HEY YALL! so, I was gunna postpone Percabeth even further, but you guys seemed to be dying for Percabeth, so I thought, what the hay! Why not just get this over with…
Without further random authors note crap that nobody really reads. . . .I present…PERCABETH
Hope you enjoy! ^-^
Disclaimer: I don't own Percy Jackson or anything else in this story…..
Chapter 21: The Farmer's Market.
Annabeth's POV:
It was a Thursday, and I was just sitting on my couch in the living room, eating Cheetos and watching some random home makeover show. I hadn't gotten out of my pajamas, and was enjoying the lop life. My phone was somewhere in the pile of blankets that I was covered in, and didn't really care about it until I heard it start ringing.
I started searching the huge pile of pillows and blankets. Crap I thought as I searched. It was already on the fourth ring. Just as I started to throw off the blankets and pillows I spotted the light coming from my phone and lunged for it. I didn't even look at the screen before I answered it.
"Hello?" I asked.
"Hey Wise Girl! Whatcha doing?" Percy asked happily.
"Just lying on my couch like a lop. But, other than that, nothing." I answered. He started laughing.
"Sounds like loads of fun, lazy butt! You wanna go out for ice cream?"
"Yeah, sure. Wait, like, right now?" I asked.
"No, next year! Of course right now! I thought you were supposed to be wise." He laughed.
"Well, you could have meant tomorrow or in a few days, you didn't specify." I explained.
"Yada yada, yeah sure thing Wise girl. I'll be there in 15 minutes, sound good?" he asked.
"Sounds like a plan! See you then!" I said, hanging up.
Suddenly, I became really excited. I was going to go hang out with my bestie. I really was beginning to think that Percy liked Rachel more than me. I mean, yeah, call me jealous or whatnot, but try and put yourself in this situation; Here you are with your bestie, and things are going great. Then, your bestie's old bestie from like, 5 years ago comes back, and suddenly you find that your bestie is hanging out with their old bestie and has practically left you in the dark.
Sorry if I confused you by that little blerp, but still, point being, I'm kinda frustrated. I'm also kinda stuck. Whenever I think I'm mad at him I say I'm going to ignore him or something, but then when he comes back asking to hang out, as he did just now, I find it impossible to resist. I don't want to be mad at him, but I want him to notice that he's irking me.
I threw on a random gray v-neck t-shirt and a pair of shorts that went midway down my thighs. I threw on a pair of black Converse quickly and put my hair into an infamous ponytail. I didn't think I needed to bring a bag or anything, so I just shoved ten bucks into my pocket and my phone into the other. The great thing about these shorts was that they had pockets! I usually didn't like bringing a purse or bag unless it was necessary.
The doorbell rang, and I made my way down from my bedroom towards it. I glanced quickly in the mirror next to the door to make sure I looked acceptable to leave the house. Satisfied with my ponytail, I opened the door to see Seaweed Brain.
"Hey Seaweed Brain." I said, with a grin on my face. He mischievously looked back,
"Why, hello Wise Girl," He said, bowing, "your ride is here miss."
I started laughing and playfully slapped his head as he was bent down.
"Come on loser." I said making my way to his car.
I opened the passenger door myself, and bent down and sat. However, when I looked into the back seats, I saw a familiar face; Rachel.
Are you f*cking kidding me…. I thought as I forced a smile on my face and said,
"Oh, hi Rachel."
"Hi Annabeth! How are you?"
"I'm good."
"Oh, well, that's good."
"Yepp." This was going to be one long terrible 'ice cream date.' She started talking to Percy, directing the conversation away from me. Which was a very good thing. I don't think I would have been able to hold much of a conversation. Rachel didn't seem to realize anything wrong with my attitude but I noticed Percy look over at me and gave me a glance that pretty much said, 'what-are-you-doing-right-now?!-we-are-so-discussing-this-later.'
I just shrugged at him slightly and directed my attention out of my side window, refusing to look back at him and see what he had to say. I really didn't want to hear an explanation or a warning to behave from him. Even though he was getting on my nerves, I wouldn't snap in front of Rachel. I had enough self control to make sure that didn't happen. Percy could tell I was troubled, but him being the Seaweed Brain he is, didn't even know why. Obviously.
