Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson and the Olympians, nor do I own the Bachelor or any real-world references, like Cinnamon Toast Crunch. :)
Chapter Two
I was the first one up in the morning at eight-thirty. I sighed as I fixed myself a bowl of Cinnamon Toast Crunch. I took my food into the living room and turned on the TV. I watched Say Yes to the Dress as I ate. Soon, a couple other girls began to come downstairs. I recognized Melissa and Kate getting themselves some food.
"Whatcha watching?" Kate asked as she sat down on the opposite side of the couch as me.
"Say Yes to the Dress," I answered, surprised at her friendliness. Kate was one of the girls being rude to me last night.
"I love that show," Melissa said, sitting on a plush chair, "and I'm sorry about last night, Annabeth. I didn't mean anything I said. I was a little tipsy." She smiled apologetically at me.
"Me too," Kate agreed, "that was totally uncalled for." I smiled.
"It's okay. Let's just forget about it." I said. They both nodded and turned their attention to the TV, leaving an awkward atmosphere. I finished my cereal and went to put my dishes away.
"Well if it isn't the little slut," Kenzi said, coming downstairs as I closed the dishwasher. I rolled my eyes.
"Good morning, Kenzi," I acted like she hadn't said anything. She scoffed and shoved past me into the kitchen. I went back into the living room. Most of the girls were waking by now. It was about nine-thirty. Emma sat next to me with her breakfast.
"Morning," she said.
"Good morning. Sleep well?" I asked.
"Great, you?"
"Fine," Soon, everyone was gathered in the living room, sitting in awkward silence. The silence was broken when Chris walked in.
"Good morning, ladies!" He greeted, "Let me explain how things are going to work. Each week there will be three dates. This week, there are two one-on-ones, and a group date. There will be a rose up for grabs on each date. If you are chosen for a one-on-one date and do not receive a rose, you will be sent home immediately, so have your bags packed just in case. You will know who will be on what date as the date cards arrive. The first date is today, and I have the first date card here," he brought out a sealed envelope from his back pocket, "I hope to see all of you at the next rose ceremony!" He put the card on the table and left. We all stared at it for a few minutes before Ashley stood up and opened the envelope.
"Okay, girls, ready?" She read the card:
Annabeth,
Can our love survive the currents?
Percy
Ashley handed it to me. Everyone was looking at me, all with jealousy in their eyes, but some could conceal it better than others. We all just sat there for a few minutes.
"I'm going to go get ready," I said standing up and heading to my room. I slipped on a cherry red bikini and put denim shorts and a loose top on over it. I brushed my teeth and let my hair flow down my back, but put a ponytail holder on my wrist just in case. I didn't bother with make-up since we'd most likely be in the water based on the card. Once I had my shoes on, I headed downstairs to wait for Percy.
"How do you make your make-up look so natural?" Kathryn asked.
"Oh, I'm not wearing any," I answered.
"You're really pretty,"
"Thanks," I smiled. Soon, the doorbell rang.
"I've got it!" A girl named Kayla ran to get the door. I heard her greet Percy and invite him inside. They walked into the living room and Percy smiled at me.
"Ready?" He asked. I stood and smiled at him.
"Ready." He grabbed my hand and we walked to the door, the girls following us. A black mustang was parked in front of the mansion.
"Is that yours?" I asked Percy. He shrugged.
"Thanks to the producers." I smiled and got in the shotgun seat while Percy cranked up the engine. The girls stood outside the front door, watching us drive off. We held hands across the console.
"Have you ever been snorkeling?" Percy asked.
"Is that what we're doing?" I answered his question with one of my own.
"If the weather holds up," I noticed the sky was rather dark and cloudy…
"I hope it does,"
"Ah, we'll be fine. Even if it pours I'm sure we'll find something else to do." He winked at me. We pulled up to a dock and got out of the car. There was a man waiting for us. He gave us all of the safety rules and got us suited up. Sure enough, as soon as we got in the water, a loud clap of thunder boomed. I looked at Percy. He looked at me.
"Out of the water," the man who was "in charge" told us. We dried off and got dressed.
