Hey guys! Chapter 10 here. Hope you like it!
Percy's POV
Since it was a weekday, only a couple of people were in the beach.
Thank the gods, I wouldn't have to hide my super awesome powers from other mortals.
We stay under a neat palm tree, which gives us enough shade.
I bring out our snacks, while Annabeth sets out the mat.
"I'm starving. I barely eat during lunch breaks, you know. I'm usually busy fixing books, or going rounds on different sections and whatever." She says, as she played with the sand beside her.
"Well, thank me for bringing tons of food." I say, tossing her some chips and a can of Coke.
"Pig out time!" we both scream as we threw whatever chips we opened into our mouths.
"Cheers, to a break from a work." She says bringing her Coke up.
And a break from Madge's annoying voice. I say in my thoughts as I did the same and we cheered happily.
After munching on about 2 bags of chips, Annabeth already complained.
"Okay, I'm full now. Come on, let's swim!" she squeals, as she took off her crop top.
"Well I actually wanted to-" I couldn't bring myself to continue.
Holy Poseidon, she was wearing my favorite swimsuit from before.
She takes her hair tie off and shakes her head a bit, her loose curls flinging in the air.
Oh my gods, Annabeth, are you trying to kill me with your beauty and perfection?
Annabeth's POV
All he did was stare at me for about two minutes.
"Uhm, Percy, is there something wrong? Do you want me to wear my crop top over if it's awkward or-"
"No, no! It's totally sexy. I MEAN, FINE, uh totally fine." He finishes, probably mentally smacking his self on the head.
I stare at my swimsuit. Well, it's just an ordinary sea-green bikini I don't understand why-OH! I remember. This was his favorite.
I chuckle to myself. I never really wanted to show off or anything, since we're here to have fun, but I guess that was just a bonus.
Now, it was Percy's turn to show off.
He swings his shirt off and throws it to the mat, exposing his toned and well-built abs.
I gulp. Breathe Annabeth, you've seen it before right?
But, OH MY GODS IT'S A FRIGGIN' SIX PACK NOW!
Talk about a total upgrade and-
"You ready?" Percy asks, and I smile.
"Course, Seaweed Brain! Come on!" I screamed, as we both raced to the water.
I dive into the cold water, just enjoying the feeling. To tell you the truth, only Percy takes me here, to beaches, or even to swimming pools. He's the only one who I know enjoys it much more than my family or friends.
I back float, just staring at the blue sky and the sun going in my eyes from time to time.
I could feel my eyes close from exhaustion and total relaxation, when someone grabs me under and swims to about, the ocean floor already.
Of course, it was Percy, a big grin on his face. My ears were hurting, this was too much pressure. And my oxygen, I needed to breathe. Percy looked like he was just swimming in a 3 foot inflatable pool on her mom's backyard.
He still acted like a kid, but he knew that I was no child of Poseidon. He made an air bubble, and stuck it into my head, like I was an astronaut, or Sandy Cheeks when not in her treedome.
I cough out all the water, and shake my ears a little bit. Then I smack him hard on the head.
"Percy! I told you I do not want you doing that to me!" I slapped him again.
"Awww!" he said, but I didn't mind him. Please, he's in the realm of his father. He wouldn't have felt that.
I stuck a tongue at him, and swam back to the surface.
Once I stuck my head out of the water, the bubble popped, and I breathed normally.
Percy appeared next to me, still grinning.
I frown. "Ugh, Seaweed Brain." I say in my most annoyed voice.
"Oh come on, Annabeth. That was fun!" he chuckled.
"Oh, you think that was fun? Well why don't we go to the library and you read thousands of books about Greek Mythology, the history of Mount Olympus, and all the books with the word Athena in it?" I say seriously, and his face drops.
"No, uh, COME ON, I was kidding! You know I was kidding right? I mean I didn't kill you or anything-" he blabbers in front of me, and I laugh.
"Oh my gods, Seaweed Brain. You, your face was so horrified and-HAHA! You're scared of reading books and-HAHAHA!" I snort, and Percy splashes me with water.
Oh ,well not just the small splash that would tickle your face and ruin your eye sight for a second, but well, the one that people like surf on.
It was a wave, rather. It pushed me down to the shore, and I wonder why people didn't notice that it's suddenly high tide and a wave comes out of nowhere.
I was at the point of screaming, when I realized that there are other families watching and I don't want to look like a complete idiot.
I manage to cough up some water, and sit, then somebody crouches near me.
"I'm fine, I don't need help." I say, but Percy put his arm around my waist, grabbed my hand, and pulled me up.
As we walked back to our spot, I could feel the water from my body evaporate. By the time we were back in the mat, even my hair was dry.
We sat at the same time, and realized that we were still holding hands. I took my hand away, and we both laughed.
"I missed doing that a lot." Percy said, staring at the ocean.
What, missed holding my hand?
Percy stared at me, and before he thinks I get the wrong message, he speaks up.
"Attacking you with waves and going to the ocean floor, I mean." He corrects himself, and I nod, with a little hint of disappointment.
I personally missed holding his hand.
