You guess.
Yes
I was on my period when I wrote this whole thing.
and I mean...I'm freaking 21 and I've got my first at 13 and I swear it felt like that bad.
Second Day was the freaking Niagara falls down there (okay, tmi) also I spent the day curdled up in a bad mood because I didn't have any ibuprofen or tampons and I hate pads with all my heart and I didn't want to go out and get some.
Instead, I wrote this, most comes from personal experience because I'm a girl –and I'd be lying if I say I didn't exaggerate some things a bit –but I bet girls can relate to some point.
i'm so sorry this is 10k?
Percabeth is 14, the end of the summer of SoM. NYC, Percy's apartment.
"Oh gods, not now!" Annabeth cursed sitting on the toilet looking down at her panties around her knees.
Fourteen years old and she was still getting used to it. Even when her first period came a little more than a year ago...this thing, this was a curse.
she never had anyone to do any explaining, not that she needed it anyway. Annabeth Chase duh!
She sighed and cursed again, thinking about what to do.
Maybe...just maybe She'd have liked to have someone there though, an older sister, a friend or...perhaps a mother?
It was stupid, Annabeth Chase didn't need any lecture or talk about the birds and the bees, which she had found out around age 8 or 9 on a book. She thought at that time that was absolutely gross, why the hell would someone do that?
Now she got it a little better, it felt good for people; still she couldn't imagine herself doing it, not really.
Sexual acts involving someone felt a really long way to go for her, 14 wasn't that young right? She had overheard girls at her school doing it...but she just didn't think of herself in the situation, naked and doing that with a guy.
Which guy anyway?
She liked Percy, that much she knew, and...touched herself sometimes and it felt good...but still she couldn't imagine herself like that and how it would feel and she definitely tried to not imagine herself with him. Or him. Doing something with his...no.
No.
She shook her head as if to clear it.
No, she didn't need anyone to be there for her when she first got her period, or needed comforting in the most confusing week of her life.
No, she didn't.
She felt completely independent since she was three and had learned to tie her sneakers on her own. No bunny goes inside the burrow that was for little children. She learned the hard way, falling because her laces weren't tie. And she had to teach herself.
This was no different.
Besides, she had read about periods in anatomy books, she knew exactly what to do and what to expect.
(She didn't understand why the book never covered how shitty and messy it really was.)
Later when Thalia asked her about her period, and she said she had it a few weeks before turning 13, the punk said she was sorry she couldn't be there for her. Of course she couldn't, she was still a freaking tree for the gods' sake.
She remembered staining her cabin bunk sheets and stripping the bed the next morning, embarrassed and trying to cover the fact the counselor was a 'lady' from her brothers and sisters.
She cried a bit on the same day (which was really confusing, Annabeth Chase didn't cry) and was alone for most of it. She got a ride downtown to figure it out on her own, like everything in her life.
Sitting down on the toilet now she remembered how she picked a dozen different pads and tampons at the store and read its labels and the instructions (not that she needed them, it was not rocket science, but it was good to know).
She tried every single one in that first week. She tried tampons too, they hurt...she ditched them.
She wished for a single tampon now, those things were the most useful crap ever invented, she was so happy when she finally figured them out. They were so comfortable not like itchy pads that moved in your sleep making your clothes all bloody.
She was content with a tampon now but on a regular day she would go for the two of them together. She figured after months of experience that the combo was the safest; it allowed her to run around without having to be worried about staining her shorts.
She looked around the bathroom...nothing. She opened the cabinet under the sink still sitting on the toilet sideways and looked inside maybe Sally had something; she was in her thirties, young enough to have her period still.
There was nothing there other than the toothbrush she left at Percy's and an extra toilet paper.
But of course, if Sally had pads in stock...the things wouldn't be here, this was Percy's bathroom not hers, she had her own.
She breathed in, cleaned herself, flushed the toilet and stood arranging her clothes.
She cracked the door opened just for her head to peak out. Sally was on her room, she couldn't yell for her...it would be suspicious.
Percy was watching tv with his legs propped on the coffee table, completely oblivious of her watching him. He was waiting for her to come out because they were hanging out together in the city…maybe get some junk food and fight a monster or two, fun activity for friends to do, so she needed to come out, sooner or later.
She walked straight in front of him
"Ready to go?" He asked with a little grin and sat up.
"I–" she could feel a deep blushed settling on her cheeks "I'll be right back"
"Where are you going?" He asked but she ignored him and walked straight towards the hallway.
She knocked on Sally's room
"Come in Percy!"
"Err-its Annabeth"
"Yes dear?"
"Annabeth, what's up?" Percy asked behind her
"I'll be there in a second," she said "go get your jacket"
She opened the door and closed it behind her, shutting it on his nose
"Hi dear" Sally was lying down with a book in her hands
"Hi," she muttered looking at her feet "I–I might need a little help"
"Help?" She sat up concerned, and that eagerness to help she saw on Percy everyday settled on the woman's face.
"I...sorry to bother you, err, oh gods. I didn't realize what date it was and–I think I'm kinda early this month and...Do you have maybe a pad or..." She fidgeted with the hem of her camp T-shirt.
This was more difficult than she thought.
Sally jumped to her feet, "of course Annabeth! Sweetie, it's alright" she said when Annabeth wouldn't meet her eyes.
