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Chapter 6 – Are We Cool?

Annabeth's POV

I went out of the elevator and briskly walked to the exit. The doorman looked at me and I just smiled at him. I hailed a taxi and when I was about to get in the taxi, I saw the doorman slowly shake his head. Maybe it was because I was wearing pajamas or maybe he knew or assumed what happened between Percy and me.

I was dropped off in front of my building. I went up to my loft and immediately went to bed. I just didn't want to think anymore so I forced myself to go to sleep.

I was woken up by Onion's loud whimpering. I sat up and saw him in his doggy bed, asleep. He must have been dreaming about something. I looked at my alarm clock and noticed that I had a couple minutes before the alarm goes off. I turned changed the time I wanted it to alarm and went back to sleep.

"Onion, not today." I told Onion as his wet nose touched my cheek.

He wouldn't stop bugging me at first but he finally gave up when I didn't stand up. I went back to sleep and was later woken up by my alarm clock. I sat up and got my phone on top of the table beside my bed.

Thirty five missed calls from Percy.

I sighed and put my phone back down on the table. After I took a shower, I wore my usual high waist pencil skirt and my button down polo, which was always tucked in.

I was in the kitchen, making a cup of coffee, when my phone rang. I went back to my room to retrieve it and as I looked at the screen, no doubt, it was Percy. I clicked the ignore button and brought it with me when I went back to the kitchen.

Forty missed calls.

I finished my cup of coffee, washed my mug, and brushed my teeth. I put on lip balm and tied my hair into the usual tight bun it has been in for years now. I wore my pumps, put some dog food in Onion's bowl, locked the front door, and left for the office.

"Good morning, Drew." I smiled a small smile at her.

"Good morning, Miss Chase." She smiled back and her eyes showed concern.

Throughout the taxi ride, I managed to receive five more calls from Percy, which I ignored.

I went in my office, expecting the usual breakfast delivered by the diner on top of my table, but I stand corrected. There was a huge box, still from the same diner, on top my desk that had my name on top of it. I put my satchel on top of my chair because the box pretty much occupied most of the top of my table.

I cautiously opened the box and saw which probably is one of the competitors for the largest pancake in the whole world. The thing that caught my eye is the message on top of the pancake. Written using MnM's were the words, "I'm sorry".

The moment I saw it was the same time my phone rang. I looked at the screen and saw Percy's name on it. No surprise there. I chose to ignore it once again and put it back in my bag.

I just stared at the huge pancake and wondered what I would do with it. I decided to share it with the others. I poked my head out of the door and asked the assistants if they already ate breakfast. When they told me that they were okay, I ended up forcing them to help me eat the huge pancake. Once that we were full, we didn't even reach half of the pancake.

Both of them thanked me for the breakfast and told me that they should probably go back to work now. I looked at my phone again and saw that Percy called me.

Fifty missed calls.

I sighed and put my phone back in my satchel. I closed the box and wondered where on Earth I was going to keep it.

"Miss Chase, your first appointment is here." Drew said through the intercom. "I could make them wait if you still can't figure out where to hide the giant pancake."

I laughed, "Send them in."

A couple seconds later, a couple went in my office and seated on the chairs in front of my desk.

"May I interest you with some pancakes?" I smiled at them.

The couple left my office after an hour with two plates of pancakes. All of my clients that morning left my office with plates of pancakes.

As the clock struck twelve, I looked at my phone once again and bit my lip.

Sixty missed calls.

I sighed and put my phone on the table. I was considering not eating out for lunch because I pretty much overfed myself with pancakes and I still had a lot of leftovers.

My phone rang and I saw Percy's name pop up. I ignored it and sent him a message to just stop calling me.

"Do you want anything, Drew?" I asked her before I exited the office.

"No, thank you." She smiled at me.

I left the office and went to the diner. Once I arrived at the diner, I just sat down on the booth that Percy and I usually sat down in. Kelli went to the booth and scrunched up her eyebrows.

"Where's Percy?" She asked me.

"He's really busy in the hospital." I lied.

"Oh, bummer. So, what will your order be?"

"Just give me a plate of mac n' cheese and a glass of water." I smiled at her.

"Oh yeah, you know the huge pancake we delivered earlier?"

"Yeah, what about it?"

"Percy came here early morning to tell us to make that especially for you."

I just smiled timidly at her.

