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Annabeth
4'o clock
This whole week passed in a blur for me. Mostly because I had detention with the teacher I despise the most. She made me and Thalia too a lot of weird stuff. A lot of cleaning if I must be precise. Apart from that school's good and we have a test Tuesday. I could study for it. But its only Friday and we still have a lot of time.
Plus today we got off earlier from school. I came home around 1:30.
As of now I am excited. Super Excited. Two reasons.
Firstly tomorrow we are going to the concert Percy has been wishing to go for years.
Secondly now I was going to bake some chocolate chip cookies. I had been meaning to do that for the whole week. I was craving them badly and I am hungry too.
My mom was at Percy's. So this was a good time to experiment on my baking skills. Though I'll had made cookies before.
I was going to preferably make them blue for Percy. I just wished to cheer him up. He had been sad for the whole week after the fight with his girlfriend. He hasn't spoken to her after the lunch incident. I guess she has learnt her lesson. She tried to speak to him. But he wasn't ready. Anyway all that has made him sad. I felt bad for him. I am planning on surprise him. What's better to cheer him up than blue cookies plus I was starving.
So I was in the kitchen. I decided to collect the ingredients while I put the oven on preheat to 375 degrees. I took out the recipe book and started collecting ingredients. I need granulated sugar and packed brown sugar.
"Where do I find it?" I asked myself.
"What are you looking for?," A voice spoke behind me.
Nobody was home but me. I jumped up and whipped around to see my best friend standing behind me.
" Gods Percy.. What are you trying to do?" I asked him recovering from the mini shock he gave me.
" Just wanted to surprise you." He said smirking.
" I remember locking the door. How did you-" I started questioning only to be cut off remembering Jacksons have a key to our house. And of course we have one to theirs.
" Well you should have rang the doorbell." I scolded him.
" Athena said you were asleep. So I -"
" Umm.. yeah. "
" Anyway what are you looking for?" He asked.
" Stuff. Ummm... what are you doing here by the way?" I said hoping he'd leave thus not spoiling my surprise.
" I was bored. So I thought I might as well bore you." He said innocently.
" You can bore me anytime you want." I assured him. He smiled which made me smile.
' Bing ' I heard the oven timer go off.
' Crap.'
" Oh my god Annabeth you are baking?" Percy asked his mouth making a cute little ' o '. Damn he's cute.
" Uhh Yeah." I admitted.
" What are you making?"
" Nothing special."
" Tell me." He ordered.
" Cookies." I answered.
" Cookies? And you didn't tell me?" He said making another cute ' o'. Damn that looks cuter. " That's very bad of you Beth." He said giving me a fake glare.
" I was going to surprise you later." I explained.
" Really?" He said his face lighting up.
" Yeah of course. Why would I be lying?" I said defensively.
" NO of course. No reason." He said contented.
" You spoiled my surprise." I accused.
" Hey how was I supposed to know?"
" Of course you weren't supposed to know."
" Right Wise Girl." He agreed.
" And you Seaweed Brain, now let me work. Off you go." I said hastily.
" But I wanna help you."
" No way. I want to do it myself." I said firmly.
" Come on let me help you." He pleaded.
" No."
" Please."
" No."
" Please Pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeee."
" No Seaweed Brain."
" Pretty please. Please you know I m bored."
" But you can-"
" Come on." He said giving me a cute pout.
Is he trying to kill me or something?
" Agggh fine."
Damn crushes. Somebody needs to write a book on ' How to say NO to your crush.'
" Yayyyy!"
" I am only letting you do this because you asked for it." I warned him. He nodded.
" But do only what I say."
" Yes mam." He said grinning.
" Alright so first we need to collect all the ingredients." I told him.
" Okay." He said and we got to work.
I collected Peanut Butter, Baking Soda, White Sugar, Brown Sugar, Eggs and Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips while Percy got Salt, Vanilla Extract, Flour and Walnuts. That took a good lot of 20 minutes. We collected all of them on the kitchen counter.
" Here's everything." Percy declared.
" Correct but we need to measure the amounts now. " I reminded him.
" Right."
The measurements took around 10 minutes and then I started to Cream together butter, white sugar and brown sugar.
" Percy you can beat the eggs after I am done with this. " I said pointing to the batter I was creating.
" Alright I can do that." He says proudly.
" Sure you can but do it one at a time." I tell him describing the process.
" Now we need to stir the vanilla." Percy read from the recipe book.
" Sweet that's easy. " I said happily.
After doing that we dissolved some baking soda in hot water.
" Alright what should be next?"
" Now add it to batter along with salt. Stir it with flour, chocolate chips and nuts." He read.
" That's all done. "
" Bake it now." Percy told me.
" Heey Seaweed Brain you forgot to make it blue." I laughed.
" Well don't I have my Wise Girl for reminding me." He said in a way enough to make me blush deep red.
