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Love the Babysitter

Piper knew that if Annabeth found out what she and the others were talking about at the moment, she would kill them all. All except Annabeth were gathered in Piper's mansion to spend the night together. There were only two days to New Year and their sleepover at the time was like a ritual for them.

"I don't think they are secretly dating Silena, you're only overreacting." Thalia rolled her eyes. Katie and Piper nodded in agreement, but Silena kept walking in the immense room of Piper's on the verge of hyperventilating.

"But-but Charlie told me he saw them kissing at the mall," Silena screamed. She and Charlie had started dating two months ago, and Silena was completely in love. Beckendorf had proven to be a good guy, loyal and loving, so he had won the approval of the girls.

"Maybe he just confused them," Katie tried to reason. She was lying in bed reading a gardening magazine, though her mind was only thinking of that boy with arched eyebrows that had her so crazy lately.

"This woman cooks really well," Thalia said suddenly, her mouth full of brownie. She was lying on a purple leather couch Tristan McLean had bought for his daughter.

"I know, these brownies are paradise." Said Piper, her small body spinning in the leather chair in front of her desk.

Silena snapped her fingers to get the attention of the others. "Hello? Can we return to the Percabeth subject?" With these words, Thalia choked on her brownie, Piper furrowed her brow, and Katie threw the magazine aside and look confusedly at her friend.

"The what subject?" Thalia asked cautiously. Silena sighed and rolled her eyes.

"The P-E-R-C-A-B-E-T-H subject." She spelled like if it was obvious. She grabbed a teddy bear that says 'I love you' (which Piper was very embarrassed about, but didn't want to throw it away because her father would get offended) and hugged to her body, screaming like a little girl. "I'm a genius!"

"What's supposed 'Percabeth' to mean?" Piper questioned.

"C'mon girls, it's obvious!" Silena said exasperated. "It's Percy and Annabeth's couple name! Don't you think they're meant for each other?" she sighed dreamily.

"Don't you think you're exaggerating a bit?" Thalia asked sarcastically.

"Please, you're gonna tell me you haven't seen them eating together, laughing and bothering each other, doing homework and a lot of things together." Silena said, and all were silent.

Their Annie, their little, strong Annie was falling for a guy.

After a few moments, Katie was the first one out of shock. "Oh my God," she said slowly. Who would have thought that Annabeth, a nerd girl without any reputation, had won the attention of the most popular boy in the school.

"This is worse than a Disney movie," Thalia shook her head.

"Now that you mention it," Piper told to Silena. "You're right. They have been spending a lot of time together at school." She remembered seeing them studying together in the library, or Annabeth teaching Percy algebra. They looked happy and comfortable with each other.

"So, do you think Annabeth kissed Percy and she never told us?" Katie asked, biting her nails.

"Yes," Silena answered firmly. "We need to remind her that she has to tell us everything. She never said anything about her days babysitting and I'm dying to know!"

"Where will she arrive? Annabeth's never late," Piper said checking out the hour in the watch hanging on her room's wall. She grabbed a lock of her hair and began to braid it, her hands in need of doing something.

"I don't know, but what do you think of 'Percabeth'? Isn't that name cool?" Silena asked.

"Sure, it's great." Katie said to please her friend. Since she looked so excited about what she had done.

"Oh, I made names for all of you too," Silena gushed, unaffected by the raised eyebrows of all her friends. Silena pointed to Katie and said "Tratie, you and Travis." Each one secretly admitted it was a pretty original name. Silena's finger turned to Piper. "Jasper, you and Jason," Piper smiled happily. Silena then pointed to Thalia. "Thalico, you and Nico."

"What are you saying? Nico and I have nothing, we're just classmates, and besides, I'm onto something with Will." Thalia said, a little too fast.

"You told us you had a crush on Nico," Silena looked at her confused, her pretty blue night eyes asking for a response.

"I don't anymore!" Thalia yelled exasperated. She rolled her eyes and sighed.

"Okay, don't get mad." Silena raised her hands in defense, but a smile was about to form in her lips. Thalia was so lying.

The door swung open, drawing the attention of all the girls in the room and getting them a little frighten. Standing there in the doorway was the only and one Annabeth Chase. Her neck was covered by a scarf and her big jacket made her look obese. She was smiling and her eyes sparkled. "Don't panic, it's just me." she joked.

"Idiot!" Piper threw her a pillow, which she easily dodged. "You scared us!"

"I know," Annabeth laughed despite the glances her friends sent. "It was awesome!" She took her jacket off and threw it on the floor along her backpack. "Anyway, what were you talking about?" She sat on the floor and leaned against a wall, her gray eyes looking at the others expectantly.

After exchanging dubious looks, Katie waved it off. "Oh, nothing important. Tell us where you were, you never arrive late." she changed the subject.

"Babysitting," she shrugged. "Sally and Paul went out to do some shopping and they called me, I couldn't say no."

