CHAPTER 11

Katie began going out for drinks a lot more with Percy after that first encounter. It was amazing. He was so great and funny and drop dead gorgeous.

How perfect was he?

So perfect.

And every time guilt would creep inside her for lusting after an already taken guy, she always reminded herself of how much his girlfriend was soon to be gone from his life. Katie figured, they were bound to break up anyway, right? Percy was miserable. Why would he put up with her anymore than he already has?

She would wait, patiently. The day would come.

The day would come when Percy would be hers. Her perfect guy—way out of her league— and yet he always agreed to drink with her.

How great was that?

Today, she was alone at the bar with Will. Her friend was on the hunt for girls and needed a wingman. She was unfortunately forced to play— wingman.

"Alright, since you're knew to this. I'll teach you the ropes. So, basically, you just go there to any hot girl in this bar and you tell her how great a guy I am and lead her to me. Simple, right?"

Katie gave him a flat stare, "You've got to be kidding me."

"I never kid when it comes to women. I man up."

"Right. Fine." Katie went over to some random girl, not caring how she looked.

"Hey, that guy over there wants to hook up with you? You can say no if you want, but I'm apparently his wingman for the night, so I have to ask."

The brunette, who on second glance was pretty cute, looked weirdly at her, "Sorry, I have a boyfriend. But, thanks for the offer."

"So sorry."

Katie went back to where Will was sitting with that eager face of his, "Well, why are you coming empty handed?"

"She's taken already. I tried. Now can we be done here now? I'm tired—you know how much paperwork I had to file today."

Will let out an exasperated sigh, "Fine." He threw his arm around her, "Let's drink our asses off tonight, my dear." He laughed out loud then chugged his beer.

Katie watched him with a smirk, then chugged down her own drink.

They were wasted in seconds...

~o00o~

Katie remembered throwing up in the cab.

She remembered being practically carried to someone's apartment.

She remembered kissing the guy who helped her inside.

And she remembered being pulled into the bedroom, stripping her clothes off one by one.

She remembered having fun.

She was with Percy last night-she remembered. It had been Percy who carried her inside his apartment.

Katie opened her eyes—both nervous and excited that it had finally happened, though she didn't remember so clearly.

She was in someone else's bed. Percy's bed. Percy was beside her.

Katie looked to the side.

What?

That wasn't Percy's black hair. This man had blonde hair. Familiar sandy blonde hair.

"Oh, f-k." She said, clasping a hand over her mouth to keep from letting out any noise.

Will murmured a bit and moved a bit, but stayed asleep.

~o00o~

Percy looked over at her.

"Something on your mind? You look a bit out of it today, Katie."

He sipped his drink, waiting for her to reply.

She turned her head to him, eyes wide, "Oh, no, it's nothing. Just work stuff."

It was definitely not work stuff.

He nodded, then turned back to enjoying his drink.

Katie looked longingly at his profile, If only it had been him.

Will hadn't remembered a thing last night? Either that or he was a really good actor, because he seemed his normal self at work today.

Oh, what was she going to do? She hadn't felt good so she had resorted to soda today instead of alcohol—who needed a hangover right now?

Percy noticed her staring and looked at her, "You sure you're fine, Katie? Becasuse you can always go home and rest."

"No, I'm fine. Besides, how can I miss our drinking time together?"

He smiled, "Of course. And that reminds me. My friends are having this get together in a few weeks, I was hoping you were free so that I could take you with me—you know, as friends. It'll be fun."

Katie felt her heart jump in her chest. He was asking her out? No, as friends.

But, that meant. If he was asking her to go with him—… So, it was happening, finally? His relationship was going dry.

She couldn't help but feel guilty for even feeling it, but she felt relieved that it was finally happening. He would be heartbroken and she would be there for him, just like she imagined in her head.

"Sure!" She said with a smile.

"Great." He said, "I'll tell you the details when we come close to the date."

"Awesome."

He gave her a small smile.

~o00o~

Percy regretted it after. Why did he even ask her?

To make himself feel better?

Why?

Why the hell would he let himself do that?

Percy knew why he did it, and he loathed himself for it. It was all to spite his girlfriend for being so far away. Because no matter how okay he let it seem to her, he was upset. He was upset right now.

Why wasn't he her priority? Why was her career put before him?

