Hey! GoGreen52 is back! I was wondering… why did ONLY TWO PEOPLE give me an OC? I'd like to have choices. I have three OC spots to fill, and I only have two. So give me ideas PLEASE!

~GoGreen52

Witness Protection

Chapter 10

PERCY POV

The next day, Annabeth and I were setting up our house for the guests. "Percy, roses or day lilies? Annabeth asked holding up two kinds of flowers. I really had no idea.

"Uh… I'm not sure honey." I said in a questioning voice. She smiled and shook her head in laughter.

"I'm going with the lilies." Annabeth said, placing some flowers in a vase. I really don't do flowers.

I walked to the kitchen and began cooking. Hey, can a man cook? I pulled out a recipe for spinach and artichoke dip to go with the tortilla chips Annabeth was baking. Together, they were pretty good.

I was pulling out the veggies when I heard a crash and Annabeth's scream. I pulled out my gun that I keep around my ankle and ran to the living room.

"Stupid-" She yelled but she was cut off. I ran into the room, and prepared to shoot. But instead at the sight… I had to laugh.

Annabeth was standing with wide eyes looking at a spider. At her feet, I saw a broken vase, and lilies scattered on the floor. "Scared of spiders?" I asked.

Annabeth turned to look at me, red in the face. "Yes. I am scared of spiders." She said through clenched teeth. I looked in her eyes and saw tears.

"Annabeth, you aren't the only one. I'm scared of snakes, so that makes it even." She walked to me and buried her head in my chest. I felt a jolt of pain go through me. It hurt to see her cry.

I took her in my arms and carried her to our room. I put her in the bed, and when she tried to protest, I shushed her. "Take a rest, I'll get everything cleaned up." She nodded and closed her eyes. Poor thing.

I walked back down the stairs, and looked at the living room floor. Glass was everywhere. I went to the kitchen to grab gloves, so I could pick the larger pieces up. I heard the telephone ring.

"Hello, Jackson residence." I said, sounding a bit casual.

"Percy? This is your father." I checked around to see if anyone could hear me.

"Dad? Chiron told me that they didn't find Luke yet." I said, getting right down to the point.

"Yes, I'm afraid he's right. I want you to keep in check that Annabeth is always safe. I'm sending an agent to put in security cameras. She has a disguise for a nurse, and I would like you to say that Annabeth fell sick. Our agent is coming tomorrow."

I thought for a second. That could work. "Okay, thanks for the heads up." I said, looking out the window into the back yard. I caught a squirrel running up a large oak tree.

"Good luck Perseus." Then he hung up. I closed my eyes and did the same as well. Annabeth's life is in danger more than ever. And I'm her boyfriend.

I went to the living room, and finished picking up. Annabeth would be proud of me later. I knew it. I mean, how many men in her life would do this for her? I'm pretty sure Luke or Ethan wouldn't.

When I finished I looked at the outcome and smiled. This was a piece of cake… speaking of cake… THE DIP! All of a sudden the fire alarm went off, making me run to the kitchen.

I was lucky enough that Annabeth did not wake at the alarm. She was in a very deep sleep. And I hope that it would stay like that until I'm done cleaning the kitchen up.

Let's just say that the dip exploded. Spinach and artichoke was all over the walls and it was hard to imagine that we were going to have guests over in two hours. I mean, it really sucked.

I called up Grover and Nico to see if they could help.

"Hey, yeah, Nico?" I asked. He was blabbering on about how hot Thalia was.

"What?"

"Um… the dip exploded, and-"

"BEEP!" he hung up on me! I would kill him when I got the chance which would be at the party… too many witnesses.

I tried calling Grover. "Grover?" I asked.

"What's up Percy?" He asked, obviously trying to be gangster.

"Grover. You are not a gangster." I said to him, like I was talking to a three year old.

"BEEP!" He hung up on me too. What babies. I guess I have to clean it up myself.

I sighed, and looked for a mop. Might as well literally mop it off the walls, right? I finally found the mop in a closet by the front door. I got it wet in the sink and got to work. I was bored, so I pulled out my iPod. I played the classic, "We will rock you", by Queen.

We will, we will rock you! We will, we will rock you!

Body you're a young man, hard man

Shoutn' in the street gonna take on the world one day

You got blood on yo' face big disgrace

Kickin' yo' can all over the place

I was moving the mop to the beat, and all of the sudden I heard a giggle from behind me. There was awake Annabeth with an iPod docking system. "Care to share?" she asked, and we set it up, and played music while we were mopping exploded dip off the walls.

And this is why I call Annabeth my girlfriend. She didn't complain on bit.

I heard the doorbell ring and I ran to go open it. But Annabeth beat me to it. "Thalia!" she exclaimed, hugging the girl at the door, who, as Annabeth said, was Thalia.

"Hey Thals." I said, and she ran to hug me.

"Hey Seaweed Brian." Annabeth chuckled and showed Thalia around to house. Watching her eyes when we showed her different rooms was kind of funny. Like for instance, when we showed her our master bedroom, her eyes practically came out of their sockets.

I heard the doorbell ring again, and I told the girls I'll get it this time. I opened to door to see Nico and Grover. "Did you get that kitchen cleaned up?" Nico asked and Grover gave him a confused look. Oh right, Grover and I's conversation never got there.

"Yeah, Annabeth and I had a little… fun." I said, winking. Nico gave me the knuckle while Grover still gave us confused looks.

"What happened?" he asked. I explained to them that I got carried away In the living room, forgetting about the dip, and the time that I remembered about it… the dip exploded.

The two nodded amongst themselves like this happened to them before. "Wait… did this happen to you two before?" I asked, giving them a knowing look. Grover blushed and nodded. Nico just bit his lip and nodded.

"How many times?" I asked them both. It must've happened more than once.

"Three times." Nico said proudly.

"Ugh… thirteen." Grover said timidly. Nico and I looked at him in shock.

"THIRTEEN?" We yelled, causing Grover to shrink at our vocal level. He just nodded.

Nico and I looked at each other and bursted out laughing. "That is not funny!" Grover exclaimed.

Nico and I shook our heads. "No, it actually is!" I said, laughing. Nico collapsed on the floor belly laughing and soon I did too. Grover just looked down at us, let out a "Hmph," and walked away.

"Drama queen." Nico said with no laughs or strains. We looked at each other again, and fell into a whole new fit of laughter… again.

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~GoGreen52