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Chapter Seven:
"Hey… Percy." Nico said drunkenly. He and Percy were currently in the living room completely intoxicated, and having a chat.
"W-what" Percy answered slurring, and with a huge drunken grin.
"You know what the most awesome thing in the world is?" Nico asked.
Percy pondered on the question for about five seconds, before giving him an answer. "Boobs." He said.
Upon hearing Percy's answer, Nico threw him-self on the floor in a fit of laughter. "Yes that to; but I was talking about beer." He finally said after laughing non-stop for about two minutes.
"Hell yeah it is." Percy said and took a chug of his beer. Nico saw him and since he was drunk, he started to laugh again. Percy also laughed, which caused him to spit out the beer, and more laughter came from the two very drunk boys.
Mrs. O'Leary heard the two boys laughing, and curiously looked at them from her little bed in the corner. Percy noticed her, and began to laugh even harder.
"Why are we laughing now?" Nico asked in between laughter.
"Because dude." Percy said laughing and pointing at her. "Look at my dog." He was laughing so much he could barely speak. "She is so small." He said then fell of the couch laughing even harder. Nico also laughed a little more than necessary, until both boys were interrupted by the sound of the doorbell.
Percy got up from his spot and clumsily made it to the door, when he opened it he saw an angry Grover, an amused Thalia, and a disappointed Annabeth.
"Hey! Grover is here, and you brought Annabeth and Thalia." Percy said almost falling on top of Grover.
Nico quickly got up, and stumbled to the door. "You two are idiots!" Grover yelled at them. "Especially you Percy, you accidently called Annabeth."
"Yeah, and we have been listening to you guys talk for about an hour." Thalia said clearly amused with their drunkenness.
Percy and Nico looked at each other, and once again began to laugh. Grover, Annabeth, and Thalia looked at them oddly.
"Are you sure beer is all you had?" Annabeth asked; she was very surprised at their behavior.
"Yeah, they act this dumb when their drunk." Grover answered for them.
"How do you deal with them?" She asked him.
"I seriously don't know." Grover said pushing back Percy, who was falling over him in his fit of laughter.
"Why are you guys so drunk? Weren't you supposed to be on dates?" Grover asked his drunken friends.
"We did have dates but it ended early, so we made them go home." Percy said, than he and Nico laughed at their sick little inside joke.
"What does that mean?" Grover asked.
"It means that they were pretty ea-"
"Never mind, I don't want to know!" Grover said interrupting Percy.
"Not that we don't love you guys, but why are you here?" Nico asked.
"Because, when I heard the two of you so clearly drunk, I got worried and called Grover. Thalia was at my house visiting me, and that's why she is here to." Annabeth answered frowning at them. She understood perfectly what Percy meant, and was not at all pleased by it.
Percy looked at Annabeth with a dreamy expression, and walked over to her. He got extremely close, and leaned down to whisper in her ear. "You were worried about me?" He said almost seductively.
Annabeth shuddered when she felt his warm breath on her skin. "Of course I was you idiot, who knows what can happen to you in this state." She said pushing him away.
Percy grabbed her hand as she was pushing him, and pulled her close to him. "Well then, it's a good thing you're here to take care of me." He said as he held her tightly.
Annabeth blushed deeply, and buried her face in his chest to hide it from everyone. After she controlled her blush, she pulled away from him and noticed that Grover, Thalia, and Nico were staring at them.
"Percy stop acting weird." She said and stood next to Thalia.
Percy just smiled at her, than yawned and walked to his room. He fell on his bed, and laid there listening to Thalia complain about Nico staring at her. "Quit staring at me like that you moran! I don't want to kick your ass while you're drunk, but I will if you don't back away from me."
"Don't be so mean beautiful." He heard Nico say. It was then followed by a groan, which indicated Nico was in pain.
"That's what you get for trying to act like Percy. And by the way, only an idiot like you would want to act like him." She said.
"Geez Thalia, you didn't have to hit him so hard." Grover said, and Percy could tell he was helping him to his room, when he heard their footsteps.
