Disclamier: I do not own anything Rick Riordan owns.
Chapter Ten
When my alarm went off the next morning, I felt rested and rejuvenated. I had had a dreamless night, a strange thing for a demigod. The sunlight was shining through the window and the whole world felt at peace.
Why, might you ask? Because I'd had a wondrous evening. I know Blue had seriously offended me yesterday, but I still felt a pull, a tug in my gut, to be with him. Any other guy I would've refused to be with for what Blue did, pulling me like that. The gods know I've refused boys for less. Normally I was more cautious. The only other person that had elicited such a reaction from me was Percy, and even Athena probably wouldn't understand why.
This morning we went back to the modeling site. Today was a shorter day, we were just doing specific shots like shoes or handbags. That meant that we did not need to get completely made up. Hooray! The shoot was over before long.
Penny stayed to talk over more logistics, but Piper and I headed out. The sun was shining brightly (thanks Apollo), and I was glad I had my hat on. Not the Yankees one, though, but a normal baseball cap.
On the sidewalk, we were met by two guys. I recognized one as Blue but the other was a stranger. I looked him over. He had light blonde, short hair, like Blue's when I first met him. He had a small scar above his lip and light, electric blue eyes that reminded me of someone. The most noticeable thing, however, was his air of leadership and power. He walked with the confidence of someone who knew what he wanted and how to get it, but with a modesty that made him approachable.
Blue walked right in front of me so I had to focus on him. For the first time, I saw his whole face, with no sunglasses or shadows. His features were well defined, as I could tell before, and what I noticed were his eyes. They were a dark green shade. I expected them to sparkle and have depth like Percy's, but Blue's seemed actually kind of dulled. Was he wearing contacts too? I was now very eager to know what color his eyes were. He seemed like a happy person, so I was assuming his real, expressive eyes were hidden by contacts. I was still wearing mine, after attaining some from a stylist for my masquerades as Anna Hyde.
The other boy had gone over to Piper, who seemed to know who he was. Blue saw where my gaze went and stiffened.
"Anna, this is Jason. Jason, Anna." Blue made the introductions stiffly and formally, almost glaring at Jason. Was he jealous or something?
"It's nice to meet you," Jason said, shaking my hand.
"Likewise," I responded. He seemed nice enough, anyway. Jason then went to start a conversation with Piper.
"They get along well, don't they?" I asked Blue quietly.
"Yes," he responded. Piper's movements were very calculated and I knew she didn't want to mess anything up. She must like Jason!
"I think they're flirting with each other!" I said excitedly. Blue frowned at me.
"Yes… they are…"
"Oh, yay! Go Piper!" Blue looked at me, confused.
"You're happy they're flirting?" he asked.
"Of course. I want Piper to be happy. Why, are you jealous?" I joked.
"No, well, I guess. Sorry," he replied morosely.
"I was joking," I said, surprised. "But thanks for telling me." His eyes went wide, and I saw more of that dull green.
"You were joking?"
"Yeah." I bumped shoulders with him. "But someone admitted it!" I laughed, and he laughed with me.
"So, onto the reason we came over here to begin with, we were wondering if-" Blue started, but was cut off by Piper.
"Hey, Anna? We're gonna go sightsee some, kay?" my friend informed me excitedly. She seemed so thrilled that she was going somewhere with Jason and it made me smile.
"Yeah, sure, have fun!" I called to the duo as they walked away. I turned back to Blue. "You were saying?"
"Well, I was saying that we wanted to take you sightseeing, but it seems that now I want to take you sightseeing," he completed, running his hand over his gelled back hair. I laughed again. When did I become so giggly?
"I'd love to go sightseeing. Were to?"
"Dunno," Blue shrugged. "Let's just walk."
"Okay." So we walked. We made it to the River Seine again, and it made me smile to remember last night. I looked at Blue and saw that he was looking intensely at the sparkling water of the river.
"Communing with the mermaids?" I jokingly asked. That was what Percy would do if he were here. Blue smiled at me. I tried to throw Percy out of my mind.
"Maybe I am," my companion joked back.
"Careful then," I playfully warned. "The sirens might seduce you to your doom." He looked at me seriously.
"There's only one siren that could do that," he told me seriously, staring into my eyes. I looked down, glad that my hat brim hid my blushing cheeks. When I looked up again, Blue's heavy gaze was thankfully somewhere else. Soon mine was too.
