The story will slow considerably now. I understand my mistake of speeding up too much, but I will continue with the story line. At some point I'll go back and add chapters and story to slow down build-up to the break-up. But for now, I'll continue working ahead.
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Chapter 16
PART 1 - The Proposal
Percy hurried through the mall, making a beeline towards the jeweler. It was a small but open store with several glass cases displaying jewelry of all types. It was the rings Percy was interested in.
"Hello sir." A man in a suit greeted. "Can I help you with anything today?"
"I'm looking for an engagement ring." Percy answered.
As Percy drove his mother's Ford Taurus from the mall towards the apartment Annabeth shared with Piper, he had to grip the steering wheel with both hands to keep them from shaking; never in his entire life had Percy ever felt so nervous.
Piper's words about Annabeth's fears kept echoing in his mind, and the only way Percy figured he could convince Annabeth that he would never leave her, never choose another girl over her, was to propose; to show her just how serious he was, how much in love with her he had always been. He wanted to be with her, for the rest of his life, Percy was absolutely sure of that. The only unknown factor was if Annabeth felt the same way.
Percy parked at the curb in front of Annabeth's apartment and turned the key off. Taking a deep breath, Percy checked his pocket for the hundredth time and felt the small lump that was the ring. Collecting himself for a few moments, Percy slowly got out of the car and walked towards the building's front entrance. Each step was like a mile as Percy played out all the possible scenarios in his mind of what was about to happen.
In the apartment foyer, Percy stood and stared at the intercom system and was unable to bring himself to push the button that would buzz Annabeth's apartment and enable her to let him in. His knees shook with fear that she would think he was crazy and turn him down; Percy didn't know if he could go through with it. It wasn't until one of the building's residents exited the building that Percy snapped out of his deep thoughts; he slipped into the building before the door could close and lock itself.
Percy noticed the door had been repaired when he reached Annabeth's apartment. He had smashed it open only a week earlier when he heard Annabeth's ex-boyfriend attacking her. Standing in the hallway, Percy thought of that day. Annabeth had told him she loved him, but needed time before she was ready to discuss their relationship. They hadn't spoken since, and now Percy was about to propose. Fear filled his chest, but he bravely lifted his finger to the doorbell button. Several moments passed before Percy heard someone on the other side.
Annabeth cracked open the apartment door as wide as the safety chain would allow. "Percy?" she sounded surprised, peeking through.
"Hey." Percy greeted nervously. "Can I come in?"
"Um, yeah. Just a sec?" Annabeth pushed the door shut and ran her hand through her tangle of blonde curls. She remembered what she was wearing, just a pair of panties beneath a long tee shirt, but realized Percy had seen her many times wearing far less. She unhooked the chain.
As Percy entered he looked Annabeth over, "Did you just get up or something?" Her long curly dark hair was tousled and she seemed flushed, but her legs looked so sexy beneath that shirt and she was as beautiful as always.
Annabeth closed the door and re-hooked the chain. "Hmm? Oh, yeah." she lied. "I was taking a nap actually."
"Oh, sorry." Percy apologized. "I didn't mean to wake you up."
Annabeth waved a dismissive hand. "It's fine. So what's up?"
Percy took a deep breath. "Listen, I know you're scared. Scared that I'll leave you."
"Percy..." Annabeth started.
But Percy lifted a hand to interrupt. "Just hear me out, okay?"
Annabeth bit her lip and nodded.
"I know you're scared." Percy continued. "But I need you to understand that there will never be another girl on this planet I want to be with more. I will never, ever leave you Annabeth. I love you, and I want to spend the rest of my life with you."
"That's really sweet Percy, but..." Annabeth's words faded as Percy dug into his pocket and fell to one knee. Her eyes widened to the size of saucers.
"Annabeth Chase," Percy said, holding out an engagement ring. "Would you do me the honor of marrying me?"
Annabeth lifted a hand to cover her gasp. "Oh my god!"
"I love you Annabeth." Percy smiled, still on one knee. "I want to be your husband."
Annabeth concentrated on breathing, caught completely off-guard by the proposal. "Percy, oh my god. You're supposed to do this somewhere really romantic, not while I'm half-naked in my messy apartment."
Percy's eyebrows rose, "I could ask again after you clean the place up a bit and get fully naked?"
Annabeth stared at Percy in disbelief, and then burst into giggles. "Oh my god! I can't believe this is happening. You're seriously proposing to me?"
Percy nodded, "I'm seriously proposing to you."
Annabeth bit her lip and looked at the ring again. "Percy, I don't know. We're at different schools and we've been separated for three years..."
"I'm not going back to Providence." Percy interrupted. "I'm never leaving you again, Annabeth. It was a mistake going to Brown; I should have stayed here with you. I'll submit my transfer paperwork to Brown on Monday and go to Florida with you next year."
