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Chapter 3 – What Else Can I Do?

Annabeth's POV

I unlocked the door and was immediately greeted by Onion, bounding happily towards me.

"Hey, Onion!" I said and played with him before heading for the kitchen.

I opened one of the cabinets below the counter and got the dog food stored inside. I went to Onion's food bowl, put a generous amount, and then placed the bag in the cabinet again.

I went to the living room, dropped my bag on the couch, and got the rumpled blanket. I folded it and put it on the back of the couch. I sighed and sat down, Percy's words were still ringing in my ears and what just happened was still clear and vivid in my mind.

xxxxx

"Will you be my best woman?"

I choked on my milkshake when he said this and it took me a while to talk again without choking. Percy had a concerned look on his face and asked Kelli for a glass of water. He gave me the glass of water and told me to drink it. I held my neck, covered my mouth, and kept coughing. Once my throat seems to be at ease, I cleared my throat and drank water. I finished it and cleared my throat again.

"What?" I asked, not quite believing what he just said.

He looked around first, probably to see that I am not holding anything or maybe drinking anything. He smiled at me and then stared into my eyes. I always loved it when he would do that because for some reason, I just wanted to drown in his sea green eyes. I remember the first time he stared into mine and I couldn't quite make myself look away. But now, I kind of got used to it although there was a part of me that still enjoyed it, that still didn't want to look away and just drown in them.

"Will you be my best woman?" He told me sincerely.

So what I heard was right. My eyebrows scrunched in confusion.

"Your best woman?"

"Yeah, since there's a best man then there should be a best woman, right?" His eyes were sparkling with delight.

"Shouldn't you be asking Grover to be your best man?"

"He's still in Japan, I haven't told him anything yet because he's all so busy with his work there. I didn't want to disturb him. Plus, you are my best friend."

"And so is Grover. Wait, why haven't you told him yet?"

"But you are my first best friend and I told you. I didn't want to disturb him."

"How about Nico? He's your cousin after all. Did you think about asking him?" I asked then took a cautious sip of my milkshake.

"Why does it sound like you don't want to be my best woman?" He pouted.

"What? No, no." I grabbed his hand and squeezed it reassuringly.

"So what does that mean?"

"Are you sure you want me to be your best woman? I mean, there's Grover and Nico."

"I'm a hundred percent sure." He smiled at me.

I stared into his pleading eyes and made up my mind, "Then I'll do it."

"You'll do it?" He asked in disbelief.

"Yes." I smiled at him.

He stood up from his side of the booth and slide into mine just to give me a hug. After a lot of thank you's and a couple more hugs, he went back to his side of the booth and continued beaming at me as he ate.

"I promise, you will never regret saying yes." He said as he walked be back to my building.

"I hope so." I laughed and swung our interlocked hands playfully.

"Are you sure you weren't just pressured to say yes?" He suddenly became doubtful.

I stopped walking and since we were holding hands, I held him back and earned a puzzled look from him, "No, Percy, I wanted to say yes because I knew it would mean a lot to you."

"Oh, it means everything to me."

I smiled at him and we continued to walk to my building. He brought the bag that all his clothes were in so he wouldn't have to go up my loft to get his things. But I knew he still wanted to go up and hang out with me despite the fact that we spent the whole day together.

"It's getting late…" I said as we reached my building.

"I should probably get going."

"Lots of patients to treat and lives to save tomorrow."

He smiled at me, hugged me, thanked me again, and kissed my forehead before getting in a cab. I waved at him as the cab brought him farther away from me.

What in the world am I supposed to do now?

xxxxx

I agreed to be Percy's best woman. I agreed to something that might not be true, something that Percy just made up.

Now what in the world do best women do?

Okay, for starters, what do best men do? Perhaps, I have to do what they do. Do they go along with the groom when he looks for suits? How about plan the bachelor party? Go with the groom when they do wedding related things?

Onion lied down on the floor with a loud, contented grunt that caused me to break away from my thoughts. I looked at him, lying down beside my feet, and patted his head. I was about to go back to thinking when an idea struck me. I grabbed my bag, looked for my phone, and then dialled Nico's number as soon as I had it in my hand.

"Pick up. Pick up. Pick up. C'mon Nico, answer your phone." I chanted as continuous rings echoes in my ear.

"Annabeth?" His voice was slightly raspy and hoarse.

"Were you asleep?"

"Yeah, that's what people do on their rest day. They rest."

"What does the best man do?" I asked.

"Why are you asking me?"

"Because Percy asked me to be his-"

"Wait, I'm calling Thalia." He immediately cut me off, knowing what I was about to say was something important.

Nico and Thalia were my, how should I say this, my back-up best friends. They are Percy's cousins and since Percy was my best friend, his cousins became my friends too. The both of them knew that I used to have a crush on Percy but fortunately, they never told that to their cousin.

"So what were you saying a while ago, Annabeth?" Nico asked me.

"Percy asked me to be his best woman."

"What the hell is that?" Thalia asked me.

"The female version of a best man." I said as if it was the most obvious thing.

Both of them suddenly became quiet; so quiet that Onion's steady breathing was the only thing I heard.

"Guys, is that bad?"

"He should have asked you to marry him!" Thalia said loudly.

"Such a stupid stupid boy." Nico laughed.

"Both of you never really liked Rachel and Percy together, did you?"

"Nah." Thalia said.

"Nope, not at all." Nico laughed again.

"So what do you guys suggest I do?"

"Just be like Percy's assistant when it comes to the wedding things." Nico said, nonchalantly.

"That's all I have to do?"

"You forgot the part where Annabeth had to talk some sense into Percy." Thalia joked.

