Chapter 11: This is me

Percy's POV

I walked over to where Annabeth was stood next to Thalia and Luke looking extremely uncomfortable holding a glass of wine. "Hey Annabeth, can I talk to you for a minute?" I asked gesturing to the French doors which led out to a beautifully sculpted garden. She quietly led the way whilst I followed behind her turning around to see Thalia looking at us intently.

"So, Percy what do you need?" Annabeth asked looking at me suspiciously. I saw the goose bumps on her shoulders and quickly pulled my jacket off and put t around her shoulders. "Here Annabeth I didn't realise you didn't have a jacket on or how cold it was out here." I told her sheepishly rubbing the back of my neck sheepishly. "It's Percy I wasn't that cold anyway," she replied making a move to take off my jacket and pass it back to me before I stopped her. "Come on Annabeth I could see the goose bumps on your shoulders plus you were shivering" replied putting my hand on her arm preventing her from taking the jacket off. She blushed but kept the jacket on.

"What did you need to talk about?" Annabeth asked effectively breaking the silence surrounding us whilst we walked through the gardens. "Have you realised that we're the only two people who aren't in a relationship there?" I asked hoping she did or else I would look like an idiot making the walk back to the house extremely awkward, but; thankfully Annabeth nodded with me before taking a seat on a bench. "Yeah I was thinking the same thing if I'm honest" she replied as I took a seat next to her. I exhaled softly and watched my breath travel through the air. "What are we going to do about it?" I asked looking towards Annabeth's face, her face slowly lit up and I could practically hear the clogs gong round in her head. "I have a plan." She replied her eyes showing mischief and happiness, something you didn't see a lot with her. She whispered the plan to me and my face broke out into a grin whilst she told me the finer details. "This could work and would teach them all to not meddle in other people's lives." I nodded along with what she said, the plan was fool proof!

Thalia's POV

I helped Marissa put things on the table and set the plates. "Hey Marissa, do you think our plan is going to work?" I asked looking out the window at Percy and Annabeth taking a stroll through the garden. "Hmm maybe Thalia but you know how stubborn Annabeth is especially after Mark she won't trust anyone with her heart so easily.

Marissa walked off into the kitchen whilst I looked out the French doors again to see Percy and Annabeth whispering to each other sat on the bench. I smiled, 'maybe our plan to get them together was working.' I thought before meeting Marissa in the kitchen again.

Annabeth's POV

Percy and I carried on walking through the maze of hedges and flower beds whilst we discussed our plan. "Do you think they'll fall for it?" Percy asked, "I mean they know us both well so I don't think that they would believe if we go together so quickly." I shrugged my shoulders,

"We just have to act as normal as possible not too clingy but not looking like we're ready to murder each other." Percy grinned,

"Thanks heavens you said that I was beginning to worry that we would act over the top."
"What by looking like we're ready to murder each other?" I asked confused. He chuckled. "No by acting all clingy, my ex was like that." He shuddered as if he was reliving a memory, "What was her name?"

"Rachel Dare"

"Like Dare enterprises?" I asked curiously,

"Yeah, but she was so annoying she would never leave me alone, every time I met up with a friend who was a girl she would go all possessive and make out with me right in front of her." I listened to Percy's story whilst we walked through the garden, nodding and smiling where appropriate. It was a really different story to how Mark and I broke up.

Percy's POV

As I rattled on about Rachel started to realise that Annabeth really didn't want to know about my past relationships, I looked at her and saw the moonlight catching the side of her face making her look even more beautiful than she now. 'Woah' I thought. Where did that come from? I mean she was my boss, I shouldn't be thinking about her like that. "And that where I ended it, I seriously couldn't even see Thalia without her blowing up on me. Did I tell you the time when I met Thalia in a restraint and she walked past, the amount of swear words that were exchanged between them were so bad the restaurant kicked the three of us and told us that if we were to ever come back again then he would report us to the police." Once I'd finished Annabeth burst into bell-like laughter throwing her head back; couldn't help but laugh along with her. "What did Thalia say?"

"She said that Rachel was totally wrong for me and I'm gonna be miserable with her."

"Was she right?"

"Yeah, she ended up cheating on me six months down the line."

"Oh I'm sorry." She replied, I shrugged in return.

"I'm not too bothered really, I didn't really like her she was quite horrible especially to my mum and my step-dad." Annabeth nodded and turn back towards the fountain we were both sat in front of. We sat in silence for a few minutes before Annabeth broke the silence. "I think it's time we went inside before they send out a search party for the pair of us." I chuckled before standing up and offering Annabeth my hand to help her up. She smile gratefully and held onto my arm, I could just tell the shoes she was wearing were killing her, "hey Annabeth maybe it would be better if we held hands when we walked n you now because of the plan and stuff. Annabeth nodded in agreement and grabbed my hand interlocking our fingers. I felt a spark drift up my arm as we made our way towards the doors and slowly entered the dining room.

:D sorry for the cliff hanger I'm gonna update as fast as I can!

Huntress of The Sky