"You mean it. You're really serious..." Annabeth whispered.
Percy was still holding out the ring. "Will you marry me, Annabeth?"
Swallowing back her tears of joy, Annabeth beamed and nodded. "Yes! Yes Percy, of course I'll marry you."
Percy felt like the weight of the world was lifted off his shoulders as he grinned and rose, hugging Annabeth tightly.
"Put the ring on me." Annabeth said, hugging him back.
Taking her hand, Percy slipped the gold band, with three small diamonds inset into it, over the proper finger. Percy frowned as it was too big. "Shit, I'm sorry. I had to guess at the size. But the jeweler said they could resize..."
"I don't care, silly!" Annabeth smiled, lifting her hand to view the ring. "It's gorgeous! But Percy, how could you afford this?"
"Um, I had some loan money leftover after tuition from last year. I was going to use it to buy a car, but seeing the look on your face right now I'll be happy walking around this summer."
"Oh sweetie, I'll drive you anywhere you want to go all summer long!" Annabeth hopped into Percy's arms again and hugged him closely. "Oh my god this is so exciting! I can't believe I'm engaged! I love you Percy. I love you so much."
"I love you too." Percy replied, holding Annabeth close and kissing her.
The way Percy and Annabeth kissed it was as though they hadn't been broken up for the previous three years, easily comfortable in one another's embrace. It quickly grew heated as year's worth of built-up longing flooded through their lips. Annabeth was the aggressor, which had always been the norm for them, as she began to grab at Percy's shirt and pants buttons.
"Make love to me." Annabeth whispered from her throat as Percy's hands started gripping her panty-clad backside.
"Don't you want to tell anyone about our engagement, first?" Percy managed to ask between kissing her neck and nibbling on Annabeth's ear.
"The world can wait." Annabeth declared, pulling Percy's shirt off to reveal his slender and hairless torso. "We've been apart too long."
Percy hoisted Annabeth up by her butt. She squealed happily and wrapped her arms around his neck and her legs around his waist. "I'm sorry Annabeth. I'm sorry I didn't stay."
"Shh, it's okay." Annabeth said, kissing him again as Percy carried her down the short hall to Annabeth's bedroom. "We both let it go too far, but we're together now."
Percy laid Annabeth on the bed and tugged at her panties, sliding them off her toned legs. She pulled her shirt off as Percy finished getting naked as well. Annabeth took one more look at her engagement band before setting the ring on her bedside stand so that it wouldn't fall off and become lost.
Annabeth blushed as she suddenly realized her 'Long Johnson' was lying on the bed beside her.
Percy laughed and picked it up. "I see you have been keeping busy without me."
"Don't tease me." Annabeth grinned up at Percy. "I had to use something while you were a zillion miles away."
Waving the dildo in the air, Percy asked "Is it as good as me?"
Annabeth shook her head. "Nothing is as good as your big cock."
"Let's compare." Percy nudged Annabeth's knees apart and moved in with her sex toy.
"Percy!" Annabeth laughed as he positioned the massive thing at the entrance to her slit. "Go easy baby, it's almost as big as you are."
Percy used the flat of his thumb against Annabeth's clitoris, rubbing it as he nudged the tip of her Long Johnson into her. "Were you masturbating recently, is that why you had it out?"
"Right before you got here." Annabeth admitted with a grin.
"And you're still horny?" Percy asked.
Annabeth bit her lip and nodded cutely, then gasped as Percy slid several inches of the sex toy into her. The way he was masturbating her clit made Annabeth wet, lubricating the sudden invasion. "I'm always horny, you know that."
"I know." Percy confirmed. "You must have really missed me."
Reaching to where Percy knelt on the bed beside her, Annabeth took hold of Percy's already-erect penis. "Of course I did."
"How often did you masturbate with your toy?" Percy asked, sliding a few inches of the dildo back and forth into Annabeth's dripping slit.
"Every day," Annabeth answered with a whimper. "Sometimes twice."
"Did you pretend it was my cock?" Percy wondered, circling his thumb pad on Annabeth's stiff button.
"Every time." Annabeth breathed in arousal, spreading her legs further apart as Percy kept inching the dildo deeper and deeper. Her grip on his erection tightened.
Percy continued to fuck the massive dildo into Annabeth, though he did so slowly, noticing by the slick slather of her juices on the toy that she was already massively aroused. "Does this feel good?"
Annabeth squirmed on the bed, twisting the covers beneath her, and nodded. "It feels really good... it's better when someone else is fucking me with it."
"I'm going to make you cum on it before I fuck you." Percy stated.
