Hey guys! I know it's been a while but I'm back and excited! Hopefully you are too! So let's just get right down to business huh?
This chapter was typed up and ready to go on: September 26th (I was to tired to update it last night; didn't help that I was sick this morning. I hate sore throats...)
Disclaimer: I don't own anything you recognize.
Annabeth Chase:
February 1st, 10:23 Beach
I gestured to A.J and she nodded signaling she was ready. Natalie and Matthew were behind her. Nat had a tambourine and Matthew was had a small drum set. Only two drums were in front of him. I took a breath and smiled out at the crowd. I was sitting down on the front of the small stage; my guitar on my lap. Owen was next to me. The air was warm despite it being late. The sun was almost completely down so the beach was lit with these cool tiki things.
"Hey guys." I said to the small group of thirty. "This song is going to get us into the lovey dovey mood. February just started and I plan on shooting love songs at our fans. Hope you enjoy."
I shot a smile at Owen and he nudged me as we started. Cameras were already flashing and recording.
Annabeth, Owen, Both, Others
I started to strum lightly, the crowd already swaying.
"Oh oh yeah yeah, oohhh yeah.
I don't wear designer clothes
I don't go to the finest schools
But I know
I ain't no fool baby
I may not- be a star
I'm not driving the sickest car
But I know
I can make ya happy baby
I don't know what you're used to
Never been with a guy like you-ou
But I can give you a love that's true to
Your heart not material things
Owen was tapping his leg and swaying himself. The audience were clapping; the ones that didn't have cameras or phones in their hand. Natalie was behind us clapping her hands with the tambourine.
"I'll give you my song
(Na na na na na)
These words, to you
(Na na na na na)
Sing you what I feel
My soul is true
(Na na na na na)
I don't have the world
Can't give it you boy
But all that I can doooo
(All that I can do!)
Is give this song to you.
Na na na na na
(Ohh oh oh, yeah yeah yeah…)
Yeah I know you are blessed
But there's something you're missing yet
Your own melody!
Oh ba-a-by
As I strum my guitar
You should know what you are to me
My everything.
The small crowd let out a cheer, making Owen and I laugh before continuing. Everyone seemed to be having a good time. That's all I could ask for.
I don't know what you're used to
Never been with a guy like you-ou
But I can give you a love that's true to
Your heart not material things!
I'll give you my song
(Na na na na na)
These words, to you
(Na na na na na)
Sing you what I feel
My soul is true
(My soul is true!)
(Na na na na na)
I don't have the world
Can't give it you boy
But all that I can doooo
(All that I can do!)
Is give this song to you.
A.J really stepped in with this next part, playing the rougher guitar solo. I clapped my hands to get the crowd motivated.
(Give this song to you…)
(Every word, every verse..
I'll be there Babe)
Ohhh ohh woah eh-oo
Give this song to you
I'll give my song
These words to you
Baby baby
Singing what I feel
My soul is true!
I'll give you my song
These words, to you
Sing you what I feel
My soul is true
I don't have the world
Can't give it to you boy
But all that I can dooo
(All that I can do)
I'll give you my song
These words, to you
Sing you what I feel
My soul is true
I don't have the world
Can't give it to you boy
But all that I can do
(All that I can doo)
Is give this song to you
(Yoouuu….yeah-eh-eye)
The crowd cheered, people were cheering, clapping and jumping in place. I laughed out of pure excitement. I leaned over to give Owen a one armed hug. He hugged back and we all smiled for the cameras. The cameras we saw anyway.
0~0~0~0~0
I sighed as Percy shut his laptop. I lifted my head off his chest slightly to try to judge his reaction. He smiled down at me before kissing my nose playfully. I shrieked and nudged him away from me. He rolled over to be on top of me.
"What are ya gonna do now? Huh? What are you gonna do?" He asked before attacking me with his butterfly kisses. Everytime he kissed me he mumbled "Huh?" He kissed my nose, eyelids, cheeks, forehead and the corner of my mouth. I was laughing the entire time.
He eventually rolled over so we both sat up. I pitched his side making him yelp. I positioned myself so I was on my knees looking at him. I was still in my day clothes though it was one in the morning. I was only supposed to come over here for an hour after the beach performance. I'm three hours late. Oops?
