Thanks guys for all of the positive reviews I got. I'm so happy that this story is getting farther than my other story, which was a complete fail. I actually have no idea where this is going to go, so I guess I will just write along the way. If you have any suggestions review it or pm me! Hope you like it!
Annabeth's POV
After finally finding all of the bath fizzy soaps to make bubbles, I get out of the bathtub after about 20 minutes. I dry off and I change into some comfy boyfriend jeans, a lace top, a maroon and crème Aztec cardigan, white converse and then I put my hair in a messy fishtail braid.
I see an iPhone with anchors on it and I guess its mine. I see the background and it's Percy and me so I guess its mine. The phone has been blowing up with text and calls and other stuff from random people I don't really know. I try to get into the phone but I don't know it. I guess I'll ask Percy later.
I look around the bathroom counter and I see a bunch of my jewelry on the counter. They one thing that stand out is my wedding ring. Its huge and everything that I have ever wanted in my life.
"Well its mine." I say to myself, "What the hell, why not." I put it on and I have to say that it looks amazing on me. I love it. Should I go down with it to have dinner with Percy? Before I can think, I start walking out of the bathroom with it on.
I finally get out of the bathroom and go down to the stairs and into the kitchen. Everything is so foreign to me. I can't believe everything is so neat and organized, but I guess I don't like to cook so that's Percy's area I guess.
"Percy? Where are you?" I wait for an answer.
"Wise girl?' I see Percy pop into the kitchen where I am. "Finally out of the shower I see."
"Wise girl? You call me wise girl? Why?" I ask him
Percy mouth turns into a slight frown but response, "That's my nickname for you and you call me Seaweed Brain. I call you Wise Girl because you are always so wise and a know it all so you call me seaweed brain, I guess because I love the water so much." Percy says it like the most obvious thing in the world.
Aww. It's so cute. "Well….cool." I say awkwardly. "So what are we going to do for dinner?
"Well I have a surprise for you. Come outside, I set it up for you while you were in the shower." He puts his hands over my eyes from behind me and guides me to the backyard. I can feel the instantly light breeze and I can start smelling flower. Everywhere. He continues to guide, then he stops.
"Ta Da!" I look around it is gorgeous. There is a small line of little candle lights hanging on a string that goes across to another tree. And there our cushions everywhere on the grassy area with a huge movie screen in front. On the side of all the cushions there is a small little table with food. I guess Percy made some dinner for a romantic dinner. It's so cute. On the table is some pasta with clams and white wine on the table.
"What do you think? Percy asks me.
"I'm speechless. You would do this for me?" I ask him "What did I ever do to deserve this.
"You deserve everything" as he kisses me one the cheek. I can feel my cheeks heating up.
"I thought we could eat out since it's so nice and I'll catch you up on life and then we can watch a movie." Percy tells me.
I nod at the idea and I sit down on the comfy cushions. Percy follows me down to the cushions too.
"So what do you exactly want to know?" Percy asks me.
"Hmm…how about you. I want to know about the man I married." I ask him.
"Well I'm Percy Nate Jackson. I'm 28 and I've been married to you, Annabeth Elizabeth Chase for about 3 years now." Percy says. "Hmmm…" I can see that Percy is trying to think. He's so cute.
He notices me looking at him. He chuckles, "Its just so hard, I mean we've known each other for almost 5 years and I am re explaining everything to you right now, like we have never met."
I frown. I feel so bad. How can a human being just forget their last 5 years? Percy notices my frown. "Heyy, don't worry. We will figure it out. You are still the Annabeth Chase I married. He pokes my stomach, I giggle.
"See you use to laugh every time I do that. Your still the Annabeth I fell in love with." While saying this Percy laces his hand with mine. He then just notices the gigantic wedding ring on my finger. Boys.
I look right into his green, gorgeous eyes. "So what else about you? Where did grow up? Family that I should know about?"
"Well I grew up in Manhattan. I think Grover told you but I am a swimmer, now I'm kinda into marine biology, working with animals so, 6 years ago I moved out here, in California. Then a year later, I bumped into you while surfing on the beach, and you were with Thals and Silena on the beach too. I immediately spotted you, you were so beautiful and I guess we just kind of clicked."
Again, I start blushing and smiling like a manic. I just can't seem to help it. What's wrong with you Annabeth? You were never like this 5 years ago. You were the tough girl, you still can be even though you got married and found the perfect guy and all that shit.
