AN: I feel terrible for leaving you with such a cliffhanger and decided I'd be nice and update this story instead of the ones I'm meant to update first. You got to love me, right? Right? No. Oh…
Sorry about any spelling/grammar mistakes. Enjoy the chapter.
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Annabeth
I don't let my eyes meet Percy's as he looks at me. I wiggle out of his grip, snatching my notebook out of his hands even though it's too late and he already saw what I didn't want him to see.
Great, I've ruined our friendship. He knows for sure whom I love now. He's the person I always go to and spend so much time with. It's obvious that it's him I love.
I push Percy off of me and jump to my feet. I shove my book back in my draw and fall onto the bed, putting my head in my hands. Percy is obviously in shock, he can't seem to form any words.
"I- bu- we…" he tries but then gives up and sits next to me.
"Is that why you act weirdly around me sometimes? Because you didn't want me to know your feelings?" he finally speaks up. He definitely knows.
I look up, staring at the wall if front of me and nod, wordlessly.
"Why didn't you tell me? I wouldn't have told anyone," he replies, sounding hurt that I didn't tell him before. I shrug with a sigh.
"Well…" he trails off, waiting for me to say something.
"Well what?" I ask.
"Who is it?" I look at him for the first time, my brows furrowed.
"You don't know?" I ask, confused. Isn't it obvious?
He frowns before saying, "I didn't see any name in the book."
"Oh," I sigh in relief. Thank gods. He doesn't know!
If he knew that I loved him then it will completely ruin our friendship. It's obvious he doesn't like me the same way; he said so after we kissed for my dare.
Still, at the same time I wish he'd figured it out just to see what his reaction would be and because I know I wouldn't have to try and act normal around him anymore.
"Come on. I'm your best friend. You have to tell me," he begs.
"It's no one," I reply, lying back so my head hits my pillow.
"That's so not fair," he moans and lies back beside me and turns onto his side so he's facing me. "If you tell then I will, too."
"What? You're in love with someone?" I ask, feeling sick.
Percy nods. He's in love with someone. I feel jealousy for that person surge through my veins and I want to hunt down the girl and kill her. I shake my heads to clear my crazy thoughts.
"Who is it?" I ask.
"Oh no you don't," Percy smirks. "I'm not gonna tell you if you don't tell me."
I sigh before hesitantly saying, "You first."
"No way. I asked you first!" Percy replies.
"I asked you second!"
"Fine. We'll say who it is together- after the count of three. Yeah?" he asks.
"Fine," I frown; desperate to know whom he loves.
"Good. One…"
"Two…" I add, never letting my eyes leave his.
"Three…" we both say and then add on whom we like.
"You," we whisper.
"What?" we both reply.
"I said you," I say at the same time Percy does. My eyes widen and I bolt upright.
"You like me?" Percy asks in disbelief. "No, you love me?"
I gulp and whisper, "And you love me?"
"I…" he trails off.
"I thought you knew when you read the notebook," I say.
"I wanted to know so I could kill whomever you liked," he replies.
"But you said that the kiss… that it didn't mean anything. And then in the hospital you didn't mention anything after."
"I didn't know you liked me!"
"You are such a Seaweed Brain," I whisper.
"Do you really think that I'm just going to hand my kidney to anyone, Wise Girl? Just the thought that you could die was enough for me to hand it over but I knew that if you weren't here anymore then I would never be the same. You're my best friend and I love you," Percy replies.
I turn so he can't see the tears welling in my eyes. "Thank you," I say quietly.
"You don't have to thank me. Besides, you've thanked me enough," Percy answers and turns my head so I'm looking him in the eye again. "But if you do want to give me something…"
"Anything. I'll give you whatever you want but it still won't be enough. I will owe you for the rest of my life," I reply.
He shakes his head. "I just want one thing."
"What is it?" I ask.
"For you to kiss me," he whispers, smiling slightly.
I wordlessly lean over him, as he is still laying down, and rest a hand on his chest before moving my face closer to his. His eyes close and I do the same before pressing my lips to his. He soft lips move against mine and I throw my leg over him so I'm straddling his waist.
He props himself up on his elbows so we are even closer and I slide my tongue across his bottom lip, wanting this kiss to be the best as it's the only thing he asked for.
He opens his mouth a little and I quickly slide my tongue inside, before I lose my courage. I gasp as our tongues touch and Percy rests his hands on my hips and I remember that I'm topless.
I tangle my fingers in hair messy hair, making me fall against him as I was holding myself up before and he lies back down so I'm on top of him without me putting all of my weight on him. Our bodies are now pressed against eachother.
We grow more confident as we kiss by massaging each other's tongues and me tugging on his hair. His hands slowly move to just below my ribs and he rubs circles into my skin.
Part of me wants his hands to move a little more upwards. Another part of me, the more sensible and logical side, wants me stop because my parents and next door and because we haven't actually talked about what we are.
Percy, as if reading my mind, pulls away breathlessly and I groan.
"We need to stop," he whispers, moving his hands back to my waist.
"It doesn't mean I want to," I moan and roll over so I'm lying next to him.
He chuckles. "We need to talk."
"You know, you're not as dumb as I thought you were," I tease, throwing an arm around his waist and pressing my body against the side of his.
"Is that meant to be a compliment? If so, thank you. Anyway, we need to sort things out. Do you like me?" he asks.
"I think we've established that I more than like you now," I say and roll my eyes.
He smiles. "I was just checking. So are we going to… you know?"
"Actually, I don't know," I tease. "Do you want to be more than my friend?"
He nods without a moment's hesitation.
"There we go then. I'm your girlfriend," I say and he grins.
"Can I tell everyone?" he asks.
"Tomorrow. Don't think I'm going to stay up with you while you phone all of our friends just to say that we're a couple," I reply.
"Okay. Tomorrow," Percy agrees.
That night I fall asleep in his arms…
AN: No cliffhanger this time. Anyway, what do you think? You know, I might change the rating to an M. If I do will you all still read it?
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