Something was moving with a strange gait in the crowd. My monster senses were tingling. I'd been having too good of a week. The crowd parted slightly and I glimpsed reptilian tails. Oh no. Scythian Dracanae. I really didn't want to leave Blue to kill a monster again.
So I decided to run.
"Hey, Blue!" I said, turning to look at him, leaving my back to the monster woman.
"Yeah?" He turned to me, smiling. He looked over my shoulder and frowned, then his expression went back to normal. I shook it off.
"Let's go over there!" I pointed to an alley across the street then grabbed his hand from where it rested above his pocket and pulled him across the street, ducking into the crowd.
"Why? Where are we going?" he asked me, stumbling to keep up.
"I saw a really pretty picture spot," I lied, hoping there would be one.
"Okay…" He seemed puzzled, and I didn't blame him. Once we reached the alley, he tried to stop, but I kept pulling him down different streets, imagining the snake woman behind us.
When I finally stopped, I had no idea where we were.
"I thought you wanted to stop at a picture spot," Blue commented.
"Yeah, I did, but then I wanted to," I paused, quickly letting go of Blue's hand. "Explore. I wanted to explore." I smiled, hoping he would buy it.
"Uh, okay. Sounds good. We should probably head back now though," he told me.
"Sure," I conceded. I turned to head back the way we came, only to find three streets converging into the one we were on. "Um… Which way did we come?"
"Uh, the left?" Blue guessed.
"Good enough for me." I started walking through the left fork. That led us to another fork.
"I don't know about you, but I do not remember making this many turns," Blue said as I picked a path, then another, and another.
"You wouldn't remember," I said distractedly. He looked hurt and I quickly explained. "These aren't like a road intersection. It's all multiple roads converging into one, that converges into another, and another. On our way we never chose a fork, we just followed the main route. On the way back, though, we are going against the grain. Get it?"
"Oh. Ok. Yeah." He nodded.
"You know what this means, right? We are not easily getting out of here." His face darkened.
"Great." Then his face lit up. "Wait, do you have your phone? We can look on a GPS!" I was excited too, for one second.
"I, um, I was expecting to go right back to the hotel, so I didn't bring it. Woops. Do you have your phone?"
"I may or may not have spent half the night playing on it, leaving it to charge this morning," he said sheepishly.
"Fantastic. Well, we'll do it the old fashioned way. Let's walk."
So we walked. I tried to pick paths logically, but there was no logic left. I was completely disoriented, and the sun was covered by clouds. Dark clouds. It would just be icing on the cake for it to rain. Blue noticed it too.
"I hope it doesn't rain," he commented worriedly.
"I agree. I'm not dressed for that." Ok. That sounded superficial, but I often got very cold when wet, and I only had a light jacket, not enough protection from the rain.
"We'll get out of here before it rains," he assured me. Just then I felt something on my arm. I nearly jumped out of my skin, thinking it was a spider. Good news, it wasn't a spider. Bad news, it was rain
"Too late," I announced, showing him the water droplet on my fingers. He wiped it off, his hand warm.
"Shall we run?" he asked, offering his arm.
"We shall." I grabbed his arm and started running, only trying to find shelter.
The rain drops started coming down harder. I pulled down my hat brim, trying to hide my face. Blue held his jacket up. It was futile, however, and soon we were soaked. It was a good summer storm, and it didn't seem to want to stop soon. Thanks, Zeus.
My eyes searched for a place to find cover, but very little could be seen through the curtain of rain and darkness. House windows offered meager light to the false night, just enough to not trip and fall by, but the cobblestones, so endearing by sun and slippery by rain, were counteracting that slim advantage.
"Over here!" Blue called over the din. He pulled me into a doorway that had a bit of cover. We caught our breaths, watching the rain fall.
"Nice eye," I complimented him. "I would've missed this."
"Thanks." Just then he seemed to notice our proximity. I did too. The doorway was small, and we were large. We were quite close. I cleared my throat and looked down. I shivered, my clothes clinging to me like paper mache. My hair was plastered to my face and my hat sat heavy on my head, weighed down by water.
"Are you okay, Anna?" he asked me carefully. "You look a bit pale."
