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Annabeth's P.O.V
I can't believe Percy and I almost kissed.
As much as I hate it, Percy has a girlfriend.
One minute, we were fighting, and the next moment, he caught me as I fell, and we were centimeters apart from each other.
For some reason, I found myself leaning closer to him.
And he was, too.
We were now millimeters apart, and I felt his shallow breath hitting my skin.
Percy and I both closed our eyes, and moved closer and closer, until-
RRRRRRRRIIIIIIIINNNNGGGGGG
My phone rang, and we both jumped apart.
I mentally cursed and answered the phone.
"Hello?" I squeaked out.
I was red in the face, and I was pretty sure Seaweed Brain was too.
"Did I interrupt anything?" Thalia's voice sang through the phone.
"No...no, you didn't." I replied, my voice an octave higher than usual.
"Right...were you and Percy making out?" She smirked.
"No..."
"Wait, what?! YOU AND PERCY WERE MAKING OUT?! I WAS JUST JOKING, AND BOOM, THIS HAPPENS! WHAT IN THE WORLD-"
"We didn't make out!" I screamed, for almost everybody to hear.
Percy looked at me with all these emotions, I couldn't figure out one.
"Then why are you acting so suspicious?"
"I need to go now, sorry! Bye." I quickly hung up on her, feeling a bit guilty that I did that to my best friend.
I turned to Percy, and blushed even more, if that's possible.
"Well, I think I should go..." I said awkwardly, walking away.
"No! Wait...as a thank you, I want to do something...you wanna hang out?" He took my wrist, and pulled me into him.
"Sure...but it's 'want to', not wanna." I replied, hitting the back of his head.
"Ugh, this isn't a tutor session, or English class...loosen up a bit more, Wise Girl...wait, I have an idea!" He smiled and ran, yanking me with him.
"What're you DOING, SEAWEED BRAIN?!" I yelled at him.
"You'll find out!" He laughed.
Within 10 minutes, Percy and I were in an ice cream shop.
Do you SEE why I call him Seaweed Brain?
"An ice cream shop. Really? This was your great idea?" I said deadpanned.
"Of course not! This was just a pit stop." He replied, letting go of my hand.
We walked in the shop, and what I saw was so Percy-ish.
Everything was blue.
Except for some of the ice cream flavors, of course.
But other than that, the walls were blue, the chairs were blue, the tables were blue, etc...
"This is, by far, my favorite ice cream shop ever." Percy said proudly.
"Figures." I muttered under my breath.
"What?"
"Nothing." I smiled.
"Oh, alright...shall we?" Percy led the way, finding a booth in the very corner of the store.
"Percy, sweetie! How're you and your mom doing?" A middle-aged woman said as she walked to us with a huge smile plastered on her face.
"We're doing great, how're you, Mrs. Simmons?" Percy smiled back.
"Good, I'm doing good...so, you finally got rid of that she-devil, haven't you? I'm so glad! She was absolutely horrible to everybody, and very stuck up, if you ask me...oh, but this girl...she looks perfect for you!" Mrs. Simmons said happily.
"Oh, no.."
"We're not-"
"We're just-"
"Friends." Percy and I finished, very flustered.
Hehe...we look good together?
Wait...Annabeth! You BETTER STOP it! What the heck am I thinking?!
"Dear, what would you like?" I looked at Mrs. Simmons and back at Percy, not knowing what was going on.
"What? Sorry, I sorta just zoned out for a moment there..." I replied sheepishly.
"That's alright, honey...I just asked what you'd like?"
"Oh...uh...may I please get vanilla ice cream?"
Percy gasped, and looked at me in horror.
"What...?" I said cautiously.
"You're getting vanilla?! We're going to an ice cream shop and you're just going to eat something so...plain?!"
"Pretty much." I nodded slowly.
"Mrs. Simmons, can we get the regular...my regular. But make it extra large." Percy smirked, looking at me.
"Only 1? You sure?"
"Mhm..."
"Alright..." She walked away, and I just looked at Percy, trying to figure him out.
"Are you serious? Only 1?" I almost whisper-yelled.
