Hey, twice in one day again! I'm in the zone! Or maybe I just felt bad about the last chapter being so…forced. Anyway, this has less of a depressing feel to it for once! And it DOES NOT involve Tratie for once! *shocker*. Percy is probably slightly OOC. Enjoy
Pen and Paper
"Hey Percy, you ready to go…?" Annabeth dropped her sentence as she saw her boyfriend running around his cabin like a maniac. Annabeth was tempted to turn around and pretend she never saw this, but instead she stayed in the open doorway. "What the Hades are you doing?" She inquired.
"Looking-for-a-pen." Percy panted, as he popped out from under his bed, dust bunnies clinging to his clothes and hair.
"Why do you need a pen so badly?" Annabeth asked curiously. She highly ever saw Percy excited to write something.
"Grover told me a really awesome joke earlier." Percy explained. He had finally stopped running around the room, and was instead staring at Annabeth with a frown. Annabeth didn't know whether to laugh or punch him. They were going to be late for their date because he needed to write down a stupid joke. That was so like Seaweed Brain.
"Come on, we can find you a pen later to write it down. Let's get to our date." Annabeth tried persuading. Tried being the key word.
"NO. I will definitely have forgotten it by the time we get back! This joke was just SO AWESOME!It was likely the funniest thing I've ever heard." Percy stubbornly replied, "We're not going until I have it written down." Annabeth face-palmed.
"Fine! Let's go ask around for a stupid pen!" Annabeth fumed, dragging Percy behind her.
"Hey guys!" Connor Stoll greeted as they walked up to the Stoll twins.
"What's up?" Travis asked.
"Percy here needs a pen. He's turned his whole cabin upside down looking for it. Do you have one he could use?" Annabeth asked.
"No. We don't happen to have any pens on us, right Connor?" Travis said.
"No, I don't believe we do. Sorry. But that gives me a great idea!" Connor exclaimed excitedly. The two twins ran off, Connor whispering his newest plan into his brother's ear.
"Uh-oh. That cannot be good." Annabeth said to Percy.
"Who cares, we'll deal with them later! I just want a pen!" he exclaimed. Annabeth resisted the urge to deck him right then and there. They kept going; both of them prayed to the gods someone had a stupid pen for Percy. Will Solace ran by them. Annabeth grabbed him by the arm. He looked at them
"Hey guys." He said.
"Do you have a pen?" Annabeth asked.
"A pen?"
"Yes. A pen." Percy chimed in.
"No…I don't see why I would as I'm going to archery practice." He said.
"Don't give me lip, Solace! Thanks anyway." Annabeth grumbled, walking away, Percy trailing behind her like a lost puppy. They saw Clarisse a distance away. Annabeth was so desperate she actually went up to her.
"Clarisse do you have a pen?" Annabeth almost whined.
"No! Go away, and take Prissy with you!" She yelled.
"Hey!" Prissy-Or err, Percy- shouted in response.
"Fine, whatever." Annabeth was getting testier with each person she asked. She stomped away from Clarisse, Percy following hesitantly behind her.
"HEY GARDNER, YOU HAVE A PEN?" Annabeth screamed at the poor unsuspecting girl in the strawberry fields. Katie jumped, her shovel flying from her hands.
"No, I don't Annabeth. Sorry." She breathed, hand over her heart as if she was expecting an oncoming heart attack.
"Grr…" Annabeth grumbled, not bothering to even say thanks this time.
"Don't worry, Annabeth! We'll find a pen soon!" Percy encouraged. Annabeth's fierce glare pierced him harshly. He cringed away from it.
After several failed attempts to mooch a pen off of various campers, Annabeth finally collapsed on the Big House steps.
"DOESN'T ANYONE AT THIS CAMP OWN A FREAKING PEN?" She shrieked to the sky.
"Maybe Chiron has one!" Percy cheered with unnecessarily amounts of pep, (if Annabeth said so herself, which she did) Sighing, Annabeth stood up wearily. The couple walked into the Big House together.
"Chiron!" Percy called. Chiron rolled over to them in his magical wheelchair.
"Yes my child?" He asked.
"Do you have a pen for Percy to use?" Annabeth asked for what would hopefully be the final time.
"I don't I'm sorry. But Percy, don't you know your sword doubles as a pen?" Chiron inquired. Annabeth snapped her head to look at him.
"Your-pen-sword-actually-writes?" She asked through gritted teeth as Chiron handed Percy a blank sheet of paper. Percy took out his sword/pen, and tested it out by scribbling on the paper.
"Apparently so." He said.
"Now that' you've finally got a pen to write it down with, what was the super-awesome joke?" Annabeth queried. Percy stared blankly, and then smiled sheepishly.
"Uh…I forgot it." Annabeth looked murderous. Percy's failed attempt at calming her down was "Hey! At least we can go to our date now right?" Annabeth's only response was to slap him and storm out of the Big House.
Woo, this is the longest chapter ever! Even longer than the first one, INCLUDING the 100 words list. I promised I'd try to make them longer. I kind of like this chapter? Did you? What godly parent would you choose to have if you could? Tell me in a review ;) Until then,
Have a good day/afternoon/evening, whichever time you're reading this
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