"Deeper." Annabeth urged. "Go a little deeper... and lick your thumb, get it nice and wet."
Percy followed her instructions and swathed his tongue over his thumb before returning it to Annabeth's clit. He rubbed circles against it and urged the dildo further into her sex until he met resistance. Percy could tell whenever he was doing something right because Annabeth's grip on his penis would tighten and she'd issue sexy little whimpers. He marveled at her sun-kissed body and how devastatingly hot Annabeth always appeared.
"Oh god!" Annabeth moaned, "That feels so good. Fuck me with my toy, Percy... fuck me really good. Faster... fuck it into me faster..."
"You're so wet." Percy commented, looking down between Annabeth's legs and the wet spot gathering beneath her butt. The slick coating on the dildo made it easy for Percy to increase his pace while he reached to her breast and squeezed the small mound into his palm.
Annabeth's hand clenched tightly onto Percy's cock and she began to writhe on the bed. "Fuck... oh fuck! You're going to make me cum... oh Jesus!"
Percy watched as the small of Annabeth's back arched off the bed. Her eyes clenched shut and he thought her grip would choke the head off his penis. She was obviously cumming, but Percy didn't relent with the sex toy and continued to work it in and out of her. "That's it sweetie, cum for me. Cum for me baby."
"Oh shit!" Annabeth cursed, her other hand squeezing a handful of covers tightly. Her toes clenched and her hips bucked against the 'Long Johnson'. "...so good... so fucking good... cumming..."
Bringing her down gently, Percy slowed the pace of his masturbations until Annabeth finally relaxed. "That was so sexy, watching you cum like that."
Annabeth whimpered a little as she felt Percy unsheathe the dildo from the hilt of her sex. "I feel empty... will you fill me up with your cock?" She gave his penis a few gentle strokes.
Percy nodded silently, and moved to hover over Annabeth. She kept her hand on his penis, lovingly rubbing it.
"I've been using my dildo all year so that my pussy wouldn't forget how big you are." Annabeth said, stroking her delicate fingers up and down Percy's erect shaft. "Has your cock missed me? Has it missed being in my warm snatch?"
"Oh god yes Annabeth."
"Have you been jerking it off?"
"Yes." Percy admitted.
"What do you think about when you rub it?" Annabeth wondered.
"You." Percy answered. "Always you."
Annabeth made a cute little smile. "Never any other girls?"
Percy shook his head as Annabeth aimed the head of his cock towards the entrance of her slit.
"My pussy is the only one your cock wants?"
"Yes." Percy breathed hotly.
"You'll never stick your cock into another girl, will you Percy? I want to be the only one you ever fuck, the same way that your cock is the only one that ever enters my depths."
"You're the only girl I'll ever want." Percy promised.
"Then my body is yours. It's always been yours Percy, even when we were broken up. But don't cum in me, okay baby? I haven't been on the pill."
"Okay." Percy whispered, then slid a third of his length into Annabeth's soaked cunt.
"Ohhh god yes." Annabeth moaned, arching her back. "Oh fuck I've missed this."
Percy lowered his mouth to one of Annabeth's breasts. Her hand curled around the back of his head, her finger's mingling unto Percy's brown hair, encouraging him to suck on a nipple.
"Give me a good fucking, Percy. But don't forget to pull out. You can cum on my tummy if you want."
Percy mumbled an agreement as he mouthed Annabeth's breast, working his erection further between Annabeth's ever-spreading legs.
"I love it when you cum on me." Annabeth mewed. "It makes me feel like such a slut, having your warm little babies swimming around on my skin."
Percy spit out Annabeth's hardening pink nipple long enough to groan "Fuck Annabeth, I love it when you talk dirty."
Annabeth grinned warmly, caressing Percy's cheek as he started sliding his length in and out of her sex. "I know baby, but don't stop sucking on my tits." Annabeth gripped her own breasts, gathering the flesh so that her erect nipples stuck out towards Percy's face. "It feels so good. I wish I had some milk to give you."
Percy returned his mouth to Annabeth's breast, suckling on her pink-capped mound as she fed it to him. He enjoyed flicking his tongue against the hardening nipple.
"After we're married and you make me pregnant my tits are going to fill up with milk and get all swollen."
Percy groaned in his throat at Annabeth's dirty talk, his lips sucking hard upon her breast. His hips began to involuntarily hump between her legs faster.
"They might even get big enough to fit around your cock." Annabeth continued. "You'll have to drink the milk out of them every night to relieve the pressure, then you can titty-fuck me until your cum shoots out all over my neck."
Percy gasped out his arousal at Annabeth's dirty talk, leaving her breast slick with his saliva. His arms curled under her shoulders and he began driving hard humping motions into her.