He just wanted both of us go to get ice cream with him because we were both his "best friend" and was probably hoping that Rachel and I would suddenly become best friends too, so that we could skip happily away in the distance. Like a happy fairy tale. Yeahhhhh, so not happening. No matter how bad Percy wanted it to happen.
I snapped back into consciousness, just as we pulled into the lot of the ice cream shop. Rachel and Percy were talking about how the roads in England were different than the roads in America.
"Yeah, I'm sure it'd be weird if we went to England and started driving. We'd be really confused." Rachel said, laughing.
"I'm pretty sure I'd crash within the first five minutes." He admitted, laughing as he turned off the car.
We all got out of the car and walked into the parlor. I looked at the board, deciding what kind of cone I wanted while Rachel ordered,
"And what you like today?" the worker asked me with a smile. He looked around our age, but probably a little bit older. I noticed he had light brown hair that sweeped the side of his face, but it was above his eyes, and I could see they were a bluish color.
"Uhm, I'll have a small waffle cone with mint-chocolate chip ice cream please, Derek" I said politely, looking at his name plate, smiling back.
"Okay, coming right up." He said, winking before he walked away to fill my order.
I had thought no one except myself had noticed that little exchange, but I looked over at Percy standing a few feet away, and his eyes looked as though daggers would shoot out of them. He was looking at Derek's back as he filled out my order. I quickly looked away, and focused my attention on Rachel. She hadn't noticed a thing that had happened.
Derek handed me my ice cream cone, with a few napkins wrapped around it. As he was handing it over he whispered,
"Look inside the napkin." I smiled and made my way over to the table Rachel was already sitting at. Percy had offered to pay for us, so he was still at the counter, paying for our ice creams. We were seated at a cute little four-chair table area, and I took the spot across from Rachel. As Percy walked over, cone in hand, I unwrapped the napkins to see what Derek was talking about.
He had written his number in the napkin with a wink and a note that said; text me. I looked over to the stand and saw him looking over at me, quickly winking again before turning and taking the next orders.
"What's on the napkin Annabeth?" Rachel asked.
"Nothing." I replied quickly.
"That's a lie!" she quickly snatched the napkin away from me and read the note. She looked back up at me afterwards and said, "Oooh! Annabeth has an admirer."
"It's nothing. The guy working up there just wrote his number on a napkin. No biggie." I said, desperately trying to change the subject. She handed the napkin back to me,
"Whatever, I thought he was kinda cute." She said shrugging. I looked up at Percy and saw he hadn't even had a bite from his cone. The ice cream looked like it was starting to melt down the sides.
"You gunna even eat your ice cream, Seaweed Brain? Or are you just gunna stare off into space." I asked, with a smile on my face. He looked up suddenly,
"Oh, right…yeah. Sorry, just started zoning out." He said shaking his head and started licking his cone. I looked up at him with a questioning look, but he avoided my glance as he was eating his ice cream. Whatever, I thought, looking back down to my ice cream and eating it.
" So, have you watched Saturday Night Live from last week?" Rachel asked, her usual perky self, totally unaware to what had just happened.
"Yeah, with Jennifer Lawrence? That was really funny." Percy replied, obviously wanting to direct the conversation elsewhere.
"Yeah! That one! Which one was your favorite skit? Mine was the dog scene." She announced.
"That one was pretty funny." Percy commented. In order to save myself from another one of Percy's glances I decided to add my voice into the conversation, even though I didn't want to,
"My favorite part was the band performing." I said, without much emotion.
"Oh, yeah! The band was pretty good too! I wish they would get to play more than just two songs!" she said. In a way, it was good Rachel was with us because if it was anyone else, there would have just been awkward silence the whole time we were eating.
The tension throughout our snack was very thick, and with the tension came awkwardness. Rachel would ramble on about something, and we would attempt to keep the conversation going, but it always ended in awkward silence. I felt really uncomfortable and pretty much hated this whole outing.