"Now what?" I asked Percy. The rain had started to fall pretty hard. He put his arm around me, trying to shield me from the cold droplets.
"I don't know. Let's go find somewhere dry where we can talk." I nodded and we walked off in the rain. We found a small coffee and got a booth in the corner. The waitress came by and we both ordered espressos.
"So what do you want to do?" Percy asked, "It's only ten thirty."
"I don't know. Is there anything to do?"
"Well, anything water related is out," thunder clapped, as if to prove his point. I sighed. "I'm sorry this didn't go as planned." Percy really sorry. I smiled.
"It's fine. Really. I like this. Just doing normal stuff." Our drinks came and we thanked the waitress. I took a sip of my drink, and Percy all of a sudden got a huge grin.
"What are you grinning about?" I asked.
"We can go see a movie! It's perfect. I mean, how much more normal can it get?" he had a point. I agreed, and now we were watching previews in a darkened movie theater. Percy had his left arm around my shoulders, his left hand reached over, holding mine. I rested my head on his shoulder as the film started.
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Once the movie was over, Percy and I went to lunch at a pizzeria. We sat at a little square table by the window and ordered a regular peperoni pizza.
"I like you a lot, Annabeth," Percy said to me. I smiled wide.
"I like you, too, Percy," Now Percy grinned. I really didn't think I would feel this way about him just on the first date. The waitress brought our food. I put two slices on my plate and began to eat.
"Do you have any pets?" Percy asked me.
"No," I answered, "but I've always wanted a dog."
"I have a dog. Her name is Mrs. O'Leary."
"That's awesome. Do you have pictures?"
"Yeah," Percy pulled out his phone and handed it to me. I was a bit surprised he trusted me to go through his phone myself. Most people would pull up the pictures then show them to me. I found his camera roll and began to scroll through, looking for a dog. The first picture was of Percy with an older woman with long brown hair.
"Is this your mom?" I asked Percy, showing him the photo.
"Yeah. That was right before I came here. She told me not to let the women get to my head," He answered. I laughed.
"How's that going for ya?" I raised an eyebrow.
"So far not too well. And that's you fault." He chuckled.
"My apologies," I turned my attention back to trying to find a picture of Percy's dog. I found one of a big black dog. She was really cute.
"This her?" I asked.
"Yep. Mrs. O'Leary. Hey I want to see your pictures. This isn't very fair." I laughed at his whining.
"Let's get out of here first." We found a park bench that was shielded from the rain and I gave Percy my phone. He started laughing and I looked over at what he was looking at. It was a picture of Thalia and me. We both had whipped cream in our hair and peanut butter all over our faces.
"Who did this?" Percy asked in-between laughs.
"The Stolls. Connor and Travis. It's not funny! Stop laughing!" I hit his arm.
"Oh, come on. How is this not funny?" he showed me the picture, and I couldn't help but smile. "See?" Percy said victoriously.
"Whatever. Now I have to find an embarrassing picture of you." We spent the whole afternoon sharing stories and laughing at each other's pictures. Before we knew it, it was time to head back.
"Hey, before we get in the car," Percy said, "we should take a picture." I laughed but agreed. Percy gave his phone to one of the camera men. He put his arm around my waist and I followed suit. The flash went off and the camera man tried to hand Percy's phone back to him, but Percy ignored him and kissed me. I was vaguely aware of the second flash as I kissed him back.
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"You know, I'm going to need your phone number so I can send you the pictures." Percy said as we pulled up to the mansion. I raised an eyebrow.
"Isn't that against the rules?" I argued, even though I was smiling. Percy rolled his eyes as he gave me his phone. I gave him mine in return and we added ourselves as contacts.
"See you tonight," Percy said as I got out of the car. I waved and went into the mansion, smiling like an idiot.
"Look who's back," Kenzi said as I locked the door. Why is it always her?
"Good afternoon, Kenzi. How's your day been?" I asked with a smile.
"Great without you."
