Chapter 11: Morning At The Beach

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Nico's POV

I was dreaming about Thalia but it was interrupted by a person snoring loudly. I hastily opened my eyes and I yawned. I stretched and I stood up glumly and I found out that Percy is the one snoring loudly. I rolled my eyes at him and scanned the cabin. Mr. Blofis is still sleeping while Percy is snoring, drooling, and sleeping with his face down. I decided to have a walk at the beach to lighten up myself. So, I grabbed my bag to get some clean clothes. I change into a black shirt and gray shorts and I wore my black flip - flops. I quickly brushed my hair, grabbed my iPod and headed outside towards the shore of the beach.

As I trudge in the sand, I slowly looked around. I am the only one in the beach right now. I plopped my earphones in my ears, turned on my iPod and put it in shuffle, and sat down on the beach's sand. Again, I slowly looked around, checking if there is a person in the beach. None. I heave a sigh and listened to the song playing. After that, I thought about Thalia, again.

Thalia's POV

I was dreaming about Nico, again but it was interrupted by someone slapping my face. I quickly opened my eyes and I looked for the person who slapped me right in my face. I found out that Annabeth was the one who slapped me. I rolled my eyes at her and I yawned. I rubbed my eyes and I stood up hastily. I decided to have a morning walk at the beach so I grabbed my bag to get some clothes. I change into a gray shirt and black shorts and I wore my black flip – flops. I brushed my hair neatly and headed outside for my morning walk.

As I opened the door, rays of sunlight hit my face and a cold wind blew past my ear. I just shrugged it off and trudged in the sand. As I get nearer in the shore, I noticed someone sitting in the sand. I took a closer look and I found out that it was a boy and he looks familiar. As I got closer, I discovered that it was Nico and he is listening to his iPod. Why is he up so early?, I thought. So, I decided to talk to him in a nice and a polite way.

"Nico?" I asked.

Nico's POV

As I was listening to my iPod and thinking about Thalia, I heard someone called my name. I took off my earphones and I quickly looked at the person who called me. I recognize her voice and it is Thalia.

"Good morning." I replied and I looked back, pacing the shore. I felt a smile crept across my face.

"Morning." she replied and plopped herself down in the sand beside me.

Silence filled the beach and it is very comfortable. I liked Thalia's presence and also the fact that she is right next to me. I wish were stuck in this moment.

"So, why are you up so early?" she asked, looking at me.

"Well, I was awoken up by Percy's loud snores." I replied and she laughed. I really like her laugh. It always makes me smile.

"Really? That was funny. As for my state, I was awoken up by Annabeth slapping me hard in my face." she said and laughed.

When I heard that Annabeth slapped her in the face, a worried look crept across my face. She noticed this and she stopped laughing. She looked at me straight into my eyes. A worried look was on her face.

"She slapped you? Are you okay? Does it hurt?" I asked her and I am still worried.

She laughed hysterically leaving me confused and worried. She even rolled on the sand because she is laughing so hard.

As her laugh subsided, I urge myself to speak.

"Why are you laughing? You can still laugh at the time that you are hurt?" I replied angrily but worried.

"I'm sorry. I forgot to tell you that Annabeth is sleeping when she slapped me in my face. Maybe she was dreaming. To answer your questions, I am not hurt and I am okay." she explained.

As I hear her explanation, my worries come off and I sighed in relief. I looked at her and gave her an I – thought – you – were – hurt – but – its – okay look. She just smiled and looked at the waves crashing on the shore.

Comfortable silence filled the beach and it was broken by Thalia's soothing words.

"Nico, you know that I really appreciated that you are worried about me and I really like it when someone cares about me." she said and smiled at me.

"Wow, Thalia. That's nothing. I am always here for you." I said and I smiled back at her.

Our moment together was interrupted by someone clearing their throat.

Annabeth's POV

As I was sleeping, I felt that I accidentally slapped someone hard in the face. I didn't know who that is and I didn't even mind to open my eyes, look at him/her, say sorry to him/her, because I was too lazy to get up and I am enjoying my sleep.