"I'm sorry, I didn't reali–"
"It's alright. Come here"
Percy knocked on the door, "Annabeth, you okay? Are you sick or something?"
"I'm fine!" She called
"Can I come in?" He asked
"Percy don't be impatient" his mother said and walked to her bathroom.
Annabeth stayed standing up by the bed awkwardly, waiting for her.
"Here" she hand two pads and a tampon to her.
"Do you mind if I change here?" She motioned to the door, towards Percy.
Sally smiled and nodded
"Do you need underwear? I could wash yours while you're away"
"That's not necessary but thank you"
"No, really. How bad are you stained?" She went over to her closet and started going through her underwear drawer
"Uh–it's okay. I don't want to cause you any trouble"
"Annabeth," she looked at her with a reproachful smile, she felt her blue eyes boring on her soul "It's no trouble at all. I even have a little pair somewhere that I never use because...well, wider tights" she chuckled patting her legs.
"I–" Annabeth laughed a little nervous, breaking in a sweat "It's bad to be running around with a boy when these stuff happen, I guess..."
She wished for some girlfriends that she could ask tampons to and complain about cramps. Sally laughed too.
"Oh I wouldn't worry about Percy too much, he's completely oblivious"
She laughed, "I know"
Her stupid Seaweed Brain."If he knows girls exist it's because you're there to remind him."
"He's cute" she didn't mean to let that little bit of private information locked on her heart out and she cursed herself. For once she didn't know how to fix it, there was nothing she could say to take it back.
He's cute. He's cute. He's cute.
The words resonated in her brain.
Just great. This was a terrible day.
She could see the corner of Sally's smile and her cheeks turned a deeper shade of red. She wanted to face palm herself. She just confessed to his mother that she liked him.
Oh gods. What if Sally told him she thought he was cute. She'll be ruined.
"Aha! Here it is" Sally took out a small pair of pink panties with little hearts that would make Thalia cringe. "They shrank in the washer a long, long time ago; you can keep them if you want"
"Thanks, Mrs Jackson" she went with all her stuff to the bathroom.
There was nothing than stripping from her damped bloody panties and put on some clean ones and inserting a tampon and feel safe.
Ugh, she sounded like those commercials with the girl smiling widely walking on the street with a dress while she was supposed to be bleeding a lot between her legs.
After coming out of the bathroom she went over to Percy's mother and gave her a quick hug.
"Thank you"
She brushed her blonde hair back with a kind smile like a true mother. Annabeth felt warmer suddenly, was this how people with mothers felt all the time?
No, of course not.
No, people with mothers complain that they fuss over them all day.
She had convinced herself a long time ago, parents were a bother.
Yes, but right now she loved Sally with all her heart.
"It was nothing dear, have fun."
She opened the door and Percy was standing there in the hall looking nervous
"What's up Seaweed Brain?"
"I don't know, you tell me. Do you have like diarrhea or something?"
Annabeth laughed and shared a conspicuous glance towards Percy's mother who smiled confidentially.
"What? Was this about like a surprise birthday party or something?" He grinned
"Oh, bummer. You totally discovered us!" Annabeth said and Sally laughed
"Really?!" He beamed at them.
Annabeth bit on her lip to stop herself from laughing.
He was very cute.
"No," she replied dead serious and his smile disappeared "Come on you dork, we're going to be late for fun" she grabbed his t-shirt and pulled him over towards the door.
"Uh, we can't Annabeth. I'm fun"
"Yeah, sure Kelp Head. Bye Mrs. Jackson"
"Have fun," she called "tried not to get in trouble"
"Mum we never get in trouble. Trouble seems to find us"
"Or you!" Annabeth reminded
"Well, but you know I need you to stay alive so I'm wherever you are"
She tried to suppress her smile and bumped him affectingly.
Percabeth is 16. Post TLO mid October. Percy's apartment.
Percy didn't really know what was up with Annabeth that day.
She arrived with her school uniform like almost every Friday afternoon when her boarding school let her out.
Percy tried not to step on her toes since she'd crossed the door of his apartment, she seemed crankier than usual. (And she was usually in a good mood on Fridays because Fridays meant together time, movie and make out...or at least that was what they meant to him)
He didn't want to pick a fight with her right now but it was like she was doing everything to start one.
She was sprawled on his bed, lying on her stomach with a thousand math books around her, chewing on the end of her pencil, one hand rubbing her lower back as if it hurt.
Percy turned and looked at her; she was frowning at the sheet in front of her.
"Do you want some nachos?" He asked putting his pencil down.
They were doing homework go figured...as soon as Annabeth got there she started complaining about the piles of homework she had and having a boyfriend made everything somehow worse. As if seeing him was like a duty or something.
Yeah, she said that to his face but Percy didn't know how to not make everything worse. He tried to be a good boyfriend, mostly, but he was now wondering if he had forgotten an important date or something.
"I have homework," she barked back and he frowned not sure if she actually heard him. She loved nachos; she would never turn down cheesy nachos.
"We only see each other some Tuesdays and most Fridays" he reminded her sugar coating his tone "and you can tell me if you can't come over, it's alright if you have to stay in your dorm and catch up with homework or whatever"
"So you don't want me to come over?! Should I leave?"
"What?" He asked confused, eyebrows furrowed "I never said..." He trailed off because she shifted on his bed turning a little to look at him.
