Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson or any of the characters, Rick Riordan does
Percy's POV
I woke up, with yet another pounding headache and absolutely no recollection of the night before after those 8 fateful shots. What else is new, amiright? Should i just assume that I will wake up every morning with a hangover from now on? I mean, this is getting ridiculous. There was water beside my bed with some aspirin. Sweet.
I decided to pretty much just spend the whole day in my bed, and of course my body just had to be a traitor.. I had to pee. Badly.
I groaned, but went to the toilet anyway, cause well... it's not like I had much choice. After having done my business, I rubbed my eyes and felt a spike of pain shooting through my right arm. Huh. That was weird. I opened my eyes to get a closer look and I think I just got a heart attack.
Oh. My. Gods! My mom's gonna kill me... I got a tattoo. Oh shit. What the hell happened last night?! Before I could start to go full panic mode, the guys burst through the door holding various objects in their hands. Wait. What?
"Percy! What's the matter? I heard a little girl scream!" Jason announced groggily, holding a shoe in his left hand.
"Yeah? Where's the bad guy? Imma give him a piece of my mind! No one messes with a little girl on my watch!" Leo shouted, waving a lamp around.
"Guys, I'm fine!" I tried to reassure them, without them finding out that I got a tattoo.
"No, I'm pretty sure I heard a girl screaming in here." Frank told me, trying to look menacing whilst holding a teddy bear. All in all, he was doing a pretty good job, considering.
"Me too." Grover added, holding up a plant. Figures.
"Yeah, plus if you're so fine, then why are you trying to hide your right arm?" Nico pointed out, while actually pointing at my arm with a pineapple. Okaay then.. Where the hell did he get that pineapple?
Fuck. There's no getting out of this, is there? I sighed and showed them my arm, with the SPQR tattoo and the symbol for Neptune.
If it weren't for the situation at hand, I would've laughed at their facial expressions. They were all identical, wide eyes and mouths opened. I think a fly actually flew into Leo's mouth. That sure got him out of his daze.
"Dude..." He started incredulously, "that is one sick tattoo!"
I scratched behind my neck and said sheepishly "Thanks... But uh.. What the hell happened last night?! I don't remember anything after Piper made me do 8 shots."
That got everyone else out of their daze. Everyone got a shocked expression on their faces. It was kinda creepy, it was like they all practiced it or something.
"You don't remember anything? Nothing at all?" Nico asked incredulously.
"Umm.. Nope, nothing at all." I answered back uneasily. "Why? Did something happen that I should know about?"
"Well, except for the fact that you got a tattoo?" Nico said nervously.
They all shared a look, and then Grover said "Maybe we should talk about this in the living room."
"Ooh, or after we got some breakfast cause I'm starving!" Leo proposed.
"Great idea!" Nico agreed.
"You guys are freaking me out." I told them, but it fell on deaf ears. Sigh. At this rate I'll never find out what happened. Oh well, I could use some breakfast right now. "Shotgun!" I shouted, receiving several groans in return. Yes!
Nico's POV
"Guys... what the hell are we gonna do?" I wondered out loud.
"Well... Isn't it obvious? We're gonna get breakfast, duh. Frank, Percy and Grover are following us in the other car." Leo answered. Jason whacked him in the head.
"Idiot. He means what are we gonna do with Percy." Jason told him, getting an 'oh' in return.
"Thank you Jason. What are we gonna tell him? I'm not even 100% sure what happened last night." I though out loud. 'Or how it al went to shit so fast' I added in my head..
"I know what you mean... I can't even believe what I do remember." Jason agreed.
"It is pretty insane." Leo added. "I mean who would've thought that one little game would lead to all of... this."
"And Percy doesn't remember a single thing. It's a mess." I worried out loud, starting to feel the tears well up. No. Now is not the time for my own drama. I'm glad no one saw the tears.
"It'll be fine." Jason tried to reassure no one in particular. "I mean, we just have to avoid the girls at all cost today, just until we've got everything sorted out. Shouldn't be too hard... Right?"
No one was convinced, least of all me.
-Line Break-
We were sitting in a booth at McDonalds, eating our breakfast in uncomfortable silence, until Percy couldn't stand it anymore.
"Okay, this is getting ridiculous. Come on guys! What exactly happened last night? It must've been something big, because we're never quiet, especially when we're all together!" He exploded.
We all shared an uneasy glance, wondering how we should start this story.
