A/n hello
Chapter 2
Percy's POV
Immediately my hand went to my pocket where my sword/pen, Riptide, waited patiently for battle. Annabeth ran behind me and peered over my shoulder. She was pointing at the wall; following her finger I realized there was no monster. But a giant spider crab.
"Uh, Annabeth, you know that's just a spider crab. Not an actual spider," I said.
"Oh," she gave a small laugh. She quickly moved out from behind me and tried to act like nothing happened.
From out of the corner of my eye I saw a bright flash. Turning, I noticed some tourists taking a picture with a fake clam. Dude, did I want to do that! "ANNABETH, TAKE MY PICTURE WITH THE CLAM!"
"What?" Following my gaze, she saw what I was so excited about. "Really Percy? How old are you?" Ignoring her, I ran over to the clam and posed with it.
"HURRY UP," I complained. Sighing, she took her time coming over to the clam; slowly, ever so slowly. Could she not see that I really wanted this picture?
"Say 'fake plastic clam'" she told me. Uh, no I wasn't going to say that. So instead I said, "Cheese!"
After the picture (yes Annabeth that was necessary) I looked around and saw a bunch of dead sea animals. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT, DEAD SEA ANIMALS! I couldn't believe it! Where in Hades did all of these things come from? I decided to ask Annabeth, "Hey, where did all of these dead sea animals come from?"
"Hunters probably killed them and had them stuffed."
"WHAT? HOW COULD THEY DO THAT? ARE THEY INSANE? WHAT DID SEA ANIMALS EVER DO TO THEM? GODS!"
"Percy," she hissed. "Keep your voice down—people are staring at us."
"SO? AND THEY WEREN'T STARING AT US WHEN YOU SCREAMED AT THE CRAB?" She bit her lip not responding, and I continued my rant. "THE POOR SEA ANIMALS DIDN'T DO ANYTHING AND THEY'RE KILLED? JUST SO PEOPLE CAN LOOK AT THEM? THAT'S SO UNFAIR!"
(Annabeth—"Percy, you really did scare some people. One mom took her kids and ran off. I overheard her saying "Don't stare at that boy; it's not polite to stare at people with problems." Seriously, one moment everyone is enjoying the exhibits and then next they hear a psycho screaming about sea animals and the gods. Geez Percy, way to go.")
Annabeth then did the only thing she could to get me to shut up; she kissed me. It felt like my brain was melting again. We must've stood there for five minutes making out. That was until we heard one of the guards clear his throat. We jumped apart and started blushing. I heard a woman saying "I thought this was a family museum." Wow, talk about awkward.