"Annabeth, Apollo is outside waiting for me, are you coming or are you going to stay?" He heard Thalia ask.
"I'll stay here; I want to make sure those two idiots are okay." When he heard Annabeth say that, he couldn't hold of the huge grin that was on his face.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Annabeth asked.
"No reason." Thalia said then walked out the door. Before she closed it she yelled a good bye to Grover, than looked at her friend. "Oh and Annabeth."
"Yeah?" Annabeth asked.
"Make sure you take really good care of him."
"W-what is that supposed to me-"
"Bye." Thalia said cutting her off than left.
Percy hear footsteps headed towards Nico's room, followed by muffled whispers, before hearing a knock on his door. "Percy, are you okay?" Annabeth asked.
"I'm fine." He answered. Then he felt the other side of the bed sink, as Annabeth sat beside him.
She removed the arm that he had covering his eyes, and smiled at him. The only light that was in the room came from his fish tank, but it was enough so that he could see her beautiful smile clearly. "I hope you get a huge hangover for this." She told him.
"Sorry to ruin the thought that so clearly amuses you, but I won't get a hangover in the morning. Nico will though." He said.
"How do you know that you won't? From the conversation that I heard between you and Nico, I can tell you're completely wasted."
"Trust me, I've been worse."
"Wow Percy, you truly are an idiot." She said and lay down next to him.
Percy smiled when he felt her snuggle close to him. He turned to face her, and found that his face was only an inch away from hers. "You're so beautiful." He whispered looking at her stormy grey eyes.
Annabeth felt her heart race, and an overwhelming urge to kiss him. "You're just saying that because you're drunk."
Percy shook his head. "No. Well I am drunk, but I mean it when I say you're beautiful. You're the most beautiful girl I've ever seen." He said and caressed her cheek with his thumb.
Annabeth got lost in the feeling of his thumb gently caressing her skin, and the feel of his body so close to hers. She noticed that he was slowly leaning in to capture her lips with his, and instead of getting up and leaving because Percy is girl playing jerk, and because she has a boyfriend. Who wasn't picking up his phone and was nowhere to be found by the way, she leaned in as well and crashed her lips with his.
Kissing Percy felt so right, it was like if her lips were made to fit with his. He kissed her gently and with so much care, but also passionately. She could taste vodka and cranberry as his tongue wrestled with hers, but strangely enough she liked it. Annabeth was putty in his arms and she wanted more of him, so she pulled him on top of her. The sweet passionate kiss soon turned hungry, as hormones took over and the two teens kissed each other desperately.
His hands explored her body, and her hands explored his. They never wanted the moment to end, but of course it did. "Percy!" They heard Grover say and knock on the door. They pulled away from each other, just as Grover came in.
"How are you feeling man?" Grover asked. He was either ignoring their disheveled appearance, or was completely oblivious to it, although Annabeth suspected he chose to ignore it.
"I feel wonderful." Percy said smiling at Annabeth.
She smiled sweetly at him in return, and then not caring that Grover was there, she leaned in and kissed him. Grover's eyes widened with surprise, as he saw Annabeth and Percy kiss in front of him. "W-what I… don't you have a boyfriend Annabeth?" Grover asked.
Percy frowned at the question, and Annabeth looked down feeling guilty. "Yeah about that, do you mind if I speak to Percy privately?" Annabeth asked Grover.
"Uh… yeah of course." He said. "Percy It's kind of late, do you mind if I stay here?" He asked.
"Grover, you know…damn well that I don't mind." Percy said slurring slightly. He was still pretty buzzed, but the kiss he and Annabeth shared, sobered him up a little bit.
"Thanks Percy. Annabeth, do you mind if we stay here?" He said suddenly remembering, that she and Thalia got a ride to Percy's apartment with him.
Annabeth shook her head. "It's fine Grover." She said.
"Alright well I'm going to bunk with Nico, call me if you need anything." Grover said and left the room.
