I am so so so sorry I haven't posted in a while. But, SCHOOL'S OVER AND I CAN POST NOW. I have intensive training for dance before nationals every day, but it ends at 4 so I'll definitely be updating more often.
Reviews are encouraged and much appreciated ;)
Chapter 11
Annabeth's POV
"Okay, so what's the pythagorean theorem?"
9:00 found us lying on the couch studying for Percy's math test. I had finished my homework and helped Percy finish his, and now we were studying for the math test he had irresponsibly neglected to study for until the night before.
"A something times C equals B squared?"
"Percy," I sighed. The test is tomorrow. Be serious."
"A squared plus B squared equals C squared."
"Yeah."
"Wait. So why can't we just do A plus B equals C, if they're all squared?"
"Because it wouldn't work. It's really complicated, but it just wouldn't work."
"Okay. So what's next?"
"Practice problems."
He groaned and threw the tennis ball he was playing with against the ceiling.
"Percy, I said not to do that," Sally called from the kitchen.
"Sorry, mom," he said.
Things were kind of weirdly calm between us. After that little episode, which I wasn't even going to talk about, we had both kind of calmed down and things had gone back to normal. This whole day had been a blow-uppy yet happy kind of day.
I rolled over on the carpet so I was on my stomach and flipped open his textbook." Okay, I'm going to write this for you and you're going to solve it and I'm not helping." He nodded.
I wrote down the problem for him, gave him the notebook, and walked into the kitchen where Sally was cooking dinner.
"What are you guys doing in there?"
"Studying. Or cramming, I guess." She shook her head.
"I'm glad you're here. Not just to help him, but he seems happier now that you're here. Not that he wasn't happy before, I just, I mean... You know what I mean."
I laughed. "Yeah, I get it."
"It's great that your dad let you come. I mean, not that working on Olympus isn't a huge deal, but letting you go across the country for it is amazing."
Yeah. That's why I came.
"Yeah, it's great. I'm so happy that I can be here. And my hotel is like, two blocks from both here and the school, so it's perfect."
"Are you sure you don't want to stay in the guest room?"
"Oh no, I don't want to be an inconvenience, I'm fine. But thank you."
"Okay. But if you ever change your mind, you can stay here."
"Thank you," I said appreciatively. We talked for a little while about school and whatnot until Percy called me.
"Annabeth! I have no idea what to do!"
"Be there in a second," I called. "I'd better go." Sally nodded and I walked back out into the living room. Percy was hunched over his notebook, his brow furrowed as he tried to figure out the answer.
I looked at his work. "You did everything, you just need to find the square root."
"How?"
I handed him a calculator and showed him which buttons to press. "So the answer is-"
"Seven."
"Good. You get this stuff, Percy. You just need to apply yourself."
"You sound just like my teacher." I frowned. "Just kidding, Wise Girl."
Rolling my eyes, I grabbed my backpack. "I should go, it's getting late."
"I'll walk you."
We said bye to Sally and he walked me back to my hotel, singing some song (completely off-key) as loudly as he possibly could. And, being in Manhatten, no one gave him a second look.
"Well, this is me," I said. He kissed my forehead.
"Night, Annabeth."
"Night," I said. He turned around and started to walk back to his apartment, still singing that stupid song. Right before he turned the corner he stuck his tongue out at me. I laughed and waved, and then walked up the stairs to the lobby.
The elevator took no time at all, and before I knew it, I was brushing my teeth and donning sweat pants and a camp T-shirt. I stayed up all night reading, until I realized that it was one in the morning and I should probably go to sleep.
I lay in bed, reviewing the day in my head. Crazy psycho girl? Check. Crazy freak-out meltdown moment with Percy? Check. Stalker guy with a crush on me? That was weird to think out loud. Check. All in all crazy day? Check.
Yeah, calling today a crazy day would be an understatement. And the scary thing? It was only the first day.
This chapter was kind of just a set-up chapter for the next one, so it's kind of short. I'm gonna start branching off soon, into like, not school. SO before it happens, if you want to PM me ideas related to school or put it in your review thats fine! K bye!