"Why is that?" Silena asked moving her eyebrows suggestively.

Annabeth raised her eyebrows. "I love babysitting, and Tyson and Polly are very good kids, in fact, Sally and Paul are like my second family." she explained.

"Seriously? Silena asked, her tone a little creepy. "I was thinking of a green-eyed boy, Percy Jackson maybe?" This didn't affect Annabeth at all, since she didn't move even a hair on hearing his name.

"What are you saying Silena, please." Annabeth said sarcastically, but they all knew that she was lying.

"Don't lie to us Annie," Thalia said sternly.

"Who's lying? I'm not lying!" Annabeth defended herself nervously.

"Well, if you're not going to spit out the truth, we'll make you. We've been a bit closed with ourselves this year, don't you think? Each had a bit of drama and romance lately, and that's great, but what I want all of us confessing right now. Remember our pact? Say everything; there should be no secrets between us." Silena said deeply. The others were a bit shocked by her words, but they agreed.

"So, what do you have in mind?" Piper asked lifting herself from the chair.

"The ball game," Silena said. "Do you know it? We pass the ball between us and whoever has it has to tell the truth about everything."

"Fine." Piper said. She reached in her drawer for a ball, but the only thing she could find was pink brush. "Um, we may have to change the game a bit," she said uncomfortably but with a smile on her face. All of the others burst into laughter when they saw the brush.

"That can work," Silena said grabbing the brush in her hands. She sat back down next to Annabeth in the circle they had made. "I think I'll start." she took a deep breath before speaking. "Well, I don't have many things to confess, but... well, I'm a little jealous that my dad met a woman. She is pretty and elegant, but I see in her eyes that she really doesn't want my dad, but his money, or maybe the store. I also hate all the girls who come to the store trying to flirt with Charlie, but he ignores them, and that makes my feelings for him grow. He is so sweet and sensitive, he respects my space and... I don't know I think he's the perfect guy." she ended with a sigh.

Katie, who was at her side, smiled sweetly at her. "Well I think that if he is as you say he is, he really loves you and appreciates you. Don't let him go and don't be stupid, guys like Beckendorf are hard to find."

"And about your dad," Annabeth added. "Talk to him and tell him what you think. And besides, that woman could learn some lessons," she winked at Silena, who chuckled.

"You are girls are incredible." Silena grinned. She looked between Annabeth and Katie, the two that were on either side of her and thought about which one she needed to hear out first. And although it was a hard decision, she gave Katie the brush. The Percabeth secret was killing her, but the best always comes last.

Katie looked thoughtfully at the object in her hands, and sighing, she began to speak. "Well, you already know that I seriously like Travis," she made a pause, thinking. "It hurt a lot when I saw him making-out with another girl, but when I asked him about it, he just looked at me confused, but I couldn't stand it and I ran away. I was avoiding him for a month until he locked me in the janitor's closet and made me tell him what was wrong. I refused at first, but he seemed really worried, and I eventually gave up and told him what I had seen. He started to laugh like crazy, making me angrier, but then he explained that I had seen Connor making-out with a girl because supposedly wanted to practice for when his time comes. I don't understand what he meant by that though," Katie shrugged. "Then he asked me why I was mad at him and I didn't know what to say. I couldn't say that I liked him, because then he would disturb me for the rest of my life. I don't know what I thought at that moment, but I just stood on my toes and kissed him."

Everyone looked at her with wide eyes "Why you didn't tell us that?" they all screamed.

"I don't know! I was confused and you all had your own problems and I didn't wanted to disturb you." Katie shrugged looking at the floor. "Anyway, we kissed for a long time. Then I opened the door with one hand while we kissed, and I ran out of there. He just stood there, looking completely shocked."

"Why did you run?" Thalia asked, her black eyebrows together.

"I don't know!" Katie yelled exasperatedly. "Maybe because I didn't want to know what he would say. I've been avoiding him again since then."

"Don't be so shy," Piper said. "And don't hide, if he comes back, it's because he really likes you. And if he had a shock after you ate his mouth, it is because he enjoy it or because he wanted to kiss you."

"I didn't 'eat his mouth'" Katie rolled her eyes, making the quotation marks with her fingers sarcastically. Everyone laughed. "But I did really enjoyed it," she chucked. "And I think that's all." she gave the brush to Piper.

Piper looked at her pink brush and shrugged. "I have nothing secret to say. I told you I had various dates with Jason after the first one and we are very good 'friends'," she made air quotes and everyone laughed. "We've kissed a couple of times but still, we're not on anything serious. I think he'll ask when we get back to school, just give us time." she smiled dreamily.

"I'm happy for you," Silena smiled encouragingly.

"I know, I really like him. He is good, kind, romantic, funny..." Piper sighed.

"Okay... I don't want to hear that you adore my brother." Thalia said and they all laughed.

Piper handed the brush to Thalia, who took it in her hands and frowned. "I have no idea what to say,"

"We'll ask you, then." Silena said, a mischievous light in her eyes. "Why are you with Will?"

