Hey everyone! I'm here with another update for BFC that I hope you guys will enjoy! The Percabeth moments in here are to die for! I made the chapters extra-long and I'm excited for you guys to see the cliffhangers on both of my stories! Enjoy and thank you for the amazing feedback on my stories!
Disclaimer: I do not own the Percy Jackson series Rick Riordan does.
Annabeth's POV
I woke up feeling oddly happy! I felt like a weight was lifted off my shoulders and that today would for some reason be a good day. I got off the spare bed stretching my limbs. My curly blonde hair was all over the place and there was no doubt in my mind that I had bad morning breath. I looked over to see Thalia's bed empty, which was weird considering she never wakes up before nine.
I went to the bathroom and as soon as I stepped in I was immediately hit with the events of last night. The bathroom of course looked the same, but I don't think I could ever see it the same way again. I walked over to the sink, grabbing my tooth brush from the cabinet. I brushed my teeth until I was rid of my morning breath and washed my face. I made sure I looked 'presentable' as my mom would say before heading down stairs. As I walked down I heard hushed whispers and I paused.
I slowed my step until I was on the bottom stair. I was able to make out Thalia's voice.
"You swear nothing happened?" She whisper screamed.
"Nothing happened!" Another voice replied indignantly. I instantly recognized it as Percy's and my heart rate increased. I stepped down the stair and walked into the kitchen to be greeted by the smell of burnt bacon. I rolled my eyes knowing Thalia was the cause of this. She can't cook for her life!
Percy noticed immediately noticed my presence and turned around almost like a sixth sense. His sea green eyes looked even more vibrant in the morning and I can't lie and say my stomach didn't do a flip-flop when they landed on me. Thalia who remained completely oblivious to me being in the room continued talking.
"Then why was she acting so-Hey Annabeth!" She greeted after Percy gave her an 'oh so secret' nod in my direction.
"Hey." I greeted back. An awkward pause filled the air as Percy and I waited for the other to say something. Percy cleared his throat before showing me a dazzling smile.
"Morning Annabeth!" I smiled a forced smile.
"Hey Percy." God this was awkward!
Thalia kept looking back and for the between the two of us before she caught Percy's eye. They seemed to be having some kind of mind war and Percy's eyes narrowed slightly. He was about to say something when a deep voice shouted
"Thalia!" It was Mr. Grace, Thalia's dad or better known as Zeus the ruthless lawyer that has never lost a single case in his life. He walked down the stairs with perfect posture, his black suit without a single wrinkle in sight. His blonde hair was neatly combed back and his blue eyes seemed to pierce through your soul much like Thalia's.
"Morning Uncle Zeus!" Percy greeted and I swear I saw a faint smile play on Mr. Grace's lips. I blinked and it was gone.
"Morning Percy and good morning Annabeth." He gave a head nod in my direction and I smiled politely. Thalia rolled her eyes.
"Don't you have work." Thalia asked turning her back to him and facing the stove. Just like that the tension in the room thickened. It was no secret that Thalia and her father had a bumpy relationship. Mr. Grace is all rules and discipline and Thalia is well…Thalia! She wasn't really good with authority figures and I can't tell you how many times Thalia has called me ranting and raving about another argument they've had.
Something flashed in Mr. Grace's eyes before he grabbed his coat.
"I wanted to ask you something, but never mind. Tell your brother I'll pick him up around five for lacrosse practice." Thalia nodded her head but didn't say anything. Instead she just continued to look at the burnt bacon occasionally flipping one over. He sighed before grabbing his black brief case.
"Bye kids." He gave us a strained smile before walking out the door. When the door closed Thalia turned back around with a plate of bacon.
"Hold this for a sec!" She handed the plate to Percy and grabbed my hand.
"We'll be right back!" She smiled before dragging me into the laundry room. It was a stuffy room with little space and it unsurprisingly smelled like laundry detergent.
"What?" I asked sitting on one of the washing machines. Thalia stared at me before asking
"What happened last night?" I fought against my natural instinct to avoid her gaze and gave her a blank stare.
"What do you mean-"
"Why were you so happy when you came back in the room?" She asked skeptically. I shrugged my shoulders nonchalantly.
"I just realized I was being dumb and I was over reacting-"
"You never realize when you're being dumb or overreacting!" I rolled my eyes.
"Thanks."
"Oh you know that's not what I meant!" Her voice dropped into a low whisper when she asked
"Did something happen between you and Percy?" I felt my heart stop in my chest before it rapidly started to beat faster.
"Why would you think that?" Thalia paced around the room as she answered
"Well, he was acting all weird this morning and he was really happy! Like really happy! And then in the middle of our conversation he started asking about you-"
"Me?" I asked surprised. I got this weird warm feeling inside of me when she said that. Why would Percy ask about me?
"Yeah you! He asked if you were okay and if you were going to come down for breakfast. It was really weird and what the hell was with the whole good morning thing?! I thought you guys hated each other!" I sighed running a hand over my face.
