Annabeth's P.O.V
I returned from the bathroom to a scene I hoped I'd never see. My ex-boyfriend and my current boyfriend unbeknownst to either of them were talking and laughing. Dread filled my stomach and the urge to be sick was increasing the closer I got to the table. I hadn't seen Josh since the day we broke up, I'd naively hoped I'd never see him again.
"Here she is" Percy declared with a smile which quickly disappeared when he saw my face.
"About time I got to meet-" he stopped when he saw me. "Annabeth" he said in a tense tone and recognition flashed in Percy's eyes.
I knew he had put together that this Josh, that he was friends with, was the guy that had cheated on me in freshman year. It wasn't his fault. He didn't know Josh's last name. I hadn't told him that when I had told him, the tale on the plane.
"Josh" I said curtly.
"It was you" Percy said and if I didn't know him so well, I'd have missed the anger in his voice. It wasn't a question either, it was a statement.
"Percy don't" I said, the last thing we needed was a fight to break out because Percy felt the need to defend my honour.
"I guess you know we dated." Josh had the audacity to say. I almost felt like letting Percy start a fight with him. It was as if what he did, hadn't happened.
"We're leaving" Percy said.
"You've not eaten yet" Josh joked but Percy was clearly not in the mood.
"And we won't be" he stood up and took my hand. Silently asking me if I was okay. I nodded but I felt off balance. I hadn't expected to see him ever again or have him be so blasé about the way he'd treated me.
"You'll be black listed from the restaurant" Josh said, "and all for a girl who doesn't celebrate Valentine's Day."
I winced at the mention of Valentine's Day. Josh had never known why I didn't celebrate the day, just that I didn't. He'd always held it against me, and never asked why. I probably wouldn't have told him, but he'd never tried to find out. We'd fought about it, but never discussed it. In hindsight I had no idea why we had stayed together as long as we had.
"Get lost Josh" Percy growled before guiding me to the front of the restaurant. Percy settled the tab of food we'd left uneaten, and we walked back to his apartment, which was only round the corner, in silence.
Percy left me on the sofa in the living room, and went into the kitchen, he returned with a couple of hot chocolates.
"Are you okay?" He asked passing me a mug and taking a seat next to me.
"I'm a little shaken but okay. That was the first time I've seen him since the break-up." I told him.
"Would you like to talk about it?" He asked and I didn't really, but I figured I owed him that much.
"I was kind of hoping I'd never see him again after everything. And then he was laughing and joking with you, are you friends?" I asked.
Percy sighed. "We were. Not now. Not now I know it was him. We went to middle school together, more acquaintances, I guess. But that doesn't matter now." He told me in a way that said there was no changing his mind.
"You don't have to stop speaking to him because of me." I said.
"Even if I didn't know what he'd done to you before today. How he spoke to you just now, it was unacceptable. Even without your history, he should have been able to be courteous, it being his job and all." He said and I could tell he was angry. "Even if we were only friends, I'd still stop speaking to him. You don't treat people, the way he treated you."
My heart did a little relay race in my chest. I didn't know how to express how I was feeling. So I took a sip of my hot chocolate, instead.
"I'll be fine, it was more his parting comment than seeing him again." I said broaching the subject of Valentine's Day.
"You don't have to tell me why you don't celebrate it. We don't have to celebrate it if you don't want to. It's a Sunday this year, we can do whatever you want to do. It can just be a normal day if that's what you want." He said to me, and my heart soared with gratitude.
"I want to tell you. You deserve to know." I said and we'd told each other pretty much everything in the short time we'd know each other.
"You don't have too" he said, and I smiled. He was so understanding always making sure I was comfortable. I really did love him for that.
"I know" I promised. "Do you remember that I told you, my mom died when I was three?" I asked.
"It's the anniversary" he said, without me having too and I nodded.
Percy didn't say anything else he put his mug down on the coffee table and pulled me in for a hug.
"It's been years since I've visited her grave on the anniversary." I said as tears rolled down my cheeks. I felt stupid, missing my mom, and crying about it. I barely knew her, but she'd taught me to walk, to talk and to read. I remembered her smile, it was such a warm smile, and her eyes, she had always looked at me with such love. I didn't remember anything else I wish I did.
