Of Hugs and Tellyvision

"PERCY!" Annabeth shrieked, as she busted through the apartment door all Kool Aid Man like. "PERSEUS JACKSON!" she repeated, this time using his full name.

Poor Percy, who was taking a nap at the time, was shocked at the sudden change of volume from his television opera house viewing, and promptly flopped off the sofa and hit his head on the coffee table.

"Percy! You need to answer a question!" Annabeth puffed, as she walked into the room. "Percy! Percy? Are you okay?"

Percy just groaned.

"Percy come on get up, this is important. I need you to tell me – wait, is that an opera? I never knew you listened to that…" Annabeth looked over to the TV, and sure enough, the music of an opera house was emanating from it.

Percy just groaned.

"Seaweed brain, get uuup…" Annabeth dragged her last word. "This is really important."

Amazingly, Percy got up, rubbing his head and trying to figure out what she means by "Really Important." Percy popped a question. "What's so important that you had to wake me up from my nap?"

"Percy… am I a good hugger?"

Percy, appalled by this seemingly random question, flopped back on the sofa, and tried to resume his nap. However, Annabeth needed to answer this question, so she jumped on him.

"Annabeth! Come on, can I just say yes so you can leave me alone?" Percy whimpered.

"No Percy… I need an honest answer." Annabeth pouted.

"Fine." Percy sat up. "Uhh…"

"Percy… Am. I. A. Good. Hugger?"

"Annabeth… to be really honest with you… it's not exactly… comfortable hugging you…"

"But you hug me all the time!" Annabeth exclaimed.

"Well yeah, but those are bear hugs. See there are different types of hugs for different situations. The bear hug is the all purpose hug for anything ranging from a surprise encounter at the mall or if you plainly 'Want some love'." Percy explained, giving Annabeth a big ol' bear hug, pulling her off the couch and crushing her.

The blonde blushed, realizing how little she know about the technicalities of hugs.

Percy continued. "Then comes the two person hug. This hug requires the cooperation of two people, as the title implies. Come here." Percy said, with arms outstretched. "Okay, so in my case, I'm taller, so your arms would go beneath mine, and… great! You're a natural. You can also do the X-Pattern, like so." Percy said, his arms outstretched, forming one slash of an X. Annabeth put two and two together and completed the X.

"And there you have it. How to hug, 101. The final test is… The ninja hug!" Percy said.

"The ninja huh?-" Annabeth asked, but was quickly interrupted when Percy reached behind her, looped his arms around her and wrapped them around her waist. He laid his head on her shoulder, and they both sat there, eyes closed.

They could've stayed like this forever.

Could've.

"HEY GUYS! DO YOU HAVE SUGAR?" A voice shouted and knocked on the door.

'Twas Nico.

A/N:

First I'd like all of you to know that these one-shots are inspired by many things, and it seems as though I'll never run out of material.

How are you guys liking it so far?

I love writing, and sometimes I base my stories on those awesome little moments that I share with buddies and my girl. My wonderful girl.

Well, that's all for now folks!