"So... You don't remember anything? Anything at all?" Grover asked him carefully.
Percy furrowed his eyebrows and squinted his eyes, a sign that he's thinking really hard. "Well.. I guess if I try really hard, I remember something, a game.. Spin the bottle maybe?"
"Yes! We did play that game, that was my idea!" Leo announced proudly.
"Anything else? Maybe a certain something, like kissing anyone in particular?" Frank asked him.
"No... wait, now that you mention it.. I remember the bottle landing on Annabeth at one point.. Oh gods... Did I.. I mean, did we...?" Percy started panicking, apparently not being able to finish that sentence.
"Dude, relax. You and Annabeth didn't kiss." Leo reassured him.
"Oh, thank gods." Percy sounded relieved.
"I mean, don't get me wrong the bottle did land on her, but you refused to kiss her." Leo added. "She got pretty mad."
Percy's eyes widened. "What?!"
"Yeah, you should've seen her face!" Leo continued, despite my subtle gestures for him to stop. "Man, she was so pissed, I think she slapped you and then used some choice words that even I wouldn't repeat. I think-Ow! What the hell Nico?!" He finally stopped after being kicked in the shins.
"Annabeth..hates me?" Percy wonder out loud, a devastated look masking his features.
"No! She doesn't hate you." Jason tried to reassure him. "You're just not really her favorite person right now."
"Yeah, considering you did make out with her friend." Frank muttered quietly, but everyone heard him.
"I did what, with who?!" Percy panicked.
I shot Frank a dirty look "Dude, seriously? This was not how he was supposed to find out!"
Frank had the decency to look apologetic "Sorry, I didn't realize I said it out loud."
"What the hell happened last night?! And no bull shit! I want the whole story!" Percy exploded.
"Well... that's gonna be pretty hard. We don't quite have all of the pieces.." Leo muttered sheepishly.
"Yeah.. We kinda need the girls for the whole story, and... well.. I'm not sure you're their favorite person right now.." I told him earnestly.
"But I need to know!" Percy insisted.
"Well, actually I did hear Friedman recorded the whole party."Derek announced.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Leo asked him, not in a menacing way, but more like confused.
"I was here with Annabeth, but she had to leave suddenly, something about an emergency with the girls." He explained.
We all turned to see Percy's reaction, but he seemed too preoccupied with the ambiguity of his actions the night before, that he probably didn't even register Derek's words exactly.
"Okaay, so what was this about Nicole recording the party?" Jason asked him, sharing a worried glance with me.
"Well, apparently she wanted to record the 'Party of the Year' to show her sister that she can too throw a legendary party."
Percy's eyes widened"What are we waiting for? Let's go already!"
I looked at my half-eaten breakfast and sighed. "Alright, let's go."
"Wait. Is he coming with us?" Jason asked, pointing a finger to Derek.
"Aw, lay off him guys." Percy said earnestly, putting an arm around him. "He's pretty cool, and he didn't do nothing."
We all shared a look, and then shrugged out shoulders. "If you say so Perce. Let's go." I said.
Thalia's POV
I woke up groggily, but surprisingly without a hangover. Huh, I think that's the first time I've ever been to a party without waking up with a hangover the next day. Weird... I heard Piper groan beside me, well I guess I can't say the same for her, hehe..
"Thalia.." She groaned. "Remind me to never, ever drink again. I'm serious this time."
Hazel, laughed, despite seemingly having a hangover herself. "Puhlease, we both know that whenever you say that, you end up drinking more than ever that same day." And then they both started groaning again.
Piper shook her head. "Not this time. This time I mean it."
I rolled my eyes. "You say that every time though."
"Ugh." Was her response. "What's got you all grouchy this morning? You don't seem to have a hangover."
I started blinking hard to prevent the tears from falling out, thinking of the night before and what happened. No. He doesn't deserve my tears. I'm done crying, least of all because of boys.
"Nothing. I'm gonna go and make the hangover cure for you guys." I announced coldly.
They both started groaning. "Man, I wish Nico could've made a better tasting hangover cure." Hazel complained.
I scowled. "Yeah.. Well he didn't. Deal with it."
I walked away, hearing Piper ask Hazel "Okay, what is her deal? What happened last night?"
I just scowled even harder thinking about it, not being able to stop the tears from falling out this time..
FLASHBACK
"Why wouldn't you kiss me?" I asked Nico in an empty closet.
