Thank you for the reviews. Just for future reference, i'm not very good at writing action scenes...Just thought i would let you all know. Hope you like it!
"Look, here comes Percabeth!" Brian shouted as Percy and I sauntered over to the lunch table.
The weekend had gone by pretty fast. I missed it. I slept with Percy, again. Luckily, Percy could actually wake up on his own (I know right!), so his mom didn't get to see us together. I snuck out before she came to check on him. School had gone by pretty slow. I mean, it wasn't very entertaining. I was learning everything that I already knew. It really was quite stupid. Lunch was the only exciting thing that happened.
"Percabeth?" Riley asked him.
"Yeah, Percabeth is their couple name!" Alice explained.
"That's nice?" I guessed.
"Oh, what's ours?" Jess asked Brian as she hugged Peter.
"Jeter," Brian told them.
"Like Derek Jeter? The baseball player?" Peter asked in confusion.
Alice perked up, "Exactly! And you are Jaley and we are Brice. Do you like them?"
"They're nice, Alice, but how did you come up with them. Wait, I have a better question. Why did you make them up?" Austin sighed.
"We were bored one day. Brian thought of ours first. I just went on from there." Alice told us.
"And you couldn't have made me one?" Austin muttered.
Jake glared at him, "You don't have a girlfriend! Now, you are the only one on the team that's single!"
We all laughed except for Austin.
"Wait. Who was the other single person on the team?" I asked the group.
"Sorry, Annabeth. Percy was. I mean, we didn't know that you even existed! Like we said last week, it was hard to believe that your seaweed brain could get a girlfriend." Riley explained.
"Hey! Nobody calls me seaweed brain except Annabeth! That's her thing. None of you can use it!" Percy shouted at them.
I laughed and grabbed his hand. He squeezed it back. It was comforting.
Apparently, someone had seen it. "Awww, look at the cute couple! Squeezing hands and looking into each others' eyes. They are so cute!" Peter joked.
Jess smacked his arm, "Why can't we be that cute?"
"We could be," Peter suggested as he made a kissy face, waiting for Jess to kiss him.
She just turned back towards me, "I think we'll leave the cute stuff to you guys!"
We all laughed except for Peter. He still wanted that kiss.
"It's no fair! You guys just seem so easy together! It seems so natural!" Riley added.
"Thanks. It helps that we've known each other since we were twelve." I smiled as I said this.
"How did you first see him?" Alice asked me.
I glanced at Percy who looked baffled. What should I say? I say Percy in the infirmary. He had just killed the Minotaur. For some reason, I thought that it wouldn't be best to tell them that. I had to create a story. It had to be creative.
I had the perfect idea, "Well, I was making my rounds to check the cabins, as usual. It was my cabin's turn. Nobody else wanted to do it and since I was in the shower, they voted me to do it. I went to Percy's cabin. He was the only camper in there! Still, to this day, he has his cabin to himself. He was passed out on his bed. Not passed out as in fainted, but passed out as in sleeping. He was drooling. When I walked over to him, he slowly woke up."
"She told me, 'You drool in your sleep'. Then, she asked me all of these questions about one of the last events of the camp. I had no idea what the answers were. It was my first year. Annabeth was too young all of the other years to see what was going on that day." Percy continued for me.
"After that, the leader of the camp asked me to watch over Percy because he was new. He needed to be introduced to the camp and such. We kind of bonded, I guess." I finished.
"That's such a cute story!" Alice shrilled.
"Dude, you live alone all summer?" Austin asked in disbelief.
"And you haven't done anything with her?" Brian added.
"Why not?" Jake asked.
"I never really had the chance. Campers weren't really allowed in other cabins. Annabeth came in from time to time, but she wasn't really supposed to. Plus, we never had any time to do anything. Our schedules were pretty tight after the incident at camp." Percy told them before their girlfriends smacked them.
Peter got interested, "What happened at your camp?"
I glanced back at Percy, "Some campers died. It was a terrible loss. The campers had gone into the city against the rules and they were killed in a fire."
"After that, we took over their responsibilities. We had to teach campers and such." Percy went on.
"Where can we sign up? A camp full of girls and living in a cabin alone? Sounds fun. Wait, the girls are hot, right?" Austin asked Percy.
"Yeah, I guess they are," Percy responded.
I hit Percy. When was I going to stop doing that?
