AN Okay so thanks to everyone who reviewed and I really appreciate it more then you could imagine. I have 30 reviews! Which makes me really happy and also if you want a sneak peak of the next chapter you better review! Anyways I hope you like the chapter and I'm sorry I didn't update yesterday. I was all ready to ,but then I just never got around to it. So I'll make sure to update again quickly after this.
~Anna
Disclaimer: I do not own anything in the PJATO series!
Annabeth was being led down a pathway or she thought it was one. She was blind folded because Percy insisted and she gave in saying that if she saw one person staring at her funny when she took it off she would kill him. In the end of the day with Thalia she finally got into the dress realizing that it really wasn't as short as she originally thought it was. But every now and then she would wobble a bit on the heels as if they were threatening her to fall over. She asked Percy more times then she could count were the heck they were going. He responded with a little smile playing on his lips and saying " Its a surprise.."
Finally we came to a stop to what felt like the edge of something. I could feel a cool breeze and shivered wondering where we were that would have cool breezes going around. I could feel his hands trying to untie the knot he had previously made with him tie. "Percy where are we?" I asked wondering if he even knew.
"Well.. that depends what do you mean?" He said I could hear the smirk ,but decided to ignore it. He was still fooling with the knot and just got frustrated. He pulled it down do it wasn't covering my eyes. As my eye's got used to the darkness and the light's in front of me I felt him hug me and lean his head on mine. "Surprise.." He whispered.
"It's beautiful.." Annabeth gasped. It wasn't really the right word I guess. Not only was it a sailboat yacht sitting right near the end of the dock ,but it was fully lined in lights. There was other surface lights lighting it up giving it a glowing look. There was other lights and near the bow of the boat was a small table which clearly held all the necessities that any old diner would have. It might sound weird ,but it was breath taking.
"Lets get aboard then," He smiled holding my hands and walking down to the edge of the dock. There was a small boat sitting there waiting to be taken. He held my hand as I stepped in and sat down. In a matter of seconds we were on the boat. It was beautiful ,but I have to say I was a bit scared because its the ocean. What if he was steering? What if he crashes?
"How on earth did you think of this?" I smiled looking at the sky then looking down at him. He was already behind the wheel turning it expertly smiling like a crazy person hopped up on something.
"Well you might know this ,but my dad Poseidon is a relator from beach side cabins to small Islands off the coast's of Greece ,but my favorite is the boats." He smiled looking at the sails as if they were hi long lost relative.
"And you do know how to drive this thing right? Like we won't crash into something and die?" I said flinching a bit as I spoke. He laughed like it was the worlds funniest joke and walked over like is was totally normal to leave a boat steer it's self wrapping his arms around me stopping me from sprinting to the side and hanging on for dear life.
"Why are you so nervous?' He chuckled looking into my eyes.
"Th-the wheel is over there!" I screamed pointing my eyes going wide looking at something to grab.
"Annabeth..you do know that as long as were cruising with the wind and the motor is directed in the right place we don't need to change it until we stop. Right?" He asked looking at me leading me to the table. I mumbled something incoherent and smiled.
"So what's for dinner anyway's?" I said looking at the little table.
"So how did you not noticed you were walking on an old wooden dock when I was leading you in?" Percy laughed smiling at me pulling me closer as we walked back to the car.
"Well I had other things on my mind then what I was walking on ," I laughed along with him to the car ," Also I think you owe me a trip to the beach." He looked at me questioningly ,but just as he started talking I interrupted him. " Well you said that would be a normal dinner. And it was anything but." I laughed looking back at the boat anchored out with all it's lights finally turned off.
"Well I guess we will just have to settle that then ,but Nico's coming too." He sang the last part and winced remembering the time when Nico tackled him not to long ago. "Then Thalia will come because she's been begging me to go with her again ,but I always tell her I don't like it."
Percy scrunched his eyebrows together in deep though which admittedly looked very funny causing me to burst out laughing. "Then why on earth would you want to go with me if you don't like going in the first place?"
