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Annabeth had honestly no clue why she was with Percy. He had a real talent of pissing her off. He knew exactly how to push her buttons, and he often did. This was going to be a long school year. That, Annabeth knew for sure. She had thought that it would be fun to live with Percy, but she forgot that it was Percy she was talking about. She loved him to the ends of the earth, but gods, if he wasn't just the worst.
While Annabeth knew the American school system was messed up, it was very hard for her to concentrate on the work she was given and to do well in the classes she was taking (a lot of which were AP classes).
She was about a month and a half into the school year at this point, and if the difficulty of just that time is any indication, Percy would be a huge distraction.
On this particular day, that didn't matter that much. It was a weekend, so Annabeth didn't have any homework she had to do, the two of them were going to spend the entire day with Nico and Piper. The plan was to meet at a café on 5th avenue. Annabeth was looking forward to seeing Piper, who had been in California for school with Jason. She was visiting for a few days, and Annabeth couldn't wait to see her again.
Nico and Piper were going to arrive in NYC from the LIRR at around 10:00 am, a time, Annabeth was sure Nico wasn't happy about. Piper decided on it. Nico would sleep until the sun went down if you let him.
Percy, like always, had difficulty getting up, as in he fell back asleep every single time Annabeth or his mother tried to wake him up. Annabeth was getting increasingly aggressive when it came to waking up Percy, and after about 30 minutes of trying to wake him up, she literally pulled the boy out of bed, slung him over her shoulder, and brought him to the kitchen.
Because of Percy being an ass, it was now 9:30 am, he had a half hour before they had to walk over to the café. He had to shower and become presentable for his friends. This was one of those times in which Annabeth wondered why she loved his boy. What would Percy do without me, she kept thinking to herself.
Finally, after bringing him downstairs, Percy was awake. "Gods you're the worst Percy," Annabeth remarked. She was not even trying to hide the annoyance and anger in her voice. Percy was used to that by now. Annabeth wanted him to know she wasn't happy. Percy was an amazing hero, and Annabeth knew that, but when it came to relationships, Percy was clueless. "Get your ass ready, we have to go meet Nico and Piper today Percy!"
"Wait that's today? Oh crap! I'm going, I'm going, I'm gone." Percy raced up the stairs to his room to get into the shower. Annabeth was just left, wearing her normal, Percy's an idiot face.
"Why do I love him?" Annabeth asked, not intending anyone to answer, but Percy's mom chimed in.
"Because you two are perfect together! You make sure he doesn't forget anything, and he makes your life interesting." Sally smiled, she was so nice to Annabeth. Allowing her to stay with them all year, just so she could go to school with Percy. Sally didn't even have all that many rules, Annabeth could even sleep in Percy's room if she wanted to. The conversation about that just about killed Annabeth with awkwardness. She didn't ever need Sally to talk to her and Percy about the importance of condoms ever again.
Annabeth was lost in her thoughts, when she heard a sound like an elephant clambering down the stairs. Percy was ready. It was now about 10, so she and Percy had to leave. "Are you ready Annabeth?" Percy asked, "we have to leave babe."
"Yes, seaweed brain, I've been ready for a while. If you're ready we can go." Annabeth was too excited to see Piper and Nico to point out to Percy that he was the reason they would have been late. "Goodbye Mrs. Jackson, we'll be back later today!" Annabeth said as her and Percy made their way to the front door.
"Yeah, bye mom! Love you!" Percy yelled after Annabeth.
"Bye guys! I love you Percy, be safe. Oh, and Annabeth, I told you, call me Sally!" Sally responded as the door closed.
Just as Annabeth and Percy walked out the door, she received a text from Nico di Angelo.
10:02 am Hey Annabeth, the train just got to Penn Station, Piper and I are on our way to the café.
Annabeth smiled, finally Nico had gotten more used to texting. He no longer signed his name after texts. He still didn't used any text language, but Annabeth liked that. She responded to Nico quickly.
10:02 am Sounds good Percy and I are walking there as well. We just left Sally's.
It took about 20 minutes to get to the Café. Percy and Annabeth got there before Nico and Piper. They ordered drinks and found seats for the four of them. Percy chose a table just in front of the 2 giant windows in the front of the café. Annabeth ordered a black coffee, and Percy got a mocha cappuccino. Once they were seated, Annabeth texted Nico again to update him.
10:27 am We just got here, we found a table and ordered our drinks, we are just waiting for you guys now. ?
Nico responded immediately,
10:27 am Ok, we'll be there in about 5 minutes. See you soon
True to his word, Nico and Piper appeared about 5 minutes later. The gang proceeded to hug each other. Nico hesitated before partaking in the hugging though, "oh come on Nico, it's just a hug!" Piper said as she pulled him into the group hug. He just groaned.
After all the hugs, the group began to catch up. While Nico just lived a half-hour or so from the city, Annabeth and Percy rarely went to camp. Nico was the first one of them to share what was going on in his life. Mostly because Annabeth and Piper really wanted to talk about Will. "So how are things going with Will?" Annabeth asked, she could barely contain her excitement about the question.
Nico's eyes lit up at the mention of Will's name, that was a good sign to Annabeth. "Everything is going great with Will," the son of Hades said, losing his normal sarcastic tone, "he asked me if I wanted to visit him in New Mexico over his birthday, so I'm going to do that."
The way Nico spoke of Will was intriguing to Annabeth. She loved Percy, but even she got annoyed with him a lot, that never seemed to happen with Nico. "That is so cute!" Annabeth squealed. Piper joined her when she did. "You two are literally the perfect couple." That made Nico blush a little.
"I hear you two had a fight though, a little while ago." Piper said before thinking. The fight she was referring to, was the infamous, Will being in the closet fight. Annabeth shot her a disapproving look.
"Ha! Finally! You give that look to someone besides me!" Percy yelled, "Piper, I feel your pain."
"Thanks Percy," Piper didn't know what Percy was talking about, she wasn't in pain at all. The look for Annabeth wasn't even that threatening. As soon as Piper reminded Nico of that fight, he became less cheery. "Oh, I'm sorry I ruined the mood, you'd think as a child of Aphrodite, I'd know better but obv—" Annabeth cut her off.
"That is not something we need to relive Piper." Annabeth chimed in, but Nico lifted his head.
"No, it's fine," Nico's voice sounded heavy, "we did fight, Will, he wasn't out at home. That made me… uncomfortable. It felt like he was hiding me because he was ashamed of me. But that's been worked out now." Nico regained he happier looking face from before, and the ambiance of the café returned to normal. "Enough about Will and I, how's California?" Nico asked as he looked toward Piper.
"Eh, it's good, I just miss you guys." Piper's smile faded, "I mean, I love being with Jason, don't get me wrong, I just wish we were here in New York."
"We wish you guys were here too Piper," Percy sounded sympathetic, "we miss all the other demigods from the quest." That was certainly true, Annabeth hadn't seen Hazel, Frank, Reyna, Leo, or Jason since the end of the Giant War, well Jason since the end of the summer.
Eventually the waiter returned with Percy and Annabeth's drinks, and took Nico's and Piper's orders. The group spent the early morning in the Café, just catching up and talking. Annabeth couldn't imagine a better way to spend the day, she was happy seeing Nico smile, Piper laugh, and Percy grin. Today was definitely a good day.
