May 26th

Annabeth liked to keep busy. This weekend was no different. By that evening she'd completed the to-do list for the day, filmed and edited an extra video with Piper to save for when she wanted a day off, been for a run and written another blog post.

"I think I might livestream." Annabeth said aloud.

Piper scoffed. "As if you've not put enough content out already this week. Give yourself a breather, you work to hard." She snatched the toast out of Annabeth's hand and took a bite before handing it back.

"I enjoy it, and my followers do to. No harm done." She defended herself, scowling at the missing chunk of her toast and then at Piper.

With no come back, Piper shrugged and stole another bite of her toast to spite her. Annabeth flipped her off and moved to her room to film.

Her laptop camera was hardly top quality but it was easier than using her phone, especially for casual livestreams like this. Annabeth snapped a quick selfie on her instagram with the caption 'live on my YT now ;)' and posted it to her story before starting the stream. People started to appear while she got comfy, leaving comments and emojis like nobody's business. She smiled, grateful that her fans are so positive.

"Hi, everyone." She greeted, readjusting her ring light to get rid of the shadow across her face. "Honestly, I don't know what I'm gonna do here, but I felt like streaming, so let's just sit and chat."

The hardest part about sharing unedited content, besides the fact that Annabeth could waffle utter nonsense for the better part of the night, was the need for her to keep her emotions in check. If she spotted a particularly nasty comment or personal question, she had a job trying to redirect her attention and once or twice she had almost wanted to end the stream to save herself some dignity. It kept her on her toes though, which was something she enjoyed.

"Go ahead and ask questions or suggest some things I could do, I kinda wanna prank Piper but you guys know how bad I am at that after last time."

Piper yells something from her room next door and Annabeth decides that she ought to drop her neighbors some cookies as a thank you for not making a noise complaint yet.

Annabeth skim reads the comments.

annabeepipes i love your sweater!!

lunalablover99 how are you????

chasesace_xo did i hear piper hehe

"Yeah, that's Pipes causin' trouble." Annabeth giggled.

lillymayellisxx have you seen???

halfchasefan did you see the tweet oml

jasperchase12 i'm so happy for you!! plz tell me you've seen it

She frowned to the camera. "What are you on about? What haven't I seen?" Her laptop lags from all the comments that appear. Annabeth picks up her phone and heads to twitter as per her followers instructions.

Percy (@ percyjackson18)

Some genuine talent right here, made my day ;) @ absoluteannabeth

And there, right below his tweet, is a retweet of someone who posted her singing video.

"Oh my god," Annabeth grins at her laptop. "Is this real? What's happening?"

Piper stands in the doorway, phone in hand just incase Annabeth didn't already know.

"What's happening is your celeb crush tagged you in your fans tweet so you'd know he thinks you're talented." She smirked.

Annabeth cursed all the comments that picked up on her blush. "He's not my celeb crush."

"'The Halfbloods wrote a new song, Piper', 'Percy's got such a nice voice, Piper', 'listen to him sing!'"

"So I appreciate his music, it's not as though he's made a career from it." She said sarcastically and added an eye roll for effect.

"'He's got the most beautiful eyes, Piper', 'look at his abs in this photo, Piper!'"

Giving in, Annabeth sighed. "They're the most beautiful shade of green though, you can't blame me for that."

She was certainly bright red by now and was actively trying to hide behind her ponytail as she tipped her head forwards. Her roommate was snickering in the doorway.

"But seriously, Annie, good for you. I knew you should've posted that cover." Piper's words seemed genuine enough but what the camera couldn't see was her devilish smirk.

"Don't call me that," Annabeth snapped halfheartedly. "But thank you."

She glanced back at the laptop to read some comments.

annabeepipes i ship it???

halfannach13 reply to him!!

x.elise.chase.x get married already

"Reply? With what?" She opted to ignore the comments about how her and Percy should get together. He was a celebrity, there was no way he even knew who she was past that video.

halfannach13 say thanks and start a convo

rosabeth.xx annabeth: *slides into percy's dms*

Annabeth snorted. "You guys are getting ahead of yourselves. I doubt he even knows my name."

"He knew to tag you even though the video didn't link to your account." Piper added, ever the voice of reason.

Anxiously, Annabeth presses the comment button and bites her lip. "I don't know what to put... He's gonna think I'm weird." She considers typing out a mere 'thanks :)' but that seemed too brief.

riyamason1603 imagine being as famous as annabeth and still not having the guts to slide into your crush's dms

"Here, I'll dictate." Piper announces, moving to sit on the edge of the bed so the viewers can see her. Annabeth types everything she says, filtering it to make it more appropriate. "Omg, cant believe you saw this. Excited emoji. Star-eyes emoji. Love this song so much, I couldn't resist a cover. Marry me please. Heart eyes emoji. Ring emoji."

Rolling her eyes, she finished her sentence and showed it to Piper.

Omg, can't believe you saw this. Love this song so much so I couldn't resist a cover. Thank you for commenting :)

"How old are you? 50?" Annabeth scowled at Piper. "Go ahead."

With Piper's unconvincing approval, Annabeth posts the tweet and immediately closes twitter, throwing her phone onto her pillow. She's scared to pick it up again to look over the message. If she dwells on her own awkwardness too much, she'll make herself sick.

riyamason1603 gals we gotta pull through and set this up

Maybe that's enough of the livestream, she thinks, hurriedly signing off. When she closes her laptop she curses. She definitely should've have asked her viewers not to share the stream anywhere. Oh well, too late now. Percy probably knew of her obsession with his eyes and was filing a restraining order this very second.

Her phone pings. Several times.

It's not a twitter notification. It's an instagram DM. From him.

percyjackson18 didn't want to plaster this all over twitter bc people might get the wrong idea but you're voice is gorgeous and i've been tryna resist the urge to message you since i saw the cover last week

percyjackson18 also i saw your live

percyjackson18 not that i'm stalking you or anything

percyjackson18 okay maybe it looks that way

percyjackson18 i'm making a fool of myself aren't i

She's quick to type out a reply, no longer nervous about how she'd come across. Her fans weren't going to see this and he was certainly just as awkward as her.

absoluteannabeth haha dw, if you saw that live then you've already seen me act the fool

percyjackson18 please, my roommates sick of hearing your voice from me creeping on all your socials. doesn't get much worse than that

Piper notices her shy smiles and spies at the messages. Blowing a kiss and offering her a cheeky wink, she retreats from Annabeth's room. "I'll leave you two lovebirds to it."