I almost laughed at his question ,but I decided to answer it instead. "Because with you I'm doubting it would be as horrendous as usual. Plus I usually don't like it because Luke always comes." Luke better not come this time or I swear to god I'll kill Thalia for inviting him. Which reminds me i have to ask Thalia when she wanted to have Luke over for dinner because they were discussing it over the phone and she told me because ,well she can't cook to save her life. Also I think she gave Luke a set of the houses keys...
"Yea he won't be coming this time," Percy said pulling me out of deep thought, sounding oddly happy and giving a weird chuckle at the end. He had a glint in his eye again the same one I saw when he was planning something. But then I remembered he was Lukes friend in the first place so why would he be happy about him not coming? Oh well people always tell me I over analyze situations which I always deny .
BY the time we got back to the house it was late and I was surprised to find Thalia up. Her hair was messed up and she clutching a coffee cup for dear life and she was just frozen. Percy followed me into the kitchen finding her. Her eye's were slightly red and she was just looking down. There was a smashed coffee cup and its contents all over the floor. "Annabeth go to bed you look tired." Thalia from a weak voice that was unlike her's in so many ways. She still looked at the floor on the verge of tears and regret filling her eyes. I knew that if I didn't leave she might get mad ,but I stayed till Percy nudged me and walked me to the stairs out of slight of the kitchen.
We talked quietly for a second before he got a far away look in his eyes and snapped back quickly giving me a smile. "Whatever you say ,but remember no more death traps for you." He said causing me t softly laugh which made me feel guilty. During our date Percy had convinced me to take off my shoes. Whenever I tried to walk I would almost fall and I claimed it wasn't my fault is was the death trap shoes I was wearing. "Oh shut up I know for a fact you liked catching me."
He turned a slight shade of pink, "Yea well I liked being a good 5 inches taller then you too." Laughing at the end staring down making it more apparent how much taller he was then me.
"Yea whatever I'm going to bed.." I said turning to walk up the stairs. But just as a got to the first step he spun me around and kissed me lightly and somehow like always my hands ended up in his hair which confused me how they got there and his hands on my hips tugging me closer. I gave him a small hug and whispered, "Sunday and drag pale boy out too."
Walking up stairs feeling very incentive to Thalia ,but it wasn't my fault. Thalia is my best friend ,but our emotions well they don't mix. I like logic to explain why I feel some why about something. Thalia can't explain anything she could kill someone and be depressed about their cat that won't have an owner anymore. (Not that she's killed anyone before thought) We related on other things and poked fun at each other and every now and then tried to talk about emotions ,but difference got the best of them most of the time and left it how it was before. Unchanged and untampered with.
(Another deep Percy talking to Thalia!) We need to find out what happened with Luke my readers!
SO Third Person POV
Percy walked to the door and heard light footsteps behind him. The moment his feet touched the gravel of the long driveway he turned around fast enough to give any normal person whiplash. "What the hell happened Thalia?" He growled knowing the reason for her disheveled appearance and the broken coffee mug (Luke was always dramatic and he broke things frequently to get a point across).
"It was nothing he came over to tell me what day we should have the wedding." She mumbled barley loud enough for him to hear. "Even though were supposed to choose that together which I pointed out to him." She grumbled the last part obviously annoyed about what had previously happened .
" And obviously something happened and someone got mad?" Percy said trying to reason how something like a simple argument could escalate to Thalia frozen looking at a broken coffee mug.
"I asked him to postpone the wedding. One summer Percy! That's how much time I had left!," She laughed cruelly for a second before continuing. "He wanted to get married on the last day of summer break. You know starting the year fresh and 'free' as he called it. But I've never felt more freaking tied down and threatened in my entire life!"
"What are you talking about?" She was not one to deal with being 'tied down and threatened' and whoever did that usually got a hard punch in the nose. And lets just say Percy knew from more then one experience.
"Well he said that if we didn't get married soon, after I asked him if we would wait a bit, his fathers company might start going down. Like our marriage is some business deal that is controlled by some higher force.