"Just a little cold, is all. I'll be fine," I assured him. I would be fine, if I could get some warmth soon. Blue seemed unaffected by the water, but I sure couldn't stand the wind on my wet clothes much longer.
"You sure? You can have my jacket; I'm not cold." He started to take the jacket off, but I shook my head.
"Thanks, but I'll be fine. You need the jacket too."
"No, really, I'll be okay, you can have the jacket."
"Please, don't," I insisted, putting my hand by his shoulder to prevent him from taking off the jacket. It might have lingered there a moment too long. I started to pull away, but Blue grabbed onto my hand. He was so warm.
"Anna!" he gasped. "You're really cold. Take my jacket."
"No," I said firmly. "You need it too." I did not need to be a damsel in distress. But he was so warm…
"Then let me warm you up."
"How are you going to do that?" I wondered. Suddenly it occurred to me that it was raining, and we were in Paris, and this could totally be our first kiss.
"Like this," he said. He pulled me to him, across the small distance, and wrapped his arms tightly around me. I layed my head on his shoulder and he rubbed my back. He was so comfortable and warm, and I felt perfect in his strong arms. I nestled into his chest more, relaxing in the safety.
"You're warm," I mumbled against his chest. I could feel the vibrations of his chuckle.
"I told you you were cold," he gloated.
"Fine, I was. What are you gonna do about it?" I playfully glared up at him. Our eyes met, and I was lost. The color may be dull, but they held so much emotion. I was staring deep into his eyes, into the soul of Peter "Blue" Johnson, and it felt so right. I leaned up as he leaned down, and I knew we were going to kiss. I just knew it.
And then I sneezed. I looked down, a reflex from sneezing, and cursed myself. I just ruined it.
"Hey Anna? We should get you someplace warm," he said, concerned. "Come on, we'll ask directions."
"Okay," I agreed, sad that I would have to leave his arms. He let go of me, and I stumbled a bit. Blue frowned.
"Are you up to walking? I don't want you to get worse." He looked cute all worried, with his eyebrows scrunched up. His hair was messy, but I guess the gel held, because it was still back, away from his face. "I got it! I'll carry you."
Before I could protest, I was in his arms, and then I didn't really want to protest at all. I put my arms around his neck and nuzzled deeper into his embrace. The rain had lightened up a bit, but Blue still leaned over me to shield me from the rain. I was grateful.
Miraculously, it seemed he found were we entered the maze of streets and hailed a cab. I remember getting in, and then I passed out. (asleep)
~o0o~
I woke up to a very worried Piper. She sighed in relief when I opened my eyes.
"Annabeth, you were starting to worry me. I'm relaxing in our room with Jason when suddenly Blue is in here holding you and saying he thinks you have hypothermia!" Piper informed me. "You don't have hypothermia, by the way."
"Thanks. Yeah, we got caught in the rain and I get cold easily when wet," I explained, sitting up. I was a little stiff, but fine. With a little sip of nectar I'd be right as rain. Oy, bad pun.
"Good. Blue would be here, but Penny kicked everyone not of the female gender out of here. He was very worried though. It was so cute"
"Great," I said sarcastically. "I'm sorry I interrupted your time with Jason, though. How was it?" I wiggled my eyebrows suggestively and she blushed. She was smiling too.
"Oh, it was so fun! He totally thinks your name is Anna, too. I felt like a spy or something. But then he took me to the Eiffel Tower and we went to the very top," Piper was saying. She continued to tell me everything about their time together. "We saw the storm clouds though. Well, Jason did. They were pretty far off, though, I wouldn't have noticed them. We started to head back in case it started raining, and when we finally reached a taxi, the first few drops were falling. Looks like you and Blue weren't as lucky."
"No, we were not. We got lost and then it was raining and we could hardly see, let alone escape that maze of streets," I described.
"Anything else happen?" my roommate asked me with the same method of eyebrow wiggling I had used earlier. Oh well, I deserved it.
"Actually, yes." She squealed. "We almost kissed, but then we didn't." I was not going to tell her I messed up the kiss because I sneezed! How embarrassing would that be?
"Why didn't you?" she asked, confused. "I mean, he obviously likes you." He did?!
"Oh, nothing. Did you get close to kissing Jason?" I inquired, trying to change the topic.
