Percy Pov
After Rachel showed me where to meet l I went on with the rest of my day. It was kind of awkward with the group. I don't know why, but it was like they didn't want me hanging out with Rachel. Which honestly pissed me off, who are they to say who I can hang out with? My mood decreased throughout the day, it was like I was starting all over again. I tried to be cheerful by the time I met with Rachel, I didn't like bringing negative energy to people that had nothing to do with the situation. So when I finally met Rachel after school, it was like a weight was lifted from my shoulders.
"Hey Rach, you ready to go?" I asked, already feeling more relieved.
"Yes Percy, you seem excited. Although I can't say I'm not flattered." She said giving me a wink.
I thought back to what Thalia said, although I wasn't too confident with the reference. "Yeah I wanted to paint you like my little French girl." I stepped closer toward her grabbing her chin. "Or we can skip the painting and I could eat my after school snack."
It was her turn to become flustered, "Oh?, well we will see what happens when we get home then."
It occurred to me this was the second time that she said, "our home". I then began to wonder if that was a common thing. Something in the back of my head was telling me that it wasn't normal, but she was trying to tell herself it was. My thoughts were confirmed when we finally arrived at her mansion. I thought that girl Drew's house was big, this was two times the size, making me gaze stupidly at the size. When we went inside I noticed that no one was home, besides one maid. Or at least I thought she was a maid, she was cleaning, so I just assumed.
After walking around for awhile I finally spoke up, "Hey Rach, where's your parents at?" I tried to sound as nice as possible, but I was confused.
"They don't spend a lot of time here, they're busy traveling for work. So I'm usually alone." She didn't look at me as she spoke. She was clearly uncomfortable with the topic so I tried to lighten the mood.
"That's okay Picasso, let's just start painting." I gave her a soft smile, trying to comfort her.
"Yeah, we can do that." She said giving me a smile. Let's just say when we finally got to her room there was no canvases to paint on. So I spent the rest of the day and night appreciating a more hands on kind of art.
The next morning I woke up to a bunch of red hair in my face. I looked down to see Rachel's naked body pressed to mine. I let out a sigh as I kissed her on the top of her head. I was unsure of what just happened, I felt as though she used me to get over some of her own personal insecurities. She was always alone in a big house, she kept saying, "our house", was this her trying to build a family? I wasn't too sure. I also was hesitant to read too much into it because we were always attracted to one another. You could tell from the jump, the first time we met there was a tension in the air. I than began to think of my own situation, I was clearly attracted to her. I just didn't know if I wanted a relationship, or ever if she wanted one. I sighed as I cuddled closer to her, trying to press her body into me as much as possible. I wanted comfort and stability, and for once in my life I felt like I acquired it. When she finally woke up we exchanged tentative smiles before we started making breakfast together. The awkwardness slowly went away and it felt just like how it always was. Playful banter.
I stayed there the rest of the weekend, the bit house felt like an actual home when I was there. We watched movies, cooked, and even spent time painting. For the first time in a long time I felt at peace. That was until the weekend ended and the school week began.
"Where were you all weekend Percy?" Jason asked as I walked up to the group.
"I decided to spend the weekend at Rachel's." I shrugged in response. Her bed was much nicer than mine, but I didn't want to say that.
"The whole weekend?" Annabeth asked me as she rose her eyebrows.
Beckendorf gave me a look, as if to say 'watch what you say'. As I made eye contact with him I felt the others eyes on me. "No not the whole weekend." I said turning to meet Annabeths eyes. "But enough to not hit y'all up on Sunday."
Thalia and Jason exchanged nervous glances, while Annabeth stood straighter. I felt uncomfortable, why were they so concerned about what I did with Rachel. My thoughts were swirling, did they not like Red for some reason? She was nice enough, so why are they acting like this? I looked around the group skeptically, Piper and Annabeth had a mean mug on while everyone looked nervous.
"Oh is that so?" Annabeth questioned slowly, dragging the words out forcefully.
I scratched the back of my head, "Um yeah?" I was growing more and more uncomfortable.
"I see." Annabeth said as she turned away to walk to class. It was obvious that she was mad, but I couldn't tell why she was that upset about it.
The rest of the week went like that. Every time I approached the group it was an awkward exchange. I grew more and more frustrated throughout the week. I didn't owe these people anything. What? Just because I didn't go swimming with them they could act differently toward me!? I became more secluded, almost going back to the same routine as when I first transferred to the preppy school. That weeks football game didn't come fast enough, I raced out onto the field. There was no emotion besides anger that was running through my body. Well maybe anger and frustration, but I feel like those are the same thing. I played great, I was all over the field. My violent energy was electrifying, not only to myself but my teammates as well. I had the most tackles on the team and even forced a fumble. We were now 3-0, reports were swarming me after the game. I ignored them all, still upset about the previous week. Rachel approached me concerned but I just waved her off, telling her I would explain later. As I went into the locker room, still fuming from the past week, someone patted me on the back. I turned to see it was Nico, and he was smiling for once.
