Hooray! It's the first chapter of You're Beautiful Too! I'm so excited for this fanfic! I hope that you all like it and continue to read! If you haven't already, please read the first fanfic, You're Beautiful, before reading this one.
You're Beautiful Too
~A Year Ago~
"Sam! Help me with this!" I yelled at him. Sam ran up to my room to find me laying on my bed, all crooked. His eyes widen when he saw how disorganized I was.
"What the Hades happened here, Percy?" His eyebrows were furrowed with worry and concern.
I thought about an excuse why I needed help to get up, but stayed silent. He got what was going on as his blue eyes flashed with understanding.
"Percy, she'll come back. Here, why don't you come down with me and we'll talk to Jeremy and Andrew? I'm sure that it'll cheer you up." He brought me downstairs to the living room and I found Jeremy and Andrew talking to each other, laughing. The sight of Andrew made me want to disappear and cry.
"What's up, Jackson?" he asked. I glared at him and he backed away.
"Percy!" Jeremy yelled. "Why don't you join me and Andrew? Sam, you too." Sam agreed and sat down next to Jeremy on the couch as I reluctantly plopped down next to Andrew.
"So, what were you guys talking about," Sam asked.
"Nothing much. Just wanted to inform Andrew more about what happened when he was gone a year ago.
~Two Hours Later~
"And then, he fell backwards!" The three of them chuckled while I smiled. Although it was funny, I didn't find it distracting. I took a couple gulps of water and kept listening to Jeremy and Andrew tell stories.
"Oh, and do you remember that time when Annabeth was singing with us at the karaoke?" Jeremy asked, directing it towards Sam and I. We nodded and I was even more saddened.
I let out a big, hoarse cry and buried my head into a pillow.
"What's wrong with Percy," Jeremy asked Sam, while Andrew poked at me. I could hear Sam answer him, obviously nervous.
"Well, Percy is actually trying not to think of Annabeth. But, I don't understand why." I gave them a look after stuffing my face into the pillow.
"She's in Europe, guys! She's in freaking Europe!" Andrew didn't seem to get the connection.
"Yeah, so what? She's in Europe." I let out a groan.
"Well, she's going all over Europe. You know, Italy, Rome, Greece, PARIS!" I shouted. They were taken back with the sudden outburst.
"It's not like she's going to meet someone, Percy." Sam tried to calm me down. To bad it didn't work.
"But PARIS! The city of LOVE! What do you expect me to do, go on with my life knowing that she might meet some good-looking dude?" Andrew groaned while Jeremy and Sam chuckled nervously.
"Percy, my sister would not find some dude and leave you, okay? You should let her follow her dream. She writes to you every week, and calls you every day. I know that it's already been one year, but there's only one year left. She's going to be here and she'll still be with you. I promise you. If you love her, you should let her get her education and follow her dream. I know that she'd like that." Andrew patted my shoulder and I finally took it in. I look up at the three members of A.J.
"Yeah. And," Jeremy added, "we should be thanking Annabeth. She brought us a lot closer and now, we have another member in our group. She fought for us." Sam nodded, agreeing with him.
"He's right, Percy. Both of them." They all smiled at me and I couldn't help but smile back at them, feeling a lot calmer.
"Okay."
"Well, anyway, when did you start liking my sister." I just happen to have chosen that time to take a drink of water. When Andrew asked me that, I spit it all out. And right onto his face.
He wiped it off, but didn't seem mad.
"Well, I asked when you started to like her, but from what just happened, I think that I'll ask later." I looked over to Sam and Jeremy. Their mouths were covered with their hands, trying hard not to laugh. I gave them a glare and they stopped.
"I'm going back up to sleep," I told them. And I walked back up to my room.
~One Year Later~
"Guys, guys!" They frantically ran up to my room, in my bathroom.
"What's going on Percy," they all asked, out of breath. I turned to them.
"Is my hair okay?" They all gave me an are-you-kidding-me look. "Well?"
"Percy," Sam said, "It looks fine. Just as good as the first twenty million times you asked. You're suppose to pick up Annabeth today, right after rehearsal, but you're here, dressing up." I looked slightly offended at him.