We finally found ourselves back in Percy's car, taking off for home again. I have only one thing to say about the car ride home; thank the gods for radio. Percy had turned it on, and now we could sit in silence without awkwardness, because the radio was on.
We pulled up to Rachel's house first, and she got out, followed by Percy, who walked her to her door quickly. I watched as they hugged quickly, and Percy made his way back to the car. We watched as Rachel fiddled with her keys before entering her house. Once she was in, Percy drove away to drop me off at my house.
"Well, that was….fun." Percy said, blankly and to no one in particular. I on the other hand, started laughing slightly. My mood had gone up 50% since the moment Rachel left my sight.
"Are you kidding me? That was the worst outing….ever!" I said Now it was his turn to laugh. At that moment, the dreaded song Baby by Justin Bieber came on the radio. I glanced at Percy and yelled,
"AHH, PERCY CHANGE IT! MY EARS!" he laughed as he obediently changed the station.
"Come on Wise Girl, he's not THAT bad." Percy said, smirking.
"Yeah, he really is. Even you can sing better." I said. Now we all know that Percy can, in fact, sing, but I just said that to watch him act offended. He just gasped.
"I find that very offensive! Justin is a great singer, and so am I. End of story," He said as we pulled up to my house. He looked up at me, "Would you like me to escort you back to the house, madam?"
"Why yes kind sir. I would." I was about to open my door to get out, but I heard the clicking noise of the car locking.
"Nu-uh-uh ma'am. It's my job to get the door." He said, getting out of his door and walking around to open my door. I reluctantly stood up and got out of the car, only to see Percy smirking, so what did I do? I slapped him.
"You think you're so cool, don't you Seaweed Brain?" I asked.
"Oh contraire, I don't think, I know." He said, arrogantly. In response, I just turned and made my way quickly to the door. I had crossed my arms and ignored him behind me, keeping on my tail,
"Awhh, is Wise Girl butt-hurt?" he asked, laughing.
"Yes. I am." I replied simply.
"Well guess what?" he asked in a concerned voice.
"You're pregnant?" I asked. I found it ridiculously hard to keep a straight face. He just stood, shocked,
"How did you guess?!" he exclaimed.
"Lucky guess I suppose?" I shrugged.
"Whatever. You caught me. But, will you be the godmother?" he asked in a pretty girlie voice. I just elbowed into him.
"Why are you so weird? Sometimes I worry Seaweed Brain."
"And then you remind yourself that you're just as weird." He said with a cheeky face. I turned to face him with my arm raised, about to hit him, but he just said, "Awh, come on, don't hurt me Wise Girl, you know you love me!"
"Whatever," I said, lowering my hand. He just started laughing. Suddenly, I thought of a great idea, "Hey Seaweed Brain, wanna hang out tomorrow? You and me can go on an adventure."
"Haha, I'd love to!" he said, pausing a moment before slightly frowning, "Crap."
"Crap what?" I asked.
"Crap, I already told Rachel that I was going to hang out with her tomorrow. We already made plans, and it's pretty important that I follow through. I'm really sorry Annabeth." He said, disappointment in his voice.
"Of course you have." I muttered, without really thinking. I didn't think he'd hear me, but he did.
"Excuse me? What did you say?" he replied, suddenly very serious. Instead of covering it up like I usually would have, I decided to straight out tell him this time. I wanted him to know how I felt, and now was the time,
"I said, of course you already have plans with Rachel. It seems like you always do. Nowadays it's always seems to be Rachel this and Rachel that. But not me or anyone else." He just looked at me with a shocked expression.
"So this is why you've been all defensive against Rachel? Why you seem to hate her so much? Because you think she's stealing me from you? Well, sorry I had to be the one to break it to you Annabeth, but the world doesn't revolve around you."
"I know it doesn't, Percy," I said his name as if it was coated with poison, "I had just hoped that you would still maybe make time for me and your other friends. But, whatever, have fun tomorrow," I spit out.
