Chapter 26: Interruptions
Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN PERCY JACKSON! OKAY! CAN I STOP SAYING THAT NOW? *mysterious voice: no you can't* ARGH! I"LL FIND YOU MYSTERIOUS VOICE!
Percy's POV:
I followed Annabeth into her house. "Nothing changed much." I remarked.
She smiled at me, "You actually remembered how it looked like?" She asked.
"Of course not, your brother caught us-" I stopped myself, 'No need to get back to awkward mode.' I told myself, but Annabeth already knew what I was saying.
"Yea," She said blushing quite a bit before turning around. "Come on," She told me and opened the door with her keys. "Dad, Percy's here." Then to me she said, "Just sit down on the couch, I gotta go and put up my bags in my room." She told me.
I frowned really wanting to go up with her, "How about I help you bring up your books, it seems like a heavy load?" I asked her clearly making up an excuse to go with her.
She managed a slight smile, "Sure," She pointed to the books on the table, "You mind bringing those three books up?" She asked.
I nodded and happily followed her into her room. As she opened the door I peeked in, "Just put those books down there and you can go down." She hesitated a bit then almost quickly she put in, "If you want."
I couldn't help but grin, "I think I'll stay in your room, it's more cozy." I told her.
"Well, make yourself comfortable then, I gotta put these up there." She said pointing to the shelf and quickly grab and chair and stood up her fingertips barely reaching the top.
I was about to go over and help her when I suddenly saw her about to fall. "Hey! Watch out!" I called out to her and rushed over. She turned around to see me and I dived over before she could do a face dive into the floor. I landed on the floor with a thud right on my back. I looked up and saw Annabeth's face just inches away from my own.
I realized with a shock that Annabeth was right on top of me, her lips are just less than an inches from my own. I didn't know what to do, we just laid there with her on top of me. Weirdly it didn't feel uncomfortable at all. I stared into those grey eyes and without knowing so I leaned up a bit slowly closing the gap between us.
Suddenly a voice cried out from in front of Annabeth's room. "Annabeth! Dad said to come down and eat!" Bobby called out to his sister. Annabeth quickly got off me and we quickly broke away from each other.
Bobby's face popped into the room not a second too late and he saw both of us with out faces probably red. "Percy!" He yelled, "You're here?" Bobby cried.
I tried to fight the blushing and grinned to Bobby, "Uh.. Yea, your dad invited me to dinner, We'll be down there in a second." I told him and Bobby happily got out of the room and down into the kitchen. I looked at Annabeth, trying to wrapped my mind around what just happened and saw that she was blushing as well.
"Are you umm… okay?" She asked me.
"Uh… yea." I replied back suddenly nervous. 'What just happened?' I asked myself. 'Was I about to kiss Annabeth?' I asked myself again, "Um… you want some help with those books?" I asked her. She nodded hesitantly and I climbed on the chair and quickly put the books in the shelf.
"Thanks," She mumbled.
"So," I begin trying to forget about what just happened, "Did you memorize the lines for the play yet?" I asked her.
She smiled a bit with her face still having it's faint shade of pink, "Yea, how about you?" She asked.
"Same here, I heard you've been hanging out with Thalia lately." I suddenly blurted out.
I noticed she blushed harder when I asked that. "Yea, she's helping get through some stuff." She replied briefly.
"Oh, so I'm guessing we should be heading downstairs." I offered. She nodded and led me downstairs. We sat down at the dining table, and I was wary at the fact Annabeth's hand was brushing against me under the table or the fact that she's sitting right next to me and I can't stop thinking about how close we were to kissing.
"Percy!" Bobby said as Mrs. Chase brought out the food. I glanced over at him, "Percy! You still owed us that trip to the amusement park!" Bobby said jumping up and down in his seat with his brother.
I looked over and saw Annabeth frowning, "I already took you guys though, and it was the zoo." Annabeth corrected.
"Yea, but we like going with Percy!" Matthew chimed in.
I couldn't help but grin a bit, "Why not Annabeth guys?" I asked the boys.
"She's boring!" They said as if they rehearsed it before.
I couldn't help but crack a smile and leaned over to whisper to Annabeth, "What did you do? Bore them with animal facts?" I couldn't help but teased her. She looked as if she wanted to punch me and I couldn't help but grin, 'Look likes everything is still cool between us.' I thought.