"Our lives seem like such fairytales, everything I have ever wanted." I say to him
"Yes it does. Well, you are everything I wanted. Oh look," Percy starts pointing to the sky. There's a slight breeze in the air and the sun is slightly still up. I look up and I see clouds of all different shapes. I love it. "I don't know if you still do, but before your accident you use to love staring in the clouds. That why I decided to do this date, outdoors." Percy started at me.
"Well, I love it. I could get lost in them just thinking about it. Percy just laughs at me. "Well I'm glad you do." I just realize that his hand is still in mine and he picks it up and kisses my hand. Gods, he's perfect in every way. I did well. My life was a fairytale.
"So," I say, wanting to know more about him. "What about your family?
"Well, my mom is the best mom in the whole wide world, her names Sally. You love her and she loves you. You guys got along really well and you love going over and visiting her. My dad was kind of absent in my life, his names Poseidon."
Immediately, my eyes widen, "Poseidon? Like THE Poseidon? "
Percy chuckles, "Same reaction from the first time I told you when we started dating. Yes, that's my father the famous surfer, now old guy model, and billionaire. That's my dad. It was just about like 8 years ago till we got in touch and he's now kinda in my life. But in the beginning it was really just my mom and I.
"Wow, you're Poseidon's kid. That's like kind of amazing. Well anyways," I look at my iPhone, it's almost midnight. "Whoa its almost 12!" I look up into the sky and I realize how dark it is.
"I think I'm going to head to bed. We could probably clean all of this up tomorrow. Are you going to come too?"
Percy looks at his watch on his arm, "Yeah, I'll be right up."
I start walking up the stairs. I can't believe we had been sky gazing and talk for almost 3 hours. He's just so easy to talk to. I'm so glad I married someone like him and not like my previous boyfriends when I was like 18. Let's just say I wasn't always smart. I change into my pj's and it just hit me, I will be sleeping with someone I completely don't know. I mean I married but…ughh my heads spinning. I just can't wait for Thalia and Silena to come over tomorrow and for them to stay over. I think that is just going to help my head stop spinning.
I start wiping off all my makeup, wash up and climb into my really fluffy bed. I just sit there. Everything in the house is so organized and neatly decorated. I love Silena and this house. Percy walks in look hot, Annabeth, no. He walks in to go the bathroom and I guess he start getting ready too. He comes without a shirt. Oh mother of god, someone shoot me. Umm…did Grover ever say he was a model because damn…. Well he sure does look like one.
Percy notices me drooling over him with my mouth opens and just smirks. Thank the lord that he didn't say anything. That would be embarrassing, not like it already is.
"Goodnight Wise Girl."
Goodnight Perce." I say, while lying down. The lights go out. Well at least the bed is big, like huge. I start to think, what if I never got into that car accident, I would be perfectly happy in this life and would remember every single thing about my new friends, every romantic memory with Percy.
I start falling asleep completely and before I know it everything blacks out.
Next morning -
I wake up, and I feel this big person next to me, like really close. I open my eyes and I can feel my head on something hard. Then it just hit me, I'm on Percy. Oh god. Before I can't even get up, he starts stirring. My eyes bulge out of my head. He's up. I think its just best that I pretend sleep.
I close my eyes again and about 5 minutes later, Percy wakes up. I think that he was just as surprised as me. I can feel him pick my up hand and kisses it and then kisses my forehead.
"Good morning Wise Girl." He whispers. I think he knows that I'm asleep but he says it anyways. He very slowly gets up and tips toes out of the room. Once he leaves the room I open my eyes. God, he's so sweet. I swear I am in love already, but he doesn't need to know that.
I see fuzzy slipper on my side of the bed and decide to put them on. I brush my hair into a braid and put on my glasses. I decide to go exploring around the house on my own.
The one room that stand out to me on the front door is, for on thing it says Wise Girl on it and another is that I see a BUNCH of books through the crack door. I go in. All I can say is that it is heaven. I know for a fact now that it my office. I forgot, I'm the successful architect that I have dreamed of being in for the past 10 years ago. I see my blue prints on the pedestal and there's this huge chair and desk right smack in the center of the office, on the back of the wall is a bunch of books and an old world map, which I am already in love with.
I'm pretty sure that I can spend all day in here. Before I do, I hear Percy calling my name from downstairs; I guess he thought I was awake already.
I quickly go down the stairs and I see the kitchen with Percy making breakfast for the both of us.
"Good morning Wise Girl!" Percy says very cheekily.
