Welcome back and HAPPY NEW YEAR! I can't believe that this is already chapter three. I have high hopes for this story. I sure hope that you enjoy reading this...
Annabeth pov
I continued running down the hall even as I heard Percy call out after me. I just couldn't take this anymore I am continually embarrassing myself in front of the guy I was crushing on at OSU and here in New York. I gasp as something grabs me from behind. "Please Annabeth" Percy says softly in my ear. I don't answer and he pulls me into a tighter embrace. I blush realizing that the only thing between my naked body and his arms is a loosely wrapped towel. "Annabeth please "he pleads. "Stay, get dressed at least your not stealing my towel". I smile slightly, "I do need to get dressed before I go I guess". Percy releases me and I go back to the bathroom to get changed...
I come back out to find Percy making scrambled eggs and bacon. I plop down in a chair near where Percy is cooking and try to stop from staring at him. "Why does he look so hot doing something as normal as making eggs". I distract myself by looking on my phone, checking the social media that I don't have. Percy puts a plate of eggs and bacon in front of me and I jump like ten feet in the air knocking over the chair I was sitting in. Percy grabs me around the waist pulling me back up to my feet and grabbing the fallen chair. "Don't worry the eggs don't bite" Percy says through laughs causing my face to turn a deep crimson. "I'm not that hungry", I mumble. "Eat, it will help with the hangover". I eat the eggs and bacon and after thanking Percy I proced to collect my stuff. "Oh shit", I hear Percy say who was standing by a window over looking the streets of NYC. We might need to delay your departure madam chase" Percy beckons to the window with raised eyebrows. I look outside only to see the most traffick I have ever seen clogging up the streets of Manhattan look over their Percy points to a massive car crash. "How far from here do you live?" Percy asks. "At least 20 miles" I answer. "Well looks like your gonna have to put up with me for a while longer", Percy jokes. To which I roll my eyes, if only he knew how I really felt about him. "We could walk around Manhattan but jeez it's 95 degrees out their" Percy says, looking at me. "Netflix?" I ask to which he nods and jumps over the back of his two seat couch. I walk over and sit beside him while still not touching him so it didn't get too awkward. The tv turns on and I see an episode of marvel agents of shield halfway completed. He likes that show too, Percy the stud, cool kid on campus likes the same show as me the literal nobody/geek/nerd. I turn to Percy and give him a shocked look. "I uuuuhh" Percy mumbles his face beginning to redden. "You like Marval agents of shield?" I ask clearly shocked. "That's like, my favorite show!" I tackle Percy, who's face is a mix of embarrassment and confusion. "Umm sorry" I say climbing off of him and nervously sitting back on my side of the couch. "We can watch this if you want" Percy tells me. I nod in return and we begin watching as Agent Colsin begins briefing his team on a strange woman that might have telekinesis abilities...
Half way through the show I start to notice that the temperature is dropping. I turn to see Percy notices it too. "Mike likes to go a little overboard with the AC on hot days" Percy says while handing me a blanket. We continue to watch until I notice Percy covered in goose bumps and rubbing his arms together. "Here, we can share the blanket" I offer Percy. "Nah I'm okay"Percy says he teeth chattering a little as he did so. I Scooted up against him and put the blanket over both of us. Sadly this didnt help much as we cuddled closer and closer together. Percy at one point gets a call from Mike his landlord saying that the AC is stuck on. But I was loving every minute of it, cuddling with my crush and watching Netflix. Percy wrapping his arms around me with me snuggled into his chest. We stay like that until Percy falls asleep on me and I proceed to fall asleep into him.
Percy POV
I wake up to find the tv still on and playing Netflix and Annabeth looking about as cute as humanly possible snuggling up against me snoring a cute little snore. Wowowow you can't think that, there's no way in hell you think that Percy. One minute your showing her the ropes at work the next you want her this is all going way to fast... Annabeth begins to stir. I lightly tap her on the nose and she opens her beautiful grey eyes (stop it Percy). She yawns and stretches (which I think looks incredibly hot) "what time is it" she yawns. Uuuuh what time is it? I grab my phone and look at the lock screen which flashed 5:45 pm. "Ow crap we slept through lunch" I tell Annabeth. Annabeth's stomach rumbles causing her to giggle and me to resist the urge to reach out a kiss her right then. I get up and pull her up to her feet. Mike must have fixed the AC because it is no longer freezing in here. I look out the window to find no traffic and look on my phone to find the temperature had gone down as we were asleep. "Hey you hungry" I ask Annabeth, "cause I know the best pizza place in the history of best pizza places"...