"No, just don't Annabeth. Now you're trying to turn this and make it seem like I'm the one doing everything wrong. I haven't seen Rachel in five freaking years, so if I want to spend more time with her, then I will. You don't get to dictate who I hang out with and when." He shot back at me.
"That's not the only reason why you hang out with her," I said. Again, I could have ended the argument right then and there, but no. I decided to go full out. I wanted to let him know exactly how I felt.
"What's that supposed to mean?" he asked, anger apparent in his voice.
"It means, you obviously like it when she flirts with you." I said, determined to keep my voice strong.
"Rachel doesn't flirt with me. And if you're implying that I like her, then you're wrong. Rachel and I are just good friends. And what about you and flirting?" he asked. I was so confused,
"What? I have no idea what you're talking about Percy." I said.
"Yes you do. Derek, remember him? It was very obvious that he was trying to flirt it up with you, and what did you do? You smiled and flirted back. So, sorry Annabeth, but you can't say anything." I didn't even know that affected him.
"And why would you care? It's not like I'm ever going to call him anyways. It's called being polite."
"Yeah, sure. Point is, Annabeth, the world doesn't revolve around you. And Rachel's a great person, you're just too stubborn to see it." He retorted.
"I never said the world revolved around me," I growled, " And I don't care if Rachel's a nice person or not. That's irrelevant. Just, whatever. I'm done with you, bestfriend. Have fun tomorrow, with Rachel." I said Rachel's name sourly.
I turned to my door, unlocked it and went inside, slamming it behind it. I didn't even acknowledge Percy's attempts to apologize. He'd really pulled a string, and I didn't want to talk to him. Whatever he had to say would just make me even madder.
I walked up to my room, and looked out the window. He was still outside. He was standing by his car, with his phone by his ear, looking extremely stressed. My phone started buzzing, I looked down and saw that he was calling me. I just pushed the ignore button and turned off my phone. I really didn't want to talk to anyone for awhile.
Percy's POV:
What. The Hell. Just Happened. Can somebody please tell me, because I honestly have no clue. I didn't mean for us to get into a huge argument, and certainly not about Rachel of all people.
I stood waiting at Annabeth's door for a moment, hoping that she might open it up and walk back outside and hug me, but I knew better. Annabeth wouldn't do something like that. I turned from the door and walked back to my car. I didn't get in it immediately though, I decided to call and see if she would answer. She didn't. I just sighed as I got into my car and drove home, turning off the radio.
Once I got home I went up to my room and attempted to try and text her. After ten minutes I decided to try and call her again. I really wanted her to answer, so I could talk to her and clear up our argument as soon as possible. Now I know how Beck felt. Even though I knew she wouldn't answer, I still wanted to call in hopes she would answer.
Sighing, I decided to call Thalia, the next best thing. She would know more of what was going on, and hopefully she'd be able to help me out with this situation.
Phone Call
Thalia: Hello?
Percy: Hey Thals, it's me Percy.
Thalia: What's up Percy? Finally going to admit you're in love with Annabeth? She laughed.
Percy: No, Thals, this is serious. Annabeth and I got in a fight. I have no idea why, but now she's not talking to me.
Thalia: Well, what happened?
Percy: Well, I proceeded to explain to Thalia, practically word for word, everything that happened in our conversation. She waited patiently until I finished my explination.
Thalia: Dude…..can you really not see what's going on?
Percy: No, what? What's going on? Tell me.
Thalia: SHE. LIKES. YOU. It's kinda really obvious Percy. You hanging out with Rachel has made her jealous. She thinks you like Rachel, and have been crushing on her.
Percy: What? Are you serious! I suddenly forgot all about Annabeth and I's argument. I even forgot about Thalia on the other end of the phone. ANNABETH LIKES ME! This is probably the best thing I've heard all week. But then I realized that Annabeth was still mad at me, at that forced me back into reality.
Thalia: Of course I'm serious.
Percy: No, it's just…that's…..wonderful!
Thalia: So you DO like her!
Percy: Of course. I mean, it was kinda obvious. I didn't realize that I did, till Grover pointed it out, and now I see how terrible I was at hiding it.
Thalia: Yeah, you were terrible.