As I got awake, I don't feel lazy anymore. So, I stretched, rubbed my eyes and looked around. Where am I?, I thought. I can't even remember this place. Then it hit me when I looked at Ms. Jackson sleeping. I am in Montauk with my friends and we're celebrating Percy's birthday, I thought. I just smiled when I thought about Percy.

After thinking about him, I looked around, again. When I saw that there is no sign of Thalia in the cabin, I thought that maybe she is out early for her "morning walk".

So I decided to fix my bed and to fix myself. After I finished fixing my bed, I grabbed my bag and I fished for my comb. As I take hold of it, I brushed my hair neatly. I looked in my bag to find a shirt and shorts for me to change. I finally found a silver tank top and yellow shorts and put it on. I slipped on my silver flip-flops and I decided to talk with Percy or to have a walk with him. So, I headed for his cabin.

As I arrived at their cabin, I was expecting that the door is locked but it wasn't. Well, that was easy, I thought and went inside the cabin.

I looked around their cabin. It is just the same as ours. As I looked at Percy, who was still sleeping, he is drooling and snoring loudly. Aww...he looks so cute when he is sleeping, I thought. I giggled which made him to stir. I froze and I waited for him to wake up. As a sign of relief, he didn't wake up. He just stirred. Whew, that was close, I thought. So, I decided to think of a plan to wake my boyfriend up. I will wake him up in a sweet and nice way. So I went to his bed and sat next to him.

When I sat next to him, I remembered that Mr. Blofis was here. I'd better be careful so that I won't wake Mr. Blofis up. I thought and went onto my plan.

I shook him violently for him to wake up. As I see his eyes opened up and closed, he is now awake but not that much. So, I decided to whisper in his ear these words: Wake up, Seaweed Brain. Or shall I say, wake up my handsome boyfriend.

And with that, his eyes fluttered open and he greeted me with a smile etched on his face.

Percy's POV

I was woken up by a beautiful daughter of Athena. This was the best morning ever because I was woken up by my girlfriend. I stood up in my bed in a sitting position and I wiped the drool off of my face which made Annabeth giggle and made me feel embarrassed and blush a little.

"Good Morning!" I greeted.

"Morning, Seaweed brain or shall I say good morning, my dear handsome boyfriend." She greeted which made me blush harder and she just giggled.

"You know, you look cute when you sleep and also, you drool when you sleep." She said and laughed hard.

"Keep quiet so that you won't wake Paul up." I warned her and looked at Paul, who covered his ears with his pillow.

"Oops. Sorry. It was my bad." She said still holding back her laughter.

"So, what are you doing here?" I asked.

"Oh. Just want to ask you if you want to take a walk outside?" She asked.

"Sure. Just wait for me. I'll just get dressed." I said, getting up from my bed.

"Okay. I'll just wait outside." She said and made her way outside.

As she closed the door, I quickly snatched my bag and looked for a clean white shirt. As I take hold of it, I put it on and slipped on my blue flip – flops and headed outside.

As I went outside, I saw Annabeth staring on something. I looked where she is staring and I saw two persons sitting on the sand talking to each other. In the corner of my eye I saw Annabeth looked at me then back at the two people.

"Who do you think they are?" she asked.

"I dunno. C'mon, let's take a closer look." I said and headed towards them. Annabeth is trailing behind me.

As Percy and Annabeth got a closer look, they figured out that it was Thalia and Nico.

"You know what, they are a perfect couple." Annabeth said, smiling.

"Yeah. Yeah. They should be together." Percy said.

"Oh, look. They're smiling at each other. C'mon let's interrupt them by clearing our throats." Annabeth suggested and they interrupted Thalia and Nico.

Thalia and Nico's moment together was interrupted by Percy and Annabeth's throat clearing. Thalia and Nico both looked at Percy and Annabeth with a questioning look on their faces.

Silence filled the beach.

"So, Nico. Why are you up so early?" Percy asked while scratching his head.

"It is because of you. You are snoring loudly which made me wake up." Nico replied and rolled his eyes at him.

"Oh. Sorry about that." Percy said and sat beside Nico and Annabeth sat next to Thalia.

"Annabeth, did you know that you slapped me hard on the face!" Thalia exclaimed.

"Oh. So you are the one that I accidentally slapped while I was sleeping. I'm sorry." Annabeth said.

