Hey guys! Ok, in this chapter you get to find out what Annabeth and Dakota were talking about and you guys are probably going to hate him even more! But, guys how did you like the first chapter of The Nanny? Well, anyways, let's get on with the story!
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Chapter Seven: Annabeth III
When I woke up the first thing I did after I got changed was head straight for the library. As I sat down in one the chairs I thought about what happened last night. I was glad I told Gwen how about myself. I was knocked out of my thoughts when I heard the library door close; I looked up to see Percy walking over to where I was sitting; he sat down in the chair beside me.
"Hey Annabeth, how are you feeling? Are you going to tell me what happened to you yesterday?" Percy asked me while pulling me over to sit in his lap. This is the one thing I hate about him kind of remembering things; he's always leading me on, by doing things that he did before he disappeared.
"Fine, I'll tell you," I told him. I took a deep breath when I felt Percy intertwine his fingers through mine.
"Well, I was the only one in the media room on the computer doing research about the giants so Hazel, Malcom and me could start brainstorming some ideas about it when Dakota came in and closed the door to computer room behind him. Then he started talking about how cute we would look if we were a couple…..," I continued on to tell him how Dakota started calling him rude, selfish, and not a good friend because I said that I didn't have any feelings for him. When I told him about Dakota kissing me his fingers in my hand stiffened.
When I finished the telling him about what happened he said, "So, that's what happened. You know Dakota told Gwen that we kissed and I think he told her that to get back at us."
"You're right," I said as I put my head on his shoulder.
"Yeah, I usually am from time to time," he said,
I snorted and said sarcastically, "Sure you are."
I looked up at him to see him leaning in. We were centimeters apart when we heard the door to the library open. We split apart just in time to see Dakota standing in front of us.
"Uhhh, sorry to umm, interrupt, but Chiron what's to see you guys. He's in the Conference room" He said looking at our position. Then he caught Percy's eye and he looked at him with hatred in his eyes.
I stood up and offered Percy my hand. He stood up and took my hand.
"Thanks, Dakota," Percy said while looking at me. I looked up at him and smiled. He smiled back and led me outside the library. When rounded the campfire site let go of his hand. He looked over at me confused but I just looked straight ahead. We walked in silence for the rest way. I reached the conference room door before Percy did and pushed it open to see Chiron sitting at the head of the conference table, waiting. After Percy and I sat down on either side of Chiron Percy asked, "You wanted to talk to us Chiron?"
"It seems as if you wanted to talk to me, Percy. Connor told me you two wanted to talk to me." He replied.
"Yes, we did. We were wondering if we could bring Thalia, Nico, Grover, Rachel, Jason, Leo, Piper, Hazel, Bobby, Gwen, and Dakota to go talk to Percy's parents. Since we had only told them that Percy was missing; not about Gaea and we think that they have the right to know." I said.
"Well, I agree with you but you're bringing too many demi-gods. Your scent will be too strong for you to house that many half-bloods. Even if you only bring Jason, Leo, Piper, Gwen, Bobby, and yourselves your scent will be too strong." Chiron said.
"What else can we do? I mean we can't bring them to camp, can we?" Percy asked.
"No, I guess just going to have to take the chance if it's that important to you." Chiron said.
"Are you sure Chiron?" I asked.
When Chiron nodded his head Percy said, "Thanks so much Chiron."
"You're welcome Percy, you two are dismissed." Chiron said. We said our good-byes and walked out of the conference room. As we walked out of the conference room, Gwen spotted us and started to walk over to us and I felt Percy stiffen beside me. When Gwen reached us she gave me hug which I returned and nodded at a surprised Percy.
"What's going on between you two?" Percy asked who was still surprised.
"I don't know what you're talking about. Do you know what he's talking about, Annabeth?" Gwen said with a grin on her face.
"Nope, I have not a clue to what he's talking about." I replied. Percy looked at us one more time before he turned around and headed towards the dining pavilion for breakfast. Gwen and I followed him talking about how oblivious boys can be. When we arrived at the dining pavilion we said our good-byes and went our separate ways. As I sat next to Percy he looked at me questioningly so I just said, "Gwen and I have made a truce."
"Ok, so do you want to go spar for a while after breakfast?" He asked.