When it's not. It's supposed to be me and him yet it seems like it's about everyone else. Like the guests or his mother. His crazy wacko mother wants me to wear a green wedding dress. Not just green like some highlighter color that should not be allowed on anything!" Percy laughed quickly before noticing Thalia was giving him the most terrifying stare he had ever gotten in his entire lifetime. "It just shouldn't be aloud anyway's. Go home I have some coffee to clean off of my floor."
By the time Percy was out of the driveway Thalia was gazing at the broken mug regretting giving Luke a set of keys to the house. She invited him to go sailing with her on Sunday ,but apparently he had business on a Sunday. Who had business on a Sunday like ever? He barley had work on weekdays let alone weekends. But apparently it was very important so she didn't care enough to really question him on the whole stupid ordeal.
She just hoped that they wouldn't fight like that again. No matter how much she loved him or what he used to be she literally had to bite her tongue to not say 'it's over'. But she also knew that if they did she wouldn't be able to. Sure Luke could change he has a particularly nasty side when it comes to getting into fights ,but as long as we don't fight it'll be fine.
(Quick prequel or whatever you call it before Sunday! The biggie the turning point of a smaller plot in my story!)
To say Saturday was uneventful you would be making an over statement. Nothing happened and even on the nightly new's it was talking about some idiot who walked into a fountain at the mall while texting. Annabeth was sure that over half of Hamptons was sitting on there couches or playing tennis on some court ( They seemed to like that and golf a lot here).
But when Sunday rolled around it was anything but. In fact when it was over it could have been named the day were everything happened. Tensions were relived and people who were seemingly perfect got into an ugly fight. Not Annabeth not Percy ,but the second most terrible couple that world that no one liked.
Annabeth POV (Who else?)
I didn't feel like getting up at all. Thalia on the other hand needed something to put her back to sleep for the rest of entirety. Not only did she pull my covers off and drag me to the bath room and turn the shower on, but she also stole my ear plugs that I use on days where I know I won't want to hear my morning alarm. Or her screaming. It was surprising really the cunning she used to get me into the shower and it must not have been simple either.
See when I woke up I was fully wrapped in my covers blankets and pillow under my head just soaking wet with water from the shower pouring down on me. Sure I'm not a light sleeper ,but she couldn't have just picked me up and tossed me in. She had to do it the Thalia way the one way that would make me even more angry about what she did. And to say I was angry well that would;d be an under statement. I was fully pissed and ready to jump out and kill her. But instead like the level headed person I am (Or try to be.). So I dragged all my blankets and comforters out of the bathroom into Thalias bedrooms soaking the floor and everything around it before walking back to mine and taking a quick shower.
"So Annabeth I see how it is. You willingly go to the beach with your new super cool boyfriend ,but whenever I want to go it's all screw the beach I hate that place." Thalia said as I walked down stairs with everything I would need. Hat, cover up halter dress and my bathing suit under it. I could tell she said it more mockingly then anything ,but i still gave her a hard look with my eyes.
"Well I'm pretty sure he won't invite his boyfriend and make out with him in the sand while I sit around looking like an idiot." I rolled my eyes noticed what she was eating and tried to grab a piece of that amazing beef jerky.
She took a big bite before pointing it at me and waving it in the air. "Lets hope not for your sake. Or you'd be dating a gay guy who cheats on you blatantly and I would never ever let you live it down. " She laughed and took another bite. "Shoot we have to go and I CALL DRIVING!" She shouted as we raced for the door. "Dammit," I grumbled praying to the gods that I wouldn't have a near death experience yet again ( We had to go get some milk yesterday.).
"I don't know why you ever got your licenses or how you still have it." I said getting into her car and turning on the radio searching for a song that I would actually like. The drive was uneventful as driving goes almost hitting people multiple time could be and by the time we got to the beach I saw Nico and Percy leaning against Percy's car.
"What is Nico doing here? W-why didn't you tell me he was going to be coming?" She said nervously tugging at her outfit to see if it looked good. Before I could be more confused about what just happened Percy and Nico were near us the moment they spotted us.
"Perfect day for the beach." Nico said looking up to the sun and down at the water then to Thalia who blushed and turned away. Percy nudged him and whispered something that even dogs probably couldn't hear ,but Nico nodded along anyway's.
