HEY EVERYONE! IM SO HAPPY! WE GOT TO 60 REVIEWS! EPIC PEOPLE! I MUST APOLOGIZE FOR THE LONG WAIT. SOMETHING HAPPENED TO MY SOFTWARE AND I COULDN'T WRITE THE CHAPTER. THIS IS A GOOD CHAPTER. PERCY FINALLY GETS A BREAK. FOR NOW! THE NEXT CHAPTER IS COMPLETELY UP TO YOU. I HAVE TWO STORY LINES SET UP. ONE, PERCY IS A STAR OF THE TWILIGHT SAGA (YES, TAYLOR LAUTNER) ALSO A SINGER. HE RELEASES HIS NEW MUSIC VIDEO. HE COMES OUT AND TELLS EVERYONE ON NATIONAL TV THAT HE HAS BEEN RAPED. THE GODS AND HIS MOTHER WATCH THE SHOW TOGETHER ON OLYMPUS. TWO, RJ, MARIA'S SON, COMES TO CONFRONT AN UNKNOWING PERCY ABOUT THE DEATH OF HIS MOTHER. YOU'RE CHOICE. I WILL HAVE THIS ON MY POLL FOR TWO DAYS ONLY. OK, THIS CHAPTER TAKES PLACE DURING CHRISTMAS. PERCY IS SPENDING TIME WITH ANNABETH AND HIS FAMILY. DISCLAIMER PLEASE!
PERCY: YEAH! I FINALLY GET A BREAK!
ANNABETH: YES BUT WHAT DID YOU GET ME FOR CHRISTMAS?
PERCY: (PALES) ERR… FIRECEWOLF DOES NOT OWN ANY PJO CONTENT!
Percy POV
I stepped into the mall on a mission. An important mission. Thank the gods it wasn't about the world ending though. I was on the hunt for a special gift for my wisegirl.
I spotted a little store called "EARTHBOUND". I walked inside and looked around. Some of the stuff was pretty cool. Most of it was recycled too. "I know who I can get a present for here" I thought. I chuckled and found a little sculpture of a goat. According to the tag, it was made out of sea glass found along the beach, and fur found in various nests. I can get Wisegirl's present here and pick up one for Grover, too. I didn't want to mess up the statue, so I asked the girl behind the counter to hold it for me.
I saw a bunch of signs you could hang in your room. I went over there, carefully scanning them. Finally, one caught my eye. It was a heart with wings stretched away from it. In its center, it read," You make my heart soar". I smiled and took it. Huh, a sign can wrap up all of my feelings for her!
I passed by the necklaces and stopped again. There were necklaces that had a leather cord, and a bunch of shells leading up to a single sea green stone in the center. I looked into its center and I was going to put it down, when a light flashed through the stone.
Startled, I looked again. I saw a shimmery image of a baby girl. She was beautiful! She had long blond hair, and a clear pair of sea green eyes. Her laugh was like Annabeth's!
All of a sudden, the image faded, and I was left with the pretty necklace. I shook my head, and kept the necklace, and went to the counter to buy everything.
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It so happened that I passed the adoption center on my way home. Yeah, I passed the sign and I found myself in the center. I asked the lady if I could see the puppies.
She smiled and led me to a building separate from the others. I entered and looked around. I saw a lot of pups rush to the gate in between us. Only one stood back, and watched me, with its tail swiping across the floor. The little bugger's tongue was hanging out of its mouth. IT WAS SO CUTE! I mean it was a kinda chunky chocolate lab! That just SCREAMS ADORABLE!
I smiled and asked the lady if I could adopt it. She smiled, and then opened the gate. The adorable pup came running at me. I scooped it up, and brought it to my face. It smiled, I swear it SMILED! Then, it proceeded to lick my face.
"So will you be adopting him?" asked the lady.
I smiled at the cute lil' monster. "Where do I sign?"
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I was driving back to my parents place. The little pup was shoving its head out the window, licking the wind.
"Wait until you see your new mommy!" I cooed.
With a start, I realized I just meant Annabeth. Yet something just felt right about calling Annabeth its new mother. The pup clambered up to me, shaking from the cars vibrations, and curled up in to my lap.
I finally got to mom's house. I jumped out of the car, the now awake pup barking in my arms. Wait a minute; I haven't even checked if it's a boy or girl! Slapping my head, I gently rolled over the wriggling ball of fur. There it was the thing that marked HIM as a member of the MALE gender.