"Let's go this year then." Percy said, "we'll drive up to Virginia, I'm assuming Virginia, stay overnight and visit your mom's grave before heading back the next day."
"I can't ask you to do that for me." I said.
"You aren't I'm offering. And in case you haven't noticed, I'd go to the ends of the earth and back for you Annabeth Chase."
"I've noticed" I replied pulling back just enough to allow me to capture his lips in a kiss.
Saturday morning had rolled around far too quickly for my liking. But we'd both dutifully got out of bed and made our separate ways to work. Chris wasn't in this morning, surprisingly Piper was. I wasn't expecting to see her until this afternoon. We'd been so caught up in school work, and our own boyfriends, that we'd not talked much about work.
"Morning" she said brightly as always.
"Morning" I replied, "how was date night?" I asked as I put on my apron.
"Wonderful" she said dreamily as we set up the coffee machines.
"How was your lunch date?" She asked probably expecting a dreamy response in return.
"It was a disaster." I told her truthfully, and she frowned.
"Do I need to kick Percy's ass?" She asked seriously, "because I will if he's ruined this, I will." She said and the fact she was always so willing to defend me warmed my heart. I smiled amused at the image that had formed in my head of Piper trying to kick Percy's ass on my behalf.
"No" I managed "thank you though."
"Why was it a disaster then?" She asked.
I took a deep breath and then launched into an explanation about Josh and what had happened at the restaurant.
"Well I'm going to go and kick his ass, that ungrateful little-" I cut her off mid rant.
"You're not going to kick his ass." I said. Feeling much more solidly about how I felt about running into Josh again, after talking to Percy about it all.
"He deserves it" she said angrily, and I didn't deny it.
"Ungrateful?" I asked curiously.
"Yes, he should be grateful he got to date you. You were always too good for him ." She told me.
"I see" I said amusement back in my voice. But I did appreciate her words.
The door chimed signalling the end of our conversation and I went out to serve the customer. It was Percy's dad.
"Good morning," I greeted as politely as I could. "Espresso?" I asked remembering that's what he had had the last time he was in.
"Please" he said. "I was also wandering if I might have a moment of your time. I didn't know if you'd be working today, but I took a chance." He remembered me, I wasn't sure if that was a good thing or not.
Before I could answer though the door chimed again signalling a new customer, or so I thought. It was actually Sally.
"Morning Annabeth" she greeted me and at the sound of her voice Percy's dad made his presence known.
"Sally" he said, and his voice held a lot of love, which I suspected Sally didn't want or appreciate considering she was happily married to Paul.
"Si" she greeted, I decided to take the opportunity to make his espresso.
"May I have a moment of Annabeth's time?" He asked her.
Sally looked at me and then back at 'Percy's dad before coming to her decision.
"No, if you want to know what happened between you and your son, you need to ask him. You don't get to come to his girlfriend's place of work and put her in the middle." She said and in the same way Percy had yesterday, she'd declared the matter closed. I gave her a grateful look and she smiled at me.
He reluctantly nodded and paid for his espresso before sitting at a table.
"Morning Piper" Sally said.
"Morning Mrs. B" Piper replied just as cheerfully as she had greeted me.
"Piper can you cover the counter for a moment, I just need a word with Annabeth."
"No problem" Piper replied looking a silent 'what's going on?' At me.
I tried to convey that I would tell her later before I followed Sally into her office at the back.
"Are you okay?" She asked me as she closed the door.
"Yes" I replied, "are you?" I asked. She smiled kindly at me in that motherly way she always had.
"I will be" she replied softly.
"I'm sorry" I said.
"Whatever for? It's Si's fault for being so cowardly." She told me gently. "He's not easy to say no to, I just want to make sure you were okay."
"I'm okay" I promised with a smile.
"Alright then, I won't keep you any longer."
"Thank you Sally" I said it was the first time I had called her Sally at work and the smile that donned her face when I did, told me she didn't mind.