"Yep." He simply nodded.
"Whatever." I groaned, looking out the window.
This kid can REALLY push my buttons.
"Here you go, kids. Enjoy!" Mrs. Simmons smiled as she gave us the weirdest ice cream I have ever seen.
In the huge clear bowl, there was giant blue ice cream.
With sprinkels.
And whipped cream.
And cookies.
And chocolate.
And cherries.
"You're kidding me...right?" I said with disbelief.
"Nope. Now eat up, Chase." Percy replied as he scarfed it down.
I ate a small bite, and fell in love with it.
"This is...amazing!"
"Of course it is."
We both ate it like we were hanging on to dear life, until I accidentally flicked the peice of ice cream that was on my spoon, and it accidentally landed on Percy's forehead.
"Sorry." I giggled.
"Yeah, right." Percy put his spoon on the side, and grabbed a chunk of ice cream, and smeared it on my face.
"Here...blue is a great look on you, Chase." Percy winked.
"And this is a great look on you, Jackson." I stood up, took the whole bowl, and dumped it on his face.
Percy gasped, causing me to laugh at the stupid look on his face.
While I was laughing, he got out of his chair when I wasn't looking, and went to the counter.
He came back with a can of whipped cream, and some milk.
"What are you going to do with that?" I asked him nervously, over laughing at him.
"I love it when you're nervous." Percy was centimeters away from me as he whispered those words in my ear.
I looked him in the eyes, and my knees felt like they were gonna buckle up.
Don't...don't fall for him, Annabeth.
Sure he's gorgeous, and funny, and sweet, and knows how to have a good time, but all good things come to an end.
They always do.
Percy slowly took my chin, and leaned his head to the side.
"This looks great." He stupidly got the whipped cream, and made me a mustache.
Really.
And I actually thought that we might've kissed.
I backed up, took the carton of milk he had before.
"See, that's where you're wrong. I think this'll be much better looking." I popped the carton open, and dumped everything on him.
"How you like me now?" I smirked.
"KIDS!" Mrs. Simmons ran over to us, and started yelling at its to get out of her shop.
Percy and I both ran put of there, laughing so hard, with food all over ourselves.
In that moment, I didn't care about anything.
I didn't care about how people were looking at us like we were crazy, which we are.
I didn't care that me and Percy were drenched in ice cream and other stuff.
Or that I like Percy Jackson.
Because I do.
I really really really really really like him.
And I don't care.
"C'mon, we still have to go to that place." Percy took my hand, smiling brightly as he pushed past the New Yorkers.
20 very long minutes later, Percy told me to close my eyes.
"I swear to God, if you try to go all ax-murderer on me, I'll send you to the Depths of Tarturus." I growled, making Percy chukle.
"How do you know my secret?" He gasped.
"'Cause all creepy weirdos are ax-murderers. It's simple logic, really." I smiled smugly.
"Then why aren't you one, then?"
"Well who ever said I wasn't one?"
"Touche."
We started walking a little more quickly, and that caused me to stumble and trip. A lot.
"Oh, sorry...sorry! I swear, I didn't mean to do that...okay, Wise Girl, before I remove my hand from your eyes, you have to repeat after me, alright?"
"Whatever." I sighed, feeling him moving closer to me, causing me to have a faint blush on my cheeks.
"I, Annabeth Chase, hereby swear to never tell anyone about this exotic place we have discovered."
I started to form a smile, knowing where this was going.
"I, Annabeth Chase, hereby swear to never tell anyone about this exotic place we have discovered. We are the King and Queen of this palace, and ruler of
all. One shall not leave the other person's side, and always stick together, because powerful monsters may attack. From Wise Girl and Seaweed Brain." I said smiling widely.
"You remember?" Percy said shocked. But I could feel the smile that was plastered on his face.
"Of course I do, Percy." I replied softly.
Without further a due, Percy removed his hand away from me, and I finally got to see the place I haven't been to for years.
"Welcome to Camp Half-Blood." Percy sighed, his hands in his pockets.