"No, I can't I have to go help Malcom and Hazel in the library. We think we know where the giants are so by the time we get back to Camp Half-blood we will be able to see the giant's process. And from what Leo's told me, we should be there late this evening." I told them.
"Today is Friday right?" Percy asked me.
"Yeah it is, why?"
"Because if we arrive in time do you think we could participate in Capture the Flag?"
"Well, probably." I answered. When I got my breakfast I stood up with everybody else to go give our offerings to the gods.
After breakfast, I met up with Malcom and Hazel when they were heading for the library. As soon as we entered the library we got straight to work. After a few minutes of only hearing the scrawls of pencils and pages turning I suggested, "Let's go over what we have."
"Ok, well we know that the Giants are going to be somewhere around Mount Olympus but not on Mt. Olympus." Hazel said.
"Yeah, so they have to be somewhere around there," Malcom said.
"Right and Mount Olympus divides Thessaly from Macedonia, so I think we should look at the mountains around there." I said while Malcom and Hazel nodded their heads in agreement.
(A/N: I just want to let you guys know that I didn't make this up; I actually looked this up, though I'm not sure if I got it right.)
We looked through some more books for a few more minutes when Malcom said, "Found it! There are two other mountains, besides Mount Olympus, that border Thessaly and they are Mount Pelion and Mount Ossa. But it doesn't say which one is closer to Mount Olympus."
"Well, that's ok; at least it narrows it down to two mountains." Hazel said.
I nodded my head and suggested, "Let's go and consult this with Chiron,"
"Ok," both Malcom and Hazel said.
"Annabeth, I think you should go and get the shield; just in case Chiron wants to test our theory." Malcom advised.
"Ok, get Chiron and meet me in the Conference room." I replied as I started to leave the library. Once I was outside I headed for the girls bunkers. I walked down the long hallway to my room and pushed the door open to see Dakota sitting on my bed.
"What do you want Dakota, it's against the rules for a boy to be in a girls bunker," I said through gritted teeth.
Dakota stood up and came over to me. He stood there for a while, looking at me, before he said, "I just came to apologize for kissing you and I apologize for saying those rude things about Percy."
"You shouldn't be apologizing to me for what you said about Percy. You should be apologizing to him. He already knows what you said." I told him.
"Ok, I'll apologize to him. I just want to let you know that he only likes you as a friend. But, I like you than more than a friend. So if you ever return my feelings you know where to find me," he said. He winked at me as he walked out of the door. I gagged at the thought of him and me going out. I shook the thought out of my head and walked over to my special closet where I keep all of my weapons and tools. Right when I opened the closet I saw the shield squishing a pile of blueprints. I grabbed the shield, closed the closet door and walked out of the room making sure that the door was closed. I walked down the long hallway and made my way back on deck. I walked across the deck towards the conference room. When I pushed the door to the conference room open I saw Chiron, Hazel, and Malcom sitting down around the conference table.
"Sorry, I took so long." I said when I sat down next to Hazel who was on the right of Chiron.
"It's ok. Malcom and Hazel said that you've figured out where the Giants might be." Chiron said while leaning forward on the table.
"Well, we've narrowed it down to two places that the Giants could be." I replied. Chiron nodded and said, "Before we continue we should call a meeting; everybody else deserves to know what's going on."
"Ok, Hazel and I will go get everybody." I volunteered while looking at Hazel to see if it was okay. From the look on her face she didn't mind.
"Ok." Chiron replied. Hazel and I stood up and walked out of the conference room and headed towards the training arena since that is mostly were everyone goes. When we opened the doors to the training arena we saw that, luckily, everyone was in the training arena. They were watching Dakota and Percy spar and Dakota was losing, badly. He had cuts all over, some on his arms, on his face, and some were even on his hands. Hazel and I walked over to the stands and sat by Reyna, Gwen, and Thalia. When Percy saw me he flashed me a quick grin; then he tripped Dakota, using his sword, sending him sprawling on the floor with Percy's sword poised above his chest.
"Ok, I believe that makes Percy the winner! We came to tell you guys that Chiron wants all of us in the Conference room, now." Hazel said. I walked over to Percy who was wiping the sweat of his face with a towel.
