A/N: Hey Guys :D Long time, huh? I know.. I'm baaad ;( So I just want to tell you that if anybody doesn't like my story (and I mean really HATE it) then don't bother reviewing, because it's not very nice to get a "I hate your story, it sucks, bad grammar.. "etc. Also I'd like more reviews (who don't?) and please tell me what you think, and share your ideas! : D
Also if you want to listen to any music while reading this, I would recommend Boys Like Girls' Chemicals collide, I think it's a great song :D
3rd Persons POV
A door was opened and closed, and outside stood a girl with blond hair, styled like a princess' curls (she would most likely slit your throat, if you said that to her).
The girl was named Annabeth Chase, daughter of Athena, who she was supposed to have a "chat" with, when she got to her cabin.
She brushed her sweatpants off, and took a deep breath. It looked like she was having a pep talk with herself as she walked away from the cabin she had just left. Her lips were moving, but no sound came out.
Annabeth felt like she was going to throw up. The nerves in her stomach weren't beautiful and light butterflies, but more like really giant snakes, like the basilisk in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. They were currently fighting over who would make her throw up first. Right now she was betting on the snake, which had replaced her heart's position, and made it went up in her throat.
She kept on walking with fast strides, and she was suddenly in front of her cabin.
It was like the giant owl on the roof was laughing at her, staring at her, with triumph painted in it's the eyes, as if it was saying, "So Annabeth, what are you going to do know? Are you prepared for Athena's wrath? Well, are you?"
She sighed again, but this time it was almost inaudible. Her hand reached for the doorknob, she turned it. The door opened with a loud squeaking noise.
She was sure as hell not prepared for the sight she was met with. A person stood inside the cabin, almost by the window. The person was turned at the window, as if he/she was glancing outside, so the back was the only thing, Annabeth could see. The person's face was reflected in the window's glass, and the face had an unblinkingly, but beautiful mask on. There was not even a hair out of place.
Annabeth made a small bow, just to be on the safe side.
"M-mother?" Annabeth tried with a scared voice. Sure, snakes and psychopathic killers she could handle, but she rather die, than have an akward and unnecessary episode filled with embarrassing questions, with her mother.
The person, who was her mother, turned around, but smiled at her.
"Hello Annabeth, my strong warrior." Her voice was weird baby-like, and it was freaking Annabeth out, her mother was NEVER like this.
"Ehm.. Mother are you all okay?" Her eyebrows were raised at the highest, she was no longer scared by her mother, but that was replaced with worry. Why was her mother like this?
"Of course, Annabeth, I have just missed you so much." The answer was so simple, but yet so confusing.
"What do you mean? I mean, I'm not complaining, but when we talked last time, you said to me that you were very busy knocking some sense in some politician."
Athena shook her head with a small smile, and went closer to Annabeth, who was leaning nervously against some bookshelves.
"Can't a mother visit her children when she misses them? Also I found some building you can help restore."
Annabeth smiled but looked at her mother with a shocked expression. "Seriously? That's.. WOW.. thanks mom!" Annabeth knew that her mom's cold façade melts every time she uses "mom" instead of mother. Her mom stared at Annabeth, but her expression hadn't changed.
"What is that you are wearing?" Athena asked after a quick pause. Annabeth looked down at herself, and gasped inwardly, she was still wearing a pair of Percy's sweatpants and his t-shirts!
"Ehm.. It's a pair of Thalia's sweatpants and t-shirt.." Annabeth tried quickly. Thank the Gods that she was a quick thinker; she just hoped that Athena doesn't know that Thalia doesn't wear that kind of clothes.
At first Athena looked at her daughter to see if she is lying, but when she couldn't see any guilt at her daughter's face, she just shrugged and smiled warmly at her. "Work fast, my Child" was the last thing she said, and with a wave with her hand, she disappeared with a Poof.
Annabeth let a breath she didn't know she was holding out, and begins a debate with herself about changing her clothes, she decides against it, what if the Gods were watching? Wouldn't it seem suspicious if she changed out of "Thalia's" clothes?
