I'm so happy that all of you are sticking with this story! I had a slight case of writers block. I would like to thank Panagiotis, PJOmaniac18, and Edward for reviewing.
Panagiotis: I really like the suggestion for the story and everything. I'm going to use some of your ideas, but I have to say that I am leaving out the part where Thalia shoves Percy and Annabeth in a random closet, and their make out session. Lol. But I probably will use the idea of Percy eavesdropping on them so he knows he is Greek, not Roman. How else could I make Percy find out he is Greek rather than a good eavesdropping session? :D
Edward: now that you mention it, I might make Lauryn have a slight crush on Percy. However, they probably won't be in a relationship. Catfight may occur… *smiles evilly*
Back to reality. Here is the next chapter to the Son Of Neptune!
Disclaimer: Blah, you get the point by now. Oh, and I forgot the disclaimer in chapta 9. This includes 9 too.
P.S., I'm not really going to have Jason, Thalia, Nico, or Annabeth prove their worthy toward the Roman camp, since they were already claimed.
Chapter 10: Whaaat?
Annabeth's POV
I swear: I was going to kill her. I mean, first, she was a Roman. Second: she was somehow convinced that she was friends with him. Third: here she was right now, spying on me as if I didn't know.
Well… I actually didn't. At least, not until she fell through the door and onto the floor in the Minerva cabin.
Oh, and key word above: was.
I was recently holding a picture of Percy and me, missing the old times. As soon as she fell through the door, I shoved the picture in my dresser and glared at her.
"Care to explain why you are here?" I asked without taking my eyes off of Lauryn.
"Umm, I'm a daughter of Minerva," Lauryn replied, although she was very bad at fibbing. Yes, I just said fibbing.
"What did you see?" I stammered with a famous glare.
Lauryn hesitated, knowing that she couldn't lie to me, I was that smart. "I saw you holding a photo."
"And?" I stepped closer to her.
"Well, I'm not sure if I saw this right, but it kinda looked like the person in the photo was Percy…"
I pretended to be caught off guard. "Woah, there. What are you talking about? I'm new to this camp, so how could I even know Percy? I mean, that's crazy," I put up a pretty convincing argument.
"I guess I could have seen it wrong. But if it wasn't Percy then-" she stopped herself from asking a more personal question. I would've just glared at her anyway.
I tried to put my next statement the nicest I could. "Stay out of my room."
"I'm really sorry. I just came here to talk to you," she said while getting up from the floor where she had fallen.
I waited for her to start, but she looked at me helplessly for permission.
"You've got one minute," I snarled as a small smile approached her lips.
"First of all, I wanted to apologize for what happened at lunch. But I'm still not convinced that you don't hate me. There's something going on, and I'm not going to ignore the fact that you strongly dislike me! What did I do?" Lauryn raised her voice more towards the end.
I chuckled softly at the end when she said 'what did I do'. Like she didn't know.
Well, she actually didn't, but what the hey.
"Lauryn, it's not that I hate you." Lie. "I've just been in a grumpy mood lately." Partly true.
"I know it's more than that, Annabeth. Are you jealous of me or something?" she smirked.
I glared at her. I really was jealous of her. She had one thing I didn't. Percy.
Not that she was dating him or anything.
"Listen, Lauryn, I'm not jealous," wow, I'm getting pretty good at 'fibbing'. "There's nothing wrong. Now, I'd like to be alone. Care to leave?" I gestured towards the door.
Lauryn rolled her eyes. "This isn't over," she grumbled.
Boy, she was right.
I glared at the figure leaving my room.
I trailed down the stairs of the Minerva cabin, ready to talk to Thalia. Again.
"Hey Thalia. Mind if we go take a walk?" I asked when I got to the Huntresses of Diana cabin.
"Nope, I was heading out anyways," my best friend shrugged.
We walked out to the woods.
"Annabeth, if this is about Percy, please know he'll be okay," I knew Thalia was getting tired of saying that.
"Well, I just feel like I needed someone to vent to. I mean, what if he really likes someone else? What if he decides to stay at the Roman camp?" That was only the start of my questions, until I began sobbing into my hands.
Thalia awkwardly patted me on the back.
Not to familiar with comforting, huh?
"Uh, don't worry, Annabeth. Percy will come to his senses eventually and then you guys can date happily," Thalia really didn't know much about relationships. Why was I friends with a hunter again?
I was too tired to protest against Thalia's remark. "I suppose you're right. I'm sorry, Thals," I choked back sobs. "But Percy still doesn't know that he is the son of Poseidon, not Neptune. I really hope Chiron will come soon on the Argo II. I just want to get this stupid battle with Gaea over with, and then go back to Camp Half-Blood! Percy would remember everything. All of the quests we went on, all of the dates-"
"I know, Annabeth. But think of the present, right now. Try to enjoy your visit here. You are just troubling yourself more when you think about him," Thalia said, and I hate to admit, but knew she was right.
I sniffed. "Thanks, Thalia."
"That's what friends are for. I'm going to go to the sword fighting arena. Wanna come?" she asked.
"I'd love too," I replied running off.
Percy's POV
I was headed towards the forest. I needed some time to think. There were no signs of me getting my memory back.
I trudged towards the wooded area, only to find two people talking. The curly haired blonde girl that I saw earlier, and the spikey black haired girl. Oh yea, blondie and spikey girl.
I didn't want to be mean, but I just had to. What, you ask? Eavesdrop, duh! What do you think I've been doing for the last couple of days?
The blonde girl started, "Well, I just feel like I needed someone to vent to. I mean, what if he really likes someone else? What if he decides to stay at the Roman camp?" she asked all her questions so fast that I barely heard the rest. Then, unexpectedly, she began sobbing.
Spikey girl comforted blondie. "Uh, don't worry, Annabeth. Percy will come to his senses eventually and then you guys can date happily."
I was staring off into space until I heard the name 'Percy'. I shot my head toward their direction, but luckily, they didn't hear the loud thunk when I bumped my head on a tree trunk. The name Annabeth did sound familiar. I shrugged it off, noting that blondie was now 'Annabeth'.
I shook off the pain from the tree and listened intently.
"I suppose you're right. I'm sorry, Thalia," Annabeth told the other girl. Guess that's Thalia. "But Percy still doesn't know that he is the son of Poseidon, not Neptune. I really hope Chiron will come soon on the Argo II. I just want to get this stupid battle with Gaea over with, and then go back to Camp Half-Blood! Percy would remember everything. All of the quests we went on, all of the dates-"
"I know, Annabeth. But think of the present, right now. Try to enjoy your visit here. You are just troubling yourself more when you think about him," Thalia cut her off.
Then they got up and went to the sword fighting arena.
They left me there thinking one thing.
Whaaat?
Oh, and another thing. Why am I always speechless right after I eavesdrop on them?
Well, yea. Sorry it kinda ended like chapter 8. Surely there will be more action in the next chapter. Review! :D
