Chapter 3: Woman Troubles

Disclaimer: I Don't Own the Percy Jackson Series or Any of the Characters. All Rights go to Rick Riordian for creating this Extraordinary Adventure!

Author's Note:

* Yes, that's right! You're looking at the long-awaited third chapter of Percy Jackson and Friends! This story wasn't cancelled, no, no, no! I plan on finishing this story, even if it takes years do so!

* But anyway, hello and welcome to Chapter Three!

* I can't say anything about what's going on in this chapter. So, with that being said, let's get right into the chapter!

Manhattan, New York

Rachel's Apartment

12:30 P.M.

Percy

I let out a sigh as I knocked on the door to my former apartment. I waited for several seconds, before I the door opened, and I saw my girl… erm, my ex-girlfriend rather, step out into the hall. She had red hair, freckles dotted her cheeks and she had green eyes. She was about my height and had a slim physique.

"Well, you're here at last." She said. "Want to get your stuff?"

She didn't give me time to answer.

"Come on." She said, grabbing my hand and dragging me into the apartment.

She pulled me into the main room of the apartment and let go of my hand. I shook my hand as I looked at the room full of boxes.

"Well, here's all your stuff." She said. "I'll leave you to it. My boyfriend gets home in half an hour. Don't be here when he gets here, or I'll have him kick your ass."

I ignored her comment and noticed that should have been more boxes here.

"Hey, wait a second." I said as I looked at her.

She turned to face me.

"Where's my box of college papers, folders and laptop?" I asked. "You're one box short!"

She looked as though she were thinking for a second. She finally returned my gaze with a hateful one.

"Not my problem." She said as she walked into another room.

I rolled my eyes as I picked up two boxes, that were lighter than I had expected. I walked with them out of the room, down a few flights of stairs and out the doors of the complex, to where Tyson was waiting with his truck.

"How bad is it?" he asked me.

I sat down one of the boxes and he picked it up.

"Very, very, very bad." I said. "She claims that she'll have her boyfriend kick my ass when he gets home if I'm still here then."

"Uh-huh, sure she will." He said as he put the box in the back. "How many of these are left?"

"I don't know." I said. "Five or six?"

He took the box in my hands from me.

"Okay." He said. "Well, let's make this quick. I know you don't want to be here any longer than you have to."

"Thanks." I said as I turned to head back up to Rachel's apartment.

Fifteen Minutes Later

I walked back downstairs with the last box in my hands.

"Okay," I said as I walked up to Tyson. "This is the last one."

"Okay. Put it in the back and let's get going." He said.

I did so and was about to go get into the passenger side of his truck, when I heard someone say my name.

"Hey, Percy!" the voice exclaimed.

I looked up in the direction of the voice and I saw Rachel poking her head out of the window of her apartment.

"You forgot something!" she exclaimed.

She disappeared back through the window and a few seconds later, a box was pushed out of the window and smashed against the ground only seconds later. It must have been an old box, because it exploded against the sidewalk on impact. Papers went flying and I saw something in there that shouldn't have been there: My laptop was among the wreckage and it was very close to being broken in two pieces. It definitely wouldn't be working anymore.

I was in shock. But I was angry too. I stepped forward and pointed at the window.

"Hey!" I yelled up to the window. "You're going to pay for that, you bitch!"

My eyes widened after I had said that, and I covered my mouth with surprise.

"Percy, just get what's left and come on!" Tyson exclaimed. "Let's go!"

I looked up at Rachel's window, to see her hand sticking out. She flipped me the bird. I bent down to pick up all of the papers and what was left of my laptop. I walked over to Tyson's truck, used my free hand to open the door and got in.

"I can't believe she broke my laptop!" I said as Tyson started the truck.

"Hey, don't worry about it." He said. "I'll buy you a new one."

I looked at him.

"You will?" I asked. "Why?"

"Because I want to." He said. "I feel bad about this whole thing. And besides, it'd make me feel better."

I didn't complain.

Manhattan, New York

Dexter's Diner, Bar and Grill

1:30 P.M.

