Hey guys! So how did you like the last chapter? I hope you liked it. I'm so sorry for the wait! I've just been so busy with school especially since we had all of our finals last week but I've aced them all so now I can just focus on trying to finish this story. So, this chapter is when they are in their sophomore year. Okay, enough said, here is chapter 12.
Disclaimer: Go back and look at chapter one.
Chapter Twelve: Sophomore Year
"Annabeth! Please! For me!" Percy pleaded as I sat at my desk in our spare room.
"No, Percy, I told you I have to study for the test I have tomorrow!" I replied as our dog, Leo, jumped up and sat in my lap.
"Really, Annabeth? You already know that stuff! Please, just come with me! It's really important!"
"I don't know," I hesitated.
"Well, then I'll just have to persuade you then," Percy replies with a smirk in his voice as he came to stand behind me. He wrapped his arms around me and buried his face in my neck.
His breath tickled my neck as he asked me, "Have you changed your mind yet?"
"No, I think you have a little more persuading to do." I smiled as he nuzzled my neck before I turned around to face him. He kissed my cheek then he kissed the corner of my mouth.
"Are you persuaded now?" Percy whispered against my skin.
"Just a teensy tiny bit but not enough to say yes." Percy laughed before he kissed me. My arms found their way into his hair as Percy's arms wrapped around me. We stayed like that for who knows how long, but Leo started to bark in protest seeing as he was still in my lap; we were practically squishing him.
We laughed before Percy grabbed Leo out hoof my lap and set him on the floor before walking over to me. Lifting me up out of my chair, he sat down and placed me in his lap.
"So, where were we before we were rudely interrupted by Leo?" I asked as I leaned closer to him.
"Nope, I don't think so. You have to give me an answer before I give you a kiss." Percy taunted me as he leaned back.
I groaned, "Okay, fine, I'll go out with you tonight!"
"Good! Now we can get back to where we were before we were interrupted." Percy whispered as he closed the distance between us. After who knows how long, I pulled back because of the lack of oxygen.
"Percy, do you know what time it is?" I asked him, realizing I was supposed to meet the girls at our favorite coffee shops at 3:00 before I had to go to work until 7:30.
"Mmm, its 2:50, why?" Percy asked.
"Crap! I'm supposed to meet the girls for coffee at 3:00 before I go to work!" I exclaimed.
"Ohh, well have a good day at work and come home as soon as you get off work! WE HAVE DINNER RESERVATIONS AT 9:00." Percy yelled after me as I hurried out of the room.
"Okay! I'll be back by 8:00!" I yelled back as I picked up my purse, phone, and keys before I walked out of the apartment.,
See you tonight! I love you! -Wise Girl. I texted Percy as I got onto the elevator.
See you tonight! I love you more! –Seaweed Brain. He texted back just when I was getting off the elevator.
I smiled and put my phone in my back pocket as I walked out into the crowded streets of New York. It didn't take me too long to get to the coffee shop. It wasn't that crowed, but then and again, it was the middle of the day and most people would be at work by now. I found my friends sitting around a booth, talking and drinking.
"Hey guys, I'm so sorry that I'm late. I apologized as I sat beside Piper. Cassie, Bianca, and Thalia were on one side of the booth facing Silena, Piper, and me.
"It's okay, here. It's your favorite." Bianca told me as she handed me a coffee.
"I love you guys. I don't know what I would do without you." I thanked them as I took the drink.
"See, I knew you would be lost without us! Especially me seeing as you and the others barely have any fashion sense," Silena exclaimed.
"Hey! I take offense to that! I think I have pretty good fashion sense!" Thalia argued.
"Says the girl that wears only black!" Cassie laughed.
"Black is a very sliming color!" Thalia defended herself.
"Sure it is, Thals." Piper snickered.
"Okay, as much as I love hanging out with you guys, I have work soon. So could we hurry up this meeting which I have no clue what it is about?" Bianca interrupted before Thalia could say another word.
"Me too: so what is this meeting about?" I asked.
"Well, we, Silena and I, were wondering if we could do a girls night out?" Cassie asked.
Everybody nodded except for me; they all looked at me, and I sighed, "I have plans with Percy tonight. I already said I would go after a lot of persuading on his side."
"Annabeth!" Silena whined.
"I'm sorry, you guys, but I promised him!" I defended myself.
"I know a great way to solve this problem. I'll just call Percy and persuade him to change his plans." Cassie stated, and before I could stop her, she was calling her brother.
"Percy! How's my favorite brother?" Cassie asked, trying to be nice as she put him on speaker phone.
"What do you want Cass? I know you like a book. You'd only say nice things to me when you wanted something." I heard Percy say on the other line.
"Ugh, I take offense to that! I do say nice things when I want something!" She argued.
"Whatever, so what do you want?" I could picture Percy rolling his eyes.
"Well, the girls and I were planning on having a girls night out tonight when Annabeth said she couldn't come, so we were wonder if you—" Cassie was saying before she got cut off.
"You were wondering if I would change my plans and take her to dinner another night?" Percy guessed.
"Well, uh, yeah."
"I'm not changing my plans, Cassandra."