"We worked it out okay-"
"Since when does the Annabeth Chase work things out? With anyone! And when di-"
"Look it doesn't matter Thalia! You're making a big deal out of nothing! We're not friends, but we could at least be cordial with each other. Isn't that what you wanted?" She searched my face looking for any signs of untruthfulness and I prayed she wouldn't find any. After what seemed like an eternity Thalia sighed in defeat.
"Fine…I guess I was overreacting." She admitted and I felt like a huge weight had been lifted off my shoulders.
"You think?" I joked hoping off the washing machine. Thalia chuckled her blue eyes brightening up again.
"Anything else you want to talk about?" As soon as the words left my mouth I wanted to take them back. Thalia grimaced before replying.
"Actually there is. What happened last night? Everything was fine and then you brought him up-"
"I know, I know. I was just paranoid okay? I just thought that you were still mad at me-"
"Why would I be mad at you? I mean yeah you didn't say anything, and that really hurt me at the time, but I'm over that! And honestly I don't know what I'd do if you had a boyfriend and they started hitting on me…Well actually I'd punch him in the balls, but hey everybody's different!"
"But the reason I didn't tell you was because you guys had been dating for so long and…I didn't mean to ruin it-"
"Don't you dare say that Annabeth! You didn't ruin us he did! And I'm over him." I could tell the last statement wasn't true. She was so not over him and it broke my heart to see her so hung up on a guy that didn't even deserve her. We stood in silence for a while before I got the courage to say
"You know every time he was with you I was jealous." Thalia's eyes widened before they turned murderous.
"You said you didn't have feelings for him-"
"I didn't. I wasn't jealous of you. I was jealous of him." Thalia looked at me confused.
"Why would you be jealous of…L-Luke?"
"Because he didn't have to carry the guilt I had. Every single time he was with you, it was like he had no remorse for what he'd done or what he was going to do! But I had to carry that guilt not only when I was with you, but when I wasn't with you! I lied awake for countless nights letting the guilt consume me and-"
"Stop." Thalia said refusing to look at me.
"You'll only make me feel worse…"
"For what?" I asked.
"For shutting you out when I found out. I should've let you explain-"
"It's okay. I would've done the same thing had I been in your shoes. I just want you to know that I wanted to tell you. I wanted to tell you the first time he made a move on me, but I didn't want to ruin your relationship." I saw tears start to gather in her eyes before she gave me a watery smile.
"I will never let some boy get in the way of our friendship ever again." I smiled as my own eyes started to get teary. I smiled before pulling her into a tight hug.
"We good?" Thalia laughed before responding
"We're good! Now let's go before Percy burns down the kitchen!" We broke apart laughing. We walked back into the kitchen smiling. Percy was making eggs and by the black color of it, I could tell cooking skills didn't run in the family.
"I'm gonna go get dressed. Please make sure he doesn't start a fire-"
"It was one time!" Percy called out. Thalia rolled her eyes and I laughed. Thalia walked up stairs and into her room leaving Percy and I alone. My mouth suddenly started to feel very dry and those stupid butterflies started to appear in my stomach again.
Taking a deep breath, I started
"P-Percy?" He turned around sharply.
"Yeah?" He asked with a small smile. I fiddled with the end of my T-shirt looking down. C'mon Chase, just say it!
"I wanted to apologize for, um…being so rude when we first met. I guess I was just really mad at-"
"Missing your math test? Believe me I know!" He laughed and I tried to hide the small smile on my face.
"Yeah sorry about that!" I apologized sheepishly. Since when was I shy?
"It's cool, I should've been more careful with the whole door situation and I shouldn't have called you a bitch either." I couldn't help myself when I scolded him
"Language!" Percy rolled his eyes making my insides melt. I never knew rolling your eyes could look so…C'mon Chase!
"Sorry! I forgot you didn't like cussing. Can't make any promises to stop though, especially if you're gonna be around here often." I fake glared at him.
"Guess you're gonna have to work on your self-control for a while, cause I'm not going anywhere!" Percy got this weird glint in his eyes before he retorted
"Who says I want you to-"
"Hey guys." Jason greeted groggily cutting off Percy. Percy turned back to the stove to face his burned eggs.
"Hey Jason. Your father wanted me to tell you that he'll pick you up around five for lacrosse." Jason nodded his head, but didn't say anything. That's when I realized something.
"Jason?" I asked smirking.
"Lacrosse doesn't have practice on Sunday's. Only girls' volleyball." Jason froze shocked, fear evident in his eyes.
"I-I um, w-well-"
"You're going to see Piper aren't you?"
"N-No! Why would you think that?" He stuttered and Percy frowned.
"Who's Piper?" I smirked at Jason as he frantically shook his head.
"Jason's secret girlfriend." Percy's jaw dropped and he gaped at Jason before laughing.
"Wow!" He exclaimed as Jason turned beet red.
"Golden boy, 'never do anything wrong' Jason, has a secret girlfriend?! Damn…" He chuckled.
