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PERCY
I couldn't sleep at all last night. Just a little doze here and there. I climbed out of bed, freshened up, brushed my teeth and found myself walking downstairs.
Soon I was in Annabeth's room. Everybody else was asleep so I just came here.
Should I wake her up? No, of course.
I was just thinking about whether to wake her up or not, sub consciously, I sat by the end of her bed. She tossed over in bed without opening her eyes which got me startled. In a fit of nervousness, I bolted up immediately knocking over her alarm clock. Quick as a fox, I picked it up and put it back.
She was restless and I don't know why I was nervous.
She turned back straight and slept.
' Good she's asleep. I'll just walk out.'
I bent over to take a look at her when her eyes snapped open.
She looked at the clock. It was 7:07 a.m.
" You're up." I said excited.
" Hmm. " She said yawning and jumped out of bed shoving me aside and ran into the washroom.
I heard the tap running and splashing of water. I sat there waiting, unknown to even myself, what was I doing here. Out of all places, here. I am just dumb. I could leave before she's back. I was 95% decided on leaving when I got a text. I made the mistake of checking it, Its an unknown number.
' Hi.' It said.
I ignored it and out of habit, opened up instagram, my last post has about 3000 likes now.
I sat down on the bed again.
'Did Annabeth just come out and went back in again?'
I definitely heard the door creak .
" Annabeth? Gods you are up." I said looking up from my phone and put it in my pocket.
" Uhh Umm Well ... I umm.. " She stuttered.
" Sit." I nodded towards her bed making space for her.
" Ye- yeah." She sat down.
" I couldn't sleep yesterday just like-"
" Just like I predicted."
She just gives me a blank stare.
" ANNABETH? "
" HMM. You look g-." She began but trailed off.
" Umm I look what? " I asked.
' I knew I look stupid coming here, out of the blue.'
" Huh? Nothing." She shut her mouth like it was locked.
" Why were you staring at me? Do I look bad?"
" I STILL CAN'T GET OVER THE FACT THAT ITS ONLY 7 AM AND YOU ARE UP. " She yelled at me.
" Ooh . " I laughed. " But why are you yelling?"
" Was I? "
" Guess you're still sleepy." I said yawning.
" So are you." She pointed out.
I shrugged calmly.
" Wanna lie down?" She asked.
" Okay."
" Is there something you wanna talk about?" She asked me after we both lied down on her bed.
" Nothing really."
I feel asleep soon after.
~ 11 A.M. ~
I heard some voices faintly.
" Annabeth? Percy? Kids wake up. "
" Morning kiddie. When did Percy come? "
" Morning dad. Just around 7."
" Alright. Wake him up and I'll see you down for breakfast. "
" Dad shouldn't you be at work? "
" Honey its Saturday. I gotta go after lunch."
" Right."
" Come for breakfast."
" Yes dad." I heard Annabeth say as I kept sleeping.
" Percy wake up." She yelled in an annoying voice she does to make me mad.
" Get up. Get up ." She chorused.
" Stop yelling Annabet' ." I said feebly in a sleepy voice.
" Get up. Get up." She chorused again, patiently.
" Hmm.. I will." I said turning over to the left side.
" I m hungry." She mentioned.
" Get some breakfast then. Let me sleep." I said.
" Fine. You are making me do it. "
" What?" I said.
" So you aint getting up?" I heard her ask.
I gave her a thumbs down.
" Oh... "
" My... " She attacked me with the most dangerous weapon.
" Godds Anna- Bethhh..." She tickled me.
I couldn't stop laughing.
" Stooo-"
" p. Ple- ase."
" Didn't I say you are making me do it? " She smirked and asserted the fact.
I looked at her innocently. " Sorry."
" Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!" Annabeth screamed out of nowhere.
" Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah ! You are right Bet' . Today is the day. Omigosh. I am gonna see her for the first time. AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. " I started screaming too.
" Yaaaaaaaay Percy. I am so happy for you."