I chuckled. I had really thought it was a girl for a second there. I walked up the stairs into the apartment. The smell of cookies flooded past me. Ahh! Heaven in a cookie!
The little guy smelled it too! He smiled a little grin, his tongue hanging out the side. I set him down, I ran into the kitchen. My mom had her back to me, pulling out a hot tray of cookies.
"Hi mommy!" I went in for the kill, grabbing the steaming hot cookies. NOT THE BEST MOVE!
"AHHH! MY FLESH! MY POOR, BURNING FLESH! AHHH!" Like an idiot. I dropped the cookies and blew on my hand.
My mother shook her head and said "Percy, your hand isn't burned. Your fine." Turning around, she muttered "Sadly, not in the head."
I checked out my hand. All it had on it was melted blue chocolate chips. "Oh, haha my bad." Mom just smiled and hugged me. I guess over my shoulder, she caught sight of my new puppy.
"MY GOODNESS! ISN'T HE THE CUTEST LITTLE GUY? YES YOU ARE! YES YOU ARE!"
Crap, she brought out the baby talk! Trying to calm her down, I said"Yeah, I'm going to give him to Annabeth for Christmas."
She looked disappointed but happy. She continued to rub him, making him whimper with relaxation.
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I gave it one last shot. I was trying to pull on my new Christmas sweater my mother had knitted me. I don't know why she had taken up knitting all of a sudden.
It wasn't that she was bad at it. Mom just didn't get the right size. Growling in frustration, I yanked it off my head. It was only as far as I'd managed to go. I just pulled on a long sleeved shirt.
I opened the door to my room, then picked up the boxes containing Annabeth's presents. I ran downstairs, putting them under the little tree we had bought. It was somewhere between 5 or 6 feet.
At least it wasn't the one Charlie Brown had. Finally, I grabbed Messer, (You wouldn't believe the mess he makes in the apartment!) And put him in a box with wrapping paper surrounding it.
I had made sure he would be able to breathe in it already. He likes to sleep in it. Yeah, he's weird like that. I put him under the tree, too.
Everything's ready.
I heard a knock on the door. I leaped over the couch, and bolted down the hallway. Of course, my foot had to slip along the rug, sending me slamming into the door.
Rubbing my shoulder, I opened it to see my beautiful girlfriend, Annabeth Chase.
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After the pleasantries were exchanged, and Annabeth asked about my shoulder, we settled around the dinner table. Just looking at the food made me drool.
My mother had made everything she could. She still didn't think it was enough, though. So I made her feel better by eating enough to make me unbutton the top of my pants.
Mom, Paul, Annabeth, and me had eaten everything on the table. I looked at Annabeth. She was rubbing her stomach, telling my mother had delicious it had been.
We all shuffled into the living room. My gaze fixed on the presents. Turning to Annabeth, I announced "It's present time!"
My mom had given Paul a new watch. Paul had gotten my mom a beautiful necklace. All eyes were on me and Annabeth now. Taking a deep breath, I grabbed the presents from under the tree.
I gave her a weak smile and said, "I might've gotten you three presents."
She opened her mouth to argue, but I cut in saying "For all the times you saved my life."
She slowly nodded and took the first one from me. I held my breath. She opened the present slowly, making my heartbeat slow down.
"It's cool!" she said laughing, and pulling up the sign to show my folks. Then she read it. Her smile faded away. My heart stopped. Then she looked at me, grabbed my arm, and pulled me in for a kiss.
When she pulled away, I was dizzy. "You didn't open the others yet" I breathlessly accused her. I was trying to ignore the smiles from my parents. Annabeth smiled and took present number 2.
I sat next to her, and waited for her reaction. She pulled up the necklace, stared at it for a while, and then brought me in for ANOTHER kiss!
I LOVE CHISTMAS! I helped Annabeth put on the necklace.
I smiled, my confidence at an all-time high. "I think you're going to LOVE this one."
I carefully gave her Messer. She took off the top, and squealed. I heard my eardrums shatter.
"HE IS SOO CUTE! I LOVE HIM! I LOVE HIM SOO MUCH!"
Yep, she kept kissing him. Instead of me!
After an hour of listening to her coo about Messer, she calmed down.
"What should we name him?"
My girlfriend was letting me help pick a name for Messer!
"I don't know, how about Messer?"
"No, it has to show that he's special!"
I leaned back and thought hard. My head snapped up and I yelled "How about Elvis!"
She smiled and said "I like that. Hi, little Elvis!"
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