AN: I didn't really read through this either as it is rather late where I'm at, so please don't kill me for any mistakes. I don't know how good any of these chapters are as i have never written anything outside school before. Please leave reviews as I don't know what I'm doing and it would help to know I'm not totally making a fool of myself. I also appriciate thoughts and ideas as i'm not entirely sure where I'm going with this story. If I use any ideas I will credit people. Also just realised that characters might be slightly OOC because I didn't invent them and it's kind of hard to get them right because of it. I'll just shut up and let you guys read now, thanks & enjoy!
Chapter 2 - Percy
I kept thinking about her startling, intimidating yet beautiful grey eyes. After she had closed her door I had mentally petted myself on the shoulder for being brave enough to ask her out on coffee only having met her once. The rest of the evening I spent unpacking my boxes, and I had just finished as Jason came home.
"Percy? You here?" I heard him call from the hallway.
"Yeah, just finished putting away my stuff." Jason stuck his head through my bedroom door. He was tall and had blonde hair, with startling blue eyes. He was also well trained and he was one of those guys who liked keeping everything in order, but he wasn't a total maniac about it.
"Oh great, sorry I couldn't help you."
"Nah, it's fine. Got some help from one of our neighbours. Which really helped considering there was a blackout in the middle of it."
"Really? Who did you get help from? I didn't even know we had such helpful neighbours." Jason said with a slight frown.
"Her name was Annabeth she lives across the hall, two doors down." A flash of recognintion came across Jasons face, "I see, that's my sister's roommate. I had totally forgotten we lived in the same building considering she spends most of her time at her boyfriends." By the time he was done with the sentence he looked more annoyed, as if he didn't like his sister being with her boyfriend. Which Percy could understand. He probably wouldn't have liked it if it had been his sister. Jason seemed to recover as he contnued, "Annabeth is really nice though. I've known her since high school which was around the time she became best friends with my sister."
"Yeah, we talked for a bit while the power was out and we're having coffee tomorrow." Jason simply nodded before turning to leave, "Well, good luck with that. I'm taking a shower and going to bed, you just do whatever and tell me if you need anything."
"Sure, thanks for letting me stay."
"No problem, makes rent cheaper for me as well!" Jason yelled from the bathroom.
I decided to follow Jasons lead an go to bed, just as I was falling asleep Annabeth's grey eyes flashed across my mind again making me smile slightly to my pillow.
I groaned as the light hit my eyes the next morning, making me regret not having bothered to close the curtains before going to bed. Turning around to get away from the demon that was the sun, I took a peek at my alarm clock at the bedside table. It read one-thirty. Groaning again and closed my eyes thinking I could stay in bed longer since it was the weekend. Then last night came back to me. Shit! I was supposed to meet Annabeth in thirty minutes. Jumping out of bed I hurried into the bathroom to take a quick shower. Running back out I saw Jason come out of his room ready to leave, "I'm leaving Percy, I'm meeting Piper for lunch and spending the afternoon with her so I'll see you tonight." Looking desperatly through his clothes for something to wear he yelled a quick "have fun, see you" at Jason.
At around five to two I was ready after having pulled on a loose pair of dark blue jeans, a green shirt and some black converses. Taking one last look in the mirror I grabbed my phone and keys walking to the door. Hesitating only a moment befor knocking on Annabeth's door, I waited for her to open. The door flew open and a girl with short spiky black hair and startling blue eyes like Jason stood there.
"Hi, you must be Percy, I'm Thalia, Annabeeth's roommate." She said sticking out her hand for me to shake.
"Yeah, and I'm guessing you're Jason's sister?" I answered shaking her hand. Thalia opened the door more gesturing for me to come in.
"Yup, so you're the one who moved in with my brother." She didn't say it as a question, more like a statement so I figured I didn't have to answer. Instead I looked around to see Annabeth coming towards us, she smiled and said, "Hi Percy, Thalia scare you shitless yet?"
"Nope, I was just getting to it but you interrupted meaning I'll have to do it later. Unless Percy wants you standing there watching as he wets himself in terror." Not entirely sure if she was kidding or not I looked at Annabeth for an answer. She shrugged and apperently decided this was a good time to leave as she looked at Thalia and said, "As fun as that sounds, I don't feel like waiting for him to change so you'll have to do it later." looking at me she continued, "Come on". Taking my cue, I followed her out the door and down the hallway to the elevator. Before closing her door I heard Thalia say "Don't stay out to late and use protection kids!" Emberrassed I looked at the floor, "She's something, huh?"
"Yeah, Thalia likes to say what she thinks. Just ignore her, it's usually easier." Sneaking a glance at Annabeth I saw her cheeks were tainted a light pink.
"So, anywhere in particular you want to go? I don't know any good places around here just yet."
"Yeah, there's this nice little coffee shop a block away that has the best coffee and bagels." Reaching the ground floor we walked out into the cold october air. "Lead the way" I said holding the door open for her. She didn't even hesitate when she turned right and walked with an air that made it clear that she knew excactly where she was going.
