My Wish Come True
DG32173
Sarah: I'm sorry about the uber delay in updates. I've been busy going through the hundreds of reviewer characters sent in. I've also been trying to think up a good monster to come into play in the next chapter of Caught in the Act. Please forgive me. I also have another story up now, Haunted Eyes. It has some Percy/Annabeth in it, but not all that much. It's mostly adventure and drama, which is extremely rare for me. I don't remember ever writing on a story that had practically zero romance. But I'm hoping Haunted Eyes will be a success. I posted a short thing with it already, but I'm not sure if it will be a hit. I'm waiting for reviews to see if I should continue or just give up on such a venture and return to my romantic passions. Well, I've talked too long. I only own this story, Caught in the Act, and my OCs. Don't steal. I hope you enjoy.
REVIEW REPLIES
Serenity (anonymous reviewer)
You ask why Aphrodite has to be so weird she makes you confused. I ask the same question. I don't know where her comments came from. Maybe the goddess was using me to express herself. Her comments confused me when I went back and looked at what I wrote, even just the next day.
Kervin555
I'm trying to figure out what to do with your guy. The "make a total fool of Percy" part sounds like very tempting idea. Just like when Rachel made a fool of him at Hoover Dam and again at Goode High School.
Skittlepunk (anonymous reviewer)
"Aphrodite throws someone in there to make it hard on them". Well, how in Hades did you read my mind? They both experienced jealousy when the other seemed interested in someone else during the books. I'm not going to make the romance easy for them in the least.
Talipatra
Thanks for the ideas. As I said to Skittlepunk above, their relationship will be built slowly and not in the least bit easy for them. I hate it when people do the "and then they had sex" thing. It's way over-rated and completely stupid. I did it a bit when I was first starting in the world of fanfic-writing. But I hated it then and I still do. People build up this awesome plot-line, have you hanging on every word, then completely ruin the entire story with "and then they had sex/got married/had kids" junk. And I know that the same conversations in both stories is irking in a way, but this is just the beginning. A lot more will happen that will make both stories very different, but intertwined. I promise.
Jacki (anonymous reviewer)
Um, they're seventeen in these fics. By ancient Greek laws, they had been adults since they were fifteen or sixteen. Besides, demigods grow up fast or are killed by monsters. Also, those were just dreams. It wasn't the real deal. The real deal won't happen for a very long time.
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(Authors note)
"Talking"
'Thinking'
Scene change
POV change
Memory/dreams
Scene change in memory
Chapter 4
Anxiety on the Plane
I sigh and tap my foot impatiently as the line through security goes at a snails pace. Seriously, I've seen creatures move faster while under Kronos' slow-time thingy. Riptide's in my shirt pocket in pen form, Annabeth's knife is strapped to her shin under her jeans. She says that security never notices divine weapons if they are out of sight or in another form and that metal detectors don't pick them up.
But that's not what has me upset at the moment. A monster could show up, called to the aura Annabeth and I are putting off. It would try to kill us and kill the mortal 'witnesses' just for being there. I growl softly as the line moves forward a couple of inches. Annabeth jabs her elbow into my ribs, causing us both to wince. "What?" I demand softly. "It's taking forever! Any second now, a monster could attack and a lot of innocent people could be hurt or killed just because the monster's after us!"
She rolls her eyes. "Quit complaining! I've been traveling by airplane for years and I've only been attacked once," she mutters.
I am instantly worried and feel the worry clouding my face. "What was it? What happened?" I ask softly.
She sighs and tells me about the Empousai, then reminds me I still owe her for soaking her favorite sneakers my first day at camp when we were twelve. I laugh at that.
Finally, half an hour later, it's our turn through the security checkpoint. Twenty minutes later, we're in our seats on the plane and an hour after that, we're in the air. I look out the window every few seconds, watching the sky. I half-expect Zeus to strike the plane down with a lightning bolt just because I'm on it. I mean, he's never happy when my dad's or Hades' kids are in the air. Neither are we.
After a few minutes, I feel Annabeth's head lay gently on my left shoulder. I look at her and realize that she's fallen asleep. I smile softly and gently brush her blonde hair out of her face. She lets out a soft sigh and snuggles closer to me in her sleep. I blush crimson. This is weird. I glance out the window again, this time checking for Athena's arrows. She would certainly not be happy with this. But, then, why would she work with my dad and send us to Hawaii for vacation? The only other time I can recall her working with my dad was in the creation of the chariot. She designed the chariot while my dad made horses out of the crests of waves.
Then my thoughts turn back to Annabeth. Thoughts of her occupy my mind for the rest of the flight to San Antonio. As soon as we land, while we're slowing down on the runway, I gently shake Annabeth awake. She blushes when she realizes she had fallen asleep on my shoulder. Then she stands up in her seat to retrieve our bags from above my head. I blush brightly as I get an unwanted look up her skirt. When she gets our bags down, she realizes what had happened. She blushes brightly, shoves my bag into my hands and smacks me.
"What'd I do?" I whine, rubbing my cheek. Despite being mostly invulnerable, it still stings when I get hit or punched, especially when it's Annabeth who does it.
"You could've looked away!" she snaps, massaging her hand. I grin apologetically. She huffs. "Let's just go," she mutters, storming down the aisle toward the ramp in angered embarrassment.
I quickly catch up to her. Being three inches taller than her is a good thing when I want to catch up to her when she can't use her invisibility cap. I follow her through security to get on our next plane. The flight from San Antonio to Hawaii is just as boring as the flight from New York to San Antonio was. This time, it is my turn to fall asleep.
At least I have none of the usual dreams that demigods have. But I'm not sure whether to be grateful for that or not, because these dreams center around Annabeth and me and things I have longed to do with her but never had the courage to actually attempt to do. Then I feel a slight shake and hear someone saying something as if through water. I ignore it and dream on. Then the voice is a little clearer and the shaking a bit longer, but I can't tell what the voice is saying, so I ignore it.
Then, I hear Annabeth clearly saying, "Perseus Jackson, if you don't wake up right now, I'll IM the camp and tell everyone that you have a huge crush on Clarisse and dream about marrying her!"
"No!" I yelp, sitting up straight. I glare at Annabeth as she laughs at my reaction. "That is so not funny, Wise Girl!"
"At least it woke you up, Seaweed Brain," she says between giggles.
"Let's just go," I grumble, standing up and turning to get our bags down from above my head.
By the time we get all our bags, get out of the airport, and hail down a cab, we're both hot, tired, and cranky. We get into a small argument about the credit card someone from Olympus gave us in Annabeth's name while the suite is in my name.
The cab driver asks us with a grin how long we've been married. We both blush and tell him we're not married at the same time. Apparently he can't tell we're just seventeen because of the gray streaks in our hair, souvenirs from our turns literally holding up the sky. Long story. The driver grins and shakes his head, mumbling under his breath.
Neither of us realizes our time in Hawaii is about to get much more embarrassing than we first thought. Of course, we haven't gotten to the hotel and seen our suite yet either.
Sarah: please review! Again, uber sorry about the delay in updates.