When Grover closed the door, the room was once again only lit by Percy's fish tank. Percy moved to hug Annabeth and kiss her, but she stepped away from him.
Percy felt his heart break, when she moved away and looked at him apologetically. "I'm sorry. I thought you liked me." He said and moved away from her as well.
"I do. But I have a boyfriend Percy; I can't do this to him." She said and looked at the floor instead of him. The heartbroken look he had, made her feel awful.
"Okay… so why did you kiss me? Was it just to play with my emotions?" Percy asked bitterly. He loves her, but he's getting tired of her kissing him then breaking his heart by regretting it. He suddenly felt bad, thinking about how he does this to girls all the time.
"No Percy! It's not like that. I want to be with you but."
"Then be with me." Percy said, and gently grabbed her hand.
Annabeth hesitated for a moment to enjoying his touch, before pulling her hand away from him. "I need to break up with Luke first."
Percy brightened up at this. "You're really going to break up with him?"
"Percy, once I do I still can't be with you. Not yet anyway. I'm really confused right now, and I need some time to think." She said.
Even thought she was breaking up with Luke, he was still sad that she wasn't completely sure about him. "You love him to don't you?" He asked.
Annabeth didn't know what to say, yes she loved Luke, but not the way she loved Percy. Luke is who she had wanted for so long, and now that she has him, could she really just give him up so easily? Then there's Percy, he's a total player and Annabeth doesn't know if she should trust him. But what she feels for him is so strong, that it even scares her. She felt confused, and needed time alone to decide who she truly wanted to be with.
Annabeth nodded, and Percy had to bit his tongue in order to not say anything. He wanted to yell at her for once again hurting him, and tell her that if she chose Luke over him, he would never forgive her. But he didn't because deep down he knew it wasn't true, he loved her so much that he wanted her to be happy, even if it was not with him.
After the excitement was over, and his hormones slowed down, his buzz came back to him with a vengeance. The room started to move around him, and he suddenly found funny what Annabeth was saying to him. He started to laugh. "That's great Annabeth." He said in between giggles. "Take all the time you need. I have always and will forever be so pathetically in love with you, that I'll still be here waiting for when you decide to finally be with me." He said and laid on the bed, he felt tired and wanted to sleep.
Annabeth stared at him in bewilderment, as she heard the hurt in his voice when he said he loved her. She never thought in a million years that he liked her so much. She knew he had a crush on her when he kissed her, but didn't think it was something as strong as love.
"Percy I-"She said stopping mid-sentence, as she hear his light snoring. Annabeth stared at him sleeping peacefully for a moment, before covering him with his blanket.
She than grabbed one of his many pillows and a sheet from his bed, and then went to sleep in the living room.
On her way to the couch she grabbed a sleeping Mrs. O'Leary from her bed in the corner, who growled in protest at her, then laid down on the couch snuggling the small puppy to her. She thought about Percy and Luke almost all night, until sleep finally came to her.
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Annabeth was woken up by the light that crept in through the window; she got up yawning and rubbed the sleep out of her eyes. She then pulled out her phone to call Thalia.
After what happened last night, she wanted to make sure and not be there when Percy woke up. She was actually hoping he wouldn't remember anything.
Annabeth folder her blanket neatly and put her shoes on, then went outside to wait for Thalia. Luckily for her, Thalia showed up ten minutes later.
"Thank you so much for getting here so fast." Annabeth said as she got in.
"I was taking Apollo to work when you called, so I was close by." Thalia said.
Annabeth frowned, Apollo was a good looking nice man, but that was what bothered Annabeth. He was a man, as in 36 years old and 20 years older than Thalia. He looked like he was only 25 and that's why Thalia was attracted to him, but he wasn't and Annabeth didn't like that someone as old as him, would even consider going out with someone as old as Thalia.
It was completely wrong, but she knew not to say anything. The first time she did Thalia through a fit, and when she tried to getting her mom to help, she was surprised with the fact that her mom was happy because Thalia was dating a rich doctor.