"Oh no you don't, missy. You are going to tell me why you and Blue didn't kiss. It is rare for boys to be so confident, so you should be using it. Why didn't you kiss?" she demanded. I made no sound. She Narrowed her eyes. "Annabeth, tell me why you and Blue did not kiss." Her voice was like honey. She was so confident, what reason did I have to not tell her? She obviously thought I should explain it to her. She was a good friend, I should tell her everything. The charm in her words washed over me.
"I sneezed," I revealed. She blinked.
"What?" she asked, bewildered.
"I was really wet and cold, so when I went to kiss him, I- Wait, why am I telling you this?!" I exclaimed, as bewildered as Piper.
"I wanted to know, so I told you to tell me, and you did." She shrugged.
"I-you-my willpower?-speak-what?" I stammered. An imaginary light bulb went off in my head. She must have charmspeak! It was a rare ability for children of Aphrodite. They literally used their speech to charm people into doing whatever the demigod wanted. It could be very powerful.
Piper laughed at me and I laughed with her. I'd explain everything when she came to camp, which we had agreed she would do after this Paris shoot.
My laugh turned into a yawn, and the charmspeaker quickly decided I should sleep, and I easily complied, submitting myself to Hypnos.
~o0o~
When I woke up, it was seven o'clock. It had stopped raining, and I had many messages on my phone. The first was from Piper, saying that she and Penny had gone to dinner in the hotel's restaurant. They would bring me something up if I wanted. I quickly replied accepting the offer. One message was a voicemail from my dad, probably to check on me. I would call him later.
The last five messages were all from Blue, saying how he was sorry we got caught in the rain, and hoped I was okay. The last one blatantly stated that he wanted to see me again, when I felt better. I excitedly responded, informing him that I was better now and would love to see him.
While I awaited his reply, I took a swig of nectar from my canteen and sat down with a book. Soon Piper and Penny arrived back with food. Penny made sure I was alright, then left to go to her room. Piper stayed with me as I ate, and told me how Jason was amazing, yada yada yada.
My phone buzzed, interrupting Piper describing the scar above Jason's lip. I just knew where talking about his lips would lead, so I was quite glad for the distraction. I checked the phone. It read: "Great! I'll meet you outside your hotel at 8." I looked at my clock. It was seven thirty.
"Piper! I'm supposed to meet Blue at eight!" I shrieked. Said person had been looking at me curiously, but now she jumped up.
"Let's get you ready!" she exclaimed.
We picked out an outfit. It was warm but stylish. I added a scarf just in case. I switched out my contacts, which had still been in, and Piper applied a bit of make up. She also braided my hair down my back. I was out the door at eight.
"And finish what you started!" Piper yelled to me as she closed the door. I needed no questions to know what she meant.
Blue was not outside the hotel. I checked my phone (which I had made sure to bring). it was 8:05. Then 8:15. I was about to call him when I heard someone running and panting. My hand went to my thigh, were my knife was concealed. I looked up, alert, but it was just Blue.
"Sorry I'm late," he panted. "I," pant, "got," pant, "delayed."
"It's fine," I assured him. In the fading light he sparkled a bit, but that was probably just my imagination. The movement of his hand putting something in his pocket distracted me, and then he was smiling.
"Let's get going, then." He spotted my scarf. "Ah, perfect! A blindfold! May I?" He held out his hand graciously, and I offered him my scarf. I trusted him to blindfold me. Worst case, I could defend myself, even if I was blindfolded.
"You better not bump me into anything," I threatened as he started to lead me forward.
"Don't worry, I won't," he promised. He shifted so both he was almost hugging me from behind, but his hands rested on my arms. My body was happy to be in his arms again.
"Thank you for earlier," I said. His mouth was surprisingly close to my ear when he responded.
"Thanks for what?" he asked, surprised. "You nearly had hypothermia!"
"I didn't have hypothermia, but thanks fro the concern. It also was not your fault that we got stuck in the rain. You didn't have any control over it." He stayed silent for a while.
"Well, I'm relieving the guilt I feel right now," he decided.
"Fine. Where are we going, anyway?" I asked.
"No no, Anna. That is why there is a blindfold."
"My scarf," I interrupted.
"Blindfold," he insisted. "It is so you do not know where we are going." I saw the futility in arguing and stayed silent for the rest of our walk. It became brighter as we walked, but since the sun was almost down, we must have been approaching a lot of artificial lights.