Percy: Gee, thanks.
Thalia: Well, back to the main point. The main point being; You need to ask her out. Soon. Or she's going to get over you, and that's not good.
Percy: Honestly, with the way I've been treating her, she probably already has gotten over me. I sighed, thinking about how stupid I'd been. I should have made more time for her.
Thalia: I don't think so. But you need to ask soon.
Percy: I know, I will. How about 2 days?
Thalia: Why 2 days?
Percy: Well, Rachel and I have been hanging out so much because we've been planning how I'm going to ask her out. I've wanted it to be so perfect, that I've hardly realized that Annabeth, the one person I'm trying to please, is mad at me.
Thalia: Tell me the plan…Well, everything so far.
Percy: Okay, well… And I explained to her what my plan was. Thalia occasionally made a squeal, which I found totally disturbing.
Thalia: That's adorable. I just hope she gets over her pride and says yes. You better make it meaningful.
Percy: Really Sherlock? Of course I'm going to make it meaningful. But now that I think about it, I might need your help.
Thalia: Then watch who you call Sherlock.
Percy: UGHHH, fine. I'm sorry for calling you Sherlock, Thalia.
Thalia: I suppose I could help, just tell me what I have to do! And with that I explained what I needed from Thalia.
++++++THE NEXT DAY++++++
"So wait, Annabeth's mad at you?" Rachel asked.
"Yeah, she and I got into an argument last night." I mumbled.
"Why? And over what?" she asked.
"It was stupid crap. She was frustrated that I was spending so much time with you, and not her. She thought that I liked you." I said sighing.
"But, the only reason why we've been hanging out so much is so that we could plan how to ask her out."
"Well, we can't really go and tell her that, can we?" I said, frustrated.
"Okay, okay. Well, the best thing we can do is go through with our plan and hope she still says yes to you. But we still need to figure out a way to get Annabeth there. You said she's mad at me, so me inviting her won't work, do you have any ideas?" she asked.
"Yeah, I talked to Thalia about our argument, then ended up telling her our plan, and asked if she could help us. She's volunteered to get Annabeth there." I really hoped that this would work. I was putting so much effort into it, and it would be a shame if Annabeth said no. I'm pretty sure that would destroy me.
"Oh, okay, perfect then. I've managed to get my dad to talk to the head honcho, and he said it's cool, so we're all set I guess." She said, shrugging.
"Now we just gotta hope Annabeth will show up. Gosh, I was such an idiot, why didn't I see it before?"
"Stop worrying. Annabeth will show up, Thalia is very convincing. And no, you're not an idiot. I would kill for someone who cared for me as much as you care for Annabeth." She said reassuringly.
"You better have meant that sarcastically." I said, smirking.
"No, of course not Percy. I mean it literally." She said, laughing.
"Whatever, how was I supposed to know?"
"Because, I'm your friend, and you should know that I would NEVER kill anyone." She said.
"Are you sure?" I said, raising an eyebrow. She just face palmed.
"Let's just get back to picking which flowers to buy, okay?"
"Whatever floats your boat, captain," I said, saluting her. In response, I got a slap, "Ouch!"
"Are you going to pay attention and help? Because, I mean, you don't HAVE to ask her out."
"Yes! I'm paying attention, of course!" I said, suddenly snapping up. I definitely could NOT screw this up.
MEANWHILE…..
Thalia's POV:
Last night when Percy called me, he was really distressed. He told me that he and Annabeth had gotten into a fight, and didn't know what to do. I gave him some reassuring advice, and afterwards he admitted that he likes Annabeth, and that he was planning on asking her out, soon. In fact, he even had a plan that was quite brilliant. Not as good as Nico asking me out, but up there. Nico was just, an amazing human being.
Anyways, Percy asked for me to help him complete the plan, and I fully agreed to help him. Anything to get those two lovebirds together. I mean, I haven't even been in the group for 3 months, and I was already getting tired of seeing them not together. I'm sure Nico and the others have been practically dying. It was seriously about time he grew a pair and asked her out.
