A/N: As promised the link to a poll on the ship name... Stiles/Percy Ship Name Poll. Be sure to vote. This chapter is not as Teen Wolf-y but more my attempt at being cute with Stiles/Percy. Please feel free to let me know what you think! I don't own the Teen Wolf characters... Only Percy. R&R!
"You're a terrible bowler!" Stiles exclaims as we descend the stairs.
"I know!" Scott looks sadly at his shoes. "I'm such an idiot."
"God, it was like watching a car wreck. I mean, first it turned into the whole group date thing." Stiles waves his hands around to emphasize everything. "And then out of nowhere comes that phrase."
"Hang out." Scott looks at me as I start laughing behind my hand.
"You don't hang out with hot girls, okay?" Stiles shudders slightly. "It's like death." I shoot an offended glare over at him which he ignores and continues, "Once it's hanging out, you might as well be her gay best friend. You and Danny can start hanging out."
"Well that explains why I hang out with the two of you." I mutter under my breath. Scott looks over at me amused. "You heard that?" I groan out receiving a nod in return. "Sorry." I run a hand through my hair and continue walking beside them.
"How is this happening? I either killed a guy or I didn't." Scott whines out in frustration.
"I don't think Danny likes me very much." Stiles muses not even reacting to Scott.
"I ask Allison on a date, and now we're hanging out." Scott turns to me realizing that Stiles isn't going to answer him.
"Am I not attractive to gay guys?" Stiles holds his hand out to me questioningly. I look between both of them before I hold my hands up defensively.
"I can't help either of you." I turn and head down a hallway off to our right. "I'll see you later. Try not to let it bother you so much Scott." Scott waves at me before turning back to Stiles.
"I make first line, and the team captain wants to destroy me, and now…." Scott pulls his phone out of his pocket and looks at the time. "Now I'm gonna be late for work." He runs off down the hall leaving Stiles standing alone.
"Wait, Scott, you didn't…." Stiles looks around for me. "Am I attractive to gay guy…" He realizes I'm not around and pulls out his phone. I make it to my locker as my phone buzzes signalling a text.
'You didn't answer my question.' Appears on my screen under Stiles' name.
'Which one? It's kind of hard to keep up sometimes.' I reply quickly tossing some books into my locker.
'Am I attractive to gay guys?' Stiles responds almost immediately.
'I don't know. Why don't you ask Danny? I have to head to class.' I shake my head as I throw my phone back into my bag. I feel it buzzing again as Stiles texts me back but I ignore it and head to my next class slamming my locker shut.
"Come on Percy. It will be fun." Allison pleads with me after class. "Besides it's not a date. You heard them we are hanging out."
"Allison…." I wheel around on her with a sweet smile. "You couldn't pay me to go…" I bring my hands up to form air quotes, "'hang out' with you being sickly adorable with Scott, and Lydia hanging all over Jackson. I'd rather claw my eyes out."
"Then bring Stiles." She follows after me as I start walking again. "You like him, I can see it."
"I'm sure he would enjoy it even less." I glare at her second sentence but don't respond to it.
"We haven't hung out since before you disappeared for 2 days." She grabs my arm stopping me. "You still haven't told me what happened then either."
"Nothing happened." I grin at her and pull her over to the wall. "I swear. We just talked."
"You talked….. for two days." She looks at me in disbelief.
"What do I have to do to get you to believe me when I say yes?" I sigh tilting my head.
"At least consider joining us." She leads me down the stairs and to our next class.
"Why does it sound like your are trying to get me join a cult?" I say in response causing her to giggle as we stumbled through the classroom door.
Stiles gave me a ride home that afternoon continuously asking me the same question from earlier. By the time we arrived at my house I almost wanted to hit him in the head with a textbook. As I was about to climb out Stiles' phone buzzed and he opened a text.
"Scott wants to go check out the bus." He looks up from his phone at me. "You want to come?"
"Are you going to continue to badger me about being attractive to gay guys?" I sigh already placing my bag back at my feet and closing the passenger door.
"Probably." He shrugs pulling away from the curb with a smile. We pick Scott up at the forest line and I slide into the back with ease. By the time we make it to the school it's completely dark outside. We all climb out of the Jeep and Scott stops waving his arms at us.