When we got to the spot we wanted Percy and I took to setting up everything because Thalia felt like eating food and Nico just didn't want to do anything related to work.
"You people - are so - lazy." I huffed out screwing the umbrella into the sand. Once I was finally done I sat on a chair admiring my work. "To the water my lady?" Percy said holding out his hand after taking off his shirt to reveal his toned muscles and sculpted abs which you could stare at for days. I pulled my cover up off and took his hand intertwining our fingers.
"Won't it be cold. It is water.." I said when he reached the shoreline. Percy first stepped in it as a wave washed over the sand. "Not at all besides you have me." He winked and continued walking tugging me along with him. "You have the biggest ego in the entire -HOLY CRAP THATS FREEZING!" I screamed attempting to race back to shore when I felt the water at my knees. My fleeing was short lived because Percy grabbed my waist and picked me up without a problem. He walked out to were people were and it was at his waist meaning me mid stomach.
"You know what the best cure for cold water is?" He said before laughing.
"What getting out?"
"Nope SHOCK!" He suddenly dropped me in the water with a splash and pain from the cold shot through me ,but was gone by the time I surfaced sputtering.
"I could have died!" I said throwing my hands into the air and glancing at him before splashing him with water. When he cleared his eyes and got it all out of his mouth he looked at my with the same look he gave me at the movie theater, but this time it was different. This time he was in partly deep thought which I found very very amusing.
"You look cute when you do that." I laughed as he recovered from the deep thought.
"Oh really well you just look cute all the time." He said before pulling me into a deep kiss . If this happened at the beach all the time let's just say I wouldn't mind coming here every day.
(Quick AN Okay so I was going to do Thalias POV ,but then I hated it so it's Third Person POV because it's much better and easier to write with)
"Look at that happy couple.." Nico said looking out in the ocean when Percy threw Annabeth in then looked back at Thalia who was sipping a coke shielding the sun her her eyes.
"Yea real love birds," Thalia laughed looking at Nico who was already just in his trunks because the kid was as pale as snow. "Did Percy tell you how they met?"
"Well you see," Nico started with a nervous laugh, " I was kind of there. And we and some other guys we know from the country club (Everyone who was anyone belonged to the same one) were playing football. They first time he saw her he totally froze which you can't blame him she's gorgeous . But anyway's he caught the ball and then turned and they just looked at each other. Then I 'Nico'd' the moment by tackling him. Or well that's what he says."
"So you think Annabeth is pretty," Thalia said with a hint on jealousy in her voice. "Everyone does."
"Well yes ,but I don't like blondes. Brunettes are more my speed." He drew out the last word for a bit causing Thalia to laugh looking over at him as he did some strange hand movement.
"You Nico are one cool cat." She chuckled. "But yea Annabeth is really smart, but she did a terrible job setting up this umbrella," Thalia laughed going to try to change the angle.
"Here let me help-"
"No I've got-"
"Seriously its" The interrupting fest ended with Thalia tripping over a chair cause Nico to fall and Thalia to land right on top of him. Looking into those piercing blue eye's for a second his memory glazed over. Thalia was surprised and that kind of numbed her sense for a bit before she noticed what was happening. Nico's kisses where so soft and sweet unlike Lukes demanding and hungry one's that she felt like devoured her. But Nico's was simple like ,like who knows! Who cares! Thalia thought for a second kissing back before she realized jumping up with wide eyes.
"Shit.." Thalia said looking at Nico who was already standing up next to her realizing what he had done.
"I'm so sorry.. you and Luke.." He said rubbing the back of his neck looking as Thalia who was lost in thought. She kissed back! He thought She must like me enough then.
"No Nico it's okay listen I just have to.. go." Thalia said grabbing her car keys and flip flops racing off to her car and almost bursting out in tears on the way there. This was the only moment she doubted her even liking let alone loving Luke. She didn't know how Nico could change her like this and that worried her more then you could imagine.
AN Okay long chapter (I think?), but I still didn't get out everything on my mind so if you want to get a sneak peak of whats coming next review! I promise to update soon and also thanks to all of those people who either put my story on the story alert , favorite story, or even author alert.
~Anna