Jason
We were teaching Annabeth the ways of living as a vampire. Right now we are running faster than than we, especially Annabeth, have ever. We came to a sudden stop in front of the New Town's only classic pub and Annabeth burst out laughing. Me and Percy joined in after a few seconds. The run sure was thrilling.
"Oh my god! Everything was just a blur!" She said after she had calmed down from her laughter fit.
"Sure it was little girl!" I teased.
Annabeth frowned and said, "Who are you calling a little girl again?"
"Well you are kind of centuries younger than us." Percy said while pretending to be thoughtful.
Annabeth rolled her eyes but looped her arms through Percy's and mine and said, "I want to know how food tastes after dying. Let's go!"
Three of us laughed at her excitement and forged inside. As soon as we were inside, a royal servant came up to us and said, "Which one of you is the owner of the Monthouse?''
"Him." I said pointing towards Percy and then pointing towards myself I added, "and me."
"Well", the servant rubbed his mustache and said, "Sirs you and your mistresses are invited to the annual ball tonight. As landlords you are obligated to participate. Miss? I have seen you before in...? Yes! I have seen you at the place of the tainted women! What is a woman of so low status doing with landlords? This is crime against the Kin-"
Percy slapped the servant hard across his face. Wile the servant was looking bewildered Percy was looking back at him with a smug expression.
"This is my fiancé you are talking to. Show your respect Mister."
"Oh Oh Forgive me! forgive me." With that the servant stumbled away to some other people.
"You don't have to do that you know." Annabeth said quietly while staring at her feet, "They say I was quite famous among the customers. So I am assuming many people would know me here. I mean many men."
"No way I am going to let them get away with insulting you. I promised to protect you and protection against social abuse is in my contract list." Percy was smiling at Annabeth and she was smiling back at him.
I just sighed. It was my first time watching love at first sight coming true. And even tough I had kissed Piper all night and even in the morning, I can't understand if I am in love with her. She must feel something about me tough. She could have taken the opportunity of my lapse and run home to safety yesterday. But she got offended by my comments and confronted me and even comforted me by kissing me. I don't think she completely hates me. It is so difficult to understand a lady like Piper and so easy to interpret the ones like Drew. I wonder why is that.
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"You name sir?" The announcer asked as we were standing in the doorway of the great hall. Annabeth was wearing an emerald green and black gown with an ugly black hat which she was quite determined to shed off after walking down the entry staircase. Percy and I were in our usual noble gentlemen attire and attracting many ladies. Mostly ladies were pointing at Percy and saying things like, "His eyes are so beautiful!", "What a strong looking boy!", "Mother I want him as my groom."
To top it all up and also to make Annabeth a little jealous I guess, Percy waved slightly in their directions. This made many of them to fall down. Percy and Annabeth huddled together to chuckle with their hands on their mouth behind me so that no one else could see them. What kids! Wait Annabeth wasn't Jealous? I guess they both are going to play around a lot today.
"You name Sir." The announcer brought my attention back to the party.
"Jason Olivia Grace." The announcer announced my name rather loudly as I entered the party. The ladies everywhere instantly started pointing at me. I smiled. After all I didn't actually have a date. Yes, I have not asked Piper to accompany me. We (Percy and myself) have made a truce of sharing Annabeth as our date. But by the way Percy was waving or winking or at the ladies to make Annabeth and himself laugh at their reactions made it pretty clear that they Annabeth was going to stick with Percy all night.
"What is your name sir?" The announcer asked Percy.
"Percy." The announcer nodded and was about the announce that when he stopped midway and looked at Percy blankly.
Both Percy and Annabeth chuckled over each other and the announcer turned a bit red.
I just rolled my eyes and said, "Perseus Olivia Jackson." The announcer nodded at me, a look of gratefulness in his eyes, and announced his name as he entered the ball. More ladies swooned as they were obviously unable to resist the beauty of a vampire, their hunter. That thought made me smile and my eyes searched the crowd for any delicious looking woman. My eyes landed on a brunette and my heart stopped. But then she turned around and I figured out that she wasn't the person I was hoping to see.
"Your name my dear lady?" The announcer said while looking at Annabeth.
"Annab-"
"Anna Olivia Jackson." Percy said quickly before Annabeth could tell her full name. After figuring out that people would abuse her or say hurtful things at her face or even they can molest her as she might be the first woman who has the mark of being a whore and yet was entering the prestigious ball. Percy had come up with the name Antonia for some reason to reduce the chances of her being recognized as she looked a lot more different and lively than she had back then but of course Annabeth had forgotten all that in her excitement of seeing the ball room.
I saw Percy pulling Annabeth away with him somewhere in the crowd. Some friend and what a loving cousin! I took a deep breath which filled my nose with all kind of smells. I was moving around aimlessly and bumped into a girl with glossy black hair and bright black eyes... just like the girl I had met about 300 years ago, Reyna Avila RamĂrez-Arellano , my lover who died in the black death. My eyes met hers and I smiled at her. She immediately smiled back at me and blushed a little. The spell that her black hair and eyes had cast on me broke away when she blushed. Then I saw a pulse beat in her neck. I was standing and clinking my glass of wine with her in a few seconds.
"My name is Lady Melrose Bethany Heavens." She said shyly.
"I don't really care." I muttered under my breath.
"Sorry? Did you say something?" She asked with an innocent glimmer in her eyes.
"Yes, indeed I did. My name is Stanford Grace." I never fancy it when people I have no love for call me Jason. That is why my name is a secret to Drew till now. I highly doubt t that Piper would have shared that idea. I bent down to take a quick bite from her neck but stopped mid way when I remembered Piper's words from yesterday, "blood controls you."
I stepped back from that mortal and turned towards the door. I am pretty much messed op, thinking about Piper no matter where I go.
"Piper McLean Rosmond!" The announcer's voice blared in the hall and with a swift motion I turned to see that a girl with her hair done in roses was wearing a huge corseted gown. There was something wrong about her except for her corset. Yes her eyes were blank and were set in a yellow, green and brown mixture and were not changing color. Then I saw my worst nightmare, A boy with an eyepatch put his hand around Piper's shoulder and disappeared. I heard Luke Richard Castellan voice from somewhere saying, "Ethan didn't catch a worthless girl I see. This one interestingly smelled like you while she was on her way to her house. Guess I'll play with her no. Ha ha Ha! See ya"
Even tough I heard his voice I couldn't find him, Ethan or Piper anywhere. I searched hysterically to no avail. They had disappeared... with Piper.
Are you hopping what is going to happen? Just two more chapters and I am done with 'part one' of this story! Please tell me what you think! Please keep reading!