Apparently I said that a bit too loud, "Yea she talked about some cage structure and all that! Me and Bobby were bored and the only fun part was the cotton candy!" They whined. I cracked a smile as Annabeth glared at me harder.
"How about this? I'll take you guys to the new amusement park across town on Saturday, that is if your dad let's you." I offered as I saw smiles forming across the boys face.
"Dad please!" They both begged Mr. Chase.
He smiled a bit, "I guess since you guys haven't been anywhere lately, but Annabeth is going along to make sure Percy doesn't spoil you little devils too much." He said as he ruffled a bit of the twin's hair.
Annabeth and I looked at each other nervously, 'Saturday is going to be a very interesting day.' I thought finally.
After dinner was finished Bobby and Matthew hurried out to play their games while Mr. Chase went into her room. It was only me, Annabeth, and Mrs. Chase, sitting in the living room. "So Percy, I've never had a talk with you about dating my daughter," she begin.
I instantly blushed and Annabeth suddenly said, "Mom, we're not dating anymore, we broke up about three months ago, seeing that we were not that compatible." Annabeth quickly said and disappointment build up inside my head.
'We're not compatible?' I asked myself.
Mrs. Chase looked at us almost in confusion, "You guys broke up?" Her face almost looked as disappointed as mines. "You guys seems pretty friendly to me." He said.
I decided that maybe Annabeth still just wants to be friends and let out a sigh, "We're just friends now." I explained.
"Oh," she said but she seems to be looking back and forth between us. "Well, I'll leave you two friends with one another then." She said emphasizing the word friends. She walked off following Mr. Chase up into their room and I just sat there with Annabeth.
Finally I broke the silence, "You were saying that we were not compatible." I asked obviously hurt.
"No, it's just that if my parents found out you dated me because of a bet they would murder you alive." She reasoned.
I nodded a tiny spark of hope flickered in my head. "Oh, so you don't want me dead? Am I that special to you?" I teased her a bit.
"Nah, I just don't want to get my house dirty." She shot back grinning.
"But I already showered today." I countered.
She thought about it, "But you're brain is always full of kelp and I've never liked that smell." She argued back still grinning.
I frowned knowing I have lost the senseless argument, then I decided to ask the question that's been bothering me since the afternoon. "So why aren't you interested into another relationship right now?" I suddenly asked remembering our conversation in the car.
"Huh?" She looked at me confused.
"You said that you weren't ready for another relationship for a while, why's that?" I asked her.
"I'm just not ready for another fake relationship, like the one Luke planned out and…" She stopped but I knew what she meant. 'Like the one I planned out as well.' I grimaced.
"Oh," I said obviously disappointed. 'Now you know that she'll never date you again you stupid Percy!' I yelled at myself. 'I've hurt her pretty bad, but I was sincere in the end.' I argued with myself. 'Still you lied to her.' The voice said again. I sighed knowing that chances of her wanting to get back together with me was nearly impossible. I took a look at the watch. "Well, it's almost 9 I'd better get home before my parents wonder where have I been." I told her.
"Here, I'll take you out." She offered.
She led me outside and I turned around, "Hey, so I'll see you at school tomorrow?"
She smiled, "Yea,"
Before I got into my car Annabeth leaned up and gave me a kiss on the cheek. "That's for taking my brothers to the amusement park on Saturday. I couldn't help but blush a bit, luckily it was nighttime so she probably couldn't see my face.
She turned around and walked back into her house while I stood there touching the place on my cheek where she just kissed me. 'I guess if we can't be together, being friends would be okay.' I thought as I went into my car and started driving home.
Annabeth's POV:
The next day at break Thalia hanged out with me like usual, "Hey Thalia," I greeted her.
"So Mr. Jackson seems pretty happy today, what did you guys do yesterday?" She teased me a bit.
"My dad just invited him to dinner." I told her.
"And?" She asked determined to get more out of me.
"Well, when we were in my room, I kinda fell down, and stupid Percy tried to be all heroic and catch me and…" The words got stuck in my head and Thalia grinned. "Anyways." I continued clearing my throat. "Bobby interrupted us and seriously Thalia I don't think he likes me."
Thalia looked confused, "Please! The Kelp Head was grinning ear to ear this morning and kept touching his cheek."
I couldn't help but grin a bit. "What?"
