mouth, seeing red, and spitting fire while Percy and I lip-locked. I giggled and pulled away. Percy looked disappointed. I winked at him, and he suppressed a smile.
Thalia cleared her throat, and we tried to giver her as much of our attention as we could, considering most of us were ADHD.
"Rules first." We all groaned. "If you chicken out, we will torture you for eternity, and banish you from our sight. Now, who wants to go first?" Travis waved his arms madly around and Thalia looked everywhere but at him.
"Fine. Travis, take it away... sorry, bad pun." I laughed. 'Take it away' you know, steal, take away? Oh, whatever.
"Katie, truth or dare?" he asked.
"Truth," of course the little goody-two-shoes. I take that thought back though, considering that's what Percy sometimes calls me.
"Hmmmm..." he said, thinking. He had obviously come up with a good dare for her, but he couldn't use it. His brother leaned in and whispered something in his ear. Travis' eyes widened and he grinned at her. I couldn't help but feel bad for Katie.
"Swear on the River Styx that you'll tell the truth?"
Katie hesitated, then said "I swear." Thunder rumbled.
"Ookaayy," he said, "What would you do if I kissed you?" Poor Katie.
She turned bright red, and struggled to work her way around the truth. "I think I would die."
"Good die, or bad die?"
She clamped her hands over her mouth, which just made it worse. "Good!" I heard her squeak. Travis grinned at her and tried to pounce on her, but she sprinted for her cabin, poison ivy growing where she stepped like it did when she was really furious. I heard her screaming, "PISS OFF STOLL!" I giggled, just a little at how cute they were together.
"I'll go," Connor said. We all turned to him. "Hmmm... Thalia, truth or dare?"
"Dare," she answered immediately.
"She's doomed," I heard Nico mutter. Percy coughed to cover his laugh, which failed miserably.
"Oookayy, Thalia. I dare you toooooo... Rip up three of Annabeth's blueprints!" Everyone gaped at him.
"Damn, why did I have to make up that rule?" she said. "Okay, I'll do it."
"Thalia!" I shrieked.
"Sorry, Annabeth. You heard the dare," Connor said smugly.
"You suck, Stoll," Thalia said, getting up. I jumped up after her, startling Percy.
"I'll go with her," I said. Connor looked unsure.
"I'll make sure Pinecone Face does what she's s'posed to," Clarisse growled. Her and I quickly followed Thalia to the Athena cabin where she was inspecting the blueprints on the walls and on my desk. She picked one out, examined it, then shook her head. She pulled another out, took one glance and threw it down.
"Annabeth, why do these all have to be so good? Can't you underachieve for just one minute?" I grimaced at her. Clarisse threw up her hands and groaned.
"Hey, Needles, just pick three, and rip it, it's not like Princess over there doesn't have them all scanned onto her laptop."
Thalia looked embarrassed. "Yeah, right." She picked three out at random, and tore them in half, along with my heart. Those were some of my favorite ones.
"Sorry, sorry, sorry!" she squealed, running to hug me. I patted her awkwardly on the back.
"Whatever," I said, shrugging it off. Clarisse was right, it's not like I didn't have them saved my laptop... and flash drive... and backup hard drive... anyway, you get the point. The three of us walked back to the arena where everyone was waiting... well, anything but patiently.
"Well?" Grover asked. Thalia held up the pieces of the blueprint somewhat triumphantly, and the other part guiltily. There was cheers as we sat down. I leaned against Percy.
"You okay?" he asked.
I smiled at him. "It's just some blueprints, plus I have them saved...elsewhere." It was best not to say anything about my secret projects, especially with a child of Hermes around. Call me paranoid, but better safe than sorry.
"If you're sure..." he trailed off uncertainly.
I took his chin genly in my hand and made him look at me. "I. Am. Fine. Get over it. I think it's odd that you're more upset some blueprints than I am. Odd, but cute." I pecked him on the lips, and Connor gagged.
"Grover, truth or dare?" Thalia asked. Uh-oh, Grover.
"Ummm... er- dare!" he tried to put on his brave face, but it came out as more of a gruesome grimace.
Thalia smirked. "I dare you to eat ten moldy strawberries." Grover looked mortified. There was some 'Eewww'ing, and there were some 'Ooooo's too. "Juniper, go get them." Juniper gulped, and flushed green. Even for Thalia that was pretty bad.
