Chapter 7: Mom's gone rouge.
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3rd Person
Tuesday: Percy is on his way to school wearing A red cardigan sweater over a blue dress shirt, brown casual pants and, black converse. Percy gets same reaction from everyone except Annabeth who has come to terms with good looking Percy and is back top normal.
Wednesday: Percy is once again on his way too school but, is wearing a black V-neck shirt , with a dark red French Terry hoodie, Indigo skinny jeans and, Maverick Canvas sneakers. Everyone has now accepted Percy as a hot fashion expert but, are still trying to gain his attention. Annabeth is yet again ahead of everyone else and isn't even acknowledging Percy's choice of fashion.
Thursday: Percy is wearing a white V-neck shirt with a light blue denim shirt over it (unbuttoned denim shirt). He has on, blue skinny jeans and converse. Annabeth is getting glares from all the girls by just walking with Percy in the hallways and is putting her ignoring skills to the test. Percy has yet been able to catch Annabeth's eyes.
Percy's POV Friday:
I seriously don't get it. I have looked good all week and Annabeth is still ignoring me! Today is my last chance to catch her eye unless I want to go shopping again which I don't. It's early in the morning and I'm getting ready. Today I will wear, a light blue dress shirt with a Tasso Elba Linen tan blazer. I have Premium cotton pants on and Encorr Oxford shoes.
I've gotten everyone's attention lately but, Annabeth just...won't. I wan't to make an impression...maybe I'm not taking this at the right angle... I decide to not give myself a headache and decided to stop thinking about it. I need some breakfast! I start running down the stairs but trip on my own feet in my expensive shoes and end up at the bottom of the stairs. So much for trying to avoid a headache!
I tell my butler to get me some cereal as I lay on the couch with an ice pack. He comes in about 2 minutes later. I quickly eat my cereal and decide I want some Starbucks hot chocolate. I head out to my jeep and head to Starbucks.
I get there in about 8 minutes. It takes forever to get out of my driveway which winds up a large hill that isn't quite big enough to be a mountain because those don't exist here. I decide to go inside. I earn quite a few unwanted stares.
I get in line and was looking at the menu above to see what I wanted in my hot chocolate. When a rather good looking women comes up to me, "Hey hot stuff you want to go on a date with me tonight?" She winks at me as I try to get over my initial shock of being asked out by a total stranger. "Um..." I look around for an excuse as my eyes land on the one and only Annabeth Chase. "Look I bet your a total catch and all that crud but, if you would excuse me I need to buy me and that lovely lady over there some hot chocolate." She follows my gaze and scoffs. "Yeah whatever. Just letting you know you could do better." I look at her like she's crazy. "Do you know any other goddesses in this wonderful city?" She looks like she's about to faint from annoyance so I excuse myself and go to the cashier and order two hot chocolates with whipped cream and caramel, one scone and, start heading over to Annabeth with a wide grin on my face not really feeling like putting on the Wise Girl smile.
Annabeth's POV Friday morning
I just got out of the shower and was heading down the stairs to go eat the breakfast that my step mom made. "Annabeth I wan't you to invite two of your friends to come to Olive Garden tonight for dinner. Also one has to be a boy and the other a girl." "Helen I don't want to invite anyone I don't even want to go!" "There are no buts in this Annabeth. You will also keep asking friends until you know for sure that a boy and girl are coming." I take one look at Helen and know there is no way out of this. "Fine but there will be no squealing at dinner nor flying food or talks about history, got it?" "Fine but, they have to dress up nice, no dresses or anything just nice clothes." "Fine."
I eat my breakfast then decide to go to Starbucks to grab one of there scones from the manager who for some reason adores me. I look at the person who's at the cash register and wait tell he looks up so I can nod at him telling him I need a scone on the house as I go and sit in a booth.
I pull out my phone and decide to call Thalia while I wait. She picks up the phone and with a groan says, "Annabeth its still early why are you calling me?" I roll my eyes but don't scold her for waking up late because I need to play nice. "Thalia I need a huge favor from you!" "What is it?" She keeps a calm tone but I can tell she notices the seriousness of my voice. "I need you to wear nice clothes and to meet me and my family at Olive Garden at 6 tonight!" "...Fine but, who else is coming and how harsh can I go on my comeback?" "I was going to ask Ethan and...as harsh as it needs to be as long as it's not illegal." "Deal." I smile at my phone and look up to see whats taking them so long on bringing me my scone.
Of course I should have guessed, The cashier is engrossed in an argument with who? Oh hey its Percy Jackson and some random hot chick who's probably 21. I decide to ignore it for now and to text Ethan to see if he can come to my family dinner thing.
Hey Ethan was wondering if you would come to a family dinner with me?
I send it to Ethan and look back up to see Percy ordering whatever and the drama queen storming away swinging her hips dramatically. Then I hear a 'ding' and check my phone to see what Ethan texted me back.
Sorry I can't I have basketball practice tonight! I also need to talk to you at school about something.