"He was all touching his cheek before class today acting just like the Kelp Head he is." Thalia explained and almost cracked up.
"But, he didn't even said he liked me or anything, he's probably just got a bruise there or something." I pushed the thought away.
"Really?" Thalia said grinning mischievously, "I heard his excited voice said that he's taking you and your brothers to the amusement park on Saturday and you should know that Percy is a bit slow when he's serious about something or you'd probably made him lose his confidence." Thalia explained.
I grimaced, "Well I did kind of mention that I'm not ready for another relationship and-"
"ARE YOU SERIOUS?" She yelled at my face getting lots of looks from people, but as usual she ignored it. "SERIOUSLY HE'S TOTALLY CRAZY ABOUT YOU! JUST THE OTHER DAY, HE WAS ALL DEPRESSED, NOW THAT YOU KISSED HIM ON THE CHEEK HE'S ACTING LIKE SOME CRAZY HAPPY PERSON!" She yelled in my face.
"I don't know, I just suddenly got nervous when he ask questions like relationship stuff and then my mouth just blurts out something stupid, " I admitted.
"Wow," Thalia exclaimed a bit sarcastically, "So did he make a fool of himself?"
"No not really, " I said remember the amusement park 'date'.
Thalia sighed, "Whatever, just come sit with us at lunch maybe you could get the Kelp Head to stop acting crazy."
It was finally drama class, and I admit I was a bit excited to see Percy. We ran over eight scenes in the play and the doofus finally kissed me. I also admit that there were butterflies in my stomach when his lips touched my cheek. Finally lunch came and I walked over to where Thalia, Nico, and Percy was.
"Hey guys." I said casually setting my food down.
Percy looked at me in shock and I saw he was still holding his cheek, he quickly pulled his hand away. "Oh, hey Annabeth, what are you doing here?" He asked me blushing a bit.
"Thalia invited me over to sit with you guys." I replied. Percy moved over a bit to give me some room, and I sat down right next to him.
"So Percy, why are you holding your cheek this whole morning?" Thalia asked with a smirk.
Percy was caught off guard, "Uh… nothing, I just fell down the stairs today, and it's been hurting ever since." He said but I could tell he was lying.
I grinned a bit, 'Stupid Seaweed Brain, does he likes me?' I wondered.
Thalia smirked, "Anyways, what are you guys doing this Saturday?" Thalia asked both of us. 'Me and Nico are going somewhere, you guys wanna join us?" She asked.
"I'm busy," We both replied at the same time which made me blush.
"I mean, umm... I'm taking my brothers somewhere," I told her not wanting her to tease us any longer. I pushed that thought aside and we talked about recent assignments until the bell finally rang.
Nico's POV:
After school end on Friday I met up with my girlfriend at my car. "Hey Thalia!" I called out to her.
She rushed over. "So did you brought the tickets yet?" She asked me grinning mischievously.
I smiled and held up two tickets. "Percy said he's going to this park." I replied.
"Those two won't know what hit them!" Thalia exclaimed. "This will be like torturing them." She grinned.
I smiled, "I got my camera!" I said holding up my digital camera. 'MAN! THIS WILL BE HILARIOUS! We'll be like spies coming in from behind taking pictures! It'll be AWESOME!' I thought.
Thalia grinned evilly, "This will be fun!" She laughed evilly. I smiled, 'Nothing better than an evil villain but an evil villain with an evil girlfriend.' I smiled.
Ok, so what do you guys think? Good? Bad? REVIEW PLEASE! Anyways some of you guys are asking about Rachel, well I kinda already put her out of the story because one she already got her revenge on Percy, so I thought she was pretty much done.
Chessrd: Yep, I'm planning on maybe putting in one last girl conversation before this story ends and yea Annabeth should've asked Percy about how he's taking the break up but considering how Annabeth still kinda like Percy and they are still awkward about one another I decided just to make her a tiny bit happy. Thanks! I'll enjoy my freshman year! Good luck in your junior year as well!
AzianDemigod16: Thanks for the bulletproof vest! I'll still buy another one, the one I just brought yesterday got destroy :D
.Percy Jackson: Last time I checked was umm….well 1 second ago! AND YOU HAVE TO GIVE ME THOSE COOKIES AND DONUTS! PLEASE!
*2nd note to self- buy shield sword, armor, 10 bulletproof vest, and any other weapons defense.*
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