" Lets go eat quickly. Then I gotta get ready too. Its a 45 minutes drive. Concert starts at 7. That means we gotta be there by 5. That means we gotta leave at 1:30. Omigosh. Its 11:10 already. Gosh why didn't you wake me up sooner."
" Percy stop blabbing. I didn't even understand half of the things you said." She rolled her eyes.
" Nothing. Lets go eat." I dragged her downstairs.
She made a puzzled face.
" Come on." I ushered her faster.
" Heeeey Percy." Athena chirped.
" Hey AnnaaaBeeth." She sang.
" Here's Breakfast." She hummed.
" Thanks Athena." I chirped back.
" Thaannks Moooommm." Annabeth sang back.
' We are no better than kids.'
" Well this is great." I commented.
" Thanks." Athena said ruffling my hair.
" Eat up fast. You need to get ready for the concert. Sally and Mom will drive you there. Poseidon and I will pick up. " Frederick said overwhelmed.
" Annnnnnnd yesss. Finally one day we have a holiday and no kids at home." Athena said happily.
" Yaaaaay. Finally some adult time." They high fived.
Annabeth and I shook our heads.
" Dad Thalia still lives at Percy's house." Annabeth reminded them.
Frederick smiled at her sweetly.
" Beth we already sent her off to Luke's." Athena said sticking her tongue out at her.
Annabeth gave her a horrified look which made them both laugh so hard that they had tears in their eyes and even we started laughing.
" Oiii now you both go get ready. " Frederick said after we all had calmed down.
" Shoo." Athena ushered me out.
" Shoo shoo. " Frederick was sending Annabeth off up the stairs.
Slowly and steadily, I walked out of the house to my own house which is next door.
" Percy, have some breakfast." Mother called out from the kitchen.
" I am good." I yelled and dashed upstairs.
My phone was buzzing.
I unlock it to see a string of messages from an unknown contact, the same one as before.
' Hi.'
' Hiii.'
' Reply, come on.'
' I know you saw the earlier messages.'
' Ummm...'
' Come on.'
' Atleast be kind enough to say a " Hello."'
I replied, ' Who's this?' and forgot about it soon. I decided to take a shower but before that, ' I need to sort out my clothes.'
I stood in front of my closet for an unbelievingly long time, unable to finalise anything.
Why is this so hard?
Gosh it never happens to me.
Within a blink of an eye, I decide what to wear.
'DO SOMETHING.' A voice from inside yelled.
' Okay.' I said robotically and started rummaging through my clothes. I threw a few shirts, T-shirts and pants and jeans over my head, aiming for my bed without looking, put out a few pairs of shoes.
Sighing, I looked back to see the mess I had created and my phone was vibrating again.
' Who the hell is this?' I got so mad and answered the phone without checking the caller-id.
" What?" I barked into the phone.
" Baby.." I heard a soft voice. Realization hit me hard.
" Rachel?" I brought the phone in front of my eyes to see the caller-id,' RACHEL DARE.' Swiftly, I put it on my ear again.
" Baby?"
" Umm.. Y-yes." I managed.
Dunno why but I just melted when she called me Baby. She hasn't called me that in like 5 months.
" Are you listening, baby?"
" Of- of course."
" I said I am sorry. Please. Please can we go back to how we originally were , please." She paused.
" I umm... I don't know Rachel."
" Rach, please call me Rach. I miss that name."
" Just the name?"
" No, You too. I miss you terribly. " It sounded like she was crying.
" Rach?"
" Please lets be like we originally were."
" Listen to me." I said in a low voice.
" Yes."
" I miss you too. But I don't too. I like you but I also don't."
" What do you mean?"
" I mean I just realised that I miss the Rachel who wasn't that snobby and proud, who cared for me, who made me feel happy, the one who isn't mean, the one who wears pyjamas and watches old boring movies, not the one who is mean and snobby and doesn't give a crap about me and my friends."
" Percy I care about you more than anything. I just couldn't. I dont know why I could show it." She said in her defense.