A few minutes later, my order arrived. I looked out the window and slowly perked up. The person entered the diner, looking for someone. I stood up warily and that person's eyes landed on me. I swiftly walked to that person and hugged him tightly. He hugged me back as tight.

"I'm so sorry. I'm really sorry." Percy kept muttering as we hugged.

I just kept nodding, accepting his apology. After we had our moment, we sat down in our booth.

"Annabeth, I'm really really sorry for last night. I went overboard. I shouldn't have insulted you. You know I didn't mean any of those. I promise you, nothing like that will ever happen again and if I stand-"

I interrupted him by shoving a spoonful of mac n' cheese in his mouth. He gave me a puzzled look and I just smiled at him.

"I just had to shut you up because I know you'll never stop apologizing."

He just smiled at me and chewed on the spoonful of pasta that I forced in his mouth.

I looked at my phone and smiled, "Sixty one missed calls. When were you planning to stop?"

"I…actually didn't have plans on stopping. Maybe if you sent a message or answered, that's when I'll stop."

"You just can't take a hint, can you?" I laughed.

"Hint schmint."

"It hasn't been twenty four hours since we last saw each other." I noticed.

He was quiet for a while, thinking about it, and then gently nodded, "We can never really be away from each other."

"I missed you." I confessed.

His eyes softened and so did his voice, "I missed you too."

"I don't want to go through that again, Percy."

"Me too. Our first fight." He mused. "I don't plan on having more fights with you."

"No more fights." I agreed.

"It was the only fight when I couldn't sleep. I couldn't bear with myself knowing that I hurt you."

"How about your fights with Rachel?"

He thought about it for a while and then said, "No, it was really just our fight."

"I'm telling on you." I playfully said.

"We wouldn't want that, do we?"

I smiled at him and then fed him more of my pasta, "No more fighting. Do you know that I went home with bloodshot eyes?"

"I'm sorry." He apologized once again.

"No, no, I'm just telling you how affected I am too."

We had lunch together and then left the diner. We decided to walk to the office because we would spend more time if we did. Percy and I held hands and then he put his arm on my shoulder. It looked like I was hugging myself too. On our way to the office, we kept laughing and talking as if we didn't have a fight.

When we were outside the building of the office, Percy pulled me closer to him and kissed my temple. I closed my eyes and smiled. I looked up at him.

"I'll see you later." He whispered in my ear.

"Is the sleepover still on?"

"You bet."

He let go of me and waved as I walked towards the entrance. I went in and then pressed the button on the elevator. I looked at him and then he was already walking away. I ran out of the building, chased him, and then fiercely hugged Percy from behind.

"Annabeth?" He asked.

"I really missed you." I said against his back.

He unlocked my arm, turned around, and hugged me back. We just stood there for a couple minutes, just hugging.

"I'm sorry." I said against his chest.

He responded by hugging me tighter. We just stopped when my phone beeped; signalling that my lunch break was over. Percy let go of me, held me arm's length, stared into my eyes, and smiled.

"I'll see you later." He said.

"I'll be waiting."

We hugged one last time and then parted ways. I went up to the office and continued working.

Drew's head poked in my office and announced that she was going to leave already.

"Of course. You go ahead. I'm waiting for something." I smiled at her.

"I'll see you tomorrow, Miss Chase." She said and then closed the door.

I looked at my clock and noticed that it was already five. I closed the folder that was owned by one of my client's and put it back in the steel cabinet. I sat back down on my seat and took out the notebook that was hidden in my desk. It was rather my doodle notebook.

I drew a big circle and wrote, "I'm sorry," inside it. I started coloring and adding changes and tweaks to it. It started looking like the giant pancake that I got from Percy earlier that day.

"That looks rather familiar."

I looked up from my doodle book and saw Percy leaning against the door frame of my office. I closed my notebook and smiled at him.

"A little bird told me that you ordered that especially for me."

"Well, that little bird is right." He said as he walked over to my desk.

I hid my doodle notebook and looked at him again.

"That thing weighed a couple kilograms. Where is it anyway?"

"On its way to be our breakfast for tomorrow." I smiled and got my satchel.

We left the office, carrying loads of leftover pancakes, and headed to Percy's apartment. Once we got there, I opened my bag to look for the keys to his front door but it wasn't there. I always bring those everywhere. Percy looked at me, noticing my flustered movements as I looked for his keys.

"You left them in the apartment when you left last night."

"Oh." I looked down at the floor and waited for him to open the door.