"Okay. Okay. Just please, don't do that again. It hurts. I can't wait for Percy to be slapped hard right in his face." Thalia replied and they laughed except for Percy, of course.

"Hey. Do you want to swim later?" Percy asked, staring at the waves crashing the shore.

"Sure." They all said and stared at the waves crashing the shore while laughing.

As their laugh subsided, they didn't notice that Ms. Jackson and Paul are standing right behind them.

"Good morning, young demigods." Ms. Jackson greeted.

They all looked at Ms. Jackson and greeted her back and also Mr. Blofis.

"Annabeth, Thalia, can you please help me in preparing breakfast?" Ms. Jackson asked.

Annabeth and Thalia exchange glances and grinned.

"Sure, Ms. Jackson." They said as they stood up and they brushed off their shorts and followed Ms. Jackson.

"I better leave you guys. I'm going to get some things in the car." Paul said and headed towards his car.

"So, what happened to you and Thalia a while ago?" Percy asked grinning after Paul left.

"Nothing happened." Nico said.

"What do you mean by nothing happened?" Percy asked, getting a bit excited.

"We just talked." Nico replied.

"About what?" Percy curiously asked.

"About . . . stuffs." Nico hesitated.

"Did you confess your undying love for Thalia?" Percy asked.

"I do not have an undying love for Thalia." Nico said, raising his voice a bit.

"Yes you have. You just told me that last week I guess or not." Percy said as he raised an eyebrow.

"Well, Yeah. Maybe I have told you that but I haven't even told her that I have feelings for her." Nico said. "We just talked about what happened to her when she was asleep, when Annabeth slapped her. I also told her that you were snoring loudly. That's all what we've talked about!" Nico explained.

"Okay. I believe you, buddy. But I tell you, there will be a time that you will confess to Thalia that you like her, a lot." Percy said and smirked.

Nico tried to protest but it was interrupted by Thalia and Annabeth, who were asking for their help.

As Thalia and Annabeth are arranging the table, Annabeth asked something about Thalia.

"So, what happened to you and Nico?" Annabeth asked.

"Nothing happened." Thalia replied with a shaky voice.

"What do you mean by nothing happened?" Annabeth asked, again.

Thalia heaved a sigh and looked at Annabeth, then to Nico, then back at Annabeth.

"Do you really need to know?" Thalia asked.

"I absolutely need to know. I'm your bestfriend." Annabeth replied with her hand on her waist.

"Okay. We just talked." Thalia replied.

"About what?" Annabeth curiously asked.

"About . . . stuffs." Thalia hesitated.

"Okay. I believe you, Thalia." Annabeth said and continued in preparing the plates.

Thalia heaved a sigh of relief because she didn't want to be linked with Nico.

As they finished arranging the table, Ms. Jackson called them.

"Thalia and Annabeth, come here." Ms. Jackson said.

Thalia and Annabeth went to Ms. Jackson

"Can you please tell the boys to get some branches or anything in the woods to make some fire in order to cook our food? Thank you." Ms. Jackson said and replied.

"Sure." They both said and called Percy and Nico.

"Percy! Nico! Come here!" They both yelled.

Percy and Nico jogged towards them.

"Your mom told us to tell you guys to get some branches or anything in the woods to make some fire. If you didn't find anything, we can't eat breakfast." Annabeth explained to them.

"Okay." Percy replied and they jogged off towards the woods and Paul followed them.

"C'mon. Let's help Ms. Jackson." Thalia said and they went off to help Ms. Jackson.

After about an hour, they ate their breakfast. After they finished eating, they cleaned the table.

As they clean the table, Thalia and Nico are always looking eye to eye, blushing and looking away the whole time. Percy and Annabeth noticed this and they just let them be like that because it is the time of their lives and their relationship to be developed.

Ms. Jackson and Paul took a bath and after that they take a rest. That is why they are the one who is cleaning the dishes and the table.

After they finished cleaning the table and etc., they headed to their cabin to change into their swimsuits and to get ready for their swimming.

I know this chapter is about Percy and Annabeth. But I assure you that the next chapters will be about Thalia and Nico. :)

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