"Good morning" I look over I see Percy making waffles and bacon and then there is orange juice on the side.
"Yumm. Wow you can cook."
Percy laughs, "Yes, this is your favorite breakfast."
"So," I ask him, "What are we doing today?
"Well I we are actually having lunch with all of our friends at Silena's house. And then we will be back, after that I think Malcolm is coming over to help you with work and then you'll have a sleepover with Thals and Silena and I'll be out of the house hanging with the boys." Percy starts putting the waffles on the plate.
"Malcolm? I still work with him?" I asked surprisingly.
"Yeah, he's the one that actually helped you open your firm. And I don't know exactly how to say this but he's your half brother.
My eyes bulge out of my head. What? My brother? "Um I don't have any family really. Like they have just haven't cared. Was I like that before?"
"Yeah," Percy rubs his hand on the back of his neck nervously, "Well I didn't want to tell you this way but when we got married, for our wedding, you decided to get in touch with all of them and then you found out that Malcolm was your half brother. Percy looks at me to see if it's okay to continue, I nod my head.
"Yes, so you kept in touch with your father, whose married to a lady named Suzie and they have 2 boys that are twin. So you have more brothers. Then, you kept in touch with your mother Athena. That was a little trouble because my dad and your mom kinda hate each other, but I think in the end we all kind of worked it out and one big happy family." Percy rambles on.
"Umm, wow. I've changed a lot in the past few years. I don't think like 7 or 6 years ago I would have EVER kept in touch with my family.
Percy laughs at my comment, "That is exactly what you told me when we were about to get married, but look what happened. We are all one big dysfunctional family."
I laugh. Once I finish breakfast, I excuse myself to get ready and changed for lunch with out friends. I finished doing my hair and make up and getting ready, I stare into my big walk in closet that I will never need. I explore all of clothes and I spot out a mint button down, and paired it with a denim vest. Gosh, do I have a lot of clothes. I also found white jeans that I rolled up to my ankle. Hmmm… I see in the back of the closet there are some doors. I open it and I see like 20 bags of different designers. Wow, I'm not a fashion person but this is kind of heaven. I pick out a Celine bag with a couple of rings and I see a bunch of shoes on the other side of the closet. I pick out Sam Edelman mint sandals. I go into the bathroom part of the room and see my wedding ring on the counter top. Should I wear it? After a while of deciding, I figure why not? I should wear it anyways. (All of the outfits are on my Polyvore account, there's a link in my profile. Check it out)
I look in the mirror and my hair is in its natural form, princess curls and I only have eye makeup on. I check the time on my phone and see that it's already 12:30. I guess I got lost in all of my clothes. I go down stairs and see that Percy hasn't changed yet.
"When are we suppose to meet everyone?" I ask Percy. Percy is sitting in the living room with his iPad on this lap and his adorable glasses.
"Oh shit," He looked at the way I dressed. "What time is it?"
"It's already 12:30. Get changed." He rushes past me and changes. I sit down on the couch where he was sitting and go on my phone to explore. There are a bunch of contacts that I have no clue who they are and my phone is blowing up, still from last night, with "are you okay" and "get well" and other stuff that seems to be for work. I guess I'll have to ask Malcolm about it later today.
About 10 minutes later, Percy comes out with a greenish, bluish v-neck, khakis, white converse and his iPhone in hand.
"Ready?" Percy asks me while coming down the stairs.
"Yup." We both go down to the drive way and get into his Range Rover.
"So who is going to be there?" I ask
"Well it's going to be Thalia and Nico, Silena and Beckendorf, Malcolm, Travis and Katie, Conner, then Grover with Juniper, Luke, Rachel, Bianca, Piper and Jason, Leo, and Reyna. There are much more people but there are too many people, so I think that we will ALL just get together in a week or so. I just thought that you would want some space."
"Okay, so I know obviously Silena and Thalia, but I only remember seeing Nico and Luke when I was 21 and I know Beckendorf, but I don't really know Travis, Katie, Conner, Grover, Juniper, Rachel, Bianca, Piper, Jason, Leo, and Reyna." I say.
'So, I know you only met Luke and Nico briefly, if you were only 21. So Luke, you never actually liked but I think you learned to put up with him. He actually hit on you a couple of times but you always declined." Percy says chuckling. "But now he is dating Rachel. She's this redhead who actually tried to break us up. Nico, you always liked for Thalia. You always said that they were a match made in heaven because they are so much alike but the do balance each other out.
