Half-Blood Games
Chapter 10
Unexpected
Percy and I were standing on our favorite spot on the beach watching the sunset. It was beautiful with the reflection on the sea with the waves and all. The sea looked like Percy's eyes. So green and beautiful.
"You know," Percy said, "I'm still not sure about the games."
"And that should surprise me me because?" Nico's voice said sarcastically
"Nico come out here!" I yelled
He came out of the bushes with Tori who was out of the dress and in her regular punk clothes but she still had the highlights. She was smirking at Nico for his lack of stealth.
"Gods, you couldn't sneak away even if your life depended on it." Tori said while laughing hard
We all laughed at Nico for minutes. We kept rolling on the sand and Percy's hair touched thewater and for some reason, it got wet. His epic attempt to look cute. But it epicly worked.
Now I know that as a child of Athena, I should know that "epicly" is not a word. But I'm trying to be stupid for their sake.
Anyway, we were laughing until Thalia came around shouting, "Annabeth! Where are you?"
I stood up trying to keep a straight face because I really missed Thalia and I didn't want to be rude. I yelled back: "I'm on the beach!"
Thalia went towards us pushing away some plants to go to us then we all stopped laughing when we saw her. Especially Nico whose jaw dropped. I wouldn't blame him. Thalia never wore a dress, but she wore one that time and it was worthy of her aura. Though it looked like the one Avril Lavigne wore in her Smile music video. I mean Thalia would never wear it 'cuz it was one-shoulder but I figured that she did because of the prints and colors. But it still didn't match the silver circlet she always wore.
"Wassup guys?" Thalia said
"Hey Thals." I replied
"Same here Pinecone Face." Percy added
"Watch it Seaweed Brain" Thalia replied
"Heyyyy!" I protested
"What? What'd I do?" Thalia asked tense
"Only I could call him that!" I replied
The rest rolled their eyes
"Overprotective much?" Nico asked
"Insensitive much?" I threw back at him tilting my head to an uncomfortable Tori
I rolled my eyes at him and he rolled his eyes back
"Hey Thalia, I'd like you to meet Tori." Nico said
"Hey Tori."Thalia said then thought for a while, "So you're the Tori I keep hearing about from the Hunters? Girl, you're awesome and a legend to us."
"Really huh?" Tori said, "And you're the Thalia I keep hearing about from Nico, Annabeth and Percy. You're also a legend here girl. And some of my siblings thought I was you when I first arrived here in camp."
"Why?"
"Because you two look exactly alike aside from the height and eye color." I said, "And now we have to get going because when you two were talking about each of you being legends, Chiron IMed me and all the tributes need to be in the rec room in the next few minutes before Mr.D turns us all into shrubs including our siblings and you do not want that."
That was a rush, I thought
We all walked toward the Big House but I noticed that Thalia was still with us.
"Why are you still following us?" Percy asked her
"Well, I'm the tribute of the Hunters." She said
We were all sitting around the ping pong table listening to some boring lecture Suzanne Collins was giving us. It was kinda about how the rules of the Hunger Games were same and different from the Half-Blood Games. I wasn't really surprised to hear her lecture in a dazed voice. Famous people come to camp to give lectures in a dazed voice and they probably think that it's a dream afterwards.
Like how the cast of The Lightning Thief came here to sign our stuff. They looked dazed but still pretty cool 'cuz I got my cap signed by Alex and Percy's sword was signed by Logan. Though our parents got mad for 'destroying' the gifts they gave us but I tried to reason that they just became priceless.
Now I know what you're thinking, Aren't they already priceless? Well, yeah but... um, wouldn't it be cool to get your stuff signed by celebrities? I mean, the one week without fighting monsters was totally worth it. Percy and I just spent the week making out and yes with clothes you little perverts.
Anyway, so Suzanne kept talking and talking about stuff and I got more and more sleepy so I leaned on Percy for support. I placed my head on his shoulder then he kissed the top of it and that's how I lasted throughout the lecture.
When it finished, Chiron pulled me aside to talk to me about something.
"Have you planned a strategy yet for the games?" He asked in a hushed voice
"No yet but we'll plan later." I replied
"We?"
"Me and Percy."
"You're really tense Annabeth."
"What makes you say that?"
"You didn't pay attention to the lecture which just about gave you tips on how to survive."
"Well it was boring."
"And you made a grammatical mistake."
"Fine so I'm tense but I'll read the Hunger Games again later."
"Don't tell anyone I gave you a Greek copy and you don't have time to read the whole book."
I bit my lip because I had no other option but to plan for real and for the first time, the whole game seemed real. I didn't have time to mess around on dates with Percy or playing pranks with my siblings. I had to make a real plan this time. A plan that doesn't involve me killing Percy or my friends.
I was sitting on my bed studying plans on Daedalus's laptop with tears streaming down my face. I thought about Percy, my family, the camp and all the things I care about in the world and Underworld. It turns out that i can bring my dagger and my laptop in the wood during the games so I had a bit of hope. I was too busy watching some virtual parts of the arena- I mean woods that will be used during the games, that I didn't notice that percy was already behind me.
"I don't get that." He said
"Leave me alone Percy." I replied
"Then I'll just go back to um..."
"Sorry Percy... Just stressed"
"From the games?"
"Yeah."
"Why? You were never this stressed."
"Because, for the first time, this feels so real."
"I know how you feel."
"Then how come you're not showing even a bit of tiredness."
Percy removed his sweater then showed me his arms. They were red and with light scratches.
"What have you been doing?" I asked him
"I try to burn myself then scratch my skin." He replied
I glared at him then he said, "I'm sorry Annabeth. I wanted to you know-"
I cu him off by kissing him. Lightly at first then he returned it then the kiss deepened. I pushed him towards the wall while still kissing. Then suddenly, Percy had no shirt anymore and I was feeling his abs while we were pressed so closely against each other and our legs were tangled.
I have to admit it did take my mind off the game for a while and it felt so good. The moment was perfect until Malcolm knocked on the door.
Percy and I stopped kissing, then Percy placed his shirt on and said, "I should go."
I nodded then kissed his cheek.
"Go just cover your mouth on your way." I said
"You too Wise Girl." He replied
I watched him on his way out then went back to studying the videos of the woods i had in my laptop until I hear Malcolm yell: "You what?"
I sighed then braced myself for the lecture my over-protective brother was going to give me
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