Do you hate me? You should. The last two chapters were cliffhangers and then I don't update for over a month. Well, I have a good reason. My charger broke and I couldn't charge my laptop. Sorry. Anyway, the poll is still going on so go vote. And I'm going to keep the poll thing going until June 1st. Since it has been a while since I've updated and you guys probably don't remember anything, I'll inform you.

Percy Jackson: 17 years old. Really loves Annabeth Chase but choked when she said she loves him. Best friend is Nico Di Angelo. Other friends are Beck and Leo. Lead singer for their band called the Demigods.

Annabeth Chase: 22 years old. Loves Percy Jackson. Confessed her love for him but he didn't say anything thing back. She cried and ran away from Percy (Last Chapter).

Leo Valdez: 17 years old. Plays the electric guitar in the band. Half-brother of Beck.

Nico Di Angelo: 17 years old. Plays the bass guitar in the band. Has a huge crush on Thalia Grace.

Charles Beckendorf (AKA Beck): 17 years old. Plays the drums in the band. Half-brother of Leo.

Enjoy.

Should Annabeth Be A Musician?:

Yes-6

No-4

Favorite Animal: Owl

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the PJO characters or any of the songs used in the story.

Chapter 6: It's All About The Little Things

Percy's POV:

Letting out a deep breath, I got out of the car and walked to the hood of Beck's car. I placed my guitar on the hood and bend down to pick up a stray pebble off of the grass. I threw it at her window. A soft thud was heard as the grey pebble hit her window. A light was turned on and the brown curtains were pulled back. There she was. Her eyes were puffy. I couldn't help but feel guilty about that. She was wearing a grey cardigan with a white shirt and some short-shorts. She looked beautiful. As soon as she saw me, she almost went back into her apartment. I called out to her. "Wait. No. Please just hear me out!" She hesitated before leaning onto the rail of her patio.

"What do you want Percy?" I missed her voice. "I just want to apologize for what happened the other day. Plus, since you left, I didn't get the chance to tell you how I felt." I gave her a grin. Her face remained expressionless. I gulped and hefted myself up onto the truck's hood. I grabbed my guitar and tuned it. I cursed at myself for not tuning it earlier. My hands shook as they hovered over the stings. I cleared my throat and looked at Annabeth, straight in the eye. Well, here goes nothing.

Earlier that day:

"You want me to do what?" I asked in a shocked manner. Leo sighed through his nose and told me the plan again. I had told them about what had happened between Annabeth and I a couple days ago and we were barely coming up with a plan. Annabeth confessed her love for me on Monday. Today was Friday. "I want you to serenade her." I scoffed. "What is this, the 50's?" I think I said that too loud because the librarian shushed us. We were in the library. Beck was doing his homework while listening to the conversation. Nico was writing in his songbook and tuning out what we were saying. Leo was, well, talking to me.

"It's not a bad idea." Beck said while putting his stuff up and into his backpack. I thought about it. I was more confident when I was singing. Maybe it wasn't such a bad idea. Then I thought about the downside. "Wait, I don't even have a song to sing her." Leo thought for a little while before looking at Nico. Beck and I looked at his too. Nico scribbling away on his songbook, occasionally muttering to himself saying, "No that won't work." I furrowed my eyebrows. "Uh, Nick? You good?" I asked. He kept writing. I tried to look at what he was writing before suddenly gasping and standing up. "I got it!" He yelled. The librarian shushed Nico before continuing to type away in her computer.

"What did you get?" Leo questioned. Nico smiled like a child and giggled. "I wrote a song!" He whisper-yelled. I smiled at him. "Good for you," I looked at Leo. "At least someone has a song." Leo suddenly got an idea. Seems like everyone except me is getting an idea. Nico sat back down and looked over his song, muttering the lyrics. "Nico. How long did it take to write the song?" He looked up from his songbook and said, "About an hour." My eyes widened. It usually takes me 8 hours. "Sing the song." I demanded. I wanted to know if it was good or not. Nico blushed and shook his head. "Why not?" I asked. Nico stammered some excuse and closed his songbook. Leo looked at Nico with pleading eyes. "Please? We need to know if you can write a good song because if its good and you wrote it in an hour then you could be a big help." Nico thought about it but I could he still wasn't convinced.