Annabeth bore his fucking happily, her arms wrapping around Percy's torso. "Fuck Percy, your cock is so big... jeezus." Her ankles locked around his thighs as Percy continued to rut himself inside of her. "Make me cum baby; make me cum before you have to pull out."
Rising to his knees, Percy pulled Annabeth's ass up onto his thighs and resumed his powerful thrusts, her hands took his and Annabeth encouraged Percy to squeeze and fondle the small mounds of flesh of her breasts.
"That's it, squeeze my titties. Oh fuck yes that feels so good." Annabeth began to squirm against Percy's assault, her pussy gripping his length in a quivering orgasm. "I'm cumming!" she announced loudly. "Oh god, I'm cumming!"
Percy was forced to withdraw for fear of erupting inside her, his cock suddenly slapping against Annabeth's hairless mound and trim stomach. She grabbed his length immediately and began stroking swiftly, her grip lubricated by the wetness of her own orgasm.
"Uhn!" Percy grunted, his entire body going rigid. His orgasm came in a massive eruption, pearly fluid blasting horizontally to land in a long rope across Annabeth's tummy.
Annabeth squealed with glee and continued to pump out several more ropes of semen, delighted by the warmth as it landed across her sweaty skin. Percy's hips bucked rigidly until there was no more, then he collapsed atop his fiancé.
Annabeth giggled and held Percy close, her fingers trailing along his back. "You decorated me so good." she whispered. "I've missed getting all messy from your cum."
"I love you." Percy stated, kissing her neck and earlobe.
"I love you too baby."
Piper returned home from the mall after dropping Jason off and found her roommate sitting in the living room of the small off-campus apartment they shared. Annabeth was wearing a pair of pajama bottoms and a loose tee shirt, flipping through a catalogue. Her hair was tangled.
"Jeez Annabeth, it's almost three in the afternoon." Piper remarked. "You look like you just got out of bed."
Annabeth glanced up, doing her best to conceal the excitement she felt. "I did."
Piper laughed. "Lazy bum." she teased, setting her purse on a table by the door. "Are you going to be like this all summer?"
"I wasn't sleeping." Annabeth noted.
Turning a look to her best friend, Piper lifted a brow.
Annabeth bit her lip, trying in vain not to smile. "Percy was over."
Piper rolled her eyes, "Are you guys finally back together? Because I don't think I can take any more."
"He proposed." Annabeth interrupted.
Piper froze. "He what?"
Beaming, Annabeth nodded her affirmation. "He proposed." She lifted a hand and displayed the diamond engagement ring on her finger. "We got engaged!"
"No way!" Piper gasped, staring at the ring.
Annabeth nodded again and practically leapt from the couch towards Piper.
"Oh my god!" Piper exclaimed, hugging Annabeth. "You're getting married?!"
Annabeth wrapped her arms around Piper's neck happily, "And he said he wasn't going back to Brown, he's going to transfer to Florida to be with me next year."
"Annabeth, that's great. Oh my god, I'm so happy for you!"
"You did what?" Jason asked.
"I proposed." Percy repeated. After leaving Annabeth he drove right to Jason's parent's house, where Jason was staying for the summer. His bedroom was as messy as ever, littered with clothes and comic books.
"Dude, no way! What did she say?"
"She said yes," Percy grinned. "We're getting married."
"Well, you're life is over." Jason stated flatly.
Percy gave his best friend a quizzical look. "What?"
"That's where life ends dude, marriage. My dad has told me that a thousand times. 'Don't get married until you're forty, son' he always says, 'or your life will be over'."
"I don't believe you!" Percy laughed, "I just told you I'm getting married to Annabeth and this is how you respond?"
"Sorry dude." Jason grinned. "I guess my parents aren't the best example. This is great, actually. Maybe now you and Annabeth can get past all the drama. Congrats, seriously."
Percy and Jason shook hands, then clasped a manly hug.
"I just have two requests." Percy said. "First, will you be my best man?"
"Of course I will dude! Weddings are always so much fun. Especially the receptions, where there's tons of horny women and lots of booze to loosen them up."
Percy laughed.
"What's the second request?" Jason wondered.
"That we start working on our Captain Darkness comic again." Percy stated.
"Seriously? We haven't worked on that since when you left."
"I know." Percy nodded. "But if I'm going to be a husband, I can't work at the frigging mall for eight bucks an hour. I want to be a writer, a comic book writer, and I think we can sell our book. It could really work out."
"You think Annabeth's dad will still show it to those publishers he mentioned?" Jason asked.
Percy shrugged. "I hope so. I'm going to be his son-in-law after all."
"Good point." Jason conceded. "My art has actually gotten a lot better." He started digging through the mess on his bedroom desk, "I should show you some sketches. I have this great concept for a villain; she's a panty-clad dominatrix with the power to control men's minds."