Finally, Blue stopped.
"Ta da!" he called, pulling off the blindfold. I gasped. In front of us stood the Eiffel Tower, lit up by hundreds of light bulbs. The tower stood out against the dark sky, and the lines were still apparent, even by night. The bulbs cast a fake daylight over the whole scene, lending a kind of magic to the whole affair. I turned to look at Blue and his face was still darkened, but I could see a boyish grin.
"It's beautiful," I breathed.
"You're beautiful," he said, looking at me. My breath caught, and fro the second time today I found myself contemplating our first kiss. "Wow, that was cheesy," Blue laughed, breaking me out of my reverie. "Cheesy, but true," he said earnestly. I smiled.
"Let's go." I tugged his hand over to a line. It went surprisingly quickly, and Blue purchased the tickets. I tried to buy my own, but he insisted.
"It is proper manners for the man to buy the lady a ticket," he said. I opened my mouth, but he cut me off. "Now before you start sprouting feminism lines, I totally agree with women's rights, but in this case, it is my pleasure to buy you a ticket." I was quiet after that.
We got in line for the elevator, and soon we reached the first and lowest tier. We exited the car and walked over to the railing. The view was breathtaking. And we were still pretty low.
I looked at Blue. "Race you to the next level," I challenged, then sprinted toward the stairs. He laughed and ran after me. I climbed and climbed and climbed. There seemed to be no end. The stairs were a wide corkscrew, and you could always see out of the stairwell because of the gaps between the supports. My legs felt slower and slower, until I was just walking and admiring the architecture.
To think that the original plan had been to make this magnificent tower temporary! I was so glad that the 1889 World's Fair had let it be. Gustave Eiffel and his company, the designers, deserved a round of applause.
Soon I could hear Blue behind me and I started to run again. This was some work out. I'd read that it was 300 steps from ground to first level, and another 300 from first to second level. I had to be there soon.
Sure enough, I reached the landing a short time after. I was breathing hard, but all those years at camp had me trained well. Blue reached the top too, panting hard. He leaned down, trying to catch his breath.
"Let's take the elevator, 'kay?" he managed. I laughed.
Turns out, you can't take the stairs to the tippy top, you had to take a little elevator. Fine by me, and definitely fine by Blue. We waited with the crowd until it was our turn and we rode the elevator to the top.
I couldn't believe the view. There was a walkway all the way around the top observation platform, and little windows offered information on the tower. We walked all the way around slowly, admiring the 360 views of Paris. The Seine could be distinguished from all the other lights of the buildings below, and I traced it with my eyes as far as I could see. with the dark outside, and the views, and the company… All I can say is it felt like magic. I had this tingly feeling in my stomach, just thinking about all of this. The warm summer air smelled fresh and clean, and the small breeze on the ground was magnified 906 feet above. It can only be described as magical.
I walked up to the railing. Chain link fence covered the whole viewing area, and for good reason. The railing alone wouldn't protect you that much. Blue came up beside me. I smiled up at him, knowing my feelings were plainly written on my face.
"Thank you so much for bringing me here," I whispered. "This all is just positively magical." That was the only word that came to mind.
"That just made it all worth it," he said, grinning.
"What do you mean?" I asked, confused.
"Well, I'm not afraid of heights, but I'm not a fan either, and being this far up in the sky…" he trailed off.
"It's ok," I soothed. "Here." I boldly grabbed his hand to comfort him. He turned to me, and I turned to him. He lifted his hand to brush a piece of hair from my face. Then his fingers traced down my cheek, leaving a trail of hot fire where they touched. I was finding it hard to breathe. I looked into his eyes, sparkling more than they had this morning. I wanted to kiss him. I wanted him to kiss me. His hand rested on my cheek, and I reached my free hand to it, holding it against my face. He leaned in, and I leaned in, and I prayed to the gods that I wouldn't sneeze.
And then our lips touched. Just lightly, and it felt so right. I moved my hand to his cheek, then slid it down to his neck. He pressed his lips against mine a little harder, and I was over the moon. It was a simple kiss, just on the lips, but it had my heart racing like a Kentucky Derby winner.
We parted after a bit, and I smiled at him, my hand now on his shoulder. I kind of wanted to do more, but it was our first kiss and I wasn't going to go crazy.