I was walking over to Annabeth's house at the moment. She must have turned off her phone last night after the argument, because when I tried to text her, she never replied. I was concerned, so I decided to walk over and see if she was okay. I wanted to get her side of the story as well, see if she felt the same way Percy did. I also needed to complete my favor for Percy.
I knocked on the door, and Bobby answered the door for me,
"Hey Thalia!" the rambunctious child said.
"Hey Bobby! What's up? Mind if I come in?" I asked, already stepping into the house.
"Matthew and I were just playing tag. And yeah, Annabeth is up in her room," suddenly he whispered, "she hasn't even really left since last night. I don't know what that's about."
I laughed, "Okay, thanks Bobby!"
I walked up the stairs and made my way towards Annabeth's room. I was going to go to the kitchen and get some food first, but decided against it. Annabeth was probably really upset, and me eating while she's explaining doesn't seem like the nicest of things.
I knocked on her door, and heard a muffled response of, "Go away." So naturally, what did I do? I opened the door and marched right in. Annabeth was lying in bed, covers and pillows all around her. Wow, drama queen much? I thought smirking a little. If only she knew Percy was still deeply, madly in love with her.
"Hey Annie-beth." I said, practically sitting on top of her on the bed.
"Don't call me that." She angrily mumbled from under her pillows.
"Oh come on, stop being such a pooper!" I said, pulling the covers down. Her hair looked like a lion, and her eyes looked tired.
"I'm not being a pooper. What do you want?" she asked.
"I want to know why you didn't answer your phone when I called and texted." I already knew the answer, but I couldn't let her know that I did.
"Oh, yeah. Sorry. Percy and I got in an argument, and I turned off my phone because I didn't want him to call me. I must have forgotten to turn it back on."
"Why were you guys arguing?" I asked. It really was hard trying to keep a straight face.
"Well, I finally told him how I felt about Rachel, and how he wasn't spending time with me. I also said I thought he was being awfully flirtatious with her, and he snapped back at me, saying that I do the same thing, and that I was being unfair and selfish about Rachel." She managed to say that with about 2 breaths.
"Oh. I see, and I'm guessing you turned away from him, slammed the door in his face, and he attempted to try and call you multiple times?" I questioned.
"Yepp, more or less."
"I'm sorry." I said apologetically.
"It's okay," she sighed, "It's not like I should really care anymore."
"No, Annabeth. You should care. The fact that you got so angry with him shows you care. I don't think you should give up." I said.
"Well, I think I should. It's becoming pretty hopeless." She rambled off.
"Well, I think that if he were to come back, asking you out, you'd say yes. Deep down inside you know you would. And I know it too." She just sighed. I continued on,
"Tell you what? I'm going to the big farmer's market tomorrow, and I want you to go with me. We can just have a fun day, filled with excitement. No boy drama. Just going around and looking at the different stands." She looked up, thinking about it. After a minute she sighed,
"Sure, why not? It won't do me any harm."
"Excellent! You're going to have a blast, I know it! Well, I really just came by to see if you could go. Turn on your phone and I'll text you the details! See you tomorrow! Oh, and Annabeth," I said as I was walking out of her room. She looked up at me,
"Yeah?"
"Percy still likes you. I know it. You just gotta push through crap to get to the good stuff" I said, winking as I closed her door. Tomorrow was going to be a fun day.
Ohmegerd guys, it's the next day! Asdfghjkl;
Percy's POV:
[Phone Call]
Percy: Go over it one more time for me Thals, please?
Thalia: Oh my gods Percy! Calm down! It'll be fine. I know what I'm supposed to do. I'll have her seated at exactly 12:20, I promise.
Percy: Okay, good. The center seat, remember.
Thalia: How could I forget? Oh, Percy dear.
Percy: Yes? What happened?
Thalia: LIGHTEN UP A LITTLE!
[End Call]
Okay, so I admit, I was maybe a little bit nervous for today. And by a little bit I mean a lot. I was nervous out of my mind, and my stomach had butterflies in it. I know this is Annabeth and whatnot, but still, we had been arguing two days before, and only Zeus knows if she's gotten over it enough. I just had to hope that she has.
