Chapter 9
The next morning, Annabeth wakes up to find herself cuddling into a tanned body. She quickly gets up, and the body falls onto the floor. She then notices that it was Percy, and helps him up.
"What were you doing on my bed?" asked Annabeth
"What?" asked Percy as he rubbed his head, "oh, you fell asleep while watching At World's End, so I brought you up here, and you didn't want to let me go and I couldn't find any other way out."
"Wait what?" asked Annabeth, blushing slightly
"You wanted me to sleep with you," said Percy, starting to blush, "like lie down next to you and sleep."
"Oh," said Annabeth, as she blushed even harder
"What time is it?" asked Percy
"I think it's about 6:30," replied Annabeth
"Okay," said Percy, "I'm going to get ready."
"Okay," said Annabeth
Within 15 minutes, the two get ready and head into the kitchen, where they find Nico, Thalia, and Helen ready for them, as well as their breakfast.
"Have a nice sleep?" asked Helen, smirking, as she gave the two their breakfast.
"Yeah, why?" asked Annabeth, slightly wary
"Was it really good?" asked Helen, smirking
"Of course it would be good for those two," said Thalia, "they were sleeping together."
"You know?" asked Percy, blushing hard along with Annabeth
"We saw you this morning," said Nico, "and Thalia told Helen and Frederick."
"Sorry," said Thalia
"Any particular reason?" asked Helen
"Blame her," said Percy, "she didn't let me go."
"Wait, why me?" asked Annabeth
"You said you'd take the blame last night," said Percy, "right after I agreed to sleep with you after m failed attempts of trying to get you to let go of my arm."
"Well, I was sleepy," said Annabeth, "you shouldn't take me seriously then. I'm not in the same mindset when I'm sleepy."
"Enough you two," said Thalia, "you don't want to ruin your friendship now, do you?"
"Shut up," said Percy and Annabeth
"So, what do you think your godly parents will do if they find out?" asked Thalia
"Don't get me stressed out in the morning," said Percy, "not good for the nerves."
"You're scared of my mom?" asked Annabeth
"Who isn't?" asked Percy, "She probably has about a million plans of hurting me if I do anything to you, and is probably on her way of doubling it right now."
"Relax," said Annabeth, "my mom won't do anything, since she'll be hurting me if she hurt you."
"How so?" asked Percy
"Well you're my best friend Seaweed Brain," said Annabeth, finishing her breakfast, "any more stupid questions?"
(A/N Lightning Thief reference, kinda, right there)
"Nope," said Percy, finishing his breakfast as well, taking his bag, and heading towards the garage, "you coming mortal style today."
"I'll only go mortal style," said Annabeth, "if you are. I don't trust the other two's traveling methods."
"Hey," said Thalia, "I haven't killed anybody with my lightning travel so far. Just severely injured them."
"That's what I don't want," said Annabeth, as she took her bag and headed to the garage as well.
The two drive to school and Percy parks the car before they head inside. They meet up with Leila, Hunter, Jake, and Alli, who were talking with Thalia and Nico.
"Where were you two?" asked Leila, "I thought you said that you two lived together?"
"We do," said Percy, "it's just that we left earlier since these two knuckleheads wanted to walk to school."
"You can walk to school?" asked Alli, "You're that close?"
"Not really," said Thalia, "we're a good distance away, but not too far. We just leave like super early."
"Which is a paradox in itself since they hate getting up early," said Percy
"Any reason why?" asked Jake
"We don't want to have to deal with these two flirting with each other," said Nico
"We don't flirt with each other," said Percy, "right, Annabeth?"
"Right," agreed Annabeth
"See what I mean?" asked Nico, causing everyone else except Percy and Annabeth to laugh.
"Hey Percy," said a voice behind Percy.
Percy turns around and finds himself face to face with Rachael, along with a few of her friends, all wearing barely concealing clothes. "What do you want Rachael?"
"I was wondering whether you wanted to go to the movies with me," said Rachael, "I figured that yesterday you didn't agree because I chose a bad date, so you can decide when and where we go this time."
"Um , uh, you see," sputtered Percy, looking somewhat uncomfortable, "see the thing is, I really don't like you.""
"Aw," said Rachael, "poor Percy doesn't want to disappoint his friend Anniebell. Don't worry, she doesn't like you the way I do."
"First, it's Annabeth," said Percy, "and second, how do you know how she feels? Last time I checked, you were the school slut who hated her, not her best friend who knows everything about her."
"Like you do?" asked Rachael
"Yes, I do," said Percy, "like how her eyes sparkle when she's talking about architecture or how her hair always smells like strawberries, even when she hasn't been near any for a while."
"You know what," said Rachael, "I don't know how, but you're obviously under some hallucinating drug that Alexa has given you. When you find out that I'm so much better than her, I'll be waiting. Don't worry though, I'll still try and convince you."
She stalked away, along with her friends, leaving Percy and his friends wondering what she's on.
"You know, the day that chick realizes that Percy doesn't like her," said Thalia, "will be the day that Nico will wear pink for the day."
"Why me?" asked Nico
"Because you're all doom and gloom every day," said Thalia
"I can't help it," said Nico, "it's in my blood."
"All right break it up you two," said Annabeth, getting in between the two cousins as they were glaring at each other. Just then the bell rang, and everyone went towards their homeroom.
During homeroom, the teacher took attendance, and handed out everyone's assignment planner. After handing it out, the teacher let them talk for the rest of the time. Homeroom passed quickly, but English passed rather slowly for the demigods, mainly because they were bored out of their minds in English listening to the teacher drone on and on about the uses of semicolon. English ended, and the demigods quickly made their way to History. As they sat down, Annabeth was approached by Josh.
