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Hello my dear readers! I'm so glad you liked the last chapter! Because I worked a lot on that one! Soo… we reached 700 reviews! (731) I'm so happy! I think I'll do a victory dance now! * Does a cool victory dance* Yeeeeah! You guys are seriously amazing! Well, thanks for review, favorite or follow this story and me! And sooooo sorry for the late update, it's just that my beta got the flu, then it was her brother's birthday and she couldn't send me the chapter before. I should've update like seven days ago…
Beta: thestoryreader99.
Love the Babysitter
"Hurry up Annabeth! I don't want to be late for Polly's birthday!" Annabeth heard Bobby shouting from below. It turned out that Bobby and Polly were classmates at their school, so Bobby was invited to Polly's birthday. Luckily, Matthew wasn't invited because he wasn't in the same class.
Actually, Polly's birthday had been on Thursday. She had been jumping around that day, but as Sally couldn't be there, Polly had invited all her friends on Saturday, today, for a party.
"I'm almost ready," Annabeth shouted back. She sighed as she looked at herself in the mirror. It wasn't something that happened to her very often, but she hadn't known what to wear. It had been happening since that 'incident' in the bathroom and the spider. It was as if she now cares about what Percy thought of her.
Annabeth groaned mentally 'What is happening to me?' She opened her closet and grabbed the first thing she found. Those thoughts had to stop and she had to go back to the way she was before.
'Yeah,' she shuddered 'No more Percy thoughts.'
She ended up wearing a white T-shirt with a 'Puppy' on it (she had no idea where it came from), dark jeans and red converse. She tied her blond curls in a messy ponytail. She sighed, looking at herself again in the mirror.
Annabeth went downstairs and met her Bobby, who wore a black shirt with a smiling face, a pair of white-washed jeans and white sneakers. He looked adorable.
She smiled "Ready? Let's go."
They walked through the streets of New York, hand in hand, under the hot sun. Annabeth noticed that Bobby was red, and his little hand was sweating.
She frowned "Are you okay? You look like a tomato,"
Bobby nodded, but Annabeth knew he was lying
"Come on, you can tell me everything!" she insisted, shaking his hand.
She could see how Bobby hesitated "Does this have anything to do with the birthday?" she asked "I know Polly will love the gift, don't worry."
"It's not the gift." Bobby said looking at his feet.
"Then what?"
Bobby hesitated again, and taking a deep breath, he finally spoke "I… I kind of… umm… like Polly…"
Annabeth looked at him in surprise before bursting into laughter. Bobby frowned and crossed his arms over his chest angrily, though he looked no more angry than a tomato.
"I knew you would laugh," Bobby muttered upset.
Annabeth wiped a tear away and looked at him "Sorry, I just... Well, you two are only seven."
"So?"
"Well, when I was your age, I liked celebrities like Zack Efron, not kids from my school." she said, but a vague memory of her best friend came to her memory.
"But Annabeth, you were never ordinary," Bobby said.
"Hey!" Annabeth protested "You weren't born when I was little!" She tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear "Besides, umm... you're not ordinary either."
"Such a mature answer," Bobby rolled his brown eyes.
"Oh shut up,"
-.-.-.-.-
Annabeth heard children screaming as she rang the doorbell of the house. She looked at Bobby as he tried to hide behind her legs.
She snorted "Bobby, be a man."
"But I'm just a child!" Bobby murmured, his words muffled by her leg.
Annabeth rolled her eyes "Now make yourself the child," just as she was about to hit her half-brother in the head, the door opened revealing Percy Jackson himself in all his glory.
Annabeth felt her breath get stuck in her throat. Percy had a black sleeveless shirt with a blue short sleeved checkered shirt over it, jeans and black sneakers that seemed very worn. His hair was disheveled as usual, and he had a crooked smile that made Annabeth's knees tremble.
'Dude, he can wear a checkered shirt and not look like an idiot' she thought.
"Annabeth," He said surprised. God, she loved how he said her name "It's Saturday, I thought you didn't have to come here."
"Well…" she said "Actually, I came to bring my brother to the birthday. It turns out he and Polly are in the same class at school. I was just about to go," She smiled and turned to leave.
"Hey, no wait!" He grabbed her arm and forced her to look at him again.
"Yeah?" she asked.
"Umm… well," He released her arm and scratched the back of his neck "Actually I'm bored, and I was wondering if you could stay... if you can. Also, I think Polly would love for you to stay."
"Yeah," Annabeth said immediately. Then thought better "Yeah, sure, I'll stay. Hope it's not a problem for Sally, or Paul, or-" she was cut off by Percy laughing.
"Really, it's not a problem." he said.
"Oh, okay." she returned to put the same lock of hair behind her ear.
"So, where's your brother?" Percy asked after an awkward moment of silence.
"Oh," Annabeth said trying to push Bobby forward, "He's here, it's just that he's shy…" She looked at Bobby and made faces to him to come out without Percy noticing. She finally grabbed Bobby by the arm and dragged him in front of her. She placed her hands on his shoulders tightly so he wouldn't escape.
"Oh, hey buddy, I'm Percy." Percy ducked up to Bobby and extended his hand out.
"I'm Bobby," The kid shook hands with Percy.
Percy smirked "Oh, the famous Bobby!" he exclaimed.
"What?" Both Annabeth and Bobby asked in unison.
"Well, Polly always talks about a boy named Bobby, I guess it's you." He said, a twinkle in his eyes. Annabeth looked at him with an eyebrow raised.
"Umm," Bobby stammered unsure.
Percy clucked his tongue, looked behind to see if anyone was watching and leaned forward "Look, I'm gonna tell you a secret," he said "I think Polly likes you, she always talks about you and your pranks at school." Percy bit his tongue to keep from laughing at the red face of Bobby "But, you didn't heard it from me, okay?"
Bobby nodded frantically and Percy smiled. "Great, but one thing more," Percy looked him in the eyes "You have to win my trust if you want my permission to try something with Polly."
Bobby opened his mouth and then closed it three times. Annabeth covered her mouth with her hand and bit her lip to keep from laughing. Percy raised his eyebrows to the child waiting for a response, but there was humor in his eyes.
"I... I... umm... and you too." Bobby finally said.
"Excuse me?" Percy asked a little shocked.
"I mean, if you're gonna try something with my sister, you have to win my trust too." Bobby said, more sure of himself now.
"Bobby!" Annabeth hissed immediately. And of all the things she expected Percy to said, he didn't say it.
"Touché," Percy said. Bobby and he smiled "Now, I think Polly was waiting for you, you know. In the backyard, through the back door." Percy explained. He winked at Bobby, then stood up and patted Bobby's back as he ran into the backyard.
Percy looked at Annabeth and they both laughed. After a couple of minutes, Annabeth took a deep breath to calm her laughter. When she could, she said: "You're incredible,"
"I know," Percy grinned "Now, let's go inside, I have to take my revenge."
"Revenge for what?" Annabeth frowned.
"For the last week, you know, the bathroom." Percy explained.
Annabeth rolled her eyes although she smiled at the memory "Let's take revenge then,"
They walked inside the house together, both smiling mischievously.
A/N= 1.341 words and 9 pages.
Oh, they can be so childish sometimes, but still very sweet! Oh, next chapter we'll see Percabeth revenge. Muahahahaha! So I think we're all going to laugh in the next chapter!
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