"Thalia I-"
"Hop to it, Berries!" Thalia ordered. Juniper ran for her life. A few minutes later, Juniper came back with ten tiny, rotten strawberries.
Grover picked up a fuzzy clod, and reluctantly stuck it in his mouth, swallowing it whole. We all held our breath. Grover blinked, then picked another one. By the time he was done, the poor satyr looked quite queasy. He gagged, and away, his hands covering his mouth. Thalia laughed cruelly, and Juniper ran after Grover. I felt about ready to hurl too. One glance at Percy, and I knew he was thinking the same thing. I took a peek at a certain daughter of Aphrodite who was known for being squeamish.
Drew looked awful, but she was trying to impress Percy. Fat chance. She looked a little pale, and her dark hair had lost a bit of its luster. About damn time. It was usually glowing.
Dead silence. "Well, that was interesting," Chris remarked. We all turned to look at him.
"Are you volunteering?" Percy asked him. I snickered.
"Sure. Nico, truth or dare?" Nico glanced up, obviously faking calmness.
"Truth," he said uneasily.
"Do you have any feelings for Thalia?" Chris asked, waggling his eyebrows. Both Nico and Thalia blushed furiously.
"I... Uhhhhhhh..."
"OH FOR GODS' SAKE NICO JUST TELL THEM ALREADY!" Thalia shrieked.
"Yeaaahhh, we're kind of not so secretly dating, so yeaahh." The arena exploded with voices.
"I knew it!"
"It was bound to happen sometime."
"Awww, Needles and Corpse Breath are in lo-ove!"
"YES, FINALLY!" We all laughed and were one big happy family, etcetera, etcetera.
Once everyone calmed down, Nico turned to Drew. "Drew, truth or dare?"
She pretended to think about it. "Truth," she said. Smart move. Drew knew that we would do anything to humiliate her, and if she picked truth, there was a less likely chance of her getting her ass kicked.
Nico smirked at her. "Swear on the Styx you'll tell the truth?"
"Sure." Thunder rumbled.
"Okay then. Drew, is it true that you go skinny dipping in the canoe lake sometimes?" I couldn't help it. I laughed- no, more like cackled. Ohh, f looks could kill.
She couldn't go against the Styx. "Yes," she said through clenched teeth.
"I'm sorry, I didn't hear that," Nico said, holding a hand up to his ear.
"Yes." She grumbled.
"Sorry?"
"YES!" Nico smirked, looking awfully smug with himself.
"Don't worry, I'm sure nobody watches you," he said, glaring at Connor Stoll. Connor blushed profusely, and hung his head in mock shame. Drew stared at him in shock.
"YOU WATCH ME?!" she shrieked. I don't think even Mrs. O'Leary could hear those pitches. She fumed for a few moments while Percy and I tried to hold back furious giggling... unsuccessfully, I might add.
"Annabeth? Truth or dare?"
Shit. Shit. SHIT.
"Dare," I answered immediately, not thinking that maybe it would have been better to go with truth. I had nothing to hide. Zeus knows what awful things she had planned in her sick, twisted mind. I saw Percy glance at me worriedly out of the corner of his green eye.
Drew smiled. "Okay then, Wise Girl..." I wanted to strangle her. Who in Hades does she think she is? Only Percy calls me Wise Girl. "... I dare you to join the Hunters of Artemis." Silence. Utter silence.
"Drew, that's a life long commitment," Percy said. "Plus, from what I've seen, Annabeth does not shun boys." Percy held up our intertwined hands as proof. "You can't dare her to do that." I really appreciated Percy standing up for me.
"Drew, Percy is right, that's bullshit," I said. "Give me a different dare."
Drew rolled her eyes and flipped her hair. "Fine. Annabeth, I dare you to go skinny dipping in the canoe lake."
Connor Stoll nearly busted a gut. Everyone else looked just plain uncomfortable. "I HAVE to see this," Connor said.
"Hell no," I said, blushing furiously. "I'll do it, but NOBODY will be watching me," I said, giving a giving a pointed look at Connor. I got up, pushing Percy back when he tried to stand up. "Thalia's coming with me. She'll make sure I do it."
Thalia gave me a deer-caught-in-headlights look. I grabbed her hands and dragged her along. "Clarisse, I expect you to look after the guys, and if you don't, you're officially a wimp." Dangerous move. If Clarisse wasn't insulted no harm done, but if she was... well, we'll think about that when the time comes.
