Shit! It was six thirty…
Annabeth's POV
I used to love birthdays.
As I walked up the front steps of my house, after having a wonderful day with my dad, I could hardly contain my excitement. I smoothed my red skirt and opened up the front door.
The scene in front of me was pure and utter chaos.
My Spotify playlist was blasting through the house. People were dancing provocatively. The smell of sweat, alcohol and greasy food mingled together in the air. The helium filled balloons were drooping and some of the streamers were hanging off of the wall.
At first I was extremely intimidated. Then I was taken aback.
Then, I realized I loved it.
A red plastic cup was put in my hand as I closed the door behind me. I looked over my living room for Rachel, Grover, Piper or Percy.
"Piper!" I shouted when I saw her.
"Hey, Annabeth! Happy Birthday! This party is amazing-"she took a swig of beer from a random cup, "This party is amazing!" she yelled again as she was pulled back to the dance floor by some tall, muscular, blonde guy.
Well, I thought, I guess Piper is having fun.
I continued walking through my house, scanning for one pair of particular green eyes.
"Annabeth!" Rachel called to me and tackled me in a hug. "Heyyyy," she drew out her words, "Have you seen Percy?"
I shook my head.
She pouted, "Can you tell him I'm looking for him when you find him? Oh, and happy birthday!" She ran off to gods know where.
I shook my head and decided to just have fun an enjoy myself, I took a sip from the cup I was handed when I first walked through the door. I made a face. It's so bitter I thought to myself wondering how people were able to drink it.
The music was still blaring, my house was filled with sweaty bodies grinding up against each other, people with alcohol tainted breath talking and making out in the corners. I heard the doorbell ring and I tried to shuffle my way through the crowd, taking a sip from my cup.
"Hey," Percy said rubbing the back of his neck, "I'm sorry I'm so late-"
I cut him off and smiled, "No it's ok! It's kind of a mess anyways…" I laughed.
"Um…" he shuffled awkwardly, "Here's your present."
I opened up the card and tried to hold back the smile tugging at my lips. He's such a dork I thought to myself. I wrapped my arms around his neck and said thank you. Tentatively he put his arms around my waist and I felt his shoulders relax as he smiled into my hair.
"Here, why don't you come inside?" I asked him, reluctantly leaving his warm embrace and taking his hand, pulling him through the doorway.
"Wanna dance?" he asked me, shouting over the music.
I shrugged my shoulders in response and he rolled his eyes and dragged me into the middle of the room.
To be completely honest, Percy was an awful dancer. People were laughing at him and joining in and joking around. I had never seen him have a bigger smile on his face and his laugh rang out over the music. I stood on the edge of the circle that had formed around him, clapping and giggling at each goofy thing he did. I watched as his green eyes scanned around the circle. They sparked with mischief as they met mine.
I shook my head vehemently. There was no way I would join him in the middle dancing. He jumped forward and snagged my arm before I could pull it away from his reach. I shook my head. "No, Percy pleaseee," I begged, while attempting to pull away from his strong grasp.
He looked down, smiling and spun me around so that my back was against his chest and my arms were crossed in front of my body, both my hands in his. He started swaying along to the music, moving my body with his.
"Have fun, Annabeth," he whispered into my hair, "It's your birthday for Gods' sake!" I felt him laugh and smile, before he spun me around to face him. I threw my head back and laughed. It felt good to relax a little bit. The smile he gave me was also completely worth it.
After a couple songs his bangs were completely matted to his forehead with sweat. "I'm gonna get a drink," he shouted to me as he left the dance floor.
I wasn't sure how much time had passed by when I had finally stopped dancing. I was having such a good time and I wanted to thank Percy.
I wandered around my house aimlessly looking, getting "happy birthday!" from almost everyone in my school. Literally everybody had come to my party. Never in a million years would I think that Jason Grace, quarterback of the football team, would be at my house. Or with one of my friends. My brain did a double take. Was that..? Piper was with Jason. Well. Good for her, I thought and kept on shuffling through my house. I picked up a red cup. I brought it up to my lips and thought better of it. I wanted to remember every detail of this amazing night.
I decided to go up to my bedroom and change my outfit. I wanted to be in something more comfortable. When I made it to the stairs, I realized that Rachel had found Percy. Percy had one hand grasping the back of her neck and another clutching a cup and pushing her hips into his. Rachel had both hands on the sides of his face. They were completely locked at the mouth, oblivious to everybody and everything around them.
I took a big swig out of my cup. t
Author's Note
I'm so sorry it took so long for me to update! I didn't realize how long it had been and I got this other idea for a story and I had been working on that and this part of the year just sorta got away from me. But school ends in a week and then I only have to work which is hella cuz I need money.
To AlphaThetaEpsilonOmega: sorry… and I decided to use latin because I thought it was a more typical class in a highschool (its also one of the three languages my school teaches so I just went with what I sorta knew)
Percabeth18: Im sorry it took so long but Im definitely going to start updating more!
Thank You Yall!
Zoetat
