Hello everyone! I'm back!
I have written a several chapters after this, but I'm only updating this chapter today.
This chapter is about Percy. This is peaceful like the first chapter, and it will continue until the third one. But from the fourth, problems will find them, and it will get more fun to read, I'm sure. This chapter is mostly Percabeth. But sorry, I'm really bad at Percabeth scenes. So I did the natural thing: I cut the story short.
Still be warned about my bad English.
Enjoy! Here goes chapter Two!
Chapter 2
I spend a fine day with Wise Girl
I finished firing stray arrows and threw away my practice bow. I was never good at Archery, and Will Solace finally gave up trying to teach me how to hit the target.
I walked over to the canoe lake, and spotted Annabeth walking towards me.
"Percy!" she called, waving.
I cracked a grin and jumped into the water. I think I heard Annabeth screaming, "Seaweed brain!"
She appeared above the surface. She looked beautiful. I remembered my dip in the styx. The vision I got was so similar with this….
I sprang out of the water. I wasn't wet, but Annabeth was soaking, and she looked ready to kill me. I thought about running away, but her hand shot up, and wrapped around my back. She pressed her finger into my Achilles spot.
"Hey!" I protested.
Annabeth grinned. "Why jump into the water like that?"
"To annoy you."
"You always annoy me without effort, seaweed brain." She leaned against my shoulder. "Good days, huh?"
I nodded. "The mess is sorted out, yeah, good days."
The sky was dazzling blue, and white clouds drifted by. Sunshine shone down the green meadows. I could see a few campers rowing down the river. One was Travis and Katie.
"They are going out?" Annabeth asked, watching the two laughing with each other.
"I think so." I said. Travis said something, and vines grew from the boat and nearly strangled him.
"She wants to kill him." Annabeth pointed out. "That means she likes him."
"You know, Katie reminds me of mothers. She always scolds Travis." I said.
Annabeth snorted. "That's because girlfriends are supposed to prevent their boyfriends from doing stupid things."
"Then you're not doing well enough."
"You're out of my reach. You're too stupid."
"Hey!"
Annabeth pulled her arm around my waist, and grinned.
"Seaweed brain, you're stupid, and you'll have to admit it."
"But I did stupid things and saved lives, didn't I?" I asked, looking down at her.
"Yes," she smiled. "And that's why I like you, seaweed brain."
And when she pulled me into a kiss, I felt like I could stay like that forever.
"Ooh, the couple is in a lovey-dovey kiss." A voice rang out.
We broke apart and whirled around to see Thalia and Nico standing with their arms crossed.
"Thalia!" Annabeth exclaimed.
She smirked. "Miss me?" She asked.
"I thought you were too busy to come over." Annabeth said happily.
"Hey, zombie dude." I grinned at Nico, and he scowled.
"You know I hate that name." He grumbled, but soon cracked a smile.
"What's up? You're usually wondering around." I told him.
Nico shrugged. "Just…lonely. Wanted to see the living."
Yeah, this twelve-year-old boy spends more time with the dead than the living.
I sat at the canoe lake with my friends and stared out into the shining waters.
"It's so peaceful now." Annabeth murmured. "War's finished, new campers filing in, It's a normal life."
"Yeah." Thalia agreed. "Just the life a demigod wants."
Nico and I nodded.
We stared at the waters some more, but ten minutes later, our hyperactive brains were getting bored.
"Hey." Thalia poked me. "How about we go and practice archery?" I looked at her horrified, while Annabeth giggled and rolled around.
"Well," Nico chimed in. "Let's do a fight-the-zombies."
"Or," Annabeth smiled, amused, "we can go and do a research about architecture."
I waved my hand. "No, let's just have a swim race. That's the best."
We burst out laughing.
"Let's go and play with Mrs. O' Leary." Nico suggested, and sprang up. "Race you!"
Thalia yelled something in Ancient Greek, and sprinted after him.
Annabeth pushed me when I tried to stand up, and yelled, "You're never gonna beat me!" She raced off like a deer.
I scrambled to my feet, and stumbled after them, grinning stupidly.
Our afternoon was drifting on like that.
How was it? Too short?
Hmm... yeah. I'll try to write it longer. The next one will be longer, I promise you.
And an important message, guys. School starts from wednesday (Oh no!). I was able to write during my summer vacation, but when the school starts, I will not have so much time to write. That means, I'll not be able to update quickly. Sorry about this. But I love writing, and I can spend my spare time and weekends on writing, so hopefully I can update... what, once a week?
And special thanks to S. M. Raleigh, Mila31, and Krenaya who added my story to the Story Alert subsription. I won't disappoint you!
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-Jiho Kim