Percy burst out laughing. It felt good to laugh again; he was back home with his friends, Annabeth and him were together, and all was right in the world.
Picking up her disastrous mess of a bedroom later that night, Annabeth felt like she was walking on air. She couldn't stop smiling while picking up various articles of clothing and hanging them neatly in the closet. Percy had proposed! He loved her, he really loved her, and he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her. Even better, he wouldn't go away again in the fall; Annabeth was the happiest she'd been since before her and Percy broke up.
Straightening her bed blankets, Annabeth giggled when she found her big rubber dildo lying between the sheets. She thought fondly of Percy using it on her just hours earlier when her cell phone buzzed, interrupting the pleasant thoughts.
"Hello?" Annabeth answered.
"Hey soon-to-be Mrs. Jackson." came Percy's voice.
Annabeth beamed a smile. "Hey fiancé. What are you doing?"
"I just got home from Jason's."
"Did you tell him?" Annabeth was curious, sitting down on the edge of her bed.
"Yeah. He told me my life was over, but agreed to be my best man. Then we talked about Captain Darkness for three hours."
The roll of Annabeth's eyes could be heard in her voice. "You two are such dorks."
"Did you tell Piper?" Percy asked.
"Of course. She agreed to be my maid-of-honor, then we looked at wedding dresses online for three hours."
Percy's laughter rang through the phone. "You two are such girls."
"You haven't told your parents, have you?" Annabeth quizzed.
"No, I thought we should tell them together."
"I'd like that." Annabeth agreed. "I want you to be there when I tell my dad, too."
"What about your mom and Brad?" came Percy's question.
"Maybe I'll just send them an invitation." Annabeth remarked dryly.
Percy chuckled. "Still not getting along?"
"Not really." Annabeth answered., then quickly changed the subject. "Guess what I just found?"
"What?" Percy asked curiously.
"My Long Johnson." Annabeth stated seductively. "Want to come over and use it on me again?"
"I can't." Percy lamented. "I promised I'd get up early with my dad and help him with the lawn."
Annabeth pouted, "Too bad. Guess I'll have to use it all by myself."
"Oh man, I wish I could come over. I'd love to watch you."
"I just bet you would." Annabeth said, reclining back to lay on her bed. "Would you jerk off while you watched me shove it into my cunt?"
"Jeezus Annabeth." came Percy's suddenly aroused voice through the phone.
Hiking her pajama bottoms and panties down her thighs, Annabeth described "I'm rubbing it against my pussy right now Percy, sliding it between my cunt lips."
"Annabeth, you're making me hard."
"Poor baby." Annabeth cooed. "Is your big cock getting all throbby while you think of me rubbing my dildo against my soft, wet pussy? I bet you want to rub it for me, don't you?"
"Y-yeah." Percy stammered. Annabeth could hear him jostling on the other end and knew he was probably taking his pants off.
"You're such a filthy boy, Percy." Annabeth teased. "You want to jerk off like some nasty pervert while you listen to a girl talk dirty on the phone."
"I guess you bring the worst out in me." Percy countered.
Annabeth giggled, rubbing the sex toy against her clitoris. "I wish you were here baby, so I could watch you stroke that massive thing. Are you rubbing it yet?"
"Yes." Percy freely admitted.
"Mmm, naughty boy." Annabeth flirted. Then she encouraged him further, "Squeeze it nice and tight for me, like I do when I pump you. Are you using lube?"
"Hand-lotion." Percy answered.
"Get it nice and slick for me baby." Annabeth said, inserting the tip of her dildo into the folds of her sex. "I want to hear it. Put the phone down by your cock."
The next thing Annabeth heard were the slick sounds of Percy's lubricated hand as he pumped a fist up and down his shaft. She moaned with desire and pushed the Long Johnson into her vagina several more inches.
"Could you hear?" came Percy's sudden voice.
"Oh yeah." Annabeth moaned. "What are you thinking about?"
"I'm thinking about you and that big toy of yours jammed halfway up your pussy." was Percy's answer.
"Oh god." Annabeth intoned breathlessly. "I do have it stuck in me, Percy. I have it halfway up my cunt. I wish it was your cock in me, filling my insides. Tell me what else you're thinking."
"I'm imagining you laying in your bed, squeezing your own breast."
Annabeth pinned her cell phone between her ear and shoulder, then used her free hand to shove her tee shirt over her chest. She kneaded on her own breast with a hungry palm, "I wish it was you here, grabbing my tits with your horny hands."
"Your tits are so beautiful." Percy stated. "If I was there I'd be sucking on them and nibbling on your cute little pink nipples."
