A/N:Hey, guys 3

I'm back with the rest of the chapter :) For some reason when I was writing this, it just went on forever. So I just split it into two parts… Enjoy :)

Oh and huge thanks to everyone who read the previous chapter3 Thanks guys, it really means a lot!

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Stage 3-PART 2-Change of scene (Wednesday)

"Now kiss her." Piper says.

"Pardon?" I say whipping my head towards her, my eyes widen. She gives me an evil smile. Percy draws even closer, dipping his head down, a naughty grin on his face.

"Whoa," I say drawing back a little, "I don't think that we should be doing this on the third stage, isn't it way too early?" I say trying to buy time and yet my heart wants time to go faster.

"Well," Percy says pulling back a little, "Most couples have sex on their third date, but I didn't think you'd want that…" I jerk away from him, annoyed.

"Damn straight! What is your deal? You have no-"I'm cut off as Percy leans down, our lips inches apart.

"Come on, Annabeth, kiss me." He whispers, and suddenly he is.

Time freezes and distantly I hear Thalia yell, "Hold it." And the camera goes wild but I soon completely lost in this new world. He dips me against the table and there's another round of camera fire. My arms move on their own as they slid around his neck and he smiles against my mouth.

"Alright!" Thalia says loudly, breaking though the haze. I jerk back, my eyes flying open.

"God! Percy!" I yell. My face was flushed, my heartbeat out of control. But Percy just stands there, his smug little smile plastered across his face. I grit my teeth and refrain from hitting him. I storm off towards the bathroom to change and wipe all this paint off my face. I grab my changed of clothes and hurried to the back. I could hear Piper giggling Thalia laughing to herself, I mentally smacked them both.

Once inside, I locked the door and glanced at myself in the mirror. My face was flushed and glowed, half of my lip gloss is gone (probably smeared on Percy) and my hair wild and tangled from Percys inability to leave my hair alone.

I yank off the purple top and shimmied out of the jeans. I pulled off my shoes, but only to slide on a pair of dark jeans and a plaid button down. I then pull on my own pair of converse and scrape back my mass of hair and pull it off my neck. I wet a paper towel with some of Piper's makeup remover and gently wiped, well, my entire face.

Looking back into the mirror, I sag in relief.

I no longer looked like that badass chick Piper had painted over my face, I was me again. Folding Piper's clothes neatly, I bit my lip wondering what to do about Percy. We had kissed, yes, but it wasn't real. I mean it was real… I mean it was physically real but not… mentally? Right, that was it. Or was it?

I bit back curses, the entire scene flooding back.

That kiss was way too real for me to pull it off as acting.

In the end I just decided to do what I always did when it came to Percy. Ignore it until it went away.

I pile up the clothes and arrange the shoes on top of it then steeled my nerves.

Then I push the door open and stride out.

Thalia works furiously, packing her equipment and Piper sit at the vanity table packing all the makeup in its cases. Percy was nowhere to be seen.

I sigh in relief then begin helping Piper with all the packing. I focus on the simple task of pulling clothes off hangers and folding them while telling my heart to shut up.

"Miss me?" Percy murmurs into my ear and I jump in surprise, dropping a hanger and whirling around. My elbow slams into his stomach and he swears, trying to keep his balance. I reach out and snatch his wrist, trying to keep the coffee in his hand from spilling all over Piper's masterpieces.

"God, Percy-" I begin, narrowing my eyes at him. He looks down at me and raises an eyebrow.

"Annabeth, look at you, getting all grabby," He says, a naughty smile on his face. I yank my hand back and glare at him.

"I just didn't want you to get the coffee all over the clothes," I try and defend my actions. All Percy does is shrug.

"Here," he pulls the lid of the coffee in his hands and blows gently on the sloshing black coffee inside then hands it to me. For some reason, I feel my butterflies flutter, apparently just the fact that he cares if I get burned or not expands my heart. God, I am such a pansy.

"Thank you." I say politely and take the cup. I dip a finger into the steaming liquid experimentally. It's piping hot. I put it to my mouth and swallow down a few gulps, the scalding liquid tracing a path down my insides.

Percy stares at me. Then, "Okay, so Annabeth likes things hot."

Some of the coffee goes down the wrong pipe and I choke. I wipe my lips and glare at Percy, who just sends me a dirty smile.

"Go away." I order and turn back towards my rack of unpacked clothes.

"Sorry, can't," Percy says dragging a stool next to the rack and sitting on it he faces me.

"And why is that?" I ask, preoccupied with a pair of heels.

"Because Piper said so, and you know how scary Piper can be." Percy says with a shrug.

"And what did Piper say?" I asked patiently, feeling like I was talking to a six year old.

Percy obviously felt that too, because when I looked up from my work, he was pouting. "Because she said that I would ruin everything else."

I look back down blindly and swallow. Just the fact that he can act cute then return to being a smoldering hot twenty year old was amazing. And kind of hot.

"Fine, then help me pack." I say finally and toss him a hanger. He catches it. For some reason, Percy's ability to catch annoys me and I strip another hanger and throw it at him. I hear it hit him and grin, then shake out the dress and folded it neatly. Apparently packing meant that that I would take the clothes off the hangers, fold them, put them into boxes, and collapse the foldable rack (basically all the work) while all Percy did was catch the hangers I chucked at him and stack them like dominoes.

When everything was finally packed Annabeth, Thalia and me began lugging things to the car.

"Oh no, you don't," Percy said, grabbing a box from me. I looked at him weirdly.

"What?" I ask.

"There are some things that men do, that women can't," he says going all man-is-strong-man-build-boat on me.

I raise an eyebrow then punch him neatly in the stomach. He swears and doubles over, dropping the box. I catch it and smile.

"And there are some things that women can do that men can't," I say as I walk past him. I hear him laugh lowly from behind.

"Annabeth…" he says suddenly behind me, murmuring into neck. I freeze, my eyes widening. I feel his arms sliding around me and he buries his face into neck. "What exactly is it that thing that women can do…?" He trails off. My heart pound wildly and suddenly the box is out of my hands and he's walking towards the car.

"SCREW YOU PERCY!" I scream.

I can hear Percy's laughter from inside the car, then, "NOT TONIGHT BABY!"

A/N: Sooooo….. What did you think?

I hope you guys liked it and forgive me disappearing, what can I say? I was training to a secret agent?

…that is so lame -_-

Anyways, THANK YOU GUYS FOR READING :)

…oh yeah, and the outfits are on my profile… fanfiction? Why u make it so hard to post links?