Less than what felt like half an hour later, I woke up. We were still flying. Everyone else was asleep. Monster slaying really takes it outta ya.
"Good thing you're awake." The guy, Percy, smirked.
The girl, Annabeth, was wearing an identical smirk. "But if you'd rather stay as you are, we'd completely understand."
My brow furrowed in confusion (A/N~ Always wanted to say that! Can't do it in real life, can I?) "what do you mean?" I asked, irritated that I was so clueless.
"Well, you look so comfortable like that." Percy said, still smirking.
I checked my position and, yup. My head was on Tori's shoulder, meaning our cheeks were touching, and my arms were around her waist. Awkward. I gently, so as not to wake her, eased her out of my arms. Then I wondered why I bothered to take my time, and shrugged it off, I only did it like that so I wouldn't have to hear her voice, I told myself.
I looked at Percabeth. "Wipe those smirks off your faces before I use my favorite scissors to do it myself." Nothing. How? The last time I said that to someone, the only trace they were ever there was a yellow puddle on the floor.
"I know it's none of our business, but, is this there something between the two of you?" Annabeth asked.
"No! We're just friends, and even that's a stretch!" I denied.
"Funny. That's exactly what I used to say about Percy." Annabeth responded.
"Anna!" I watched her crumble under the facial expression I deemed The Percy Pout.
"Okay, maybe not that exactly, but I did say the just friends line a lot."
"And Tori and I are just friends!" I hissed, still keeping my voice down.
"You're calling her Tori."
"So? That's her name, isn't it?" I asked
"You called her Vega." She added. For a daughter of the wisdom goddess, she sure is dumb.
"Also her name." I said slowly, like I was talking to a 5 year old.
"So you call her Vega to her face, but Tori behind her back."
"Yeah, I don't want her to know I like her. Not like that!" At their raised eyebrows I continue, albeit hesitantly. "I have so much fun mocking her. It's so funny to see her annoyed. I threaten her and talk in a stupid Southern accent and she yells 'I don't talk like that!' Hilarious!"
"But... Tori doesn't have a Southern accent..." Percy said, confused.
"Yeah, but she had to do this thing called The Bird Scene for Sikowitz, and the point wasn't that she showed that she could act, the point was that she stuck up for herself and her scene, but she didn't know that so she stood in front of the class and did this ridiculous southern accent every time she tried to get it right. She even brought in a real bird to get it right. That's comedy gold, and I had to mock her about it!" (A/N~ I had to write an explanation for Percabeth, and that's where I think it came from)
There was silence and then,"You like her."
"So tell me, do metal scissors work on demigods?" I asked, pulling out my sharpest pair, which I always kept with me.
Percy looked scared, but Annabeth smirked. "About as well as my knife." She said, pulling a knife out of her backpack. The weird thing was that it wasn't made of metal. "Drakon tooth." She explained, probably catching my weird look.
"Cool." I said, turning away. I watched the sea fly by underneath me. Chiz, these things are fast. Beck and Cat wake up, and then Seddie, and eventually, Robbie and Andre. The only one still asleep is Tori.
After a while of relative silence, except Cat talking to the horse, although, as we later found out, she didn't understand the horse, never mind talk to it.
"We're here." Percy said, looking over at us. I glance at Tori. Yup, still sleeping. This is getting ridiculous.
Soon we're all safely on the ground. Tori is STILL asleep. This is not possible. So, I do the thing that anyone would have done in my position. I shove Tori off the pegasus. She wakes when she hits the ground and looks up at me. I shrug. "I'm not even sorry." I tell her, before walking off to join the rest of the group.
