Slowly catching up...
#03 | Apologies
"You don't have to do this, Percy." Annabeth sighed. "I've already forgiven you."
Percy smiled, his green eyes glowing.
"But, I want to." Percy said just as two of the canoes floated into Annabeth's view. They both held two Apollo campers with their guitars and lyres. They were at the canoe lake—obviously—standing on the pier. All the other campers except for Annabeth, Percy and the four Apollo kids were at the amphitheater currently (shh, don't tell anyone!). The sun was setting, turning the sky beautiful purples and pinks and oranges.
"And I kinda promised these guys I'd help out with their chores for a week. I don't really want to have made that deal for no reason." Percy continued, looking a little sheepish.
Annabeth knew just how much Percy hated chores (or was off doing something that made him too busy to do chores), especially seeing as how he never got good scores when they did cabin inspections.
"Okay," She sighed but was secretly happy and excited to see just what Percy was planning. To her surprise he stepped right off the pier and onto the lake, it freezing underneath his feet. He turned back and held out a hand for her to take. She looked at it skeptically.
"Won't that wear you out?" She asked.
Percy put one foot back up on the pier and took Annabeth's hand, pulling her down toward him. She let out a surprised yelp and fell into his arms.
"For you," Percy started, helping her stand up and then putting one hand on her waist, the other taking her hand. "Anything."
Annabeth's ear turned pink and she bit her lip. Percy smiled and nodded at the Apollo campers who started to play a sweet tune with a moderate tempo... and they started dancing on the lake, where they stepped freezing them, keeping them above small, lapping waves.
"I didn't know you could dance." Annabeth commented as Percy spun them around, twirling Annabeth, dipping her. It was fantastic.
"I'm a man of many talents." Percy commented, laughing.
Annabeth rolled her eyes but smiled.
"Oh, seaweed brain," She sighed just as the music slowed and so did their dancing, almost coming to a stop.
They both gazed at each other in the dying light before leaning forward and sharing a soft, sweet kiss.
"Okay, Percy," Annabeth said when they'd pulled apart. "You're forgiven."
I guess now would be a good time to tell you that I've barely started The Lost Hero. I've made it to the chapter where Leo goes to find the dragon, so these won't feature The Heroes of Olympus characters much or at all. (I'll probably end up coming back later and you'll probably see more of them then, though.)
Thank you for everything,
TheBrightestNight