She opened the door with a SLAM, and suddenly the grass seemed more greener, and the water more blue. It was like the snakes had died in her stomach, and her heart had found the correct position once again.
She ran to Percy's cabin and his door got the same fate as her own. The cabin looked as it had 30 minutes ago, but the man in the bed looked more like a God than anything else. His brown, almost black hair was all over the place, and his green eyes sparkled with lust and love.
"Hey babe, so how did it go?" he said with a mixture of humor and worry, but immediately stops at the expression I a wearing. No one, not even Poseidon's son, calls me babe! He frowns at his mistake, but then gives me the cutest puppy-dog look, which makes my brain go fuzzy and blank. I ignore his question, but instead I throw myself at him once again.
Annabeth groaned when she woke, it felt as her entire body was on fire.
She moaned with pain, as she swung her legs over the bed a little too fast. She almost fell over, but was stopped by two muscular hands on her arms.
"So where are you sneaking off two?" Her favorite boy in the whole world, was sitting crossed-legged at the edge of the bed, his lips were pulled in a mischievously smile.
"Nowhere," she muttered under her breath, but he heard.
"So where exactly is no where?" He was still smiling, but looked more and more stupid by the second. Annabeth sighed and shook her head, as she wrenched herself free from his hands, and walked to the mirror to expect the birds nest, she called her hair. She groaned when she saw that it actually looked pretty close to one, and started brushing her hair with her fingers in a feeble effort to un-knot her hair.
Percy chuckled at her, but went to stand beside her, and plants a kiss on her cheek.
"What time is it?" she asked, mostly to herself, but Percy answered: "A quarter to one."
Annabeth was stunned. She really slept today, it was strange, she was usually an early riser.
"We have to meet at the big house at half past two," Percy continued, as he started helping her with brushing her hair. Annabeth blushed again, not because of anything really, but because she felt so blessed with having Percy in her life, he was a perfect boyfriend. Annabeth sighed again, and mentally crossed the idea out in her mind. Her Mother would NEVER let her date Percy, because to her, he was just like his father, an arrogant idiot who only thought about war and women, Annabeth thought secretly that she was confusing him with Lord Ares.
After a good 15 minutes, they were FINALLY presentable, and went to the big house for some lunch. They had discussed that it was probably best if they didn't talk about their.. Erh, "connection" earlier to any of their friends, or their parents, she added sorrowfully. It would really be so much easier if their parents weren't gods, or didn't hate each other at the very least.
Since there weren't anybody else present at the moment, the both sat at Poseidon's table.
Annabeth stomach growled hungrily, and she went to grab some food from the table up at the front. When they were done with picking out what to eat, they went over to the fireplace and muttered "to Athena," and "to Poseidon."
They weren't alone for long, and suddenly the whole house was filled. They parted dramatically, and Annabeth went to sit with her brothers and sisters. Damn rules.
At exactly one thirty, Chiron and Mr. D appeared by the door, and the whole hall went quiet.
"Greeting brats," was Mr.D's standard greeting, but this time he didn't say anything. Quiet whispers were exchanged at the tables.
"Good Afternoon, Kids" was presented instead, and a lot of faces were painted with confusion, what was up with the formality?
"I have great news to tell." Everything went quiet again, and everybody's eyes were on Chiron and Mr.D.
"I know you all were very excited for the other dances, but they had been cancelled." Before angry whispers could start again, he continued, "Instead, hosted by the Gods, there will be a giant party at Mount Olympus, and everybody is obligated to come and celebrate Zeus' 4000 years of great leadership."
Annabeth smiled a little, so that was why the formality, Mr.D was probably commanded to behave while the Gods watched their Kids reaction on the Hephaestus TV, no one (not even a God) wanted 11 other gods anger targeted at themselves.
Everybody started clapping, the tension were replaced with a happy murmur of hundreds of Demigods.
Percy shot a smile at Annabeth and mouthed "If we have to go as couple, will you go with me?"
