"Trust me, all is well," Paul laughed while he opened the key to Sally's and his apartment. No smoke was leaking, no glass was breaking, it was practically quiet until they pulled away from their kiss to here Percy and Annabeth screaming at each other.
"GODS can you try to NOT be stupid?"
"Look I'm getting a C average. I'M AVERAGE. But I know for a FACT that the it's the Duck-hawk!"
Only the gods know what they were yelling at each other about, but they were likely to get a noise complaint if they kept it up. Sally sighed and moved her hand for the door, only to be intercepted my Paul.
"If they are going at it we should just let them be, it bonds them," he reasoned, trying to lean down to kiss his wife again. She laughed and turned the knob.
"Your efforts are appreciated. Not in the hallway while my son is close to death," she reasoned. Paul smiled at her objection only because they were public, that's not saying that anything would happen tonight but he had a good feeling…
"Oh my gods you are stupid! No it's not!" Annabeth stood in the center of the living room, back turned, while Percy was looking over her shoulder.
"Click on it!"
"Don't tell me what to do!"
"Gods, I can really tell you are a daughter of Athena. Honestly," he said in a snarky manor. Paul flinched as she stepped on his foot with everything she had- he didn't flinch.
"Just because it's called an Achilles heel doesn't mean it's on my foot," he teased her.
"Stupid curse," she muttered. "I know where it is! Do you really want to go there? Gods, at least I am a daughter of Athena! You would suck as a son of Athena, gods forbid!"
"GOOD. I'm not into incest!"
"Hey, I know we all hate our fair share of incest but what's going on?" Paul asked when her fists balled up. She and Percy turned and sighed in relief.
"Paul! HE is trying to say that a Duck-hawk is the fastest animal on the planet! Is it not the Peregrine Falcon?" Percy walked beside her and shushed her by covering her mouth. The way her jaw was set it was obvious that she was biting him.
"Dude it's totally the Duck-hawk, right Mom?"
"I'm not sure honey…" She looked to Paul while Percy removed his bleeding hand from her mouth. Paul wasn't sure to be worried that she bit him to point of bleeding, or his indifference at her attack.
"Well here we go, I think it loaded." She held the phone up and Percy grabbed it, accidentally pressing a button.
"Wait what did it…?"
"Percy! You just restarted the search!"
"Oh forget this," he yelled. He pulled a drachma out of his pocket and walked to the sink. "I'm asking Rachel."
"What would Rachel know?!"
"More than you at this point!"
Paul silently walked over to the kitchen counter and opened his laptop.
"What did you want to search?" He asked while laughing at them, even Sally didn't know what was going on.
"Fastest animal in the world," Percy responded first and walked over. Annabeth stubbornly walked over as well, still holding her phone.
Suddenly two yells erupted from the couple.
"Hah! THE PEREGRINE FALCON IS THE FASTEST ANIMAL ON THE PLANET! Although also known as the duck hawk in the U.S…" She silenced the same time as Percy finished his exclamation.
"THE DUCK HAWK IS THE FASTEST ANIMAL ON THE PLANET. Although it's official name is the Peregrine Falcon…" They looked at each other and couldn't decide if they were too smart for each other or too stupid; Annabeth decided the first.
"Well I guess that's settled," Percy mumbled. "I think we should all just watch TV."
"TV is good," Annabeth agreed silently.
Paul and Sally giggled softly as their faces relaxed, and their anger faded into embarrassment.
"So the Peregrine Falcon is called a Duck-hawk? Interesting," he laughed.
"Shut up," Percy muttered and put his head in Annabeth's lap to watch Madmen.
He laughed at them and felt Sally behind him, rubbing his shoulders relaxingly.
So… tonight? ;) He typed on his Google search, knowing she was reading. She laughed at his attempt and reached over to respond she; she clicked two times- ;). He laughed and hugged her, his frustrating, amazing woman.
Yay! Flirty Paul and Sally are so fun! Like everyone has great Percabeth but I love the Saul as well J