"Great game buddy!" He said, unusually happy. "But just so you know you are coming to this party tonight." I glared at him.
"Bro you know how I feel about these wack ass preppy parties", I growled back, too fed up to pretend.
He just raised his hands, "Woah calm down, plus my older sister Bianca is going and I wanted you to meet her. So your going, I don't care."
I sighed, "Alright fine, just pick me up I'll text you my address" I walked away from him, trying to cool my temper. So what these kids were acting different? Nico never acted weird this week, so I would try to be the same around him.
Nico picked me up around 9, there was a girl in the backseat who also seemed to have the same style as Nico, all black. I looked at her quickly as I climbed into the front, but I notice she had long black hair that framed a very attractive face.
"Glad you could actually make it", Nico looked at me as I settled into the front seat.
I just gave him a small chuckle, "Yeah not like you actually gave me a choice." I then turned to look at the girl in the back seat. "And you must be Nicos sister?" I asked, raising my hand for her to shake. She smiled at me tentatively as she softly grasped my hand.
"Hello I'm Bianca, nice to meet you Percy. Nicos talked a lot about you." She glanced at Nico with a smile before looking back at me.
"Yeah, don't believe anything he says." I said as I turned back to face out of the window. I drummed my fingers on my thigh, "So where's the party?" I asked Nico.
He glanced at me quickly before looking back at the road, "It's at Pipers, and they got a nice ass pool".
I nodded my head, "You ain't tell me to bring a swim suit." I looked back at Bianca, "You bring one?"
She shook her head slowly as her response. I just shrugged it off, Nico wasn't that talkative the first time I met him either. The rest of the car ride was in comfortable silence, the music was playing so it wasn't like we were just sitting in silence. It was about a 15 minute drive from my own house, and just like Drew's, Pipers house was huge. I looked at Bianca and Nico to try to gauge their reactions but they seemed indifferent from the size of the house, making me shake my head in disbelief. We exited Nicos car in a slow manner, checking each other out to make sure we were presentable. Bianca was wearing black leather pants with a black jacket that rested over a white shirt. Nico also wore black pants, but he had jeans with a black shirt. I was wearing a white shirt and black jeans, with my black Jordan 5's. I pulled my silver chain out, running it through my fingers as we walked toward the house. As we entered I saw the group of kids that always hung out at Pipers locker, minus Grover. They noticed me, then quickly looked away, as if I was the new kid all over again. I became more and more frustrated, who the fuck did they think they were? I walked toward the kitchen and immediately started sorting through the fridge and drawers for alcohol. Bianca and Nico were watching me, I could feel their eyes, but I didn't care. I didn't like to drink beachside of the abuse I got from my stepfather, but I also didn't hate the feeling of being drunk. So I was relieved when I finally found a full bottle of vodka. I searched for the cupboards some more for glasses before I made three strong drinks, mixed with lemonade.
"Ight let's at least drink. Because I'm having a shit day." I said handing the two siblings their drinks.
They looked at eachother before Bianca shrugged, "Fuck it, if Nico gets too drunk we can just sleep here." Nico nodded in response.
"Yeah", I said also nodding my head. "Big ass house, they wouldn't care."
They smiled at me as we chugged our drinks. I then began to pour shots for us to take, not really thinking about pacing ourselves we took them. We continued to sit in the kitchen as we drank and talked. I noticed that although Bianca was like Nico, she was also different. She was a little more talkative and outgoing, and a lot more friendly. I'm friends with Nico, but our encounters were still a little colder toward one another, but Bianca was laughing and joking along like we were friends for years. We sat in the kitchen for probably an hour and a half, drinking until we couldn't. We couldn't continue because we finished the bottle between the three of us. Meaning that Nico was not driving tonight.
"So," Bianca slurred as she grabbed me and Nicos shoulders. "Are we going swimming or what?"
Me and Nico glanced at eachother before giving her a nod. "Yeah we can." Nico said as he finished his last drink.
"We don't have swim suits though," I stated pointing at the two siblings.
"Who cares Percy!?" Bianca shouted, "Let's have fun and just go in our underwear!"
I looked at Nico, to make sure that this was okay. I didn't want to disrespect him by flirting with his sister right in front of him. He must have understood my look because he leaned into me to whisper in my ear. "Why you think I wanted to introduce y'all. I knew you guys would mesh well". I just looked at him confused, he was setting me up with his sister? Fuck it, I thought, swimming in our underwear is just like a bathing suit.
"Okay," I said slowly, trying trying to sound sober. "I'm about it, we just have to stay in the shallow end." Bianca looked at me confused, Nico picked it up immediately.
"Yeah that won't be a problem," he said looking at Bianca sternly. As if he didn't want her to ask anymore questions. She just looked between us, before shaking her head in amusement.
