I purposely rushed the events because I really wanna do a Percabeth already. Thanks for the reviews. :D It's just… Oh, never mind. This is where my storyline will be applied so it wouldn't be much of a Letters to Juliet. Enjoy.
Disclaimer: Do I really have to say this? I do not own them. :)
Percy thought about what happened yesterday when he was escorting Annabeth back to her house;
They walked on the streets silently. The plan was already made. From 70 locations, Annabeth narrowed it down to 34. Percy and Alice were impressed. And from 34, it narrowed down to 5. They have a lot of time to do that for a month. Tomorrow they would go to a hotel in the middle of Italy (well, not really in the middle). "You were impressive a while ago." Percy complemented.
"Thanks." Annabeth smiled.
They reached Annabeth's 'temporary' house and Annabeth said, "You better go."
"Yeah, I'll see you tomorrow."
Annabeth went inside and Percy left.
Annabeth's morning was good, as usual. She took another sip of coffee and packed her bags. The doorbell rang and Annabeth opened the door. "Oh, you're early."
"Grandma's so excited; she woke me up early, and told me to get you. Are you ready?" Percy asked.
"I'll just go and get my bags. Did you bring a car?" Annabeth asked that question because she didn't want to drag her luggage on the streets. It would make her look stupid or foolish.
"Yeah." Percy pointed to a grey Porsche.
"Nice." Annabeth complimented at the color of the car. It matched her eyes.
Annabeth took her luggage and slung her laptop bag on her shoulder. Percy took her bags and put it on the trunk of the car. Annabeth sat at the shotgun seat while Percy entered the driver's seat. "Why didn't you say you have a car? I would prefer you driving than walking me home." Annabeth said as Percy revved the engine.
"Well, you mentioned that you lived in a walking distance. So, I figured that walking would be better than driving. Gas prices are high, you know." Percy explained as Annabeth nodded.
"So, what brings you here in Italy? Is it because of the letter?" Percy wondered.
"No. I came here to be inspired and also to see the beautiful places." Annabeth answered.
"Well, here's a beautiful face." Percy pointed to himself.
"I said place, not face." Annabeth pointed out. "Plus, beautiful is used to describe girls not boys." She added.
"So you mean to say that the 'beautiful places' are girls?"
"What?"
"Nothing. I was just kidding."
"What's in your brain?" Annabeth muttered.
"Seaweed." Percy responded as he heard what Annabeth said.
"Okay, Seaweed Brain."
"I didn't mean it literally, Wise Girl."
"Yes, I know I'm wise. That's how I knew that there are plenty of seaweed's on your brain."
They started to argue as Percy parked on his garage. Annabeth slammed the door shut as she stepped outside. Percy was about to be a gentleman but decided against it. "I'll just wait for the both of you here." Annabeth said half-heartedly.
Percy sighed and entered the house by himself. "Oh! Percy! You're already here!" Alice went to hug Percy and noticed something missing. "Where's Annabeth?"
"She's waiting for us in the garage. Where's your luggage?"
Alice pointed to the bags, "You seem to be in a bad mood. Why?" Alice noticed.
"Nothing." Percy mumbled.
"Alright. I'll go ahead of you. Bring the bags."
"Yes, grandma."
Alice walked towards the garage and saw Annabeth reading a book. "What's that?" Alice asked as Annabeth put a bookmark on the book.
"Oh uh,-" Annabeth looked at the book cover though she knew what book she was reading, "—it's Perks Of Being A Wallflower."
"What is it about?"
"It's a coming-of-age story. About being matured in high school life."
"Oh."
Percy came afterwards Alice and Annabeth have finished talking about the book and he placed the bags on the trunk. "Are we all ready?" Alice asked.
"Yeah." "Uh-huh." Percy and Annabeth said together.
Alice went in the shotgun seat as Annabeth entered the backseat. Percy was a little disappointed but he shook it off. He entered the driver's seat. "So, where's our location?" Percy asked.
Alice opened the map and pointed at the near middle of the map of Italy and said, "We'll check in on this hotel and travel again the next day." Alice said.
Percy started driving around town and Annabeth started to look at the view. She placed her headphones on her ear with Back To December playing. They were off the town after a few minutes and entered the fields. Annabeth started singing softly and Percy raised his eyebrows.
"So, what do you want Annabeth?" Alice asked as they were ordering food in a local diner that they stopped over.
"I'll get a cheese pizza and some fries. What about you, Seaweed Brain?" Alice raised here eyebrows with the mention of Annabeth's new profound nickname for Percy.
"Pepperoni and fries." Percy responded.
