CHAPTER 9

One Simple Proposal

PERCY

Playing a Batman game on an Xbox was probably the best fun Percy ever had on a video game. He never owned a video game console in his life, but stopping by his Uncle Hades's house and playing with his cousin Nico's consoles made him a pure veteran player. He played the game so well Leo and Callie's face looked very well surprised.

After playing the game, the whole SGC cheered for him.

"Percy! Percy! Percy! Percy!"

Then , Leo stood up and told all of them to 'shush' and shut up.

"Silence!" Leo shouted.

"Alright, as we know, we got 2 new members In the SGC here. And that is Percy Jackson, and Grover Underwood!" Leo chanted.

"Percy! Grover! Percy! Grover!" The all cheered.

"Shush! All of you shut up!" Leo shouted again, and everyone did. "We've seen Percy and Grover hold their own on video games. Now, it's time for our annual. . . . ." Leo trailed off, then the clubmates continued,

"MORTAL COMBAT!" Everyone shouted.

Percy liked the SGC. They could relate to him easily.

"What's Mortal Kombat? Like the game?" Grover asked.

"No. This one's with a 'C'." Leo explained. "Every Thursday we do this. We choose a fighting game and let two people fight. This one's going to be fun." Leo smirked.

He then chanted a bell, and announced.

"Contender for the week, Perseus Jackson!" Leo announced.

"Go, Percy!" Frank shouted.

"Now choose your Top 3, people!" Leo shouted.

He handed everyone a piece of paper and everyone discussed for 10 minutes. Then they wrote something on the tiny piece of paper and passed it to Leo.

This is why Percy loved being with these guys.

He was a pure geek, and 2 hours of their time was really worth spending time with. He got to be with his other best friend Grover, whom he could relate to a lot. He got to be with people who understood the other version of Percy, the one who loved watching movies and reading comics and playing video games. And most of all? He got to be with the girl he likes. Callie.

Which reminded him of something.

Ah, yes. He was going to ask her on a date before their date. Terror struck his lungs as he knew he should do it. And he had the most crappy piece of advice from Annabeth.

"You just ask her, Percy!"

Thanks a lot, Annabeth.

Just then, Leo's scream brought Percy back to the situation.

"The votes are in! The opposite match includes. . . ." Leo trails off, then continues with a shout. "Leo Valdez! Me! Hahaha! I will so destroy you Jackson!" Percy took this really well and just smiled at him with his arms crossed.

"LEO! LEO! LEO! LEO!" Everyone cheered, while Hazel, Frank and Callie rolled their eyes.

"After me, the next match includes. . . . Grover Underwood!" Leo added.

"GROVER IS OUR KING! HA!" Two days into membership and Grover already had his own chant.

"And finally, our final match will be. . . ." Leo trailed off, then jumped excitedly.

"Our own president of the SGC, Calypso Samantha Atlas!" Leo shouted.

"HAIL CALLIE! HAIL CALLIE! HAIL CALLIE!" Everyone shouted in unison, that even Leo himself joined in.

"Excellent! Our three matches are up. And it's time for the game picking! Does everyone want to choose—" Before Leo could even finish recommending the game, people already shouted at him in unison.

"MARVEL VS. CAPCOM 3!" Everyone shouted.

Leo looked like he was just grounded. "Alright, alright! Calm your testicles! I'll put it on! Sheesh!" Leo took out the game and put it on the Xbox.

Percy was ready to face three people in MvC3. He was born for this.

"Well, that was fun." Percy said, breaking the silence.

"It sure was, Percy. Sure was." Callie replied, smiling back at him.

The game took a bit longer. Percy had easily managed to beat Grover in the match, and Leo, too. Although Leo was a little harder to beat since Leo desperately wanted to make Percy look like a wimp in front of Callie, thought Percy managed to beat him. But Callie? Nope. She had mad gaming skills.

And how she beat Percy only made Percy like her more.

Percy had promised Callie to drop her off to her house later, so Callie was going to ride Percy's car.

I'll wait to ask her 'til she's in the car, Percy thought.

Percy hadn't been this nervous since he bought Annabeth the box of chocolates. If this girl was going to reject Percy like Annabeth did, Percy would literally commit suicide. Well, not really, but you know what he means.

As Percy and Callie got in, Percy started the engine.

But it turned out to be an awkward drive. No one talked to each other for 10 minutes straight, just quiet.

Did Callie not like him? Maybe. He had to get over himself. This was just awkward because he was so used to Annabeth by his side and not a different girl besides Thalia, Bianca, Annabeth or his mom. Those were his family and best friends. But this? This is just a crush he only fully met 4 days ago.

"Something wrong, Percy?" Callie asked.

Gods, she looked so cute when she was concerned. Percy immediately knew it must've been so obvious that he was nervous, that he stuttered in reply.

"Uh, yeah. It's just, hot, this evening, damn." Percy lied.

This was supposed to be the moment. To finally ask her.

"Percy?" Callie changed the topic.

"Do you like Annabeth?" she questioned.

Of all the topics to choose from, this girl, his current crush, chose Annabeth as a topic. Then it must've dawned on Percy. She could trust this girl.

"Look, Callie, can I tell you something? Something personal?" Percy easily explained.

"Yeah. You can trust me with anything." Callie had this warm smile on her face, that made Percy blush too. Then he told her about Annabeth.

"3 months ago, on Valentine's Day, I told Annabeth I liked her." Percy said.

Percy must've seen the disappointed look on Callie's face, so he chose to be careful with his words.

"Oh." Was all Callie could manage.

"She told me, that she didn't feel the same way. She only saw me as a friend. A best friend." Percy tried to focus on the road as he drove, because he really didn't want to reminisce the part where Annabeth rejected him and changed a part of him inside.

"Do you still like her?" Callie asked with uneasiness.

"Honestly, I have no idea." Percy added. "But I'm more on the no than the yes."

Callie smiled weakly at him.

Now was the time.

Now or never.

"Uh, Callie? Do you mind if, uh, you wanna, maybe grab a coffee sometime? Ahem, Tomorrow?" Percy managed to ask. Please say yes, Please say yes, Please say yes!, Percy thought.

Callie's smile expanded on her pouty lips.

"I'd really love to."

Score.

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