A/N : Three updates in one day! *HAPPY DANCE*

Haha you must be wondering how stupid I am to spend my time in NYC typing on fanfiction instead of going sightseeing!Don't worry, right now my family's totally jet-lagged so we're staying at the hotel all evening which may possibly mean even MORE updates!

I must say I've truly out done myself - this chapter ends in such a cheesy way!

But oh well, this is me we're talking about and I belive that: fluffy + percabeth=great story! I hope you think that too, or else you're reading all my chapters for no reason.

Wow, this is turning out to be a very long author's note! Okay, I'll stop now!

Happy Reading!

The Life and Times of Percy & Annabeth

(one lifetime, one love)

10. Drama Queen

Annabeth's PoINT of ViEW:

"Um, Kyle? Yeah, that's my hair you're pulling," I sighed, as Kyle, Crystal's five-year-old half-brother, giggled and tugged at my ponytail again despite me just telling him not to.

"Okay, that's it!" I throw down my worn copy of A Midsummer Night's Dream which I was reading and picked Kyle up. "You are being extremely annoying, tonight, mister," I told him, waving my finger in his face as I carried him to his room. It was Friday night and Crystal was out shopping with Alicia, a demigod from the Aphrodite cabin. Crystal's dad and stepmom, Mr. and Mrs. Evans, were out late attending a business meeting in Brooklyn. This meant that I was stuck in the apartment babysitting Kyle and Courtney, Crystal's seven-year-old half-sister. Great, that's exactly how I want to spend a Friday night!

Courtney came skipping into Kyle's bedroom wearing a ridiculous purple tutu, a pink crown, and long white gloves. She watched as I set Kyle on his bed and handed him a box filled with his dinosaur toys. "Kyle, please, please stay in here and play with your toys and let me finish my book!" I begged the five-year-old. He just laughed and threw his toy T-Rex across his room and watched in delight as it hit the wall with a thud.

"Uh-oh! Kyle's being a naughty boy! We need to take his toys away from him!" Courtney announced as she twirled over to Kyle and snatched the toy box out from his hands. He started kicking his feet and wailing like a baby. "Give it back, Court! I WANT IT! Give it BACK!"

I pressed my fingertips to my temples. "Oh, Gods, just give him back his toys, Court!"

She stuck her tongue out as me, that little brat, but thankfully did as she was told.

Kyle immediately stopped crying and went on to play with his plastic dinosaurs.

"I'm hungry! The princess is HUNGRY!" Courtney exclaimed, tugging at my t-shirt.

"Okay, how about I make you a grilled cheese sandwich? Then will you leave me alone?"

"Hmmm. It depends. If you make me an extra special grilled cheese sandwich, then I will!" She stated, putting her hands on her hip. What the heck is an "extra special grilled cheese sandwich"? Ugh, I'm so not in the mood for this.

"Okay, one extra special grilled cheese, coming up," I say, taking her hand and walking into the kitchen. The Evans have a toaster oven, so I got out a slice of Kraft cheese, sandwiched it in between two slices of toast, and placed it in the toaster. Just then the doorbell rang.

"ANNABETH! THE DOORBELL RANG!" Courtney yelled even though I was standing right across from her. What is wrong with this little girl?

"Thank you, Courtney, my hearing is perfectly fine, so I did hear the doorbell ring, but thanks for yelling it anyway."

"Yep, you're welcome!"

I ran to the door, hoping it was someone coming to save me from this miserable Friday evening. I flung the door open and saw a boy about my age with messy dark hair, mesmerizing green eyes, and a lopsided smile leaning against the door frame.

"Percy!" I flung myself at him. He pulled me into a tight hug, "Hey, looks like someone is happy to see me," he whispers in my ear.

I pull away from him, "Who?"

He rolls his eyes at me. "Are you going to invite me in or can we just make out right here?"

I felt my cheeks get hot. "Um, we can't."

He raised his eyebrows, "What do you mean we can't?"

"We can't."

He rolled his eyes again –hmm, he seemed to being doing that a lot lately, must be something he picked up from me - "Yes, thank you, I get that, but I'm asking why can't we?"

