Sure, we'd planned to go to the park. Of course it decided to rain. Annabeth and I were stuck inside the house, again. It'd been raining for three days.
"I am so bored." Annabeth complained.
"I know, me too." I replied
We were sitting on the couch staring at the TV screen.
"Want to watch a movie?" I suggested.
"No we've done that already. I'm sick of being inside."
"Yeah, ugh." We sat in silence, listening to the tinkering of the rain.
"Okay," I said, standing up, "let's go outside."
"What? No it's freeing, we'll catch a cold." Annabeth replied.
"No, trust me I have an idea."
"Alright?" she said hesitantly.
"Great!" I grabbed her hand and lead her to my room.
"Okay, there should be some boxes labeled 'winter'." I laid on my stomach and started pulling out boxes from under my bed.
I heard Annabeth sifting through the boxes.
"Find it yet?" I asked.
"Nope. Wait, yes!"
I came out from under my bed. Annabeth had opened the box and was pulling out sweaters and hats.
"This stuff will be a little big on you, but it'll keep you warm." I said, getting out my rain boots.
"This is your idea? You know we'll still get wet, right?"
"No, that's where you're wrong. I have ponchos in here somewhere." I dug through the box till my hands touched plastic. "We used to live where it rained a lot." I explained.
"Okay? So we go to the park in all this ridiculous gear?" Annabeth questioned?
"Yes! C'mon, it'll be fun. Put this stuff on." I threw the stuff at her.
Outside, it had started to rain harder. That didn't stop me, though. I pulled Annabeth through the door and started walking.
"This is insane!" she shouted.
"I know! Isn't it great?" I shouted back.
"No!"
"Let's go to the park! Race you!" I yelled, running off.
There were lots of puddles, and it was harder to run in boots than I'd thought. When we finally reached the park, our boots were muddy and we were out of breath. We walked to the swings and sat down. With our rain stuff on, we could do practically anything normally. The rain had let up a bit and the sun began to peak through the clouds. The sun was beginning to set, and it made the clouds light up brilliant colors.
"Wow." Annabeth gasped, "That's beautiful."
'Just like you.' I thought.
Yeah.
He wants to kiss her.
He decides he will. Forget about whatever he's worried about ruining friendship. He turns to face her on the swing.
"Uh, hey, Annabeth?"
"Hmm?" she looked at him.
Percy went speechless. How could he tell his best friend he was in love with her? You can't. How say in a few words about how much he cares about her? The sun set and the world turned a shade darker.
"Um." He swallowed, he felt his face get hot.
"Are you okay?" she asked. She scooted closer and put her hand on his forehead. "You feel a little hot."
I was not okay. I took her hand off my head, gently. I didn't let it go. There we were again. I was leaning towards her. We were so close. She closed her eyes. We were almost touching. So painfully close, and yet too far away. A flash of lightning lit up the park and I hesitated, my thoughts getting the best of me. BOOM! A clap of thunder sounded.
We jumped apart. Okay, Annabeth jumped, I fell off my swing.
She was laughing. There was a light blush sprawling on her cheeks. I pretended it was the cold. The rain began to come down hard. We saw flashes of lightning.
"I think its best we get home." I yelled.
"I agree!" she replied.
We walked quickly along the sidewalk. It's very quiet except for the rain. I think about what happened. Did she want me to kiss her? It certainly seemed so. What if she was just going to let it happen, so she could get it over with? I was so very confused.
They arrived at his house and took off all their wet clothes.
"Jeez, it's freezing." Annabeth says.
"How about some hot chocolate?" I ask.
"Sounds perfect." She smiles.