She looked mad, grey eyes sparkling dangerously and she'd never look lovelier. And hell he loved when she sprawled in his bed like that. Blonde curls loose over her shoulders, barefoot, shirt out of her skirt and tie loosen up...kilt raiding up the back of her legs. Tan smooth legs that go on and on forever and...
"Percy!"
"Yes!" He answered straightening. His cheeks dusted red, he was sure she had caught him staring.
"I said okay, if you want me to spend my free time in my dorm"
"No, no that's not what I said" he assured her "I like having you here, I really do. You can do homework here if you want but if you get too distracted I won't complain"
She smiled then and Percy couldn't help but think she was bipolar today.
"I do get a little distracted"
"Is it my fault? Sorry, I should...talk less"
"Come here"
"What"
"Will you stop questioning everything!" she groaned and stood and put her hands her hips...and oh gods that skirt, he absolutely loved the uniform.
Thank the gods for school uniforms.
She snapped her fingers impatiently and he looked up.
She started yelling at him for something and he kinda tuned out for a few minutes.
"...are you even listening Perseus"
"No"
"What?"
"I said I'm not." He sighed. His patience was thin and his girlfriend wanted to play hard to get and he hated that game "You're so...so exhausting! I can't figure you out for two whole minutes that your mood changes and then–agh," he run a hand through his hair frustrated "it's supposed to be a nice time together but instead its exhausting and I have enough on me for the week, you know? Because it was a nightmare, between school and basketball practice and monsters. I don't need you yelling"
She blinked at him and then sat on the bed. She winced at that, and put her arms around her lower stomach.
"Okay" she said in a small voice and he was sure to be dreaming because real Annabeth would have jumped to his throat for that one.
Percy relaxed the frown that had formed on his face. "are you feeling okay?"
"Don't talk to me" she crossed her arms. Okay, that was more like her.
He shrugged and then got up "whatever, I'm going to go get that snack."
She slipped past him grabbing her pack and walking down the hallway to the bathroom.
She almost bumped Paul on the way
"Oh, sorry Annabeth"
She shrugged and kept walking towards the end of the hall.
Paul looked at Percy for an explanation and he shook his head like no idea man
They walked together through the living room towards the kitchen.
"Hi dear, should I get you guys anything?" His mother asked when she saw him grabbing plates. "Have you finished with your homework?"
"I don't do homework on Fridays. Its Annabeth the one that acts crazy here"
Sally laughed "does she want anything?"
"Ask her" he replied dryly.
"Oh-uh trouble in paradise?" Paul asked and chuckled.
"I don't even know" he sighed
"Oh well, you guys will figure it out" Paul clapped Percy on the back "I'm going to start the movie" he said to Sally
"Okay, I'll be right there" She winked at him while Percy was with his back to them. "Where's Annabeth now?"
"The bathroom" he filled two separate plates with nachos and put the cheese on another one melting it in the microwave.
"She's in a bad mood?"
"Kinda, I don't know. She changes every five minutes. She's acting crazy. I mean, crazier than usual"
"Well, we girls are kind of crazy" he shook his head at his mom "you gotta be understanding"
"I think she's like incubating something, maybe a cold or some stomach thing"
"Stomach thing?"
"Yeah, she was complaining earlier. Well, she is complaining about everything today so maybe not?"
"Percy have I teach you nothing?"
He looked up from his task and quirked his eyebrow completely dumbfounded, what is it that he missed this time? He started to panic, what if it was their half a month anniversary or something.
Gods, boyfriends was the most exhausting thing ever, at least with Annabeth. He loved being her boyfriend he just didn't know where they stood half the time. Two and a half months in and hell!...
"She's on her period, love"
"Oh" he coughed choking in his own saliva and turned crimson "I–You sure? Uh...um, I don't know, isn't that a monthly kinda thing?"
His mother rolled his eyes with a smile "Percy, don't they teach you these things at school? Jeez, I hope sex ed classes have actually more information than biology"
"Mom!"
"Okay, so it is a monthly thing. How do you know it's her time of the month? Haven't you notice anything?"
"I–I don't know" he felt the heat on his cheeks and looked away from his mom's blue ones that seemed to bore into his soul "I...never really thought about it." He muttered and spilled a little of hot cheesy on his hand and bit back a curse. He sucked on his hand and tried to look uninterested. "How can you even notice?"
His mom laughed at the question, "You really don't know?" She asked and Percy's look told her he was absolutely in the dark about the situation. "Oh my baby" she hugged him
"Uh mom...please"
She chuckled and let go "You'll notice from now own...little things, a few changes during the month. You'll see" she patted his cheek affectionally "It's completely normal that she's in a bad mood, period's suck"
"O-kay. I'm going to go," he announced before she got into detail about it.
What did he know about periods? It told a girl wasn't pregnant because something did something because it didn't get something and it came down as blood. That description was terrifying, he thought that when they explained it at school, he didn't get how a girl would put up with freaking bleeding for four to seven days.
It sounded terrible to him. He couldn't stand a paper cut…he hated whenever he got a graze knee and being a demigod, he was supposed to be use to wounds and stuff but he still hated them, hated the sight of blood even.
What else about periods? He searched his mind…A girl needed tampons or pads that were in that pink section on the supermarket and that was the end. He didn't need any more information. He doubted there was more, it sounded terrible as it was, why more?
Did he think it was gross? Kinda. Yeah.
He really couldn't picture it.
