AN: I do not own any of the wonderful characters thought up by Rick Riordan. It's my first fanfiction and I would love not to get sued.
"Hi, what can I get you guys?" Annabeth could feel Percy watching her from across the auditorium. She pretended not to notice and kept her nose in her notepad as she scribbled down drink orders. "Okay," She smiled at booth E, "I'll have those drinks out in a minute. If you need anything else come find me at the bar." She kept her head down the rest of the route back the bar. She ripped the pages from her notebook and handed them to Jorge.
"There are only two here," he commented in a helpful voice and separated them so Annabeth could see.
"Oh," Annabeth faked surprise, "I didn't even notice." She quickly adjusted her skirt and swiped under her eyes for runaway mascara. She pursed her lips and walked down the aisle towards Percy's booth. As she got closer she saw Percy had an arm wrapped around Claire affectionately. She had her face snuggled into Percy's shoulder. Annabeth waited for Percy to notice her but he didn't. She scrunched up her nose, a dark smile crossing her face. She laughed silently remembering Percy's claim that he and Claire were 'just friends.' She wiped the grim expression off her face and replaced it with a smug smile. "What can I get you guys?" She asked, a little louder than she needed to. Percy faced Annabeth calmly at the sound of her voice.
"Hey," He spoke, uneasiness hidden behind his eyes.
"That's not a drink," Annabeth shook her head slightly.
"Can I get a cosmo?" Annabeth eyes shifted to Claire. "And, what do you want babe?" Her icy blue eyes brightened by the dark black eyeliner that surrounded them. Percy didn't reply. She flipped her straight brown hair over her shoulder and placed a perfectly manicured hand on Percy's chest. "Honey what do you want?" She repeated. She was still smiling but her tone had a cold edge to it this time.
"Whiskey," Percy couldn't stop staring at Annabeth, "on the rocks."
"The drinks will be out in a minute," Annabeth turned swiftly and felt her loose princess curls whip through the air behind her. She strode away, trying to look as confident as possible. She gave their order to Jorge and took the other drinks to booths E and F. By the time she was done, so were Percy's drinks. She placed their drinks on a metal tray and walked down the aisle as she balanced it on her forearm. "Here's your cosmo," Annabeth said, placing the drink on a coaster in front of Claire. Annabeth was about to give Percy his drink when Claire decided to complain.
"This isn't a cosmo,"
"I'm pretty sure it is." replied Annabeth, working hard not to be rude.
"No, cosmo's are pink, this is orange." Claire said closely examining the drink in front of her.
"I think it's just the lighting" Annabeth smiled.
"I don't know what scam you're running here," Claire let go of Percy and leaned towards Annabeth, "but my boyfriend and I won't be drinking any watered down cheap orange cosmos." Annabeth took a deep breath and cocked an eyebrow at Percy, as if to say, really? "Right Percy?" She turned to Percy for support after Annabeth didn't immediately apologize and take the drink back. Percy stared down at his drink. Annabeth groaned quiet enough that they wouldn't hear her over the sound of the show.
"I'm sorry," Annabeth picked the drink back up, "there must have been a mistake." She didn't bother putting the drink on her tray. She held it in her hand and resisted the urge to scream as she stormed back to the bar, the cosmo tipping slightly with each step, spilling onto her hand. "Jorge," Annabeth fumed setting the now half empty glass onto the bar. "This cosmo was apparently too orange so," Annabeth's tone softened as she saw Jorge's alarmed eyes. She continued, realizing she was blaming him for something that wasn't his fault. "Please just put some dye in it or something. Just make it more pink." She turned to face the show and leaned back on the bar as Jorge got to work. Annabeth watched the show to calm down. Annabeth heard the sound of a glass scrape the bar. She turned around and placed the artificially pink drink on her tray. She carried it back over to Percy's booth. He eyed her cautiously as she approached. Annabeth ignored him and faced Claire. She handed her the drink with a composed smile. Claire took the drink, examining it suspiciously.
"This looks a little too pink…" Annabeth kept smiling.
"That's what you asked for."
"Yeah but-" Percy cut her off by whispering something into her ear. She sighed, "this will be fine thanks." Claire forced an expression that looked more like a snarl than a smile. Annabeth was about to turn around when Claire spoke again. "Also, it's kinda chilly in here," she said rubbing her arms up and down, "Could you turn up the heat?" Annabeth just stared at her for a moment, trying to figure out if she was serious.
"I'll see what I can do." Annabeth replied with an eyebrow raised. She turned around the walked back to the bar. She sat down on a stool, not eager to check on booth's E and F. She watched Percy and Claire. Annabeth decided that, objectively, they looked like a perfect couple. Claire Allebach, Annabeth remembered Britney had said to her. She reached behind the bar and grabbed her phone, pretending like she needed to go to the bathroom. Once she was alone in a stall she starting searching Claire Allebach. There were thousands of results. Annabeth scanned the wikipedia summary on her. She was an actress from LA, her dad was a famous director, she was starring in the new movie Something Fintastic, rumoured to be dating actor Percy Jackson, starr- Annabeth did a double take, or rather a double read. Rumored to be dating actor Percy Jackson. Annabeth stared down at her phone with disbelief.