"It was good Annabeth. You have a real talent when it comes to music." I blushed and he smirked. "You seem to have fun singing." He commented once my blush faded slightly.
I happily nodded and moved a little closer to him.
"Oh yes I do! I just love the rush I get when I know those people are cheering and excited because of something I did! It's the best feeling in the world seeing their smiles and knowing they liked the songs."
I blushed again when I realized I was rambling again. Percy, sensing the problem, shook his head. He leaned over to kiss me again, this one lasting longer than the others we shared tonight. When I started to sense things were getting a little heated I pulled away. I smiled at Percy somewhat shyly and pointed to the door.
"I um…I should be getting home. Matthew was expecting me hours ago."
Percy checked the clock. His eyes widening. He quickly shook his head and pulled me closer to him; almost childishly. He forced my head into his chest. I mumbled into his shirt.
"Uh? Percy?" I chuckled as he released his grip just enough for me to pull away to breath. I raised an eyebrow at his behavior but he smiled and shrugged.
"Just stay here for the night." He said sweetly. I gulped, suddenly nervous. I tried to as discretely as possible pull away completely from his grip.
"Um I-I don't think that's a g-good idea." I stuttered out; my face already red. Percy stood up and walked over to me, confusion written on his face. I quickly ran my eyes over his frame. He was wearing sweats and a T-shirt. He shouldn't look that attractive.
"Why not?" He questioned 'innocently' I blushed harder and took a few steps back.
"Percy I know you're used to sleeping with women a lot but I um… I-I'm not as experienced and I feel like it's a little s-soon. I mean two weeks isn't really a long time to get to know a person let alone sleep with them! I mean most couples sometimes wait years to sleep with one another!"
I glanced up when I noticed I was rambling. Percy was watching me, clearly amused with my embarrassment. I realized then that he probably wasn't talking about doing the 'do' I blushed harder and started to play with my fingers.
"It's not funny." I mumbled as he tried- and failed I might add- to hide his laughter. I tried to look angry but with Percy's laughter filling the room I couldn't help but smile.
"Just c'mere." He said through his chuckles. I rolled my eyes but walked into his warm embrace. He placed his chin on the top of my head and was silent for a minute.
Percy Jackson:
As I held her I let my mind wander. I've been 'involved' with Annabeth for two weeks. And I've found there's a lot more to her then meets the eye. I mean ever since that interview she did about me I've just had a greater respect for her. She respected me enough to not ask about the women of the past but I feel like I owe that to her.
She may be a plan but she's also a person.
"Percy?" Annabeth whispered pulling away slightly so she could see my face. I couldn't help but smile down at her. Her lips curved upwards and her eyes seemed to sparkle in the dim light. I sighed and leaned down to kiss her; a kiss I would remember for a long time.
Her warm lips moved sweetly against mine, making me sigh. I pulled away slowly, still lingering. She shot me another smile before grabbing my hand and tugging me towards my room.
"C'mon movie star, you need your beauty sleep!" She giggled slightly before dashing into my room. I gasped, mock hurt on my face.
"I have plenty of beauty to go around Miss Chase!" I cried as I followed her.
0~0~0~0~0
I was quick to shut off Annabeth's alarm. I knew another one would be going off in ten minutes. Instead of a loud and irritating ringing in her ear I'll just gently wake her. She'll appreciate that right?
I really felt the need to stretch but I couldn't without waking up Annabeth. We stayed up so late last night, just talking, I wanted her to get as much sleep as she could before she had to go. So I settled for absentmindedly stroking her hair.
Hmm it's softer than I thought it was.
After Annabeth and I had crawled into my bed last night I told her about some of my past 'relationships' she understood what they were. It wasn't hard to see what those girls were. She just smiled at me softly and went to sleep as if nothing bad had happened. I still didn't understand why she wasn't upset.
"Your past is your own business Percy. You don't need to explain anything to me. You're with me now and that's all I care about."
She has to be the coolest girl I've ever met. I smiled as Annabeth shifted a little closer to me in her sleep. My heart started to beat a little faster but I didn't notice over the lemon smell in the room.