I was about Text back 'OK' but I was interrupted. "Hey Annabeth hate to interrupt but, i got you some hot chocolate and brought you your scone that I guess you ordered earlier." That's so sweet of him! I guess the back of my brain wanted to comment as well because in my head the words He's Hot! was being chanted in my brain. "Thanks seaweed brain that was really sweet of you." "Anytime Wise girl." He sets down a hot chocolate and sits across from me. "So how has your week been Wise girl?" "It's been pretty good accept for the constant glares from all the girls in the school other then that its been pretty stereotypical." "Why are other girls glaring at you?" I thought he was messing with me so I just rolled my eyes and took a bite of my scone then looked up to see why he stopped talking. When I looked up all I saw was confusion and sincerity. Maybe he is as oblivious as Thalia keeps telling me. If you have't noticed, all the girls have been staring at you and every time I walk with you in the halls or talk to you the girls glare at me." I say this like I was pointing out the obvious which I really was but, he still doesn't seem to be following according to his questioning gaze. "They're jealous of me being around you all the time seaweed brain." "Why would they care?"
I roll my eyes at his stupidity and take another sip of my hot chocolate which I've been sipping sense the start of our conversation. "If you haven't noticed you've looked exceptionally hot lately, which makes every girl at our school want you to ask them out and when they see you always around me they think I'm keeping you all to myself." I look at him waiting for his epiphany of 'Oh how could I have missed that' but, instead I see a small smirk growing on his face. "You think I'm HOT huh Wise girl?"
I can feel my cheeks growing warm. I do think he has been HOT lately but, I'm prideful and would never admit that. "No seaweed brain. I was just explaining..." I was about to say the concept but was interrupted, "No I recall you saying 'If you haven't noticed you've been exceptionally HOT lately' or is my unpredictably good memory wrong?" My cheeks feel like they're on fire! "Ok...I didn't mean I thought that I meant...Oh screw it, I did say it so what?" "That means I was right which with you never happens so you owe me." "Owe you what?" "You have to kiss me on the cheek in front of everyone in the front of the school." I look up to meet his eyes to see if his kidding but, looking in his eyes was just a horrible idea. He looked like a cute baby seal! That look should be illegal! "Fine!" He smiles widely showing off his perfectly straight white teeth,"but..." the smile previously on Percy's face was gone, "you have to come to a dinner tonight at Olive Garden." His eyes light up like a Christmas tree, but I wasn't finished, "that my family has made me invite 2 people to." "So your families going to be there?" He asks sounding not as upbeat as before. "Yes so it's pretty much my families way of meeting my friends. You also have to dress up nice. Which to you should not be a problem." He nods his head and stands up to offer me a hand. "Well lets go show our school the play of the century." His eyes were like the calm sea. I accepted his hand and thought of what I had gotten myself into.
-Line Break- (Both in their own cars windows rolled down in front of the school) Annabeth's POV
I could see all the students including my friends in front of the school waiting for something to happen. Well something sure is about to happen. I look to see Percy smiling at me. "What?" "You look bloody BRILLIANT today Ms. Chase." He says in a British accent. "You look bloody HOT Mr. Jackson." I mimic in a British accent of my own. We burst out laughing probably looking like idiots. He smiles warmly at me and says, "Ok Annabeth lets hit it!" "Lets do it!" I yell trying to get rid of the nerves and butterflies in my stomach.
We both come out of our cars slamming our doors trying to get everyone's attention. We probably get half of the students attention. Percy waits for me to come up to his side where he puts his hand on the small of my back to guide me. We were gathering more peoples attention as we made it in front of the crowd. I look to Percy to see what he's going to do to get their attention. He has an amused gleam in his eye. I have no idea what he's about to do so he's kind of scaring me. "HEY! I need everyone's attention! I have an announcement to make." He turns his body so we're facing each other. "Kiss me on the cheek." He whispers to me. So doing what he say I start leaning forwards. I hear a chorus of gasping I stray to the right and kiss his cheek. Percy turns back to the huge crowd before us and states loudly, "ANNABETH CHASE IS HOT!" I can feel my cheeks burning. I can also feel the glares that were being sent my way. A horde of girls was now forming and you must have been able to see my fear because...
Next thing I know Percy is leaning down. Oh my gosh no no no he's going to kiss me what do I do?...Whew! Percy just kissed my cheek! He smiles down at me and then takes my hand and entwines our fingers together as he leads me into the school. As soon as the doors behind us are shut Percy yells, "RUN" we both book it to English as to not get beat up by the mob that was now chasing after us. We burst through the door to our English class and shut it behind us causing Paul to look up at us confused. "Horde...of...girls...behind...us." Percy says in between gasps of air. Paul just nods then points to our seats which we gladly take.
The rest of my day was pretty funny. Girls kept glaring at me and whenever they did Percy would kiss my cheek which would give me weird butterflies but, who cares it was hilarious to see the girls reactions. The only hard part of school was when we had to explain to our friends what we were doing. But, once we explained they were all laughing except for two people... Thalia and Piper. "What the heck do you think you were doing not telling me? I was internally freaking out!" Thalia was yelling. Then there was Piper "NOOOOOOO you guys are PERFECT for each other!" The second one made us both blush but, everyone was laughing their heads off.
