Love is in the Air: Chapter 3
A/N: Allo and bai. I don't own PJO or HOO sadly.
Annabeth's POV
I was cold and shivering with tears falling freely down my face. I was shaken up by what I just experienced. I rang the doorbell at Percy's apartment. He opened the door his face in shock and asked,"Annabeth! Oh my gods! Are you okay?" Well, Seaweed Brain, that is the most STUPIDIST question you have ever asked. Of course I'm not! "C'mon. Explain everything to us." And he led me inside his apartment. I sat on a couch in their living room, with a blanket Percy gave me, and Percy sitting next to me with Paul and Sally Blofis, Percy's parents, sitting across from us. Percy held me close to him with his arm around my shoulders. "Annabeth, can you explain what happened right now?" asked Sally. I tensed up, but Percy rubbed my arms letting me relax. I took a deep breath and explained what happened at my house.
*FLASHBACK*
"WHY ARE YOU ALWAYS PROTECTING HER?!" I was screaming at my Dad because he recently married a new woman a few weeks ago. "Please Annabeth she-"
"I DON'T WANT TO GIVE HER A SECOND CHANCE! IT'S BEEN A FEW WEEKS NOW AND SHE DOESN'T EVEN THINK THAT IM HER DAUGHTER!" I was on the verge of tears now. "Annabeth. You're getting on the wrong side of her. It's not like what it is." My dad said calmly. "SHE TREATS ME LIKE IM A GHOST AND SHE THINKS IM A THREAT TO HER CHILDREN!" I literally screamed in his face. "But An-"I interrupted him by saying, "That's it. It's over Dad. I can't take this anymore." Tears started to trickle down my face as I walked quickly to the door. Before I left, I mumbled, "I thought you actually knew me… but you didn't." I opened the door and ran, not looking back. Oh shit I thought. I forgot my own phone back home. Well, too bad cause that's not my home anymore my rebellious side said, happy to break free from all the problems. I slowed down my run to a walk and thought, where should I stay now? Luke's house? I shrugged. I walked to his house and saw that the lights in his house were dark. He went to a party without me? I thought. I wonder if he's cheating on me… no no no Annabeth! He would never cheat on me! I sighed with my heart broken. I should've brought my phone with me… I walked towards Percy's house knowing that he isn't the party-type guy. Still innocent and sweet! My thoughts were overloaded with what just happened to me in the past few minutes. I arrived at Percy's apartment and started to crumble again.
*END OF FLASHBACK*
"…and you guys know the rest." Sally nodded in understanding he face showing worry. "Annabeth, I'll go prepare a meal for you ok?"
"Ok sure and thank you Sally."
"It's no problem sweetie!" Dang she's so nice. "I'll just go back to my work" said Paul. Then we just sat there in silence. I had a feeling Percy was staring at me. I took a glance at him and he was still staring at me, ignoring me looking at him. I felt my eyes drift down to his chest. I realized that he was only wearing his boxers. He had toned muscles and a 6-pack. He was perfectly tanned and I came back to realized that I was staring for a bit too long and was starting to drool. I quickly closed my mouth and looked at his face with a smirk and he wriggled his eyebrows at me saying: you like that? With his face. I turned away blushing so hard my face could explode. "Oh and Percy?" Sally called from the kitchen, breaking the awkward silence. "Yeah Mom?"
"Can you show Annabeth her room please?"
"Okay Mom!" He then shot a grin at me and it was so contagious I had to smile back. "C'mon Annabeth!" he gestured for me to follow him upstairs. I followed him up the stairs and he opened the door for me. It was white and simple, just the way I like it. "You can stay here and my room is next to yours so you can just call me."
"Ok thanks Percy."
"Thanks? All I did was show you your ro-"I interrupted him but doing to most least expected thing. I hugged him. He was surprised, but he quickly relaxed and hugged me back. "No, thank you for being my best-friend and always being here for me, Seaweed Brain." I said. "Ok then, Wise Girl."
"That's still a bad comeback."
"Oh well I do it my way!" he then chuckled. I pressed my head against his chest relaxing from the warmth that Percy emitted. I turned to look at him and he was looking at me, smiling and he moved a strand of hair out of my face and put it behind my ear. We were staring into each other's eyes. His sea-green irises seemed to changed color from green to blue. I was mesmerized by his eyes that were capturing my soul. Our silence was interrupted by Sally, who was in the kitchen. "Annabeth! Your food is ready!"
"Okay! I'm coming!" I replied. We unwrapped our arms from each other, and I was a bit disappointed because my body was missing his warmth and I was quickly cloaked in coldness. "Well, I'll be in my room if you need me." He rubbed the back of his neck, which I found somehow cute. "Oh and Annabeth?"
"Yeah Percy?"
"When you're done eating, could you help me with my homework?"
"Ok, sure" then I went down the stairs to the dining room. In the next few minutes, I found myself wolfing down a plate of rice. I cleaned up my plate and went upstairs to help Percy with his homework. I went to his room and knocked on the door of his room. "Come in!" I opened the door and walked in to find a pig-sty of a room with blue walls. "Oh my gods Percy!"
"What?"I gestured towards the big pile of clothing. "Oh that's nothing."
"Nothing?! I'm not helping you with your homework until you clean up this mess!" he pouted and said,"Ok, ok Annie-poo"
"Don't you dare call me Annie-poo!" I threw a pillow at him and he dodged it. "Are you challenging me to a pillow-fight?"
"Heck yah Seaweed Brain!" he threw a pillow at me and I caught it. I smirked at him and asked, "Is that all you got?"
"Well, I got more tricks up my sleeve Wise Girl." Our pillow-fight was about 15 minutes long, and we ended our fight laying on Percy's bed tired and sweating. "So how about that homework you want me to help you with?"
"I thought you wanted to clean the place before you helped me, not make it messier." I got up and sat on his bed, looking around looking at all the commotion that happened. "Oh." Was all I could say. "Well, c'mon Annabeth, we don't have all day." We cleaned up his dirty laundry, threw away his trash and found many articles of clothing in weird places. When we were finally done, I plopped myself on a bean-bag and sighed. Percy was sitting at his desk, in his chair looking at me. "You're still going to help me with my homework right?"
"Yeah just give me a minute."
"Sure." After a few minutes, I got up and helped him with his homework even though it was so easy, Percy was still in la-la-land. When we finished it was 11:00 PM, I said,"Ok, I'm pooped now. I'm going to go sleep now night Percy."
"Goodnight." I brushed my teeth and washed my face, and went to my "bedroom". I found a pile of clothes on my bed and there was a note next to it. It said: Dear Annabeth, since you don't have anything to change into, here's some of my nightwear that you can borrow. Love, Sally. I changed into the clothing and surprisingly, it fit. I stretched and yawned, and I turned the lights off and went to bed…
A/N: Hey guys! This is the first chapter thingy I ever posted on .