And he absolutely didn't think Annabeth was gross, she was actually the complete opposite of gross...specially not with her school uniform.
He couldn't picture it and he didn't want to. He couldn't relate what he had to study for biology to her body. It was weird. Although it was surely happening to her...she was in the age range and...Were the mood swings real then? He didn't think it was true when they said it in class. How could someone feel that many stuff at the same time?
Was that what was wrong with her?
That had to be what was wrong with her. Probably was. Or maybe not wrong, but right...
"Hearth to Percy!" His mother called
He blinked "Just...thinking"
She laughed "I'm sure. You're little head must be going at a million miles an hour"
"Oh no, no. I didn't mean-" his mother laughed again.
Great. Now his mother probably thought he was thinking about Annabeth. That way.
She ruffled his hair and kissed his cheek. "Be a good boy and give her some cuddles"
"Yeah, bye"
"And pay attention in sex ed. I'm serious, or I might decide that we need to cover some talk."
"Oh gods, please don't"
Sally was laughing when Percy exited the kitchen at speed of light.
Annabeth was back at her spot on the bed, chewing on her lip at some equation.
"Yum" she commented when he set the tray on the floor right next to the bed for her to reach her drink and snack easily. "Thanks"
"You're welcome"
He crawled on the bed next to her and started closing all her books, pilling them on the floor.
"What do you think you're doing?"
"This can wait a little bit"
"That's what you think"
"You're too smart, I say it can wait. You're probably finish and revising"
"Don't try to compliment me just to get your way"
"Shut up and come here."
"Don't tell me to shut up!" She chided
He grabbed her waist and pushed the papers away with his other hand. He set her gently against his chest and put his arm around her.
"Percy let go" she complained and he held onto her tighter and received an impatient huff, hot breath hitting him on his neck.
"Are you done?" She asked
Percy laughed and brushed her cheek with his lips.
"Nope" she could hear the grin in his voice. He started running his hand up and down her back working on the muscle knots with his fingers. She shivered. "Relax for a minute. Homework can wait. It's Friday"
She looked up at him and moved up to be eye to eye.
"See how nice this is?" He asked and put a rebel blonde curl behind her ear. He kissed the corner of her mouth.
She pressed her leg against his and got comfortable seeing that she couldn't run away. Not that she actually wanted, his arms felt strong and warm around her.
"Does your stomach hurt?" He asked when she moved closer with an arm wrapped around him "do you want Advil or something?
"I'm fine. I'm going to kill your mom"
"What. don't kill my mom! Why would you do that?"
"Because she told you. You don't turn all perceptive and nice and huggable all of a sudden"
"Hey!"
"It's true"
"I'm huggable all the time"
"She told you"
"Um, yeah, she did. Are you okay?"
She rolled her eyes and scoffed "oh gods, like it's the first time I'm on my period. Please, I think I have had worse than a few cramps, don't say it as if I just caught a disease. That's so sexist"
"Right" he mumbled, embarrassed and trustful. "sorry, didn't mean to"
She smirked and looked him in the eye, knowing that he genuinely wanted to make her feel better, and maybe it wasn't so bad to show him the side of her that wanted to curl against him, have him caress her back and receive a few good kisses "It does suck though, you know" she pouted for good measure and snuggle closer to his chest.
His cute eyebrows furrowed "Sorry"
She fixed his hair, with the new haircut it stick out funny and she loved to have an excuse to brush it back all the time.
She kissed his cheek then pushed her knee between his. Her arm around his neck, brushing her fingers on his hairline.
He held her and kissed her face, hair and lips.
His hand was on her cheek, thumb brushing her neck.
He could count the little freckles on her nose looking at her this close; admire her light eyelashes framing those dark grey eyes. Her eyes had so many shades. Darker on the outside and going slowly lighter.
She blinked playfully and he knew she knew he was a staring, and there was probably stupid smile on his face but she wasn't making any remark about it, she just let him.
She rubbed her feet against his calf.
Almost three months of dating and they haven't done much of this. They had lie in bed together for a movie or talking, but not this way, intertwine and feeling each other's body close.
Cuddling in bed felt so compl-y and...He could feel the curves on her chest and her flat stomach andshit.
Curves. That brought a blush to his face.
He blushed harder.
She let out a laugh, eyes crinkled because she knew something was up "What?"
He tried to take his mind off how her breasts were pushed against his chest and cleared his throat.
"Um, nothing"
He tried to break the hug a little but he still could feel the heat…he was a teenage boy and he couldn't tell his body when to get aroused, that couldn't happen right now it would totally blow it. Annabeth would be horrified that he was thinking of her that way. Because he wasn't, no. Well, not that he wasn't thinking of her that way sometimes but he still didn't want that. He was perfectly content with himself right now and probably for a long time he wouldn't want to bring that up and why the hell was he still thinking about it.
He cleared his head of all thoughts…cupcakes, blue cupcakes, the sea, dolphins…dolphins…Mr D. that's it. Gone. He almost sighed.
She was still looking at him like he was weird and Percy smiled at her and said whatever came first to his mind.
"You're pretty"
Annabeth smiled and crashed her lips to his and closed her eyes…she started a tender kiss and Hades…it was corny to think about it but she wasn't feeling the cramps anymore. Look what he turned her into...into some touchy feely girl.
He started playing with her hair, disentangling it, running his fingers softly over it.