Annabeth groaned and pinched a nipple between her neatly manicured fingertips. "They get so stiff for you. I'm squeezing my tit now, Oh Percy, it feels so good. Are you still jerking off for me?"
"Yes." came Percy's labored voice.
"Stroke it really good for me baby. Do it like I do when I masturbate you. Squeeze the base of your shaft and work your hand all the way up until the ring of your fingers tease the ridge of your cockhead."
Percy groaned into the phone as he did what Annabeth told him.
"Now imagine me laying here." Annabeth continued, her voice heady with arousal. "My thick dildo sticking halfway out of my cunt while I rub my little clitty and squeeze my own tits. Imagine what a horny slut I look like right now Percy, this big rubber dick hanging out of me, my juices dripping down along its shaft."
Percy grunted, gasping at Annabeth's dirty talk.
"Jerk off for me Percy." Annabeth all but begged through the phone. "Jerk off just for me. When you cum I want it to be because you're thinking about my sexy body quivering in need for your gigantic dick."
"Oh god Annabeth, I'm close baby..."
"That's it Percy, faster. Stroke it faster while you think about my body." Annabeth was squirming now, stimulating her clit with a rapidly circling finger. "Make your cum shoot out real high into the air while you imagine your cock pumping me full of your hot baby-making goo."
Percy had gone non-verbal on the other side of the phone, grunting and moaning loudly as he masturbated.
"Cum with me Percy!" Annabeth writhed in her bed, her legs digging into the bed covers and wriggling with the sudden onslaught of her pending orgasm. "Cum all over yourself with me... oh god baby, I'm so close..."
"Annabeth!" Percy blurted, "Annabeth I'm going to cum!"
"Me too baby, oh god me too. Oh shit! Oh Percy I'm cumming... oh god... oh god...!"
Percy grunted sharply through the phone and Annabeth knew he just shot a stream of cum out. They both gasped and moaned over the phone for several long moments as their mutual orgasms overtook them. Annabeth's ordeal was so potent that her vaginal muscles quivered and squeezed the rubber dildo to plop out onto the bed between her legs and stain the sheets with the honey of her arousal.
Annabeth giggled with delight when it was all over. "Did you cum?" she asked, even though she knew the answer.
"I got it all over myself." Percy answered in an amused tone. "My stomach and chest are all sticky with myself."
"Mmm, I totally wish I was there to lick it up for you baby."
"God I've missed you." Percy stated sincerely.
"Me too." Annabeth agreed. "Come over tomorrow and give me the real thing?"
"As soon as I'm done helping my dad." Percy promised.
Part 3 - Just Like Old Times
Piper groggily walked down the short hallway of her and Annabeth's apartment towards the kitchen, clad only in a robe. Percy had spent the night again last night, which he had done every night for the last week, and he and Annabeth had kept her up late with their noisy lovemaking. "I should move back in with my parents." she muttered, reaching towards the coffee machine.
The pot was halfway brewed when Piper heard Annabeth's bedroom door open. Moments later Percy appeared in the kitchen, wearing a pair of boxers and a tee shirt. "Hey Pipes." he greeted, stretching and yawning.
"Hey." Piper muttered tiredly, leaning against the kitchen counter as she waited for the coffee.
"What's with you? You look like hell." Percy noted.
"Thanks. You really know how to sweet-talk the ladies." Piper replied.
Percy grinned.
"I didn't get much sleep last night. We've got thin walls and I listened to you and Annabeth giggling and humping half the night."
Wincing, Percy said "Oh, jeez. I'm sorry Pipes."
Piper lifted a dismissive hand. "It's okay. I'd rather lose sleep than listen to Annabeth whine and cry about you too not being together."
Percy issued a small laugh, "You're a really great friend, you know that? To both of us."
Piper let herself smile, "Well, I love you both. I'm happy for you two Percy, I really am. You're so good for Annabeth, I'm glad you're home and back together with her. But I may need to invest in some earplugs."
Annabeth appeared then, wearing nothing but one of Percy's tee shirts which fell just past her slender hips. "Having trouble sleeping hon?" she asked with a yawn.
Piper and Percy both chuckled.
Digging in a cupboard, Annabeth fetched three coffee mugs. "Do you have to work today, baby?"
"Yeah." Percy nodded. He had gotten a job in the local suburban mall at a comic book store. It didn't pay the best, but Percy got to be around and talk about comics all day with his fellow employees and customers. "Then afterwards Jason and I are going to work on our book."
Piper frowned, "Jason is supposed to be taking me to the movies tonight."
Annabeth's frown mirrored Piper's "And we're supposed to find the time to tell our parents about our engagement."
"Don't remind me." Percy sighed, pouring a cup of coffee. "My parents are probably going to flip out."
