Truth or Dare

"Percy truth or dare?" Connor spoke with mischievous grin on his face… Or that could just be how his face looks. I thought about this for a minute I didn't wanna do a dare from Connor but telling everyone a secret would be worse.

So I said, "Dare."

He grinned a wicked smile and said "I dare you to kiss Katie." I physically felt ill.

"No" I said.

"Then you have to tell everyone why." Annabeth was watching this very closely.

The room was so quiet you could hear a pin drop and I whispered, "Because I'm in love with Annabeth" Annabeth gasped and I quickly got up and ran out of that room in an instant. I didn't hear the voice that was calling my name telling, pleading for me to come back.

I wound up at the beach sitting on a dune staring at the ocean, I heard someone approaching, probably Grover, I figured it wouldn't be Annabeth she probably never wanted to see me again. I started talking when Grover got closer. "You don't have to apologize for that Grover it's not your fault. It just sucks you know I was perfectly content with just being Annabeth's friend because I know she would never love me, and it's better to hide how I feel and be around her than away from her. Now I can't even do that. I've had a crush on this girl basically since we met and it's only grown, but I've known ever since the Sea of Monsters that she would never love me, never feel how I feel. I wouldn't be surprised if she never wanted to see me again. I mean finding out that a loser like me is in love with her that must annoy her I mean look at her and look at me, she is so incredibly amazing, she's smart, beautiful, strong and so kind and me I'm stupid and ugly and unlucky and useless. I mean even if she did like me I can't give her anything, no future since I'm probably gonna die on my 16th birthday, all I could ever give her is sadness and she deserves so much more than that. She deserves so much more than me. Well I guess it's time for me to face the music and apologize." I started to get up wondering why Grover had been so quiet throughout the entire thing. I turned around and realize why he was so quiet. It wasn't Grover standing behind me it was Annabeth. She had tears in her eyes and a hand clamped over her mouth. I quickly started to stutter out an apology but she quickly silenced me with her lips. Like she crashed her lips onto mine and started kissing me. I was in heaven but she didn't like me this was just a pity kiss. I gently pushed her off and said, "Annabeth you don't have to pity kiss me I know that you don't have feelings for me and I understand, you don't have to kiss me to save my feelings." Annabeth looked both really upset by this and really mad.

"I am not doing that just to save your feelings Percy I'm doing this because I have wanted to for years. Percy I'm just as in love with you as you're in love with me. I love you Percy Jackson." It hurt when she said that to me more than pretty much anything in the world, I knew she was lying trying to save my feelings.

"Annabeth please don't lie to me like this it hurts more than anything else." I'm sure I looked like a kicked puppy and Annabeth just grabbed me again and smashed my lips onto hers. It felt amazing and for a second I forgot that she didn't mean it that it wasn't just to pity me, it felt so real though,, it felt perfect and after we separated I was starting to believe that maybe she liked me.

She looked me in the eyes and said, "Percy Jackson, I swear on the River Styx that I have been in love with you for years, I've loved you since the Sea of Monsters and I've had a crush on you since we talked on the animal transport. I love you Percy, so please just kiss me again."

And I kissed her and it felt truly amazing knowing that the girl I love is in love with me.