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Te Quiero-Ballet
Percy walked into Annabeth's flat, tucking his gold spare key securely in his pocket. Annabeth was out getting groceries, and she needed someone to watch her huge Great Dane, Chocolate. Chocolate was nowhere near as dangerous as Cerberus, who Annabeth had once befriended, but he was a lot better at destroying Annabeth's stuff.
"Hey, get off that, or we're both in the doghouse with her." Percy tried to talk sternly to the dog, but it barked happily and sniffed Percy's hand.
"Ah, who are we kidding? I'm not responsible enough. Just make sure to hide the evidence, ok?" He looked seriously at the dog, and it looked stoically back.
Percy grabbed himself a cup and poured some Blue Raspberry Kool-Aid that Annabeth kept especially for him. He sat down on the couch, ready to watch some TV, when a tape caught his eye, one with tiny, cursive letters spelling out the words "Annabeth Ballet"
The word "ballet" was one of the words that he had never expected to see next to each other. Maybe if the word "kill" was in between, but otherwise, never.
Percy looked anxiously at the door. If she caught him, he would be in so much trouble. But…this was priceless. He had to watch it.
Annabeth was all for the vintage, so her house had a VCR. Percy had tried to convince her it was a stupid piece of junk, but he was glad Annabeth had resolve of steel, because it had opened up this opportunity.
Stealthfully, he put the tape in after turning the TV on. The screen crackled, and then a faded, sepia-toned picture came into view.
It was Annabeth, no mistake. Her blonde curls fell out of her high bun, and she had her serious, stubborn expression that he loved so much. While all of the other girls looked positively radiant with happiness, and racked with nervousness at being out on the stage, Annabeth looked pouty and utterly bored. As the other girls pirouetted with happiness, Annabeth went through the moves as if she was bored. She hit every move better than everyone else, but she made it look like an utter bore.
Percy watched in amazement. He had never had any idea of Annabeth's hidden talent in ballet. It was like Percy had discovered that Annabeth was from Mars.
His shock had dulled his senses, and he didn't realize that anyone was in the room with him until he heard Annabeth's suspicious voice. "What are you watching?"
Percy tried not to sound guilty. "Nothing…" he said in a far too suspicious manner.
"Perseus Jackson, you tell me this instant, or so help me-"
"Fine…fine. I'll tell you if I must…prima ballerina!" he said with a triumphant air.
"You found out?" she said in an air worthy of a funeral director's voice.
"That's awesome though! Why didn't you tell me?"
Annabeth gave him an annoyed stare. "Cause you would tell this story to all of our friends, I'd lose all of my self-respect, and you'd never let me hear the end of it?"
Percy gave a nod. "Touché. But...due to the fact that your dancing skills are now up to mine-" (Annabeth smirked.) "May I have this dance?"
She gave him a dazzling smile. "Why of course, Mr. Jackson. I'd love to."
Honestly, ballet was nothing like the slow dancing they were doing, but Percy took whatever chance he got to hold Annabeth. Even though the style was nothing like what Annabeth had done in the video, ad it had been years, Annabeth moved with elegance and speed.
Percy leaned in to kiss her, and then broke away with a smile. "How'd I get a gal like you, Wise Girl?"
She grinned back at him. "Well, you're awfully sweet and cute, and although you stink at dancing-"
"Excuse me?" he said with an air of mock anger.
"-I can't imagine life without you."
Percy gave a fake frown that he knew she saw right through and said, "Yeah, me too. Me too, Wise Girl." Then he kissed her again. Smiling, he broke away saying, "I may not be a dancer, but I do happen to have the most amazing girlfriend in the world. And that's fine with me."
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