A/N: I know I've taken a long time, and I'm really sorry! I've been having some personal problems, and while I know that is no excuse, I really didn't mean to make you wait for so long. I am trying to update fast, but I've had a severe case of writer's block. However, here is the next chapter, and I will try to get around to chapter five in about two or three weeks.

Disclaimer: I do not own any PJO material, all credit goes to Rick Riordan.

Accidental Kisses

Chapter 4

"It takes me a moment to figure out that we both are leaning forward, but I quickly clear my throat and pick up the fallen book."

Annabeth's POV

I let out a frustrated breath as I run - or try to run my brush through my unresponsive hair. It is hanging in a tangled mess which bothers me to end.

You know what?, I think silently. Who cares anyway?

Letting out a chuckle at my thoughts, I quickly brush my hair to point in which it looks decent enough and start downstairs.

"I'm going to school now!" I yell, trying to inform my step-mom in the kitchen.

"Okay, honey. Have a good day!" She replies, and with that, I'm out the door. I notice Percy's black car is already out of the driveway, which means he'd at school early. I let out a surprised snort at the thought of Percy being early to school, shake my head, and head Thalia's house. I see Thalia waiting, her eyes glued to her phone. She takes a quick peek up and spots me, grinning.

"Hey, Annie!" She smirks, ruffling my hair.

"Hey!" I exclaim, slapping her hand away. "That took me forever!" She snorts and goes back to her phone, making me roll my eyes. She keeps her phone in her hand and hands me the keys to the car, so I can drive.

When we reach school fifteen minutes later, I walk up to my locker and put my textbooks inside, noticing the hallways are practically empty. Frowning, I turn to Thalia, who has been walking behind me, her eyes still glued on her phone.

"Where is everyone?" I wonder out loud, trying to remember if there's anything special today.

Thalia looks up and smirks, finally putting her phone off and into the back pocket of her jeans.

"I thought you'd never ask." She says dramatically, laughing as I roll my eyes. "They're all outside in the pool area. The tryouts are today."

"Oh." I say, reveling at how stupid I sound. "I knew that." I say, as she rolls her eyes.

"We should go watch." Thalia says, nodding towards the hallway to the pool area. "I heard Luke is trying to beat Percy this year." She snickers.

I immediately stop and face her. "Luke and Percy?" I ask, now wary of going to watch. I vaguely remember Percy's text, and then realize why he was preparing so much for this these tryouts. He wanted me to come watch him.

"Yeah." Thalia shrugs. "Usually people came to see hot guys, not that Luke and Percy aren't, but this time it's actually about the swimming. People say that Luke might be able to beat Percy, but I don't think so. I mean, Percy's won the competition for three years straight." She says, and my head forms a picture of Percy swimming, clad in swimming trunks, setting a school record.

I nod, trying to get the ridiculous blush from the mental image off my face. Thalia raises an eyebrow, but smirks anyway.

"Come on then, Annie!" She hollers as she walks past the doors to the pool area. "Let's go cheer on my idiot of a cousin!"

I roll my eyes again, a habit I've been doing a lot lately, thanks to her, and push through the doors.

I'm immediately surprised at the number of people who have come to watch, and unknowingly annoyed at the number of girls by Percy's side. Then, I'm confused as to why I am annoyed.

Shaking the emotions to the side, I see people cheering as Luke dives into the water and swims to one side, flips, and then back in 58 seconds. As soon as he reaches the to the starting side, people start cheering. I see Percy roll his eyes from the sidelines, and his gaze moves in further back until our eyes connect.

The emotions that are going through his eyes are hard to read from the distance, but I can see the surprise clear in his bright green eyes. A small half-smile, half-smirk appears on his face and his eyes light up. This unintentionally makes me smile, but then I stop and tell myself to focus.

Someone pats Percy and tells him something, which results in punch in the shoulder from Percy. Percy then shrugs his towel off, revealing his 6-pack again, getting ready to go for his turn in the water. I hear the girls beside him whispering at his shirtless state, and I immediately roll my eyes.

Percy lines up at the side of the pool, waiting for the countdown. I watch as he winks at me and then jumps in as the timer begins.

I'm momentarily stunned at his speed as he does the same thing Luke does, except in 51 seconds. Everyone cheers as he comes out of the water, and I give him a grudging smile. However, I realize the smile from his face is gone and he is no longer looking at me, but behind me.

I quickly turn around just to see Luke stalking up to me, smirking at Percy the whole time. I try to put two and two together, and that's when it hits me.

Luke is using me to annoy Percy is some way. As I think about that, I wonder why Percy cares anyway, but still decide to remain being careful around Luke.

"Hey Annabeth." Luke's voice sounds as he pulls me in for a hug. I stiffen in his arms and politely push him away.

"Um, hi, Luke." I say back, faking a smile. I can feel Percy's glare from behind me.

"You came to watch me?" He asks smugly, irritating me just a bit. I shrug back in response.

"Not anyone in particular, I just came 'cause of Thalia." I mumble, looking around for Thalia. Of all the moments, she has to go now. I can't find Percy, either.

"Okay then, Beth." I bite back a comment to my nickname, because frankly, I hate 'Beth' even more than 'Annie'.

I give him a small smile and look around. "I have to go find Thalia, so I'll see you later." I say, pretending to be disappointed. He frowns, but it soon changes back into his charming smile.

"See you later." He says, winking.

I try to control the heat in my face as I wave. "Bye." I say, turning and leaving the pool area as quick as I can. I like Luke like a friend, but I can feel him trying for more.

I round the corner of the building, trying to call Thalia on my phone, when I hear two agitated voices. I take a peek around the wall to see Percy and Thalia having an argument.

