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After I showered, Grover and went to the mess hall to have some breakfast. We walked past the Aphrodite cabin, who was all smiling at me, I smiled back.
"Wink" Grover whispered to me and I winked at them. They all giggled and gossiped with each other.
We walked past the Athena cabin to see them laughing and eating, except for Annabeth. Her head was lowered while reading a book. She looked up from her book and looked at me. I smiled and gave a small wave, but she just gave me a small smile and turned back to her book.
"It's working" Grover told me as we reached the Poseidon table "I read her emotions, she is pissed and J-E-A-L-O-U-S."
I smiled "Great!" I exclaimed
"I know. But, we need more. A little jealousy isn't going to make her express her feelings for you. We need her to blow up. Just get enough of your flirting that she screams her heart out!" he said as he smirked
"I like the new you, Grover" I smiled at him.
After breakfast, I took my armor from my cabin, which Tyson made me, and walked towards the arena with Grover. When we reached the arena, Annabeth was already there, beating an Ares kid. She had him pinned to the ground with her sword pointing at his chest. She removed her sword and he stood up, grumbling. She saw me and our eyes met. I smirked and went to the other side of the arena and started warming up with some dummies. I sliced and stabbed and cut them with Riptide until the whole area I was standing at was full of hay and straw. I panted and turned around to see Grover grinning at me and nodding his head at the Aphrodite girls who just got to the arena.
I ran up to them, feeling the stare Annabeth was giving me "Hey ladies, ready for training?"
"Yeah" some of them said shyly but some just giggled. Geez, what is with Aphrodite girls and giggling?
"Hey Rose" I winked at her "Come on, I'll teach you how to do a battle stance"
"Sure" she said as I led her to an empty corner in the arena with her siblings close behind, along with Grover.
"Okay, so are you using a dagger or a sword?" I asked her as we faced each other
"I'm using a dagger" she told me as she showed me her celestial bronze dagger
"Okay" I said as I walked behind her. I took her arm from behind and raised it "So, if you're using a dagger, you need to be quick and alert. It's short so you need to get closer to your opponent to strike. The way you grip your dagger is very important." I told her as I put a hand on her shoulder "Relax" I whispered to her as I raised her elbows slightly. "Buckle your knees" I told her and she did so
"Great!" I exclaimed and walked in front of her again "Now, slash at me"
"What?" she said, surprised "I might hurt you" she said
I smiled warmly at her "It's fine. I can take a hit" I smirked. She smiled and advanced while I stood there, waiting for her.
She slashed at me, I side-stepped, she turned and stabbed and I ducked. She twisted and tried to cut me but I caught her hand and twisted her lightly, not hurting her. I twisted her body so her back was against my chest, my hand on her hand and her own dagger pointing at her throat. I let her go immediately.
"Good. You're fast but you need to be faster. Also, what you did there was good. Even though the opponent sidestepped you kept on attacking." I nodded at her and she blushed a little. I glanced at Annabeth and saw her glaring daggers at the floor, her face red with anger. I fought the urge to smile and continued to teach Rose.
30 minutes later, I finished training with Rose. I teached her some of the most well-known moves for dagger users like Annabeth, and we battled a little. She always lost but I told her it was fine since it was only training and she didn't know that much moves yet. We said goodbye and they walked towards their cabin, while Grover and I stayed behind.
"That was great!" Grover exclaimed as he threw my water jug "Annabeth was red with rage and jealousy" he said in a whisper
"I know. I noticed" I told him as I drank some of my water and poured the rest on me. I heard a few girls giggle beside me, though I knew the Aphrodite girls already left. I turned to see who the girls were and they were some of the girls in the Demeter cabin. I smiled and winked at them and they blushed and started walking away.
"Grover, I have a plan" I told him with a smile and walked back to my cabin, him close behind.
Annabeth's P.o.V.
I was sitting in the Athena table, reading my book while my siblings were eating and laughing around me. The truth was, I wasn't reading my book, I was just staring at it but I saw nothing but blank. I kept thinking about how Percy acted this morning. When he was with me on the beach he seemed normal, just like how he is everyday. But when he jogged back to the cabins he seemed different. No, he is different. He flirted with those Aphrodite girls and declined my invitation to go sparr so he could ask one of them out and flirt with them. Ugh! I looked up and saw Percy winking at the Aphtrodite cabin with Grover beside him. What was wrong with him? Was this how he's going through puberty? Maybe not, since he went through it when he was 14. I looked down quickly so they wouldn't see me looking. But, I couldn't help but look up again. When I did look up, I saw Percy and Grover looking at me. Percy smiled at me and gave me a small wave, just like he used to everyday and Grover gave me a smile. I gave them a small smile and turned back to my book. As they walked towards the Poseidon cabin, I couldn't help but wish I could sit with Percy. Just the two of us in his table. Snap out of it! I told myself and looked back at Percy and Grover who were talking and smiling.