When I got home, I showered and changed.
Thankfully, Sally hadn't mentioned that I was still wearing yesterday's clothes this morning. Though I fully suspected she noticed, I would have to make sure I had spare clothes at Percy's, so it didn't happen again.
"What's on your mind?" Piper asked me as we settled in the living area.
"A lot of things." I confessed.
"Feel like talking about them or do you want to get lost in the world of One Tree Hill?"
"One Tree hill, for now" I answered. I had every intention of telling her, I just need to align all my thoughts first.
She smiled and nodded before pressing play on the episode we were up to.
I tried to sort out how I felt about Percy's dad coming to me to understand what had happened on Christmas Eve. Should I have given him some time? Would that have upset Percy if I had? What would Percy have done if it were my dad?
I had more questions, some I had an answer to, others I didn't, and I hated not knowing.
Piper paused the episode we were on when someone knocked on the door. I checked the clock it could be either of our boyfriends, both were coming over at some point tonight.
Jason greeted me when I opened the door, he was wearing his glasses for the first time. Piper was going to find it utterly adorable. I was sure.
"Hey Jason, come on in" I said stepping aside and letting him in.
"Hey Annabeth" he said, and Piper had got up to meet him, after hearing him.
"Hey Sparky!" She greeted before kissing her boyfriend.
"Hey Pipes," he said when they had broken apart.
"Why do you call him Sparky?" I asked as we sat back down in the living area.
Piper started laughing and Jason rolled his eyes affectionately at her.
"I took Piper to a science museum." He started.
"Yeah, for like your third or fourth date" I remembered, and he nodded.
"Well they had this thing on computers, I thought she'd like it, anyway we had to go through a whole exhibit on electricity, and the static made my hair stand on end for the entire date. I looked like I'd put my finger in a plug socket. Piper of course was unaffected by said static and took great joy in calling my Sparky as I kept giving out small static shocks." He told me and I smiled at how ridiculously cute they were and then proceeded to join in the laughter with my best friend.
Percy's P.O.V
I was late. But I had a good reason. My mind had been filtering back to the night I told Annabeth how I felt about her. 'I'm hardly exciting.' She had said to me. I didn't think that was true, I thought she was very exciting. But I realised it didn't matter what I thought if Annabeth didn't believe it herself. So during my break at the aquarium, I'd printed out a list someone had put on the internet. 15 things every student must do before they leave university.
"Hey Seaweed Brain" Annabeth said when she answered the door.
"Hey Wise Girl" I replied, and kissed her cheek, "Sorry I'm late." I added.
"No worries, I was just learning why Piper calls Jason Sparky." She told me, with a wide smile.
"You'll have to fill me in later." I said and smiled back at her.
She nodded and we joined Piper and Jason.
"PJ, you can settle this for us!" Jason declared as I sat down.
"I can?" I asked having no idea what I'd just walked into.
"Yes" he declared, I glanced at Annabeth who just shrugged at me, not having an idea what was happening either. I waited and Jason eventually filled me in.
"Piper thinks I should have a feminine hygiene bag in my backpack just in case she runs out. Could you please tell her, I'd be ridiculed by the team if they ever saw it?" He pleaded and Annabeth and Piper were laughing, and I was really trying my best not to laugh as well.
"I mean your team might ridicule you, but I still think you should do it." I told him and he narrowed his eyes at me but there was no threat in them. I knew he was putting it all together.
"This is your fault, somehow, isn't PJ?" He asked.
"I'm sure I don't know what you mean." I said with an innocence, everyone was aware I didn't have.
Piper and Annabeth just continued to laugh, and it didn't help my case.
"What are you guys doing tomorrow?" Piper asked.
"I'm watching Estelle," I said looking at Annabeth "I was going to ask if you wanted too as well, tonight. Apparently, she's not spoken since Friday. Mom thinks I might be able to find out why."
"I'd love to come with." Annabeth replied immediately, and I leaned in and kissed her before turning to Piper.
"Why did you ask?" I asked.
"I thought we could all do something, but it doesn't matter, another day maybe?" She asked.