I heard Courtney's footsteps behind me.I opened the door wider and stepped aside. "Because."

Percy smirked, staring down at the little girl in a tutu singing The Little Mermaid's Part of Your World. "You're stuck babysitting?"

"Babysitting?! Excuse me, mister, but I am seven! I do not need a babysitter, thank you very much!" Courtney exclaimed, obviously listening in on our conversation.

I raised my eyebrows, while Percy just smiled at her, "Oh, I'm sorry, miss. I had no idea you were seven!"

"Yes, I am!"

"Amazing!"

"It is, isn't it?" Miss Courtney – the little drama queen.

"Okay!" I said, gently pushing Courtney away from the door. "Why don't you-

"ANNABETH! I SMELL FIRE! HELP! I SMELL FIRE!" Kyle came running out of the kitchen. What in God's name is he talking ab- Oh my Gods the grilled cheese!

I run to the kitchen and Percy follows behind me. There is smoke rising up from the toaster; I'm surprised the smoke alarm hasn't gone off yet. Percy spots oven mitts on the countertop and he throws them to me. I catch them and quickly slip them on. Carefully, I reach into the toaster – The sandwich is completely burnt and black! Yuck! – And toss it into the trash can. Percy reaches over and unplugs the toaster and I turn on the ceiling fan on, hoping it'll clear away the smoke.

"Good teamwork," Percy says, grinning ear to ear. He's so stupid- I watch him run his hand through his hair, messing it up even more – and cute.

"My grilled cheese!" Courtney whines, as she runs over to me. She's upset over some burnt grilled cheese sandwich? Seriously?

"It's okay, I'm sure Percy here will make you a grilled cheese," I say, patting Court on the back. Percy shoots me a thanks-a-lot look which I ignore.

Courtney's eyes go wide open and a wide smile stretches across her face. "You're Percy?" She asks, pointing to him.

"Uh, yeah," He replies, glancing at me confused. I just shrug.

"Oh my God! You're Annabeth's boyfriend!"

Percy blushes and it takes everything for me to not go over there and duct tape Courtney's mouth shut.

"Percy and Annabeth sitting in a tree! K-I-S-S-I-N-G! Wait, you have kissed her right?"

Percy turns a whole shade redder. "You have! You have!" Courtney exclaims. "I've heard a LOT about you," she says, fluttering her eyelashes.

Kyle chooses this perfect moment to peek his little head into the kitchen. "Annabeth has a boyfriend?"

"No, Percy's just a really good-

"Yes! Duh! Keep up, Kyle," Courtney replies, rolling her eyes and crossing her arms across her chest.

"Kiss her!" screams Kyle in delight. Oh, Gods, this is what I get for wanting a more eventful Friday night! Well, wish granted, Annabeth.

"Yes! Kiss her! Percy, KISS HER!"

Percy shuffles uncomfortably on his feet and sticks his hands in his pockets, "Uh, I don't think –"

"KISS HER! KISS HER! KISS HER!" The two little twerps start chanting. I swear, as soon as Percy leaves they are going to be sent to the longest time-out in their life.

Percy catches my eye and for some reason I start to giggle. Uncontrollably. Great, I'm giggling uncontrollably! Percy raises his eyebrows and then he starts to laugh too, harder and harder. We're now both cracking up as Kyle and Courtney exchange glances, wondering what they missed.

"This is secret boyfriend/girlfriend talk," Courtney whispers to Kyle.

"Ooooh!" Kyle nods his head as though he totally gets what's going on.

"We'll leave you two alone," giggles Courtney, winking at me. I fell my face grow hot again. I'm still cracking up though, and I'm still not sure why. Courtney grabs Kyle's hand and yanks him out of the kitchen. They both run into Courtney's room and shut the door. They're giving us privacy. I flush even more just thinking about that.

Percy's recovered from his laughter fit and he takes my hand pulling me towards the couch.

"What was that all about?" he asks, once we're all tangled up on the couch. I'm sitting in his lap, his arms are hugging me, and I can feel his breath on the top of my head. Hmmm, this is pretty comfortable.

