Disclaimer: I do not own PJO
A/N thanks for all the great reviews guys : ) I got more and better reviews then I expected so thanks and on with the story!
Percy focused on the road as much as he could, but a glint of gold from a certain daughter of Athena's hair kept distracting him. Apparently, Annabeth noticed.
"Who's staring now, huh?" She taunted. He rolled his eyes.
"Ahem, I was uh, making sure that uh..." He couldn't think of anything witty to say. Embarrassing. She laughed.
"Nice comeback."
"Whatever." He gripped her hand more tightly, because it was all he could do considering there were two seat belts and a steering wheel separating them. Not to mention the fact that he was supposed to be steering that steering wheel. Everyone groaned loudly as they pulled up to Nico's boarding school. Percy just rolled his eyes at them.
"Come on guys, be nice." He told them. Nico wasn't that bad. Okay, he could be when he didn't take his meds, but as long as he'd taken them, he was fine. A boy with dark shaggy hair and olive toned skin walked up to the car, dressed in almost all black, except for his purple skate shoes. He went to the side Silena was already sitting on, and Percy was sure Silena was going to kill herself when she realized she would have to move to the middle seat and sit in between Nico and Grover. She looked back and forth between Annabeth and Percy and then slid into the middle, sighing loudly.
"What I'd do for love!" She grumbled. Nico slid in next to her. His eyes were bright and he was looking around excitedly.
"Hey guys, wow it's so great to see you guys and its summer again huh, back to camp fun fun fun! I can't wait to see everyone, to see my new cabin wow it's going to be awesome and hey you guys it's so great to see you!" He said this, his voice going a mile a minute and then he gave Silena a huge hug. At first, she looked shocked but then she grinned and hugged him back, because Silena Beauregard can't resist a hug. Even if it's from an ADHD son of Hades who hasn't taken his meds.
"It's good to see you too Nico... Just wondering, have you taken your meds today? Or yesterday? Or at all in the past 8 months?" Percy asked patiently. Nico grinned and shook his head.
"No way man, those totally bring down my groove, they make me all sad and wanting to talk to ghosts. I'm way cooler without them." Percy just shook his head and hoped Nico would crash soon. They pulled out of the parking lot and kept driving, heading to camp. At some point Silena convinced Nico to take one of her ADHD pills so thank gods, he calmed down about 10 minutes into the drive.
"So, Silena, you're not getting a ride with Beckendorf?" Nico asked, making kissy faces. No way could you embarrass Silena though, she just sighed happily.
"No, Charlie has been down at camp for a while, working in the forges." She gushed. Nico nodded; disappointed he hadn't managed to embarrass her. Then his eyes landed on Percy and Annabeth's intertwined hands. He grinned evilly. Neither Percy nor Annabeth noticed; they were too busy glancing at each other "inconspicuously."
"Do you guys want me to take the wheel so you can make out in the back seat, or what?" Nico asked them, feeling accomplished when they both blushed. Annabeth stuck her leg back and kicked him in the knee.
"Shut up Nico. Go eat some McDonald's." She told him. Nico just grinned wider.
"Speaking of that, can we get something to eat? I'm hungry." Selena whined. Grover, Nico and Annabeth nodded in agreement.
"Okay, well if you see a restaurant that's conveniently placed right on the road we're driving, then feel free to point it out." Percy said sarcastically. He was pretty sure there weren't any drive-thrus on this deserted country road.
"There's one." Annabeth pointed to a Burger King that somehow was right there. She stuck her tongue out at Percy and he sighed in defeat as he pulled into the drive-thru. Everyone in the backseat cheered.
"Guys, can you please not get burgers. Yuck!" Grover looked disgusted at the thought.
"Sorry G-man, gotta live, gotta eat." Percy grinned. Everyone nodded in agreement. Everybody ordered a burger except Grover, who ordered a salad and fries and an ice cream sundae. Percy hadn't realized how hungry he was until he started chowing down on his burger. He apparently got some condiments on his face because he noticed Annabeth laughing and pointing at him. He got a napkin and wiped off where he thought it was. Annabeth just laughed more and shook her head. He tried a different spot. Still not right. Annabeth grabbed the napkin from his hand and gently wiped off a spot on his cheek. Percy decided to take advantage of her proximity and lifted her chin with his free hand and kissed her gently. They got a bit caught up in it because everyone started screaming. Percy yanked his head back up towards the road and saw that they had swerved into the wrong lane. He hurriedly got them back in the right one, luckily not getting them all killed.
"Can you guys please wait until one of you isn't driving a vehicle to begin your PDAs?" Nico asked in an irritated tone. Silena once again sighed happily.
"That was so romantic!" She gushed. You could practically see hearts in her eyes. Grover was trembling.
"Dude, that was so scary!" He cried. Then he became distracted. "Uh, Silena are you going to finish your hamburger wrapper?" Silena handed it over absentmindedly.
"Do you guys want me to drive?" She asked. "You could, ahem, have the backseat." Grover and Nico groaned. Annabeth laughed.
"Nice try Silena, but there's no way Percy's letting anyone drive his precious piece of junk."
Percy rolled his eyes. "Just because I won't let you drive it Annabeth, doesn't mean I wouldn't let anybody."
"Uhuh. So you're going to let Silena drive?" Annabeth asked doubtfully. Percy darted his eyes back and forth guiltily.
"Uh... Well..." He stammered. Annabeth laughed.
"That's what I thought."