"Whatever." Annabeth poked Percy in his tummy. "Your parents love me, they're going to be thrilled that their son is marrying such a beautiful and smart girl like me."
Percy grinned as Piper rolled her eyes. "I better jump in the shower or I'll be late for work."
Annabeth lifted herself to her tippy toes and gave Percy a kiss on his cheek. "I'll get dressed and drive you."
"DC comics are totally better than Marvel comics." Chip argued.
"No way, Marvel has better characters." Theo countered.
The 'House of Spandex' was a popular destination in the mall for all things geeky, selling collectible trading cards, action figures, role-playing games, fantasy & sci-fi books, and of course lots of comic books both new and old. Percy had only been working there for about a week but was already popular among his fellow employees. Chip and Theo, two younger boys still in high school, had already started looking up to the older and wiser Percy.
"What do you think Percy?" Chip asked as the three employees sorted some back issues near the cash register.
"Uh," Percy considered, not interested in getting into the middle of such a heated and important debate. "I like DC's long history, but Marvel usually has better writers and artists."
"Okay, okay." Theo spoke. "I'll concede that Marvel has better villains, but come on - DC has way cooler heroes. I mean, they have Superman!"
"Superman is lame." Chip declared. "He's nowhere near as cool as Spider-Man."
"Maybe." Theo admitted. "But not even Spider-Man can compete with Batman."
"Batman is a tool." Chip reasoned. "But Wolverine is more badass than him."
Percy chuckled and shook his head. "This conversation is really stimulating guys, but my shift is over. I'm going to go punch out."
Chip and Theo continued their argument as Percy disappeared into the back of the store, neither one willing to budge from their respective positions. The argument might have lasted all night, in fact, but both boys were interrupted by the girl who walked into the store.
She was wearing a pair of tight white denim shorts that revealed slender and shapely legs, two stems of absolute sun-kissed perfection that ended in high-heeled sandals. Her bright blue top was a clingy and lacy affair that revealed the lines of a black bra beneath, held to her tanned shoulders by flossy spaghetti strings. She was obviously beautiful behind over-sized movie star sunglasses, and her long shimmering blonde hair was tied back in an adorable pony tail.
"Hi boys." Annabeth greeted in a sultry voice.
Chip and Theo stood transfixed, completely distracted from their comic book sorting, and stared towards Annabeth.
"Got any Archie comics in this place?" Annabeth teased them with a lick of her fire-engine red lips, "I'm a big Betty & Veronica fan."
"Um," Theo swallowed, nearly tripping over his own feet as he moved to help Annabeth. "I think over here..."
Annabeth giggled. "I'm kidding, cutie. I'm actually here to pick up my super-sexy hunk of a boyfriend."
"B-boyfriend?" Chip asked.
Pulling off her sunglasses to reveal her gorgeous gray eyes, Annabeth nodded.
"Hey Annabeth." Percy said, reappearing from the back of the store after punching out.
Annabeth turned and beamed, "Hey lover!" She trotted in her heels towards Percy and wrapped her slender arms around his neck, decorating his cheek with a big kiss.
Chip's jaw hung open while Theo stared in awe.
"You didn't have to come pick me up." Percy said, "I could have taken the bus."
"I couldn't wait to see you." Annabeth informed him. "I've been waiting all day. Besides, we're going to meet Jason and Piper at the movie theater."
"Oh, cool." Percy put his arm around Annabeth. "I'll see you guys tomorrow, okay?"
Chip lifted a distracted wave, watching Annabeth's backside as she and Percy walked out into the mall.
"Holy shit." Theo cursed once the couple was gone.
"Percy is the coolest guy ever." Chip agreed.
Annabeth giggled as she walked beside Percy, his arm around her waist. "I think I gave the little one a boner."
Percy laughed, "Chip?"
Annabeth nodded, "He had to hide it behind the counter."
"You give everyone a boner." Percy stated.
Annabeth bit her lip and grinned. "Want to get something to eat at the food court? We don't have to meet Jason and Piper for another hour."
"Sure, I'm starved." Percy agreed.
After Percy got some Chinese, and Annabeth some chili fries, the couple sat together at one of the food court tables. They sat side by side on the same bench, close, as inseparable as they had been years ago. Percy and Annabeth had fallen right back into an easy rhythm as a couple, bonded even tighter by their recent engagement.
"We haven't talked about a date yet." Annabeth said, munching on a fry. "For the wedding."
"Are you in a hurry?" Percy asked.
Annabeth shook her head, causing her ponytail to wiggle cutely. "No, not really. I mean, it's not like we're ready to be married or anything. I'm living off my dad and hardly independent, and you work at a comic book store. Which is fine and all, but..."