"Okay so let's go to the back porch and strip." She said with a smile on her face. Me and Nico laughed before he led us out toward the pool. As we exited the house I was awestruck. The back patio was a beautiful marble, that lead all the way down to a huge in-ground pool. I looked at Nico and Bianca, but just like when we first came to the house, they weren't phased. I shrugged it off, as I pulled my pants down. This was clearly normal to them, so why make a big deal out of it? I quickly took off my pants and boxers and threw them in the corner of the house and patio. Hoping that no one would take my shoes and clothing. The brisk night air seemed to cool my body down a little as I shivered before walking towards the pool. Not bothering to check to see if Nico and Bianca were following me. I just assumed they would be, it doesn't take that long to strip. I felt a hand rest on my shoulder as I continued to make my way down toward the pool. I glanced over my right shoulder to see Bianca staring straight ahead. Her eyes looked guarded, as if she was nervous to swim, which confused me. It was her idea in the first place to swim, so why was she nervous? I'm the one that couldn't swim. I tore my eyes off her to look at the pool, and even though it was large, it was full of kids. I walked toward the pool, a hush went over the occupants of the pool, almost as if they were staring at our group of three.
"What the fuck is their problem?" I asked to both of them, turning my head to make eye contact.
"Your scars" Nico said in a low voice. "They clearly noticed them." I raised my eyebrow before looking down at my own body. This was always annoying. At Goode no one said anything about them, mostly because everyone had a scar or two. So they understood not to ask questions.
"The fuck y'all staring at!?" I yelled tracing the pool with my eyes. "If y'all wanna keep breathing you best not fucking stare at us." I flinched internally at my own words. This was probably not the best way to go about the situation. I continued to look at the pool before meeting the eyes of Annabeth, then I looked at the people around her. Great, I thought, her whole group saw me yell at the pool. Although I'm pretty sure they were also apart of the whispers. Bianca grabbed my hand, leading me toward the pool steps. I quickly traced over her body with my eyes. Her beauty was not just in the face, she had a perky, but not overly large butt. Her underwear was, no surprise, black. I looked back at Nico curiously, and his boxers were black as well.
"Yo, what the fuck is up with you guys and black." I said as we stepped into the pool. The water was warm, so I didn't feel too uncomfortable walking into it.
"Oh shut up Jackson," Nico growled as he followed me into the pool. Bianca just laughed at us and threw her arms around my shoulders.
We "swam" for an hour at least. I don't count it as swimming because the whole time we stayed in the shallow end. Bianca and Nico promised me that they would teach me how to swim at their own house, because of course they had a pool too. When we finally got out we were laughing at ourselves, for not thinking of a way to dry off. We decided that we would find spare rooms to sleep in, because again, of course this big ass house had spare rooms.
"Cmon Percy," Bianca grabbed my arm, trying to lead me upstairs. I looked back at Nico, meeting his gaze.
"You sure about this?" I whispered to Nico. He just smiled at me nodding.
"Yea, I said I introduced you for a reason. So go find a room to have fun." He said as he slapped our asses, clearly he was as drunk as we are.
"Okay?" I said slowly, before letting myself be dragged upstairs by Bianca.
It took us a couple minutes to find an empty room. We both sighed in relief as we threw ourselves into an empty bed. Bianca laughed before looking at me, her eyes showed pure happiness. I thought back on the night, and yeah I did like Bianca. She was funny, cool, easy going, and hot. I met her gaze before studying the rest of her body, we were both still damp from the pool. I wasn't too concerned though, because this wasn't my house or bed, so why would I care? She looked back into my eyes, before taking a deep breath and leaning into me hungrily. Her lips locked with mine aggressively, and I responded just as aggressive. After a couple minutes of engaging lips, I brought my own down to her neck. I loved the way her breathing was responding to my touch, I wanted to make her happy. I took time with her, appreciating every inch of her body, smothering it with my lips. I wanted to hear her gasp and call my name all night, and that's exactly what she did. The sex with Bianca was different from Rachel. Even though we were drunk, I felt as though the sex with Bianca had more pure emotion to it, as well as hunger. Maybe that was because we were drunk though? I'm not sure, all I know is that we had a great time. I was mystified with her body and her sounds wanting more and more, before we finally passed out in exhaustion.
The next morning I woke up in pain. My body hurt, probably from football, and my head was banging. I assumed it was from drinking, although I never been as hungover as this. I glanced over to the girl that was laying into my chest. Bianca looked so peaceful sleeping and it brought a smile to my face, so much so that I kissed her forehead. This simple act woke her up, she fluttered her eyes open and close before finally opening them. Her dark eyes met my light green, and she smiled. Her happiness radiated from her smile, causing me to smile as well. She kissed me briefly before pulling away to run her hands through my hair.
"I had fun last night" she pulled me into another kiss, but it was more emotional and deep.
"So did I", I gave her a quick peck on the lips before pulling away to smile at her.
"We should do-" she started before we both heard a loud crash. We looked up from each other to see a blonde girl standing in the doorway. Her face was red, I could feel the anger radiating off of her.
"Oh. What's up Annabeth?" I asked slowly. The only thought going through my head was, 'Fuck'.