We were in the forest near one of our libraries, that Percy and I called Camp Half-Blood when we were like 9...we found a tree house and everything, going in there and acting like it was our palace, and we were Kings and Queens...
"I forgot all about this place...how did you remember?" I mumbled distracted, because I was climbing up the ladder, to see the tree house.
"Just about a couple of years ago, I was walking around, and just ended up here...From then on, I came here whenever I needed to calm down, or breath...and I thought that you'd like to see this place...for like, nostalgic reasons and whatnot." Percy said nervously as he climbed up with me.
"Since when did you ever say the word 'whatnot' before?"
"Since spending some time with my grandma last summer." He joked.
We finally entered the tree house, and I gasped, remembering everything.
There were pictures of Percy and I as 9 year olds playing around and doing the most idiotic things.
I even saw a photo of me and Percy taking a bath together.
"So I'm the first guy to ever see
you naked...that's something you don't learn everyday."
"Oh, shut up! We were like...4 in that picture, though!" My face started to heat up, and I knew he was never going to live that down.
"Don't worry, Annabeth. If it helps, you were the first girl, not including my mom, of course, to see me nude." He smirked.
"Ugh, you're unbelievable...and disgusting." I rolled my eyes, starting to look at other pictures.
"I was only joking, Annabeth!"
"Whatever."
"Major loser."
"Excuse me?" I turned around slowly to face him
"You don't remember Camp Rock? Tess always use to say "Whatever major loser," in the first movie!" Percy cried indignantly.
"I remember you having a crush on her."
"I remember you having a crush on Zac Efron. And Nick Jonas. And Joe Jonas. And either Zack or Cody...And-"
"I get it. I liked a lot of people back then. And I liked Cody..."I mumbled, looking like a strawberry.
"Oh, yeah! I remember now...and I also remember what you said when you saw Zac Efron on TV. "I LOVE YOU, ZAC! You're so hot!"
"Oh yeah, how about you with Tess? 'You're hot. Har-har-har. Don't you like the name, Tess Jackson?"
"In my defense, it kind of did have a nice ring to it."
"Ha! I also think you had a crush on Ashley Tisdale, and Hannah Montana, but not Miley...what's your problem with blondes?" I laughed.
"Sue me if I have a thing for blonds..."
"Your girlfriend is a red head."
"To be honest I don't think that Rachel and I will work out...she's just so mean, sometimes!" Percy said scared, as if someone would hear him.
"What do you mean?"
"It's just that...it's just that Rachel can be stuck up and rude to people sometimes...and I don't feel the way I used to feel with her, anymore." He let out.
"What're you going to do about it, then?" I asked, smiling a little.
"I don't know." Percy sighed as he ran his fingers through his hair.
"That's alright, Seaweed Brain...We can figure things out together, if you really want to."
"Thanks, Wise Girl." Percy wrapped his arms around me, and my breath hitched.
"No problem..." We let go, to my dissapointment, and I stared up at him.
"So you have a thing for blonds, huh?" I joked, twirling my hair.
"Uh...um...well...whatever." Percy replied nervously.
"You're not denying that you do, Jackson."
"So?" He said, his voice higher then usual.
"You're so weird when you're nervous." I shook my head.
"Like you're not?" Percy scoffed.
"Hey, at least when I'm nervous, I don't act how you act."
"You're so unbelievable."
"And you're not?" I smirked, copying what he said and did earlier.
"Whatever."
Percy and I started to just silently sit in the tree house, and looked at the veiw.
"Remember that time when we had swordfights with sticks, and I always use to win? And we always thought monsters were going to attack us if we were seperate? Or that one day we tried playing Capture The Flag, and you-"
"I remember that day...but whatever happens during Capture the Flag, stays during Capture the Flag...and I'm pretty sure that I won the sword fights we used to have."
"Really? You really think that?"
"That's how I remember it."
"Really? You seriously wanna go?"
"Why not? You're just gonna lose, again." Percy smirked.
"That's so sweet. Haha, you think I'm going to lose?" I smiled innocently.
"Pretty much. Let's go." He stood up, and helped me up.