Percy's POV
Annabeth nodded, and just stared at her hands.
If only I could tell you that I missed holding your hand even more.
Annabeth looks up. "You missed playing with water. Then why don't you do it with Madge?" she asks, and for once, I question her.
"Wise Girl, she's a mortal, remember? She won't understand if I don't come back up for an hour, or she'll freak out when a humongous wave appears out of nowhere." I explain.
Annabeth's eyes widen. "Wow, Seaweed Brain. You actually got it right, for once. I didn't think of that." She answers, as she smiled at me.
"Well, I guess I am now Wise Bra-"
"Nope! Still Seaweed Brain, and I will forever be Wise Girl, even if I'm dumb sometimes." She interrupts me, and I stick my tongue at her.
She does the same, and for once, I felt like we were back when we were 12, annoying the crap out of each other, yet still the best of friends.
We were on the road back to her apartment now, but Annabeth still complained.
"Percy, let's get some ice cream!" she said like a little girl, all cute and excited.
I rolled my eyes. "Oh come on, Annabeth. You sound like a kid." I retort, but she does those puppy dog eyes that I couldn't resist.
"Fine." She smiles, and directs me to the park.
Annabeth's POV
We park, then we walk to the ice cream shop, that was right in the middle of the park.
"Good afternoon! Hello, Annabeth." Mr. Smith greeted me.
"Hey there, Mr. Smith." I smile at him.
He grins from ear to ear, then looks at Percy.
"Wow, Annabeth dear never brought anyone with her whenever she bought ice cream." He hints, winking at me.
I blush. "Mr. Smith! This is just my best friend from camp. His name's Percy."
"Nice to meet you." He said politely.
"Well, a polite young man. Plus points for Annabeth, eh?" Mr. Smith jokes, making Percy and I blush even harder.
"Mr. Smith! There's a long line, and yeah, please don't embarrass me." I say shyly.
"Alright, 2 scoops of mint chocolate chip." He says, handing me my cone.
"And for the boyfrie- I mean young man?" he jokes again, and I blush harder.
"Just the same, please."
Mr. Smith hands him a cone too, and Percy hands some money.
"Thanks Mr. Smith!" I shout, and he smiles at us.
"Anything for my dear Annabeth." He says, and then faces his next customer.
We were walking around the park now, and Percy gestured me to a bench.
We sat down, licking our ice creams like crazy.
"So, how did you become so close with Mr. Ice Cream Man?" Percy asks, and I laugh.
"You mean Mr. Smith? Well, whenever I would babysit, I would take the kids here to the park and buy ice cream, and he became so used to my face. So we got to know each other." I simply say, and he nods.
And I forgot to tell you, that whenever I was crying because I was so depressed and was missing you, he gave me free ice cream and we had heart to heart talks.
"Well he seems like a nice man. Except that he liked teasing you a lot." He said.
"Exactly! I mean there was one time we were-"
"Well, what do we have here?" a girl says, and we both turn back at the voice.
Oh Zeus, please don't let her get the wrong message.
Madge's POV
So, the hockey game was fine. I mean, Matt was screaming the whole time, and I was so bored. I mean, he looked cute, but he never showed any move that he liked me. Guess I was wrong. We walked to the park, because I so wanted ice cream.
Then I see them, and I swear I could cut off Chase's head any moment now.
They were talking, and not just like the normal talk, Percy looked so in to her. And Annabeth looked like she was ignoring him and kept talking.
"Well, what do we have here?" I say, and they both turn around.
Let me say I wanted to laugh at their faces. They were both as red as a tomato.
"Madge!" Percy stood up quickly, and kissed my cheek.
Really Percy, the cheek? Can't you do anything better than that?
"What are you doing here?" he asks quickly, looking tensed.
"Percy, the hockey arena's just across the street. We came here to get ice cream. " I say, and roll my eyes.
"And what about you?" I ask, but I correct myself on purpose.
"Oh sorry, I meant, you two?" I said, pointing my fingers at both of them.
"We were hanging out, that was all." Annabeth said quickly.
"Oh." I said dramatically, to show that I didn't want to believe them.
"Well! We're done anyway. Madge, I think you're pretty tired from the game. Why don't you go home now? I'm sure you can't drive. Percy, why don't you accompany her? I'll bring Annabeth to her apartment, so you two can go straight back to your hotel and rest." Matt says, and I agreed.
"Yeah, well I am tired. Come on, Percy." I say, dragging him to my car.
He pushed it away, and mouthed a 'wait'.
He hugged Annabeth, and I couldn't help but feel jealous, I mean, Percy's never hugged me that way before.
"IM. 8 o' clock." She whispered, and he nodded.
I had no idea what that was, but I made sure that during 8 o'clock I was with Percy, and no one but him.
She waved at us, before I dragged Percy away, thinking of something worthwhile I could do at 8:00.
Hmm, I guess Annabeth won't mind another make-out session, right?
So, there was chapter 10! Hihi, hope you guys like it. If you didn't understand, IM= Iris Message. 10 reviews until the next chapter! The blue button is waiting.
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