"What?"

"Why were you laughing?"

"Well, why were you?"

I feel him shrug and I lean back into him farther.

"I don't know. Maybe it was their little chant that got me…"

I blushed. "Gods, I'm sorry about them, they can be so annoying."

Percy laughs, and I smile just at the sound of it. "It's okay, they're pretty funny, especially that Courtney."

"Oh, she's something, all right."

"But I have to say, I'm curious, what stuff have you been saying about me?"

"Uh, noth-nothing." Even though I can't see him, I can practically feel the skeptical look he's giving me right now. "Nothing bad," I clarify.

"Hm, have you mentioned my good looks and irresistible charm?"

"Um, I'm talking about Percy. Who are you talking about?"

"Ouch, that hurt. That really, really hurt Annabeth."

I roll my eyes, "Whatever."

"Whatever? WHATEVER? You insult me, and then say whatever?"

He fake-wrestles me and I laugh and protest the whole time. All of a sudden, I'm lying across the coach and Percy's pressed on top of me. "Hey!" I cry as he wraps his hands around my wrists like handcuffs on a prisoner.

"Ha-ha," he replies mockingly. I try to kick him off me, but he's locks his legs around mine, preventing me from doing anything. Stupid invincible boyfriend.

"You're trapped," Percy whispers in my ear and kisses me so gently that I'm positive I'm going to melt right there.

I raise my eyebrows. "I could bite you," I say and he just laughs in my face.

"Shut up," I growl, fidgeting underneath him. That just makes him laugh harder and he kisses my neck.

I keep trying to struggle against him, but Percy just presses me deeper into the coach. I manage to free my hands from his and I press my palms against his chest pushing him away. He abruptly lets go of me and sits up.

"Gods, Annabeth, what's wrong with you?" Yikes, he sounds pissed. Really pissed. Doesn't he realize I was just joking when I was pushing him away?

I sit up cautiously, aware of the anger dripping off of him. His green eyes are fixed ahead. I know I've done something wrong when he doesn't dare look at me.

I sigh, "Percy?" No answer. "Percy?" I say, a little more forcefully. "Sorry about – about…wait, what am I sorry about exactly?"I ask jokingly. I immediately want to take back what I said because I'm afraid he'll just get more annoyed.

I stare at him, waiting for his reaction, and see him roll his eyes and crack a crooked smile. Yes!

He pulls me into his lap again. "You're sorry for making it so hard for me to kiss you, you idiot," Percy whispers, planting a kiss on my lips.

I shake my head, "You're just like Courtney."

His eyebrows scrunch together while I smile to myself, "You're both such drama queens!"

A/N : Thanks so much to everyone who is reviewing! I love getting reviews! (hint, hint)

Here's a little preview of the next chapter that I'm working on:

(Percy's POV)

"Remind me again why I decided to come with you?" I ask my mom; nervously glancing around the Godiva store we're in as if any minute a monster might pop out and try to kill me. Well, in my case, that actually might happen. You know, since I'm a half-blood. Anyways, we're here at the stupid Godiva chocolate store because my mom is picking up an order of chocolate covered strawberries for Saturday evening.

Geez, just thinking about Saturday makes my head hurt and my stomach do a flip.

Annabeth's dad, stepmom, and half-brothers are flying in from San Francisco Thursday night to spend Spring break with Annabeth here in the city. When my mom heard that her dad would be in town, of course she had to go ahead and invite them for dinner at our place on Saturday. Not only did I point out to my mom (several times, I should add) that this was going to be extremely awkward for me and Annabeth, but also extremely awkward for her dad and stepmom since they don't even know my mom.

"Which is exactly why this dinner is an excellent idea, this way we can meet each other and get to know one another," my mom had replied excitedly. "Besides, I want to meet my future in-laws before the wedding."

Oh, Gods, I think I almost fainted when she said that. At least Annabeth wasn't there when my mom said it.

Yay! I'm having lots of fun writing this next chapter! Hope you guys will like it when I post it! :)