Annabeth hated to interrupt this but there was the cheddar smell filling the air and–
"We can continue with this later I kinda want my nachos"
He tightened his hug and smirked, "so you admit this is nice"
She kissed his lips and sat up.
"Was that you admitting it was nice?"
She shook her head with a little grin on her face
"Nachos time"
"Yeah, yeah, but we're doing more of that later"
She shrugged nonchalant but she couldn't wait to go back to the circle of his arms and snuggled against his t-shirt.
She slid to the floor next to the tray and sat cross legged and he sat next to her. She dive a first nacho in cheddar, mouth watering in anticipation and he stole another kiss from her lips before she could put the treat in her mouth.
She shoved him playfully, mouth full of cheese, liking it from the corners "not getting between me and my nachos" she said midbite.
Percabeth is 17 in the Argo II before tartarus. Slightly different than the rest of them.
"Come in!" Annabeth yelled and she and Piper turned to see who of the guys was bugging their bonding time. Because this was totally Percy or Jason.
"Piper you're here!" Hazel said and sighed "can I…" she looked at Annabeth because it was her cabin.
"Come on Haz, of course you can" She said and smiled. Hazel nodded and closed the door behind her.
"Whats up, babe? Why were you looking for me" Piper asked with the sweetness that characterizes her.
Hazel took a deep breath and shifted her weight from one foot to another in the middle of the room.
"You can sit if you want" Annabeth motioned to the bed where they were both sprawled.
"No, it's better standing up. Oh Lord" She sighed and shook her head, chocolate curls spilling everywhere. "So I guess this was going to happen sometime. And with coming back from…you know, it couldn't have been right away because…whatever, maybe it was going back to normal?"
She met Piper eyes and Annabeth tried to made sense of her words.
"Sorry Hazel I don't think I'm following you" Piper admitted and shrugged. "like at all" she laughed
Hazel laughed too and her cheeks colored red. Annabeth thought the blush looked so adorable on her.
"I think I know what she means" Annabeth said after a moment where the girls looked at each other, she smiled at Hazel.
"Jesus, do you? This is actually hard. I don't…it's really not a thing to talk about ever and…gods, I really couldn't bring you apart this morning what if the boys…"
Annabeth laughed at that, "Don't worry it's totally a thing to talk about. Boys are boys, although Percy probably would have help you if you asked"
Hazel turned a deeper shade of red. "Oh what if this happened in Alaska…"
"It's absolutely fine Hazel" she reassured her.
"Why would Percy even know about something like this?" She inquired with a horrified expression.
"Oh, he knows" Annabeth smiled.
"Sorry I'm a bit lost here" Piper said and looked at Annabeth for an explanation
"She's on her period"
"oh…right." She started laughing when the whole conversation started to make sense
"Piper don't laugh!" Hazel pleaded embarrassed and covered her face with her hands. "I didn't have any clothes so I had to ripped a shirt in various different cloths but I'm sure they run out faster than I can wash them"
"Oh no" Annabeth said "No cloths."
"That's what I did…you know" Annabeth understood,
She did that before in the forties.
"I only had it…I don't know, like three times and then I- yeah"
"No cloths needed" Piper agreed.
Annabeth stood and looked around her closet for a box of bathroom products and set it on the floor and started going through it "Leo was the one that hinted that we should make sure to bring enough of anything we need." Annabeth laughed and Piper joined in but Hazel just winced. "He said like toothpaste…but I knew what he meant. The idiot thought we haven't already thought it through. I've been running around with Percy and Grover since I was 12. I know what I'm getting myself into"
"Did they ever…?" Hazel started
"No, Percy never thought about it as far I know. I mean…he knew he just never mentioned it until after we started dating. It was his mom the one that actually told him to be more thoughtful with me"
"Oh god, really?" Piper laughed so hard "did he ask stuff?"
"Not at first, but he was treating me like I was made of crystal or something and then I had to like punch him and he stopped. He did asked later, and he started magically knowing whenever I was on my period."
"Really?" Hazel asked, golden eyes going wide.
Annabeth nodded and smiled with affection, she was cute "he just knew, knows, but it was only four months and then he…you know," she said and started taking the pad and tampons out "I was on it last week…have you notice Percy's behavior? He doesn't even have to ask anymore"
"You complained with me the whole week" Piper said with a grin "and now that you mention it I do…he has a period, too"
Annabeth laughed
"Oh" was all Hazel could articulate and grabbed the pads and tampons Annabeth was giving her and stared at them.
"Wait…" Piper said and squinted and looked at Annabeth, she lower her voice "he knows when you're on your period…"
"Uh, Piper not for that reason" Annabeth clarified
"What reason?" Hazel snapped her head up to look at them.
Piper laughed and shook her head at Annabeth, "You're so lying to me"
Annabeth pushed her and she felt her cheeks going hot "I swear we haven't...we never,…not yet. We only sleep on the same bed sometimes...uh Hazel-"
"I wont tell" She said but Annabeth could see her horror about the subject
"We cant handle nightmares...because Hera took him and all, we need it, sometimes it gets bad" She explained and Hazel nodded. Then she looked at Piper "We haven't, he barely makes out with me anymore. It's…being here, I guess, it's not the best turn on in the world"
"Oh" Hazel said again, probably getting the change of subject.