"Well, you said it's okay, but there's something wrong with it." I looked back in the mirror and fixed the microscopic flaw. "There, how about now?" I turned back, but only Sam was there. My shoulders drooped.
"Percy," Sam started. I walked over and sat down on my bed. He walked in front of me, patting my back and sat down on my bed. "It's going to be okay."
"What if it's not?" I told him. "What if her feelings had changed?"
"They won't. I swear. Annabeth isn't the kind of person to have her feelings changed so easily." I took a deep breath and sighed heavily.
"I guess that I'm just afraid. I wonder what will happen, what she'll look like, or how she'll feel." He understood and pat my back.
"Percy, it's fine. I don't know what else to tell you besides that. Anyways, we have everything set. Just bring her home and we'll all be fine. So go pick her up." He got up and walked out my room.
I finished freshening myself up, wearing my favorite blue t-shirt, a leather jacket, some gray jeans, and shoes. I ran down the stairs and Andrew, Jeremy, and Sam were all there. Andrew threw me my keys.
"Go get her." He smiled and I did so back.
I walked out the door and got into my car, starting it up. I checked how I looked in my mirror and drove away.
All I could think about was how Annabeth might feel. What if she doesn't like me? What if she met someone else? But I had the other members words to go against that theory.
I shook my head.
When I finally reached the airport, I parked my car in the parking lot and walked to the terminals, where I was supposed to pick her up.
I walked up to the outside of the terminal and waited, my back turned from the entrance.
Suddenly, I heard someone call out my name from behind me.
"Percy!" I whip my head around and my heart pounded faster as every beat skipped as I saw the beautiful woman that was running out of the airport, with her luggage behind her.
I smiled immediately.
"Welcome back," I said. She smiled.
"I'm back." And she ran up to me as I spread my arms apart, and embraced her when she jumped into my arms. I spun her around, not wanting to let go.
'She's back,' I say to myself. 'She's back and she's right in my arms.'
I continue to spin her in the air, not caring if people were looking at us. I have the girl that I love and haven't seen in two years in my arms. I wanted to burst out crying, laughing, jumping, everything. Annabeth is finally back.
When we finally settled down, she looked me right in the eye, with her gorgeous gray ones and I smiled wide. I took in every little detail about her over the past two years.
Her hair was obviously longer, tied up in a pony tail with little ringlets. She grew a few inches taller, but I was still taller than her. Annabeth was wearing a white angel shirt, jeans, white flats, and her double star necklace laced around her neck. I smiled as I saw it.
"Percy, I'm finally back," she said. She gave me a big smile and I hugged her one more time, just to make sure that she was there.
"Let's go back home," I told her. I took her white suit case and rolled it to my car, her hand in my other hand. She began to talk to me about her stories as I drove the car back to the dorms.
"It's amazing, Percy. I wish that you would've come. There was so much to see. The Colosseum, the Tower of Pisa, the Parthenon, and the Eiffel Tower." I gulped as she mentioned how much she loved going to Europe and learning architecture, especially the part when she liked the Eiffel Tower.
"So, how was Paris?" I asked, trying not to sound...protective.
"It's was awesome! The architecture there was fantastic. There was so much to see and a friend of mine went with me and she bought me a lot of new clothes, though I don't know if I'll wear it. Also, the Loire Valley Chateaux was beautiful. So was the Assay-le-Rideau." Suddenly, she understood why I had asked.
"Percy...are you...jealous?" I blushed madly, trying to avoid her eyes.
"N-no." I continue to drive and we reached the dorms right in the nick of time. I took out her luggage from the trunk of my convertible. My face reddened once again as Annabeth was right in front of me when I turned around. She gave me a smile.
"Are you sure you're all right?" I nodded.
"Y-yeah." Suddenly, she did something that surprised me. She kissed me.
My eyes widen in surprise. I was usually the one to initiate the kiss, but she's doing it this time. Instead of pulling away, I closed my eyes and kissed her back, snaking my arms around her waist.
When we pulled apart, she asked me once more.
"Are you sure you're all right?" This time, I was confident and I smiled at her, my hand holding hers.
"Yeah."
