Chapter 14: I Don't Know About Any Bet

Okay so for this chapter I had a friend help me with the kissing scene, but don't worry it's still rated T. I'm not very good at writing these intense scenes so yea. But tell me what you guys think k? Enjoy the chapter then you guys earned it! I decided to make this chapter and probably the next chapter only Annabeth's POV.

Disclaimer: I DON'T OWN PERCY JACKSON! (but I will soon)

Annabeth's POV:

After I beat Thalia at knock out, Percy finally came but sadly Nico was taking a nap in the shade, so the game was pretty much canceled. "Hey Percy, I'm going to head to the library then." I told him. "Good luck waking Nico up." I laughed.

"Okay, I'll see you later Wise Girl." He gave me a quick hug then went off to wake up Nico.

I quickly walked to the library and saw that Luke was already sitting there with Ethan, and his girlfriend Samantha. I looked at her in disgust, 'She already hurt Percy, but now she wants to hurt Luke too?' I wondered. I saw Luke waved me over and I went over to sit down near them.

"You're a bit late Annabeth." Luke laughed at me with his warm smile.

"I was suppose to play a basketball game with Percy, Thalia, and Nico today, but Nico decided to take a nap." I laughed, but then I saw Luke narrowed his eyes. "So umm… Luke can I talk to you for a bit." I asked him.

'I gotta tell him about Samantha and Percy.' I thought

He nodded. "I'll be right back Sammy." He told Samantha, then led me out of the library. The second we were out, he turned me to face him. "What's wrong? You're usually more cheerful then this." He told me.

"Luke, did you know about Samantha's ex-boyfriend?" I asked him cautiously.

"Yea, he cheated on her." He said a bit hesitantly, "Why?"

"Luke, just listen to me, I'm saying this as a friend okay?" I told him making sure he understand. "Well, Percy used to date Samantha and Samantha cheated on him with one of Percy's best friend." I told him holding my breath.

He stood there taking in everything. 'Why does it seems like he's not surprised?' I asked myself.

"Annabeth, listen, I like Samantha and I don't trust Percy Jackson at all." He told me with a voice I was not familiar with. "I don't trust you hanging out with him. Annabeth, listen to me, he's going to break your heart like he does with every other girl he dated. I don't trust him at all. I don't want to see you hurt." Luke told me with seriousness in his voice.

'I trust Luke, but why do I feel a bit uneasy inside when he said this?' I wondered. 'I'm mean I really do trust Luke, but why am I hesitating?'

"Luke I'm serious, Samantha cheated on Percy, he told me. I don't want you to get hurt." I tried to warn him.

"Don't worry Annabeth, I've been dating Samantha for a while now, but Percy, you're getting way to close to him. You can't really trust him. He just lies to get what he wants and then he leaves them to rot." Luke said with a hint of bitterness in his voice. "But it's your choice Annabeth, come on let's go back in, we've been out here a long time."

I walked back into the library, 'Could Percy be lying to me?' I shook that thought out of my head. 'No, Seaweed Brain is not like that.' I convinced myself, then looked back at Luke, who was happily talking with Samantha as if the conversation has never happened. 'Seaweed Brain wouldn't lie to me, but would Luke?' I wondered. 'No, Luke is like a big brother to me, he won't do anything to hurt me.' I reminded myself.

Finally after debating with myself for a while, the bell finally rang, signaling the end of lunch. I quickly grabbed my bags and headed towards the next class.

About two hours later, school has ended and I saw Percy coming up to me as I walked out of the classroom, "So are we going to drop by your house today for the project?" He asked with a grin on his face.

"Sure." I replied. Percy looked at me with concern, but I guess he knew I didn't want to be bothered, so instead dragged me into his car and drove to his house without a single word. A few minutes later I arrived at my house, and quickly took out my keys to open the door. I quickly checked inside and noticed my brothers aren't home yet. "Come on in, my brothers are not home yet." I sighed in relief. If my brothers knew I was having Percy over, they'll tease me for the rest of my life.

I quickly led Percy into my room, then took out the supplies that we brought the other day. "Okay, let's start with the platform, that should be the easiest portion. We just need to nail these two boards together." He looked at me a bit confused. I let out a light laugh at his expression, "I'll help you with it." I assured him.

He put his hands on mines and stopped me from hammering the boards, "You okay Annabeth?" he asked me softly.

I looked down at the floor, 'Should I trust Percy?' I wondered for the hundredth time today. "No, just a bit tired today that's all." I lied.

His face fell, "Oh, so, why don't you go and get a drink while I work on these boards." He told me.

I nodded then head to the kitchen when suddenly I heard my front door open and saw my two brothers walk in. "Hi Annabeth!" they greeted me, I waved back at them.

"You guys go up to your room, I have to work on a project with Percy." I told them.

They smiled mischievously, "DADDY! ANNABETH'S BOYFRIEND IS HERE!" They yelled out the door. I held on my breath as my dad walked in with a confused expression.

"Hey dad," I said weakly. "I'm going to go up my room, we're working on a bridge project." I assured my dad.

He seems satisfied with my explanation and nodded. I quickly headed back up to my room to see that Percy have already finished working with the boards. "Wow you're a pretty fast worker." I praised him.

He pretended to act hurt, "You think so low of me! I'm hurt!"

I smiled triumphantly, "We'll let's work on the other one." I told him. About an hour later, we finished with almost half of the bridge and decided to relax a bit. "So you wanna go down to grab a bite?" I offered.

