A/N: I know I had the shoutout questions and everything, but in this chapter, I'm going to go ahead and give a shoutout to everyone who reviewed (because as you know, I love reviews).

MaisyMonster

Blood Red

Alexa1506

Those were the people who reviewed when I posted Chapter Seven (I think). If you want a shoutout in the next chapter, be sure to check the author's note at the end of the page.

As you already know, this chapter is called "Thunderstruck Thursday: Tough Cupcake?" But it was originally going to be called "Thalassic Thursday."

If you live under a rock and don't know what thalassic means, it means 'of or relating to the sea'. I bet you can guess which character that relates to.

But I decided not to call this Thursday thalassic, because this chapter doesn't dwell too much on Percy, rather on another one of my favorite characters.

But let us make the unposted Thalassic Thursday chapter a tribute to Percy.

Cheers.

Without further ado, here's your Thunderstruck Thursday.

Annabeth

I woke to loud rappings on the window.

"Ugh, honestly, Thalia, what is it no-"

But when turned around in bed, Percy's familiar grin greeted me. He waved against the window.

"PERCY?!" I jumped out of bed.

I heard Luke stir from the other room. Making sure he wasn't awake, I tiptoed to the window and opened it.

"Percy," I hissed, "What are you doing?!" I looked down and saw he had climbed up to the window.

He grinned. "I'll tell you, if you let me in."

So, being as careful as possible, I moved out of the way and he tumbled in.

I shut the window and turned to glare at him. "What on Earth are you doing here at five in the morning?!"

He held up a bouquet of roses. They were blue.

"I saw these and thought of you."

I raised an eyebrow. "Because they're blue?"

"No, Wise Girl, because they're pretty."

"Oh?" I took the roses from him. "And how does that have anything to do with me?"

He grinned. "You know what I mean."

"So you only came here to give these to me?" I emptied a vase full of pencils on my desk and put the roses inside.

"Actually, however much that thought pleases you, I also came here because I have an idea for who the tough but sweet person is. The one we can use to beat the vampire lady."

"Really? Fire it at me."

We went to the kitchen, and after I made some coffee, he told me his idea.

When he was finished, I grinned. "I think you're right. Let's wait for those other two bozos to wake up and we'll tell them."

…...

"WHAT THE HECK PERCY WHY ARE YOU IN OUR DORM?!" The moment Luke saw Percy sitting by me on the balcony, he freaked out. "WERE YOU SPYING ON US IN OUR SLEEP?!"

"If you were, awesome!" Thalia stretched and grabbed my mug of unfinished coffee, sipping away its remains. "But my only question is, why?"

Together, we explained to them his idea.

In the end, Luke whistled. "Wow, Perce, I never knew you were so smart."

Percy winked. "I try. Must be why I pick up girls so easily."

I shoved him so hard, he fell out of his chair.

…

My first few classes were extremely boring, and throughout all of them, I found myself thinking of Percy, and occasionally daring a glance at him from across the room.

He had climbed up to my window, risking his life, to give me a bouquet of blue roses at five in the morning.

Even Piper would agree that that was romantic.

At the end of math class, Ms. Monners asked to see me, Luke, Thalia, and Percy after class.

That definitely worried me. What if she was in touch with Ms. Heer, the vampire lady who wanted to kill us all?

Ms. Monners waited until the door was completely shut before locking it and collapsing in her chair, her sternness and composed figure disappearing completely.

"Um, Ms. Monners? Are you...um...okay?" Luke bit his lip uncertainly.

She groaned and sat up. "Mr. Castellan, does it look like I'm alright? The end of the world is coming in a few days, and here I am, teaching a math class of insolent brats who can't calculate a simple train problem!"

"You mean not simple," Percy said.

Ms. Monners glared at him. "And I suppose you four have everything planned out, then, do you?"

"What do you mean?" I asked her suspiciously.

Ms. Monners looked up at me and sighed exasperatedly. "Smart girl, I thought you already figured out that some of Krios's minions are at this school and are plotting to take over the universe?"

"Well, I knew that, but-"

"And have you figured out who you are going to use to beat them?!"

"Actually, yes," Percy said, and he started to explain her the idea.

When he had finished, Ms. Monners nodded. "That might just work. You should consult this person right after lunch. And since lunch is next, you should get going."

When we were turning to leave, I stayed back a little.

"Ms. Monners?"

"Yes, Ms. Chase?"

"Um, how many teachers know about this?"

She actually broke into a smile. "More than you know."

With a wave, she busied herself with her work.

…...

"Wow," Thalia said when we had gotten our food and had sat down. "That was a lot of information. So our math teacher and a bunch of other teachers know about how these evil people are going to take over the world tomorrow, and instead of lecturing us on our crappy math skills, they're lecturing us on how to save the world?!"

"Pretty much," Percy said. "And hey? Where's Luke?"

"Right here," said Luke, just coming up to our table.

"Where have you been?" I asked.

"Oh, I just got another date for the dance."

"Really?! Who was it!" Thalia stared at him intently.

He opened his mouth to answer, when the bell rang. All four of us immediately shot up. Ms. Monners had told us to consult our special fighter right after lunch.

And that's what we were going to do.

….

"So, let me get this straight. Krios and his minions have stepped out of the Twilight series to come and attack the mortal world, and I have to beat them tomorrow night at the dance or else we're all going to die? Cupcakes, what has gotten into you?!"

Our special fighter: Coach Hedge.

"Pretty much," Thalia said, letting out a burp. We all stared at her.

"What? Those nachos were good."

"So will you help us?" I asked Coach Hedge.

"Uh, YEAH! I love saving the world! Just tell me what I need to do."

…

After school that day, me and Thalia went shopping for our clothes for tomorrow. They needed to fit perfectly in order to fit with the plan we had in mind for tomorrow night.

I ended up getting a long, swishy, byzantium dress with a matching mask, and Thalia got her usual black. When we were finished, we headed back to the school. Ms. Monners said she would let us into the library to perfect our plan for tomorrow night.

We ended up spending HOURS in there, drawing maps and writing out our plan over and over again, and trying to make Coach Hedge understand what he needed to do.

"But what's the point of making her suck my blood and then beating her? Can't I just punch her lights out first?"

In the end, I was the one who stayed and worked the longest. The moon had come up long before I finished. The only light was a small lamp at the desk I was working on.

"Hey," Percy said, popping out of no where. "Whatcha doin'?"

"Wor-r-rking," I said, trying to suppress a yawn but failing epicly.

"You should take some rest."

"I can't. I have to finish this."

"You look tired. I can take over for you."

"I'm fi-i-i-ine."

"Yeah, no, we're switching."

So he pushed me out of the chair I was sitting in and started to work on the map I had been editing.

"Wise Girl, get some rest. Go to sleep."

"In the library?"

"Dude, we're going to be here all night anyway."

"I gu-u-e-e-ess."

"Get some rest." He brushed some hair out of my eyes and rested a hand on my shoulder.

I wrapped him in a hug. "Thanks, Seaweed Brain. For everything. And for not hating me because you got arrested that day."

"Hey, that day was the best day of my life."

"Oh? And wh-h-h-y-y is that?"

"Um, duh, because I met you that day."

A/N: blows nose

So beautiful...So beautiful…

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