Ch.1 I Play 20 Questions with Annabeth
Disclaimer-I believe in giving credit where credit is due, as for PJO, that's Rick's thing.
Me and Annabeth have been hanging out a lot lately. She's back at camp so she visits me a lot. Today, we're going to the mall. It's going to be fun.
"Hey, Annabeth," I said when I saw her.
"Hey, Seaweed Brain. So, uh, where do you want to go first?"
"I don't know." I thought for a minute. "Hey, I have an idea."
"What?"
"Let's play twenty questions."
"That's not a place, but okay."
I thought for a minute. "First question, what is your favorite color?"
"Wow, Percy, you're deep." She smiled. "Grey, I think."
"That's cool."
"Your first question: Have you ever kissed a girl…other than me?" She kind of blushed. I thought about our kiss, and I smiled.
"Umm…no, I don't think so. Why do you ask?"
"This is twenty questions, and the answer to your second question is: I wanted to know."
"Oh, great answer." We both laughed.
It was Annabeth's turn. "Do you think you're like the Perseus you're named after?"
"What do you mean? Don't count that as one of my questions."
"Well, you killed Medusa, like him. You plan to take over the Princess Andromeda, kind of like him. Except his was a person, your's is a ship. I mean, do you feel like your just another him. Like it's the same old, same old?" she said.
I was kind of offended by the way she put it, but she was kind of right. "I guess. I never thought about it that way. I mean, I just take things one step at a time, you know. It just ends up happening the same way sometimes."
"Yeah, and I didn't mean for that question to sound like an insult."
"Yeah, I know."
"It's your turn." I forgot it was my turn.
"So, did you really want to join Artemis and the Hunt?"
"How did you…"
"I have my ways, so?"
"Kind of. At the time I had just had it with men. I was ready to join, but I snapped out of it, I guess."
"Did you have it with me, too?" I asked. I really wanted to know.
"It's not your turn."
"Fair enough." I said.
"What took you so long on that quest when you got lost?" she said.
I really didn't want to answer this question because I knew Annabeth was worried about me. I didn't want her to think that I was selfish. "I was on an island."
"What island?" Annabeth asked curiously.
"Not your turn," I said. Annabeth frowned. "Do you still like Luke?"
I could tell I'd hit a soft spot with her. "No, I don't like Luke. I care about him, and I want him to be good again, but I don't like him." I was relieved. I didn't want her to like Luke.
"Now it's my turn. What island were you on?" Annabeth asked. I knew she would keep prying at the subject.
"Okay. I was on Ogigia, with Calypso." I was afraid of what would come next.
"Calypso!? You had us worried because you wanted to spend time with Calypso?" she said, full of rage. She stood there with her arms crossed waiting for an answer.
"I just kind of landed there and I needed to heal." I said.
"Oh yeah, I bet it took two weeks to heal." she said.
"It's my turn now." I said.
Still heated, Annabeth said, "Whatever."
"Have you designed any cool buildings lately?" I asked. The frown on her face did a total one-eighty.
"As a matter of fact, I have. I designed the architecture for a museum for the gods. It is a majestic, silver building with an owl at the top. By far, it is one of my best works yet." ahe said. "Have you talked to Tyson lately?"
"No, not that recently." I said.
"You should try to keep in touch with him, he is your brother and a really nice guy."
"Yeah I know. I'm up here, he's down there, we just haven't had time." I realized it was my turn. "How's your family doing?"
"Well, Seaweed Brain, I haven't seen them in a while, but they were doing good when I left."
"That's good."
"Percy," Annabeth said.
"Yeah?" I said.
"This is beyond boring, you know." she said.
"Yeah, you're right."
Annabeth looked at her watch. "That killed 20 minutes." she said. We laughed. It's good to have Annabeth around.