Tutoring Chapter 12
Percy and Annabeth pulled away from each other both panting.
"You completely ruined what I wanted to say" Annabeth panted out.
Percy smirked as he tucked a strand of hair behind her ear "Say it now".
"I can't, you just ruined what I was going to say and how I felt" Annabeth said fidgeting with Percy's Good High School swimming t-shirt.
"Well how do you feel now?" Percy asked gently, almost afraid of her answer.
Annabeth sighed "I was going to tell you that we couldn't start dating, that we barley know each other. I was going to say we should stay as friends and go from there, get to know each other first. But now all I want to do is kiss you".
Percy smirked leaning his forehead against hers "That's all I want to do as well. What are you doing tonight?"
"I'm going back over to Thalia's, and apparently you and Nico are staying with Jason" Annabeth said.
"I am, but before we do that you want to go to dinner with me, and we can talk about all this?" Percy asked.
Annabeth smiled setting her hand on his chest "I'd like that"
"Swimmers in the first bracket of the 100 meter butterfly need to report to the check in stand" the announcer said over the intercom.
Percy sighed "That's me".
Annabeth smiled "Good luck Percy" she said before standing up on her toes to kiss him briefly, but Percy wrapped his arms around her waist pulling her into a deeper kiss.
When they pulled away Percy grinned "That was the best good luck kiss I've ever gotten".
Annabeth rolled her eyes pushing on his chest "Go before you're late, I'll be with Thalia and Nico in the stands next to your parents".
Percy nodded his head "I'll look for you" he said before he turned around heading to the check in station. Annabeth took a moment to calm herself down before she moved out of the hidden area and went to find Thalia in the stands.
When she sat down next to Thalia after saying hi to Sally and Paula and smacking Nico for a smart ass comment she looked at her best friend to see her smiling knowingly at her.
"Shut it Thalia" Annabeth whispered to her as they watched Percy and seven other guys line up in front of the diving boards.
Thalia just laughed "I didn't say anything Annie".
"Yeah but I know what you're thinking, Percy and I are going to talk at dinner afterwards" Annabeth said never letting her eyes wonder from Percy's figure.
As Percy jumped around and moved his arms in a circle he looked up at Annabeth smiling and winking at her. Annabeth smiled back at him as she pulled her up into a ponytail.
"Okay enough flirting with my cousin, I'm starting to feel nauseous" Thalia said.
Annabeth shoved her shoulder with hers "Were not flirting".
Thalia snorted "That's not what it looks like from my point of view".
"Or mine" Nico said leaning in between them from behind them, causing Annabeth to jump.
"Damn it Nico don't do that" Annabeth said smacking his leg.
"Well don't talk so loud, so what's going on between you and Perce?" Nico asked wiggling his eyebrows.
Annabeth huffed with annoyance as she turned around looking back at Percy who was now starting to take off the sweats and t-shirt he was wearing. Annabeth couldn't help but stare, Percy was freaking hot with his six pack abs and muscled chest and arms.
"Annabeth close your mouth" Thalia whispered in her ear "Your drooling".
Annabeth shook her head "I am not drooling".
Thalia laughed "Whatever you say Annie".
Percy was in the 100 meter butterfly, 200 meter butterfly, and the 400 meter individual medley, and he was a part of the 4x1 medley relay. Percy was the school and state record holder for the three individual races and the 4x1 relay team was the top in the state. Of course Percy won all of his races and was able to pull off a very close win for the 4x1 team.
Annabeth had never seen someone swim so beautifully before, Percy was truly amazing in the water, it was where he belonged, the scout's at UCLA would be completely stupid if they didn't give Percy the swimming scholarship. Plus Annabeth saw it as a bonus considering he looked so good in the knee length swimming shorts he wore. When they first got to the school Annabeth couldn't understand why there were so many girls here to watch a swim meet, but now she diffidently understood, Percy without a shirt was diffidently something she could get used to seeing.
After the meet Sally and Paul went with Goode's swim coach to have a meeting with the scout from UCLA with Percy. So Annabeth and Thalia went to talk with Piper, Jason and Leo while Nico went to do a last minute run to the snack bar.
"Hey guys" Annabeth said sitting down next to Piper.
"Hey, we going to the diner after this?" Jason asked.
Thalia nodded her head "Of course we are".
Leo smiled wrapping his arm around Thalia "Awesome you wanna sit be me beautiful?"
Thalia pushed his arm off "Nice try Valdez but I'm already taken".
Leo pouted "You're giving up all this for some older guy" he said waving his hand down his body.
Thalia snorted "Trust me you've got nothing on Luke, you're like a Hispanic deranged elf".
Leo put his hand on his chest like he'd been shot "That hurt, I do not look like an elf".
"It was supposed to Valdez, and yes you do with your pointy ears" Thalia said pulling on them causing Leo to wince and everyone to laugh.
"We're going to the diner right?" Nico asked sitting down beside Annabeth.
"Didn't you just get something from the snack bar?" Annabeth asked amused at how much Nico could eat.
"No, they were already closed which is completely stupid I'm starving" Nico said holding his stomach.
"How are you hungry, you had a bowl of popcorn, a large soda, and like five candy bars" Annabeth said.
Nico shrugged "I don't know I have a high metabolism".
"Do you have any idea how many girls would kill for your metabolism?" Annabeth asked.
Thalia snorted "Yeah Rachel" she said causing everyone to laugh.
"You think UCLA is offering Percy the scholarship?" Piper asked.
"Of course they are, they'd be insane if they didn't, Percy's a senior in high school and his times are like two seconds off of Michael Phelps" Leo said as he played with two paper clips in his hands.
"I wish they'd hurry up I'm starving" Nico moaned.
