Hey! Sorry I haven't updated in a while. I've been busy with school and basketball. I kept writing during the week but my laptop crashed and deleted half the chapter so I've had to re-write it about 2 times. But it is finally here! Enjoy.

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Chapter 2: Annabeth Gets A Gig

Annabeth's POV:

If I told you I didn't like Percy, I'd be lying. He makes me happy every time I see him. It's been 2 weeks since I heard Percy perform that song for me. We're getting closer day by day. We even almost kissed. Almost.

*Flashback*

It was on a Friday. Percy and I were sitting on my couch, watching a movie. My head was leaning against his shoulder. We both watched in silence. Then all of a sudden, a piece of popcorn flew at my face. It hit me on my nose. I took my head off of Percy's shoulder and looked at him. He was smirking at me. I took a piece out of the bowl and threw it at him.

He gasped as it hit his eye. I started laughing as he rubbed the butter out of his eye. "That's what you get." I said in between laughs. "Okay," He moved the bowl to the coffee table. "You're gonna get it." I got up and ran away squealing. I know, I know. Annabeth Chase squealing? Well that's what Percy does to me. He turns me into a different person. He ran after me laughing. I ran into my room and hid in the closet. I saw him pass me through the blinds in the closet. "Annabeth… where are you? Come on. I just want to get my revenge." I was in an uncomfortable spot so I moved slightly only to knock down my suitcase that I kept in here.

Percy turned towards the closet and smirked. "Really? The closet?" He was about to open the door before I pushed it open and sprinting out of the room. He laughed and chased after me yet again. I was laughing so much that my whole body went limp and I fell down. Well I almost fell down, but Percy caught me by the waist and pulled my back towards his chest. "You okay?" He asked chuckling. I stopped laughing and replied with, "My ribs hurt."

"Well, you have been laughing for 10 minutes. So I guess they're supposed to hurt." I grinned. "So are you going to forget about punishing me?"

"Nope." It all happened in a flash. One second, Percy and I are standing there in each other's arms and then the next I'm on the ground with Percy straddling me and tickling me to death. "P-Percy! S-s-stop! Please! P-Percy!" I was laughing so much that I started crying. "Say you're sorry." He said chuckling. "Percy! I-I'm s-sorry! I c-can't breathe!"

He stopped tickling me and just stared me. I took big breaths before I could start breathing normal again. I saw Percy starting to lean in. I just stared at him. He was about to kiss me. I felt his breath on my lips and he got closer and closer before…

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"Before? Before what?" My best friend, Julia, said. We were currently at Hard Rock Café, talking about Percy almost kissing me. "Well, I might have sneezed in his face…" I said sheepishly. Julia's jaw dropped. "You what?!" She exclaimed, which earned us a few stares from some people. "Shhhh! We're not the only ones here, you know?"

"Oh. I'm sorry but how can you do that? He was going to kiss you Annabeth."

"Well it's not like I can control my allergies." She shook her head and took a sip of her strawberry smoothie. Julia had brown hair and blue eyes. She has been my best friend since college. Which wasn't that long ago. Only like, 1 year ago. Julia sighed and leaned back in her chair. "Is he nice to you?"

"Um yeah. I already told you how he is."

"I know. I just wanted make sure if he wasn't… a Luke." Luke was my ex-boyfriend. I fell in love with him 4 years ago. We started dating when I was 18. He was so charming and nice but he cheated on me. Being the dumb teenager I was, I forgave him and continued dating him. Then after 2 years of dating, the girl he cheated on me with showed up at my college dorm and beat me up. Apparently, Luke hadn't broken up with her and she found out who I was.

I was heartbroken and hurt. I didn't trust any men for a while. To be honest, Percy was the first guy I trusted in a while.

"He's not like Luke." I reassured. "Are you sure?" I actually wasn't. I sometimes felt like Percy wasn't telling me something. Something big. I told myself not to tell Julia and instead I told her, "I'm sure."