" Sure." I muttered and silently handed him the colour to add.
" Now lets bake it for 20 minutes." I said and he nodded in agreement.
" Lets wait outside?" He asked.
" Sure."
" I am excited you know."
" I know. The concert?"
" Hey how did you know?" He asked clearly astounded.
" You've been my best friend for now like almost 10 years. I know it." I said rolling my eyes.
" I don't even know if I am gonna be able to-"
" Sleep tonight?"
" Umm.. yeah. So you know that." He said. I smirked in response.
" And I am finally going to be able to meet Kristina Si-"
" your major celebrity crush ever?"
" Umm.. yeah. So you know that too." He said.
" Peeeeeeercy that's like a universal truth. Everybody at school even your girl friend knows that." I tell him rolling my eyes.
" My god? She does?" He asked astonished.
" Lord Percy you are damn oblivious aren't you?" I said jokingly.
" Maybe I am. But so are you." He said huffing and crossing his arms.
" What? What do you mean? " I asked crossing my arms too.
" You don't know a lot of things. " He said grinning and ruffling my hair.
" Heyyyyy." I yelled backing up a little.
" Anyway that's not the point here. The point is because of you and only you I get to meet Kristina Si." He said excitedly. " I am so fricking excited. Yaaaaaay." And he just out of no where grabbed my waist and lifted me in the air.
" Percy what're you doing? Put me down." I said as he rotated a 360 degree with me in air.
" Yeah. Sorry. Just Over Excited. " He said embarrassed. " But you're simply the best."
I don't know if I couldn't stop grinning or blushing. Guess I was doing both.
" I know I am." I muttered inaudibly.
" Hey do you know Kristina Si is the best vocalist of the group." Percy started talking proudly.
' Here we go . Once he starts praising her, Is there an end? if you are thinking, The answer is a Big NO.'
" You are listening right?" He asked out of the blue.
" Of course." I said mentally rolling my eyes. I think I'll listen a few lines.
" She's like so awesome. Sometimes I am just ..."
Well I ended up zoning out. He was talking about her and I was looking at his face. He smiled and I smiled and my eyes drifted over to his lips and never have I ever had an urge to kiss a boy so bad.
' Snap out of it kiddie.'
' He's your friend.'
' Best to be specific.'
' But she's in love with him.' Another voice inside my head said.
' No I am not. I just have a mega crush on him.'
' Yeah the one you couldn't forget since ages.'
' Yup, but that's all.'
' If that's all why can't you go even one day without talking to him? Why can't you not bear to see him with another girl?'
' Because I like him.'
' No honey you love him.'
' I don't.'
' Why is it that you wish his smile never falls? He is never unhappy? Didn't you go through all of it just to see him smile?'
' Well who doesn't wish to surprise their best friend at their best.'
' Alright that's okay for the birthday. What about today?'
' What do you mean? I was making cookies because I was starving. And that's it.'
' It ain't.'
' Yes that's it.'
" Annabeth ? Come back. Where did you leave to?" I came back to reality as I heard snapping of fingers.
" Yeah. Sorry. I was just-"
" Thinking?"
" Umm.. yeah. So you know that." I said copying him.
" Now you gonna tease me?" Percy said sighing in defeat.
" That's my job ain't it? " I smirked.
' Bing '
" Is it 20 minutes already? " He said his heart lifting.
" Yup." I said quickly.
I turned off the oven switch and put on the safety gloves.
" Careful. " Percy said apprehensively as I was bending to pull out the cookie tray.
" Wow it smells delicious. " I remarked on seeing the cookies.
" And the colour looks great too. " Percy commented.
" Let them cool down a bit. " I said hitting Percy's arm as he tried to reach out for them.
" Alright." He said frowning.
~ Skip to Night~
~ 10 p.m.~
I was actually lying in bed thinking about today. How much fun we had. What a day. We ended up sharing the cookies with our families. They all loved them. I have never seen Percy happier. Well he's gonna be even happier tomorrow. That's great.
I still can't forget that smile and happiness on his face when we were having the cookies. I managed to cheer him up. Mission Successful.
' You love him.' Said the same voice in my head as earlier.
" That's not true." I denied.
' Or is it? '
' No its not.'
' Then get over him already.'
' I can't.'
' Why not? '
" I don't know." I said aggressively. " But I know for sure its not love. "
I got up and turned out the lights.
" Whatever lets just go to bed." I said and flopped on the bed.
' It is love.'
' Don't you see his face when you close your eyes?'
" That's never happened." I assured myself as I closed my eyes only for it to turn true. I was met by the sight of sea green eyes.
My eyes snapped open and I jumped up in surprise.
' I saw his eyes and face.'
' Didn't I tell you? ' That annoying voice repeated.
" Shut up. It only happened cause you just mentioned it earlier." I reassured myself.
" Its nothing." I told myself again.
' Nothing just love.'
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