Sorry for the veeeeeery slow update... I'll be updating more often now... Since we're going somewhere this week... And I can't possibly stay connected to a WLAN 24/7, am I or am I not right?
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CHAPTER 10: A Job For Annabeth
"What? You have a girlfriend?" Annabeth couldn't hide the fact that she was surprised. You'll know, just by looking at her facial expression.
"Of course."
"Gods, I can't believe someone would like you!" She exclaimed in a mocking voice. But despite the smile on her face, deep inside, she was hurt… badly.
"That is so mean, Annabeth. Just because you can't get a guy to like you doesn't mean I'd have to experience the same dreadful thing, you know," He replied, in an innocent voice, just to annoy her.
"Ex-c-use me? For your information, I have tons of admirers…" She ranted, flipping her hair.
"Oh really? Then why aren't you with someone, right now?"
For a second she was speechless. But, eventually, she came up with something. "Because I am way too perfect for them. Ah, whatever. So tell me about her." Annabeth was indeed a good actress. She managed to look unaffected and all, even though she feels exactly the opposite of what she was showing.
"What about her? She's my girlfriend. Period."
"Why don't you wanna talk about her? Maybe she's so ugly… oh, and grumpy, and lame, and-" she was cut off by Percy.
"Whatever. Think whatever you wanna think," he said.
"C'mon, Percy."
"What?"
"Okay… So… since you don't want to tell me that, tell me how you met." She said with a smug. She sure didn't want to give up like that.
"Well, I met her in Venice…"
"Gods, Italy? That is such a beautiful place…" She inserted.
"Sure." Percy agreed – sort of.
"Okay, so, on to your story, please."
He sighed. "Hm, 'kay, so I met her at the Rialto Bridge."
"Rialto Bridge?" Annabeth asked. She thought it was weird. I mean, like, meeting on a bridge? "So what were you doing there? Was she trying to commit suicide, or something?" She added, partly sarcastic.
"Not exactly."
Her eyes widened. "Hu-wat? You mean…" Obviously, she was flabbergasted.
"Nope." He responded, vacantly.
"Oh."
"So…" He continued, but…
Where were you when everything was falling apart?
All my days were spent by telephone. It never rang.
And all I needed was a call…
His phone rang. "…uh, wait just a sec…"
He stood up, and answered his phone.
Annabeth, meanwhile, was left there, alone. She took that opportunity to ponder and process everything in her mind.
'So, Percy has someone new in his life already. He's blissful now. Therefore, I should, also, be happy for him. I shouldn't show that I'm disappointed, right?' she thought. But, even though she was thinking that, she couldn't help but feel upset. Everything was just a blur. It's like the only thing left undone was crying.
"Hey, Annabeth… you're an architect, right?" Percy asked, sitting back down on his chair.
"Well, duh." She replied in an isn't-it-obvious manner.
"Right."
"What's up?"
"Well…" He sighed. "The architect for my planned business just called." He continued, followed by another sigh.
"Lemme guess… He can't be your architect, am I right?" She asked, sipping from her punch.
"Yep. He said he has some family problems or something like that."
"And you want me to be…" she started, but was cut off by Percy.
"Yes."
"Okay, I guess I'm not that busy."
And with that, Percy grinned. "Great. Excuse me for a sec." And then, he was off to call someone.
This made Annabeth sigh. 'I guess I'm fine just like this… At least, I can be with him, even just as friends or so…' She thought. She was trying hard to be optimistic. Well, she was being optimistic. But she still can't help but give out a sigh.
Shortly, Percy came back, with a big wide grin on his face. And the chat continued.
"It was fun chatting with you after a long time." Annabeth said, unconsciously.
"Yeah, same here. It's been a while, no?"
"Yep. Oh right… Here's my contact number." She handed Percy a small white card.
"Thanks."
"Call me." She suddenly said. She was surprised by her words. She didn't expect that to come out of her reflexively.
"Huh?" That was all Percy could say. He wasn't expecting Annabeth to say 'Call me' just like when they were still dating. 'I've moved on. I already have someone in my life. There's nothing between Annabeth and me anymore.' He told, more like lectured, himself.
"Uh, call me… Call me when you find time to bring me to the construction site." Obviously, she just made that up. But at least, it isn't pointless. Moreover, Percy didn't notice.
"Yeah. That's what I thought…"
"Okay then. See ya…" She waved goodbye, and got on her car. Percy did the same thing. And they both went home.
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