Alice called for a waiter and ordered, "Alright. Make it two pepperonis and one cheese pizza and also a large fries. Three sodas too."
The waiter walked away and the three started to make conversation. "Talk about your life at New York." Alice requested Annabeth.
"Uhm…" Annabeth didn't know where to start so Alice decided to give her a topic.
"Let's start with your education."
"Oh, okay." Annabeth breathed in. "I had straight A's in high school and I also graduated as a valedictorian. I took a major in journalism on college. My mom wanted me to take architecture. I also wanted to take it but I feel the peace in writing so… I took journalism rather than architecture." Annabeth explained.
"Impressive." Alice said impressed.
"Thanks." Annabeth smiled.
Percy was curious about something so he spoke up, "What about your social life?"
"What do you mean by that?" Annabeth was bewildered by the question which rarely happened.
"Family. Relationships." Percy emphasized on the word 'relationships' but he didn't why.
"My family's very rich. My mom owns an architectural company. My dad makes and researches about planes. I have two brothers; they're in middle school now."
"Tell us about your family." Alice said as the food was laid out.
"Well, my mom, she's workaholic. Always working. Puts business first than family. I rarely see her. She wants me to take over her company, but I refused." Alice nodded and Annabeth took a bit of her pizza. "My dad…" Annabeth smiled wistfully. "He's very different from mom. He always had time for me. For us. He made a biplane once. I was the first person who rode it with him. We both flied at the fields of California. Afterwards we moved to New York. We flew over there too. He would take me to the top of the Empire State Building. Ever since then, the Empire State Building was my most favourite place on earth. He would take me there at night and we would stare at the stars, and when the guards see us, we would fly away. Because we didn't pay. Mom thought it was foolish." Annabeth smiled at the memories, while Percy was feeling a tinge of jealousy as his father wasn't anything like Annabeth's.
"What about your relationships?" Percy asked casually while Annabeth took a bite of her pizza."
"I'm currently single." Percy's eyes lit up. "I never got involved in those sappy romances. But I write romance novels."
They continued to talk and eat. After an hour they departed.
Annabeth put her bags down. Her room was pretty nice. The walls were white, too flashy for her. The room was like any other rooms you'd see in a hotel. Annabeth's room was just across from Percy's and Alice's. There was a small balcony outside with a coffee table. The coffee tables were two. One on the balcony and one beside the snack bar. Just enough for Annabeth to sit back, enjoy, and relax. "Do you like the room?" Annabeth didn't notice that her door wasn't locked and saw that Alice entered it.
"Yeah, it's cool." Annabeth replied.
"Percy found some of his old high school buddies. He's downstairs. In case you wanna know."
"Oh, cool."
"Alright, go to our room when you're done unpacking."
"Okay."
Alice left the room and Annabeth grabbed her earphones again and played some music. She started unpacking and finished after 30 minutes. Annabeth left the room and entered Alice's since the door was wide open. "I'm done unpacking." She said.
"That's good." Alice said.
The chattering died down at the coffee table. Annabeth saw three figures—Percy, a guy with blonde hair, and a girl with a red hair. "Oh, yeah. Let me introduce to you," Percy said half-heartedly. "Annabeth, this is Luke—" he pointed on the blonde haired guy. "—and Rachel." He pointed on the red haired girl. "Luke. Rachel. Annabeth."
"Nice to meet you." Annabeth smiled.
"Hey!" Rachel said enthusiastically.
Luke just stared at Annabeth. Percy knew that look; it was the look when Luke would like a certain girl. Usually, Percy would let Luke stare at a girl. He would even laugh at him for staring stupidly. But he didn't like it when Luke stared at Annabeth. "Hey." Percy called to Rachel and Luke. "Why don't we drink coffee downstairs and talk about what happened in our lives, huh? Percy proposed.
"What a good idea!" Rachel said. "Are you in, Luke?" Rachel asked.
"Yeah, okay." Luke said facing Rachel.
Annabeth seemed to notice that Luke was staring at her but she ignored it. "Nice to meet you too." Luke smiled to Annabeth as the trio were about to leave.
Disclaimer II: I also do not own the book Perks Of Being A Wallflower. But you should read it. I learned a lot. Not to mention that Logan Lerman would play the guy's role. I also do not own Back To December. It's just one of my currently favorite songs.
/sighs. It's been nine to ten days since I didn't update. So you see the twist I did. Yeah, it was pretty obvious. I'll just ask a suggestion: Will Rachel be in love with Percy or will she be just a friend? Tell me! I'm having a hard time choosing. Review? Comments, suggestions?
-BE18