"Hey, Perce." I said when I was standing in front of him.
"Hey, Annabeth. So, when were done with this meeting then will you spar with me?" He asked as we walked out of the training arena.
"Maybe," I said while bumping his shoulder.
"I'll take that maybe as a yes," he replied and returned the shoulder bump.
"Maybe as in if I show up." I said while walking ahead of him. When I walked into the conference room I sat down in my spot next to Hazel with Butch next to me.
"I called a meeting because Annabeth, Hazel, and Malcom have something to share with us." Chiron said and looked at Malcom to continue and he started to look at everybody around the table.
"We've know that the Giants are going to be somewhere around Mount Olympus but not on Mount Olympus." Malcom started.
"Since Mount Olympus divides Thessaly from Macedonia we decided to look at the mountains around that area," Hazel continued.
"And we found that there are only two other mountains, besides Mount Olympus, that border Thessaly and they are Mount Pelion and Mount Ossa. But, we couldn't find out which one was closer to Mount Olympus." I concluded.
"Chiron, do you want to test our theory out?" Malcom said.
"Yes, we'll test it two hours after lunch. The meeting is dismissed." Chiron said. Everybody stood up and walked out of the conference room looking anxious. I caught up with Rachel, Thalia, and Piper who were heading towards the media room while all of the boys headed towards the command center and the rest of the girls went back to the training arena. The media room was made up into three separate rooms: the first one was for the computers, the second one was for the video games, and the last room was for the TV. We walked into the video gaming room, we could chose from Wii or the Xbox, so we chose Wii. Since Rachel got dibs to choose first she picked uDraw. As we sat down watching Rachel make her own drawing I said, "I told Gwen everything."
"Really? Why?" Piper said surprised.
Thalia's expression looked shocked and confused; while Rachel said, "I knew you were going to tell her."
"How?" Thalia asked while rolling her eyes like the rest of us.
"Because of my oracle instincts!" Rachel said.
"What 'oracle instincts'? From what I've heard, it sounds like the spirit of Delphi just highjacks your body and when she's done you don't remember a thing." Piper said amused.
"Fine, it's true that the spirit of Delphi highjacks me, but I still have oracle instincts!" Rachel protested.
"Whatever you say Rachel." Thalia said sarcastically.
"Anyways, why did you tell her, everything?" Piper asked curiously.
"Because she came to my room saying she wanted to talk to me and I assumed that she wanted me to apologize for kissing Percy…," I continued on telling them Gwen and I's conversation, how I told her my story and she told me her story.
When I finished Rachel asked, "I think that were all pretty good friend here, right," we all nodded, "well I think that we should tell each other our life story."
"I agree with Rachel; I mean we all trust each other." Thalia agreed. I figured if Thalia agreed than she must really want to tell them her story.
"I agree. I think it would make us closer." Piper said voicing her opinion.
They all turned to look at me and I said, "Then I guess its story telling time."
When we finished telling our life stories it was time for lunch. Since we were the last people to enter the dining pavilion I noticed that Percy wasn't there. As we sat down next to Leo, Nico, Jason, and Grover I asked, "Hey guys. Have you seen Percy?"
"No, after the meeting he went with us to the command center he blanked out and when he came back he said that he had to go do something." Nico said.
"Oh…," I replied. As I was in my thoughts the rest of them were laughing at Leo said while Leo was looking at them confused. When lunch was over I walked into the library. I sat down in the same chair that I had sat in this morning and started reading a book on the history of the Parthenon, which was in Greek (of course). After a few minutes I heard the door to the library open then I heard Percy's call, "Annabeth?"
"In the back." I replied and I was glad that we were the only ones here in the library.
Then I saw the head of messy black hair and gorgeous sea-green eyes staring at me.
"Annabeth, I…...,"
Well, I'm gonna stop there. I have to save what's about to happen for the next chapter! What do you thinks gonna happen? I hope you guys liked the chapter! Bad news, I probably won't be able to update until early July . But, if I can update next week I will try but if not don't expect anything until early July. But, of course if I will be able to update earlier then I will definitely try! Sorry if this chapter seems shorter than usual, but sadly this is just a filler chapter. Review and I'll try to update as soon as possible.
Until next time,
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