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Callidora

I was sitting behind my reception desk at work on a not-so-fine Friday afternoon in May. I had slept late last night which resulted in my current cranky stupor.

"Jackson." Boomed a voice I knew all too well. I groaned, but I don't think my boss, the guy addressing me, heard it.

When I looked up though, next to my boss, who was probably the most hideous man on earth with a triple chin and a balding head, was a stunning young woman. She was wearing a sleeveless, white button down blouse tucked into a very short very tight navy blue skirt and red gladiator heals. The look was very cliché but it seemed to work for this girl. Her ebony-black hair tumbled down in ringlets, an astonishing contrast to her bright blue eyes. The down side was that she didn't have a very intense gaze. I love a girl who can pull you in just by meeting your eyes. Annabeth had the most intense gaze…

Snap out of it! I scolded myself.

Call me typical, but in order to distract myself I took a sneak at this woman's perfect legs, and I realized my boss and this girl were both walking towards me.

I immediately straightened up in my chair and began to fix my hair.

"Yes sir?" I said, trying to look and sound as fresh and ready to work as I could. Being a receptionist meant you had to be nice to everyone even if it just wasn't your day, and today I had all the more reason to look presentable.

"Jackson, this here is Callidora Rose. She is my temporary assistant, Millie's cousin, filling in for her." He informed me. It took everything I had to keep my jaw from hitting the floor. Firstly, because Millie was Mr. Merrick's assistant and she wasn't exactly the prettiest flower in the garden (not to be too shallow - She was a close friend of mine). Secondly, because Millie and I would usually need to spend our time together at work since our duties were intertwined. This meant all my time would be spent with Callidora while Millie was gone. This was probably the best thing that had happened to me this month.

Come to think of it, that was kind of sad.

"Hey Callidora," I said, standing up and stretching out my hand, "I'm Percy."

She smiled and shook my hand, "Nice to meet you Percy. And please, call me Cali."

"I'm going to go back to work while you two youngsters get along. You're going to have to be working together a whole lot this week," Mr. Merrick warned us, "And don't you bother this fine young lady Mr. Jackson."

I smiled at his joke and took it lightly, when in reality I wanted to strange him on the spot.

Finally, Mr. Merrick left and it was my turn to do my job; introduce Cali to hers.

"So Percy, How old are you?" She asked with a smile, as we walked around the building. It was my lunch break and I was currently taking Cali on a tour around the building. In my opinion there honestly wasn't much to see.

"Twenty-one." I replied.

"College?" She inquired.

"Dropped out." I informed. "How old are you?"

"I'm nineteen. I'm on spring break."

"Ah." Somehow this girl just got more attractive by the minuet.

When we finished off our tour Mr. Merrick gave Cali a bunch of orders to list down on her laptop, while I had to take a bunch of phone calls. She decided to sit with me at my desk and do her work, and I didn't mind one bit.

"So tell me Cali, what's the biggest inconvenience in your life?" I said randomly after sitting in silence for about fifteen minutes. She laughed.

"Where did that come from?" she giggled.

I shrugged, but truthfully I knew I was only asking this question because inconvenience was the chapter of my life that I was on at the moment.

"Well… I recently dumped my boyfriend and now I have to stay in my college dormitory." She told me. "Sucks. I never liked that place."

I couldn't help but chuckle, "What a coincidence. I just got dumped by my girlfriend two months ago and now I don't have anyone to take care of my place." I joked.

She laughed along, "Really?" She asked, "Why would anyone want to dump a handsome man like you?" she asked with a flirty charm to her.

"I ask myself that all the time," I laughed, "But I guess I'll never be good enough. So are you relieved you got away from him or do you miss the good things?"

Now I know I had just met Cali, but she was so easy going. For anyone else this question would be a violation of personal matters, but not with Cali. She answered as normally as if I had just asked her what her favorite color was.

"I am relieved," she assured me, "but I do miss some things. Like hoe he used to take me for lunch right before he would drop me off to college for my evening classes. Or how we loved the same music. Things like that, you know?"

I did know. And I wondered if Annabeth felt the same way about me or not?

"What about you? Do you miss her sometimes?" Cali asked me.

"Sometimes, some things. Like how she's always be there every time I came back from work to brighten my day. I miss how she used to take care of me." I confessed. This was the first time I had said anything nice about Annabeth out loud since the break-up. It was ironic how I was saying it all to a woman who might be replacing her.

"I think what I miss the most about my boyfriend is the sex." Cali said very seriously.

I didn't mean to seem like a prude but I just wasn't expecting that to come up in conversation. She saw my face and laughed.

"That was a joke Percy." She laughed.

Right. Stupid Percy.

I cracked a small smile and muttered, "I knew that."

Cali kept laughing to herself silently so I said whatever was on my mind to change the topic.

"You know I could take you out for lunch, if you want." I offered.

She looked at me for a second and considered. Then she smiled.

"I would like that very much."

…

It was a beautiful spring afternoon on the Saturday that I was to take Cali out for lunch. I was wearing a black quarter sleeved shirt – it was actually quite nice and breezy outside – and jeans. I got out of my car onto Cali's front porch and rang the doorbell. She was staying with her parents while she was on spring break, and she had written the address down for me so that I could pick her up at three, which was now.

Cali didn't make me wait long, which was nice after spending so much time with someone like Annabeth.

When Cali stepped out I was a little shocked at how gorgeous she looked. She had some makeup on, which I wasn't used to seeing. Annabeth didn't put on makeup much. Cali's eyes were looking bolder, her cheeks were a nice shade of pink and her lips were scarlet – a beautiful combination with her black hair, ivory skin and blue eyes. Her hair was swirled up into a bun, only her front wavy layers falling lose. Where Annabeth's curls would look wild from working all day, Cali's were tame. However, it was what she was wearing that really had my eyes glued to her. She was wearing tight denim summer shorts and a dark blue crop top polka dotted white. A silver piercing was glinting in the sunlight on her belly button. I couldn't help notice what a hot stomach she had.

As we walked to the car, Cali kept pace in front of me. My eyes seemed to involuntarily travel downwards and just happened to rest on Cali's tight ass every few seconds.

After we got into the car and I got over my twenty seconds of ranging male hormones, we decided on a place. We both agreed to go to Corner Bistro and we were on our way there soon enough.

I really wish we had taken our time.

…

We walked into the restaurant together and started towards a table for two in the corner right next to the window. However, on my way there I saw something that made me stop dead in my tracks.

A girl with unruly blonde hair was looking straight at me, her grey eyes locking me in an intense gaze.

It was Annabeth, here, right in front of me, after two months. And she was with another guy.

AN: You Annabeth fans will finally get your Annabeth in the next chapter. And a lot of Percabeth. I know it doesn't seem like it but just trust me.