After a couple minutes of waiting, I realized that it was taking longer than usual to look for his keys.

"Percy?"

"I left my keys at the hospital." He confessed with a slight blush.

"So where do we leave the pancakes?" I laughed.

"I'm sure Argus can hold on to it while we're gone."

We went back down to the lobby of the building, left the pancakes to Argus, and went to the hospital.

"Hey, Annabeth!" Will Solace greeted me as he passed by me.

"Hey, Will! Your mom visited me the other day." I said.

"Yeah, she told me. And she thought she was disturbing something that was happening between you and Percy." He laughed.

"It was nothing." I laughed too.

Will Solace is a doctor who Percy works with in the same hospital. And he's the son of Mr. and Mrs. Solace, my neighbors. I actually met him before I found out that he was the couple's son. Percy introduced us to each other when he started working in the hospital.

Percy and I went up to the floor where his office was. Different doctors and nurses greeted us on our way to his office. I also had a copy of the key to his office but I left it inside his apartment along with my set of keys to his apartment.

"Don't tell me you left your keys inside the apartment." I joked.

He just laughed and opened the door. He got his keys and locked the door of his office. On our way to the elevator, another doctor caught up with Percy and told him about an emergency.

"No, you go ahead. I'll be waiting for you in your office." I smiled at him and he gave me his keys. "Save your patient's life for me."

"Sorry for stealing Percy from you, Annabeth." Michael Yew said as they started walking away.

I just laughed and went back to his office. I sat down on his chair and looked at his notes. I think Percy's the only doctor whose handwriting I can read. After looking for things to do in his office, okay fine, and snooping around his things, I went down to the cafeteria.

It was probably their break because when I arrived at the cafeteria, there were a lot of nurses. I fell in line and just ordered a sandwich and hot chocolate. I sat down at an empty table and then heard a bit of whispering. I looked around and saw a group of nurses looking at me. I decided not to mind and continue with my business. A couple minutes later, I found myself listening to them.

"Yeah, they said that she's Dr. Jackson's girlfriend."

"She's very pretty. I like her."

"They say that they meet up every day and there was never a day that they didn't see each other. They couldn't even last twenty four hours without each other."

"I mean, he enters the hospital talking about how great she is, what they did together before he went here, or whatever that involves her. And then he leaves the hospital talking about the same thing!"

"It's like she's the best thing that ever happened to him. Is she that awesome?"

"Whenever he's not here, I bet he's off somewhere with her."

"I think she's the girl in the picture in his wallet."

"And whenever she's here, he always brings her around, introducing her to different doctors and nurses, like he's showing her off."

"I think they're engaged. What's her name?"

"Annabeth Chase, was it?"

"Annabeth Jackson. That sounds pretty." One of them giggled.

"They should get married already." The other agreed.

"Or else I'll ask her to marry me."

They laughed and continued talking, as if they didn't consider the possibility that I would be listening.

"You know the reason why Dr. Jackson was late a while ago?" The girl asked and paused. "That was because he personally delivered a gift to her. I heard him talking to Dr. Solace saying that whatever he gave her weighed around five kilograms."

"Ugh, I'll do anything to have Dr. Jackson do that for me. She's a very lucky girl."

I smiled at their gossip and thought about it. Percy and I as a couple. I laughed at myself for even thinking about that. Percy is-

"But what about that girl with red hair?"

Rachel.

"Oh don't tell me he's dating both of them!"

"I don't know. But personally, I like her than the one with red hair."

Some of them agreed and they continued talking about someone else's personal life.

Percy and I as a couple. Annabeth Jackson. That will never happen because he is engaged and is very much in love with Rachel. Not me.

I got my untouched sandwich and hot chocolate and left the cafeteria. I went back to Percy's office and ate there while watching news on Percy's TV. I was sipping on my hot chocolate when my phone rang. I got it from my bag and answered.

"Annabeth Chase."

"Hey, Annabeth. Percy told me that he's afraid of telling you his real feelings because you might think badly about him. You know, being engaged with Rachel and all. But he did tell me that he feels like high school again. When he would feel giddy and excited once you're there but the same time he's battling with himself on either telling you how he feels or not."

I just laughed and played along, "I totally feel the same way! Ugh, I knew I should've just kissed him and confessed my feelings."

Thalia laughed, "It's not yet too late. He's not yet married to Rachel! You know that he just pull off the wedding especially if you're the reason why."