"Anyway…whatever." Annabeth shrugged "It's not like I'm dying to do it-I'm fine. I just-" She looked down "I wouldn't like us to die before that happens"
"You won't die, there's no reason to rush it" Piper reassured her and grabbed her hand.
Annabeth shook her head "Yeah, you're right. It probably be in his cabin at Camp Halfblood when we get back"
if ever, she added in her mind but there was no reason to share her worries with the girls, they had enough trouble with her own worries to add to Annabeth and Percy maybe dying virgins because really it wasn't that important after all and she preferred to live and never stopped being a virgin than die in this war and loose her virginity in a rush.
She just wanted them to live.
"And bad" Piper said smirking "don't forget it's going to be bad" and Annabeth opened her mouth in disbelief.
Hazel just looked between them more and more horrified for the topic they were discussing.
"You're mean. You're supposed to be a daughter of Aphrodite! You can't tell me my first time it's going to be bad, your mom should ground you for that, or something"
Piper shrugged laughing and tried to move faster to the side because Annabeth was going to punch her "Well, I'm sorry but first times are not great"
"How would you know?" She asked and raised her eyebrows and then started laughing at Piper so hard because she turned red
She cleared her throat "excuse me, but its general knowledge"
"I'm sorry for you and for your absolutely terrible first time but we'll be an exception. It'll be amazing."
"I haven't done anything…just to clarify" Piper said to Hazel
"I don't-it's not my business" She wasn't looking at them.
"I know but Annabeth makes it look like I did when I didn't and-" she laughed and then shrugged "Whatever, you know I'm just kidding with youAnnie. Of course it will be amazing" Annabeth groaned at the nickname and rolled her eyes, then turned to Hazel
"Anyway…Hazel you can use my bathroom if you want"
"I'm not entire comfortable…" she started and nodded towards the tampons.
"Oh, let me show you" Piper said and grabbed the stuff from her had. "Disposable pads started around the thirties, right?"
"Yes, but I was too poor to get some" she replied uncomfortable. "I never even saw one in real life. I saw ads in New Orleans and then Alaska was kind of behind on any new stuff"
"Right, they were only for really rich and important people" Annabeth remembered
"That must have been terrible, I'm sorry" Piper said
Hazel shrugged "I never live with them so I don't know"
"yeah, but you had to changed the cloth all the time...and I bet you felt really wet"
"I didnt leave the house. We call in sick for a week a month"
"you're kidding" Piper grinned "Well...that's not so bad"
Hazel turned the package containing a pad in her hand
"Right…well, look here" Piper opened the package and one of the pads "You just take this label and its adhesive, so it just sticks to your underwear, and this things" she pointed at the sides "make it stick even better, they are wings"
"Do they go any particular way?"
"Not these ones" Annabeth replied "they are standard but there are others for smaller underwear, thinner at the back"
"God" Hazel breathed out and brushed her hair back
Annabeth and Piper laughed and Hazel frowned at them
"Sorry Haz" Piper said and brushed one of her curls back but Hazel pushed her hand away "You're just cute, we're not mocking you, I swear"
"Shut up" she replied and crossed her arms
"Then there's this" Annabeth grabbed another package "This are small ones for when you are on your last last days of your period, and that's why they are so small" she showed her a daily pad "for an occasional flow discharge or whenever actually. I used them regularly, you never know, specially fighting monsters"
"They are hygienic; there might be a mess even when you're not on your period" Piper said "I use them too"
Annabeth grabbed the tampons and took the instructions out
"If you didn't have disposable pads I'm assuming no tampons either" Annabeth realized that Hazel look at the box uncomfortable "if you can you should read this little paper, its helpful. Tampons existed in the thirties, they were new, but did you guys know the Greeks, like the original Greeks, had tampons?"
"You're kidding" Piper said in utter disbelief.
"No, serious!" Annabeth grinned "I made my research when I had my first at 13 and they made tampons from lint wrapped around a small piece of wood, but as far as we know these were only made for contraception, that was what it said in writing records, although it's possible it was for menstruation too"
"No shit" Piper let out and laughed
"Pipes" Hazel chided
"Sorry, but they were geniuses"
"It must have hurt" Hazel made a grimace
"Don't think so, it's the same as a tampon minus the wood" Annabeth said and took one out of the box.
"I'm good with the pads, thanks"
"I can tell you how to put it in" Piper offered "I don't mind at all"
"Uh…Piper"
"I'm not touching you, just showing you. I'm not uncomfortable"
"I swear they are the best thing ever invented," Annabeth reassured her and put the tampon in her hand and she didn't want to close her hand around it "They are really comfortable, you don't even feel it inside"
"Uh…"
"Thank you ancient Greeks" Piper said to no one
"It's…" Hazel started going extremely red again "I don't know"
"Oh" Annabeth nodded "I get it"
"It's your catholic school, right?" Piper asked
"It's not much about the religion in particular, they don't mind it now, its more it was in the forties in a catholic school" Annabeth deduced "Hazel its fine."
"Yeah, whatever they believed in before…it changed now. Tampons are absolutely fine but if you don't want to you don't have to try one"
"We won't force you, but if you do you'll see they are good" Annabeth added.
"It might hurt a little the first time"
"Piper don't scare her"
"I said it might, its possibility not 100% true"
Hazel gave her a tight lip smile "Don't worry. Okay, let's go"
"You'll do it?" Annabeth grinned
"Yeah, what the hell, let's get this over with" She stood
Piper and Annabeth looked at each other for the choice of words; it was like she just cursed bad and loud. What the hell was such a big phrase for her, it didn't go well in her mouth but they could definitely get use to it.