"Why don't you tell him how long you guys have been dating?" Jason glared at me his blue eyes boring into my soul. I innocently cocked my head smiling. Jason sighed before mumbling
"Six months…" Percy chocked on a piece of burnt egg and started coughing. He gestured to the fridge and I quickly went in and got him a bottle of water. He downed it in large gulps and I mimicked what he said earlier
"Attractive." He smiled a cocky smile and gave me a wink that sent my stomach into a frenzy.
"I know I am." He even went as far as to do a dramatic hair flip. I rolled my eyes at him as Jason looked at us with raised eyebrows.
"What?" I asked.
"Oh nothing!" He said 'nonchalantly'. I crossed my arms and Percy frowned.
"You got something to say Jason?" Jason smirked looking at Percy who raised a brow.
"You sure I'm the only one with a secret girlfriend Perce?" He ran out the room before I had the chance to strangle him. I glared at his spot. Percy remained silent and I inwardly cursed Jason. Jerk just had to make things awkward!
"I'm gonna go check on Thalia. She's taking a long time." I mumbled before leaving the kitchen. I walked upstairs to Thali's room and opened the door. Thalia was on her bed staring at her phone. She was wearing light blue jeans with another punk T-shirt. I frowned slightly. She never wears light colored jeans.
I quickly put a smile on my face when she looked up at me.
"So…" I started sitting down on her bed.
"What do you want to do today?"
"I actually have to go soon! I have a doctor's appointment today at one." She tried to give me an apologetic smile, but it looked like more of a grimace. Why as she acting like this?
"Okay…why don't we watch some TV?" I suggested. Thalia agreed and we settled on watching SpongeBob. Hey, don't judge us! It's a good show!
In the middle of the episode Thalia would occasionally sneak peeks at her phone. She did this about ten times and I was about to comment on it, but she quickly stood up.
"Well I gotta go! Don't want to be late, but I'll text you later!" She promised before rushing out the room. I stared at the slammed door puzzled for a sec before deciding that was my cue to leave.
After I showered and put on my clothes for the day I headed downstairs. I was walking down the stairs when my phone slipped out of my pocket. It went tumbling down and I quickly ran down to see if it was cracked. I bent down to pick it up, but another hand stopped me. I looked up to see Percy already picking it up for me.
"Thanks." I said awkwardly as he handed me my phone. He was very close to me and it was hard to not look at his muscly physic. Percy's gorgeous eyes snapped back to my hands before they looked back up filled with excitement.
"Nice case! Didn't know you were into that kinda stuff." I looked down at my Batman vs Superman case and smiled embarrassed.
"Yeah, I'm a huge fan! I've been obsessed with DC since I was seven."
Percy stared at me in shock.
"Wow! I didn't know girls were into that kind of stuff!" He said and I crossed my arms.
"You do know not all girls are the same right? Some are actually awesome like me and adore superhero movies!" Percy raised an eyebrow at my sudden attitude.
"Sorry, let me rephrase that! I've never me a girl that was into superhero movies, better?" He asked.
"Much better!" I smile.
"Are you gonna see it?"
"Heck yeah! It's gonna be awesome! I was going to see it with Thalia after school tomorrow."
"Nice! Before you go though can I have to ask you something really important!" He said his face turning serious.
"What?"
"What side are you on? Batman's or Superman's?" His asked dropping the act as his face morphed into a huge smile. I smiled back at him and I replied
"You'll find out tomorrow" And with that I was out the door. For some reason as I walked home I couldn't wipe the grin off my face. I felt giddy like I had this morning and there was this warm feeling inside of me. Talk about weird!
When I walked inside my house I noticed it was quiet. They weren't arguing which was a relief, but it was a little too quiet! I walked into the kitchen to find both of my parents sitting next to each other in complete silence.
My mom was looking down so I couldn't see her face, but my father was looking at me. I raised an eyebrow at him.
"Why don't you sit down honey. We have something important to tell you and we're not sure how you're gonna take it." I took a deep breath before walking to the chair across from them. I sat down. This is it.
"Now we've known this for quite some time now and I'm sure you've noticed the signs Annabeth?" My father started and I nodded my head trying to remain strong. He shifted nervously in his seat and looked at my mother before continuing.
"I just want you to know that we will both still love you unconditionally." When he said that I felt like bursting into tears. I could feel my heart breaking for the family that I once had, that in a few seconds will no longer be. I saw my dad struggle to get the words out, but he couldn't. He looked over at my mom whose blonde hair covered her face like a curtain.
"Athena, would you like to do the honors?" My mom looked up and for the first time in my life I saw that she was crying. But not tears of sadness...tears of joy. That's when she said the sentence that would change my life forever.
"I'm pregnant."
YAY! They're not getting a divorce, she's just pregnant! I got you guys good on that one! If you think this cliffhanger was good, then try Begin Again's cause some crazy stuff just went and is about to go down in there! Don't forget to follow, fav and review! PERCY LOVES PERCABETH MORE THAN HE LOVES BLUE COOKIES! ;)
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