Hurrying to catch up to her I took sneaked a quick glance at her face and features studying what had been hard to see in the dim light. She had gorgeous blonde curly hair that probably reached the middle of her back, but was tied up in a high ponytail. She was taller than average, maybe 5,8 and her facial features were soft but determined, which made me think that she could look very scary if she ever got angry. Looking further down I noticed she was wearing a pair of blue skinny jeans and a simple grey top that matched her eyes. The outfit was completed with a pair of grey converse. Just as I had finished my analysis Annabeth stopped opening a door to what looked like a cozy coffee shop.
Walking in he asked what she wanted and told her to find a table while I ordered for them. Returning to the table Annabeth sat at after reciving their order, I noticed that she was giving me a weird look.
"What?" I asked as I sat her order down in front of her.
"The girl behind the counter kept staring at you, she still is actually." Not having noticed this I turned around to see her throw a quick glance to our table and smile when she saw me looking.
"Oh, well I didn't really notice it until you told me. I hope she doesn't make a fool of her self by coming over or anything." Annabeth laughed slightly at this.
"You don't notice everything that goes on around you, do you?"
"Nah, It's to much of a bother to pay attention to everything it's easier to just do one thing at a time." This got me a slight smile, which I quickly returned.
"So, have you finished packing out?"
"Yeah, it didn't really take long. I didn't bother taking a lot of stuff when I moved out from my mom, so it was mostly clothes in those boxes."
"Which means your poor mother is stuck with the rest of your crap for ever?"
"Hey! Don't call my stuff crap, it's all very valuable you know!" I said this with a pretend hurt in my voice and a shoced expression just to emphasize that I didn't really mean it. Clearly Annabeth wasn't as oblibivious as I was because she got the message quite quickly. With a playful voice she replied, "Well, I'm sorry for offending your stuff. But what about your poor mother having to keep it? Couldn't she use the space for other things?"
"Yeah, I suppose she could, but I have a feeling my room has kind of turned into a storage room anyways after she and her husband got their son a few years ago."
"So you have a brother?" She asked curiosity clear in her voice. A grin spread across my face thinking about my younger sibling.
"Yes, his name is Tyson. I think he is turning ten next year. He's a big teddybear and a lot stronger than you would think. What about you, any siblings?"
"I have an older brother on my mother's side and two younger twin brothers on my father's side, but no whole siblings. I haven't seen my younger brothers in ages as my father's wife doesn't really like me too much. Luckily I get to meet Malcom every now and then as he lives in the city."
"That must suck. Not seeing your younger brothers I mean. I was raised as an only child until I was about eleven. Then my mom met an english teacher called Paul and remarried. They had Tyson when I was fourteen. I didn't mind, Paul was really cool and I love Tyson." We kept talking, joking and laughing until Annabeth's phone made a loud sound indicating she had a text.
"Well, I have to go back. Thalia is forcing me to make dinner since I ditched her today." Dinner? Already? We hadn't been here long enough for it to be time for dinner. Annabeth was looking at med and seemed to read my thoughts.
"It's five-thirty, we've been her all afternoon." I couldn't really understand this, I must have made a face because Annabeth started laughing.
"Come on Seaweed Brain, you can keep thinking about it on the way back." This time my face must have looked hysterical as Annabeth started having a serious laughing fit.
"Seaweed Brain?" I asked when she managed to collect herself enough to reply.
"Yeah, you seriously love the water and you're kind of slow so I figured your head was filled with seaweed or something. Besides your eyes remind me of the ocean."
"Fine, then I'm going to come up with a name for you." We left the coffee shop, while I was trying hard to come up with a nickname for Annabeth. She kept looking at me seeing if I had made any progress. At one point she stopped med pointing out something about the facade of a building across the street. As she kept talking about this and that, using lots of really complicated words, it hit me. I stopped her midsentence, which seemed to irritate her.
"Fine, Wisegirl, I get it! It's a great building, didn't you have to go home?"
"Wisegirl? That's what you came up with?"
"Yes, you know all these weird words and you seem to know a lot about everything, so I'm going to call you Wisegirl." Annabeth smiled a little at my explanation, but didn't comment it. I figured what the hell and added one more thing with a smirk, "Also your grey eyes seem like they know everything and they are really pretty when you get excited about something like architecture." Annabeth blushed at my comment and turned around.
By the time we managed to get back to our building another hour had passed, which was impressive since the coffee shop was only a block away. I couldn't help but feel a little sad that she was leaving me for the day. Stopping outside her apartment she turned to me, "I had fun Seaweed brain. We should do this again." I couldn't help the huge grin that spread across my face, "Yeah, but how about we change it to dinner instead? Tomorrow?"
"Sure, I'd like that. Pick me up at seven?"
"I'll be here knocking down your door. Just please try to keep Thalia away if she really is going to attack me or something."
"You scared?"
"No, I just don't feel like getting attacked before going on a date." Annabeth laughed and as she started turning away I gathered my courage again, quickly grabbing her arm I gave har a kiss on the cheek before turning to walk to my apartment hoping she didn't see the blush across my face.
