Disclaimer: I don't own PJO which is good because the world would probably drown with the amount of Percabeth I would subject it to.


#ProposalFail


Percy was going to murder Jason. He gave the son of Jupiter one job(one flipping job!), and he managed to royally screw it up.

For someone who was supposed to have great control over the winds, Jason had sure failed spectacularly at manipulating the winds to smoothly deliver the ring box to him.

Percy grumbled as he looked underwater for the box. "It'll be fine, he says. I can totally do that, he says."

Yeah, the son of Jupiter was definitely getting it once he found the damn box.

"Hey there," he waved at a passing fish who looked at him confusedly then pointed his flipper towards himself like 'Are you talking to me?' and Percy nodded.

"Hello there, milord. How may I help you?"

Percy rubbed his face in exasperation. 10 years and he still couldn't get those damn fish to just call him Percy. "None of that fancy stuff. I just wanted to ask if you've seen a box floating in the water. It's about this big and..." he continued to describe the ring box, and the fish looked thoughtful for a moment before responding. "I do believe I saw a box like that. However, I'm afraid Old Jerry might've eaten it."

Panic seized him. "Who's Old Jerry?"

The fish angled his body towards the biggest clam Percy had ever seen. Percy gulped. He had his fair share of experiences dealing with giant clams and each one had two things in common: bad hearing(due to extreme old age) and lots of grumpiness.

"Thanks for your help. I really appreciate it."

The fish winked at him(wait, what?), and swam away.


37 minutes. That's how long Percy had been trying to coax the old clam to open its mouth.

Well, technically, he had only been trying for seven minutes because the first thirty were spent trying to wake him up.

"Come on, Jerry. I need the ring..."

"Hmph. Younglings. Really, no respect for their elders. I am not a thing for your information. I come from a long line of...'

Percy cut him off before he could hear the whole "long line of clam royalty" spiel. "No, I know that. I said that I need the ring. You accidentally ate it."

"No, Bobby. I was not late to bingo yesterday. You were just too busy flirting with Candace to notice me."

Oh my gods. Percy was seriously one step away from just prying the clam's mouth open with Riptide.

"Excuse me sir," he said trying to keep his voice calm and polite," I was trying to propose to my girlfriend and my friend dropped the ring box into the water. I was told that you had accidentally eaten it. So, can you please open your mouth and let me grab the box?"

A beat.

"How dare you?! I am not a pile of rocks. I am a giant clam who comes from a long line of royal mollusks..."

Percy groaned.


After a good two hours(the first hour spent listening to the clam drone on and on about his ancestors and undersea politics), Percy emerged from the waters of the Camp Half-Blood lake. He leaned back to float on the water and sighed in exasperation. Was his life that messed up that he couldn't even propose without something happening?

"There you are," an amused voice cut through his thoughts. He looked to his left to see Annabeth smirking at him and swinging her feet in the water. "I was starting to wonder where you went."

He winced and scratched his head. "Gods, I'm sorry Wise Girl. I had this plan and everything, but Jason was just so damn insistent about being the one to give me the box."

She laughed. "Well, you don't have to worry about murdering him Seaweed Brain. Piper and the entire Aphrodite cabin gave him a piece of their mind. I think even Clarisse went in to yell at him." Her smile softened, stormy gray eyes bright and happy.

"And for what it's worth, I still would have said yes."

FIN


AN: So, I've been watching a lot of proposal fails on YouTube and it got me thinking about how the Percabeth proposal went. It probably wouldn't have been perfect, but still pretty memorable. Hope you enjoyed this little oneshot of fluff! Constructive criticism and comments are welcome. No flames though!