Thalia raised her eyebrows, but answered anyway. "Because he's funny and a great kisser." she shrugged.

"You know his story Thalia," Piper said with a tone of concern in her voice. "He dated Nyssa Keys before he cheated on her with Drew. He's a player."

"I thought he was to distract you from Nico," Silena snapped. Thalia's eyes flew open and glared at Silena. "You know, you two have become close friends."

Annabeth put her hands on Thalia's shoulders to hold her if she did something crazy, but Thalia didn't move. Instead, the punk girl just looked at the floor and sighed. "Fine," she admitted. "You're right."

Annabeth opened her eyes in surprise even more than the others. Thalia would never admit something like that. "What?" Katie asked.

"I said Silena's right." Thalia repeated annoyed. "Nico is a good friend of mine. We have English together and we're always paired up."

"You still like him?" Annabeth asked softly.

"I don't know, I guess." Covering her face with her hands, Thalia sighed in frustration. "But I don't want Bianca to get angry with me again." she said. "So I'm hanging out with Will, but it's nothing serious."

"You shouldn't care what Bianca thinks," Piper said. "If you like Nico, fight for it. Bianca isn't in the relationship; it's just you and Nico. In addition, Jason says he looks happier lately." She winked at Thalia.

"But Bianca is my friend…" Thalia said unsafe, since Silena and Piper looks were frightening. After a moment of thinking, Thalia decided. "Okay, Piper's right too." All smiled, and Thalia gave the brush to Annabeth.

"I don't know what to say either, so you guys can ask." the gray-eyed girl shrugged, oblivious to the glances of her friends.

"First, you never said anything about your babysitting days, only a few things here and there. Tell us, did something interesting happened?" Katie asked, a little insinuation in her voice that Annabeth didn't catch.

Annabeth shrugged. "A spider attacked me, I changed more diapers than I would like, I saw too many Disney movies… nothing too special. Polly and Tyson are great kids."

"Seriously? And something happened with the older child?" Silena asked moving her eyebrows.

Annabeth frowned. "What older chi-?" she cut herself when the realization came over her. "Percy? What about him?" she asked

"I don't know, did something happen between you two? Lately you have been very close together in school." Thalia spit out the thoughts of her friends.

Annabeth suddenly became very nervous. She bit her lip and tucked a lock of her hair behind her ear and looked at the floor. The others looked at her expectantly. After a few seconds Annabeth sighed and looked into her friends' eyes one by one. "Well, what exactly do you want to know?"

"Are you good friends?"

"Yes."

"Are you two dating?"

"NO!"

"Is he funny?"

"Yeah,"

"Do you think he's hot?"

"Next one."

"Did you two kissed?"

Silence.

Everyone in the room was looking at the red face of Annabeth. She tried not to meet any of the girls' eyes.

"Annabeth, please answer!" Silena begged.

Annabeth sighed for the tenth time that day and muttered something impossible to hear. "Speak up!" Thalia demanded.

Annabeth took a deep breath. "Yes! We kissed! But it was only once!" she confessed.

"Yes!" Silena screamed standing up and dancing her 'victory dance'. When she finished, she sat back down with an enormous smile on her face.

"How was it?" Katie asked.

"It was at the mall." Annabeth said. "We were with Polly in Toyland, and when we left, people gathered around us and encouraged us so that we would kiss. We were passed under a mistletoe."

"So romantic!" Piper cried.

"What happened after that?" Asked Thalia.

"It was a little uncomfortable," Annabeth admitted. "We went to the food court, and when he went to order the food, Polly asked me if I liked Percy. I didn't know what to say to her. When I said nothing, she told me that Percy had a girlfriend before and he was happy, but one day after a date, he was sad. After a few days, he had told her that he and the girl weren't dating anymore. She told me that Percy was hurt and she didn't want that to happen to him again. I didn't know what to say, but Percy arrived at that moment and Polly didn't mention the issue further. I haven't seen them since then because it was the last day of school before winter break. And today was only Tyson, because Percy and Polly had gone to who knows where."

"I don't remember that he ever had a girlfriend." Katie said.

"Doesn't matter," Silena waved it off. "You can tell us the answer to Polly's question." She told Annabeth.

Annabeth thought for a few minutes. Did she like Percy? Sure, there were many things she liked about him, he was cute and a very nice guy. She really liked him?

You bet it.

"Yes." Annabeth admitted. The faces of her friends lit up. "I knew it!" Silena screamed.

They all laughed and leaned forward in a group hug.

A/N= 3.041 words 15 pages. The longest chapter ever! Hope you liked it!

And, have you seen HOH cover!? OMG I think I'm gonna die with that book! Percabeth, the fandom bet on you to save the world again! I have to say two things about the cover:

-It's amazing; John Rocco made a great job.

-Percy's ass is enormous.

Thanks for everything,

HappyOwl.