"Alright" Piper grinned and pushed her to the bathroom "We'll be back"
"Clean up your mess"
"Don't worry; you'll never notice we were there" Piper replied and closed the bathroom door behind her.
Annabeth stretched back in the bed against the pillows. She loved having girl friends.
There was another knock on her door and she knew who it was, because there wasn't any other girl in the crew to go ask for pads to her
"Come in"
"Hey" Percy poked his head and seeing she was alone he entered
"How are you?" she extended her arms so that he pulled her up
"Missing you. Things are calm," he said and didn't finish the sentence but Annabeth knew how it went…'for now'. "What do you think if we go down to the stables?" he asked and grabbed her hands and help her up.
"Is is it a date?" she asked, now in the circle of his arms
"Totally" he kissed her temple
"Okay"
"Are you on your period again?" he asked seeing her bed full of girl stuff over shoulder.
Annabeth glanced back at the mess of pads and tampons and grinned "Nah, just…some girl talk"
"Oh"
"Guys, I'm leaving" Annabeth announced
"Fine!" Piper yelled back and she heard and affirmative from Hazel.
"What-" Percy started and then shook his head, Annabeth smirked "I don't really want to know"
"That's what I thought" she pecked his lips and pushed him out.
She closed her cabin door behind her and led him down to the stables.
(a/n): The story of the period here:
Read more at /2010/11/17/history-of-menstruation-part-1/#JOoQUfS767UTjvDZ.99
They first had sex at 17 so here Percabeth is 18 almost 19. They are finishing high school so that's why it's Percy's apartment again.
She moaned a little under Percy, fingers threaded in his black hair pulling him impossibly closer.
He kissed her with so much care and love, praising her lips with every kiss.
He let out an endearing sigh and Annabeth moaned again, she had to stop this sooner or later.
She pressed her legs together trying to stop the burning sensation in her centre, pushed Percy from on top of her and he ended lying on his side and brought her mouth closer to his again. His hands stayed under her t-shirt, stroking up and down her sides.
"Mm, we should...we should stop," she muttered breathless turning her head to the side away from his mouth, which didn't seem to stop her boyfriend. He kissed down her chin ending up in those sensitive spots on her neck.
He nibbled softly on the skin joining her neck and shoulder. His hands found her bra clasp and he undid it experimentally
"Oh Percy…" she shivered as his fingers trailed the underside of her breast "…gently," she pleaded, he was more than delivering gently but her breasts were very tender and sensitive, her hard nipples almost hurt at his sweet grazes, the pads of his fingers running slowly over her skin.
She pulled away and he looked at her pouting, his lower lip sticking out adorably, his hardness was pressed against her thigh.
"We...cant today," she said a little breathless and tried to arrange her t-shirt (that was actually his) her bra handing loose, she took it off without taking her the tshirt off. She shrugged at his face "period, remember?"
"I don't care"
"Come on, wait a day or two. I'm almost at four days"
"But I don't care," he complained, green eyes shining like a lost puppy.
She sat up and brushed her hair back.
"I'll help you–"
"It's not about that," he sat up as well. Really she could just get him off with her hands and that's it they could sleep. "Don't tell me you don't want to"
"I do...its just–I don't know. I'm on my period"
"And I know! It's alright. I'm cool with it"
"I don't know if you'll be so cool with it when…Percy it's messy and not very sexy, like at all" she muttered
"Not sexy?" He laughed, "That's what you're worried about?" he grabbed her face in his hands "Come on Annabeth, do you think I'll stop wanting you for seeing your period. I don't care really"
She scoffed and then sighed long and dramatically "well, okay…"
"Yeah?" He asked with a big smile "wow that took me a lot of convincing"
"Well, I want you" she said defensibly crossing her arms over her chest
He laughed and poked her nose "and so you should!"
"Okay, let's do it"
"Should we...I don't know, maybe go to the shower?"
"I don't feel like standing up for that long. Besides, if we do it standing up its going to be even messier"
"I'll get a towel then"
She grinned. He was so comfortable with it when she knew most boys wouldn't even mention it, sometimes he remembered what date she was supposed to start her period and would ask his mom to buy her tampons or Advil.
Sometimes he simply rubbed her back and it showed her how much he cared and worried that it suck for her.
She remembered how she stained her jean once walking down the freaking street (which was absolutely horrible!) and he simply unzipped his hoodie and tie it around her waist...oh her Seaweed Brain.
Asking for sex was a new one; it started a few months ago. Last month was the same, he wanted to do it, he'd been wanting for a while but she said no, she didn't know if she felt entire comfortable. She didn't feel pressured at all because she knew that when she say the word he'd back off immediately. Not even asking for a hand-job and swallowing his sexual frustration, he was a boy after all but he was the sweetest about it.
She wasn't being entirely honest if she didn't recognize how absolutely thrilling were his caress when she was on her period, how sensitive her breast became, how horny he made her. It was four days of the month that she was torn between hungry and horny and she never got to please the second need.
She got up and went to her underwear drawer, (yeah, she had a drawer in his closet with panties. She needed to keep some at his house bringing a bag full of clothes from her dorm every weekend was exhausting) she pulled some panties out and arranged them with a pad for after the...'do'.