"Hey, no, just me. Someone needs to keep watch." He points back towards the Jeep.
"How come I'm always the guy keeping watch?" Stiles wails out as he reaches the fence. He starts to try and climb the fence as I watch amusedly.
"Because…." Scott jerks his thumb over his shoulder at me. "Someone has to watch Percy."
"Excuse me. I'm perfectly capable of watching myself." I huff out indignantly.
"Okay, why's it starting to feel like you're Batman and I'm Robin?" Stiles wags his finger between the two of them. "I don't want to be Robin all the time."
"Nobody's Batman and Robin any of the time." Scott scoffs out.
"Not even some of the time?" Stiles pouts before looking at me.
"Just stay here." Scott pleads with him.
"Oh, my God! Fine." Stiles drawls out then comes and leads me back to the Jeep.
"If he's Batman and you're Robin… Who does that make me?" I muse climbing back into the rear of the Jeep.
"Uhhh…" Stiles looks back at me briefly before turning quickly to the front. "Catwoman?"
I look down at my body. "Not sure I could pull of the leather suit." I mutter before leaning between the seats to keep an eye on Scott.
Stiles breathed something out that I couldn't quite hear, I only managed to catch two words. "… you… could." I was about to turn and ask him what he said but I stopped myself as I saw a light blush run up his neck. Smirking I turn and look back through the windshield waiting for Scott.
After a few minutes of silence and a lot of sideways glances I see a flashlight beam dancing across the school yard. I smack Stiles lightly on the shoulder, "Someone's coming. We need to get Scott out."
Stiles sits up straight in his seat and looks in the direction of the beam before slamming his hand down on the horn.
"Subtle…. I'm sure the guard didn't hear that." I glare at him as he continues to pound on the horn. Scott comes racing off the bus and swiftly climbs up a car before flipping over the fence and rolling to his feet. "Show off." I mutter sliding towards the back of the car.
"Come on, come on, come on." Stiles urges Scott into the car.
"Go!" Scott yells jumping into the passenger seat. "Go! Go! Go!" Stiles doesn't need anymore convincing as he throws the car in reverse and turns in his seat to watch out the rear window. I move over to the side so he can see as my phone starts ringing.
"Turn it off." Stiles hisses at me while spinning the Jeep around.
"You do not get to lecture me on making noise when your brilliant plan was to honk the horn." I pull out my phone and answer without looking to see who it was.
"Percy!" I jump at the shrill voice on the line.
"Mom? I swear I will be home soon." I brace myself against the wall as Stiles drives away from the school like a maniac, asking Scott if it worked.
"Was that a boy?" My mom's voice gains tones of softness.
"Uhhhh. Yeah?" I hesitantly answer looking up at the two panicked boys in the front of the car.
"Are you on a date?" I roll my eyes as I hear the excitement in her question.
"No Mom I'm not. Hold on a second." I pull the phone from my ear before hissing at Stiles. "Would you slow the hell down? The guys on foot he isn't gonna be chasing us."
"It's gotta be a pack thing." Stiles throws a glance in the rearview before decelerating slightly.
"What are you talking about?" I lean forward the phone still held to my shoulder.
"Like an initiation. You do the kill together." Stiles explains before I move back to my original spot and put my phone back up to my ear.
"…seemed sweet." My mom was finishing a thought when I finally tuned back in.
"Mom what?" I shake my head trying to listen to the boys as well before giving up.
"I said that I don't see why you didn't just tell me you had a date, especially if it's with that boy that dropped you off the night of the party, he seemed sweet." She sighs before repeating herself.
"Mom I swear it isn't a date." Stiles' eyebrow rocket upward as I say this and I turn my back to him before continuing. "Look can we talk about this when I get home." I hang my head as I feel a blush rising.
"Sure sweetie. I'll see you later." The grin was evident in my mom's voice as she hung up. I end the call on my end and slide the phone back into my pocket before turning back to the boys, both of whom were looking at me.
"What were you guys saying?" I uncomfortably push a piece of hair behind my ear.
Stiles clears his throat before turning to Scott, "But you didn't do it, which means you're not a killer. And it also means that…."
"I can go out with Allison." Scott cuts his friend off making me smirk.