"I've been waiting so long to do that," he murmured, his smile matching mine. I blushed but didn't look away. I shivered from the breeze and he pulled me close. "We don't want you getting sick," he whispered in my ear. "Then I wouldn't be able to kiss you."
"I'd find a way," I whispered back. He kissed my ear, and a chill went down my spine. He wrapped his arms around me, and I put mine around his neck. And up there, on top of the Eiffel Tower, we kissed again. It was less nervous this time, not our first kiss but still new. he pulled away quickly and kissed me again, and again, light, fast kisses. I laughed and held his head in my hands, stopping him. Then I kissed him, a long kiss.
We stayed that way for a while, deepening the kiss. It was exciting and delightful. Blue's hand found it's way into my hair, and this all just felt so perfect. When we pulled away, we stood by the railing, his arm over my shoulders, mine around his waist. I leaned my head against his shoulder and took in the perfect beauty around me.
As we left, we kept holding hands. I couldn't help but think that this was the best place to start dating someone. Oh, yeah. Blue had officially asked me to be his girlfriend in the elevator. I had said yes, of course, and everyone had 'awwwed.' Embarrassing, but adorable and memorable.
Before leaving me at the hotel, Blue had pulled me into the shadows at the edge of a street light and kissed me good night. It was an amazing kiss, deep and slow. I didn't really want to say good night after, but I gave him another quick kiss and promised to see him in the morning. Now how to actually go to sleep...
~o0o~
When I woke up, I was smiling. As I readied myself for the day, I was smiling. My clothes matched without much thought, there were no seeds in my orange, and the elevator opened right as we pressed the button. As I walked out the hotel doors, I was smiling. Piper noticed, and seemed to understand completely.
"No funny business, you two," was all she had said. I knew she would question me about it later once my buzz wore off. If it ever would. I'm not so sure.
Even being false-efied was okay. The whole time I thought of Blue, and the hair irons seemed less hot, the make up brushes less pointy, and the clothes less tight. I was even able to wear flats instead of heels.
So my morning started out well. After a break we were going to do more couples shots, but as of now we did not know who those couples would be.
I had decided not to dwell on my ignorance and enjoy the fifteen minute break while I could. My day had been going spectacularly, and who was to say that Blue wouldn't be my partner later?
However, things change. To quote Thalia, "When a Greek maiden is picking flowers in a meadow, something bad is going to happen." I guess I'd been picking flowers all morning.
I stepped onto a porch enclosed in a courtyard at the back of the building. I was wearing another long gown, this time a shocking red, and it was getting very stuffy inside the set room. The French air wafted around me, bringing the scents of summer and city. I heard some footsteps behind me, and assumed more models were joining me in the cooler air. When I heard the voice, I grinned.
"So you are doing this shoot," Blue's voice said.
"Yep," I replied, starting to turn. Before I could, hands fell on my arms, how he had led me to the Eiffel Tower last night, lightly restraining me. Out of habit I tensed, ready to deflect an attack or make a move myself. Blue chuckled.
"Annabeth, you're so tense! Calm down." I started to relax, and soaked in the feel of the hands on my arms. The wind blew in my face now, and the only thing I could feel of Blue was his hands.
"I was hoping you would be my partner later," I commented.
"I'd love to! Then we could hang out after. I really enjoyed last night." There was barely contained excitement in his voice, and I loosened completely. Last night had been wonderful.
"I would be delighted," I assured him. "Now, I have seen the other guy models in their get ups. Let me see you." The guys had it worse than girls, with ruffled shirts and buckled shoes. I was waiting to see what Blue looked like, although he was probably just as good-looking as normal.
"But, Annabeth," he whined. "This position is so comfortable."
I froze.
I'd never told Blue my real name.
A/N: Ooooh! Cliffy! Any guesses to what is going on?
It was so fun to write this chapter, I actually started writing and thought, "This would be a perfect end." So I needed to rewrite a lot of the beginning. I really like the end though, which I wrote first :P At least Percabeth is kind of together!
I also hope the Eiffel Tower conveyed the feelings I wanted it to. I get this (good) feeling in my stomach when I remember that trip, it was almost midnight and the staff almost didn't let us up to the top!
Woohoo! 5345 words! That's a record! I'm so happy right now….
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