"But why not!" Cassie whined. Percy was silent for a while like he was debating on whether or not he wanted to tell her something important.
Finally he asked, "Am I on speaker phone?"
"Yes," we all coursed.
"Take me off, Cassandra, so I can tell you why I won't change my plans." Percy demanded.
"Fine, Mr. Grumpy Pants. Honestly, Annabeth I have no idea how you deal with him!" Cassie agreed. As soon as Cassie took him of speaker phone, he started talking, but we couldn't hear what he was saying. As he was talking, Cassie's eyes got really wide.
"Okay, fine, we'll do girls night out another time," Cassie agreed giddily before she hung up on her brother.
"So, why wouldn't he change his plans," Bianca asked as she leaned forward on the table with a curious look on her face.
"Oh, Annabeth, don't you have to go to work?" she ignored Bianca. I looked at my watch to see that it was 3:30 and I had to be to work at 4:00. I knew it would take me at least twenty minutes to get there.
"Crap, you're right. Bye guys, I'll see you later, and Cassie we are talking about this later." I told them as I made my way out of the café to hail a taxi.
Cassie's POV
"I know a great way to solve this problem. I'll just call Percy and persuade him to change his plans." I stated, and before they could stop me, I was calling my brother.
"Percy! How's my favorite brother?" I asked, trying to be nice as I put him on speaker phone.
"What do you want Cass? I know you like a book. You'd only say nice things to me when you wanted something." Percy said on the other line.
"Ugh, I take offense to that! I do say nice things when I want something!" I argued.
"Whatever, so what do you want?"
"Well, the girls and I were planning on having a girls night out tonight when Annabeth said she couldn't come, so we were wonder if you—" I was saying before I got cut off.
"You were wondering if I would change my plans and take her to dinner another night?" Percy guessed.
"Well, uh, yeah."
"I'm not changing my plans, Cassandra."
"But why not!" I whined. Percy was silent for a while like he was debating on whether or not he wanted to tell me something important.
Finally he asked, "Am I on speaker phone?"
"Yes," we all coursed.
"Take me off, Cassandra, so I can tell you why I won't change my plans." Percy demanded.
"Fine, Mr. Grumpy Pants. Honestly, Annabeth I have no idea how you deal with him!" I agreed.
As soon as I took him of speaker phone he started saying, "I won't change my plans because I am planning on proposing to Annabeth tonight."
"Okay, fine, we'll do girls night out another time," I agreed giddily before I hung up on my brother.
"So, why wouldn't he change his plans," Bianca asked as she leaned forward on the table with a curious look on her face.
"Oh, Annabeth don't you have to go to work?" I ignored Bianca.
Annabeth looked at her watch before saying, "Crap, you're right. Bye guys, I'll see you later, and Cassie we are talking about this later," and making her way out of the café to hail a taxi.
As soon as she was outside, I turned to the others before blurting out, "Percy's planning on proposing tonight! That's why he won't cancel his plans!"
It was silent for a while before Silena broke the silence squealing, causing everyone in the café to look at us.
"Sorry, she had a little too much caffeine," Thalia excused Silena. Everyone went back to what they were doing before that, and we turned to look at Silena who had a slight blush on her cheeks.
"Really Silena?" Piper asked.
"I'm sorry, but I'm so happy for them. They're the cutest couple ever!" She apologized while we all rolled our eyes at her antics.
"I finally get the sister I've always wanted!" I exclaimed when I realized that Annabeth would be my sister-in-law.
"Well, if she says yes," Bianca interrupted my happy moment.
"Of course she's going to say yes!" Thalia exclaimed, "I highly doubt that she would say no; I mean seriously they love each other so much. It's sickening!"
"Thalia has a point." Piper agreed with Thalia.
While they argued about who was going to be the maid of honor I just kept grinning as I thought, 'My brother and my best friend are getting married!'
Annabeth's POV
Five more minutes! I thought excitedly when I realized I had five more minutes until I got off work. When my very long five minutes were up, I quickly packed my things and walked out of the building. I was so glad that Percy convinced me to go out with him tonight because frankly I needed to escape the stress of work and school.
As soon as I walked into the lobby of my apartment, I was stopped by the clerk at the front desk who called out, "Ms. Chase?"
I turned around and replied, "Yes?"
"This was delivered for you about an hour ago. Ms. Beauregard and Ms. Jackson delivered it for you." The clerk informed me as she picked up a black garment bag that I just noticed was hanging beside the desk and handed it to me.
"Did they say what this was for?" I asked as I gingerly took the garment bag.
"No, but they told me to tell you that there was a note inside of the bag."
"Okay, thank you, Jordan," I thanked her when I looked at her name tag to see what her name was.
"No problem. Enjoy the rest of your day, Ms. Chase," Jordan replied as she walked back to her post behind the front desk.
I sighed and glanced at the garment bag before I continued my walk to the elevators. When I entered the elevator and pushed my floor number, I opened the garment bag to be met with a note taped to the plastic covering of the dress; I took the note off of the plastic so I could read it.
The note said, 'Cassie and I thought you would want something nice to wear tonight; we know you wouldn't have wanted us to get this for you, but just think of it as an early present ;) You'll understand later! Have fun!'
