DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYPIANS – RICK RIORDAN DOES.PERCY P.O.V
Oh. Shit. So, um... What do I do now? Any ideas Gods? Aphrodite? Dad? Anybody? Right... "Hey Annabeth, are you okay?" I asked tentatively.
"Huh?" Annabeth snapped out of her trance. She shook her head to clear her clouded thoughts. NO! Stop thinking about it! It was an accident! Yes, that's right! An accident! That was ALL it was! Nothing else. So STOP thinking bad thoughts! Shoo. Go away you stupid, annoying bad thoughts!
"Sorry Percy!" She was talking weirdly... Flustered? That's strange, I thought to myself. She NEVER gets flustered. She stood up, brushed the dirt off her jeans and Camp Half-Blood t-shirt. She offered me her hand and I gratefully accepted and pulled myself up.
Annabeth P.O.V
Oh my Gods! I was sooo embarrassed. I actually landed on top of him! Yes! On TOP!! Why does life have to be so difficult? Sigh. I looked around. We were in a dimly lit hallway which had many doors leading off to the side. "Ummm... Percy? Any ideas where we are right now?"
Percy looked around, "Ermm... Should I?" He replied.
"Yes, you should, even if you are a Seaweed Brain." I replied, somewhat icily, well, DUH! Who wouldn't? This was his entire fault.
"Look who's talking, Wise Girl?" Percy quickly retorted. Hmm... He was getting good at thinking of comebacks.
Percy P.O.V
Whoa. Where in Hades did I come up with that? I sighed. No, but, seriously. Where were we? I'd never been here before. An underground tunnel? Nah. It looked to nice for that. Top secret lab? That sounded better, but if it were a lab it would be brighter, wouldn't it? "Whatever, let's just go through one of the doors." I randomly said. I looked around and picked a random door. It was the one closest to his right. I grabbed Annabeth's hand and dragged her towards the door. I opened the door and saw that it was a tiny restaurant. Oh. And when I say tiny, I mean TINY. I think I squished a table or two under my foot. Woops. "I'll umm... pay for that later?" I said, feeling very guilty. At least I didn't step on anybody. I think... Annabeth nudged me and I looked up... woops. I meant looked down and saw that there was a bunny in waiter clothing that seemed to be gesturing or maybe even shouting at us. Because I couldn't hear what he was saying, I bent down and listened to what he was saying.
It was something along the lines of, "Excuse me sir and madam, but that table that you just stepped on was..." he trailed off, furiously tapping buttons on the calculator that he seemed to produce out of nowhere, "1,283 golden drachmas. Exactly."
"Oh. Shit." Where in Hades was I supposed to get 1,283 golden DRACHMAS?
"Oh, yes and sir? You and your girlfriend have to drink this potion so that you can be our size and not... destroy any more personal belongings." He whispered to me, his voice thick with implications.
"Umm... What!? GIRLFRIEND?" I even surprised myself with this sudden outburst. "She is NOT my girlfriend! She is my BEST friend!"
"Oh! I'm so sorry sir. I didn't realize that you guys weren't..." he trailed off and I looked up to see Annabeth's REALLY, REALLY pissed off face.
"What. Did. You. Just. Say?!" Annabeth's piercing voice startled everybody in the restaurant.
Annabeth P.O.V
"What. Did. You. Just. Say?!" I almost screamed. "This guy? My BOYFRIEND? You have GOT TO be KIDDING me!"
"I-I-I'm dreadfully s-sorry, miss." The waiter stammered. His face going pale at the thought of Annabeth strangling him with the look she had just had on her face.
"Annabeth, just let it slide." Percy quickly said to me, knowing that I was quite well-known for my temper in Camp Half-Blood. When I got angry, everybody stayed out of I way. Everybody. I nodded to Percy and stopped being pissed. It was then that I realized the waiter was holding out some sort of a potion to us.
"P-p-please drink it, b-both of you..." he continued to stammer. I looked at Percy, and I saw the same question reflected in his eyes, Should we drink it or not? , we both nodded at the same time.
"Ladies first, Annabeth." He gestured towards the potion. I glared at him. That was so unfair.
"Fine." I let out my breath in a huff. I grabbed the potion and swallowed it. It was nice. Strawberry and fizzy. Yum. "Your turn, Percy." He shrugged, grabbed the potion and swallowed it.