And yet... a bigger part of himself was guilty for even thinking that. How selfish could he get? Relationships were about sacrifice. He should do his part, right?

Do his part instead of asking other girls to go with them to friendship get togethers. It didn't mean anything, but if Katie did mean something to him, he probably would have asked her to go with him anyway.

That was how upset he felt at the moment, drinking his bourbon.

God, he was an idiot. An idiot who wanted his girlfriend back and the world to leave them alone.

~o00o~

Katie threw up in the toilet, holding the sides of the seat with her hands.

She had thrown up last morning too, but she assumed it was because she was hungover. And now what? Last night all she drank was a soda.

Katie went back to the kitchen to get a bottle of water from the fridge. She washed the bad taste of puke from her mouth then closed the fridge door. Her eyes went to the calendar, today she had a meeting and— wait...

What?

Katie's index finger raised up to point at the line of boxes that were crossed out in red for each day that had passed.

"No way in hell- I'm late." Katie's eyes widened.

~o00o~

Katie watched Will out of the corner of her eye from her side of the office.

What should she do? Tell him?

She should do that, but something was making her hesitate.

There was the obvious reason, that she wasn't even sure herself if she was pregnant. But if she was knocked up, then— telling the biggest womanizer in the history of womanizers that she was pregnant with his baby made her uneasy.

Will wasn't a father type.

He loved women. He lived for women. He loved one night stands.

And he sucked at keeping a girl let alone a relationship.

A baby was not on that guy's bucket list.

Shit, what did she do?

This wasn't supposed to happen. It was supposed to be Percy.

Everything was supposed to go according to plan.

"Katie, you have the paperwork from yesterday?" Will's voice pulled her from her thoughts.

"Oh, yeah. I do." She ruffled through her desk drawer, then pulled out a stapled papers, "Here."

"Thanks, darling." he said with a wink, before moving his eyes back to his computer.

No, she wouldn't tell him.

At least not yet.

~o00o~

Thalia hung up the phone with Piper after getting the name of the restaurant they were going to then looked over at Nico who was still sleeping in their bed. She rolled her eyes, then nudged him awake.

"Huh— What?"

"We're going to a get together with the whole gang and we're meeting up soon. Get up."

"Ugh, alright, alright. I'm up."

Thalia let out a sigh, then walked over to her vanity table and brushed up on her makeup. A girl needed to look good for the evening, didn't she?

Nico walked up behind her, buttoning up his shirt, then leaned down and kissed her on the cheek, "My girl's beautiful."

"You're just saying that to ease me from last night's fight."

Nico cringed, "Please, Thalia. I sense another one coming, let's not, alright, babe? Come on, we always fight. I'll be good."

Thalia gave him a smile, then a nod, "Fine, I'll go find you're suit."

~o00o~

Percy stepped out with Katie from the car. Thalia gave him one flat glare.

"That better not be the friend he said he was going to bring."

"Oh calm down, Thalia. I trust Percy knows what he's doing." Nico said from beside him. Jason and Piper were there as well.

"Hey, guys." Percy said, reaching them, "This is Katie, my friend."

Thalia held his stare, having a silent conversation with her idiot of a cousin as everyone greeted Katie or whoever her name was. The gal looked nervous, watching Thalia glare at her cousin.

What are you thinking?

Chill, she's a friend. You think I would ever cheat on Annabeth? His brows quirked up.

She better be just that. She gave him one last glare, then looked away, "Alright, first. We eat, then play." she said with a grin.

She hooked arms with Nico then they all went through the glass doors of the restaurant.

"Reservation for six. Under the name di Angelo." Jason said a the counter.

"Right this way, folks." The waitress said and then led them all to a table with a nice view of the city.

"Wow, this place is great. How'd you guys get such a great reservation?" the girl Katie asked.

"Nico's family owns a huge restaurant chain. He has connections." Percy answered for her.

"Oh, I see. That's awesome."

Nico gave her a polite smile.

Thalia crossed her arms. Well, this sucked. This was supposed to be a relaxing, comfortable get together. But now the mood was all polite and formal because of this new chick Percy brought.

Seriously, what was he thinking?

Thalia looked over at Piper and saw the exact same thinking going on in her head.

Oh whatever, Thalia wasn't going to let their plans for a nice outing for Percy go to waste.