I laughed again and gave up, "Hey, Thalia. You're how many hours late. I was waiting for your call since a while ago in the morning."

"I thought I'd give you some time off. I heard you had a fight with Percy. So I decided to give you some space and let you cool off."

"Oh, you heard about that."

"Yeah, Percy called us early morning, waking us up, and asking what he could do to make it up to you."

"Us?"

"Nico and I. Who else?"

"Oh, who came up with the giant pancake idea?"

"Eh…both of us did." Thalia laughed.

"He said it was around five kilos. Anyway, everything is fine between us."

"Yeah, I heard. After your lunch date, he called us and said everything is fine between the two lovebirds."

"Quite unexpected, right?"

"Yeah, I never thought that you and Percy would fight. I always saw the both of you as a perfect couple. Never fighting but I stand corrected."

I laughed and started talking about what I heard in the cafeteria.

"See? Nico and I are not the only ones who think that you look good with each other. Even the gossiping nurses think so too. So why don't you just forget about Luke and be with Percy, your ever so loyal, trusted, loved, and so on best friend?"

"Because, Thalia, he is engaged with Rachel and they are very much in love. Let them be."

"But what about you? Settling for the second best?"

"Hey, don't call Luke the second best."

"But he is. Percy is the best thing that happened in your life, right?"

I sighed, "Yeah, sure. But again, he chose Rachel, not me."

"Because he thinks that you don't return his feelings." She defended her cousin.

"We have been best friends for twenty three years, Thalia, maybe in those years he might've told me something or confessed. Twenty three, Thalia." I argued. "Not that I'm saying that I want him to."

Thalia sighed, "But you know, deep inside that chicken, there is a part that loves you more than a best friend. It's just being held down because he probably thinks that you don't return the feelings and telling you might destroy the friendship. And now that he's engaged to her, the more it is held down."

"Oh, he just sees me as a best friend, Thalia. Just accept it."

"Whatever you say, Annabeth."

I hung up on her and continued watching TV. I looked at the clock after a while and realized that I have been in the hospital for three hours now. I turned the TV off and exited the office. I wandered around the hospital. Lee Fletcher, Will Solace and different doctors and nurses greeted me as I passed by them. I ended up staying at the nurses' station, talking to some doctors and nurses.

"What brought you here, Annebeth?" The head nurse asked me.

"Percy and I were supposed to have a sleepover at his place tonight but he left his keys in his office and I left my copy of his keys inside the apartment. So we got his keys and were on our way to his apartment when Michael caught up with us. They're in the emergency room I suppose and I'm out here, roaming around."

"Have you ever considered marrying him? Because you two are like two peas in a pod." Another nurse asked me.

I smiled, "Actually-"

I was immediately cut off because someone covered my eyes with their hands. My hands immediately flew to the hands over my eyes.

"Now, what would you be talking about, Wise Girl?" He whispered in my ears and then kissed my neck.

I smiled and removed his hands from my face, "Nothing you should know about, Seaweed Brain."

"I was looking for you everywhere."

"Well, I was getting bored in your office so I walked around and ended up talking to these lovely nurses."

He put his hands around my shoulders and smiled at me, "Well, excuse me ladies but I have to snag this lady away so we can start our sleepover."

The nurses smiled, giggled, and say goodbye to me. Percy and I were walking towards his office so we could get our things.

"So what were you talking about?" He asked me.

"That's a secret I'll never tell." I smiled.

"Really?" He pouted.

I nodded as I got my bag, "I promise I didn't tell them your need to hug something while sleeping or any other secrets."

He laughed and then put his arm around my shoulders as we left his office. I wrapped my arms around his waist, hugging him, as we walked towards the elevator. I heard whispering as we passed by a group of nurses.

"I told you so!" One of them said and that was the last thing I heard before the elevator doors closed.

Percy brought me closer to him and said, "I really missed you."

I smiled, "Aw, I missed you too."

He kissed the top of my head. We exited the elevator once we reached the ground floor and left the hospital. He hailed a cab and then we were really off to his building.

We got our pancakes from Argus, the doorman, and went up to his apartment. He unlocked the door and let us both in. I spotted my set of keys, grabbed them, and put them in my bag. Don't want to forget these.

I went to his bedroom, to his cabinet to be exact, and looked for my pajamas but I couldn't find them.

"Percy, where's my pajamas?" I asked him as he entered the bedroom.

