Here's the next chapter! Hope you like it!
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So far, the super fun extravaganza was hell. It started off with knot tying; don't ask me how that has to do with teambuilding and trust because I have absolutely no clue. Right from the beginning Nico started constantly complaining, Grover nearly bust out in tears from confusion, and Annabeth decided that today was perfect to prove that she was way more talented than me at just about everything. Fun.
Now we were at the obstacle course station. With just two minutes and thirty two seconds left, we were still only a couple feet from the start thanks to Nico. "Do I have to climb over the fence, why can't I just walk around?"
"Nico, everybody else did it, it is not that hard." Rachel replied.
"But-"
"Shut up pip squeak, I am tired of you embarrassing this team and more importantly me! Now get your butt over that fence or I'm going to toss you over like a rag doll, then rip out your-" Nico quickly scrambled up over the fence in a desperate attempt to get away from Clarisse's murderous expression. With a thump he landed on the ground only to have Clarisse grab him by the collar and pull him to the next obstacle. The rest of the team followed laughing quietly. Just as Juniper was about to start leaping from stone to stone, the buzzer exploded with noise, signally us to move on to the next event.
"Well, that was successful." Thalia mumbled as her hand intertwined with Luke's. They had started dating two days before after months of people trying to hook them up. Annabeth laughed, almost falling over a stone, and grabbed onto my arm for support. My face turned a color resembling tomato soup, and, me being the smooth person I am, nearly tripped. "Whoa there Perce, don't kill yourself, we haven't even gotten to the friendship bracelet station yet!" Luke joked. Everyone laughed, including me.
Soon we were at the next station, free fall. Finally something that actually has to do with trust. "So basically all we do is stand on the stool and fall backwards hoping our partner will catch us, we can't fail this right?" Shelly asked, clearly not believing we could accomplish even this. I smiled to myself; this meant I would be catching Annabeth. I have to admit, this might not be that bad of a station. As if reading my thoughts Annabeth turned to me. "So do you want to do it first or me?"
"Uh, what?"
"God, you're so stupid. Do you want to catch me first or do you want me to catch you?"
"Um, you can catch me first."
"Joy."
"What, are you saying you can't?" I smirked.
"No, I'm calling you fat."
"Wow, what a great friend."
She laughed, "I know, and I'm just kidding smart one, get on the stool." I got up on the stool and looked over my shoulder at her. She raised one eyebrow; I smiled and said, "If you drop me, I'll drop you."
"I'm not going to drop you, you big dope."
"Hey, you called me fat again."
"I didn't mean it like that."
"Oh sure," I pouted.
"Fine you muscular dope, is that better?"
"Yep, oh and Annabeth, I know it's hard, but could you not talk about my muscles, it's kind of awkward, I know I'm hot and all, but no need to make it clear you checking me out." I smirked again as her face turned bright red.
"I am not you idiot, now turn around and fall."
I turned around but only after murmuring "So hurtful." I took a breath and fell back. For a few seconds, she held me up, but backed up one step which caused her to fall, and me to fall on top of her. She stared at me for a second with surprise in her eyes, then burst out laughing, I followed suit until Clarisse yelled, "Get a room!" After that we scrambled up as fast as we could and she climbed up on the stool. "You better catch me Percy!"
"Oh, really? Because I was planning on just letting you fall."
"Shut up." And with that she fell back. I caught her just as the buzzer went off. She stood back up and smiled. "Well, I guess I can trust you now." I laughed and we walked off to the next station.
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As the buzzer went off our team separated and talked with their friends during the free swim. Mostly it was partners talking with partners, except for Nico who took every chance he could to get away from Clarisse, it was probably smart of him too. Annabeth waded over to me and I found it hard to keep my eyes from drifting from her face. She was wearing a stripped orange and white bikini that looked great on her. "Hey seaweed brain."
"Seaweed brain?"
"Yes, it's your new nickname."
"Why?"
She smirked, "Look at your head wise one." I reached up and found a clump of seaweed in my hair. Without thinking I threw it at her. She screamed and ducked. For a minute I was laughing at her reaction while she was fuming, but then Clarisse walked out from behind her, holding a big clump of seaweed. Bits of it were still stuck in her hair, the look on her face could kill, something I'm sure her hands were about to do. "Who threw this?" She asked slowly, somehow how it was scarier than her yelling. Now it was Annabeth's turn to smirk. She pointed at me with a victorious look in her eyes. After that I had about one millisecond to get away from Clarisse. And since that was virtually impossible, I ended up getting dunked about fifty times before she threw the seaweed back in my face and walked away to talk to Thalia. The whole time, Annabeth was watching and laughing harder than any human should.
"It's not funny."
"Your right, it's not, it's hilarious."
"Wow, talk about a lame joke." She finally stopped laughing and was about to walk over to me when she tripped and made a face plant into the water. I rushed over and helped her up. Her face was twisted in pain. "Are you okay wise girl, do I need to do CPR?" I joked, silently hoping I did.
"No you idiot! Ow," She winced when she tried to stand up. "I think I twisted my ankle." I helped her get to the shore, she sat down and I looked at her ankle. It was red and swollen.
"I think your right, it doesn't look too good, hey, do you think this could get us out of having to do this team building thing?"
"We?"
"Well, I am your ride," I winked.
"Wow, what a slacker," she tried to moved her foot and winced again. "Let's do it."
"That's what she said."
"No comment." She said while rolling her eyes. She tried to stand up, leaning on me for support, but ended up nearly falling down again. Before she could hit the ground I grabbed her. "Whoa, careful, here, I'll give you a piggy back ride." She thought for a minute then motioned for me to bend down. She climbed on my back and I started walking towards where Bud was tanning.
"I feel like a three year old." She complained.
"Stop whining." She huffed but kept quiet. Soon we reached Bud. "Hey, uh Bud?"
"Percy, my man, oh, I see you got a little lady, nice, I've been wanting to hit that forever!"
"I can hear you!" Annabeth yelled
"We're not together; she just twisted her ankle really badly, and I'm her ride home, is it okay if we take off early?" Please say yes.
"Well…. You would be missing the rest of the activities,"
"I know it's a real bummer, but I think her foot might need medical attention."
"Fine, but I expect both of you to be at work on time on Monday, if you know what I mean!" Annabeth and I groaned. We said goodbye to Bud then headed off to the car.
"So do you really think my foot needs medical help?" She asked.
"No, I just thought it would help us play hooky." She laughed and I smiled. The day was turning out to not be that bad after all.
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The drive back to her place was pretty fast. There wasn't much traffic and it was over before either of us wanted it to be. "You need help walking up?" I asked.
"Yes, I don't want to end up breaking my leg on top of this." I laughed and we got out of the car. I helped up to her door. She started fumbling through her bag for her keys. After about five minutes she gave up.
"Damn. I must have not grabbed them this morning."
"And you called me stupid."
"Shut it kelp face.
"Hey, why don't you just come back to my place? We can call a locksmith from there." She thought for a minute before replying.
"Sure." We headed back down the hall and down to the car. I smiled the whole way.
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I'm thinking of trying writing in Annabeth's point of view next chapter. Thoughts? I hope you guys liked it; there will be a lot more percabeth in the next chapter. I'll update as soon as I can. Please review!
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Ωphelia