Annabeth giggled a very un-Annabeth giggle, and shook her head. Percy faked a hurt look, but went with the puppy dog-eyes again. Annabeth mouthed "Of course Seaweed brain, who else would I go with? Nico?" she shuddered dramatically, and Percy fell almost off his bench with laughter.
"Peter Johnson, is there something you would like to share with the rest of us?" Mr.D's asked, and Percy almost rolled his eyes, the whole –I-won't-say-your-correct-name-even-if-my-life-depended-on-it-thing was really growing old.
"No, Mr.D, I was just laughing at a funny jo.." he was met by a stern look from Chiron, you don't talk back to a God, no matter what.
"Hrhmf." A clearly annoyed Mr.D muttered angrily, and dismissed them all.
Percy quickly found Annabeth, and carelessly threw a arm across her shoulders.
"So, are you excited for the big let's-all-honor-Zeus party?" He said and thundered boomed in the cloud free sky.
"Be careful, Perce, you never know who are listening," Annabeth said, shooting a glance at the sky. Percy just shrugged; Annabeth rolled her eyes and made a mental note to hit him extra hard, next time he did something stupid.
Percy grinned sheepishly at her, and before she could ask him what his problem was, he grabbed her hand, ran down to the lake and threw them headfirst in the water. Annabeth didn't get to prepare herself for the water, and got a huge amount of water in her mouth. She swam to the surface, and threw herself at the muddy, but fast ground and started coughing hysterically.
Percy sensed her presence leaving the water, and broke to the surface. "Wise Girl? Wise Girl!" he then saw the edge of her near shore, and relief overwhelmed him, sure enough, she could handle herself, but he was still a little over protective over her, since their whole Kronos-adventure.
He kicked furiously in the water, and got to her side in mere seconds.
"Seriously Perseus, sometimes I think you manage to shut down your brain!" she managed to get out between her coughing fits. Percy looked at her worried and slapped her on the back, "I'm so so so sorry Wisegirl!" she finally stopped coughing, and remembered her mental note, a small smile appeared on her full lips as she slapped him at the back of his head.
"Hey! What was that for?" he looked at her, and rubbed his head.
"That was for acting like an idiot, I made a mental note a couple of seconds ago and.." but she was stopped as a hand covered her mouth. "Jeez Wise Girl! I was kidding, I didn't think you actually planned on telling me, and to be honest, it didn't really hurt." He grinned at her, and that just made Annabeth more annoyed. "I'll give you hurt!" She took a step closer to him, but he turned around and began running as he laughed, with a furious Annabeth behind him. "You would have to get me first!" he called out, and looked behind him, he shouldn't have done that, he ran full-on into a tree, which lucky for him wasn't a Tree-nymph.
It was now Annabeth turn to laugh, and tears of laughter rolled down her cheeks, the whole sight was just so funny.
"Ow." Percy muttered as he rubbed his forehead, and shot a fake-hurt look at her, "you're not even concerned, are you?"
Annabeth, who had decided to play along, shook her head and told him boldly: "Nah, I think I much rather Nico, actually I'll go find him right now." She started laughing again at his expression, and Percy's expression went from hurt to a kind of sheepish look. "You're not serious are you?" he asked again, but Annabeth nodded "I'm dead serious," but went loyally to inspect his head. "I'm sorry to say it, but I have some bad news." Percy looked nervously up, and Annabeth continued "I didn't think it was possible, but your IQ went from bad to worse, because of the head-first hug you did with the tree." She laughed and half-jumped half-ran away from a blow, Percy got up and ran after her while yelling "I give you a bad IQ!"
They had no idea that they were being watched..
A/N: DUN DUN DUN! What will happen next? Check out at next Sunday, which is my new goal, update every Sunday, so please give me some reviews and ideas to work with! ;D I also started writing a new story called: Are You My Guardian Angel?, check it out please! (it's on my profile :D)
P.S. This story is after TLO, which means Percy is 17 while Annabeth is 16 (17 in a couple of weeks).
P.P.S I haven't updated in forever, because my computer's screen was kind of fucked up for a while, and it had to be shipped to Germany to be checked! So sorry ):
Xoxo Luna
