Summer romance Chapter 4: Thank you for the music (ABBA), a percy jackson and the olympians fanfic

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After Piper had deemed her outfit acceptable, they started on my hair. Thalia twiddled one of my curls uselessly whilst Piper sprang into action. She curled and re-curled (as if it's not curly enough), then fixed it up. My hair was loose, with two plaits going round the back of my head, secured by a butterfly clip. I gasped.

"Its...incredible!" I breathed. Piper smiled satisfactorily.

"Yeah, I like it. Now, go knock him dead!"

"It's not a date."

"Right."

I ignored Piper and walked out of the door.

When I reached the beach Percy was waiting for me. He looked stunning in his khaki shorts and white tee. He looked kinda nervous, as opposed to the bad-boy vibe, which I thought was adorable. Nervous boys are usually the best. His mouth dropped a little when he saw me, but he hid it well.

"You look...amazing!" He told me. I blushed visibly as we made our way up the beach.

There was a stage set up in the centre, equipped with a huge screen and speakers. We gathered at the stage like everyone else. Leo swaggered onto the stage.

"Yo, peeps!" He bellowed into the microphone. "Did I do good this year!" A cry of 'yes!' went up. I turned to Percy.

"He did this?" I asked. He nodded.

"He never fails to impress me." He confessed.

"So, we're gonna do a little karaoke in a bit, some dance competitions, some games, and obviously, food!" A cheer went up from the Percy and the guys, though Thalia joined in loudly.

Leo was just walking off stage when he went, "Ooh, wait! I forgot something!"

The dispersed crowd gathered again and looked up at Leo expectantly.

"Good job on getting a girl, Jackson. You finally got over her?"

Percy's expression hardened. "Drop it Leo." The crowd was silent, staring awkwardly. When I looked closely at Percy, I saw he was dangerously near tears.

Music started to play quietly from the speakers as everyone was left to socialize. I took Percy's hand. "You okay?"

He looked surprised but didn't shake me off. Instead, he squeezed my hand tighter.

"Yeah...my last girlfriend, two years ago..." He shook his head.

Just by looking into those gorgeous eyes, I wanted to know what bitch (A/N sorry, I don't like swearing but it was necessary) had hurt this wonderful man.

"Tell me." I pleaded, rubbing his back soothingly. "It's okay."

He looked grateful. "Well, let's just say, I thought we were something special. Until I caught her kissing my best friend."

I gasped, an appropriate reaction to his situation. "If I was your girlfriend, I'd never do that." I swore.

He smiled slightly, almost that annoying smirk of his. "Good."

We talked more, sat under the shade of a palm tree. I learnt that his father, too, had died, and shared in my pain. He liked surfing, the ocean, and wanted to be a marine biologist later in life. He told me some fascinating facts about the sealife the ocean by the island, to which I listened to interestedly.

"You know what? I'm gonna call you Seaweed Brain."

Percy laughed – a wonderful, clear, happy sound. "Then you shall be the Wise Girl."

I giggled. "Shall we dance, Sir Seaweed?" I asked in a posh voice.

"Can do, Lady Wise." Chuckling, we headed to the (almost) empty dance floor. He placed a hand on my waist as a slow song started. He lead, and we danced across the floor together. It was only after the song had finished that I noticed the red recording light on Travis' phone.

"TRAVIS STOLL!" I yelled. He looked terrified.

"It's not YouTube, not this time." He assured me. "No, I'm sending this to Percy's ex, to prove he's over her." Percy looked like he wanted to crawl under a rock and hide. I felt a surge of protectiveness wash over me – who did this girl think she was? Hurting him this way? Then I realised. I was in love.

But I wouldn't show it unless Percy did and so far, nothing. Totally friendly. Luckily, to save awkwardness, Leo bounded onto the stage, grinning like he was on a sugar high.

"KARAOKE!" He screamed. Then he picked a name out of a hat. "Please come up to the stage...Thalia!"

Thalia came up, picked her song, and sang.

"Whoa, oh, oh
Whoa, oh, oh
Whoa, oh, oh
Whoa
I'm waking up to ash and dust
I wipe my brow and I sweat my rust
I'm breathing in the chemicals
(inhale) (exhale)

I'm breaking in, shaping up, then checking out on the prison bus
This is it, the apocalypse
Whoa

I'm waking up, I feel it in my bones
Enough to make my systems blow
Welcome to the new age, to the new age
Welcome to the new age, to the new age
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh, oh, I'm radioactive, radioactive
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh, oh, I'm radioactive, radioactive

I raise my flags, don my clothes
It's a revolution, I suppose
We're painted red to fit right in
Whoa

I'm breaking in, shaping up, then checking out on the prison bus
This is it, the apocalypse
Whoa

All systems go, the sun hasn't died
Deep in my bones, straight from inside

This was met by a round of applause, some excessive whistling from Luke and a bowing Thalia. Leo, keeping up the formalities, read, "YAY, sexy Leo time!"

I groaned.