He looked around nervously. "What.. uh, what're you talking about Thals?"
I glared at him. "You know damn well what I'm talking about Di Angelo, that bottle landed on me and me alone! Now answer me, why did you refuse to kiss me?"
"You know me, I'm not that big on public display.. Plus, it's just a game. Why are you getting so upset about it?" He tried to reason.
I sighed. "It's not just that, Nico. I'm tired of hiding our relationship.. Why are we still hiding it?"
His eyes widened. "Wow... You really wanna have this conversation? Right here? Now?"
I hesitated before answering "Yes! I want answers, goddamnit. Why are we still hiding our relationship?"
"I thought you liked it like that!" He said defensively.
"I did... at first. I was new and exciting. It was like our little secret. But now, I don't know, it feels different. I'm different. It feels like you're embarrassed to be me with me or something."
His eyes widened at that. "No! Of course not! I'd never be embarrassed to be with you! You're really awesome!"
"Then what is it? What's stopping us from going public with our relationship?" I asked him earnestly.
"I just don't like people prying in my business, okay? I don't see why we have to announce our relationship in public anyway! I mean, everything's great right now! Why does it have to change?"
I shook my head. "You just don't get it, do you? You know what, since we're not publicly in a relationship, then maybe I should go with someone else to the prom."
He looked like I actually slapped him. And then he scowled. "You know what? Maybe you should. I know I'll be going with someone else!"
"Fine!" I shouted.
"Fine!" He shouted back.
We both walked away from the closet, feeling worse than ever.
END FLASHBACK
I shook my head. Whatever, it's not my problem. He wants to be a child? Fine, let him be one then. I don't care. Nico Di Angelo can choke on a big mac for all I care.
-Line Break-
"Man, I am never gonna get used to this taste." Piper complained.
"You said it sister." Hazel agreed.
I just rolled my eyes. "If you hens are finished, we've got business to discuss."
"We do?" Piper asked.
I sighed. "Yes! We've got to figure out what the hell happened last night! I mean, I don't know about you guys, but I'd like to know what the hell happened! Especially, what happened between you and a certain someone." I said, giving Piper a pointed look.
And then the most amazing thing happened, Piper blushed. You read that right! The Piper McLean actually blushed!
"Oh my gods! Are you blushing?!" Hazel exclaimed.
Her blush just became fiercer."What?! No! I don't blush!"
"I don't know, I think those two apples on your cheeks tell a different story." Hazel teased.
"Shut up! Nothing special happened last night!" Piper argued.
I shared a look with Hazel, cause we both know that that's a lie.
"Okay, if nothing happened, then you wouldn't mind if we watched the video, right?" I proposed with a shit-eating grin.
Piper's eyes widened."There's a..video? What? What video?"
Hazel examined her nails while talking. "Oh, nothing special. It's just that Rachel Friedman videotaped her party, so she could show off the greatest party of the year, nothing big. But hey, it's not like you care, right? I mean, nothing happened."
Piper started sweating. "Right.. I don't care. Sure, let's go watch that video. But... We can't! Annabeth's not here. Darn it, such a shame! Oh well, guess we can't go"
I just gave her a triumphant look. "Don't worry about it, I'll call her. I'm sure she'd love to tag along."
"NO! I mean, we shouldn't bother her. She's probably still asleep, or something." Piper tried to reason.
"That's not what her snap story says." Hazel pointed out.
"...Fuck." Piper muttered quietly.
"This'll be fun." I said excitedly, grabbing my phone.
Hey guys... Long time no see *laughs nervously*... Normally I wouldn't bother you all with my personal life, but I guess I do owe you guys an explanation. (If however you're not interested, which is totally cool, just go on to the next paragraph). I had a small skating accident, nothing too bad, I was with some friends and they convinced me to try skating out. I was like 'Sure why not?' but before I knew it I was going down hill on a tiny penny board. Seeing as how I did not have any prior experience, I fell on my face, more specifically my right eye. I went to the hospital, and the doctor said I wasn't allowed to exhaust that eye for 2 weeks until the swelling was gone. That meant I wasn't allowed to read too long, I wasn't allowed to go on my laptop or watch tv either. That sucked, but I healed. My parents were pretty adamant about the no laptop rule, so I couldn't even let you guys know and for that I really am sorry. I thought that once my eye healed, I could finally get back on track with my story, but then tragedy struck. The brother of a good friend of mine committed suicide. That put a damper on things, that's for sure. I had to be there for her as moral support, but I also lost my motivation. I stopped doing all of the things I loved and I pretty much just studied for my exams. It's only recently that I started reading again, and writing. I'm gonna be honest, if it were up to me, I probably would have given up on this story just because I lost all motivation and all of my ideas, but... I promised you guys, all of you, that I would finish this story, and dammit I want to keep that promise, I owe it to you all. This is my responsibility, and mine alone. I'm so so sorry that I stopped writing, I really hope you guys can forgive me. Here's my snap: ayeee_celina . That way, if you want to reach me, you can, and since I don't post much, I'll stay pretty much anonymous. Honestly, I only got snapchat to keep up with my friends that don't have facebook.