"So why are we friends with Rachel and Luke. They seem like a pain in the ass." I ask Percy.
"Well, I don't really know." Percy chuckles, "I guess we just always end up inviting them in the end." Percy responds.
"Travis and Conner are twins and Katie is Travis' girlfriend. We both met Katie at a flower shop when we were ordering flowers for our wedding and you and Katie became really good friends, who introduced you to her boyfriend and brother. Travis and Conner are good friends of mine. Grover and Juniper have been married for about 4 years and Grover is my best friend. You guys are great friends too." Percy explains all of it to me.
God, I'm going to have to remember all of this.
"Then Bianca is Nico's twin sister. And Piper and Jason are dating. Young, but really cute couple, and then there is Leo and Reyna. We are all just one big family I guess, a dysfunctional one. You met Piper through Silena, because they are half sisters, Jason is actually Thalia's younger brother, Leo is Jason's best friends and Reyna is just friends with Leo who always gets invited to thing too."
Before I can respond Percy pulls up to a really big house. I'm guessing its Silena's. I can see a bunch of cars in front of the house already. Percy stops the car and then jogs over to my side and opens the car door before I could even unbuckle my seat belt. Such a gentleman I think to myself. I start blushing like crazy. Calm your-self Annabeth., get a hold of yourself. We both walk to the front door and he pushes the doorbell. Then Silena, come our looking amazing with green shorts, a navy blue peplum shirt, with gold necklace and her blond hair in a waterfall braid.
"Annabeth! Oh my god! You're here! I've missed you so so so much!" Silena say jumping up and down and then giving me a big bear hug.
"Silena!. Oh my god! I missed you too! I have like no clue what's going on! Where's Thalia?" I asked her
"Oh she-"
"ANNNNAAABBBETTHHHHHH"
I hear a big shout from the other room that's calling my name. I just forgot that Percy was still behind me and he guides me to the next room. Whoah. There are a lot of people here today. I just see a bunch of people that I don't know.
"Come on Annabeth," Percy says to my ear. We both walk up to like 3 people. Then I realize that 2 of them are twins. Travis and Conner, I think to myself and there's a girl. It's probably the girlfriend Katie.
"Annabeth, this one is Travis," pointing to the boy with light brown hair. "And this one is Conner." Percy points to a boy with dark brown hair. "And of course this one is Katie. He says pointing to a girl with really pretty blond hair and was wearing a printed maxi dress. Super cute.
"Hi" I say and I smiled and waved to them. What was I suppose to say, I mean I didn't really know the.
"Okay," Percy notices the awkwardness and he says, "We are going to meet new people."
As we walk away I can hear Katie, Travis, and Conner whisper behind us. Then, I see Grover, im guessing his girlfriend Juniper, Nico and another girl. I quickly say hi and Percy just keeps tugging me everywhere meeting new faces. I see then Jason, Piper, Leo, and Reyna, Luke, and Rachel. Then I see completely familiar faces, Thalia, Silena and Beckendorf.
After meeting everyone, I kinda just go off into Silena's backyard. I just need some space, everything is just too much. I then see Percy jogging toward me.
"Hey, I thought you were doing okay?" Percy asks me.
"Yeah,' I saw putting on the fakest smile I have on. "I'm fine. I just need some air."
"Wise girl, I always know when you are lying, always and all the time. I've been married to you for about 5 years; I'm not that stupid. Tell me what's really going on? Don't like the party? Too much" He ask and his amazing green orbs staring into me.
My eyes start brimming with tears and before I know it my arms are around Percy's neck, which never happens. I mean I know 6 years are missing from my life, but still when I was 21 I never cried, let alone hug anyone. Percy seemed startled too, he jumped back just a little and all he did was hug me back though too.
After about awhile, I pull back and just stare at his eyes.
"Since I've known you, I don't think you've ever cried." He says to me.
"It's all of these people. I've known them for such a long time and had so many memories with them, but now? I completely forgot about the last 6 years. I forgot you, probably the best thing that has ever happened to me, all of our friends, and so many great memories. I hate it, I hate it, I HATE it so much." Then I start sobbing.
Percy pulls me into a hug and he pulls me down to sit on the grass with me still in his arms.
"Hey," he says in a soft voice, "Everything is going to be ok. We are already do so well with each other and everyone understands that your forgot everything. They want to still be friends with you and make more memories. They loved you before you had the accident and they will still love you now. Everything is going to be ok." Percy says to me.