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Disclaimer: Nope, don't own Percy Jackson. Rick Riordan, The King of Trolling does. WHY DO YOU LOVE TORTURING US? :P
This is going to be one heck of a plane ride.
"Hey, you know what's weird? We've been here for almost an hour and I have no idea what your name is!" Jake said, obviously trying to flirt with me.
We were exactly forty-seven minutes and nine seconds into the flight and I was already contemplating jumping off the plane. After he called me feisty and hot or something, I decided to simply ignore Jake, blocking out all his agitating questions and comments, but he seriously was starting to tick me off.
"My name's Annabeth. Okay? A-N-N-A-B-E-T-H. Got it? Or is your brain so microscopic that you can't understand that?" I answered him.
"That's a cool name. Never heard of it before," he said, ignoring my insult.
"Yeah, well, I've never heard of a guy as annoying as you. Can you please leave me alone? I'm not in the mood."
He was about to answer, but the creepy flight attendant came with a cart full of disgusting smelling food and different kinds of beverages.
She handed Jake and I a plastic container full of what I assumed was supposed to be breakfast, and a thin bag filled with a plastic spoon, fork , and knife.
"What would you like to drink?" the suspicious flight attendant told us.
"I'll take a Coke," I replied.
"Me too," Jake told her while smiling at me.
What, picking the same drink as someone is supposed to be cute or something?
I just shook my head and grabbed the Coke from the lady's hands. Her slender, long fingers brushed against mine and I flinched. Her hands were ice cold, almost inhuman.
She gave me a knowing smile and handed Jake his drink. She turned away, and I faced what I guess was supposed to be food. Inside of the black plastic container was an omelet that looked like rubber, a soggy roll, some fruit, and something mysterious in a small pudding cup looking thing. Very appetizing.
Even though the food looked practically inedible, I was starving. I peeled off the plastic cover off of the food and was attacked by a horrible smell. I was seriously about to gag. Resisting the urge to vomit, I picked up a fork and poked the omelet. There was a bunch of red and green diced stuff in there, which didn't look very edible, so I decided to avoid the omelet and picked up the roll. I slowly took a bite. It had no taste, which I guessed was better than having a taste, because was pretty sure it wouldn't be very good.
I looked over at Jake who had basically eaten everything except for the plate and soda can. I'm still confused at how most guys can eat as much as they want but still stay skinny. I looked down at my plate with disgust and just settled on drinking my Coke. I could just imagine Chiron shaking his head at me for drinking soda, since junk food was practically banned from camp. But that didn't stop the Hermes cabin. I got a bitter taste in my mouth when I thought of camp.
You're supposed to be helping with the ship right now, not on a plane sitting by an annoying guy. Don't you want to find your boyfriend? You're a horrible girlfriend. That's why he's going to find a new girlfriend, someone that actually cares about him. But, it doesn't matter, because he probably doesn't even remember you, A tiny voice inside of my head scolded me.
I suddenly felt nauseous, so I quickly got up to go the bathroom. I just needed some private time. I was NOT going to let Jake see me on the verge of tears. He would probably try to comfort me or something. I almost shuddered thinking about it.
I jumped over people's feet in the crowded aisle, not caring that people were muttering rude things about me. I finally reached the bathroom, right by the little kitchen. I checked to see if it was vacant, and I was relieved to see that it was. For some reason, tiny, microscopic tears were forming in my eyes. I usually kept my emotions hidden pretty well, so I had no idea why I started crying now of all places.
Just as I was about to step into the tiny restroom, a familiar hiss made me freeze. The hairs on the back of my neck stood up. I slowly turned around, coming face to face with the freaky flight attendant that had given us our food. She had a malicious smile on her face, a smile I had seen too many times before. My eyes widened as I realized what the flight attendant was. How had I been so oblivious? SHE WAS A MONSTER AND I DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE IT!
I reached for my knife that was strapped to my leg and watched in horror as she changed form. Her legs became twin serpent trunks, her skin turned green, and her eyes glowed red. A dracaena.
"Well, well, well, if it isn't Annabeth Chassse. Girlfriend of Perccccy Jackssson. I've been waiting for you to realize what I truly am. Aren't daughtersss of Athena sssupposssed to be sssmart?" she hissed.