"None are as hot as you, though," Percy added before I got too mad. He just kissed me and wrapped his arm around me.
"The girls are a lot like the girls here. Some are okay, but some are like Sierra. I hate those girls. There's this one girl, Drew. She despises me." I complained.
"I wouldn't mind Drew," Brian muttered to himself.
Alice heard it and slapped him, "No you couldn't!"
"I mean, baby, she's nothing compared to you. You are amazing!"
All of the sudden, in the middle of Brian's apology, Sierra strolled over and sat in Percy's lap. She swung her hair into my face. Her arms wrapped around his neck.
"Hey, Perce, my parents will be out tonight. You should think about coming over. The house will be all ours." Sierra told him.
I poked her shoulder twice, trying to control my anger, "Excuse me. He has a girlfriend who is sitting right here!"
She ignored me, "So, what do you think? It could be really fun!"
"Sierra, I don't like you that way. I will never like you that way!" Percy informed her.
She caressed his cheek, "Oh, come on. You're going to have to break it to yourself and her soon enough. Why not now?"
I stood up. I swear, steam was streaming out of my ears. I could feel my face turning red with anger. My eyes shot daggers at the back of her head. I pushed her off of Percy. She stumbled up and towards her friends.
"Sierra, stay away from my boyfriend! He doesn't like you! Get over it!" I yelled at her.
"You better calm yourself down. Percy is mine. It's already been decided. He just needs to admit it to himself." She chided.
"No, he's mine. No matter how much you think you know about him, I can assure you that you're not even close to knowing him! Nobody knows him like me!" I shouted.
"Oh, and you know him?"
"Yes, I do! I have for a while!"
She reached out her hand to feel Percy's gray streak in his hair, but I snatched it away. I used her own hand against her and twisted it. I forced her to turn around, her arm pinned behind her back. I whispered into her ear, "Percy is mine. Mess with me or him again, and you're dead. You got that?"
She laughed, so I pulled her arm harder, "Got that?" I yelled where everyone could hear.
"Yes. Yes, I got it! Just let go of me." Sierra commanded.
I let go and pushed her towards her clique. When I sat down, Percy scooted my chair closer to his. He kissed me and I kissed back. As I noticed his friends starring at us, I pulled back. He rested his arm around my shoulders. All of our friends starred at us in disbelief.
"Nobody messes with my seaweed brain's hair but me." I explained to them.
"Well, now everybody knows to not mess with Annabeth." Austin joked.
"They better not. She can fight. I mean, even tougher than that. Annabeth is the best fighter at camp!" Percy bragged.
"Not the best. I can't beat you," I sighed.
"Annabeth, can you help me beat up my brother?" Brian asked me.
I just laughed, "No."
"Why not? His brother is mean," Peter complained.
"I like your brother! He's so sweet. Did you see the chocolates he got me for Valentine's Day? They were too cute!" Alice squealed.
"That's why!" Brian shouted.
I laughed again, "You guys will have to solve your own problems. I only fight for me and Percy. Though, I can refer you to some people that will fight for you."
"Oh, yeah, Clarisse will kick their butts. So would Travis, Conner, Nico, Thalia, Malcom, Drew, Chris…" Percy trailed off. "Pretty much the whole camp."
"Yeah. They will gladly fight people for you!" I shouted.
"Are any of them cute?" Austin asked.
"Well, if you like Sierra, you might like Drew. Thalia hates boys, but can tolerate me cause I'm her cousin. Clarisse is dating Chris. Most girls wouldn't date anybody outside of camp, though," Percy told him.
"Ew! Drew even sounds like a Sierra!" Riley complained.
The bell rang before we got a chance to respond. I really wanted to tell them more about camp. That probably wasn't the best idea. I could barely told them what I did without mentioning the gods. Percy wrapped his arms around my waist as me maneuvered to Paul's class.
Mr. Blofis, Paul, was teaching us all about the Olympian gods. We knew all about them. We had even met some of them, not by choice. When I was little, Thalia and Luke had told me a little about them. I didn't know much, though, until I reached camp. I taught Percy almost all that he knew about them. We learned more throughout the years. Percy only really liked learning about Poseidon, since that was his dad. I didn't mind. I loved learning about my mom. In class, we told Paul everything about our parents. It was fun getting to boast about what you know.