She studied me warily before shrugging and taking another sip of her drink. I was about to ask her how her boyfriend, Jake, was but I got cut off by a woman's voice. "Excuse me? Hi! Welcome to Hard Rock Café! Anyway I'm here on the stage to announce something!" The woman yelled as the crowd quieted down. "Okay. We have been having trouble getting artists to perform here, so if you have anyone in mind to perform here then there will a sign-up sheet in the back. We'll be willing to pay. Anyway, that's it. Continue enjoying your visit at Hard Rock Café."

And with that she walked off the stage. I thought about what she had said. Performers, singing, money, in front of people. I gasped out loud. "What?" Julia asked worriedly. I got up and went to go find the sign-up sheet.

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Percy's POV:

When I woke up today, I was planning on hanging out with guys, which I haven't done in a while considering I had been hanging out with Annabeth non-stop for the past 2 weeks. But my plans were thrown out the window when they said that they were busy. Now here I was eating a bowl of cereal on the couch watching t.v. while my mom was at work. Annabeth had been on vacation. That's why she'd been hanging out with me so much. But now that she was back at work, she's always busy.

I was about to refill my bowl before my phone rang. "Hello?"

"Percy!" It was Annabeth. I smiled. "Hey Annabeth. How are you doing?"

"Good. Percy, are you with the guys?"

"No. Why? Do you want to come over?"

"Yeah but can you call the guys and tell them to go over to your house? I have an announcement for all of you guys."

"Okay. I'll see you later."

"Bye Percy." She hung up. I called the guys and pleaded them to come over. Apparently, they were mad at me. But since I practically begged them to come over, they came. When they arrived, Beck had his arms crossed while Nico and Leo were glaring at me. I smiled nervously. "Hey guys. Um why don't you guys come in?" They walked in and continued to stare at me. "Why are you guys mad at me?" I said getting tired of the silence. Beck was the first to speak up. "Because… we are less important than your precious Annabeth."

"Wait. You guys are jealous?" I asked. Nico spoke up. "I thought we were best friends Percy. I though girls separating our friendship was forbidden." I raised my eyebrows. "She's not separating us. In fact she is the one who told me to call you guys over. The guys looked confused. "She did?" Leo questioned. I nodded as I heard a knock at the door. I opened the door to see Annabeth grinning widely. She walked in and told us, "Hi."

The guys grumbled a greeting before sitting down. I turned towards Annabeth. "Hey. Why did you want to come over? I thought you were busy?"

"I was but I just got off work. Listen I have something to announce to all of y'all, so why don't you sit down?" I nodded and sat next Leo. Annabeth took a deep breath. "Okay. So… I may have gotten you guys a gig at Hard Rock Café."

My eyes widened as well as Nico, Beck, and Leo's eyes. "WHAT?!" We all exclaimed. The guys started cheering, as I stared at Annabeth. This girl… She is too good for me. I stood up and hugged her. "Thank you." She nodded. "Don't mention it." I turned towards the guys and they were looking at Annabeth. Then everything happened so quick I didn't even have time to blink. I turned to my right to see the guys carrying Annabeth like she was a queen. I started laughing. "We, the demigods, officially make you, Annabeth Chase, our best friend forever. Or BFF for short." Leo yelled childishly. I guess they aren't jealous anymore. Annabeth started laughing with me.

I started staring at her. She had gotten us a gig. This could get us a head start in life and here I was keeping a huge secret from her. She is too good for me. She deserves a good, honest, handsome, caring, man. Maybe I'm not that person that will sweep her off her feet like I'd hoped.

I think I need to tell Annabeth my secret… I looked at Annabeth one more time. Or maybe I could wait a couple more months.

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I took a deep breath. "Annabeth… I'm so nervous. What if I mess up and forget the words? I'm going to make a fool out of myself." The Demigods and I were about to go on stage and perform in about 13 minutes. Annabeth was here with me, trying to calm me down. "You'll do fine. Don't let your nerves get to you. Just take deep breaths." She said while rubbing my back.

