Can't Nobody Love Me Like You: Chapter Three
Percy's P.O.V.
Moving the boxes was torture. If the Chase's hadn't been there to help us-we would still be out there, moving boxes from the car to the room. Boxes were now thrown all across the apartment. You couldn't even walk without hitting a box and rubbing your swollen toe.
After the Chase's went back to their apartment, we ordered some cheese pizza. I sighed loudly, throwing myself onto one of the only things that had come with the apartment. The couch. My mother and Paul were already sitting there, watching TV. I sighed louder. "Something wrong Percy?" She asked. I groaned. "I'm starving!" I complained. Paul laughed. "So the usual?" He asked. I hit the couch with my hand. "Mom! Look at these abs! Hard work I did there! Now I have to wait 7.5 billion hours before I can eat!" My mother rolled her eyes. "What do you think of Annabeth?" My eyebrows narrowed. "What do you mean?" I asked. "She seems cute," my mom started. "Mom!" I yelled. She put her hands in the air. "Have you texted Calypso?" She asked. I groaned. "Can we not talk about this right now?" I asked her. Suddenly my phone rang. It was the FaceTime noise. Paul cocked his head. "Gon answer that?" He asked. I looked down to see who was calling. Calypso. I groaned. "Yea," I got up and sprinted up the stairs.
Closing my door, I clicked answer. Her face showed up on the screen. "Percy?" Her voice cracked. Her eyes were red and puffy and she was wearing a gray top. Her hair was everywhere and her usual smile was gone..replaced with a frown. Tears filled her eyes. "We could have done the long distance relationship. We really could have." She said slowly. I grimaced. "I know. Cali, I broke up with you because it just didn't feel right. I kept trying, I told my mother that we should stay-I wanted things to work. But they just didn't." I could feel the tears threatening to fall. She closed her eyes. "So this is it? Your just going to leave me here? Can we at least be friends? Perce?" It was now my turn to close my eyes. "Yes. If you would like we could stay in touch." She smiled a sad smile. "Goodbye, Perseus." I frowned. "Goodbye." I clicked the red button and sat down on my bed.
"Life sucks, I can tell you that." I jumped up and turned around. Annabeth was standing near my window, her arms crossed and leaning against my wall. "What the," She walked over to my bed. "The pizza guy delivered the pizza to my apartment instead of yours." She explained. "You couldn't have taken the door? That's creepy Anna." She rolled her eyes. "Beth. Annabeth. Not Anna. Not Annie, NOT Beth!" I laughed. "Whatever you say Wise Girl." She stomped her foot. "I can already tell that you are going to be impossible!" She screeched. I laughed again. "To answer your question, Perce," she said, mocking Calypso's voice, "Where's the fun in taking the door when I can just climb the railing and scare the crap out of you?" She asked. I smiled lightly. "Thanks." She nodded. "Sorry about your breakup." I didn't realize it but tears were falling. Annabeth put her hand up to my cheek and brushed my tears away. "Don't be sorry. If you were sorry you would do something about it. You can't do anything about this-but thanks for your sympathy." Annabeth smiled lightly. "Did you love her?" She asked. I shook my head. "It felt wrong." She nodded, as if she understood. I looked at her face. She had beautiful grey stormy eyes and a light tan that covered her whole body. Her hair was down, showing me her perfect princess curls that hung down. Her scarf hung on her neck.
Suddenly I reached down and grabbed her neck, pushing her towards me. My eyes fluttered shut and I kissed her lips. It felt like it lasted forever, but it was only 5 seconds. Her lips tastes of cherries and were soft. Surprisingly, she kissed back. A blinding white light blurred in my eyes. It felt fireworks went off in every inch of my body. We pulled away. This is usually the worst part about kissing someone. You never know what they're going to say afterwards. She had a small smile on her face. "Kiss me again." She said. We kissed again.
And again.
And again.
We would have never stopped if my mother hadn't of walked in. "Per-Oh my lord heaven all mighty!" She threw the door open. Annabeth jumped off of me. "Uh-the cheese pizza came! Hahah-um I'm gonna go- haha, I'll see you tomorrow or wait tomorrow's Sunday! I'll see you when I see you." She dashed out the window. "Bye!" She waved quickly. I looked down at my shoes. "So you agree." She smiled. "What?" I asked, utterly confused. "You think she's cute?" She asked. My eyes widened. I shoved the cheese pizza in her hand and closed the door. I sat on my bed again. I felt fireworks.
That said something.