This is something new I'm trying, I got the idea sitting and listening to Taylor Swift (Again, Major Swifty! I get a lot of my ideas from her songs...) and the song 'You Belong To Me' inspired this story most! I will try to update this story often, but it depends, we have exams next year and I plan to make this story quite long! So Enjoy, hope you like it and please, please, please review! Suggestions, constructive criticism, anything! But please, if you don't like it I'm happy for you to tell me, I will like it for being honest and straightforward but please tell me what you don't like and what I should improve because that helps me and maybe you'll like it too. I'm a budding writer and I want to know what to improve and I don't like knowing you just don't like it, I want to know why! Thank you xxx (AN: I can't remember whether Annabeth's step-mom has blond or brown hair or something else, so I'm going with brown to differ her from Annabeth. Also, they now have a great relationship, the feuds never happened. And neither did any of the wars or quests etc. That brought Percy and Annabeth together etc. so the demigods have had a pretty normal life, they've had quests and fights but not like with Kronos or anything, and please don't kill me I know it isn't really going to happen with Poseidon and Athena's kids that it'll be peaceful but now in the story they'll have a rougher time!)
Annabeth
The usual sweatshirt and joggers. No need for dressing up. I grab a packet of microwavable popcorn and a random movie from the shelf and head downstairs. Mom's there, serving dinner for the twins "Percy's?" she asks as I'm going out the door. I turn and look at her, folding my arms. "Mom, I have the usual stuff on, popcorn and a movie in my hand. What do you think?" I return and she laughs, brown curls bouncing on her shoulders. "Wait, then! I bought these for Percy at the store today." She says and I go over and pick up a bag that she's pointing to. I peer inside and smile. An assortment of blue candy sits at the bottom, Percy's favourite. "Thanks, Mom." I smile gratefully and start heading out of the door again. "Oh, and I won't be back till late as usual. I have my key so don't stay up or wait for me, okay?" Mom nods and I leave the house, with Matthew and Bobby throwing food around while Mom tries desperately to stop the food fight.
I run up to Percy's apartment and go in, not bothering to knock. Sally's in the kitchen, I give her a wave then go into Percy's room without hesitation. I have no reason to, Percy and I have been best friends for years, our families are close friends. We're both demigods too, and despite our godly parents' rivalry, we're as close as siblings. I don't think twice about going to his house, or telling him anything and it's the same with him. So I don't knock or anything, just barge in. He's used to it.
"S'up Seaweed Brain?" I flop down on the bed where he's sprawled, texting on his phone. There's nothing awkward about our relationship, and that's the way I like it. He has his own life, the most popular guy in school with Rachel Elizabeth Dare, cheer captain and most popular girl in school, as his girlfriend. They've been on and off for years, and it's mostly her fault but they're together 80% of the time. Percy spills everything to me, on movie night, beach night, whenever. I'm the school bookworm and nobody on the other hand and we never really talk at school. It's awkward then, but not now. "The sky, Wise Girl. I have a bit of sense you know." I roll my eyes and laugh. "Yeah right. You couldn't tell an apple from an orange even if they were right under your nose." Percy chuckles and then sits up straight, snatching the movie from my hand. "Was it random choice day today? Let's see...Back to the Future? Seriously?" He asks, and I shrug my shoulders. "I was running late, so I didn't see what I was picking up."
"But we watched this last week! I want to watch something different, and not so old." Percy whines. I groan. "Well then, what do we do? Does Sally have any movies we can watch? And for your information, Back to the Future is a-"
"Oh spare me, spare the information please," Percy begs. "So, does Sally have anything? I know you won't, you worthless thing." I say teasingly, with a playful shove, and the reaction is immediate. Soon enough we're pillow fighting like monsters, (and believe me I've seen monsters pillow fighting before and it was not pretty), the movie forgotten. I collapse on his bed again, laughing and exhausted as Percy does too. He then jumps and almost yells, he's so loud. Still laughing I say, "What happened Perce? Sat on a hedgehog? It'd be just like you to keep one and then sit on it." He looks at me irritably and pulls out the popcorn packet, which had lain forgotten on the bed. I start giggling again. "Popcorn hurt poor Seaweed Brain?" I mimic a baby voice, making faces at him. He ignores me and goes to the kitchen, and I follow, making more baby noises and laughing.
Percy microwaves the popcorn and disappears into Sally's room for a minute. When he comes out, he's holding a DVD triumphantly. I draw out the bag of sweets from Mom and his sea-green eyes sparkle as they spot the blue jellybeans and sour strings. I smile and pull out the popcorn, pouring the contents of the bag into a bowl then we go to the living room.
We sit down on the sofa and I cuddle up to Percy. He puts his arm around me and we watch the movie, a Harry Potter. Percy likes those, because he looks so much like Harry. When I'm in a teasing mood, he's way uglier than him, when I'm in a sisterly/best friend mood, he's much more handsome. This is just like any other Friday night, like we were brother and sister, nothing else. Because that's the way it's always been. And that's the way I like it.
The movie ends and we're eating the rest of the blue sweets and popcorn until we go hyper then having another pillow fight. Sally comes in with Lily, Percy's sister (AN:In this, Percy has a blood-related sister as well as Tyson and she's a demigod too), and we all order pizza and eat until it becomes a food fight. Then Sally's reminding me of the time and I have to leave, since she says it isn't good for me to be roaming New York so late. But I know New York like it's the back of my hand and Percy only lives a few blocks away. But I listen to Sally like she's my own mother and head back home, slipping in quietly so no one wakes up. My step-mother is asleep, thank goodness she didn't stay up, and the twins and Dad are too. I slump down on my bed, not bothering to undress and I'm asleep in minutes, praying I won't have demigod dreams tonight.