"I know what you mean." Percy spoke as he ate. "We're broke college students. I don't think we should even set a date yet. We should enjoy college. Besides, that way we wouldn't have to tell our parents right away."
Annabeth elbowed Percy playfully, "What, are you ashamed of me?"
"Of course not." Percy replied. "But you know what they'll say. That we're too young, we don't know what we're doing, blah blah blah."
"You're probably right." Annabeth agreed, "God, parents can be such a drag."
"Then again, we could just drive up to Atlantic City one weekend and get hitched."
Annabeth scoffed, "No way! I want a big wedding."
Percy looked a little scared, "How big?"
"BIG." Annabeth promised with a grin. "In a beautiful garden with hundreds of guests. I'm going to look completely sexy in my white dress and you're going to be yummy in your tuxedo. Then we'll have a totally rocking reception at the Four Seasons where everyone will get completely smashed, and then we'll go on a honeymoon in Hawaii where we'll spend two weeks fucking like rabbits."
"Sounds expensive." Percy worried before sucking some soda through a straw.
"I have a rich daddy." Annabeth informed him.
"Speaking of your dad, do you think he'd still be willing to show Jason and my comic to his investors?"
"Of course, baby. But you better not ignore me like you did when you and Jason were working on that stupid comic book."
"That's hardly fair, I never ignored you." Percy smiled. "You're just high-maintenance."
Annabeth stuck her tongue out at Percy, "Maybe, but I'm totally worth it."
"That was the worst movie ever." Piper complained as she walked out of the theater beside Jason, holding his hand, Annabeth and Percy in tow.
"Are you kidding? That was the coolest." Jason disagreed. "Percy, did you see that ninja cut that guy's head off? That was awesome!"
"I don't know." Percy said. "I think I'm with Piper on this one, it was kind of dumb."
"I didn't even know it was a ninja movie." Annabeth chimed in, "I thought 'Deep Cuts' was a romantic comedy, you know, about breaking up or something."
Piper laughed as the foursome lingered in the theater lobby. "Oh my god Annabeth, you're so dim sometimes."
"Whatever." Annabeth countered. "But it was cool. I like ninjas."
"You want to trade girlfriends?" Jason asked Percy.
Percy clasped Annabeth tighter to his side, "I think I'll keep trying this one out for a while."
"Ha ha, very funny." Annabeth elbowed Percy.
"So what are you guys up to now?" Percy wondered.
"Jason's parents are out of town so I am staying at his place tonight." Piper intoned. "That way you two can't keep me up half the night with your kinky antics."
"Cool!" Annabeth grinned as Percy blushed. "Does that mean we can use your bed? It's totally bigger than mine."
"Ew!" Piper frowned, "If you do you better change the sheets, pervert."
"Slut." Annabeth countered playfully.
"Bitch." Piper continued.
"Well, this is intellectual." Jason noted dryly.
"Yeah." Percy chuckled. "I'll call you tomorrow, okay Jason? Let's work on Captain Darkness after work."
"Cool. Later dude."
"Your parents don't mind that you've been staying over here almost every night?" Annabeth asked as she unlocked her apartment door.
"They haven't said anything." Percy shrugged, following Annabeth into the apartment. "I think they've gotten used to having the house to themselves, what with my brother in school at Memphis and me in Providence."
Annabeth deposited her purse near the door. "You know, I've never even met your brother."
"Edward? He's a lot like me I suppose ."
Annabeth draped her arms around Percy's neck and pressed her body against his, "So he's got a ten inch dick and is really into comic books?"
Percy laughed, "Something like that."
"Are you guys close?" Annabeth asked, nuzzling into Percy's neck.
"We used to be." Percy recalled. "But when he started college we kind of drifted apart. Distance does that, I guess."
"Yeah." Annabeth bit her lower lip. "It did to us."
"Never again." Percy promised. "I'll never let us be apart again."
"You better not." Annabeth said, "I can't take it when we're not together."
Percy leaned down and kissed Annabeth, their lips lingered for a while as they embraced. "That was fun tonight, with Jason and Piper. It's just like old times, the four of us hanging out all the time."
"Yeah." Annabeth agreed, kissing Percy's cheek and moving towards the kitchen. "Except now those two are dating. Who could have predicted that one?"
As Annabeth was reaching to open the fridge, she felt her cell phone buzzing against her hip. Digging into her pocket, she answered "Hello?"
"Annabeth... oh my god." came Piper's voice on the other end, she was clearly upset and sounded like she was in tears.
"Piper what is it?" Annabeth asked in a worried tone. "Are you okay?"
Percy looked towards Annabeth, concerned.
"The clinic called while we were in the movie and left a voicemail." Piper said. "Annabeth... I'm pregnant."
(to be continued)