Out of the corner of my eye, I noticed a guy who just couldn't stop glaring at me. Not in a menacing way, but he did it in a nice way. I wanted him to turn away. I think his name's Zach, but I couldn't really remember until Paul called on him to answer a question. Paul confirmed my theory that his name was Zach.
"Zach, who is Aphrodite?" Paul asked.
"Aphrodite is the goddess of love and beauty. She's sitting right over there," Zach pointed to me.
I blushed really hard. Percy protectively wrapped his arm around me and pulled me in closer to him.
"No, that is Annabeth, and I think she's too far out of your league." Paul chided.
The class laughed and booed Zach. He didn't even put up a fight. Percy would have not given up. Once he set his mind to something, he was very persistent.
"Actually, Paul," Percy added, but Paul shook his head, "I mean, Mr. Blofis, I think Zach is right. Aphrodite is here, but there's no way she would ever pay attention to Zach."
I blushed even more. The class broke down laughing at that one. I had to laugh a little bit. I prayed to Aphrodite not to hate us for referring me to her. She wouldn't really like that very much. I was lucky that we were her new favorite couple. It's like our life's a soap opera.
"Percy, you know all about the goddesses. I understand that you think that Annabeth is very beautiful, her being your girlfriend, but as you are fully aware of, Aphrodite is not real." Paul said as he winked slightly.
"I just think that Annabeth is hot. She is definitely Aphrodite!" Percy shouted back.
Paul decided to change the subject. There was enough arguing going on.
Percy whispered into my ear, "Do you know him?"
"No. I didn't even know his name until Paul called on him," I whispered back.
"I don't like him. He can't just say that about you! You are mine!" Percy replied.
"And I love you for that! Just remember to apologize to Aphrodite. She doesn't like being called less beautiful than a mortal, or be compared to a mortal." I advised
"I know. I already did. I just want to get out Riptide and kill that guy."
"Don't! Someone here could see through the mist and you don't want that! Wait, you're not going to do it are you?"
"No. I just don't like people flirting with my girlfriend."
"And I don't like being flirted with by anyone besides you!"
We shut up after that. Class ended pretty fast. That was the biggest event that happened. People actually paid attention because they thought that they would miss the next time something like that would happen again. Silly mortals.
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I said good bye to Percy and walked to my next class. History. Modern U.S. history to be more specific. I hated history unless it was about Greece or Rome. Those were interesting. I could put up with some ancient civilizations. I really just liked the religion aspect of it all.
When I waltzed in, I introduced myself to the teacher since I checked out on Friday. I was told to sit by the window. Little did I know, Zach was told to sit right by me. Great.
He plopped himself down right on top of my desk. Good for him, the bell wouldn't ring for another two minutes.
"Where's Jackson?" He asked me.
I tried to avoid looking at him, "At swimming. That's his class."
"He's not here to protect you?"
"I don't need protection. Did you see what I did to Sierra at lunch?" I asked.
"Yeah, I did. It was pretty awesome! I always hated Sierra. I was glad that you did that to her. You upset me when you let Percy tell you that you were as beautiful as Aphrodite. That was my thing!" He complained.
"Percy's my boyfriend. I think it's his job to do that type of stuff. I mean, I could just be shooting blindly, but I'm pretty sure that I don't know you. I don't think you are supposed to be flirting with me."
"Then let's get to know each other. I'm Zach Horras. I already know you're Annabeth Chase."
"Good for you, but I don't really like talking to ignorant pigs who try to get girls to break up with their boyfriends for them. They are totally dumb."
Zach held his hand up to his heart and acted hurt, "Ouch! That stung!"
I smiled, "I'm not interested in pigs like you. Sorry, but I like hot swimmers who don't reek of cologne."
"Oh, but I am a swimmer. Can't say I'm as fast at Jackson, but I'm pretty fast. I come in right behind him."
"If Percy really tried, he could go a lot faster and beat you by a lot more. He just goes easy on everybody. He's the best swimmer at the camp that we go to. Hades, he's beaten Michael Phelps's scores when he was in high school. Percy's really fast."
"Hah, I doubt that."
I leaned in close to him, taunting him, "The more you make fun and hate on my boyfriend, the less and less I like you. Now we are down to utterly despising you."
The teacher told Zach to finally go back to his seat. It took the teacher, Coach Pollock, long enough. I was thrilled when Zach left me alone. I let out a huff of breath. I could finally relax.