"Talk about a chicken. Percy should've asked you to be his wife, not his best woman." Nico joined along.

"What else can I do? Your cousin is a chicken." I played along with them.

After a couple more minutes of talking, we finally decided it was getting late. So we said good night to each other and then hung up. I locked the front door and got ready for bed. I tied my hair into a messy bun and took a half bath. I washed my face, brushed my teeth, and wore my pajamas. Onion was already asleep on his doggy bed when I went in my room. I tiptoed to my bed, turned off the lights, and got comfortable.

Percy should've asked you to be his wife, not his best woman.

I felt something pulling on my blanket but I held on to it. A couple seconds later, I felt something pull on the other side of my blanket. I groaned and sat up, swatting the blanket away from what was pulling it.

"Onion, no." I scolded.

He whimpered but stopped anyway. I lied back down and tried to go back to sleep.

Ring! Ring! Ring!

I groaned and reached for my alarm clock. Time to start another day.

I got up and went to the bathroom. I tied my hair into a high ponytail, wore my jogging attire, and got ready. I grabbed Onion's leash, clipped it on his collar, and led him to the elevator. We walked to Central Park and I started walking him around. When we were finally done, we walked back to my building.

"Morning, Ms. Chase."

"Good morning, Karl." I smiled and I greeted the doorman.

Once I clipped off Onion's leash, he immediately went to his water bowl. I smiled and headed to the bathroom to take a shower. I wore a plain, white, button-down blouse, which I tucked in, a black pencil skirt, a black blazer, and my black pumps. I tied my hair into a bun and left my side bangs untouched. I don't put on make-up on a daily basis, only on special occasions. I brewed a cup of coffee for myself as I watched the morning news and then my phone rang.

"Annabeth Chase."

"Hey, Annabeth, you should've told Percy that you wanted to be his wife, not just his best woman. Heck, as if that even exists." Thalia laughed.

I laughed along and said, "Too late, Thalia. I already said yes, what else can I do?"

"Tell him that you changed your mind. Tell him how jealous you are when he's with Rachel; remind him that you were always there for him, and that you want to be more than best friends." She teased.

"All of those are lies!" I said, playing along with her.

"Admit it! You want to be more than friends."

"You're right. How did you know I wanted to be super mega best friends with him?"

Thalia laughed at me. "Morning, Annabeth."

"Morning. Want to have lunch later?" I said then sipped my coffee.

"Can't. I'm interviewing someone by lunch."

"Oh. Well, have fun at the interview."

"Thanks."

Then she hung up. I sighed and continued watching TV as I drank my coffee. Thalia and Nico would call me every morning and say something about Percy wanting to be more than a friend. They would say things like, "Percy agreed to elope with you. I'll drive you guys to Vegas," or, "Percy said he'll ditch Rachel and all you have to do is say that you have always loved him ever since you first met each other." I decided to play along with them because what else can I do when they would to this every single morning.

Once I finished my coffee, I put a bit of dog food on Onion's doggy bowl, refilled his water bowl, got my folders and laptop, and headed to the office.

"Good morning, Mom." I said as I passed by her office.

The office was divided into two by a wall. Both of us have our own office and our secretaries or assistants have their own desks outside.

I went in my office and closed the door. I went over to my huge desk; saw the schedule my assistant printed out for me and, of course, the breakfast that the diner delivered. I quickly ate my breakfast as I scanned my schedule. Looks like I have a client that will be on trial later at three. I hid the Tupperware in my mini refrigerator and sat down behind my desk to review the case of my client.

If you were wondering why a Tupperware, that was because of Percy. He stole one of my Tupperwares and told the diner to put my breakfast there because it was environmentally green if we did that.

"Ms. Chase, your ten o'clock is here." Drew's voice said from the intercom.

"Send him in please." I replied and popped a mint in my mouth.

A couple seconds later, an old man entered my office. He sat down on the chair in front of my desk, introduced himself as Daedelus, and told me that people were pressing charges against him for the murder of his nephew. I just sat down there, listening to his story, and asked occasional questions.

"We will talk more about your case on our next meeting." I said as I shook his hand.

"Thank you very much."

I sat back down as soon as he was gone and sighed. How could a man like him murder his own nephew? I was deciding between going out for lunch or staying in to review the case of my client that was about to be on trial again. I looked over at the clock and saw that it was only eleven forty-five. Mom never allows early lunch breaks. I then made up my mind to stay in.

"Ms. Chase, you have a-" Drew urgently said but was immediately cut off.

"Hello, Wise Girl."

I looked up from my laptop and saw Percy by the door, posing provocatively, with his neck tie hanging on the door knob.

"And may I ask what in the world are you doing, Seaweed Brain?" I gave him a serious look but I was laughing inside.

"Aren't you interested? Even just a bit?" He said while giving me…sexy looks.

"Well, aren't you engaged?" I played along and bit my lip.

He walked towards me while saying, "Forget about my engagement. I want you. Now." His lips were just a couple centimeters away from mine.

I couldn't take it any longer and laughed at us. He joined in and then leaned back against my desk, beside me. I couldn't help but think if there was a part of him that really meant what he just said. After all, jokes are half meant.

"Annabeth?" Mom called out.

Percy quickly hid under my desk, beside my feet, because he also knew how much Mom didn't like distractions from work, which also means him distracting me from work.

"Yes, Mom?" I asked in a perfectly calm yet curious voice as she entered my office.

"Oh, I thought I heard something."

I smiled at her and silently hoped that she wouldn't see Percy's neck tie as she goes out. Percy, on the other hand, was running his fingers down my legs.

Oh, Percy.

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