ANNABETH POV:
On our way to Starbucks, Percy wouldn't let go of my hand. I tried yanking it out of his grasp but he just smirked and me and gripped me tighter.
When I went into the cafeteria, I didn't know why I confronted that girl, Lauren. She was the one who yelled at me because I told them that Percy was my boyfriend. I still didn't exactly trust her, but keep your 'enemies' closer right?
We nearly passed Starbucks but I yanked Percy back, "Percy! Starbucks is over here!" He turned and smiled at me, "Oops." And pecked me on the cheek. I blushed.
We sat down in one of the larger booths in the corner. Lauren got her friends' orders and I got the gang's. Me, Percy and Lauren made our way to the order stand.
Percy laced his fingers through mine, and in the corner of my eye, I noticed Lauren's jaw clench.
Lauren ordered her and the other 3's coffees while me and Percy patiently waited. I helped all of the gang order, and just as I was going to get my order, Percy interrupted.
"And she would like an Iced Caramel Macchiato." He said grinning at me, I rolled my eyes but I was smiling on the inside.
"You know my order?" I narrowed my eyes jokingly, he nodded. "Of course I do wise girl!" I laughed at the nickname and Lauren cleared her throat, we both looked over to her.
"Oh right. Well- let's go back to the table!" Percy took my hand and lead me over.
Back at the table, we made conversation. I was squished between Percy and Piper.
Percy turned to us, "Okay, you guys have a LOT of explaining to do. What are you doing here?" He asked and we all laughed.
"Oh… well Grover said he was coming, so we just… came!" Piper said.
"Well- that's great! Were you all at camp or something?" Percy asked and we nodded to that.
"So… you guys all met at camp?" Sam asked, he had an arm wrapped around Brianna's waist and they were snuggled together. Oh, they were cute!
"Yeah. We did." I answered vaguely.
"So um. Sorry I didn't hear your names." Brianna said shyly.
"Oh! I totally forgot!" Percy face-palmed himself and I rolled my eyes at him.
"I'm Annabeth." I said, smiling at them. "Piper." Piper said, waving. "Jason." "Leo." "Clarisse." "Chris." "Thalia." "Nico." "Grover." "Travis." "Connor." "Katie."
They all smiled at us, "I'm Brianna, this is Sam my boyfriend. Lauren , and Alex." Brianna pointed to Alex, he was surprisingly quiet, pushed up against the corner.
"I'm just going to ask. Are any of you in a relationship?" Alex spoke up. Alex had dark brown hair and nice warm brown eyes. He was definitely a swimmer, I guessed.
We all looked at each other, I honestly didn't want to share this piece of information with people I just met. But- whatever.
"I'm dating Jason." Piper looked at Jason adoringly, they kissed. Cue the gagging.
"I'm miraculously dating Travis." Katie rolled her eyes and Travis pouted. "What's that supposed to mean?!" We all laughed at that.
"I'm Chris' girlfriend." Clarisse grumbled. "Oh now you admit it!" Chris gloated, resulting a punch in the face.
"I don't date." Thalia muttered, "Neither do I." Nico said. We all rolled our eyes at that.
"How about you two?" Brianna drew a line between me and Percy, "You've been awfully cuddly lately." Me and Percy blushed. Lauren shifted uncomfortably, and I knew exactly what her problem was.
"Um… Yeah- we're dating." Percy drawled and leaned away from him, making Piper and the rest of our gang laugh.
Lauren only frowned at us, "Why do you sound so hesitant Perce?"
Percy seemed taken aback, "What?! i'm not hesitant! I've never been so sure about anything in my whole life." He looked at me with his beautiful sea-green eyes and leaned in, causing all the boys to groan and look away.
When we kissed, I smiled against his lips. He tasted like the ocean, and I could smell his heart-comforting ocean scent. I didn't care that I sounded like an Aphrodite freak, but i couldn't get enough of him.
"Well- this certainly was not what I was expecting." A voice said from outside of our booth. Heads turned, some jaws were dropped.
She was drop-dead gorgeous. Her brown hair was braided to the side and she had dazzling green eyes. I could only recognize her from… from the ancient greek myths! It was-
"CALYPSO!" Leo and Percy both cried and Percy blushed, sitting back down with me.
Leo hopped up and they hugged, it was a very strange pairing, but we knew that they fit.
"Hello, Leo. We meet again." Calypso said in her all-too formal tone. She turned towards Percy and her eyes shined. "Percy Jackson. You look very different. But I am not here for you." She shifted her gaze upon Leo and he shined with happiness. I relaxed, Calypso didn't like Percy. She didn't like Percy. She didn't like Percy.
"Calypso! Please sit." I gestured towards an open seat next to Leo. She sat down and we went back to our conversation.
"Hey, I'm going to go see if our drinks are done!" I said and stood up. Lauren stood up with me, "I'll help you get the drinks." We made our way over to the stand.
"So… you and Percy… you're dating?" Lauren asked hesitantly. I forced a smile on my face. Could she be any more obvious? I took that moment to look at her. She was pretty. She had brown hair, which I'd always wanted and emerald green eyes. She was fit and she seemed nice.
"Yeah. We are." She looked away from me and I couldn't help but wonder if anything had happened between her and Percy before we came. No- that couldn't happen, Percy wouldn't do that. No- it was just a crush.
LAUREN POV:
"Yeah. We are." She said. I couldn't bear it any more, I looked off to the side, because tears were brewing. I quickly shook them away, I couldn't let some stupid crush rule my life.
"When… uh- when did you meet?" I stuttered. I definitely knew Percy longer than Annabeth did. Me and Percy would definitely be a better couple than her and Percy would ever be.
"We met when we were 12." She replied and my heart sank. 12. 2 years longer than I had met Percy. "At camp." Shoot. If she was from camp, then she was definitely closer to Percy than I had originally thought.
"Oh. When did you start dating?" I asked. She looked at me, narrowing her eyes. Uh-oh, she must suspect something. But she shook it off, to my relief.
"Since we were 16 years old." She replied curtly. That was only 1 year ago. Not that long, but still pretty long. I stopped with my questions, or she would know something was up.
When the drinks came, no more words were exchanged as we took the drinks back to everyone.
I sat in the corner, watching Percy and Annabeth's interactions. Their kisses, their touches, their words. I couldn't help but think how jealous I was Annabeth. The first thing I thought of when I saw Annabeth, was how beautiful she is. When she said Percy was her boyfriend, I exploded with anger.
Annabeth had curly blonde hair that went down to the middle of her back. It was a shade of honey gold that couldn't have been dyed, so it must be natural. I would've never wanted to have blonde hair. It wouldn't fit my pale skin tone. But Annabeth, she had a natural tan that couldn't have been done in a tanning salon. Everything about her was beautiful. She would be a stereotypical Californian girl, except for her eyes. They were a terrifying grey and when she was angry, it seemed like it was swirling with fury. It really frightened me.
Though she was this beautiful, I knew that I was a better person that Annabeth. I was smarter,nicer, more athletic, and definitely more fit for Percy.
I had my heart set on something, I would break Percy and Annabeth up.
A/N This chapter isn't the best. I know. My fingers are getting a little sore from typing too much. So I'm going to take a break for awhile before I start writing. Maybe a couple hours or more. Calypso arrived! There will be more Caleo in the future. Uh-oh Lauren's got a plan brewing! DRAMMMAAAAAAAAAA :)
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