I tried to convince him. He was my best friend, so I knew if there was anybody he cared about, it would be me. "Nico. Please. This could help me get Annabeth back." He took the bait and took his book out. He flipped to the page his song was on and said, "Fine but I'm only singing the chorus." He took a deep breath and began the chorus.

(Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol)

If I lay here

If I just lay here

Would you lie with me and just forget world?

Forget what we're told

Before we get too old

Show me a garden that's bursting into life

Nico had his eyes closed while he was singing so he opened his eyes when he finished. I grinned. He. Was. A Freaking. GENIUS! The librarian let out a sob and clapped. "Bravo! Bravo!" We chuckled. "Why didn't you want to sing that song? It was great." Beck asked. "Because I wrote it for someone." I raised my eyebrows. "Who?" Nico blushed and gulped before answering. "Thalia." We all started cheering him on. But we were only shushed by the librarian who now controlled her sobbing. I scowled at her. We were the only ones in the whole library. I don't understand why she was shushing us.

"Hey Percy, I think I found to your prayers." He gestured to Nico. I looked at Nico. "So will you help me get Annabeth back?" Nico nodded. I silently cheered in my head because I felt like if I cheered out loud I would only be quieted by the librarian. "The library is only opened for 2 hours after school and we've been here for an hour and a half so I think we need to write the song at Percy's house." Beck advised. We all nodded and gathered our stuff. We were just about to walk out of the library before I heard someone say, "Percy!" I turned around and saw Rachel running to catch up with me.

I grinned at her. "Hey Rachel. I didn't know you were here." She smiled breathlessly and said, "Hey. Can we talk?" I looked back at the guys who were waiting for me at the doors of the library and staring intently at Rachel. "Uh, guys? Can you all wait for me by the car?" They mumbled, "Yeah." And walked out of the library. I turned back to Rachel who was smiling at me. I grinned at her and said, "So, uh, what do you want to talk about?"

"The project. When are we going to meet again? Remember the project is due next week." I groaned. I rubbed my face. "Oh my gods. I'm sorry. I've just been really busy and I really want to get a good grade on this so do you wa-" I was cut off by a pair of lips. Not just any lips. Rachel's lips. I stood there in shock. Once she pulled away, she smiled at me in a very creepily way. "Uh, what was that for?" She giggled. "Look, Percy. I've liked you for a while and I was wondering if, you know, would go out with me?" I felt bad. Like really bad. I sighed sadly. "Look, Rachel. I-I like you." She looked excited. "But not like that. It's just that… I'm in love with someone else." Her smile faltered and her eyes started to water. "Oh." Her voice cracked.

Oh no. "I'm so sorry Rachel. Please forgive me. I-I…" I tried to hug her but she kept backing away from me. I reached out to her arm. "Rachel…" She backed up. "No." She ran away crying. Wow… Aren't I just fantastic with girls?

{Page Break}

"Uh, hello? Earth to Percy? You in there bud?" Beck asked as he waved his hand in front of me. I blinked and returned back to reality. "Oh, sorry."

"Dude. What happened?" We were back at my house in my room, trying to create my song but I was too unfocused to actually help Nico write me a song. I gulped down the lump in my throat. I fiddled with a loose seam root on my blanket and replied with, "Why do I keep breaking girls' heart?" Beck, who was sitting next to me on the bed, grinned sadly at me. "Rachel?" I nodded and kept messing with the seam root.

"Hey man. Don't worry about her. She'll get over it." Beck tried to comfort me. "Yeah but I can't help but feel guilty for hurting these girls." Nico got up from the desk and kneeled down in front of me. "You can fix one of the girls heart. But I'm going to need your help with that. So please. Help me help you make a song for Annabeth." I grinned. "Ok." I said softly. He let out a soft laugh and sat back down at my desk. Leo let out a curse as he lost yet another game of Call Of Duty. I laughed a little and averted my attention to Nico.

"Ok so tell about Annabeth."

{Page Break}

It only took us a couple of hours to write the song.

Nico muttered the lyrics as I went to the bathroom in my room to get ready for my serenade. I looked at my appearance in the mirror. I wore my brown leather jacket with a white shirt, some khaki jeans and my brown converse. I leaned on the sink and sighed. I silently prayed to every god that this would go well. I turned on the sink and brushed my teeth. I attempted to brush my hair but failed. I just settled with putting gel in it. I walked back into my room and heard Beck say, "Wow. You know it's serious when he does his hair." I let out a soft laugh and got my guitar from the stand by my bed.