Rachel showed up at my house at around 10:00 in the morning. We both ate, even though I didn't really have an appetite, and she kept up the constant chatter, which I was very grateful for. After breakfast, we loaded the back of my car with my guitar and amplifier. We checked to make sure they were both working before we took off to the flower shop.
I was bringing Rachel with me to the shop because I had no taste whatsoever when it came to color and flowers. Rachel insisted she come along, to make sure I didn't screw anything up, and I fully agreed with her. I wanted this to be perfect.
"Percy you're so adorable!" Rachel said as I walked to the counter with the flowers she picked out.
"Huh? What? Yeah, sure." I mumbled. I wasn't really paying much attention to her. She just started laughing,
"Dude, you just need to chillax! Everything will work out flawlessly. And you'll definitely get Annabeth," she said winking.
"I have a feeling that once all of this is over, I'm going to be laughing at how worried I've been," I managed to smile.
"You got that right kiddo!" Rachel said, looking up at my head, noticing a stray hair and trying to pat it down.
We pulled up to the farmer's market at around 11:45. They let me drive around into a special section of the parking lot, closer to the little stage that was set up. The farmers market was basically a bunch of rows of easy-ups set up, and people from all around came, selling handmade goods and fresh produce and stuff like that. Live music was playing the whole time, and Rachel conveniently asked her dad to talk to the coordinator, getting me a performance slot right at lunch.
She also called one of the no-name bands that were performing before us to help me in the background. I was going to play the guitar and sing, but they would be in the background, on the drums and another guitar. One of them was also going to sing in the background as well. I was so grateful that they accepted to help me.
We got out of my car and walked to the backstage area, finding the band that I was going to be playing with. They all introduced themselves, and they all seemed really nice. They were just about to go on stage for their performance, so I was glad that I got there in order to be introduced. Now that we were backstage though, all Rachel and I could do was sit and hope that Thalia would do her job.
At around 12:15 I asked Rachel to walk around to the side of the stage and scout out for Thalia and Annabeth. The band on stage was about to start their last song, and I was going to go right after, so I really hoped they would sit soon. Suddenly, I looked over and saw that Rachel was giving me a thumbs up. Yes! They're seated! I thought happily.
I heard the band on stage complete the song, and the lead singer go up to talk. I had asked him to hand Annabeth the flowers before hand, and also to introduce me onto the stage.
"Hey guys! So right now, we have a special treat for all of you, but for one lucky girl in particular. Annabeth Chase, these are for you, hope you enjoy." He said, making his way down the stage quickly to hand her the bouquet of beautiful red roses. He came back onto the stage and signaled me to come on stage. This was the moment. Here we go.
I walked onto the stage, with my guitar in my hands, strap over my shoulder.
"Uhm, hey everyone," I said, my nerves showing, "So, Wise Girl, this is for you. I know I've been a jerk lately, but I just wanted to say I'm sorry. You're my bestest friend ever, and I apologize fully for everything I did the other night. You're remarkable Wise Girl, there's no one quite like you."
One Step Closer – Shane Harper [Percy-Bold]
Woahhh ohh, hey hey
Listen
I can't keep chasing you around,
All of this running just bringing me down, it's got me down
Every time I look at you the angels sing,
I hope you hear them too ohhhhhhhh,
Oh, I hope you here them too
Got me feeling hypnotized, and girl it makes me feel alive
Heeyyyy Yeahhh
I'd climb the highest mountain,
And I'd sail across the sea,
Baby for you I'd do anything
I'd fly up to the moon,
I'd paint your gray skies a beautiful blue
Just to get one step closer to you
Don't hesitate there's no better time
Than now baby the sky is falling down
Well baby are you down, down, down, down
I could wait forever and a day,
Just to have you look my way (just look my way)
Look my way yeah
It's in every little thing I do
'Cause baby I do it all for you,
Heeyyy yeahhh
I'd climb the highest mountain,
And I'd sail across the sea,
Baby for you I'd do anything
I'd fly up to the moon,
I'd paint your gray skies a beautiful blue
Just to get one step closer to you
I will write you a million love songs,
Just to hear you sing,
Baby, for you I'd do anything
I'd fight superman just to hold your hand,
I have to get one step closer to you
And now your in my arms I knew it from the start
That I'd never break your heart
If this ain't love then nothing else is I'd do anything for just one kiss
I'd climb the highest mountain,
I'd sail across the sea
For you I'd do anything
I'd plan a picnic on the moon
Just for me and you
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I will write you a million love songs,
Just to hear you sing baby
For you I'd do everything
Yeah, I'd fight superman just to hold your hand
Have to get one step closer to you,
ooohhh, yeahhhh
Just to get one step closer to you
To be honest, I hadn't even thought about anything throughout the song. I just kept my eyes trained on Annabeth. Her beautiful hair, gorgeous gray eyes and fantastic glimmering smile. Throughout the song her eyes were light up like diamonds, and I only saw her smile get bigger.