"You were wearing it when you left the apartment last night. I forgot to tell you to bring an extra pair."

"Well, do you mind if I borrow some clothes?"

"Knock yourself out."

I searched for comfortable clothes and ended up wearing Percy's long sleeve cotton shirt and short cotton shorts. Luckily the cotton shorts were mine but I don't remember leaving them here. I honestly have no memories of leaving them in Percy's apartment.

"What's for dinner?" I asked him as I went out of his bedroom.

Percy turned around and I saw him holding a saucepan and a wooden spoon, "I'm making pasta and chicken fingers."

"You know you don't have to cook for me. We could just order from that Chinese restaurant a block away from here and have it delivered."

He pouted at me, "But I thought maybe I could cook something for my make up dinner."

I was touched, "Do you want me to help you?"

"No, no, you just sit down, watch TV, and relax while I whip you up a delicious dinner. You don't have to lift a finger tonight."

"Except for the chicken finger than I would be eating?" I joked.

He smiled and said, "Yes, except that finger."

I sat down on the stool provided for the kitchen island and watched him cook me dinner. A couple minutes later, he started cussing and cursing. I offered to help him but he waved his hand dismissively.

"Percy, are you hurt?" I asked him as he cussed really loudly.

"Nah, just a little burn." He cussed again.

I jumped off the stool and went over to him, "It's not that bad."

I opened on of his cupboards and grabbed the petroleum jelly. I held out my hand, he put his hand over mine, and I applied a generous amount of petroleum jelly on his burn.

"You, sit down. I'll finish cooking." I said.

He started protesting but I gave him a stare, "But you're supposed to be the one who wouldn't lift a finger tonight."

"If I let you go on, you might be covered in burns and cuts by the end of the night."

"I'll be fine."

"No, sit down, Percy. I'll finish everything."

He followed and sat down on one of the stools, watching me carefully.

I ended up cooking the rest of the dinner that Percy planned. I cooked the noodles, made the sauce for the pasta alla carbonara, and fry the chicken fingers. I added a couple things to the menu and made aioli for the garlic bread.

"It's been a while since I cooked." I admitted as I put the serving dishes on the dining table.

"I told you to just sit down and relax." Percy started.

"I meant that in a good way, Seaweed Brain."

"Okay okay. I'll stop." He said.

"Bon appétit." I said then we started eating.

After a delicious dinner, I have to say, Percy outdid himself this time…somehow. I washed the dishes while he cleaned up.

"So, what will we be doing for tonight?" I asked him as I sat down on his couch.

"I have Titanic and Marley and Me." Percy said, showing the DVD's he got.

"I'll go for Marley and Me." I smiled at him.

Percy played the CD and sat down beside me. He spread the blanket over our legs when the trailers were still playing. Soon enough the movie started. I picked that movie because I knew that I could relate to it because the characters in the movie have Marley while I have Onion. I hugged Percy's arm as the movie went on.

At the end of the movie, I have my head on Percy's shoulder. I was holding on to the blanket and was tightly hugging his arm. I was tearing up and used the blanket to wipe the tears away. Percy was breathing deeply and I knew that he was trying not to cry.

"I have to go to the bathroom." He said when the credits filled the screen.

I let go of his arm and continued to wipe my tears. He stood up and went to the bathroom. He was just going to hide in the bathroom so he could wipe those tears away, I know it. A couple minutes later, he came back and sat down beside me again.

"Want to watch Titanic next?" He asked me.

"I think I've shed enough tears for the night."

"Ready to call it a night?"

I realized that I was tired, "Yeah, I am. I bet you're tired as well."

He nodded and we locked up, turned off the lights, and got ready for bed. He let me use the bathroom first, so I washed my face and brushed my teeth. When I was done, Percy entered the bathroom and got ready for bed as well.

"Did you put petroleum jelly on your burn?" I asked him as he lied down beside me in his king sized bed, already wearing his pajamas.

"Yes, ma'am."

"Good night, Seaweed Brain." I smiled

"Good night, Wise Girl." He said.

"And thank you for the delicious make up dinner and for the wonderful night." I quickly kissed his cheek.

He chuckled, "You are very welcome."

Then silence loomed over us. Percy was breathing steadily. I closed my eyes and was on the verge of falling asleep when I felt arms wrap around my waist.

I smiled to myself when those pair of arms pulled me closer to him. Percy always needed to hug something when he's asleep. I felt his breath on my neck and soon enough I was also asleep.

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