"Okay. I read it over and it's probably one of the best love songs I've ever written." Leo looked over at us from my TV. "Meaning you've written other love songs?" Beck and I laughed as Nico blushed and threw my pillow at him. Leo just dodged it and continued playing Call of Duty with Beck. Nico ripped the paper with the song on it out of his songbook and gave it to me. "Here."

Beck stopped playing and got up. He walked over to me with his truck keys in his hand. "Try not to hurt my baby." I smiled and took the keys from him. "I thought Silena was your baby." He blushed and went to play with Leo again. Nico walked me out of my house. "Take care of my mom and Tyson while I'm gone, ok?" Nico nodded and patted my shoulder. "Try not to get caught for driving without a license please?" A chill went through me. "Yeah. Don't remind me about that." I turned around to Beck's truck but Nico called out to me, "Dude?"

I looked back at him. He was now at the front porch and I was at the side of the truck. "Yeah?" He turned serious for a second. "Remember, if anything goes wrong, we're still here for you." I smiled and began to open the driver side door. "No need to get all sappy Nick. But on a serious note, I appreciate you guys. You've all helped me when I need it and now you're all willing giving me away to a girl who I could possibly spend the rest of my life with and keep me from spending time with you all." I said while getting into the car. Nico laughed and waved. "Good luck, kelp head." I grinned as he recalled my old nickname that he used to call me in elementary.

"See ya, Death Breath." I closed the door and started the car. I took a deep breath and drove off to make amends with Annabeth. Let's hope this goes well.

{Page Break}

"What do you want Percy?" I missed her voice. "I just want to apologize for what happened the other day. Plus, since you left, I didn't get the chance to tell you how I felt." I gave her a grin. Her face remained expressionless. I gulped and hefted myself up onto the truck's hood. I grabbed my guitar and tuned it. I cursed at myself for not tuning it earlier. My hands shook as they hovered over the stings. I cleared my throat and looked at Annabeth, straight in the eye. Well, here goes nothing.

(Little Things by One Direction)

Your hand fits in mine like it's made just for me

But bear this in mind, it was meant to be

And I'm joining up the dots with the freckles on your cheeks

And it all makes sense to me…

I took a very small instrumental break. I saw Annabeth's face change just a fraction of an inch. I took that as hope that she was accepting the song and continued into the next verse.

I know you've never loved the crinkles by your eyes when you smile

You've never loved your stomach or your thighs,

The dimples in your back at the bottom of your spine

But I'll love them endlessly

I won't let these little things

Slip out of my mouth

But if I do

It's you

Oh it's you

They add up to

I'm in love with you

And all these little things

I took another instrumental break. My heart was thumping out of my chest when I sang the "I'm in love with you" part. But Annabeth's eyes lit up and I think I even saw her smile a little. That kinda made up for it.

You can't go to bed without a cup of tea

And maybe that's the reason that you talk in your sleep

And all those conversations are the secrets that I keep

Though it makes no sense to me

I know you've never loved the sound of your voice on tape

You never want to know how much you weigh,

You still have to squeeze into your jeans

But you're perfect to me

I won't let these little things

Slip out of my mouth

But if it's true

It's you

It's you

They add up to

I'm in love with you

And all these little things

Annabeth was full on smiling at this point. But I wasn't finish with the song. She needed to hear every little bit of it.

You'll never love yourself half as much as

I love you

And you'll never treat yourself right darlin'

But I want you to

If I let you know I'm here for you

Maybe you'll love yourself like

I love you

I've just let these little things

Slip out of my mouth

'Cause it's you

Oh it's you

It's you they add up to

I'm in love with you

And all these little things

I won't let these little things

Slip out my mouth

But if it's true

It's you

It's you

They add up to

I'm in love with you

And all your little things

Once I finished, I put my guitar to the side and slipped of the hood. I dusted off my clothes and walked closer to Annabeth's patio. It wasn't that high off the ground so I didn't have to yell for her to hear me. Annabeth was smiling at me. Good, that's a good sign. I clasped my hands together. "So… Do you still love me? Or is it too late?" She went back into her apartment and closed the patio door. Oh, well that went bad. I frowned and backed up to get a better view of her patio. The light was turned off. I felt bad. "Oh no." I muttered. I ran to the front of the building and reached out to open the door but someone beat me to it and ran into me. I backed up to see who I ran into.