"I was gonna say it means you won't kill us." Stiles gestures between me and him with his free hand.
"Oh, yeah." Scott nods sheepishly. "That too." He shoots me an apologetic look. I simply shrug it off with a smile.
"Now before any more pressing wolf matters come up," I lean forward to look at Stiles, "Can you drop me at home?" He nods and turns down the next road leading to my house.
When we pull up I look at the house before groaning. Both boys turn to look at me and I just point at my porch where my mother is sitting waving enthusiastically. Scott stifles a laugh and climbs out so I can exit. Once I'm out of the Jeep Stiles reaches into the back and grabs my bag handing it to me.
"I'll see you two later?" I ask before turning and heading up the pathway.
"Yep!" I hear from behind me as I wave. Once the Jeep has taken off down the road my mother jumps up and grabs me by the arm dragging me inside.
"Okay…. Tell me everything." I groan out as she busies herself in the kitchen heating up my dinner. This was going to be a long night.
The next day at school was rather uneventful outside of Allison trying to convince me to join them for bowling…. Again. After school my mom picked me up to take me home, my phone ringing as we walked through the front doors.
"Lydia is here helping me get ready. You can still change your mind and come with us." Allison says as soon as I answer.
"I picked up a shift at work." I smile into my phone as I walk into my bedroom. "I really would like to get my car back at some point this year."
I hear the click of hangers being moved before Lydia's voice comes through muffled, 'Mmmmm, pass. Pass. Let me see.'
"Pass. Pass. Pass on all of it." Lydia must have come closer to Allison because she was coming through much clearer now. "God, Allison, respect for your taste is dwindling by the second." I let out a snort.
"Look I have to go. I need to change. Have fun on your date." I hang up grinning before changing quickly into my work shirt. After a pulling my hair into a high ponytail I wander downstairs to find my mom. I find her sitting in the living room on the couch reading a magazine.
"Keys?" I ask leaning on the back of the sofa.
"Just because you don't have your car doesn't mean you can commandeer mine whenever you like." She huffs out giving me a look.
"Come on mom. I won't be finishing work til around midnight. If you give me the keys you don't have to come get me." I hop over the back of the couch plopping down next to my mother earning me a glare.
"Do you even care that there's a 9:30 enforced curfew?" She asks pushing my feet off the couch.
"No." I shrug before smiling at her. She looks at me before sighing and throwing the magazine on the table.
"Let's go." She grabs the keys off the counter in the hallway and heads for the car, jumping off the couch I follow her grabbing my school bag from the hallway where I had tossed it earlier. We pull up in front of the video store 15 minutes later. "Call me when you are almost done. I will come pick you up." My mom yells out the window as I waltz into the store.
"Hey Jack!" I yell out so my boss knows I have arrived. A head pokes out of the back room and my boss waves before disappearing again. I head over to the cashier counter and throw my bag up. For the first half an hour I wander around making sure things are stocked up before returning to the counter and pulling out some homework. I was in the middle of a chemistry assignment when the bell jingled indicating a customer. Placing my pen down I push myself around the counter putting on my 'customer-service' smile.
""Hello. How can I help… Stiles?" I stop in my tracks as I see who had just walked in.
"Percy? You work here?" Stiles looks just as shocked as I feel.
"No I just really like the smell of popcorn and the feel of these shirts." I roll my eyes at him. "Do you need help?" I ask pointedly.
"You work here…." He repeats, once I nod he blurts out, "How is it you work in a movie store but you've never seen The Wolf Man?"
I start laughing causing him to smile broadly. We stand there for a few minutes before Jack surfaces from the back room.
"Hey Percy." He calls out causing me to turn around. "I don't think we are going to be to busy tonight. Will you be okay if I head out?"
"Yeah, I'll probably just do some schoolwork." I shrug gesturing at the counter.
"Alright. Just remember to lock up when you go." He throws a wave at me before apologizing to Stiles for interrupting. Once he leaves I turn back to Stiles.
"So….." I bounce on the balls of my feet.
"Do you guys even have The Wolf Man here?" He asks looking at the shelf next to him.
"Probably back here." I gesture for him to follow me to the horror section. After a couple of minutes of searching Stiles exclaims in victory. "So to answer your question yes we do." I grin standing up again.