He pouted, "Can't I spend a bit alone time with my girlfriend?" Then Percy started to lean into me and gave me a fierce and hungry kiss. I eagerly returned it, and wrapped my arms around his neck. I felt him smile as he put his arms on my waist making trails of kissing down my neck. I felt Percy pulled me in closer as he deepened the kiss and I felt his tongue moving asking for entrance. I opened my mouth, and soon we were in full make-out session until I heard my brother's snickering just right outside my room. I quickly broke apart from Percy and looked at my open door blushing like crazy.

"EWWW! ANNABETH! SHAME ON YOU!" Bobby scolded me with a laugh.

I saw Percy blushed, 'Oh SHIT! My dad's going to kill me if Bobby tells him I was making out with Percy.' I thought.

"Hey, Bobby right?" Percy asked, I could tell he was nervous and stammering. "How about I take you for a ride in my car to the mall? We'll buy some ice cream, but you have to promise not to tell your dad." Percy tried to bargain.

Bobby smiled evilly, "One condition" He told us and I groaned knowing that we have to follow his condition, "I get to bring Matthew along and we go anywhere that we want to and you guys have to serve us for the day."

Percy frowned and looked at me as if saying, 'Is he serious?' I simply shrugged. "Fine." Percy mumbled, "Deal." Bobby held out his hand as if he's a professional business man and Percy shook it making sure to put the death grip on Bobby. I saw Bobby winced a bit and couldn't help but laugh.

"I order my servants to take me and my brother Matthew to the zoo on Saturday and prepare to have your wallets emptied out." He laughed evilly, then gave me a smile before running back to the living room.

"Well, that was not expected," I sighed with relief as my brother left.

Percy let out a laugh, "I'll see you tomorrow then, and perhaps on Saturday when we're slaves to your brothers." Percy smiled. "Next time we will hang out at my house." He told me and I instantly blushed. He put a smirk on his face and I lead him out when suddenly I saw my dad walking in. "Hi Mr. Chase, sorry for intruding into your house, we were working on a project. I'm going to leave now. Thank you sir." Percy told my dad in such manners my dad couldn't help but smile.

"Off you go then Percy. It was nice seeing you again." My dad told Percy again with a warm smile.

I quickly lead Percy out to his car, "I'll see you tomorrow Seaweed Brain, don't do anything stupid." I told him.

He grinned, "When have I ever done something stupid?" he retorted back. "Can I have a goodbye kiss? He asked with a smirk. I smiled teasingly at him and started to leaned in brushing my lips against his, but quickly backed away. He frowned, "Hey! No fair, Wise Girl!" He whined and I simply laughed. I was laughing so hard that I didn't notice him leaning in and giving me a soft, gentle kiss before getting back into his car and driving away.

I stood there daze for a moment, 'Stupid Seaweed Brain making me like this.' I thought. 'But I kinda enjoy it.' I told myself silently as I watched his car disappear down the road.

The next few days we worked on out project over at Percy's house until finally we finished and it was ready to be turned in. On Friday afternoon, we both turned in out project to Apollo relief that the project was now done. After school that day, Percy came up to me, "So you wanna hang out today?"

"Can't I have a club meeting to go too and Luke asked me to meet him afterschool." I told him.

For a second I saw anger flashed in his eyes, "Oh, ok, cool, I'll pick you and your brothers up tomorrow then." He told me, his voice still angry but controlled. Then he leaned in to give me a kiss and walked to his car to drive home. After my club's meeting I stood there waiting for Luke to come to the parking lot when I suddenly saw Percy's ex-girlfriend walking up to me.

"Hey, it's Annabeth right?" the redheaded girl asked. I nodded and she continued, "I'm Rachel, I heard you are dating Jackson now. Just telling you, he'll probably dump you after this week."

I looked at her in confusion, "What?"

"You heard me. Anyways, I was the girl that he dated the longest, and it was only about one week. Knowing Percy, he'll dump you on Monday." She told me coldly.

"What do you know?" I snarled at her.

"Didn't you hear about the bet he made with his friends?" She informed me.

I frowned, "What bet?"

"He told his friends, if he was able to get you to date him by one month, they have to buy him a new car or something. If he couldn't then he spends the rest of his junior year dateless." Rachel told me with a smirk on her face.

I felt heartbroken, 'NO! Percy wouldn't do that. Would he? She's just lying, Percy is sweet and gentle.' I assured myself. "I don't believe you," I told her coldly. "Percy is not that kind of guy," I growled at her.

"Sure, don't believe me, ask one of his friends, or even better ask Jackson yourself." She told me. "He's nothing but a lying playboy, he dates the girl he wants then coldly break up with them." Rachel told me emotionlessly. "Nice talking to you though, Annabeth, I hope you will think twice about dating that jackass." She told me, but for some reason I felt no warmth in her voice.

I sat down on the benches thinking about the conversation I just had when suddenly I heard Luke running up to me. "Hey Annabeth. What's wrong?" I looked at him and saw he had a nervous look on his face. He pulled me into a bear hug. "Hey, it's okay. You could tell me what happened." He soothed me then pulled apart looking at me straight into the eye. "Annabeth, I need to tell you something." He told me.

I looked at his blue eyes, "What is it?" I managed to get out.

Then he opened his mouth and said something that I've been hoping he would've said many years ago, "I like you, Annabeth. I really do."

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