"We, we don't have to worry about nothing
Cause we got the fire
And we're burning one hell of a something

They, they gonna see us from outer space, outer space
Light it up
Like we're the stars of the human race, human race

When the lights turned down
They don't know what they heard
Strike a match, play it loud
Giving love to the world

We'll be raising our hands
Shining up to the sky
Cause we got the fire, fire, fire
Yeah we got the fire fire fire

And we gonna let it burn burn burn burn
We gonna let it
Burn burn burn

Gonna let it burn burn burn burn
We gonna let it burn burn burn burn

We don't want to leave
No

We just gonna be right now
And what we see
Is everybody's on the floor acting crazy getting lurker to
Turn the lights out

Musics on, I'm waking up
We stop the vibe
And we bump it up

And it's over now
We got the love
There's no secret now
No secret now

When the lights turned down
They don't know what they heard
Strike a match
Play it loud
Giving love to the world

We'll be raising out hands
Shining up to the sky
Cos we got the fire, fire, fire
Yeah we got the fire, fire, fire

And we gonna let it burn burn burn burn
We gonna let it burn burn burn burn

Gonna let it burn burn burn burn
We gonna let it burn burn burn burn
When the lights turned down
They don't know what they heard
Strike a match
Play it loud
Giving love to the world

We gonna let it burn burn burn burn
Burn burn burn burn

Burn burn burn burn
Burn burn burn

We can light it up up up
So they can put it out out out
We can light it up up up
So they can put it out out out

We an light it up up up
So they can put it out out out
We can light it up up up
So they can put option out out out

When the lights turned down
They don't know what they heard
Strike a match
Play it loud
Giving love
To the world

We'll be raising our hands
Shine it up to the sky
Cause we got the fire, fire, fire
Yeah we got the Fire fire fire

And we gonna let it burn burn burn burn
We gonna let it burn burn burn

Gonna let it burn burn. Burn
We gonna let it burn burn burn burn

When the lights turned down
They don't know
What they heard
Strike a match
Play it loud
Giving love to the world

We'll be raising our hands
Shining up to the sky
Cause we got the fire fire
Yeah we got the fire fire fire

And we gonna let it
Burn."

He wasn't bad, but he wasn't good either. Next, Piper sang 'Roar' by Katy Perry, Hazel belted out 'Royals' by Lorde, Luke felt obliged to sing 'Talk Dirty' by Jason Derulo, which met much applause. After that, Travis and Connor both sang 'Troublemaker', Jason sang 'Bonfire Heart', Frank sang 'Midnight Memories' (he has a sweet voice) then it was Percy's song. He stood up, looking all serious.

"This song," He announced, "May be short, but it suits me well. I'm sure my new friend Annabeth will agree. I started laughing as the first few notes came on, but not as hard as when he sang.

"Narwhals, Narwhals
Swimming in the ocean
Causing a commotion
'Cause they are so awesome
Narwhals, Narwhals
Swimming in the ocean
Pretty big and pretty white
They beat a polar bear in a fight
Like an underwater unicorn
They've got a kick-ass facial horn
They're the Jedi of the sea
They stop Cthulhu eating ye
Narwhals
They are Narwhals
Narwhals
Just don't let 'em touch your balls
Narwhals
They are Narwhals
Narwhals
Inventors of the shish kebab
Narwhals
They are Narwhals
Narwhals
Just don't let 'em touch your balls
Narwhals
They are Narwhals
Narwhals
(Narwhals, narwhals)
Narwhals, Narwhals
Swimming in the ocean
Causing a commotion
'Cause they are so awesome
Narwhals, Narwhals
Swimming in the ocean
Causing a commotion
'Cause they are so awesome
Narwhals
Are really, really good
You'll find them in the sea
They're never in the woods
Narwhals
You know they're just so sweet
They could stab you in the face
With their long protruding teeth! Yeah!
It's a tooth
A tooth, tooth baby
They don't need a dentist
'Cause they're washin' it daily
It's a tooth!
You know it's the truth!
You don't need no more proof
'cause I'm telling you it's a tooth."

I was rolling around on the sand, giggling. Then I stopped. My turn.

The grin slid off my face. "I don't sing." I stuttered.

Thalia looked at me. "You sing in the shower. We could hear you when you were getting changed."

I blushed. "Don't make me."

Leo shrugged. "Fine. Chicken." He added under his breath, clucking quietly. Embarrassment forgotten, I stormed up to the stage in anger. "I'll show you whose chicken, Valdez." I muttered, shoving him so hard he fell over. So, because of pride, I sang.

"You shout it out
But I can't hear a word you say
I'm talking loud not saying much
I'm criticized
But all your bullets ricochet
Shoot me down, but I get up

I'm bulletproof, nothing to lose
Fire away, fire away
Ricochet, you take your aim
Fire away, fire away

[Chorus:]
You shoot me down but I won't fall
I am titanium
You shoot me down but I won't fall
I am titanium

Cut me down
But it's you who'll have further to fall
Ghost town and haunted love
Raise your voice, sticks and stones may break my bones
I'm talking loud not saying much

I'm bulletproof, nothing to lose
Fire away, fire away
Ricochet, you take your aim
Fire away, fire away

You shoot me down but I won't fall
I am titanium
You shoot me down but I won't fall
I am titanium
I am titanium
I am titanium

Stone-hard, machine gun
Firing at the ones who run
Stone-hard as bulletproof glass
You shoot me down but I won't fall
I am titanium
You shoot me down but I won't fall
I am titanium
You shoot me down but I won't fall
I am titanium
You shoot me down but I won't fall

I am titanium
I am titanium."

Silence. Then, "Woah." I turned. Percy was staring at me, mouth open. Likewise, I noticed, was everyone else. "That was...fabulous!" Percy told me. I breathed a sigh of relief.

The rest of the night was fairly smooth. But that's not the part I'm dying to tell you.

At the end of the night, drunk on fun, I leant over to Percy and kissed him. And he kissed me back.

I think I'm in love.

Wow, drama or what? BTW, I'm gonna write another fanfic soon. It's called School of Nightmares, and it's a school that Percy attends. But all his old bullies, like Nancy Bobofit and Matt Sloan are there. PM me if you want to co-write!