We stayed like that for a while before I heard a staff worker say that we were going on stage in 2 minutes. I started to rub my legs nervously. "Oh gods…oh gods, oh gods, oh gods." I repeated over and over again. "Percy you're going to do fine. I'll be in the crowd. I'll make sure I'm in a place where you can see me and you can stare at me the whole time you sing, okay?" That seemed to calm me down. I nodded. Then she left without another word. The worker came back and said, "Okay guys. You're on."

I took my position behind the curtain and took once last deep breath before the curtain opened. Hard Rock Café wasn't big enough for the amount of people there. So some people had to sit on the tables. Everyone had their eyes on us. I searched for Annabeth and thankfully found her by a group of Goth kids. She smiled at me and I felt all my worry disappear. "Hi there. We're the Demigods. We are here to perform for you today." Everyone just kept staring at me. I gulped and said, "okay." I turned to the guys and asked them if they were ready.

"As ready as we'll ever be."

Then we started playing.

(Kiss Me Kiss Me by: 5 Seconds of Summer)

(P)=Percy (A)=All

(A) Whoa-oh-oh

Whoa-oh

(P) Here's to teenage memories

(A) Whoa-oh-oh

Whoa-oh

(P) Here's to teenage memories

Can I call wake you up on a Sunday?

Late night, I think we need to get away.

Head lights, hold tight turn the radio loud.

Let me know where to go and I'll get you there.

Tell the truth and I'll show you how to dare.

Flash lights held tight we could own this town.

Never say goodbye.

(A) And so kiss me, kiss me, kiss me

And tell me that I'll see you again

'Cause I don't know,

If I can let you

And so kiss me, kiss me, kiss me

I'm dying just to see you again

Let's make tonight

The best of our lives,

Yeah

(P) Here's to teenage memories

(A) Whoa-oh-oh

Whoa-oh

(P) Here's to teenage memories

Close your eyes you'll be mine and it's alright.

Take a breath no rest till the sunrise.

Heartbeat so sweet, when your lips touch mine.

We don't have to go home right now,

We're never gonna stop 'cause we're dreaming out loud.

We know what we want, we know we're going to get it

Somehow.

Never say goodbye.

(A) And so kiss me, kiss me, kiss me

And tell me that I'll see you again

'Cause I don't know,

If I l can let you go

So kiss me, kiss me, kiss me

I'm dying just to see you again

Let's make tonight

The best of our lives,

Yeah.

(P) Here's to teenage memories.

Here's to teenage memories

(A) And so kiss me, kiss me, kiss me

And tell me that I'll see you again

Let's make tonight

The best of our lives,

Yeah.

(P) Here's to teenage memories

(A) Whoa-oh-oh

Whoa-oh

(P) Here's to teenage memories.

(A) Whoa-oh-oh

Whoa-oh

(P) Here's to teenage memories.

The crowd started going crazy. I was staring at Annabeth the whole time and she was smiling at me. I took a deep breath. "Thank you." I said into the mic before walking backstage. The guys started yelling, "THAT WAS SO AWESOME!" while I waited for Annabeth. She showed up after the roar of the crowd died down. "You guys did really good out there." She complimented. Leo took a bow. "Why thank you."

Beck chuckled and said, "Come on guys. Let's leave these two lovebirds alone." And with that they left while Annabeth and I were blushing. I would've kissed her right then and there except for the fact that the stage help was there cleaning up our mess. "So… want to back to my house and watch movies with me?" Annabeth asked.

"Thought you'd never ask."

Hello there! Hope you enjoyed this chapter. And can I just say on how confused I am. Okay so my crush is making me so confused. I don't know whether or not if they are trying to make me jealous. It's hard to explain what they are doing but I have seen in movies what they are doing. It's where they laugh and look at you as if they want you to be jealous that they are laughing with someone else besides you. I don't know. It's confusing but anyway, enough of my love life.

I got the puppy I said I was going to get. It is very chubby and fluffy. That's all I have to say for today.

Bye!

R&R