Wyatt's POV

You know that feeling of emptiness in your stomach? Like the whole world has stopped, and there you are, standing in the middle of it all? That's exactly what I felt the moment I saw this Percy guy kissing Annabeth.

I mean, I shouldn't even really be mad. It's not like she was actually my girlfriend. But you'd think after you did a dibs on her, Percy would've laid off. Who even was this guy? No one would dare lay a hand on Annabeth. He either had extremely large balls or an insane amount of courage.

I tried shaking off the scene in my head of the two lovebirds kissing, because it was kind of gross, like wet socks.

Although not one to act on impulse, I left the Quad and stormed into the bathroom, slamming the door behind me.

''Sorry'', I muttered, in case anyone was in here.

I brought myself over to the sink and stared at myself, my hands clutched the porcelain and for once, I took a good hard look at myself.

I've always despised mirrors, ever since I could remember. My mom would always tell me that mirrors were bad luck. If you looked too closely, you might get sucked in and transported into another dimension.

I locked my eyes with… well, my own eyes. For the first time, I looked at myself clearly. My eyes were golden, like the sun was always present in them. If you looked deep enough, you could see the hint of brown beneath. As if the sun had mixed in with a pool of warm chocolate and created this golden display. My cheekbones were prominent, and my jaw was squared. Across my tanned face, were the tiniest freckles you ever saw. I smiled, skin stars, my father would say. My hair was a fierce chestnut brown color, and looked like waves sloped to the side. It curled in some spots and grew down to others, all in all- I looked like a ''hot mess''.

I backed up and wiped the sweat from my forehead. Annabeth Chase is just some girl, someone who barely means anything to me. Was she worth getting mad or even jealous about? No.

I mentally punched myself, of course she was worth getting mad or jealous about. She was worth everything to me.

I know most people would argue that I'm too young to know what love is, but ever since I was a sophomore, I've had the biggest crush on her. I don't know when I started developing deeper feelings for her. And though I've never really gotten that close with her, I never stopped trying. Then, she just left... I heard rumors that she went back to New York and even ones that said she became a druggie and ran away. It twisted my stomach into knots and set my heart on fire; over time the pain in my body slowly left and I thought that I didn't love her anymore.

So there I was, captain of the swim team, an honors student with a 3.8 GPA, and a promising future ahead of me when all of a sudden- bam. Annabeth Chase came back for senior year. I felt numb, but that didn't last very long- the moment I sat down next to her in Greek class, a whirlwind of emotions came back to me.

But let's not get too caught up in that. This Percy just gave me enough reason to be even more motivated. Survival of the fittest, right? Eat or be eaten. And in this case, if I didn't step it up, I'd lose the only girl I've actually cared about.

I walked out of the bathroom with only one thought in my mind: Win Annabeth's Heart. I knew that if I didn't at least try to get Annabeth, I would regret it in the future.

Beep.''Excuse this interruption; All members of the swim team, please report to the gymnasium. Thank you.''

Damnit (*N/A: hoover dam hahahahahaHA), it's like fate (*N/A: fates? fates.) was trying to stop me.

Percy's POV

Beep. (A/N boop) ''Excuse this interruption; All members of the swim team, please report to the gymnasium. Thank you.''

Annabeth pulled away from the hug, and before I could complain,

she began to pellet me with questions.

''How did you get here? Gods, why didn't you tell me!? How was the flight? Wait, you flew right? Zeus let you fly on a plane? Sally agreed to this? How is she? How's Paul? Where are you staying? What's your schedule? Who's your tour guide-''

I chuckled, raising my hands as a sign for her to keep calm, ''Annabeth, slow down a second. Breathe, okay? I didn't tell you because I wanted to surprise you, and I didn't fly- smart one." I poked her forehead playfully. "I think Artemis would marry a dude before Zeus would ever let me fly.''

Boom! Clash!

*Cue thunder*

''Percy!''

''Sorry, sorry'', I said as blood rushed to my cheeks.

''Well anyways, let me finish. I rode on Blackjack and had Hermes help with moving my things to my place, it was a surprise by my dad. I'm not even sure of what it looks like...which reminds me. Annabeth Chase, would you do me the honors of coming with me to see where I'll be staying? Umm.. after school, that is." I smiled sheepishly.

'' You don't even have to ask Percy, but keep talking. I'm interested in what you have to say.''

''Right. So anyways- where was I? Oh! Yeah, my mom is alright and so is Paul; they're doing good. They were worried at first but then realized it might actually be a good idea since it's you we're talking about. And also, I think they're kind of glad. More privacy and whatever.''

Annabeth soaked in all the information I had just thrown at her, she opened her mouth, ready to say something- but closed it. Like a cute little guppy.

''So did I answer all your questions…?''

''Your schedule and tour guide, remember? Gods Percy, it's like you have the memory of a four year old.''

''Hey!'' I protested.

''A cute four year old?'' she offered.

''Better." I grinned, leaning in closer.

"So, your tour guide?" She raised a brow and smirked, lightly pushing me away.

I frowned, suddenly feeling a wave of guilt rise over my body as I looked around for a newly acquainted face, only to find no one familiar. Did I just ditch my tour guide? What was his name again? "Uhh… His name was Wallace. Er, Walter? Hmm.." I rubbed my chin, sensing Annabeth's impatience as she crossed her arms.

"Per-"

"WAIT, no give me a ! Willis."

"Percy."

"Wayne?"

"Percy Jackson!"

I quickly shut my mouth, my cheeks growing hotter in embarrassment; maybe even in fear. I forgot how scary my girlfriend could be sometimes. Not that it would stop me from loving her. I gave her a crooked grin in apology.

She sighed and placed her face in her palm, "Wyatt?"

''Uh. Tall, brown hair. Dresses like he's rich?'' I questioned.

''Yup, that's Wyatt.''

''Well I was kind of close...''

''Percy, you said Willis.''

And then it hit me that Wyatt had a crush on Annabeth. That's why he left...Oh man. He must think I'm a real douche. I mentally reminded myself to go have a talk with him late, bro to bro. Clear things up, no hard feelings.

''Well where is he now? Wyatt isn't the one to just leave, he takes school pretty seriously.'' Annabeth's eyebrows knitted together like it usually does when she's thinking or concentrating hard. It was the same look she always had back at Camp, when thinking of new designs or talking about architecture.

Not wanting to embarrass him, I replied, ''Uhm, I think he said something about having to go somewhere?'' I lied.

Annabeth didn't question me any further, her eyes lighting up as if she finally solved a problem, "Right! Swim team meeting."

My eyebrows raised in surprise. "Wyatt and the swim team, huh?" This somehow made me feel even worse. He was probably a good guy and he liked to swim. Bonus points right there.

Annabeth put her finger on her chin before continuing, "Yeah, he's the captain."

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