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Chapter Sixteen

Travis had arrived just a couple minutes after Malcolm. He was brandishing a heavy, thick stick that he must have grabbed from the forest. When Travis realized that Annabeth was safe in Malcolm and Percy's hand, Travis uncomfortably threw the stick to the side. "Oh, hey Percy."

Percy grinned. "Travis, what took you so long?"

"Hey! That forest is fricking huge!" Travis said defensively.

Percy just laughed.

"Well, thanks for calling me Travis," Malcolm said, patting Travis on the back. "But I still don't like you that much."

Travis grinned, arrogantly. "You're just saying that because I glued the tops of your pages of all your little architect nerd books together."

"You did what?!" Malcolm growled.

Travis's eyes widened. "Oops."

"I am so glad Annabeth isn't dating you," Malcolm mumbled.

"Speaking of which," Percy started. Percy glared at Travis and lightly struck Travis on the back of his head. "That's for forcing Annabeth to be a part of your dumb little plan."

"First of all, OW!" Travis shouted, massaging the back of his temple. "And second, I have no idea what you're talking about."

Annabeth rolled her eyes. "Come on, Travis, give it up." She put her arm around Percy. "But I must say that the plan did work out."

Travis scowled. "For you it did," Travis mumbled. "Katie, for some crazy reason, still really hates. Why can't I have good luck like you, Annabeth? Maybe…," Travis's eyes light up, "Percy, you could pretend to mug ME and then Katie would save me."

Annabeth face palmed. "You're stupid."

"Hey! A guy has got to try!"

The police arrived just a few minutes afterwards. They dispersed, some going straight to the assailant and arrested him. A few, however, went straight to Annabeth, Percy, Travis and Malcolm for questioning.

"So, what happened?" Ronald Martesh asked him.

Annabeth quickly began to explain the sequence of events. "Well, I was talking my friend," Annabeth pointed to Travis, "When he came behind me and dragged me back here. He pushed against the wall," Annabeth cringed, "And he started to threaten me so I hit him. Then, we got into a physical altercation…when Percy arrived."

"And then that happened." Percy gestured toward the unconscious man.

The officer snickered. "Nice work there buddy. You would be a good asset on the police force."

Percy smiled. "Oh, I think I'm good."

Ronald laughed. "Oh well."

"But I promise I'll keep the option open," Percy joked.

Ronald smiled, thankful for Percy playing along with the joke. "You, Miss Chase," Ronald faced Annabeth with a grin, "Are very lucky for have such an amazing friend as this young man."

Annabeth smiled. He wrapped his arms around her petite waist.

" I know I am," Annabeth said, grinning.

She waited for the officer to leave to kiss Percy.

"Like he said, I am soooo lucky."

Percy smirked. "I know you are."

"Annabeth?!" Athena shouted. She ran into the alleyway and gasped as she stared at her daughter's unconscious assailant. She turned, horror-struck, at her daughter and Percy.

"Mom," Annabeth mumbled. She pulled her mother into a firm hug. "I'm fine."

"He could have," Athena rambled. "You could have…. Oh my gosh..."

"Mom, I know…but I'm fine. Lucky for me, Percy was around." Annabeth looked at Percy and smiled at him, her gray eyes glowing.

Athena turned to face Percy. She held out her hand and clutched his hand graciously. "Thank you." She said through tears. Athena hesitantly pulled Percy into a gentle hug. He uncomfortably patted her back.

"Um…mom," Annabeth whispered.

Athena cleared her throat. "Right. You, missy," Athena pointed her finger accusingly at Annabeth, "Are very lucky."

Annabeth smiled. She felt Percy wrap his arm around her. "I feel lucky. Trust me."

Athena smiled, her eyes twinkling.

"Annabeth?!" Someone came from behind Annabeth. They rested their hand on her shoulder.

Annabeth jumped.

"Whoa, relax. It's just me." Annabeth quickly turned around, her eyes wide, only to see that it was Luke.

Annabeth sighed in relief. "Luke!"

"Travis called me and told me about what happened. Are you okay?" Luke opened his arms and pulled Annabeth into a comforting hug.

"I'm fine, Luke," Annabeth reassured. They pulled away, "Are the others with you?"

"Yeah. We were out getting pizza when we heard the news. They should be here a minute."

Right on cue, Thalia, Nico and Katie sprinted into the alleyway. They were panting and out of breath. Katie was clutching her side.

"Where's Connor?" Luke asked.

"Dumbass stayed back to get the pizza," Thalia clarified.

Luke scoffed. "Of course he did."

Thalia, Nico and Katie reached Luke's side. "You're okay, right?"

Annabeth chuckled. "Thanks to Percy." Annabeth grabbed Percy's hand and clutched it as if her life depended on it.

"Okay, what the hell happened?" Nico burst out. "I thought you were dating Travis."

"Technically, they were never dating," Percy explained. "They were just faking it."

"Why?" Katie argued.

"They were trying to make us jealous." Percy gestured toward himself and Katie.

Katie raised her eyebrows. "Me? Why me?"

Thalia scoffed. "Come on, Katie. It's obvious that Travis likes you."

"Hey guys." Travis said, walking over.

Perfect timing, Annabeth thought to herself.

He had a large grin on his face. "What's going on?"

Katie turned to Travis. "Travis, it is true that you just pretended to date Annabeth because you were trying to make me jealous?"

Travis's cocky smile faded. "Um…."

"Travis, cat is out of the bag. Just admit it," Annabeth said, slyly. She wrapped her hands around Percy's arm. "I did and everything worked out just fine."

"Yeah, Travis," Katie said with a smile. "Just admit it."

Travis's eyes widened.

He's good with pranks…just not with words.

"Um…well, I…uh," Travis looked at Katie. He slowly inched closer to her as he stuttered. "Well, I…uh…." Quickly, Travis grabbed Katie's face and thrust himself at her, kissing her passionately.

Annabeth raised her eyebrows. "What the…."

Luke laughed.

"Yeah, Trav!" Someone called from behind them. Annabeth looked up to see Connor, munching on a piece of steaming cheese pizza. "Get some!"

Travis pulled away from Katie and scowled. "Damn it, Connor!"

Katie laughed. She held Travis's hand and started to lead him away from the others. "Come on, let's go. We can go back to my place. And you know, study."

Travis's eyes widened and he quickly began to drag Katie in the direction of Katie's house.

Luke laughed. "So weird."

Annabeth snickered. "You were just as bad when you meet Thalia."

Thalia laughed. "Yeah. Besides, I think it's romantic."

Luke raised his eyebrows. "Thalia Grace thinks something is romantic?" Thalia slapped Luke's arm. Luke snickered. "I'm just kidding, I'm just kidding." He leaned down to Thalia's face and gently peeked her on the cheek. "Come on, guys. Let's go back to my place. These two," Luke gestured toward Percy and Annabeth, "Have some things to do."

Annabeth blushed.

"See you guys," Luke said, winking at Percy.

They quickly left.

"Finally," Annabeth said with a smile. She wrapped her arms around Percy and gazed into his majestic eyes. "We are alone!"

Percy laughed. "I thought it would never happen."

"Thank you," Annabeth whispered. "For coming to save me, Seaweed Brain."

Percy laughed. "I won't ever let anyone hurt you, Wise Girl."

Annabeth smiled. She stepped on her tiptoes and kissed him.

Sorry this was really short...

Awwwwwww, do you like those Percabeth moments…and that Tratie moment?

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