Tyson and I walked into the Diner and up to the table, where the usual trio sat: Piper, Jason and Leo.

"Hi." I said in glum voice.

They all looked up at me.

"What happened to you this time?" Leo asked.

"So, I saw Rachel today." I said.

"And?" Jason asked.

"She broke my laptop." I said.

"What?" Leo asked. "What do you mean "she broke your laptop"?"

"She pushed a box of his college stuff and laptop out of her window to the ground." Tyson said. "His laptop is nearly broken in two."

"Oh my God, that bitch!" Piper exclaimed, before her eyes widened and she covered her mouth with surprise.

"Hey," I said as I chuckled. "That's exactly what I said. How I reacted, too."

"You're really in a good mood for a guy who just witnessed his ex-girlfriend dump all his stuff out a window." Leo said.

My smiled disappeared and I shot him a frown.

"So, what happened?" Jason chimed in.

"Yeah, what's gotten you so happy?" Leo asked.

I smiled at the thought of Annabeth.

"I, uh, talked to Annabeth today at her workplace." I said. "I watched her for a while, before she noticed me."

Tyson just looked at me as he sat down.

"What?" I asked with confusion.

"Oh my God, you are totally smitten with her." He said.

"Does she still think that your Russian?" Leo asked.

"Hey, that was your fault." I said. "And no, for your information, she doesn't think that I'm still Russian. I'll have you know that I actually asked her if she wanted to go out for a cup of coffee next Thursday."

"What did she say?" Piper asked.

"She said yes." I said.

"Well alright man, there you go!" Leo said. "You're in!"

The booth went silent as I sat down. Everyone looked at Leo with disapproval.

"What?" he finally asked, breaking the silence.

"Can you try not to act perverted?" Tyson asked. "My brother just got out of a bad relationship and he's just trying to get his life back on track."

"Thank you." I said. "Annabeth and I are just going to be friends."

"Sure," Leo said. "Friends with benefits."

"Oh, ho, ho!" Jason said as he high fived Leo.

"Um, no that's not how that works." Piper said. "That's not funny."

"Oh, come on." Jason said. "It's a little funny."

"No, not really." Tyson said.

Manhattan, New York

Dexter's Diner, Bar and Grill

2:00 P.M.

About half an hour had passed since we got to the diner and that's when I saw a familiar blonde walk by the window I sat next to. I looked up at everyone.

"Hey guys, Annabeth is coming!" I said. "Quick, talk about something!"

Leo gave me a strange look.

"Say something?" Jason asked. "Like what?"

The door opened as Annabeth walked into the diner. I looked back at Leo and Jason.

"Apples!" I exclaimed.

Leo and Jason both gave me a strange look. I tried my best to sneak a glance towards Annabeth, without making it look like I was obviously looking at her. Yeah, she was giving me a strange look, too. I quickly returned my glance to Leo and Jason.

"Gee, I don't know Leo." I said. "What's your favorite thing about apples?"

He didn't answer. He just kept staring at me with that strange look on his face. I desperately looked at him, trying to tell him to talk back to me. Eventually, he caught on and spoke.

"Um, one of them a day keeps the doctor away?" he asked.

I just stared at him.

Was that the best he could do? I thought.

"Um, what about you, Percy?" Leo asked. "What's another thing you like about apples?"

"Um, I like how they taste." I said.

Annabeth walked up to us.

"What on Earth are you guys doing?" she asked.

I looked up at her.

"Oh, um, Leo and I are just, uh," I spoke, stuttering as I did. "rehearsing for a play!"

Annabeth's face lit up with excitement after I said that.

"A play? Oh, I love plays!" she said. "Can I come?"

"No, sorry." I said. "We're sold out."

The look of excitement faded from her face.

"Oh." She said as she walked around the table and sat down next to Piper.

As I sat there, casually trying to listen to any conversation the two may be having, Leo began trying to get my attention.

"Hey, Percy! Psst, Percy!" he whispered to me. "Percy! Psst, hey, Percy! Come on Percy, talk to me!"

