Note 9
Chapter 9
IMPORTANT AUTHORS NOTE AHEAD**
I'm really sorry for the confusion about the last chapter. I agree, it was not my best writing. I think it was really bad and I have no excuse. Also, PLEASE tell me if you feel my writing is bad, I want to know! What is your favorite chapter so far?
This isn't really a 'meeting', it's more of a... I really don't know, you'll see. I still need suggestions. Okay? Thanks guys! I still love you. Read on...
Sally Jackson
I pulled onto the road near Camp Half-Blood, heading to pick up my son Percy from his action packed summer. Seriously, he had fought in a war. I saw two figures at the top of the hill. They were talking. All of a sudden, they started to race down the hill. It was Percy and his best friend Annabeth.
Annabeth won, and Percy picked her up, slung her over his shoulder and carried her towards the water. I beeped my horn and opened my window to tell him I was there. He turned around, smiled, dropped Annabeth and walked towards my car. Annabeth followed, a slight blush in her cheeks.
"Hey Mom!" he said.
"Hi Percy! How's the end of summer been?" I asked enthusiastically.
"The best two weeks of my entire life," he replied. I didn't know it would be that amazing. Wow, something really great must have happened.
"Okay, hop in. C'mon Annabeth, you can come stay with us until the start of school," I told them.
"Thank you Mrs Jackson," she said graciously.
"No problem, and call me Sally."
She grinned and opened the back. She stepped in and then Percy did too.
As we drove, we talked about their summer. Neither of them had said anything extraordinary about the last two weeks, they seemed like normal camp weeks to me, the way they described them. I looked in the mirror. They looked so cute sitting there.
You see, I wanted Percy and Annabeth to get together more than anyone. Except maybe Aphrodite. I mean, they were perfect together. Percy got a dreamy look in his eyes and had a proud expression when he talked about Annabeth, and vice versa.
As they told me about their summer, I was thinking this.
"Oh, Percy, I feel horrible! I forgot to wish you a happy birthday, but you were in the middle of a war. Did you do anything at camp that night?" I suddenly remembered.
"Ummmm, uh, yeah. I forgot until Annabeth reminded me actually. So yeah..." Percy stuttered. I giggled a little. Classic, forgetting his own birthday.
"So what did Annabeth do to remind you?"
"Oh, uh, she made me a cupcake and... Yeah, that's it," Annabeth and Percy were both blushing lightly. Hmmmm, I think something else happened then...
I pressed more.
"Is that it?" Annabeth nodded hastily, as I saw in the mirror.
"Yeah, pretty much," she told me. We drove home and I told Annabeth that she could take Percy's room and he would take the couch. But then they argued, she said that she should have the couch. They quarreled until they both claimed the couch. How that was going to work, I didn't know.
We ordered pizza for dinner and made small talk at the table until Percy and Annabeth decided to watch a movie. They got it on and Paul and I went to our room.
"So, they're dating, right?" He asked me.
"You too! They're not! They totally are meant to be, right?" I kind of freaked. What mom wouldn't want their son to date an amazing girl who was perfect for him.
"Wow. They act like they are. They should be," he muttered.
I walked out into the living room to see Finding Nemo on the screen and Annabeth's head in Percy's lap as he mindlessly played with her curls. Their eyes were glued to the screen. They hadn't heard me. I decided to keep it like that. They started to talk.
"How much longer Wise Girl? I don't want to wait anymore!" Percy announced quietly.
"Whenever you want. How 'bout tomorrow?" She replied. Not wait for what? Was something going on between them? They were acting like a couple, sitting like that, but would they really not tell me something like that? Paul came out and opened his mouth to say something, but I shushed him and pointed at Percy and Annabeth.
"That sounds awesome. I don't know what I'd do without you," Percy told her. She looked up at him.
"Me neither Seaweed Brain, me neither." And then they kissed. I slowly backed down the hallway, a smile plastered on my face.
"Finally!" I scream-whispered when we got to our room. Paul just smiled. I went to bed and dreamed happy dreams. My baby's first girlfriend!
When I woke up, I walked out to the kitchen. It looked like a blue tot av had gone through it. There was blue pancake and waffle batter on the floor, counter and appliances. The bacon on the stove was burned and abandoned.
And in the middle of the kitchen stood Percy and Annabeth, kissing passionately. I gasped at the sight of it all and they leaped apart. They both turned bright red as I stared with wide eyes, mostly at the blue batter all over them.
"Don't worry, I already knew. I saw you kiss last night. But, what happened to the kitchen?" I said.
"Oh, um. We tried to make breakfast, but as you can see..." Percy told me. I nodded.
"Well, it can wait. I need details! When, how?!" I was very excited now.
They told me about how Annabeth had brought Percy a cupcake, how they had kissed, then the camp dumped them in the lake, then they stayed under for a while. This had been going on for TWO WEEKS and my son hadn't told me.
"So, yeah. That's why those two weeks were really good," Annabeth finished. Both of them were smiling and laughing as they told the story, and I decided that they were going to be together for a long time.
Thanks for reading! The next one will be better, I hope!
~bookworm0818
