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Percy's POV
"Wise Girl?"
"Seaweed Brain?" we both say at the same time. And before more people stare at us, I pull her into an alley nearby.
We both stared at each other, and before things go awkward, I hug her tight.
Thank the gods, she hugged back, or I'd be like so embarrassed hugging my ex and all. I mean, I'm sure we were both too overwhelmed or something to think about our painful past right now.
I stroke her hair softly. Oh, how I missed doing this to her. Whenever I'd try doing that to Madge, she'd go all crazy and sermon me on why I touched her perfect and salon-treated hair. That was one of the things I disliked in Madge. She wouldn't let me show my sweet and caring side.
We just stood there for about a minute, then Annabeth released the hug.
"Oh, Seaweed Brain, I never knew I'd see you here!" she said, her eyes boring into mine.
I feel that thing again, like it was the first time I saw her, all perfect and pretty. It was like I was in heaven and-
"Hello, Earth to Seaweed Brain." She says, while waving her hand at my frozen face.
I shake my head, snapping me back to reality. I give her a quick smile. "Small world, isn't it?" I say. Ugh, what a stupid first line, Percy. Hmm, which is why I was called Seaweed Brain.
"Oh gods, I missed you so much! And you, you're working already?" I finally form a good sentence, which makes her smile.
"The books. The glasses. I guess you figured it out?" she giggles, and for the first time, I notice her outfit.
Her hair was well, the usual, all pretty and perfect by her shoulders. She wore a simple white blouse, tucked in a light green pencil skirt. She wore a simple 3 inch heels, and topped it off with some reading glasses which hung from her neck.
"Hmm, let me guess. A dentist!" I joke in purpose, which makes her laugh. I smile mentally inside; Annabeth is one of the few people I knew that laughed at my super corny and over-used jokes.
"Super close, Seaweed Brain." She answers, which makes us both laugh harder.
"You look good wearing that, you know?" I compliment her, making her blush.
She slaps my arm playfully, probably just to make things not awkward. "And why would you say that, Percy?" she asks.
"You look exactly like your mother, like when I saw her in New York one time." I reminisce, and somehow, Annabeth gets it.
"Oh really? When was that?"
I pretend to scratch my chin like an old man. "Well, it was about a year ago and Athena was well I was-uhh, nevermind. Why are we talking about it this nonsense? " I stop myself, and Annabeth gives me a weird look.
"Never, and I mean NEVER put the word 'Athena' and 'nonsense' in a sentence, Percy." She says. "My mother, is always full of sense." She somewhat scolds me, and I felt like a puppy being spanked on the butt because I peed in my owner's bed.
"Sorry, mam. Never happening again." I say, and she goes back to her normal not harsh self and smiles.
I sigh. I never should've brought that topic to her. It was about a month after our well, you know what, and I had to pick my mother up from the library. I remembered it like it was yesterday.
FLASHBACK
I stepped inside the library, the room so quiet. All I heard was the sound of pages shuffling, or the reader's breathing. I scan the small section, trying to find my mom through the sea of books. I never really liked reading, it was hell for me. (No offense, Hades. Still one of the coolest Gods I know) Even trying to read a simple The cat jumped over the hat would leave me sweating and pounding the table in frustration, just trying to get those words out of my mouth. That was my disadvantage in my mortal life. But in camp and in Olympus, I could speed read Ancient Greek every time.
Anyway, my mom texted me that she was in the Greek Mythology section. Oohh, she was probably stalking on pictures of my dad. I found the nearest librarian, and before I could speak, she turned around.
Once I saw her scary, dark grey eyes, I knew in an instant who she was.
"Why hello there, Percy." Athena whispered softly. She wore that same outfit Annabeth had right now, except that her eyes looked a million years older.
"Lady Athena." I say, and bow my head slightly at her.
Athena's face doesn't change. "Son of Poseidon, I've heard about your recent argument with my daughter." She says calmly, and I become a little too defensive.
"Um, sorry, but your daughter broke up with me." I say in a straight forward manner, and her face becomes more stern and serious.
"Percy Jackson. I have not said anything yet and you're already too defensive. First of all, Annabeth, though the wise girl that she is, was actually dumb to not tell you earlier. I understand that you are hurt, but let me remind you, that war is not the answer. I am not only the goddess of battle strategy just to hurt others. I use it when I need it. Annabeth, is distraught. She is my daughter, and I keep my eye on her every day. I can see, that she loves you, so much that she couldn't think of a way to tell you that she's leaving, because she knew in her heart she would feel hurt in the process. I tell you, Percy, none of my children are clueless with things like this. They are wise, and they know what they are doing. But let me tell you, that in that moment, her brain was filled with worry, and she didn't know what to do. She didn't have the nerve to tell you. Just, don't forget her. She is confused. Don't turn your back from your best friend." She finishes, and the whole time I was like staring at her with awe.
Annabeth was right. Never put 'Athena' and 'nonsense' in a sentence. After that, I feel a flutter of hope go inside me. Maybe Annabeth was just too stressed or something, that she didn't have the guts to tell me.
I understood now, but still, I wanted to ask Athena a lot more things.
"But, Lady Athena, does she remember me? Does she still love me?" I ask, and then the librarian was just staring at me like I was a ghost.
"Uhm , excuse me? But who is Annabeth?" the old librarian retorted, with wrinkles and white hair.
Wow. Lady Athena just sent me a vision, but she was actually there. Cool. Then I was like-
"Helloooo. You've been looking at me for the past 5 minutes. People are already staring." Annabeth says, snapping me back to reality.
"Oh uh, yeah." I say, scratching my head.
Annabeth's POV
Oh, Seaweed Brain. Zoning out all the time. I think of a nice thing to ask, and it finally hits me.
"So, uh, are you, uh, single?" I ask nervously, making us both blush madly.
Percy bites his lip, and finally spills it. "Uhm, well, uh, no." he sighs, and I lose it.
Well, in my mind of course.
I try to give my best happy smile and not my disappointed-hurt-angry-jealous-mad expression.
But deep inside, you guessed it. I was crying Niagara Falls already.
"Yeah. Uhm, what about you?" he asks shyly, and I just sigh.
"Same old, same old. Single and forever alone." I say, and I could see Percy's shocked expression.
Percy's POV
.GODS. Annabeth. Is. Single?
I don't know what I'm supposed to feel now. Kind of guilty, actually. I already met someone, and she's still single and alone. I mean, she told me before. We couldn't help but meet other people and fall in love with them, right? That was one of the reasons on why it was right for us to break up.
Annabeth stared down to her shoes, and asked me quietly. "So, what's her name?"
"Her name's Madge. I met her in a double date with Grover." I whisper, and she chuckles.
"That's weird. I have a best friend that I met during 2nd grade. Her name was Madge too."
I froze. I tried to go back to the main reason why I went here. My girlfriend, is visiting her best friend. And Annabeth here, has a best friend, also named Madge. Coincidence? I think not. It is a small world, isn't it?
As if on cue, Madge finds us, nearly missing us because of the narrow alley.
"Percy! I've been waiting for an hour in Macy's and-" she stops midsentence, to see Annabeth standing right beside me.
"A-annabeth Chase?" she manages to say.
"Madge? Madge from 2nd grade?" Annabeth chokes out.
They both smile and squeal together, and I'm there, mentally freaking out.
My ex and first crush, is best friends with my girlfriend.
I'd rather sleep with a pack of hellhounds in the Underworld now.
So, there was the 2nd chapter! Hope you liked it! Please attack with the reviews for the next chapter!