"-it's not like that!" I watch as Percy throws his arms up in the air in frustration. "I guess you could say I like her like a friend." He mumbled.

"Oh, please." Thalia huffs, glaring. "Just don't hurt her or I'll hurt you twice as bad. We clear?"

"Yeah, yeah." He mutters, dislike evident in his voice. "I know that. I don't know if that bastard does."

Who's 'her'? An uncomfortable feeling creeps up my skin, and I seem to have an idea as to who they are talking about.

I turn around and try to breathe for a few seconds. Walking back, I go to my lockers and look at my phone. It's almost time for homeroom, so I start walking to class.

As I walk to class, I can't help but wonder, does he want me as a friend? Am I 'her'?

I can't believe how much thinking I've been doing today, and trust me, I'm always thinking. I don't know why, but it feels awfully...weird that Percy would want anything to do with me.

However, thinking back on it, I really did enjoy the time I spent with him when he came over to help me with homework. He was sweet, charming, funny, and a great guy. I also can't explain the flutters in my stomach when he winks at me, or gives me his crooked smile.

There is only one problem with that though; I do not like him. And it's just confusing as hell.

Sighing, I walk to the library right after school ends, so I can get some peace and quiet. The library is like a second home to me because it has books on every shelf and reading helps me relax.

I walk over to the last bookshelf in the row and sit down with my back against the bookshelf. It's secluded from the rest of the library, so it's a perfect place for me to just get away from reality for awhile. I pull out a book from the shelf and smile when I see the title.

"The Illiad." I murmur to myself, opening the book to my place. I can't help it; I'm a goner when it comes to Greek stories. My mother is Greek, and so I pride myself in knowing about her heritage.

I start reading, and before I know it, half an hour has passed. I'm flipping the page when I hear footsteps coming around the bookshelf.

"I thought I would find you here." I hear the smooth, familiar voice of Percy Jackson, walking up to me. I release a loud sigh and look up at him.

"Can I help you?" I ask, irritation clear in my voice. I've always disliked people interrupting my reading. My step-mother learned that the hard way.

"Actually, yes, you can." He smiles, dropping his bag and sitting next to me. I can feel the heat leaving his body and warming mine.

Smirking, her peaks over my shoulder and looks at the book. "The Illiad?" He asks incredulously. I frown and shut the book, giving him a look.

"Yeah." I say. "You have a problem?" I challenge, raising an eyebrow. He looks up, his face inches from my own, a mischievous smirk on his face.

"Of course not." He says, leaning back again. "I just didn't know you were this much of a Greek geek." He laughs, and I swat his head with the book.

"Ow, Annabeth!" He shouts, rubbing his head. My eyes widen and I cover his mouth with my hand, looking around to see if anyone heard him. He raises an eyebrow and looks down at my hand. Before I know what is happening, I feel his tongue on my hand, his mischievous eyes trained on mine. I squeak and take my hand out, rubbing my hand on his shirt.

"Percy!" I whisper-yell, momentarily shocked and somewhat pissed. I still try to get my hands clean, and he laughs and smirks at me.

"I knew you had a thing for my chest, sweetheart." He says, smirking as I rub my hand on the front of his shirt. I glare at him and try to remove my hand from his chest, but his firmly grasps it and keeps it there. "It's okay though, I don't mind. I kind of like it."

"Let go of my hand, you moron!" I mutter, trying to pull free. As I tug, he lets go and I shriek as I fall back the opposite way. I look up to glare, but I feel a smile making its way onto my face when I see his goofy grin.

"Whoops." He says, leaning forward, his hands raised. I gasp and move back, eyeing his eyes warily. "Are you ticklish, Annabeth?"

I squeal and back away, but one of his hands pin both of mine above my head and in a second he's on top of me, a devilish smirk on his face. I can feel my heart beating out of my chest, probably because his gorgeous face in nearly three inches from my own. However, before I do anything stupid, I get my hands free and push him, causing him to fall to the side of me, both of us laughing hard.

"Okay, okay, I won't tickle you." He says, as our laughter dies down. I nod and our eyes lock, both of us panting and the smiles slowly fading. It takes me a moment to figure out that we both are leaning forward, but I quickly clear my throat and pick up the fallen book.

What was that?

"Um, I should probably, er, get going." I say, giving him a small smile. He's looking down, but then regards me with one of his own, although it is kind of wistful and doesn't reach his eyes.

"Okay, right. I should probably go too." He gives me a small smile and starts backing away, but then stops and turns around. I see a hopeful look in his eyes as he opens his mouth.

"Truce?" He asks, shoving his hands in his pocket. I'm momentarily stunned and he hastily backtracks. "I mean, I know I've been quite a jerk, but I kind of like talking to you, and I'm probably going to see you again soon or something, so, um, I thought maybe you want to like try being friends? Or wait, probably not friends, but maybe friendly acquaintances? Something like that, you know, but I understand if you-"

"Percy." I interrupt him, and he looks up at me. For a moment, I see through his facade and his piercing green eyes bore into mine. "If you're not going to be too much of a jerk, maybe I can handle it." I say, casually looking at my fingernails.

He looks appalled for a few seconds before a smirk comes onto his face.

"Thank you, WiseGirl. I look forward to seeing you around more often." He says, a mock serious look on his face. I roll my eyes and shoo him away with my hands.

"Go, before I change my mind." I say, pushing him out. He chuckles and leaves, giving me one last wink. You would think I was joking, but I really wasn't. I really don't know what I'm doing, putting myself out searching for trouble, but I can't help it.

While almost everything is telling me that what I'm doing is wrong, I'm listening to the one thing that's telling me this is right.

Well, there you have it! The beginning of Percabeth!

I want to apologize for the wait time once again, I will update asap.

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