"Oh my God, guys. Remember when Nico got chased by that scary old woman at the mall. A few days ago we met the same old lady and he was chased all the way out the mall—it was hilarious!"

"No way!" Piper laughed as did everyone else, except for Nico who was grumbling next to her. Thalia laughed even louder, then glanced over at Percy.

He seemed relieved that the tension had been cut.

~o00o~

Percy had to hand it to her, she really knew how to unfreeze a situation with one story. That was his cousin for you. He smiled, giving Thalia a thankful look.

She gave him a small nod of acknowledgement.

The rest of the night ended with them going clubbing and then afterwards, they went karaoking. There was alcohol at both destinations and they were all drunk off their asses. Laughing they stumbled out of the building. Katie was beside him the whole time. She didn't seem as drunk as the rest of them, so she helped each of them into a cab.

"Katie, you're not that bad. We should hang out sometime." Thalia said with a huge wasted grin before ducking into the cab with Nico.

They waved as the cab went.

Jason turned to him and saluted lazily wtih his hand, "Rest well, Perce. I'm calling my own driver to take me and Piper home so don't worry about us." he said with his arm holding up a sleeping drunk Piper.

Percy smiled then nodded, "Sure thing, sergeant." He said with a too loud laugh. The couple left, leaving him with Katie.

God, he was so, so drunk.

He was leaning on Katie. He felt bad for leaning on Katie.

"I had such a good time. You're friends are so amazing." She said, holding him up.

"Yeah. They're the best."

"Here," She said, getting a better hold of him, "I'll help you get home."

She raised her hand and a cab almost immediately rolled in by the curb. She then helped him inside then took a seat beside him, telling the driver his address.

"You'll need help walking to your apartment, Percy." She said, or something along those lines.

Percy kept on smiling then leaned his whole weight against her, making her yelp.

His eyes then drooped as he let unconsciousness take over.

~o00o~

Katie was out of breath by the time she basically carried him all the way to the apartment. All that pilates was worth it in the end.

She looked down at a half awake Percy, "Do you have a key? Where's your key, Percy?"

"I gave yooou one. You lost it already? Crazy." His words were slurred, "I told you not to lose it, Annabeth."

Katie's breath caught in her throat. He thought she was Annabeth.

She reached over for his back pocket and found his wallet, then she reached into his front pocket to make sure the key wasn't there.

He laughed then pressed himself against the door, "Stop, that tickles."

"Oh God." Having him pressed like this against her felt—so good. She opened his wallet then found the key card. She barely could swipe it before he could lean his face against her neck.

The door flew open and they stumbled inside. He was still pressed against her. Her heart was beating so fast.

Was this really happening?

Her gorgeous ex boss with his fine tousled raven hair and deep aquamarine eyes was hugging her to his chest, making her feel like she was the only girl in the world.

This felt so good.

She wasn't the girl who was on his mind, but Katie couldn't bring herself to think about that all at the moment. Especially when he started to strip his shirt off.

Holy mother—he had a body fit for a god. There wouldn't ever be another chance like this. She reached out and touched his chest. He let out a low groan, "Annabeth,…. I missed you." he said in a husky voice.

Katie was touching a man who was calling out another girl's name.

This was wrong.

This was so wrong.

And yet it was right. It felt so freaking right. And she didn't care about the consequences. Not then. Percy was the type of guy she wanted to have with her child.

His relationship was going to end anyway.

Why not do the inevitable?

Put things back to the way she had planned her life would go.

Yes, Percy would be the guy.

He had to be.

She was a terrible person.

But nothing ever felt more right in this moment when he stepped even closer and kissed her. All her senses and nerves hummed. She was on a totally different high right now.

The forbidden thing they were sharing felt so incredibly desirable.

He kissed her with such passion and emotion that she couldn't help imagining he actually wanted her for herself.

Drunk Percy was impatient. He stripped her shirt off then her pants. The rest came along with it once he had pushed her down on the bed in his bedroom. And so, it happened.

Her whole being was filled with everything Percy by time the night ended.

And she was more than okay with it—for the time being.

A/N:
Sorry, I think I'm stretching the limits of this story, but it's a fanfic so hopefully you'll forgive my want to make things go wrong for Percy and Annabeth again.
Sorry, I just love tension.

It makes everything more interesting my friends.