"I'm surprised that this still holds our weight." I mumbled as Percy and I went down the ladder.
"I am too."
We finally made it down, and got some sticks.
"Okay...ready, set...go!" Percy shouted.
I stricked, but Jackson blocked it just in time. We slashed, parried, jumped, and did everything in our power to win.
"You've improved so much since you were 9, Chase...have you been practicing?" Percy panted.
"Nope. You?"
"Nah."
An idea popped up, and I smiled at Percy.
"So you have a thing for blondes?"
Seaweed Brain blushed.
"Uh...ugh..." He started to cough, but didn't stop fighting.
"You know...I have a thing for guys with black hair, and green eyes..."
"You do?" Percy managed to squeak out, turning redder by the moment.
He started to look distracted, almost.
"Yeah...and I love it when they're shirtless." I whispered, trying to act seductive.
"Really?"
"Yeah..." We started to move closer, and I put all my feelings aside.
I then put my arm around his neck, and leaned closer to him.
He dropped his stick.
And I leaned even closer.
And closer.
When we were less then millimeters apart, I turned around, and put my stick near his neck.
"Always stay focused, Perce. I won."
"But that's not fair! You where like, flirting with me, and I-"
"Aw, you poor thing. Just save your excuse, sweetie." I patted his head sadly.
"Whatever."
I laughed, and turned to walk away.
"Is it just me, or is it hot in here?" Percy said tiredly.
"What? It's like, fif-...fuh fuh...uh..." I turned around to only see him taking his shirt off.
Once he did, he ran his fingers through his hair, and winked.
At me.
I felt my knees go weak, and I started to speak gibberish.
"Like what you see?"
My eyes were glued to his abs, and I couldn't do anything else but stare.
I mean, c'mon! A hormonal teenage girl can't just act like seeing a six-pack hot guy who's just a couple of feet away from her looks like a rat or something.
It just isn't possible.
"I've never seen you so lost of words before, Annabeth." Percy teased me.
"Uh...um...huh?" I got out.
"Tsk, tsk, Annabeth...it's sad to see how in love you are with me."
"I'm not in love with you! Shut up!"
"Aw, does Annie not believe in love?" Percy joked.
"Yeah, I don't...and don't call me 'Annie' again." I retorted.
"Wait...I can't tell if you're joking or not..."
"I'm not joking...I just don't believe in love. It's all in those stupid fairytale books, and they're fiction, aren't they?"
"But...love is love! Love is great, and good, and wild."
"And where did you get that from? You sure as heck don't love Rachel." I scoffed.
"I love my Mom." He shrugged.
"Ugh, you know what I mean."
"But the thing is...love is something rare. Once you find the one you're meant to be with, you'll know it."
"Since when did you become such a scholar?" I joked, elbowing Seaweed Brain playfully.
"Hey, I have my moments." Percy put his hands up in surrender.
I laughed at him, and just looked around.
"It's getting pretty late, isn't it?"
"Why don't you believe in love?" He blurted out.
"I have my reasons. But I know that love hurts." I was about to walk away, but I felt a great pair of bare, muscular arms wrapping around me.
"AHH! LET GO OF ME!" I yelled, thrashing.
"NEVER!"
"YOU'RE SUCH A WEIRDO!" I squealed and laughed.
"UNTIL YOU SAY THE WORDS, "I'M IN LOVE WITH PERCY JACKSON!" Percy yelled.
"IN YOUR DREAMS!"
"YOU'RE SUCH A SASSY PANTS!" Jackson replied.
"AT LEAST I'M NOT PERSASSY!"
And that's how we spent the rest of the day.
Screaming, thrashing, and fighting.
But I didn't mind.
Hehe...you like? Again, I'm sorry for the long wait. This chapter wasn't as long as I hoped it would be, but was it long enough? I REALLY hoped you liked it, even it sorta was a filler. Anyways, I just wanted to thank you guys for waiting patiently for the next chapter/update, even though I haven't updated since the last month, or something. Thank you SO MUCH. And, just a hint, after a couple of chapters, there'll be TONS OF DRAMA. :P