After breakfast, I walked to my cabin to put away my book and got my sword near my bed with my dagger and cap stuffed in my back pockets. I walked to the arena and saw an Ares kid training.
"Hey, wanna fight?" I asked him and he shrugged and got ready for battle. He lunged at me and I sidestepped. He slashed, stabbed, cut and stroked at me but I kept dodging and sidestepping. Finally, I saw my opening and twisted, tripping him making him fall on his back and his sword clatter from his hands. I pointed my sword tip at his throat. I removed it from his throat and he stood up and walked away, grumbling. I sheathed my sword and turned around. I saw Percy watching me with a small smile on his face. Our eyes met, and I wanted to pull away, but I couldn't. He smirked at me then walked over to the part of the arena where there were still usable training dummies. I watched as he slashed, stabbed and stroked at them. Soon later, the dummies were just shreds and straws. Then, the Aphrodite girls showed up. Ugh! Why do they need to show up? I asked myself then watched as Percy ran up to them.
"Hey ladies, ready for training?" he asked them
"Yeah" some of them said shyly but some just giggled. Why do they giggle so much? Nothings funny!
"Hey Rose" Percy winked at her. I swear I can vomit right here "Come on, I'll teach you how to do a battle stance" he told her
"Sure" she said as Percy led her to an empty corner in the arena with her siblings close behind, with Grover closely behind them.
"Okay, so are you using a dagger or a sword?" Percy asked her as he stood in front of her
"I'm using a dagger" Rose told her as she took out a dagger. It's length was just like mine, except the shape was different. With the same leather handle but mine had an engraving on the blade.
"Okay" Percy said as he started to walk behind her. He took her arm from behind and raised it "So, if you're using a dagger, you need to be quick and alert. It's short so you need to get closer to your opponent to strike. The way you grip your dagger is very important." He told her as he put a hand on her shoulder "Relax" I barely heard him whisper to her as he raised her elbows slightly.
I felt my face heat up as I glared at them. He was teaching her exactly what I teached him. Though, I'm glad he remembered the things I told him about daggers even though he uses a sword.
"Buckle your knees" he told her and she did so.
"Great!" He exclaimed and walked in front of her again, which I'm glad for "Now, slash at me"
"What?" she said, surprised "I might hurt you" she said. Please do so! I thought. I don't know why, but I wanted to stab him right now!
He smiled warmly at her and I almost melted. Snap out of it! I told myself again "It's fine. I can take a hit" He smirked. She smiled and advanced while he just stood there, waiting for her to strike.
She slashed at him but, he easily side-stepped, she turned and stabbed again but he ducked. She twisted and tried to cut him but he caught her hand and twisted her lightly, not wanting to hurt her. He twisted her body so her back was against his chest, which I did not like seeing, his hand on her hand and her own dagger pointing at her throat. He let her go almost immediately. I fumed after I watched this and glared at Percy. I hated the way his body was so close to her when they're battling. It made me sick.
I sat down on the bench where I put my water jug and towel on and continued to watch as Percy trained, more like flirted, with Rose. He teached him moves that I teached him and they battled a little. But of course, Percy always won. He told her that it's fine since she's just a beginner and she doesn't know that much moves yet. I snorted, that shouldn't be an excuse when you're in battle. No monster is going to take it easy on you just because you don't know that much moves and techniques. After another 30 minutes they finally said good bye to each other while I was glaring at the ground thinking about how close Percy and Rose were this morning. Why are you so jealous? I asked myself You two are just best friends! You can train with whoever you want! I told myself. That's because you like him, another part of me told myself. Shut it! The other part said. Great, now I'm talking to myself. I looked up and saw Percy pouring his water over his head. My jaw almost dropped. His wet clothes stuck to his skin which made me trace his abs on his shirt. What I would do to touch those. Snap out of it! I scolded myself. In the corner, I saw a bunch of Demeter girls giggling and looking at Percy. Percy heard them swoon so he looked at them, smiled then winked. What is with him and winks today! The Demeter girls giggled and blushed then walked away. Percy smiled to himself, then said something to Grover.
They started walking back to his cabin and I was left alone in the arena, angry, disappointed, sad, confused and jealous all at the same time because of that Seaweed Brain.
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Ta-da! It's done! I hope it was long enough for you guys! I really hope you review! And if I made any mistakes (which I'm pretty sure I did) I'm sorry. Thanks to all who reviewed my previous chapters, it really meant a will be slight Percabeth in the next chapter. Anyway, I'm done for the day so tune in for the next chapter. Wish me luck with our move, which is today. Thanks again and please, please, please review!
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