" The one who tries to be friends with all my friends."
" I love your friends." She replied.
" And Annabeth? I know you both don't like each other but its simply not okay for me. I need you to be nice to each other. "
" I promise, I'll be nice to her."
" Good. " I said satisfied.
" SO... are we good now?" She pleaded.
" I... guess." I coughed.
" I promise I'll be the same Rachel you used to like." She said happily.
" That'll be...ummmm... well... Nice."
" I love you baby."
I hesitated a little before I could reply," Bye Rach."
I put the phone down to see another string of weird messages.
' Woah.'
' Looks like I got you mad.'
' Didn't mean to.'
' Sorry about that.'
' You know me.'
' We used to be friends.'
Who is this?
I rolled my eyes and replied," Whatever man. Leave me alone if you aren't telling me who you are."
Thankfully, they didn't annoy me again.
I got into the shower and spent about half an hour shampooing my hair, cleaning and scrubbing. After showering, I walked out still undecided about what to wear. I wrapped my towel around my waist and picked up the hair dryer, standing in front of the mirror, I dried my hair and brushed them neatly.
Knock Knock*
Some one was knocking on the door.
" Come in," I said.
I was surprised to see the Captain of Basketball team, Jason Grace, walk in.
He was carrying a small bag pack.
" Woah." He exclaimed looking at me.
" WOW." His eyes widened.
" Gosh." His eyes looked like saucers.
" You really have them." He broke his trace and looked at my face.
" What? Can you stop staring at my." I pointed at my chest.
" Sorry man. Now I see why girls-"
" Stop." I said and pulled on a shirt lying nearby.
" Can I touch them?" He said lifting a hand.
" Gosh no. Man. Stop it."
" I see why all girls are in love with you, making all guys jealous." Jason said.
" Nobody is in love with me and no one is jealous of me." I rolled my eyes.
" You are naïve." He smiled like I was a kid who knew nothing.
" Anyway, I just... What are you doing here?"
" Oh yes, I came to help you of course." He said pointing to the little bag he had brought along.
" Thank you." I hugged him.
" That'd be an honour."
I stood up and he examined the clothes I had. He was quick. Next, he looked through his bag and pulled out a half-sleeve White T-shirt with round neck and black skinny jeans.
" Put them on."
I nodded and went over to the washroom to change.
When I came back, he was waiting for me with a black buttoned shirt. It had white lines, cutting and crossing each other to make squares.
I put it on the white shirt.
" Amazing." He said in awe. " Looking hot."
I shook my head. He smiled mischievously and bent in front of me dramatically," Perseus, my love, Marry me."
I glared at him for a while.
" Just kidding dude, chill." He said rolling up the sleeves of my T-shirt up to my elbows.
" Damn you are hot. I might be gay for you."
" Whaaaat?"
" DID I SAY THATT LOUD?"
" YES AND NOW YOU ARE YELLING TO COVER IT UP."
" You are yelling too if I may inform you." He said smugly, not taking his eyes of my chest.
" Jason? You can stop."
" Stop what?"
" Staring at me." I smirked.
" I m not."
" You are practically drooling." I told him.
He stood up and walked over to the washroom, coming out almost immediately.
" I am just.." He was at loss for words.
" Lord.. Help him." I said dramatically.
" Hey put this on." He handed me the beautiful watch Rachel had gifted me for my birthday.
" I don't know if I should." I hesitated.
" Why not?"
" I umm..."
" I know you ain't speaking to her, but, you might as well use it for one day."
" I made up with her," I admitted.
" What's the problem then?"
" Nothing... I... guess." I said looking at my bare feet.
" Come on then." He offered the watch again.
I took it from him and put it on my left hand.
" Now for your shoes. I got the perfect ones."
" Yeah?"
He produced a pair of white converse with 3 black stripes on each side.
" That's... that's really good. " I acknowledged.
" I am ready." I announced after wearing my shoes.
" Damn Jackson, You need to stop."
" Stop what?"