Annabeth.

I grabbed her arms to keep her from falling. "Annabeth. Oh gods. I thought you left. I was about t-" I was cut off by a pair of lips. This time it was a pair of lips that I longed for. Annabeth's. Our lips moved in sync. I pulled her closer to me as she put her hands in my hair. I smiled in the kiss at the feeling of Annabeth softly tugging at my hair. We pulled away when we needed to breathe. I smiled goofily and hugged Annabeth. "I'm so sorry about what I did on Monday. I love you and I should've told you that in the first place." Annabeth let out a laugh. I missed her laugh. She kissed me again. "Percy?" She asked.

"Yeah." She pulled away and smacked me. Wait, what? "OW! What the hell was that for?" I said while rubbing my cheek. She squinted at me. "You know why." Oh, yeah.

I sighed. "Ok. I deserved that." She grinned and hugged me. We stayed there, in each other's arms. "Percy? Can you promise me something?" I looked at her. She rested her chin on my chest and looked up at me. "What?"

"Don't leave me. Please. I used to know someone who left me for someone else and I was really hurt. So please promise me you won't do that." I was surprised someone would do that to Annabeth. She was such an amazing person that I didn't really think that anyone would ever hurt her. I kissed her nose and said,

"I promise."

{Page Break}

Nico's POV (Quick):

"Leo! Give me my songbook!" I chased him around Percy's room and threw pillows at him. Leo flipped to a random page as I was chasing him and read it out loud. "Oh what's this here? "All that I am, all that I ever was, is here in your perfect eyes, they're all I can see." Wow, who knew how much of a sap Nico could be." He stopped in just enough time for me to tackle him. "Oomf!" He fell to the ground along with the songbook. I picked it up and hugged it like it was my baby. Leo was about to complain about how his butt hurts because he fell on a book but he was interrupted by the sound of the door opening.

We all looked at the door and saw Percy walk in with glazed look in his eyes. Beck got up from the bed and walked up to Percy. "What happened?" Percy smiled goofily. Leo got up and waved his hands in front of Percy's face. "Uh, Perce?" Percy shook out of his shock. "Oh. Hey guys." Percy put his guitar in the stand.

Percy's POV:

I walked pass Nico and collapsed on my bed. "Uh, okay." I heard Nico say. Leo spoke up. "Okay if no one is going to ask then I will. Percy, did she say she loved you or not?" I grinned and nodded. Their faces lit up. "Congrats!" They all said. I smiled.

The rest of the night consisted of playing games and talking about what happened with Annabeth.

In the morning, the guys left my house. "Bye guys!" I waved at them and closed the door. I went to my couch and sat down. I let out a deep sigh and took out my phone. I texted Annabeth.

Morning, beautiful ;) –Percy

I knew it was sappy but I felt like texting her a morning text. Not before long, a text was sent back.

Good morning. I was wondering, since I'm off today, if you wanted to go somewhere? –Annabeth

I smiled and texted her back.

Like on a date? ;) –Percy

Sure ;D –Annabeth

I laughed and typed back a place where we could meet and turned my phone off. My mom came downstairs after a while of me staring of into space. She yawned and asked, "What are you smiling about?"

"Nothing." I said with a big smile.

Let's just say everything was all right in the world at that particular moment. Well, almost everything. There's still Rachel but besides that, I was completely fine.

Little did I know that, that wasn't going to last for long.

ANNOUNCEMENT:

I made a twitter account. An account for my fanfiction account. It's going to be used as a news account so if my charger breaks again or if there's going to be a delay on the next chapter, I can tweet you guys about. If you want to follow me, just go to my profile bio and the link to my account should be there. Once you follow me, send me a message that you read Eightteen. I'll have my DM's open. If you don't know how to go on my bio, then search on twitter for CGreek300. K, thanks.

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter and again I am so sorry that it took me so long to upload it.

The next chapter will be percabeth's first date and then I might skip until Christmas break. I don't know I'm still trying to figure that out. Oh and sorry if there's any mistakes. I didn't have enough time to re-read.

Ok, well, see you.

Bye!

R&R