"Another day would be great." I replied, and I knew I'd said something right when Annabeth kissed my cheek.
"Well what about Valentines weekend we could do something then?" Jason said and I noticed Piper look at Annabeth, who to her credit didn't react.
"Erm sorry Jace, we're not going to be in the city that weekend. Maybe the week after?" I asked. Piper's eyebrows shot up in surprise when I mentioned we wouldn't be in New York for Valentine's Day weekend. I instantly knew I'd shared something that Annabeth hadn't, and I felt bad about it.
I leaned over and whispered to her so only she could hear me. "I'm sorry, I assumed Piper knew."
"It's okay, I was going to tell her, I've just not gotten around to it yet." She whispered back.
"Boys, could you excuse us girls a minute?" Piper asked and Jason and I dutifully nodded before Piper pulled Annabeth into the kitchen for what I could only assume was 'girl talk.'
"Do you know what's going on?" Jason asked me.
"I think I might, but it's not my thing to share. Sorry" I said.
"No, that's okay." He said. "Piper's okay though?"
"As far as I know, why do you ask?" I asked.
"I just, I don't know. I guess I'm a bit thrown since the whole tampon discussion." He said sadly, like Piper didn't love him which we both knew she did.
"I'm sorry, what is it you're really worried about?" I asked, not understanding.
He sighed and looked at me. "You and Annabeth make everything look so easy, like you're just supposed to be together." He said.
"Okay" I said a little confused.
Jason continued before I could say anything else. "I – are Piper and I the same?" He asked.
"Well no," I said and smiled at him "But you're not supposed to be" I reassured quickly. "You're different people to us, you like different things to us and that's okay. But that doesn't matter do you know why?" I asked.
"Enlighten me, for a change." He teased, because normally it was always Jason cluing me in on things. But that he was willing to tease at all was encouraging.
"Because you love her, and she loves you. You might not have told her yet, but I know it, I can see it. And I think she was really only teasing you about the tampon thing – I helped her out when she needed it, that's all. She knows you'd do the same for her, hence the teasing." I said.
"I do you know you helped when she needed you. And I know it was teasing. I don't know why I'm questioning it. I've just not felt like this before. I'm terrified I'm going to ruin it." He confessed. And I finally understood the real problem.
"What's Sparky going to ruin?" Piper asked as they made their way back from the kitchen and a moment of terror flickered across my cousin's face.
"Your Sunday" I said quickly, and Piper's eyebrows shot up as did Jason's and Annabeth's so I continued on with my excuse before I could get found out. "Jason's never seen a mute Estelle, I mean none of us have to be fair, it's like a miracle that she's gone so long without uttering a word." I said which was all true, but Jason had finally caught on to where I was going with it.
"I was just saying it was something I wanted to see in person, but you wanted to spend Sunday together and I didn't want to ruin that."
Piper sat down next to him again, and Annabeth next to me. She leaned over as if to kiss my cheek but didn't, the angle she was at meant that Piper and Jason couldn't see her. She put her lips next to ear and whispered, "I'm calling your bluff." She knew I was lying even though my lie had been carefully crafted around a truth.
I tried not to stiffen but, I instinctively did.
"Don't worry, I'm not going to say anything, I'm just letting you know that I know you're full of it." She whispered before resting her head on my shoulder. I really should have known that I couldn't hide anything from her, but it wasn't her I was trying to hide something from, it was Piper.
I wanted Jason to be able to tell her how he felt in his own time. I pressed a kiss to Annabeth's temple and said no more about it.
Piper's P.O.V
I couldn't believe she'd told him about Valentine's Day, well I could actually. But she normally told absolutely no one. She hadn't even told Josh when they were dating, and they'd fought about it. But then looking back on it, she didn't tell Josh a lot of things that she's told Percy. And if we're being honest, I don't think she loved Josh the way that she definitely loves Percy.
The only reason she told me was because she'd spent the whole day crying. It had been the first time that she'd not been able to visit her mother's grave because they'd moved.