0~0~0~0~0
I held Annabeth's hand tightly as we walked through the store. Teenaged girls were all staring, some were giggling and I could see the cashier trying hard to hide her phone's camera flash.
Annabeth seemed obvious to the stares as she looked around happily. She and I agreed to meet up again after she left this morning. The original plan was for us to get smoothies but Natalie had reminded Annabeth that she needed a new dress for a big show they would be doing soon.
Of course being the nice guy I am I offered to take her shopping…I guess the offer was so nice the rest of the band decided to tag along. I know A.J wanted to come to the mall to look at guitars, Natalie wanted to come to look at dresses, Matthew came to be with his girlfriend and Owen came to make sure I wasn't being 'to touchy' with Annabeth.
Annabeth and I managed to sneak away from the others a few minutes ago. We were now in Forever 21 just gazing. She was humming under her breath and I found myself staring down at her happily.
I'm not in love with her; I'm not even sure I like her but I know something is different. I mean she seems different. I'm not sure how but she seemed to get even more beautiful than the first day I saw her. Sure she was hot when I first met her but now she's…beautiful.
And I like kissing her; which is always a plus. Marty told me yesterday we look good together, she's a good piece of 'arm candy' apparently.
I shook off my thoughts when Annabeth let go of my hand. Two teenaged girls were now in front of us. Huh when did they show up?...
Annabeth smiled at them sweetly and signed her autograph on one's phone and took a picture with the both of them. I took a couple steps back and let my eyes wander over her body as she posed for the camera.
She looked good; dressed nicely but not over doing it. Her curls were pulled up in a half up half down look; she pulled some of her hair over her shoulder so it was resting comfortably on her chest. She was wearing a pretty multicolored stripped dress, the bottom of the dress reaching her knees. A simple jean jacket over the dress; it was open to reveal the 'A' necklace I was informed her brother had gotten her. On her feet were strappy sandals, her toes had been painted a light blue.
Basically she looked good. Beautiful as I previously said.
But then again I didn't look half bad either. I had on simple jeans on. A skin tight white T-shirt and a black vest on. It wasn't a suit vest; just casual. Annabeth had smiled at me when she saw my black converse.
I was pulled out of the daze when Annabeth grabbed my hand again. She squeezed it gently and gestured to the exit.
"Don't you want to find a dress?" I asked confused as I let her tug me to the exit. She shrugged.
"I have a month. I have time! Besides we're being summoned to the bench near the pretzel stand!"
I chuckled and jogged to catch up with the blonde. My arm was starting to hurt. Her amused laughter filled my ears as we rushed through the mall.
Of course Annabeth and I were the first to arrive at the 'meeting bench' We practically ran there. She had given be some killer puppy dog eyes and in a less than a minute I found myself standing in the pretzel line for her.
I was only gone for five minutes, tops but once I got back to the bench I couldn't help but freeze. Then smile.
Annabeth Chase:
Natalie showed up only seconds after Percy left. She raised an eyebrow but nodded in understanding when I pointed to the pretzel stand. She sat next to me and sighed.
"No dress?"
She shook her head and adjusted in the seat to rest her head on my shoulder. I patted her head; amused as she waved her arms around.
"And your brother left me not even five minutes in! Note to self: Never go dress shopping when a GameStop is right next door."
I nodded and made an 'O' with my mouth. I glanced around.
"So I'm guessing that's where Owen is too?"
Natalie nodded and lifted her head. We were both silent until a familiar beat came over the mall radio. It was just loud enough for me to start singing along. I turned towards Natalie, making her smile and nod. I was soon standing and taking Nat's hand to help her up.
Annabeth, Natalie, Both
"Because you know I'm
All about that bass
'bout that bass, no treble
I'm all about that bass
'bout that bass, no treble
I'm all about that bass
'bout that bass-bass-bass-bass!"
It wasn't hard to see we had attracted attention but Natalie seemed a little happier so I didn't care. I just started to swing my hips a little as I made a face at my friend.
"Yeah it's pretty clear
I ain't no size two
But I can shake it-shake it
Like I'm supposed to do
Cause I got that boom boom
That all the boys chasing
All the right junk
In all the right places."
Both Natalie and I had let out a laugh as we sang that last part. It was just so out of character to see either of us say that; not our style.
