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After Katie leaves I cook some fajitas. "Looks good. Got any extras?" Percy asks.

"Just about to come and offer you some. You can judge my cooking." I say with a grin.

We sit down to eat. "Percy I have a rather rude question." I tell him.

"Fire away."

Well that's nice. "You're just some dude with black hair and blue eyes. What the fuck makes you so entrancing because trust me, Katie and I have some dealt with some pretty freaky stuff at the hospital and she has NEVER freaked out like that." I tell him.

Okay, so he's not like really ugly or anything but he's not like-a god either.

He laughs. "I wonder the same thing quite a bit."

"She kept on going on and on about your singing like you where some guardian angel." I say

"Have you ever heard any of my acoustic songs?"

"I don't think so."

He smiles "Well your rather enjoyable to be around and you haven't yet heard any of my music. I don't know if hearing it would help you out or just make you like Katie."

I snort. "Please. Never will I ever be like that."

Percy smiles. "True you're much too sarcastic for that from my conversations with you."

"It didn't take you long at all to figure that out."

"Sarcasm."

I laugh. "What do you think of my food?"

"It's almost as good as mine."

"Yeah. I've been cooking for myself for years."

"How old are you?" He asks

"Twenty-five."

"But you're a full doctor! You have your MD and everything right?" He asks

"It's called the seven-year program. I enrolled straight out of high school and I had enough credits and did enough work to be out of there in six years, and then got offered a job in New York so here I am."

"That's crazy." He says.

"A bit crazy. I'm a resident."

"I actually know what that is." Percy says laughing.

"You know what's crazy is I haven't seen any cats yet."

Percy opens his mouth to reply, when my phone rings, beating heart. Must be my dad, I have ringtones for all my family and friends. Percy's eyebrows scrunch up.

"Sorry gotta take this." I say, picking up and already knowing this is going to suck.

"You heard then?" I ask him, not bothering to say hello.

"I did. You got yourself kicked out?!" My father's voice booms into my ear making me wince.

"Yep. And don't worry about rent, I'm paying my own." I tell him taking a sip of my beer.

"You can't afford your damn college tuition bills but you can afford to buy a place? Oh that's rich. Literally, what did you do, rob a bank?!" He shouts in my ear. I roll my eyes and mouth to Percy and point outside, then I get up and onto the deck saying

"Yes dad, I robbed a bank because I'm good for nothing. I mean working my ass off to get through med school must not have been enough proof that I can actually do something." I go and stand listening to my dad rant.

"Well you can pay off your own bills if you're so fucking rich! Actually I'll just draw out money from your savings account." He says.

"Thought you'd say that. I drained them an hour ago."

"You-That was my money!"

"No, It was MY money daddy, because I've been working my ass off over here to earn it all. I figured out exactly how much you'd need to pay my bills off in five, six, seven, eight, nine, and ten years and NONE of them match up with how much money you're withdrawing from my account every week! You were stealing it! Don't try and lie about it! And the thing is you have all that fucking money from your little job on capitol hill daddy you don't need to! So either your alcoholic or you have gambling debts, either way I can go to the press and spill this little story if you try and come after me, capisce? I don't want to talk to you. Mom was the only damn reason I even talked to you. You have stupid little golden boy to keep you happy. You know most dads would be happy to have their kid get through med school, let alone early and top of their class but no I didn't do what you wanted. It's my life." And with that I hang up on him, and block his calls. I take several deep breaths. In and out. In and out.

That has been growing up for a while.

"You ah left the door open." Percy calls from inside. I look up seeing that I had in fact, and he had just heard that whole speech, including the blackmail part.

"Yeah. Whoops." I come in, and close the sliding door behind me.

"So you're not going to be threatening me anytime soon are you?" Percy asks after a few minutes of awkward silence. I look up at him to shoot him a glare and see him smiling.

"No. Not planning on it. Though if we end up rooming for eighteen years and you make my life hell count on it."

"Good answer."

"I thought so." I say.

"How many siblings do you have?" He asks

"Two brothers. One I hate, one I like. Then I have a half sister as well." I must be making the face I always make when I mention Piper because Percy asks.

"I take it you don't like her very much."

"We're pretty close. It's the fact I have a half sister I dislike. She's not actually related to me, she's my step moms daughter who she had with her first husband." I explain.

"Ah. Well that explains the face."

"Yeah, I make whenever somebody mentions her so everybody thinks I hate her. It's a reflex really." I finish off my seconds and get up, washing my plate off and putting it in the dishwasher.

"Thanks for the beer." I say

"Yeah no problem. Your buying next time." He says.

"Deal." I check my watch. "I have to go hit bed, I have a shift at six tomorrow."

"I probably should as well, I have an interview tomorrow morning."

"See you tomorrow Seaweed boy!" I say as I go into my room and finish putting the rest of my clothes away.

He sticks his head in the door. "Seaweed boy? Seriously?"

"Yes Seaweed boy. You know like golden boy but Seaweed boy instead." I don't know about the things that come out of my mouth.

Percy laughs. "I don't suppose I can change your mind?"

"I'm a stubborn woman."

"I need a nickname for you then." He says leaning against the door frame studying me. "Annie, Beth?"

I make a face. "Bad memories on those."

He smirks. "I'll get one."

"I'm sure you will Seaweed boy. Now off you go I'm hitting the sack." I push him out and close the door behind him, then change for bed quickly dropping my clothes in my hamper and crawling into my newly made bed. Let's see how staying here turns out. I have a good feeling about it. Maybe that's just because I stood up to my dad, which I should be more worried about.

Then I'm asleep, I always had the skill of passing out easily.

Hey guys! I just wanted to say THANK YOU for the response to this story! I've posted stories before and just had no feedback whatsoever and that's really disheartening.

I also remembered where this document came from! I wrote it the first weekend of September on my twenty-six hour round trip to Michigan for my grandmas funeral. Explains the length.

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