A/N: HIIIIIIIIII I UPDATED AGAIN YAY I DONT KNOW WHAT TO SAY SOOOOO…

Disclaimer: Percabeth belongs to RIck Riordan :( not meeee…..

Chapter Three

Annabeth sighed. The last couple of weeks had been very eventful. Rachel had been working her nonstop, giving her this to do and then that. But Annabeth was not complaining, she enjoyed the work. Then only part she was sad about was not seeing Percy more often. He had left on a business trip to Europe soon after Annabeth had started working for the couple. Though Percy was returning today.

Turning in the ignition of Rachel's large car, Annabeth prepared herself for the airport. She was picking up Percy and one of his friends. They were returning from Italy and would be very exhausted. She imagined a tired Percy, with his dark, messy hair and bags under his eyes. In the mental image, he looked adorable.

No! Annabeth scolded herself for thinking such things. Percy was married and he was her boss. She could not fancy herself with such thoughts.

Annabeth arrived at the airport and went to check if Percy's flight had landed yet. It had, five minutes ago. Reclining onto a seat near where Percy would exit, Annabeth made herself comfortable. She might have to wait for a little bit.

Her pencil scratching against her notebook, sketching architecture that Annabeth had been planning in her mind. It was a building, an outdoor theatre, based on Greek, open-air buildings. Getting enveloped into her own little bubble, Annabeth did not notice Percy until he was right next to her.

"What are you drawing?" Annabeth jumped at Percy's words. He was peering over her shoulder into her sketchbook, admiring her drawing. "You graduated with a degree in architecture, right?"

Closing her sketchbook, Annabeth replied, "Yes, and did you graduate with a degree in being a stalker?"

"Nope, but did you major in being rude?"

Annabeth got up, smiling at Percy. Her voice dripping with sarcasm, she replied, "Oh no! How could you tell? I only minored in it!"

"Was sarcasm one of the many other subjects you studied?" Percy was facing her, a blue suitcase in his hand. Though he was obviously exhausted, Percy was grinning and bouncing on his feet. His deep sea green eyes sparkled and Annabeth met his gaze with the same excitement.

"Glad you're back seaweed brain," Annabeth used a nickname.

"You too wise girl,"

Percy was Annabeth's boss, but they were also friends by unspoken means. Both of them felt comfortable around each other, a feeling Percy could not feel around Rachel.

"Percy, who's picking us up-" A tall, blonde man came up Annabeth and Percy. His electric blue eyes crackling with tired energy. The electric blue eyes that brought back so many memories. A group of teenagers sitting in a empty library, laughing all night long. Campfires and sleepovers. Swimming in the ocean. Road trips to Long Island.

The man had at first not been paying attention to Annabeth, but now that he noticed her, he smiled. "Annabeth! I haven't seen you in forever!"

Annabeth hugged Jason. They had been friends in high school. Their large group of friends tried to stay close in college, but it did not work. Some of them were still friends while the others would text every now and then. But in the end, they had lost their connection.

"Jason! What an unexpected surprise! We really have not talked for a while. What are you doing here?"

"I just came back from Italy with my friend here. What are you doing here?" Jason raised one eyebrow. Percy had been standing by quietly, listening to the conversation, but now he spoke up.

" Annabeth here is my-Rachel's and my-my personal assistant," Percy replied with a wavering tone. He was cute when he was nervous.

Jason gave the duo a skeptical look, in his perspective, Annabeth did not seem to be a professional acquaintance to Percy. It made him question how Percy felt about Rachel. Piper could help him figure this out. Thinking of Piper, his girlfriend would kill him if he did not ask about Annabeth's lovelife.

"Annabeth are you still with Luke?"

The blonde demeanor suddenly turned sullen. A cold look spread across her features while Percy looked intrigued. Jason could only speculate why. He heard

"Luke… no. I'm not with that bastard anymore," That was all Annabeth wanted to say on the topic. Percy stared at his assistant's face, worry and shook on his face.

"I'm sorry I didn't know. But Piper would kill me if had not asked,"

Happy to change the subject, Annabeth exclaimed, "You're still together! Oh, that's wonderful!"

Jason blushed. Of course they were still together. Piper was the perfect girl for him. She was kind and beautiful. She cared about everyone. She understood Jason. And even though she looked like Aphrodite herself, Piper only had eyes for Jason. Jason did not know what he did to deserve her.

"We should meet up sometime soon," Annabeth prompted, snapping Jason out of his thoughts.

"You have to drop me off at my place anyway. Why don't you and Percy step inside and surprise Piper?"

A/N: So heyyyyyyy… Please don't hate me *cowers in the corner*. I know I haven't updated in forever and here comes the excuse of writes block again… I'm just having a little trouble forming this story. I know this chapter was shorter than the others, about 800 words, but is it okay? I feel like making slightly shorter chapters might be easier for me with school and everything. I might update more often.

theartnerd333: Thanks for all your wonderful comments! Great idea! I'm trying to put that sort of thing in the story, but I do not want Rachel to be a full fledged bitch. I'm trying to sort of keep her as a misunderstood character.

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