I was glad she'd told Percy. My heart almost shattered in appreciation of him taking her away for the weekend to Virginia for the sole purpose of visiting her mom's grave and not to celebrate Valentine's Day. He knew how to take care of her, and I appreciated it more than I'd ever be able to say. She deserved that, and over the years she'd not believed me when I'd said it, maybe now she was finally starting to believe.
Jason and Percy had been super weird when we came back in, and I didn't know why. We'd decided to play board games and order pizza and I'd asked Jason to help me with plates and glasses, so we were ready for when the pizza arrived, while Percy and Annabeth decided on the game.
"Hey what was that about out there?" I asked wrapping my arms around his waist.
"What was what about?" He asked.
"You and Percy being weird when Annabeth and I came out of the kitchen." I decided not to beat around the bush about it and just ask.
"He was just helping me out with something." Jason said to me.
"Can I help you with whatever it is?" I asked and he chuckled shyly which he'd never done before.
"It's silly" he said.
"I still want to help if I can" I said.
"You'll absolutely laugh at me." He said.
"I'll only laugh if it really is silly, if it's serious of course I won't laugh." I promised.
"Your insistence on the Tampon thing, threw me off a little. And then I started to think about Percy and Annabeth about how easy their relationship seems to be. And you seem to absolutely love Percy and what he did for you, and I guess-" He paused, and I was totally ready to laugh until I realised, he was genuinely insecure about this.
"I guess I just hoped you thought I was a good boyfriend despite the fact I don't carry a selection of Tampons in my bag for you." He finished and looked at me with really sad eyes.
"First of all, I think you're the best boyfriend, please don't doubt that for a second." I said and leaned up to kiss him because I truly meant it. "Second, I do love Percy in a pure platonic way, he makes my best friend happy and when you aren't here, but he is, he doesn't leave me out of things like food etc."
"I do appreciate that he does that for you." He interrupted and I smiled at him.
"Third, Annabeth and Percy are like a fairy-tale, everyone deserves to be jealous of how much they love each other even if they've not told each other yet. What they have is true, it's hard not to compare. I've not told you this and I'm not just saying it because of this conversation." I said and looked into his eyes so I could gauge his reaction. "I absolutely love you Jason Grace, you're a wonderful human being and boyfriend. I love you."
His eyes light up in that sparkly blue that I had come to love so much.
"I love you Piper McLean. I love you so much. I just don't want to ruin it." He told me and instantly I knew this was what he'd really said to Percy earlier.
"You could never ruin it, you goof, I love every little thing you do. I love that without fail you'll get up and go and shoot basketballs at 6am and then come back and snuggle with me. I love that because I'm studying computers and love coding you took me to see the new computer exhibit at the science museum and ended up earning the nickname Sparky. I might love that most of all about that date. I love that even though you aren't a vegetarian, when we're together you eat like you are." He blushed at that one. "I love how I get little butterflies in my stomach when you send me cute texts, I love how you always think of me even when we're not together. There are so many things I could tell you that I love about you, but what I love the most about you is that you love me, for me, just the way I am." I had more to say but he cut me off.
"Wow, sounds kind of great this guy, maybe I should give him a call." He teased.
"Shut up and kiss me" I demanded playfully, and he complied. We were both smiling when he pulled away.
"SORRY!" Percy yelled sounding not very sorry at all as he knocked Annabeth's last counter off the SORRY! Board before she could make it home safely to win. Percy and Annabeth had been battling each game out almost head to head since we started playing. We had started with Monopoly which Annabeth won but only because they seemed to have a silent agreement after an hour of playing without Jason and I that the game should come to an end. I had no doubt they'd have a re-match on their own though. Then we'd played Mr X which Percy had won and now we were playing SORRY! Which Annabeth was on track to win, although now Percy had knocked her off the board, she'd have to start her final lap again.
Jason was also in the running if the dice fell in his favour. I sucked at most board games, nearly all of the ones in our apartment were Annabeth's. She loved them and was very good at them. She preferred the strategic ones, like Mr. X which was why it was so surprising when Percy had beaten us. But again I'm sure they'd rematch sometime soon. I preferred drinking games, I was much better at them, and I held my liquor very well.