"DVD player?" He asks turning and heading toward the counter.
"Wait what?" I chase after him.
"Do you have a DVD player hooked up to those TV's?" He points at the ones hanging sporadically.
"Yeah." I head around the counter and open the cabinet under to reveal a DVD player.
"Awesome." He hands me the movie pointing at the player.
"Wait….. you want to watch this?" I hold open the DVD case in confusion. He just nods urging me to hurry up with his hands. "Don't you have somewhere to be?" I ask pulling the disc out and placing it in the player.
"Where? Scott's out on the group date tonight." He shrugs then looks over at me. "Besides I said we were going to watch movie together didn't I?"
Smiling I nod before turning on him. "Fine, if we are going to do this we will do it right." I reach over the counter and grab a bag of popcorn and toss it to him as the door jingles again. Walking around the counter towards the door I point to the corner of the shop. "Microwave is over there. Don't burn it."
Stiles hurries off while I help the young couple who had just walked in find a romantic comedy to watch. As soon as they left Stiles comes around the corner again juggling the bag of popcorn between his hands. Tossing it on the counter he grins at me. I jump up onto the counter and settle into place before grabbing a remote and starting the movie. Stiles hops up next to me but knocks my forgotten homework to the floor. He scrambles to try and grab it as it falls.
"Leave it. I'll get it later." I sigh turning the volume of the TV up as much as I can. He shrugs then open the bag of popcorn before handing it to me. His eyes fall on the candy hanging from the front of the counter we are sitting on and his face lights up. Looking down to see what he had found I laugh before nodding in consent. "It's not a movie night without Reese's."
"Agreed." He snatches the package up and tears into it popping a full one in his mouth before looking sheepishly at me and offering the package. Shaking my head with a smile I pull one out and turn back to the movie.
Throughout the course of the movie Stiles kept excitedly yammering about how great it was. I spent more time laughing at him than paying attention to the movie. At one point I tried to get him to keep quiet so I could pay attention by tossing popcorn at him for him to catch. That idea ended fast when he tumbled from the counter on my 5th toss. As soon as the end credits rolled he turned to me grinning.
"I was right wasn't I?" He bounces like a little kid.
"Yeah…. It was good." I turn to look at the clock behind me. It was just after 11, so I hop off the counter.
"Just good?" He pouts at me as I reach under the counter and pull the disc out.
"Fantastic?" I peek over the counter to see him grinning satisfied with my answer. I hand him the DVD case and point back to the shelf where he had found it, without saying a word he replaced the case in its spot. "Hey Stiles?" I pick up the trash we had somehow managed to accumulate, the number of Reese's he could put away was rather impressive.
"Yeah, what's up?" He comes back from the horror section and leans on the counter.
"Think you could give me a ride home? I don't want my mom to have to drive out here to pick me up." I give him a hopeful look.
"Sure." He looks around the store. "What do you need to do before you get off?"
"Uhhh… Check the return bin, take care of the register, and restock the candy that someone ate." I give him a pointed look on the last one.
"Hey! It wasn't just me." He grins at me. "Where's the stuff to restock? I'll help."
"You sure?" I walk around the counter and head for the back of the store.
"What else am I gonna do?" He shrugs following me. I lead him to our stock room and point at the box of candy that needed to be restocked. Once returning to the front I grabbed my phone and sent my mom a message saying I didn't need a ride and I'd see her in the morning. We finished everything that needed to be done in about half an hour. After grabbing the keys from the office I turned off all the lights while Stiles headed out to the Jeep. I locked the door then slid the keys into the return box for Jack to retrieve in the morning. I sigh as I pull myself into the passenger seat, Stiles waits until the door is closed before pulling out of the lot and driving home.
"Hey, thanks by the way." I say as we pull onto my street. Stiles jerks his head in my direction with his eyebrows raised in question. "For hanging out with me tonight." He lets out a puff of air as he pulls up in front of my house.
"Yeah. No problem." He gives me a weak smile as I hop out of the car.
"See you at school tomorrow." I wave closing the door as he starts to mumble. He pulls away before I can ask what he said and I shrug turning to my house with a huge grin on my face.