We were literally two feet apart. There was not very much room to fight, but I thrust my knife into one of her legs anyway. She let out a shrill cry, but she wasn't dead yet. I could tell she was about to attack back, but there was no room to move around. I frantically moved to the side, hoping to slice her head off, but no such luck. Just as I lifted my arm to her neck, she jabbed her talons right below my shoulder. I winced at the pain, but tried to ignore it as I slashed my knife across the dracaenas neck. My blade passed through her body as if she were made of water. She shrieked and exploded into yellow powder, leaving the smell of sulfur in the air.
I felt something dripping down my shoulder, and remembered my arm again. The dracaena's talons had left deep claw marks into my skin, and blood was gushing out. I cursed when I realized that my ambrosia and nectar was still in my bag under my seat. I couldn't just go walk around casually with blood everywhere. I would just have to settle with washing my arm in the bathroom. I sighed and leaned over the tiny sink. As I looked down, I realized that the claw marks were only a few centimeters away from the scar I got when I took the knife for Percy. And that just reminded me of the reason I was even near the dracaena in the first place. Without warning, small tears started gliding down my face. I quickly wiped them away, determined not to break down like I did the day Percy went missing. The tears stopped as quickly as they started. I took a paper towel and wiped down my arm while I turned the handle of the bathroom door. The yellow powder was still there, but I just kicked it and walked off.
Stupid monster.
The passengers I had bumped into on the way to the bathroom glared at me as I walked by. Once I got to my seat, I contemplated whether I should make Jake get out of his chair so I could get in my seat or just squeeze past him. If I squeezed past him though, I'd just give him a nice view of my butt which he would enjoy because he's an idiot like that.
"Get up," I commanded him.
"There you are! I thought you switched seats- WOAH! What happened to your arm?" he yelled.
I looked down to where I was clutching my arm. It had started bleeding again. I cursed and pushed Jake out of his seat. I searched under my seat for my bag, but it was gone.
"What did you do to my bag?" I asked menacingly.
"Uh, well, you see, I kinda got bored, so I um, well, looked through it," he said with a nervous laugh.
"WHAT? Are you stupid or something? You don't just go through people's stuff! WHERE THE HECK IS IT?" I shrieked. There was PRIVATE stuff in there. Stuff little idiots like him didn't need to see.
The whole plane was basically staring at us by now but I really didn't care.
"It's right here. I didn't take anything, I swear!" he said, trying to calm me down. He pulled my bag out from behind him and handed it to me.
I got up in his face and looked him in the eye. "Look punk, if you ever look through my stuff again, I will tear you apart, limb by limb. GOT IT?" I silently thanked Clarisse for that one.
Suddenly, he just grabbed my face like he was going to kiss me, but I shoved his face away with so much force he fell down. I just about exploded.
"WHAT THE HADES DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING? I have a boyfriend! HE CAN KNOCK YOU OUT IN TWO SECONDS! IF YOU EVER, EVER, TRY TO KISS ME AGAIN, I AM GOING TO RIP OUT YOUR SPINE AND SHOVE IT DOWN YOUR THROAT! ONE VERTEBRAE AT A TIME!" I screamed at him. I yelled so much I thought I would never be able to talk again. All the frustration I had felt during the plane ride just spilled out.
Jake was seriously trembling right now. I probably looked murderous right now, my eyes filled with raging fury and blood all over my arm. All of the passengers were looking at me in horror. One of the flight attendant's finally stopped staring and came over to help Jake off of the floor and to get me to calm down and sit in my seat. I had to resist the urge to reach over and punch Jake in the face when he sat down next to me.
"Well, I can tell that you two clearly don't want to sit next to each other, but we have no other available seats. I guess you'll have to ignore each other for the remainder of the flight," the flight attendant told us.
"What? Can't someone trade seats?" I asked, desperate to get the Hades away from him.
Since the plane was so quiet, everybody heard our conversation and immediately started buckling their seatbelts and protesting.
"I'm not sitting by HER! She's a freak!"
"I am NOT getting near that guy! He's going to steal all my stuff!"
"Let's kick 'em off!"
"I'm not going to let my daughter get near that young man! He's a pervert!"
"Mom, can I please sit by her? She's HOT!"
And so on.
Oh, this day has turned out just PERFECT. I'm still stuck by a creep, a monster attacked me, and Jake basically looked through my stuff so I have no idea what he found out about me. And he tried to kiss me.
Plus, my boyfriend is still missing.
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