A/N: I write these chapters on paper ahead of time. Like very ahead of time. I didn't realize how short this chapter was, and there wasn't much I could do about it. Sorry. I do hope you enjoy it though. It's very fluffy.
Luckily, Annabeth did have very little homework that evening. She had most of it done very quickly, and when Percy finally showed up, she was writing the paragraph about Athena. Annabeth laughed at how simple it was. Even the bare minimum made the paragraph quite lengthy.
Annabeth heard Malcolm greeting Percy at the door and smiled.
"It's about time you got here, Seaweed Brain," Annabeth called. "I'm so hungry."
"Then it's a good thing I came bearing pizza," Percy replied as he walked into the living room and placed said pizza on the coffee table.
"I guess so," she replied then stood up to hug him. Then, she pulled away to grab a slice of pizza.
"You must be pretty hungry. That was a quick hug, and I didn't even get a kiss yet," Percy said with an obviously fake pout.
"You'll get one later. After I eat, I'm going to finish this paragraph and get a head start on my presentation," Annabeth said then took a bite of her pizza.
"You're such an over-achiever," Percy chuckled.
"What else did you expect? I am a daughter of Athena. You'd think that piece of information would have made it through your hick skull after all of these years," Annabeth joked.
"Shut up and eat your pizza, Wise Girl."
"Gladly, Seaweed Brain."
They ate in silence while occasionally stealing glances and laughing at each other.
"Clearly, I'm not a part of whatever this silent conversation is, so I'm going to do work in my room," Malcolm announced then left the room.
Before Annabeth could react, Percy had her pinned to the couch, his face inches away from hers.
"Do I get a kiss now?" Percy asked sweetly.
"Only because you snuck up on me for once. You deserve a reward, I guess," Annabeth replied, smiling.
Their lips met, and Annabeth felt like she was floating in the clouds. However, she still felt safe and secure in Percy's arms.
He pulled away first, and smiled down at her. Annabeth shifted the two of them so they were lying facing each other.
"You seemed to recover from this morning pretty well," Percy pointed out.
"Well," she started, "when you've been through what we've been through, you bounce back pretty quickly when you realize that you're alive."
Percy nodded in agreement, and Annabeth snuggled into his chest.
"I love you," she mumbled.
"I love you, too," he murmured into her hair where he kissed her right after.
"I'm sorry I wasn't there to calm you down," Percy said softly after awhile.
"I can handle myself, Percy," Annabeth said tiredly.
"I know, but you shouldn't have to," Percy replied. "Now before you fall asleep, you should start on that project. As a daughter of Athena, you must be an overachiever."
Annabeth laughed. "Okay, fine. I'm really comfortable though."
"Too bad. I'm going to be a good influence for a change," Percy joked then pecked her lips before sitting up.
Annabeth groaned in protest, but sat up anyway.
"So, Seaweed Brain, how do I prove that I'm a daughter of Athena?" Annabeth asked.
"DNA test?" he suggested which earned him a pillow in the face. "Kidding. You could use those beautiful eyes of yours, and play them off as a coincidence. "
"Good start. I'm also, obviously, very wise. Battle strategy is something I'm awesome at, and I could use Capture the Flag as an example," Annabeth brainstormed while grabbing a notebook to write her ideas down in.
"You'll have to explain the whole 'Athena is a maiden goddess' thing," Percy pointed out.
"We were conceived the same way she was. Simple as that. Mortals don't need all of the details."
"Use your fear of spiders, too."
"While I'm at it, I should use Athena and Poseidon's rivalry and compare it to how much I hate you," Annabeth said with an eye roll.
Percy rolled his eyes back at her. "I was being serious, Wise Girl."
"I'll add it to the list, but there is no way in Hades that I'll be demonstrating that fear."
Percy just laughed at her, and it was hard to keep a straight face.
"Okay," Annabeth said while turning to a new page in her notebook," let's move on to you, Son of Poseidon."
"I like to swim, and the ocean is my favorite place to be in the world," Percy said and she wrote that down.
"Since your dad is one of the Big Three, you are a natural-born leader," Annabeth suggested as she wrote.
"Black hair and sea green eyes. That's not too much, is it?" Percy questioned.
"You told me to play it off as a coincidence. I'm sure that you can do the same," Annabeth replied.
"It's going to be hard to hold back on this project, isn't it?"
"Probably, Perce, but we'll do fine. I'm sure of it. After all, we're the only people in the room who won't be just throwing tons of information together in order to get an A. We know what we're talking about."
Annabeth heard Percy laugh from beside her, and she couldn't help but join in. How more ironic could this situation get?
Do you like it? Percabeth is my OTP. In this fandom anyway. Speaking of fandoms, what fandoms are you guys in?
See ya next chapter!