"My day was wonderful too! I need to go change for dinner. Nice talking to you," I went upstairs and hopped in the shower. When I got out, my phone was lit up with three new messages, all from Percy. The first two were the pictures of us, on with our arms around each other, the other of us kissing. I saved them to my camera roll and looked at the third message: hey :). I rolled my eyes and texted back: miss me already?
I put on a cream dress that was somewhere in the middle of casual and fancy. I applied one coat of mascara and some lip gloss and was ready. Downstairs, girls were in groups all over the place. Some were out by the pool, some watching TV, and it looked like some were making dinner. I spotted Emma, Ashley, and Kathryn in the living room and went to sit with them.
"Annabeth! How'd it go?" Kathryn asked.
"It went great!"
"Is he nice?" Emma questioned.
"Nice? That's an understatement,"
"What did you guys do?" Ashley's turn.
"We were going to go snorkeling, but it rained obviously, so we just talked and hung out. It was very normal. It was great." Before they could ask more questions, someone told me a limo was here for me. I said bye and went to my ride. In the limo, my phone buzzed. On your way? Percy texted. Yep! See you soon! I texted back. Soon it was when we pulled up to an aquarium. I got out and went inside where Percy was waiting for me. He smiled.
"You look beautiful," he said. I was sure I blushed.
"You're not looking too bad yourself," I replied. Percy took my hand and led me into a dome where everything was made of glass but the floor. Through the glass, you could see that we were underwater. Fish swam by around and above us with the occasional shark. The water flushed the whole room with a blue light.
"Wow," I whispered.
"Pretty cool, huh?" There was a small table set up in the middle of the dome. We sat down and began to eat.
"I feel like I should apologize about our date getting rained out, but really I'm glad it did and we got to do what we did instead." Percy said.
"I agree. I had a great time. Thanks for that." I took a bite of my chicken.
"It was my pleasure. So, tell me about past relationships." Percy said.
"The only serious relationship I've had was with a guy named Luke. He seemed perfect. We'd dated for two years before he proposed. I wore the ring for a week before I caught him with some stripper."
"I'm sorry, Annabeth. I've been cheated on, too, and whoever would do that to you is a bastard. How long ago was that?"
"I haven't seen him in a year in a half, and honestly, as soon as I saw him with her, any good feelings I'd ever had towards him were gone," I smiled, "I punched him." Percy laughed.
"Really?"
"Yeah. But what about you? I want to know about your relationships."
"I've been in two serious relationships. I dated a girl named Rachel for two years. I was actually planning on proposing the night I caught her. I didn't punch her," he looked at me and we laughed, "and the other one was a girl named Calypso. I broke it off after about eight months. She wanted me to drop everything and move to another country with her, and I said no. Calypso was before Rachel, and I haven't seen either of them in about a year." I didn't have to ask if he was completely over them. I could tell by how he laughed while telling the stories and how he talked lightheartedly about it. The conversation didn't stop for a beat the whole time we ate dinner.
"So there is a lovely rose here on the table." Percy said.
"Yes there is." I agreed. He picked it up and turned to me.
"Annabeth, I couldn't have had a better day today. I like you a lot, and I would be honored if you would accept this rose." He said. I smiled.
"I would love to accept this rose." Percy handed me the rose.
"Do you want to dance?" he asked.
"We don't have any music," I said. He shrugged and pulled me to my feet.
"We don't need music," he whispered as he put his hands on my waist and pulled me closer to him. I put my arms around his neck and we danced slowly in the silence. We stared into each other's eyes for a really long time until Percy started to lean closer. Our lips met, and it was pretty much the best underwater kiss of all time.
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The next day, there weren't any dates, but the group date card had come while I was with Percy last night. Everyone would be gone except for Kate, Lily, Elizabeth, and me. Fifteen girls were going on the group date. I sat out by the pool and was texting Percy. I was pretty sure that was against the rules, but I couldn't care less. He was telling me lame jokes and I was telling even lamer jokes back. The day went by quickly, and soon I was making everyone dinner. I cooked lasagna and green beans. I think it turned out okay, because almost everyone helped themselves to seconds. I got many thanks as people went off to bed.