I looked over to him out of annoyance.

"What?" I asked him in an irritated tone.

He motioned for me to come closer, so I bent over across the table to him and moved my head close to his. He began whispering in my ear.

"Do you think that Annabeth tastes like apples?" he asked.

I pulled away and looked at him with disgust. As I sat back down in my chair, I looked around the table, to see that no one had seemed to hear him. I looked back at him, lifted my leg and kicked him in his special place. He let out a grunt of pain as he fell forward, his head hitting the table. Everyone looked over to him.

"Hey, what's with you?" Annabeth asked with a frown on her face.

Leo took a deep breath in and out as he sat back up, holding his lower area.

"I, uh, sat on myself." He said, grunting with pain still.

There was mix of smirks, chuckles and eyes rolling, and it seemed everyone knew what he meant.

"Sounds like you should be more careful." I said.

"Screw you." He grunted in a painful tone.

"That's the wrong line." I said.

Leo looked up at me with a look of confusion.

"What?" he asked.

"That's the wrong line. You said: "Screw you"." I said. "Your line is: "There are lots of different kinds of apples out there. There are red, yellow and green apples. What's your favorite kind of apple?" We're still in play mode, jackass."

Before Leo could speak, Annabeth beat him to it.

"Hey Perry, right?" she asked.

I turned to look at her.

"You were close." I said, "My name's Percy."

"Oh, Percy. That's it." She said, the tone in her voice made it seemed like she got it. "What's your play about?"

I thought about it for a minute, before I looked back at her.

"Apples." I said.

She regarded me with a strange look, but eventually looked away and went back to talking to Piper. I looked back at Leo, to see that the pain must have passed.

Really? A play? He mouthed to me.

I just rolled my eyes as the waiter came around to collect my plate of food.

Manhattan, New York

Jason and Leo's Apartment

11:30 P.M

I was asleep on Leo and Jason's couch in their apartment, with a quilt draped over me. I had been asleep for maybe an hour and unbeknownst to me, I was about to get woken up. I began to wake up and my eyes opened for a split second, and I saw Leo sitting in a recliner across from me.

"Oh, hey Leo." I said, before getting settled again.

That's when it hit me. Leo was sitting in the recliner, watching me sleep. My eyes snapped open.

"Bah!" I exclaimed as I sat up.

Leo just looked at me with surprise and I saw he had a bottle of something in his hand.

"What the hell are you doing?" I asked.

"Um, looking at you while you sleep?" he asked.

"Yes, I can see that!" I said. "But why are you watching me? Why are you out here? Isn't it bedtime?!"

"I wanted to watch T.V." he said. "And I don't have a T.V. in my room."

"Then why aren't you watching T.V?!" I asked.

"Um, I don't know." He said. "I went to get a beer and then I remembered that you were sleeping out on the couch. And I just found myself looking at you."

"Oh my God!" I said. "Do you realize how creepy that sounds?"

Leo just shrugged.

"Ugh." I said as I grabbed my pillow and blanket, getting up from the couch.

"Hey, where are you going?" he asked.

"I'm going to go across the hall to where I know I can sleep without people looking at me!" I said, as I walked to the door.

I unlocked the door and opened it and walked across the hall. I knew that Tyson, Piper and Annabeth kept their door unlocked, even at this hour. Don't ask me why. I just wanted to get some shut eye in a peaceful place.

Author's Note:

* And that's it. I hope you enjoyed the long awaited third chapter of this story. Please go ahead and tell me what you think.

* You may notice that only the usual six characters so far in the story (not counting Rachel), Percy, Tyson, Jason, Leo, Piper and Annabeth. I do plan on adding more characters, such as, Nico, Frank, Hazel and Luke. If there are any other characters that you want to see added, just let me know. I just don't want to introduce all the characters all at once.

* Anyway, I hope the wait was worth it for this chapter and I promise the wait for Chapter Four will be nowhere near as long as this wait was. I'm going to go though, so have a great day and bye.

Next Chapter: The One Where Jason loses his job.