"Shut up Nico you're not going to die" Thalia said rolling her eyes.
"You don't know that I could die right here right now because I didn't have enough food" Nico said.
"You ate ten minutes ago you are not going to die, stop being so damn dramatic, I swear your worse than a girl" Thalia said glaring at her cousin.
"Hey kids" Sally said coming up behind them.
"Hi Aunt Sally" Jason, Nico, and Thalia said while Piper, Leo, and Annabeth each said "Hello".
"Percy just went to grab his stuff real quick he'll be here soon" Sally said smiling at each of them.
"He'd better be, I'm starving" Nico muttered.
Sally laughed "Nico your always hungry, don't worry sweetie it'll only be a couple more minutes".
"Hey guys" Percy said coming up behind them, he was wearing a pair of dark jeans, with his Goode High School swimming t-shirt and a dark green hoodie over it. His hair was still damp but it was already starting to stick up all over the place.
"Thank god I thought you'd never get here, I'm starving" Nico said standing up with a large smile on his face.
"Have fun with your friends and cousins, just remember to call your father tomorrow, I'll see you Sunday. Love you sweetie" Sally said giving her son a hug and a kiss.
Percy smiled kissing his mom's cheek "Love you to mom".
Sally gave Nico, Jason and Thalia each a hug before she and Paul left the building.
"Alright let's go" Nico said hurrying out the door after them. Soon everyone began following him but Percy and Annabeth both lingered behind.
"Well looks like our dinner plans have been invaded" Percy said smiling.
Annabeth laughed "Seems they have. How about tonight, after Thalia falls asleep I'll meet you in the kitchen, you do the same after Nico and Jason fall asleep".
"Sounds good" Percy said.
"We should probably catch up with everyone else before they notice" Annabeth said looking at the door.
Percy didn't say anything except nod his head, Annabeth led the way with Percy following after her. Once they were at the dinner, everyone started asking Percy questions about his meeting.
"The meeting went really good, their still disappointed with my grades but I told them I have a tutor and it's been helping, and that I'm committed to getting my grades up. And they offered me a full scholarship" Percy said with a large smile. Everyone started clapping and whistling "I sign all the papers next week".
"Percy that's amazing" Piper said.
"I don't think my mom's ever been this proud" Percy said.
"We'll all of us are incredibly proud of you as well" Ananbeth said smiling at him.
"Yeah kelp head this is some pretty serious stuff, I mean you're going to college on a full swimming scholarship" Thalia said smiling proudly at her cousin.
"Thanks guys" Percy said the smile never leaving his face.
They all hung out together at the diner for two hours before Piper and Leo had to go home. Percy and Annabeth didn't really talk with one another throughout the meal or on the way back to Thalia's house. Once they were there the three boys immediately took off for the large movie room to play video games. Annabeth and Thalia gathered a stack of different movies and snacks to watch in her room since they boys took the movie room.
"It's pretty amazing that Percy is going to UCLA, if you and I both go there, we'll be seeing Percy even after high school" Thalia said.
Annabeth shrugged "Yeah I guess so".
"How do you feel about that?" Thalia asked smiling knowingly at Annabeth.
Annabeth huffed with annoyance "I have no feelings about it Thals, if we both end up going to UCLA so what, it's a good school, Percy and I are friends".
"Yeah but you want to be more than friends especially after you saw him in his swim suit" Thalia said grinning.
Annabeth shoved Thalia's shoulder "Shut up Thalia".
Thalia just laughed as she got up to go to the bathroom. Annabeth sighed leaning against the headboard; she really hoped Thalia, Jason and Nico fell asleep quickly. She really wanted to see Percy, but what she really wanted to do was wrap her arms around his neck and kiss him.
Thalia came back and flopped down on the bed "Night Annie" she mumbled through a yawn.
"Night Thals" Annabeth said laying down on the bed and staring at the ceiling listening carefully for Thalia's breath to even out. It wasn't long before this happened but Annabeth wanted to be certain Thalia was actually asleep before she snuck out of the bedroom. Thirty minutes later Annabeth quietly snuck out of Thalia's room and to the kitchen. Percy wasn't there yet so she poured herself a glass of water and perched herself on top of the counter. She decided that she'd give Percy twenty minutes before she went back upstairs.
Fifteen minutes and two glasses of water later and Percy still hadn't shown up. Sighing Annabeth got off the counter and put her glass in the sink.
"Hey" Percy said softly behind her.
Annabeth spun around "Jesus Percy you scared me".
Percy smiled walking closer to her "Sorry, it took Jason forever to fall asleep, how long have you been waiting?"
Annabeth leaned against the counter "About fifteen minutes".
Percy kept walking towards her until he was only inches from her, slowly he set his hands on her hips "I'm glad you waited".
Annabeth looked up into his green eyes as she wrapped her arms around his neck running her finger tips through the hair on the back of his head "I am too" she said softly.
"I want to get to know you Annabeth, I want to be able to kiss you whenever I want, I want you to be my girlfriend Annabeth" Percy said softly never breaking eye contact.
Annabeth searched his eyes looking for anything suspicious or if he was lying. But all she saw was honesty, and one hundred percent truth. "I want that to Percy, but I think we should take things slow, like really slow. Let's get to know each other first and then decide where to go from there".
"So are you saying yes or no to being my girlfriend?" Percy asked smiling.
"Right now I'm saying no, at least until we know each other better, and the kissing me whenever you want will have to be when were alone, okay?" Annabeth asked.
Percy nodded his head "I think I can do that it'll be hard not kissing you at school but I think I can manage".
Annabeth smiled "Good, now shut up and kiss me".
Percy laughed "Whatever you say wise girl" he said before pressing his lips to hers.