Chapter 2:
-Percy-
"Ugh...that girl just pisses me off," Percy exclaimed as he plopped on his bed. Jason, currently working on an assignment for flight school, sat on his own bed, laptop propped on his lap while being surrounded by a pile of books. He nodded, and just responded with,"Mhm." Percy payed no attention to the fact Jason was probably not listening to him and continued to rant. "I mean, who does that? She just straight up insulted me and the coffee shop then threw her money in my face. She is just insufferable and a horrible person", Percy said frustrated, his sea green eyes darkened, as he continued pacing around their small apartment.
"I feel you man," Jason murmured while he read up on standard aircraft operating procedures.
"And what did she say her name was, Annabeth? Who is named that?" Percy threw his hands up in the air and let out a groan.
"Yeah..Yeah," Jason mumbled, pushing his glasses up as his eyes continued to scan the text.
"And worst of she said she might come back! Like literally, you just said the coffee is crap then said you might come back! I hope that I never have to see that smart-ass, self-absorbed, blonde bitch ever again!" Percy finished his rant by plopping back on his bed and throwing a pillow over his head.
Jason sighed and closed his laptop. "Look, this girl might have been a total bitch but that doesn't mean you need to go on a whole rampage about it." Jason's eyes then lit up. "Hey why not we go out? Us and the guys? They could bring their girlfriends and I know this really nice girl from flight school who's single..."
"Don't even finish that thought Grace," Percy said, his voice muffled by the pillow.
"Oh c'mon man," Jason said, trying to persuade him, "You need to destress. It's been forever since you broke up with Rachel. This could be fun." Jason then walked over to Percy and proceeded to poke him. "C'mon," he said, the poking becoming increasingly insistent. Percy eventually had enough and yelled, "Alright..alright fine I'll go," he grumbled, "But I'm not going to like it."
"Good enough for me," Jason cheered, walking to their mini-kitchen while pulling out his phone to contact the others.
Percy threw the pillow against the wall and sighed. I'm not in the mood to go out tonight, I wonder if I can fake a sickness he thought but it would be nice to see the guys again. I haven't seen them in a while, I mean Grover has been pretty busy with college as well as his Environmental Protection group, Frank has been away for a while training for the military and Leo has been doing who knows what at the repair shop he works at. And I don't mind seeing Juniper and Hazel again. And maybe going out would keep my mind of that gray-eyed girl at the coffee shop. Making up his mind, Percy got up and started pulling clothes out of the dresser, looking for something presentable to wear.
-Annabeth-
Annabeth wrestled with the lock on the door before it finally gave in and gave the satisfying click. She sighed with relief and entered her tiny apartment. She dropped her satchel and the shopping bags on the floor, made her way towards her bed and belly flopped onto it. Home sweet home she thought quietly as she nuzzled her face in the bed.
After her run-in with that barista, Annabeth had run towards the campus and made it to her class just in time. After her last class, she was met outside by Piper, arms crossed and visibly steaming.
"Hey Pipes," Annabeth said nervously, stretching out the "hey" ,"What's up?"
"Oh nothing much," Piper replied nonchalantly, "Just had to wait an hour for my best friend to show up to campus, and then finally gave up, only to see her running past me just before the bell rang." Piper's voice had risen several octaves during the course of that sentence. Piper then started walking towards the main doors and Annabeth ran to catch up.
Annabeth toyed with the strap of her satchel then said, "Yeah, sorry about that. You see I had woken up late and then I had to run to school but thought I should get a cup of coffee first then-" Annabeth was cut of by Piper holding out her hand, signaling her to stop.
"No excuses Annabeth," Piper tutted, "You were late and it's okay. But, that wasn't the only reason I came here." Piper's kaleidoscopic eyes sparkled with excitement. "There's this new spot opening up downtown. We should totally go. I already asked Thalia and she said why not. So..." Piper gave Annabeth a pleading look.
"No, McLean," Annabeth said, exasperatedly, "We've already been through this. I don't have time for partying. I have a big assignment in my Architectural Design class which is due in a few days and I haven't started yet, a test in Trigonometry which I need to study for, and going through each courses material so I don't end up failing my senior year of college."
"Oh, C'mon Annabeth," Piper said pleadingly, "It could be fun." The last part she said in a sing-song voice while accompanying it with poking Annabeth. "C'mon Annabeth," Piper begged, "I promise you this is the last time, I won't ask ever again if you come out this one time."
Annabeth sighed and said, "Okay no more asking after this. Promise?
Piper took a step back and her eyes grew wide. "Wait," she said, "You're actually agreeing to come? Did I hear that right? Did the great no-partying Annabeth Chase actually agree to come?" Piper jumped up and down clapping her hands. "It's a miracle," she exclaimed.
Annabeth just shook her head and smirked then said, "So no more asking after this right?"
Piper waved it off and said, "Sure, sure, yeah no more asking." After grabbing Annabeth's hand she started running towards the door. "Now c'mon we need to find new clothes!"
—Time Skip—
Annabeth woke up to the sound of her phone's ringtone blasting on. She rubbed her eyes and looked who was calling.
Piper.
Annabeth rolled her eyes and answered the phone call. She was met with Piper screeching, "Where the heck are you? If you blew me off or so help me-" Annabeth cut her of there by saying, "Easy McLean, I just woke up. I must have fallen asleep by mistake. I'm coming as soon as I can."
"Well hurry up," Piper shouted through the phone, "It's pretty awkward being here alone."
"Where's Thalia?" Annabeth asked, remembering Piper saying something about Thalia coming.
"She couldn't make it," Piper said, then hesitated before saying, "Something about Luke and a family gathering."
Annabeth felt her heart ache hearing the name of her ex-boyfriend. But she shook it off then replied, "Okay, I'll be there as soon as I can." Annabeth hung up then proceeded to make herself look semi-decent. She washed her face then did her makeup. Afterwards, She tied half of her blond curls in a ponytail while leaving the other half down. She scrounged through the shopping bags and decided on a light blue off-shoulder flared long sleeved dress which came to her mid thigh. She also slipped on a pair of black see through tights and her beloved combat boots. She finally grabbed her black beanie and a purse containing her phone, wallet and keys and stepped out the door.
Two subway trips, and hell of a lot of walking she finally arrived to the new place Piper was talking about. It was called "Cloud 9 Club and Lounge" and it looked pretty cool from the outside. Annabeth took a deep breath and walked inside.
Inside, it was just a mix of neon lights and drunk dancing people. Immediately, Annabeth regretted coming here. She steadied herself then made her way towards the crowd in hopes of finding Piper. She was pushed and shoved by various people, all while shouting Piper's name over and over again.
She suddenly felt herself walking into someone's back. She turned around, the word "sorry" on her lips when she was met with a pair of sea-green eyes.
"You," they both said, contempt evident in their voices.
~Authors Note~
Welllll...that turned out interesting. Kinda. I don't know if I became a little cliche with this but like, eh. I hope you guys enjoy this story so far. Until next time.