She gave me a salute. "You can count on me, your majesty." I grinned at her and ran to my cabin to grab a towel. Thalia watched me, making sure I didn't make a run for it. We walked to the lake in silence. I glanced back at the arena, and I could hear distant shouts. Good, that meant Clarisse was doing her job. Some of the younger campers gave us weird looks, but no questions. We got to the lake, and I stripped down to my spandex, underwear, and sports bra.
Thalia turned away respectfully. I turned my back to her and took of the rest of my clothes hopping into the water quickly.
"You can look now, Thal," I said when I was up to my shoulders, treading water. I turned back to her. "Thalia?" She wasn't in sight. She took my clothes with her. "Damn it!"
"GO TO HADES THALIA!" I screamed at the top of my lungs. Thunder boomed. I heard yelling and laughing not far away. Shit, shit, SHIT. "I'm going to kill her!" I shrieked.
Just then, Katie Gardner sprinted along the edge of the lake, leaving poison ivy and stinging nettles in her wake. Travis followed quickly after. Shit, now I'll never get out without itches and stings. I swam to the dock, and hid underneath. Footsteps.
"Looks like Katie's been here," I heard Connor say.
"Yeah, she still must be pissed. The question is, where is Annabeth?" That was Percy. I held my breath, holding one of the slimy metal support posts for the dock so that I wouldn't splash while treading water.
"Think she made a run for it?" Nico asked. Of course, all the guys came to see me naked. Perverts.
"Annabeth! They snuck off when I wasn't look... Where's Annabeth?" Clarisse asked.
"We dunno," Connor said.
"That's helpful. You guys go check her cabin, I'll look for her here." I heard mumbling, and three pairs of footsteps retreated. "You can come out from under the dock now, Princess." I froze. "Come on, don't just sit there, I brought a towel and a change of clothes, now if you want to change before the guys get back get out NOW."
I scrambled out from under the dock, and took the towel from her, swimming to shore. I dried off a little, and took the set of clothes from her gratefully.
"Thanks, Pig-head."
"Welcome, Owl-pellet." I laughed as I pulled on some blue shorts and an orange tank. Clarisse and I have an on and off friendship. One of us will do something nice for the other, and the banter temporarily stops, but starts again almost instantly.
"Come on, Princess," she says, steering me back towards the arena.
"What about the guys?"
"They'll figure it out," she said.
"I'm not so sure..." Clarisse chuckled at my remark. We got there, and I walked up to the weapons rack. Thalia looked like she was going to pee her pants.
"Thalia. I dare you to sit on the edge of the roof of the Big House for an hour, closing your eyes only to blink."
Thalia paled. The daughter of Zeus drew in a ragged breath, stood up, brushed herself off and- tried to run. Way to face your fear Thalia. Unfortunately for her, she ran straight into a wall of Nico.
"Wazzup?" he asked her, catching her when she stumbled.
"Let me go," she demanded. Nico gave her a little smirk.
"Why should I?" he asked.
I strolled over to Thalia and Nico, taking my sweet time. She glanced at me and fought to get out of Nico's slim but strong arms. I grinned and waved. Percy came up behind Nico with Connor.
"Oh, hey Annabeth, where were you?" Percy asked.
"It's a secret," I said. He huffed, crossing his arms and rolling his eyes.
"Bullshit, Annabeth."
"Oookay, so maybe it is." I reached Thalia, and took hold of her wrists, pulling them behind her. I pushed her towards the Big House.
"The sooner you do it, the sooner it'll be over," I told her. She nodded, and I led her to the Big House and up the stairs. I left her on the roof, locked the door behind me, and went outside to watch. I could hear her screaming profanities that would make sailors blush, and I laughed and pointed. Ahh, Revenge was sweet. I skipped back to the arena where everyone was waiting expectantly.
"I think she's taking this quite well."
Percy laughed, and I went to sit on his lap where Drew was flirting with him. He brushed her off, and I plopped down on his legs. "Can I dare someone else?" Nobody objected, so I took a deep breath.
"Drew, truth or dare?" She hesitated. "Come on, suck it up. It's not like I'm going to make you do anything humiliating." It was too bad she couldn't detect the sarcasm in my voice. I could feel Percy shaking from silent laughter though.
"Dare."
I gave her my best vampire smile. I could see her repress a shudder. "I dare you too..." Dramatic pause, "Make out with Nico when Thalia comes down from the roof."
Ohh, revenge was sweet.