I'm gonna try my best to update, and to make sure that the content is up to par with my previous chapters. It took everything I got to write this chapter, and I'm gonna be honest, I am pretty disappointed with it. I dunno, it feels like something is missing, but I know I have to get back into my groove. I hope you guys'll bear with me, and I swear I will do my best to finish this story to the best of my ability. Now, for the update schedule, I'm gonna do my best to update every Friday just like before and there is a chance that I could update earlier, but I wouldn't count on it too much. I'm a little rusty, and I'm not 100% sure where I was going with this story, so I'm gonna have to brainstorm. That, and I will be on vacation in the Philippines, so I can't guarantee that I will be able to update every single Friday, but I will try to.
Now, as for my other story (Defying Nature) I'm gonna have to put that on hold.. I don't want to, but it's gonna take everything I got to finish this story, I honestly don't know how I'll be able to muster up any creative energy to spit out a new chapter every week for a story of that magnitude. Even before all of this shit happened, I had troubles with that story, just because it has so much potential that I couldn't even comprehend. I do plan on picking that story up, because I'm really excited with the possibilities of that story, but for now I've got to focus on finishing this story. I hope you can all understand that. And hey, who knows, maybe one day I'll be inspired to write another chapter for Defying Nature. I mean, right now I'm fresh out of ideas, but you never know.. I'd love to hear some of yours, or you know, just what you thought of this chapter. Well, I guess I'm gonna answer some of the reviews now. This'll be fun...
To fthorne333: I do cliffhangers, cause it keeps people HOOKED (see what I did there? lol) on the story. Thanks for your suggestion, honestly you're not the first person to ask me, so I will take it into consideration. No promises though, gotta keep a little mystery here ;D I am so sorry for the wait, you have my deepest apologies.
To Duckayh: Aight, I'll think about it, that'S for sure ;)
To Thrawn13: Why wouldn't she be at a party with her boyfriend? XD And yeah, Derek really isn't a bad guy. Percy was kind of acting like a bully, and it would be way too OOC, even in an au, for Percy to be a bully. I try to keep the characters as in character as I can in this story. And I'm so so so sorry for the long wait, truly nothing can excuse my behaviour. I hope you can forgive me, and I want to let you know how much it means to me that you believe in me. I'll try not to let you down again and I definitely will do my best to make sure you don't die.
To Kale97: Aww, thank you! Honestly, I appreciate everything you've done for me so far, and I truly am sorry for the long wait. Nothing can excuse my behaviour, and I hope you can forgive me.. I'm gonna do my best to make the coming chapters as dramatic as possible, because I guess these past few chapters have been a little... mellow. Thank you for your opinion. I've got big plans for Percy and Annabeth which is why I had to write Percy's thoughts like that, but I suppose I could add more moments of these two..
To BECKENDORK: Thank you! And good dude, don't! I hope everything went well with your essay. Sorry for the long wait :/
To son of hades1: Thank you! Uhh.. sorry for the long wait, hehe *laughs nervously* I'll do my best to make sure you won't have to wait this long for the next one.
To CowTits the Udderly Glorious: I
To UsernameKF: Thanks, I myself was shocked with the amount of words I have already written. I'm sorry I broke the schedule, I'm gonna do my best to get back on track.
To Fratzy: Thanks man, I hate writing short chapters though, I don't really know why, I just prefer writing longer ones but sometimes I have no choice. You and I both brother, I'm just as excited to know how the game play out. Next chapter's gonna be fun, that's for sure. We finally get some answers.
To Toby4138: Hehe, yeah he wasn't thinking. But, he'll definitely see what his actions leads to next chapter. I might even smack him, just for you ;)
To Natman717: Yeah, it will...