Annabeth's POV
I walk back to the doors, hand in hand, with Percy. He was rolling my suitcase and I looked at how much he's changed. His hair, for one thing, was shorter, but still the old Percy. He was wearing nice clothes and his height changed. He was still taller. His beautiful sea green eyes captured me immediately and I blushed.
Suddenly, as I walk into the dorms, the lights turn on and a crowd screamed, "SURPRISE!"
I jumped back, shocked. There were stars hung all around the room. Jeremy was behind the couch, Andrew next to him, Sam behind the doors, Mr. McKenzie in the kitchen, Silena in the corner of the hall, and the President was even there. But the person who I was most surprised to see was Rachel.
"Annabeth!" Jeremy screamed, and he ran up and hugged me. I stumbled backwards as he wrapped his arms around me, but I hugged him back.
"Jeremy, I missed you." Sam was next.
"Welcome back, Annabeth." I smiled.
"Thank you, Sam," and I hugged him as well. Andrew was right behind him.
"Annabeth!"
"Andrew!" I hugged him and laughed as I pulled apart. "I haven't seen you in such a long time!"
Mr. McKenzie, Silena, and the President were all talking at once.
"We missed you!"
"Welcome back!"
"Hooray!" I smiled at each and every one of them.
"Welcome back, Annabeth," Rachel said. I wasn't sure about her, but something changed in her. She didn't say anything sarcastically, like she meant it, and I smiled back.
"Thank you, Rachel." I look at all of them and I smiled for the thousandth time today.
"Thank you guys so much." And that's when the party began.
Andrew and Jeremy seemed to hang out a lot, laughing with each other and playing games. Sam and Percy seemed to be in a good mood and Mr. McKenzie, Silena, the President, and Rachel were all smiling and having a good time as well.
After a few hours of partying, we settled down and began to clean up. Silena, Rachel, and I were talking.
"How was Europe?" Silena asked. I put two thumbs up.
"It was amazing! All the countries were beautiful and I loved it. I got my license and I'm going to start architecture with professionals in a few weeks."
"Did you meet anyone?" Rachel asked. I shook my head.
"Andrew had a friend and she brought me shopping one day. Other than her and my classmates, no. I don't need one either." They both smiled at me as they caught me looking at Percy arguing with my brother. However, I chuckled and overheard their argument.
"She's staying with ME!" Andrew shouted.
"No, she's staying with ME!" Percy retorted back. Jeremy was hiding behind Mr. McKenzie as Sam watched nervously. They were talking about me.
"Well, she's my sister! I'm not going to let you sleep in the same room as her!"
"She's my girlfriend!" I instantly blushed when Percy shouted that out, but he didn't seem to notice and kept arguing with Andrew. I was Percy's girlfriend. I am Percy's girlfriend. I have actually never thought about Percy being my boyfriend. However, there was a blanket of warmth that spread through me.
In the end, I ended up staying with Percy. Andrew, though, was really upset about it.
"It doesn't mean that I like it," he said. "Don't think that you'll be all willy nilly and do something stupid tonight."
"Andrew!" I shouted, blushing. Then, he smiled and walked back to the kitchen.
"You guys go to bed. It's late. Mr. McKenzie, Silena, President, and Rachel, thanks for coming today. You guys can go back."
After we all said our goodbyes, I showered, changed into my pajamas, dried my hair, and found Percy sitting in his room while he was listening to music. I decided to sneak up on him.
"BOO!" I shouted. He immediately jumped and turned around.
"Annabeth, you scared me half to death!" I laughed and started to dance to the music he began playing out loud.
"It's beautiful." He smiled and walked over to me.
"Yes, yes it is." I looked back to the concert that had occurred two years ago. The one that changed my life forever. And everything that happened before that.
"Doesn't two years ago feel like yesterday?" I asked him. He chuckled.
"Waiting for you felt like an eternity. However, I'm glad that you're back."
After a while of talking, I found myself laying in bed, with Percy next to me.
"Goodnight, Percy," I whispered in his ear.
"Goodnight," he whispered back. And I drifted off to sleep.
Percy's POV
"Goodnight, Percy," Annabeth whispered.
"Goodnight," I whispered back. And she fell asleep as I kissed her on the forehead.
It's the first day for our bright, bright future.