Emma, Kathryn, Ashley, and I played Sorry in our room until we practically passed out from exhaustion. I had a peaceful and restful sleep. Until I was woken up at three in the morning by Percy walking into our room. I sat up straight in my bed as soon as the door was opened. I'm a very light sleeper.
"Hey, Annabeth! I didn't know you were in here!" Percy said.
"Percy what are you doing?" I asked.
"You know, you look really cute with your hair all tousled like that." He pulled out his phone and took a picture of me. The flash woke a very confused Ashley.
"Delete that." I said. Percy just laughed and shook his head.
"What's going on?" Ashley asked.
"Good morning, Ashley," Percy said, "are you ready for our group date?"
"Is it starting now?"
"Yeah! We need to get Emma and Kathryn up, too." Percy flipped the light switch, effectively wakening the other occupants of the room. They groaned and muttered about tiredness as Percy told them to be ready in fifteen minutes. He flashed me a smile as he stepped out the door to wake up the rest of the house.
"This sucks," Emma said, "I'm exhausted." I sighed and went downstairs to get some breakfast. Once I'm awake, I can't get back to sleep. I found Percy watching TV on the couch. I got a bowl of cereal and sat next to him.
"Did you wake everyone up?" I asked.
"I sure did," he answered, "your hair is still messed up." I glared at him.
"Sorry," I said. He laughed and took another picture. "Stop that!" I said.
"Here let's take one together." I sighed as he held his phone in front of himself and motioned for me to get in the shot. He put his arm around me and smiled wide. I made sure to look as annoyed as possible.
"That's actually pretty cute," I said, "send it to me, please."
"Of course." He said. The girls started coming downstairs. Percy stood once they were all ready and led them outside
"Bye, Annabeth!" He called as he closed the door. I sighed and went back to my cereal.
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Kate, Lily, Elizabeth, and I were eating dinner when the doorbell rang.
"Date card?" I asked. They nodded and I went to get it. I sat back down before opening the envelope.
Lily,
Let's ride off into the sunset…
Percy
I read the card then gave it to a very excited Lily. She kept asking us questions about what she should wear and what we thought they were going to do for the rest of dinner. The group date came back around ten-thirty and Melissa was holding the rose. The rest of the week went by quickly until the night of the Rose Ceremony. Melissa, Lily, and I already had roses, so we were perfectly calm. The other girls, however, were frantic. Everyone was scared and nervous. A few girls were even crying. We were all fancied up and waiting for Percy get here. Once he arrived, one of the other girls instantly stole him away. I didn't get to talk to him until it was almost time for the Rose Ceremony. But I already had a rose, so I guess that's fair.
"How was the rest of your week?" I asked.
"Good, good. I've missed you." he answered. I laughed.
"It's been what? Three days? Four days?" I said. He laughed.
"Whatever. I still missed you. I think we should take a picture. It's kinda a tradition right?" Percy asked. I raised an eyebrow.
"If you say so," I said. He smiled and pulled out his phone for a picture. He put his arm around my shoulders and I put my arm around his waist.
"I'll send it to you," he said.
"Okay," I said. Percy pulled me closer and kissed me. It didn't last very long, though, because someone cleared their throat. We broke apart to see a producer with a smug smile on. He told us it was time for the Rose Ceremony. We went our separate ways. When I walked into to Rose Ceremony room, all of the other girls were already in their places. I took my place next to the other two girls who had roses. Percy came out and began calling names for girls to get their rose. Kathryn, Kate, and Sarah were sent home. I was a little disappointed to see Kathryn go. She was a good roommate. Percy thanked us for a great week and we all went to bed.
Okay! Second chapter is done! I hope you liked it! So if you've seen the show, you know they're going to start traveling soon, so if you have any ideas for places you'd like to see them go, please tell me and give some date ideas if you have any! All support is greatly appreciated.
In the story I didn't specify what type of phones Percy and Annabeth have because I know everyone has different things they'd like to see them use. I personally picture them both with iPhones. Percy's black and Annabeth's white. But you can make it whatever you want.