Percy

I pushed open the door of my office, a smile on my face.

I had been having a good morning so far. I had woken up on the right side of the bed, had a good breakfast, and gotten complimented by one of the neighbors.

I said good morning to the receptionist, then turned down a corridor and headed to my row of cubicles.

"Mr. Jackson, you're late," My boss said, as he came down the hall towards me.

"Sorry, sir, traffic was bad-"

"I don't want to hear your excuses. Now get to work."

With that, he purposely bumped shoulders with me and walked away.

Sighing, I headed to my cubicle. Not wanting to get in trouble again, I immediately got to work.

After a few minutes, I saw my boss walk back to his private office and shut the door.

I put down my laptop and pushed my rolling chair back so I could see the person in the next cubicle.

She had blond curls and startling gray eyes, and was concentrating on her work. Annabeth Chase was her name.

I grinned. I had been trying to impress her all week, but she had been constantly shooing me away.

"Hey, Annabeth."

"Hello, Percy," she said, without looking up from her laptop.

"So...what's up?"

"Nothing. I'm trying to work, if you haven't noticed."

"Don't worry about work...want to get some coffee later?"

"MR. JACKSON! GET BACK TO WORK NOW!"

I quickly rolled my chair back to my own desk before I could get busted any more by my boss.

A couple seconds later, Annabeth peeked into my cubicle. "Sorry, Jackson, maybe some other day, when you find a more...convenient time to tell me."

With that, she busied herself with her laptop once more.

After work that day, I decided to take a walk. I seemed to be stuck in some kind of funk-I just wanted to sulk.

I watched as the children in the park laughed and played together, some of the younger ones playing tag and some of the older ones riding skateboards.

Then I spotted one of my friends sitting on a bench. She was wearing a glittering orange dress with a beanie on her head, and was eight years old.

I made my way towards her.

She was one of the friends I consulted the most-Gorgeous is what I called her, as she liked to think of me as her boyfriend-and was cleverer than most people her age. She knew a lot more about life than any of the people in the park probably did.

She also had blood cancer. Thus the beanie on her head-she always wore a beanie to conceal her lack of hair.

I remembered the time she still had long, dark curls, which was about three years ago. That was until she got diagnosed with cancer.

"Hey, Gorgeous." I walked up to her and took a seat on the bench next to her.

"Have a bad day?" She said, studying me.

"Yeah, how did you know?"

"I can tell by your expression. Girl trouble?"

"Yes, actually."

"It's that girl you've been hitting on all this week, isn't it?"

Several people were looking in her direction with strange looks on their faces.

"I mean, I haven't been hitting on her. I've just been asking her out a bit... but then my boss always ruins it."

"Give it time, Percy. Plus, what's so good about that girl when you have me?"

I smiled at her. "Gorgeous, you're really awesome."

"I know."

I leaned over and wrapped her in a hug. She was going through so much at her age. I was lucky to have her as a friend-she knew so much.

"Oof, emotions." She said, rolling her eyes and twisting out of my arms.

When I finally said goodbye to her and walked back home, the sky was turning gray. And in truth, I was feeling much better after my pep talk with her.

A/N: So as you can probably tell, Gorgeous is pretty OC. But that's okay because the Percabeth will stay strong! Review if you enjoyed! Bie!