Once the song ended, I didn't even hear the others clapping, I drowned them out. The only thing in my focus was Annabeth. When I realized that all the others were looking at me, waiting for me to speak, I finally remembered how to use words,
"Wise Girl, I'm not really good with words, but I will say this. I was slash am a huge idiot. I can't believe it took me this long to suck up some balls to do this. The other night I wanted to explain why I was hanging out with Rachel so much, but I couldn't without spoiling this.
Rachel and I have been hanging out so much because we've been trying to plan this for you. Without her, none of this would be possible. I wanted to make sure however I did this, it'd be amazing, because you're an amazing girl who definitely deserves the best. You're my best friend, but in my eyes, you're more than that. Way more than that. I love you."
I jumped down off the stage and walked right up to where she and Thalia were sitting. I could see Thalia taking pictures on her iPhone, but I didn't really care.
"Hey Seaweed Brain." Annabeth said, trying to act as casual as possible. I, however, was too wrapped up in emotion to joke back,
"Come here you," I said, barely audible. She heard me though, and she stood up, giving me a fantastic, one-of-a-kind bear hug as the audience started cheering. I took her hand in mine and went back up to the stage.
"Thank you everyone for putting up with me, I appreciate it. Have a good afternoon." I said, my hand still in Annabeth's not letting it go. I directed her offstage with me, her roses still in her hand, and led her over to my car, away from all the people. I still had one thing I had to do.
"That was amazing Seaweed Brain. And I'm sorry for snapping at you. I was the one being a jerk, to you, and especially to Rachel." She blurted out. I just put one of my fingers to her mouth to silence her,
"I know. But that doesn't matter anymore." I looked down at our hands, and found myself blushing. I looked up and saw she had looked down as well, and she too was blushing,
"So," she started to say, but her train of thought was quickly cut off as I used my other hand to gently cup her chin, moving her head slightly upwards, so she was looking straight in my eyes.
"Annabeth, will you be my girlfriend?" I asked, in practically a whisper. She barely nodded, and my other arm found her waist and wrapped around it as I leaned in, tilting my head so I could kiss her.
She moved her arms so they were now wrapped around my neck, pulling my neck in, closing the gap between us. Her beautiful, gorgeous, warm lips touched mine, and it was so electrically good, it felt like a fireworks show. It short circuited my brain and all I could think about was how perfectly our lips fit together.
Her hands had moved up into my hair, tangling it up. She pulled away briefly, only to say,
"Damn Seaweed Brain, you should have asked me a lot sooner." I simply smiled, my brain still short circuited, as I felt her warm lips crash into mine again.
So guys, I wrote the Percabeth chapter. Hope it was all you've wanted and even then some. ^-^ I really enjoyed writing this, and I plan on writing A LOT more Percabeth in the near future.
Anyways…..PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE review ^-^ I spent quite some time on this chapter, and I really would appreciate if you reviewed. It'd make my day.
Also, thanks gabby for the idea of the ice cream parlor… OH, AND GUESS WHAT?
IT'S AMAZING PHIL'S 26th BIRTHDAY! :D if you don't know who he is, then go check him out on youtube :)
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