" Giving me dirty thoughts."
" But I am not doing anything." I put up my hands.
" Yes you are." He said dramatically placing his forearm on his forehead and moving his head to the left, " Looking so hot and sexy."
" I don't look hot and 'sexy'." I air quoted.
" No I might be GAY for you." He said holding both my hands and looking in my eyes.
" Imma tell Piper, if you don't stop." I said freeing my hands from his grasp and looking into his eyes innocently.
" Gosh No. Sorry. YOU know I WAS KIDDING, Right? "
I bursted into peals of laughter and he joined soon.
" But you do look hot." He winked after I calmed down.
" Lets leave now." I glanced at my watch. " We need to pick up Annabeth first."
" Right." He nodded.
My phone buzzed, I pulled it out of my pocket to see a text from Rachel.
' Ready?' It said.
" Who is it?" Jason asked.
" Rachel." I said without looking up from my phone.
I replied, ' Yes.' with a smile emoji.
" You love her?" Jason asked me.
" W- What?"
" I asked if you love her?" Jason repeated.
" I...ummm.. Why are you asking me that?"
" Dunno. I mean don't you?"
" I think I do. I think I don't."
" Why? Is there some one else?"
" Some one else?" I echoed.
" Some one else you like? Love? Have a crush on?"
" Lord.. No." I made a face.
" Then why do you say so?"
" I just said I am not sure. Not that I don't. The only thing I know is my feelings for her... I won't say. I don't have them. Just that they are not that strong anymore."
" That sounds complicated."
" It is." I agreed.
" Amongst all that what about Annabeth?"
" What about her?"
" Nothing. I think you just don't realise it yet."
" What do I not realise?" I said narrowing my gaze.
" That the girl for you is probably right in front of you. Only the fact that you can't see it." He explained like I was a little kid who couldn't see that his favourite ball was lying in front of him and he needs to stop going after the new one.
" Is she though?" I questioned.
" You are a little dumb," Jason sighed.
" I am not."
" Yes you are."
" What even makes you say that?"
" I don't think I should be the one to tell you that."
" Come on." He had gotten me engrossed now.
" Nothing. Come on lets get going. "
" But I wanna know." I yelled like a kid who was promised candy but didn't get it.
" Look at the time. " He said.
" Thats okay. Just tell me." I looked at the watch.
" I promise I'll tell you when you get back from the concert. No I'll tell you monday." He said after a long pause.
" Fine." I pouted. He ushered me out of the room.
" Mom? " I yelled.
" Coming. " She replied from her room. She walked out wearing a long shirt with faded black jeans, her hair up in a ponytail.
" Looking good son. " She picked up the car keys.
" Thank you. "
" Thank me, Mrs. Jackson. " Jason bows like a showman after his show.
" Looks sexy? doesn't he?" He winked at me again.
I cleanched my jaw and forced a smile, " I swear Jason if you don't stop flirting with me, imma tell Piper you are gay. "
He backed away putting up his hands. Mom laughed.
" Should we leave now? " Mom asked.
" Yes lets go pick up Annabeth." Jason muttered.
We rang the bell at Annabeth's house. Athena welcomed us at the door.
" Looking Handsome Perce." Athena smiled.
" Thanks." I blushed a little.
I could see Jason cracking A smile from my peripheral vision.
I have done about 432 eye rolls today.
" She'll be here in a few minutes." Athena assured me.
We all stood by talking and waiting when I got a text from Rachel.
' Send me a pic.'
" What does she say?" I saw Jason getting on his toes to look.
" Nothing much." I clicked a selfie and sent it to her.
' WOW ' She replied in Caps.
' Looking gorgeous.'
' Love you.'
She sent 3 texts in a row.
' Thank you.'
I replied.
' I said I love you.' She sent back.
I know that Rachel.
I could see Jason looking from the corner of his eyes side by side talking to the ladies.
I don't know if I should have sent that or not.
But, I hesitated a lot before typing,' I love you too.'
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