Sorry this took forever to put up! I wasn't quite happy with how this chapter turned out, and it's definitely not my favorite... I'll probably have the B chapter up sometime tomorrow! And thank you guys who followed the story before even this chapter!

~Sofia


A is for Attics- Percabeth

Annabeth had to say, she really hated her advanced archery lessons. It was very boring because it was just a bunch of useless tips repeated every class and she didn't even carry a bow anyway. At least she didn't have to take remedial archery like Percy.

So she was unusually pleased when Chiron took her out of archery lessons for a surprise counselor meeting.

He came into the arena, where targets were set up at regular intervals. A son of Apollo was teaching the class and he looked bored too, because he was being forced to teach all the Athena kids, who already knew it all.

Chiron went up to the son of Apollo and said something Annabeth couldn't hear, so she let the arrow on her bow fly. It hit the center circle of the target, but not the exact middle. Then he waved Annabeth over so she went.

"Annabeth, we're having a counselor meeting," he said as his back hooves stepped around. "Would you mind going to get someone to help you? I need you to get an extra table out of the attic. An hour ago, we got a group of three new half-bloods, they're triplets, and we need to show them the orientation film."

She nodded, although she was kind of dreading going in there. (It smelled pretty bad.) "Okay, I will."

So nine minutes later, she was standing in the attic with Percy. Cobwebs swayed in corners (she tried to ignore those) and objects were splayed all over the floor. The only light was a small square on the ground, coming in through the tiny window in the front.

"So triplets, huh?" Percy asked, his feeble attempt at conversation even though they were best friends and had been dating for almost two years. [It was the summer after the Giant War.] But there was nothing to talk about about when you were standing in a gross attic.

"Yeah," Annabeth nodded as they stood in the same spot by the trapdoor while their eyes flickered at all the old weapons on the walls and ground. "I saw them as I came in. Two boys and a girl.

Percy walked over to the back where a folding table leaned against the wall. "This must be that table we have to bring down. It's going to be difficult to get it to fit through the trapdoor."

Annabeth followed him and stood next to the opposite side of the table. "How many times have you been in here anyway? I've only been up here once before we went into the Labyrinth."

"Twice, once on our first quest and once when Grover and I had to carry the old Oracle back after it walked to the forest."

Annabeth cracked a smile. "Lucky you. So on the count of three, pick your end up. One, two... three."

Annabeth grabbed her side of the plastic table and heaved it upward. Her chin was almost resting on the top and she was practically hugging the white surface.

And then she saw it and dropped the table, a very loud crash, hopping to avoid her foot being crushed. She slowly backed away to the center of the room where it was empty. Percy had put the table down gently and was now staring at her in confusion.

"What happened?"

Annabeth stuck out her arm and pointed. "There is a spider on the table!" she exclaimed urgently.

Percy sighed, but also smirked. He went over to that side and brushed it off with his bare hands. "Only you are afraid of nothing, except you're a baby around harmless bugs."

She crossed her arms and stepped a few feet closer. "They're technically arachnids, and I am not a baby!"

Percy mimicked her and walked forward until they were standing literally nose to nose. She could feel each breath he took and it was difficult to look into his eyes without crossing hers. "You know many facts about spiders except you're afraid of them. How does that make any sense?"

She lazily raised her eyebrows. "It's not 'sense.' It's logic. I know that so I can avoid them."

"What?"

Annabeth rolled her eyes, smiling, and she wrapped her arms around his neck and brought her lips to hers.

(After a minute or two...) The trapdoor opened and Leo poked his head through. "Chiron sent me to find out what that loud crash was- Guys!" Annabeth and Percy pulled away from each other and both their cheeks turned bright red.

Leo tapped his chin. "I would say to get a room, but you were alone before... Anyway, stop making out and bring that table downstairs. The triplets are kinda scared of us all. Showing them my awesome fire skills was probably not a good idea."