~Silena and Cassie!
I furrowed my eyebrows in confusion when I finished reading the note, trying to figure out why they would give me an early present. I glanced at the dress to see that it was a deep purple dress that ended at mid-thigh. It was very pretty; the top half of the dress was lose whereas the bottom half of the dress was fitted. It had draping sleeves which had slits that started all the way from the shoulder to where the sleeves stopped, connected together by a jeweled clasp and were ¾ long.
Before I could finish admiring the dress, the elevator doors opened. I put the note back in the bag and zipped it back up as I walked off of the elevator.
"Seaweed Brain, I'm home!" I called as I entered our apartment. As soon as Leo heard my voice, he came running. He stopped in front of me and wagged his tail. I put the garment bag on the couch before I picked Leo up.
"Percy?" I called. When he didn't answer, I went to our room to find him passed out on the bed. I laughed as I took off my shoes and joined him under the covers.
"Percy. Wake up, baby," I shook him lightly. Percy grunted and rolled onto his back giving me a perfect view of his bare chest. I sighed and thought of another way to wake him up. I smirked as I picked Leo up and faced him on his face. I snickered as Leo started licking Percy all over his face.
Percy groaned and wiped at his face. He opened his eyes and looked up to be met with Leo's happy black eyes. He looked up at him confused before asking, "Leo? What in the hades? Why are you on and licking my face?"
"I put him there, Seaweed Brain, so you could wake up." I answered as I looked at him amused.
Percy looked over at me and groaned, "Annabeth! Baby, you know I love you, but I want to go to sleep!"
"Oh, no, you don't. Percy, you begged me to go out with you tonight, and we have reservations at 9:00; it's already 8, so get your lazy butt up." I told him before he rolled over and went back to sleep.
"What if I don't want to go to dinner tonight?" He mumbled as he rolled over and buried his face in his pillow.
"I don't think so. We are going to dinner tonight! After I decided not to study for my test just so I could go out with you tonight and not go out with my friends, we're going. Silena and Cassie even dropped off a dress for me to wear tonight, why I don't know, but we are going out tonight!"
"Fine, but we're going out to celebrate."
"Celebrate what?"
"This isn't how I wanted to do this, but I think this is the perfect moment to do so." Percy told me as he reached over to his nightstand and pulled something out of it. He was on his knees when he faced me, and he was holding a little black box. When he opened the box, it revealed a small ring with a platinum band with a round diamond sitting in the middle of the band; it was gorgeous.
"Annabeth Chase, will you please marry me?" he asked. I had to put my hands over my mouth to stop me from gasping; I could feel the tears threating to spill over.
I took a deep breath before looking him in the eyes and breathing out, "Yes."
He looked at me with disbelief etched on his face, "Yes?"
"Yes! Yes, I'll marry you, Percy!" I exclaimed as tears fell from my eyes, and he slipped the ring onto my finger.
"I love you so much," I told him as he took my face in his hands.
"I love you too," he smiled before he closed the gap between us.
After what seemed like a long time, we broke apart grinning, and I pulled Percy in for a hug. I wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed him on the cheek as he wrapped his arms around my waist. I instantly missed Percy's warmth as he pulled away and asked, "Do you still want to go to dinner tonight?"
"Yes, you said it yourself; we're going to celebrate."
The next day, I met up with the girls for coffee. When I entered the coffee shop, I found them sitting in a booth. Before I sat down, I made sure I hid my ring.
"Hey, girls," I greeted as I sat down next to Bianca.
They grinned at me, giddily, and then Piper asked me, "So, how was your night with Percy?"
As soon as she asked me that, I knew they knew that Percy had planned on proposing to me last night, so I decided to play a little trick on them.
"Oh, it was fun, as always. What about you guys? How was the girl's night?" I asked.
"It was fine. Are you sure that nothing happened last night?" Silena asked.
I rolled my eyes and grinned, "Of course, the only thing that happened was he took me out to dinner to celebrate."
"Celebrate what?" Cassie egged.
"Oh, nothing just the fact that we made it through another school year."
"Nothing else happened?" Bianca asked. This was so much fun; their giddy expressions had disappeared by now and were replaced with disappointed ones, all except for Thalia's whose was just annoyance.
"Oh yeah, there was this guy there who kept staring at me and—" I started, but before I could finish I got cut off.
"Gods, Annabeth, no one cares about the guy; just tell us if Percy propose or not!" Thalia yelled, cutting me off. I looked at her annoyed face and laughed.
"Gosh, someone woke up one the wrong side of the bed this morning, but I'll tell you!" I kept laughing.
"Finally!" they exclaimed. I since my hands were in my lap underneath the table, I twisted the ring around so the diamond wasn't inside my palm anymore.
I pulled my hand out from my lap slowly and laid it on the table where they could see it. They gasped and looked up at me with tears in their eyes; I could feel the tears in my eyes too as I announced, "I'm engaged!"
Sooo, how did you like it? Was it worth the wait? I hope it was! Sorry, again, for the wait! There's only four more chapters left! I'll try to update soon! Hope you guys have a happy holiday!
Until Next Time
~booklover484 :D