"I see the magazine
Working in that Photoshop
We know that shh ain't real
C'mon now make it stop!
(Ah ah ah)
If you got beauty beauty
Just raise it up
Because every inch of you is perfect
From the bottom to the top."
I had moved away from Natalie to start to look at the crowd that formed. All of them seemed pretty amused with our make shift performance and I laughed. I grabbed a few girls by the hands and pulled them to the middle of the 'circle' urging them to sing along.
"Yeah my Momma she told me
Don't worry about your size
(Shoo wup wup, shoo wup wup)
She says boys like a little more
Booty to hold at night
(That booty booty)
No I won't be no stick figure
Silicone Barbie doll
(Shoo wup wup, shoo wup wup)
And if that's what you're into
Then go ahead and move along
Because you know I'm
All about that bass
'bout that bass, no treble
I'm all about that bass
'bout that bass, no treble
I'm all about that bass
'bout that bass, no treble
I'm all about that bass
'bout that bass, no treble
Hey!
I'm bring Booty back!
Go 'head and tell them skinny
Losers that
(Nah I'm just playing!)
I know you think your fat
But I'm here to tell you that.
I pulled a teenaged girl into the circle, smiling at her as I did so. She seemed nervous and I smiled at her reassuringly. I gestured to her as I sang.
"Every inch of you is perfect
From the bottom to the top!"
The crowd let out a small cheer; laughter ringing out. I smiled to myself and started to dance back to Natalie. I could see cameras on me but I barely focused on them.
"Yeah my Momma she told me
Don't worry about your size
(Shoo wup wup, shoo wup wup)
She says boys like a little more
Booty to hold at night
(That booty booty)
No I won't be no stick figure
Silicone Barbie doll
(Shoo wup wup, shoo wup wup)
And if that's what you're into
Then go ahead and move along
Because you know I'm
All about that bass
'bout that bass, no treble
I'm all about that bass
'bout that bass, no treble
(Oooh!)
I'm all about that bass
'bout that bass, no treble
(Yeah yeah heeyyy)
I'm all about that bass
'bout that bass, no treble
Hey hey! Oooh!
You you know this bass
Ee-ah-eh ah."
Both of us copied the laugh at the end as the song ended. I blushed when the crowd started to clap. Natalie and I both started to chuckle and bowed to the crowd. I could see Percy standing in the corner; pretzels in hand. He gestured to me and mouthed 'wow' I blushed deeper and shrugged.
A.J worked her way through the crowd; her hair newly colored. It was still a midnight black but now her bangs and ends were neon green. It looked very 'A,J-ish.'
I gave her a little wave as she got closer. She glanced around and sighed playfully.
"You two…" She mumbled before smiling at us. Natalie and I both chuckled and I gestured Percy over. Most of the crowd had started to disband. He handed me my pretzel then gave Natalie and A.J one. I kissed his cheek in thanks while the girls verbally thanked him.
Owen and Matt showed up only moments later and we decided to call it a day. Percy and I would be riding in his car but we followed my bandmates out the door. I was holding Percy's hand as I stared ahead.
Matt had his arm around Natalie's neck. He leaned over to kiss her cheek; taking some of her pretzel as he pulled away. She playfully slapped him but fed him a piece anyway.
Owen and A.J we're next to them. Owen was staring at A.J's pretzel longingly. She rolled her eyes before offering him some. He grinned and took a chuck. As he chewed he stared at her, his head tilting in confusion.
"Did you do something to your hair?" He asked sounding completely confused. A.J looked over at him disbelievingly before shaking her head. She reached back to smack him in the back of the head. He yelped and his hand flew up to cover the 'wound.'
"Ow! What was that for?"
I chuckled to myself and glanced at Percy. He was staring at me; smiling softly. When he caught my eye he winked and squeezed my hand. I squeezed back and smiled to myself as a new wave of happiness washed over me.
So the songs used were:
Song 2 You: It was from a show called Victorious. I was watching it with my younger brother yesterday. (We couldn't find the remote) And that was the episode that was playing.
All About That Bass: So I knew it wasn't really Our Melting Pot's style but I thought it would be cute to see Annabeth and Natalie jokingly sing it.
How can you not fall in love with someone as adorkable as Annabeth?