Chapter 5 - New rivals and annoyances
The weeks passed by as Percy and Annabeth began to get more connected as a couple. The two of them spent much time together before school and after school while it seemed like nothing would faze them. However there was doubts and unease in Percy since he started dating Annabeth . He didn't know if she truly cared about him and liked him despite Annabeth telling him time and time again. He just didn't know how to say it without sounding insecure. But that all came out when the two of them were sitting on the bench outside the school before the school opened. Percy looked at Annabeth before spilling his soul out to her , she just looked at him before putting her hand on his chin and softly saying to him that she truly liked him and she wanted him and no one else.
This seemed to ease his mind and the two of them went to their lockers as the doors to the school opened . They stopped at Percy's and grabbed his stuff that he needed before going to Annabeth's . But that would be trouble for when they were at her locker, a boy wearing a letterman's jacket and a arrogant smirk on his face came up to Annabeth and in a confident and obnoxious tone said " yo Annabeth looking hot, wanna grab dinner with me and a movie?" Annabeth looked like she was considering it before she smirked and leaned over before delivering a smack to his face. She told him who's name was Matt that she'd was with Percy and never be with him. This enraged Matt who stomped away growling as Percy smiled at his girlfriend.
The two of them went through their day with smiles on their face until lunch where Matt confronted Percy with his goons from the football team. Percy just stood there with a uncaring look on his face while Matt taunted him and claimed to see no reason why Annabeth should be with Percy when she could be with a real man. he smirked and said" oh so she should be with someone like me and not someone who has no manhood" This enraged Matt who charged and Percy just sidestepped causing him to fall into the trashcan due to his body throwing him over the edge of the can. Percy sat down with his food near Annabeth and started eating . She looked at him and took his hand in hers under the table.
They talked through the period which turned out to be a conversation about Percy possibly coming over for dinner that weekend or something like that. Percy smiled and agreed to come if her parents said it was ok. The bell ringed and they left the cafeteria. Annabeth went to her period 6 class which was math and she prepared herself to be bored . This proved to be true and she was happy to leave that class and go to her last two classes. she slid into her seat in english with Percy sliding into his seat near her. She got her pencil and pens out for whatever the teacher had in store for them. Paul walked into the classroom and after setting his things down on the desk , took out a bunch of papers and gave them back to the students.
Annabeth got her papers back that had been assignments and she had gotten perfect grades on them. To her pleasure so did Percy. He seemed to doing well in this class. The papers were passed back and many people groaned or cheered at their grade. The class then started to take notes until the warning bell rang. Percy and Annabeth made plans for the weekend, Annabeth would talk to her parents about Percy coming over for dinner and Percy would tell his parents about that. They sped out of the classroom and stopped at their lockers before heading to their seperate actvities. Annabeth had the day off form her club but Percy had practice. Matt one again confronted them but was ignored
Percy went to his practice and Annabeth drove home in her car. She turned onto her street and drove into the driveway. Stepping out of the car, Annabeth locked it and walked up the driveway and opened the door. Her stepmom was at the table doing a crossword while her brothers were in the tv room with a game system controller in their hands. She dropped her bag on a chair and looked at her stepmom in the face and asked if Percy could come to dinner one night. Sarah hummed as she thought it over and smiled with a nod as she said yeah. Annabeth smiled as she took her bag and walked up to her room. Setting her bag on the floor and taking her phone out of her pocket, Annabeth called Percy who had gotten home from practice. she told him that it was ok for himt o come to dinner.
Percy told his parents about it and they said it was ok. Percy then made plans with Annabeth for that weekend to come over . He turned his phone off and went to do his homework before going downstairs for dinner. the dinner for that night was roast chicken mashed potatoes and gravy . This was one of Percy's favorites and he enjoyed it. Percy decided to go to the basketball courts down the street and he walked down there with his basketball where he saw his friends. They layed some horse and 4 on 4. then after saying goodbye to his friends , he went home and kissed his mom on the cheek and gave Paul a fistbump . Percy then texted Annabeth for a few minutes before he took his shower and got dressed for bed. His phone rng with the incoming message that said that Annabeth couldn't wait and that she'll talk to him tomorrow about the dinner.