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And we're at chapter 6.

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Prepare for drama.

PERCY POV:

We immediately broke apart.

Annabeth's face was bright red, and I was sure mine was too. I could see the regret in her eyes. It created a lump in my throat. She regretted it. Crap.

Once again, I was catching feelings for a girl who didn't care about me.

"Um, Thals, you said you weren't going to be back until six." Her voice was cautious.

"Forgot my wallet. I'm glad I did, I caught a show. So how long has this been going on?" Thalia smirked.

"It isn't," Annabeth replied quickly, too quickly for my taste. "Nothing's going on."

I could feel my stomach drop. Nothing. I guess I misinterpreted all those small smiles, all those stolen glances. That was what I got for starting to fall for another girl.

Annabeth looked over at me worriedly when I looked down. "Right, Percy?"

"Uh, yeah. Nothing." I mumbled it with disdain, and luckily Thalia didn't pick up on it. Annabeth did. She frowned and nodded slowly.

"Here's your wallet. Have fun with Reyna."

Thalia rolled her eyes. "I never said it was Reyna."

"Didn't need to." Annabeth smiled. My heart clenched. I was too attached to that smile. I knew I needed to get out. But I couldn't seem to break off our agreement. Ugh. I didn't know what to do.

Thalia slammed the door on her way out. She wasn't mad, she just seemed to slam every door she came across. Maybe it was a power move.

Annabeth glanced at me. "So."

I did the first thing that came to mind. I played dumb. All I wanted was to talk about it, but I didn't know if I could take it. "Yeah?"

She looked uncomfortable now. "Um, so about what might have happened if Thals didn't come…"

I didn't want to hear about how she didn't actually care about me. I didn't want to talk about how she thought it was a mistake and how she was sorry for leading me on, making me lke her, making me care about her.

"Nothing happened. We're friends." I shrugged nonchalantly. "But we're cool, right?"

She nodded reluctantly. "Yeah, of course."

"Chill. Let's work on vocab. I suck at it."

I could feel her eyes boring into me almost painfully, but I forced myself to ignore it.

She nodded. "Yeah, okay. Vocab."

ANNABETH POV:

I couldn't stop thinking about him. And our almost-kiss.

He was definitely upset afterwards, but I wasn't sure why. It was obvious he didn't like me back, confirmed by how goddamn casual he was after our moment.

Percy damn Jackson. I needed to get him out of my head.

I walked out of my architecture class slowly, deep in thought.

His sea green eyes captivated me, and I couldn't get over how they looked when he leaned in slowly-

"Hey, Annie!"

I glared immediately, not bothering to turn to see who was talking to me. I wasn't in the mood. "Don't call me Annie."

"Annabeth! Hey! What's wrong?" Luke jogged up to me, shooting me a grin.

I sighed a little. "I don't even know."

He frowned. "Wanna talk about it?"

I shook my head. He nodded dejectedly. "But um, do you want to go see a movie or something?"

He immediately perked up, his icy blue eyes gleaming. "I'd love that. Wanna come over later, we can watch that new trashy action movie?"

I grinned, grateful for his carefree attitude. "Sounds great."

"Cool." He ripped out a small piece of notebook paper and scribbled on it. He handed it to me. It had phone number. "Talk to you later, Not Annie."

I smiled and waved as he walked away to catch up with his friend.

I blushed a little, people had asked me out before and it was usually annoying, and sometimes it lead to harassment. But with Luke, it was easy.

I didn't feel as much around him as I did with Percy, but maybe that was a good thing. I wasn't supposed to feel so complicated about someone. It was easier to just try with Luke.

As if thinking about him was summoning him, I spotted Percy across the courtyard with his friend, a fairly tall guy with curly hair and maybe the clumsiest person I'd ever seen.

In the few seconds I looked at him, he tripped.

Percy caught him and steadied him, but as soon as my gaze caught his, he never looked away. He looked angry as hell.

His friend said something to him, and it immediately caught his attention. He looked excited immediately and started clapping his friend on the back.

It was endearing to watch. Even though I had no context, it was easy to tell that Percy was a great friend. He was going through his own thing, but he never hesitated to make his friend feel good first.

I gave him an awkward smile and walked back to my dorm.

Thalia was waiting for me on my bed.

"What's going on with you and Kelp Head?"

"Percy?" She nodded. "Nothing. As I said before."

"Sure, nothing. You aren't fooling anyone. You really like him, right?"

I started to shake my head, but then sighed and gave up. "Yes I really like him. But he doesn't like me back. And I think he's mad at me right now."

"Annabeth, he's crazy about you. I don't know what's going on with him right now, but I promise he is."

It was so unnatural for Thalia to give me sincere advice about my love life. She looked genuinely hopeful for me and Percy. But that ship had sailed.

"It's not going to happen, Thalia. Besides, I have a maybe date later with a guy from my architecture class."

Thalia frowned. "Why? You like Percy."

"But it's not going anywhere. I'm just hanging out with Luke. It's not a big deal."

"It is a big deal. You're in love with my cousin and you're going on a date with another guy."

"No one said anything about love."

"No one needed to. It's obvious how much you care about him, Beth. Just talk to him about it."

"I tried, and he shut me down. Let it go. I have to study. I'll talk to you later okay? I'll be at the library."

Thalia crossed her arms and frowned. "Fine. But we both know it's a mistake to hang out with this Luke guy instead of Percy."

I rolled my eyes, ignoring the pulling in my heart. I took a deep breath, and walked to the library.

Percy was over.

:(((((

Annabeth noooooo.

Very dramatic chapter. My favorite kind.

Writing angsty romantic drama is my favorite thing to do lmao.

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