To PoppyOhare: You got it!
To JamieValdez: Hehe..*Looks around nervously* Hey buddy! How's it going? You been working out? Cause you're looking good these days! I've been suuuper busy, so yeah... Jk, but seriously dude, I am so sorry for the long wait. I feel absolutely awful for making you wait this long for this measly chapter. But trust me, I haven't quit just yet! I did say that I was gonna finish this story, and dammit! I plan on doing just that, no matter how long it takes! Sooo... No need to sick your tiger on me, that's for sure *laughs nervously*
To Tori Chase: Hey, you know what they say... Bad choices, make great stories! Which, you know, I'm doing my best to write...hehe... And thank you for your opinion, I honestly didn't notice it until now, but he does seem a little like Luke in the books. Huh, how about that. Oh, and since you asked, beer tastes absolutely awful in my opinion. It's kinda bitter and salty, if that even makes sense. I'd say if you had to drink beer, go for Kriek. Tastes waaay better in my opinion. But for real, don't drink! It's bad for you. (Jk, I'm not gonna tell you what to do.. Do what you want, just be responsible about it.)
To Starbreaker195: Hey, it's no problem man. Sorry for making you wait this long for this chapter. It sucks, cause I really prided myself on my updating schedule... :/ I'm sorry life's been kicking you in the ass, I hope everything's going better now. I'll see what I'm gonna do next chapter, I mean, on the one hand I don't want to have too many cliches in this story and I like the idea of being a little unpredictable (that's why I started writing this story; to make Percy's love interest a little bit more unpredictable) , but on the other hand I want to give the people what they want. It's a fine line that I find myself constantly breaking. I'll talk to Percy about his smoking habit, don't you worry :)
To allstaar: You're probably right, but it's gonna be fun, that's for sure. And I will take your opinion into heavy consideration, after all, I gotta give the people what they want. Don't worry about it man, I don't expect you, or anyone really, to review every single one of my chapters. I understand that life can get in the way sometimes (trust me, i do), so I'm not gonna get all butthurt about it if some of you happen to forget to review one of my chapters. I don't want you guys to review because you feel like you have to. I'm a big girl, I'll survive :) I hope life's treating you a little better though.
To InfernalHorror: Here ya go ;)
To Guest: Hey, sorry for the long wait :/
To Baywatch17: Here you go, sorry for making you wait :(
To GuestCo: Hey, here you go. Sorry for killing you guys in any way :/
To chrisie198920: There you go, sorry for the loooong wait :(
To other Guest: Hey, you weren't being rude. You were being reasonable, I'm sorry for making you wait this long.
To snowpheobe: Hey, I'm so so so so sorry for making you wait this long.. I promise to update sooner from now on!
To RoyalFox89: Hey, I'm glad you like the story. That means the world to me, honestly. And I'm glad you like my sense of humor, I see you're one of my peeps!
To ILoveLeo: Omg, I don't want you to die! I'm sorry for making you wait this long, I hope you're not dead yet :/
To LostKingGaming: I am sooooo sooo sorry for making you wait THIS long. Truly there is no viable excuse for my actions, or in this case my inactions?, and I hope you can forgive me :(
To VCRx: Yeah, I'm not a big fan of them too.. You one of those Riverdale fans instead? Cause I know I am. Sorry for making you wait long for this chapter, man :(
To yet another Guest: Hey, sorry for the long wait :(
To Pregnantnun227: Sorry for disappointing you good sir. I appreciate the compliment, it does mean a lot to me. I'd like to think it improved, but it's different when someone else says it. It's a lot more believable. I mean, I do sometimes want to get some parts over with, and I will not lie, I am looking forward to writing some parts more than others, but I know that if I skip these 'boring' parts, that the story wouldn't make much sense. I'm just trying to tell a story to the best of my abilities.. That's all. Sorry for the confusion, I normally write these chapters all at once, and once I'm done I don't always reread them, just because I hate reading my own work. I don't know why, I just don't like reading my own work, and because of that there will be a couple of grammatical errors, not to mention autocorrections that shouldn't ave been made.
To AngelLover101: Sorry for making you wait this long :/ Hehe.. Yeah.. Don't read this chapter if you like Thalico scenes...
Whew, that's all of them! Once again, I apologise profusely for making you all wait this goddamn long. I promise, I will make sure this never happens again. I hope you have a nice -whatever time it is wherever you are-, and please take care! I wish you all the best!
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