Me and Annabeth walked to my favorite, and in my opinion the best pizza place in all of New York City the name of which no one knows because the letters on the sign gave long since worn/fallen off. It is a grubby looking restaurant from the outside but on the inside it had checked tile floors with walls covered in old bottle caps that made faces of famous italian people and shaped into tomatoes and different pizza ingredients, it also has a chandelier made of old glass bottles. But although it was Italian I could he Ed Sheeran playing in the background. As we walked inside Annabeth squeezed my hand tight and gasped in amazement at the inside, looking back and forth from me then to the restaurant. We sit down across from each other, at a booth near the front of the restaurant. The owner of the restaurant Mrs. Joya was a plump 51 year old woman whose father immigrated to New York from Italy. The Joya's run the restaurant, Mrs. Joya's two sons work in the kitchen with Mrs. Joya as the waitress. "Percy, back from college, and with a girl!" I heard Mrs. Joya's heavy Italian accent. I turn to see Annabeth's face go bright red, "umm actually Mrs. Joya we're just friends", I reply to Mrs Joya's comment. "Ahh that it not what it looked like when you walked in", she responded in a singsong voice. I quickly try to change the subject of the conversation. "How has the restaurat been?" I ask hoping I can change the subject. "Ahh we are getting more and more customers than we did before you helped us". Mrs. Joya answered with a smile. "Helped with what?" Annabeth asks. "Percy designed the walls and chandelier, ahh more customers!" She finished before going over to the people just walking in. "You made this?" Annabeth asked looking at the walls of the restaurant. "Yeah I also made the Empire State Building and Times Square" I said sarcastically,earning a kick from under the table. "Ow that hurt"I continued sarcastically. Earning a harder kick from Annabeth...
Annabeth POV
Percy wasn't lying about the food I think while we walked out of the restaurant. At this point the sun has gone down with a cool summer breeze blowing through the busy streets of Manhattan. We walk back to Percy's and I can't stop thinking about what Mrs. Joys had said, besides the fact that we were holding hands there's no way that we could look like a couple. I mean short, shy, chubby, nerd, geek compared to hot, nice, cool kid, stud, popular don't really work out. The only reason that I'm even here right now is because I got drunk and passed out, which doesn't make sense because I don't drink. Percy, being the nice guy that he is took me to his place instead of leaving me at work. We walk up the stairs to Percy's floor. "Why did you do this?" I decided to ask Percy. "Do what?"Percy returned, "Why did you take me to dinner?"I asked again. It takes Percy a few seconds to answer. "Because I think your a cool person and I can't believe that we didn't become friends at Ohio st. already". "Wait" I say "you think I, the fat nerd with no friends... you think I'm cool?". Percy gives me a strange look, "How are you fat?" He asks while opening the door to his apartment we walk in and he closes it behind him. "Uuh because I am" I answer. "You are not do you really think this lowly of yourself?!" Percy says a little loudly. "Well what do you call this?", I say lifting up my loosely hanging shirt to reveal my belly which fell slightly over the waistband of my pants.
Percy POV
"Well what do you call this?" Annabeth asks pulling upper shirt to reveal her small belly hanging over her waistband. "Your not fat Annabeth"I say softly, moving closer to where She's standing. "Yeah I am and it's pointless to keep saying that I'm not" she said, her eyes getting watery. "Your an amazing person Percy but please stop lying to me about how I look because it is pointless" she said, a tear falling down her cheek. I move closer wiping the tear off her cheek and cupping her face in my hands. "Well do you want me to tell you how I really feel about you?" I ask feeling ready to tell her how I really feel.
Annabeth POV
"I think you are the most beautiful girl that I have ever gotten the pleasure to meet and I really think I'd like to spend more time with you" my heart skipped a beat. But wait, there's no way he can be serious. "Percy stop kidding with me it's not funny" I say trying not to cry. "Fine I'll prove it", Percy says. I open my mouth to speak but am stopped by Percy's lips meeting mine. Percy wraps his hands tightly around me. Suddenly our lips parted, "so you believe me now?" Percy said with a mischievous smile. I smiled and kissed Percy back, Trying not to smile.
Aaahhh, I hope you enjoyed reading this chapter because I definitely enjoyed writing it. Do something amazing in this new year. Quote of the chapter: "stop worrying about what could go wrong and start thinking of what can go right" -Tony Robbins