"Hey, beautiful," said Josh, "listen, I think the other day you didn't want to agree because you were distracted by my friends, but you don't have to worry about them now. So how about it? Want to go out sometime?"
"Is that what you think?" asked Annabeth, "Because what I really was distracted by was the foul odor coming from you and your friends. Oh wait, that's your stupidity. Wouldn't want others to catch that, now would you?"
"Are you calling me stupid?" asked Josh, rather loudly, calling everyone in the classroom's attention.
"No," said Annabeth, "now I'm calling you mentally challenged, since you can't even understand a diss when you hear one. Now run along, dear mentally challenged person, otherwise you might spread your stupidity to someone important, like the teacher behind you."
Josh turned around, and was surprised to find the teacher behind him. He started walking backwards, but tripped on Annabeth's foot, which she sneakily stuck out. Josh fell on his butt, and the whole class started laughing, even the teacher had cracked a smile.
"She tripped me!" exclaimed Josh, "She tripped me on purpose!"
"Me?" asked Annabeth, "All I did was move my foot a little bit forward for relaxation purposes. It's not my fault that you have bad balance."
"You're lying," said Josh
"No I'm not," said Annabeth, "it's you who tripped on my foot. Sir, I think his fall may have affected his brain a bit more. I'm afraid now he's mentally challenged and delusional."
"All right," said the teacher, "break it up you two. Josh, stop lying down there and get to your seat."
"Yes sir," said Josh, as he got up and got in a seat, away from Annabeth.
After that episode, the teacher started the lesson on the start of Greece. However, neither Annabeth nor Percy were paying attention to the lesson. Both were busy thinking of reasons why the other rejected the person they did; neither reasoning that the other loved them.
The rest of the day passed uneventfully. Soon it was lunch, and the demigods made their way to the cafeteria. Percy and Annabeth both bought a buffalo chicken wrap while Thalia and Nico both got two slices of pizza. After paying, the four made their way to their table, again sitting opposite the mortals. They greeted each other, and started eating.
"Oh, Leila," said Annabeth, "for your sleepover, what do I need to bring?"
"Oh, um," said Leila, thinking, "you can just bring a few change of clothes, a sleeping bag, toileteris, and anything they might think they need."
"Oh, okay thanks," said Annabeth
"IT would also help if you could think of any movies we could watch," said Leila, "or bring in any movies you want to watch. We might run a movie marathon afterwards."
"Sure," said Annabeth, "that'll be great. Oh wait, you didn't give me your address."
"Oh, here," said Leila as she took out a pen and wrote her address on a unused napkin and handed it to Annabeth.
"Okay, great," said Annabeth, "I'll see if Percy knows where it is."
"Yeah, see you then," said Leila, as the lunch ending bell rang.
~~~Time Skip~~~
"Helen, we're leaving!" said Annabeth
"Okay," replied Helen, "Don't do anything stupid with Percy!"
"Helen!" whined Annabeth, as she got a chuckle in response. They made their way to Percy's Hummer and Percy drove to Leila's house. He parked the car in the driveway, and after exiting, rang the doorbell.
Leila opened the door, and after the five greeted each other, she said, "You guys are the last one. You can just keep your bags in the living room. Everyone else is in my bedroom."
They left their bags on the couch, and followed Leila to her bedroom.
"Okay, guys," said Leila, "now that everyone has arrived, we can start. I'm thinking Truth or Dare to start of the night. Is that all right?"
After everyone responded their agreement, Leila started, "Nico, Truth or Dare?"
"Dare," said Nico
"I dare you to kiss Thalia," said Leila
"Fine," grumbled Nico, who then gave Thalia a peck on the cheek.
"Okay," said Nico, "Percy Truth or Dare?"
"Truth," said Percy
"Why you no do dare?" asked Nico
"Your dares are usually something stupid and life-threatening," said Percy, "remember last time in camp?"
"Oh, yeah," said Nico, "okay all right. Who do you love?"
"Annabeth," mumbled Percy, barely audible
"What was that?" asked Nico, "I didn't quite catch that."
"I said Annabeth, happy?" asked Percy, as he said it louder, blushing deep red along with Annabeth.
"All right," said Percy, "can we play a different game?"
Everyone agreed, much to Percy's relief, and for the rest of the games, he sat as far away from Annabeth as he could, even when she tried to talk to him. After playing 7 minutes in Heaven, Spin the Bottle, and Go Fish, everyone decided to start the movie. Leila took a vote between watching Ghost Rider or Slumdog Millionaire (Sorry, I'm Indian and couldn't resist. It was either this or some game played in India). Ultimately Ghost Rider won. While Leila was getting the movie, Annabeth approached Percy.
"Percy," said Annabeth, as she grabbed his hand to prevent him from escaping, "why are you running away? Ever since Truth or Dare, you've been avoiding me."
"I don't want to avoid you," said Percy, seeing no escape, "it's just that you said that you liked someone, and I know that it's not me, and I didn't want to make our friendship more awkward than it is since you know that I like you."
"Percy," said Annabeth as she released his hand, "is that the reason? You're right that I said I liked someone, but you're wrong when you say it's not you. Heck, I don't just like you, I love you."
"Really?" asked Percy, and after Annabeth nodded, continued, "Do you want to, um, go out, maybe, sometime?"
"I'd love to," said Annabeth, as she laughed at his stuttering. Just then, Leila returned with the Ghost Rider DVD, and played it. Throughout the movie (which was when they had dinner), Annabeth sat on Percy's lap, both happier knowing that the other loved him/her, and when it came to sleeping, slept in the same sleeping bag, causing the others to smirk in acceptance.
A/N Reviews are much appreciated