Now here I am looking at the outfit I'm going to wear in about 15 minutes so we can head to Olive Garden. Before me I had light blue skinny jeans, a white undershirt with a, grey cardigan, sandals, with my silver owl necklace. I put it on and went down stairs to find my family looking...actually pretty good.
-Line Break- (Olive Garden)
My family and I were seated and waiting for my friends to show. First cam Thalia who was wearing some Black skinny jeans and a black and white striped shirt on. She was also right on time which made a good impression on my mom. Now she kept glancing at me quietly questioning where the male friend was. She looks up when she hears the bell to the front door of the restaurant rings and her eyes widen and she turns to me. I turn around to see a DAM (GET IT?) HOT Percy Jackson looking around for me. I give him a slight wave as our eyes connect. He smiles and starts walking towards us. My mom looks at me like 'WHAT THE FUDGE?' I smile and nod to confirm her assumption that Percy is my male friend.
I have to admit Percy might have outdone himself. He was wearing black dress pants dress shoes, and of course he wore a white dress shirt with the top two buttons undone revealing part of his chest which was super well toned. If I were honest I would say that someone chiseled his body to make it look that good. Back to his outfit...He had a Black sports coat that had a Navy blue handkerchief sown into it. He was now standing in front of my father waiting politely for my father to stand. Once my dad was standing Percy shook hands and introduce himself, "Percy Jackson sir, pleasure to meet you." "Fredric Chase, and no, the pleasure is all mine." Percy smiles politely to my father then walks over to where my mother is. My mother stands and pulls Percy into a hug. She looks at me from over Percy's shoulder and mouths, 'He's got some muscle'. I try to hide my chuckle as Percy pulls back looking embarrassed at the sudden contact and my father who is rather red faced.
"Nice to meet you Mrs. Chase." Percy smiles kindly but still has pink cheeks. "Oh its great to meet you Percy, I'm Super happy that she actually told you to dress up nice she usually 'accidentally' forgets to tell them." "Oh does she know." Percy says eyeing me cheekily. I feel myself flush with embarrassment. He smirks at me then turns back to my mom. "I'm glad your daughter didn't forget to tell me either. I mean like, its already hard to look good next to her when she's wearing sweats. If I came in jeans and a polo I would look like total bull crap." He smiles at his own antics when he sees my moms shocked face from his compliment towards me. All I know is that my face probably looks like the most ripe red apple on the apple farm.
Percy then turns to my brothers and holds out both of his hands and puts them in fists and says, "Pond them boys." Bobby and Matthew both smile and give Percy fist bumps then nod at me like they're giving me approval of my choice of friends. Percy then turns to Thalia and smiles like he doesn't have a care in the world, "Thalia do you want a hug or a fist fight?" Thalia smiles fondly at her cousin then says, "Neither right now but, it's good to see your alive." He waves his hand as if to say 'Talk to you later.' He then turns to me. I can feel everyone's eyes on me making me nervous on what Percy's going to do.
"My my Ms. Chase you look absolutely stunning tonight." he looks like he's sincere enough as long as you ignore the amused gleam in his eyes. "Thank you kind sir you look quite handsome yourself." He offers me a hand to help me stand up from my chair. I take it and smile at him amused by his antics and my fathers hardening gaze. He smiles and pulls me in for a hug that I can feel myself melt into. He whispers in my ear, "You do look absolutely stunning Wise girl." I smile into his shoulder and mentally sigh in content. I remember were in public so I pull away and give him a small shy smile And point to his seat that's in between me and my father who is giving me a questioning glance. I decide to ignore it for now. I turn to the waiter who just showed up at our table. Our waiter was a tall boy who looked to be about 18 years old. He wasn't half bad looking. Then before I know it I'm comparing him to Percy. Percy is way cuter if I were to be honest. Who likes to be honest though right? I actually try to be honest but, I want to have some fun.
I look up at him and smile. "I would like a ceasers salad and a glass of lemonade." I smile once I'm finished ordering and he returns it with his slightly crooked teeth. "Anything you need." He replies back winking. Percy seems to be fuming with anger, "Ok...I'd like the same as Annabeth thank you very much." Percy says in a cold tone. The waiter looks amused. "Annabeth, that is a beautiful name for a beautiful women," he says eyeing me. My father looks like he wants to punch something which makes me evilly laugh in my head. He winks at me again then turns to get the rest of my families orders. Percy is glaring daggers at our waiter. As our waiter is leaving Percy sticks out his foot and trips him, making our waiter look like an idiot. Percy fakes surprise as he stands to help our 'poor' waiter up. "I'm so sorry mate I didn't mean to trip you up I was about to excuse myself to grab some fresh air." Our waiter tries to smile but fails. He decides to just walk away to tell the other staff our order.
Percy turns back to our family and says, "I'm going out would anyone like to join me?" His eyes scan my family then land on me. No one speaks up so I do, "Fine but, we come back in in 5 minutes." He smiles warmly and then holds out his hand to help me up. I ignore his hand and stand up. He chuckles slightly then puts his hand on the small of my back sending a shiver down my spine which I try to ignore as he leads me out of the restaurant for some 'fresh air'.
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