He treated Thalia like a princess and was really nice to Annabeth, so she learned to just accept it, but she was not okay with it. "He let you borrow his car?" Annabeth asked.
"Yeah, he says he feels better knowing I'm not walking around in the street, where something could happen to me."
"That's nice of him." Annabeth said.
They rode in silence, until Thalia asked the question Annabeth was hoping she wouldn't ask. "What happened last night between you and Percy?"
"What? Nothing happened. Why would you even think something did?" Annabeth said.
Thalia rolled her eyes. "Please Annabeth I'm not stupid, I saw the way you were looking at him. Heck even I was looking at him, that boy got hot."
Annabeth sighed and confessed what happened. "We sort of made out for a tiny little bit." Annabeth said.
"I knew it! Even Silena said that boy was a walking temptation, and you know how devoted to Beckendorf she is." Thalia said.
Annabeth covered her face with her hands, and let out a frustrated groan. "I can't believe I did that while having a boyfriend, I feel as slutty as the stupid girls he goes out with."
"Please, you're nothing like those girls. Besides I always saw you and Luke liking each other, in more of a brother and sister type of way, the way I use to like him."
Annabeth looked at her curiously, "You never told me that before."
"Because, anytime someone said anything you didn't like about Luke, you would practically bit their head off."
"Yeah well you're the same with Apollo."
Thalia glared at her. "Please leave him out of this. I know you don't like me dating him. But do you have to say something negative about him every chance you get?"
"Sorry, it just slipped out. But you just proved my point; you came to his defense before I even said anything."
"Fine! Let's not talk about him anymore. It's too early for me to be at my usual sarcastic level, let's talk about this around noon." Thalia said. "But seriously, what are you going to do now that you like Percy?"
Annabeth thought for a second. "I have to break up with Luke." She saw the smile on Thalia's face and glared at her. "Don't look so excited Thalia. That doesn't mean I'm going to start dating Percy, it's too soon and it would hurt Luke if I moved on so quickly."
"Sure it would." Thalia said sarcastically. "The moment you dump him, he'll go with someone else." "He already is anyway." She added under her breath.
"He won't, I know he'll be sad. You just think that because you hate him."
"I don't hate him; I just don't like him as much as when we were kids. You might not see it, but there something in his eyes that makes me not trust him."
"The one you shouldn't trust is Percy, he changed so much. You heard what he and Nico were doing last night." Annabeth said angrily.
"You mean who, they were doing last night." Thalia said, earning herself another glare from Annabeth.
"I'm sorry, it just slipped out." She said the same way Annabeth did moments ago. "But for you, Percy would leave all those girls in a heartbeat."
"How do you know?" Annabeth asked.
"The boy has been in love with you since he was eight. I think he's the way he is because he doesn't want to get hurt."
Annabeth smiled weakly when Thalia said he loved her. "Did he tell you that?"
"No, Grover did. And you know how well he knows Percy, Percy himself might as well have told me."
"Even if that were true, I still think I need to spend some time alone." Annabeth said.
"I say you should just go back over there, and get your-self a piece of Percy. But whatever, you know what's best for you."
"Oh my god Thalia!" Annabeth said and laughed. "You are way too outspoken sometimes."
Thalia shrugged. "I say what I think, and I don't care who don't like."
They rode in silence for the rest of the way, while Annabeth thought about how she was going to tell Luke she wanted to break up with him. His problems at home have been getting worse, and Annabeth wanted to be there for him, But just as a friend. The more she thought about it, she realized Thalia was right. She use to have a crush on him because he's attractive and took care of her, but that's all it was, just a crush. She does love him, a lot in fact, but in a brotherly way. She just hopes he understands that she can't be with him, when she is 100 percent sure she is in love with Percy.
That's it for this chapter, but don't expect Percy and Annabeth to be together so quickly. Annabeth finally admitted her feelings for him, but like all love stories, they are going to go through some drama first.
I hope you guys like it, and I'll update as soon as possible :o)