"Hey after this why don't we play a drinking game, something someone besides the two of you might win at?" I suggested.
"I – um – I don't drink" Percy said sheepishly, I was honestly surprised, but I didn't mind.
"You did say you wanted to take back certain things, like betting." Annabeth said and it had started out as a serious sentence and ended up in teasing, my interest was piqued, but I got the impression this was something to do with Percy's life, so I wasn't going to pry.
"I did say that" Percy agreed. "But I don't know how I'll react to it." He said to Annabeth.
"Not everyone who drinks reacts badly." Annabeth said lovingly.
"Exactly" I said not knowing if it was the right thing to say. "For example, Annabeth becomes very honest, not that she isn't always honest, but drunk Annabeth tells you everything." I said. Percy raised an eyebrow but said nothing.
"And drunk Piper likes to eat tubs of ice cream with a spoon." Annabeth said and I poked my tongue out at her to which she replied in kind.
"To be fare PJ you do that sober." Jason said.
"I don't see anything wrong with eating a whole tub of ice cream with a spoon. The fact Piper has the sense to use a spoon while drunk, means she's a normal human. Now if she ate it with her hands that would be different." Percy said and Jason laughed and soon we
were all laughing too.
"Do I even want to know?" Annabeth asked.
"Probably not" Jason said.
"What's Jason like drunk?" I asked.
"Sleepy" Percy said.
"Besides, you probably won't drink enough to get drunk." I added "I mean unless you're awful at the game." I teased.
"That's a possibility." He said.
"Tell you what, why don't you start with a coke and just take a sip when you have to drink. And then when you feel comfortable add in a shot of vodka and go from there?" Annabeth said.
"Okay – let's give it a go" Percy said.
The game we settled on was Never have I ever. It was that or Truth or Drink. I liked both but Percy had the choice, and this was the one he'd picked. We all understood the rules, so Percy went first.
"Never have I ever, tried to eat a stapler." He said and Annabeth and I raised an eyebrow at each other before Jason groaned and took a drink.
"You tried to eat a stapler?" I asked almost in disbelief.
"I was two, in my defence" Jason told me before turning to Percy and saying, "I'll get you back." Percy just smiled and nodded. The fact that he was two made me love the admission more. Annabeth went next.
"Never have I ever competed for a university sports team." She said, only Jason and Percy drank on that one.
"That was tame Chase" I said to her because normally she always picked something I'd done. She just shrugged and smiled at me like she had no idea what I was talking about. Jason went next.
"Never have I ever been expelled from school." He said and Percy was the only one to drink.
"Is there a story behind that?" I asked.
"There is" Jason replied.
"In my defence they shouldn't have left an operational cannon loaded, it's just unsafe." Percy said.
"You fired a cannon?" Annabeth asked.
"I didn't mean too." He replied, "it was an accident, and no-one got hurt but I got expelled anyway." Jason just laughed at how uncomfortable Percy was. "You had to pick that one, didn't you?" Percy asked Jason.
"I told you I'd get you back." He said unrelenting.
"Yes, cause eating a stapler and accidentally firing a cannon are in the same category."
"Technically I said you got expelled." Jason replied and Percy rolled his eyes at him.
"Piper, your go." Percy said, ending the discussion but he was smiling so I knew he wasn't upset.
"Never have I ever learnt a language because I felt bad that I couldn't communicate with a customer." I said and Annabeth rolled her eyes and drank.
"What language did you learn?" Percy asked.
"Sign language" Annabeth said "And I did feel bad, the poor man should be able to order a drink without having to try and explain why I don't know what he's trying to tell me. It was awful." Percy looked at her with so much devotion it was almost unreal.
We continued to play and after a couple of rounds Percy decided to add vodka to his coke. Considering it was the first time Percy had had a drink, he handled his liquor surprisingly well. He was sensible about it though stopping after a few drinks, tipsy Percy was nice to see though. He'd been so busy with everything it was nice that he was a little buzzed, just because it had clearly relaxed him a little. I didn't understand why he had things he needed to 'take back' but I admired him for doing so.
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