He brought the tissues they kept by the bed closer and the small bin they had on the bathroom, without her even saying so, it gave her the idea that he had thought this through.
She closed the bathroom door and washed herself between her legs, period momentarily stopping as the shower head spilled the warm water over her causing some powerful sensations. She got rid of any blood in her folds and closed the water. The thing was that when the water stopped dripping her period came rushing down…one of the many hateful things to add to the list of the period.
Annabeth thought it was stupid to get the new pad dirty so she just run a crossed his boyfriend's bedroom in Percy's too big blue t-shirt.
Percy laughed seeing her rushed over to the bed and lying down on the too white towel he set on top of the sheets.
"Someone is in a hurry?"
"Are you kidding me? I'm in a hurry because blood is gushing down my legs. I didn't want to make a cramp trail of blood all over your parquet" she rolled her eyes a little annoyed "and you just had to choose the white one, right?"
She crossed her arms impatiently and huffed. Percy laughed and leant down to kiss her forehead and then made a show of taking off his t-shirt and throwing it against the floor and Annabeth just shook her head trying hard not to grin.
"You idiot, come here"
He finished undressing, leaving his boxers on, and went to lock the door, his parents were out but it was a good to be cautious.
"There's anything else we need?" He asked as he crawled over her.
"Come on, you better hurry cause I'm already regretting this" she caressed the sides of his ribcage and he helped her out of his t-shirt "Don't look"
He rolled his eyes "I don't care, it's just a bit of blood, how bad can it be?"
"I assure you it's not just a bit, it's a lot of blood and it feels very...personal"
He laughed at that and kissed her cheek "how more personal can we get at this point?"
"Too personal when you see me naked on my period"
"Don't care" he singsong
He kissed her lips and pressed his chest against hers, she shivered with delight.
Percy trailed kisses down her neck again and she started moaning in no time.
"Wait, shouldn't you get a condom or something?" She asked already panting when she felt him hard against her inner tight.
"I don't know, should I?"
"You're going to get all dirty"
"Oh but I love getting dirty with you" she rolled her eyes
"You know what I mean"
"If you think it necessary"
He reached over to his bedside table drawer and pulled one.
"You still have condoms in there?" She grabbed the foiled package and ripped it open with her teeth.
Percy smiled mischievously, "For my other girls that are not on the pill"
"Other girls, huh?" She frowned at him and grabbed him in her hand, her grip harder than usual making him yelp. She smiled triumphantly at his expression when pumped up and down.
"Mhmm," he pressed a kiss to her lips "you did make me wear one when we role played last time as strangers"
Percy's hand landed on her tight and he stroked her skin with wide open palm.
"Oh, right..." she was the other girls. She laughed remembering it and let her fingers trailed up and down his shaft and pressed her thumb over its head. He bit his lip at her caresses and curled his hand under her knee bringing her closer "that was fun"
She rolled the condom on after a few moments teasing him and nodded "Okay, go slow"
"Don't worry." he grazed the soft skin between her tights making her part her legs wider. Asking for permission he didn't need with his green eyes. "If this doesn't feel good just tell me"
"Okay"
"Wait!" She said stopping him with a hand on his shoulder when she felt him pressing against her.
"I'm not doing this if you feel uncomfortable" he said backing away.
"I–no, just go." She laughed a little "I'm kinda nervous, it's stupid"
He smiled and brushed his thumb over her blushed cheek. "I get it" he kissed her lips "just relax"
"You said that on our first time too"
"And remember how amazing that one was...for a first time" and she could recall everything about their first time even if that was like one year ago.
He lined them up again holding her gaze intently.
"It's supposed to be intense or the worst thing ever" she said in a whisper in his ear as he started pushing his way in. She seemed deeper than usual. "Or...so it says on the internet"
He let out a breathless little laugh, it was no surprised that she did her research when they'd been going on this topic for months.
He stopped inside of her, letting her adjust to the new sensation. "if it's the second one you only have to tell me and we'll stop…if it's the first one then I'll just ask you; are you scared of intense?" He sucked a few kisses on her collar bone.
"Mmm, ask me again later?"
"Oh shit." He groaned as he pulled out and started going in again. "You're hot"
"Ah!" She let out gritting her teeth.
"Hurts?" He asked and stopped
She shook her head "no, no. I'm good, you?"
"If it hurts me?" He laughed. Annabeth gave him a look and he started moving again very slowly
"You're not...oh!...gross out or–or anything?"
He bit his lip and swallowed a moan "You can tell I'm not" and it was true because he was so hard.
He trusted slowly and careful, making each one felt equally delicious which had Annabeth curling her toes in pleasure.
After a few minutes she started losing her patient at slow, she wrapped her legs around him started grinding their hips for more friction.
"You can go faster" she breathed out, breaking into a sweat while moving against him harder.
"You good?" He mumbled, face pressed against her neck where he alternatively kissed and nibbled
"Yeah. Faster please"
He complied and peaked up his pace.
"This is–" she moaned the rest of her sentence incoherent and muffled against his hair. She held his dark locks tightly in a fist as her other hand ran over his back.
He moved his mouth downwards and started kissing her breast.
She bit on her lips as his mouth found her nipple, hard and too sensitive. He was sucking on it and swirling his tongue around it softly.
And Hades. She let him know how she was feeling bringing his mouth towards her and kissing him in between gasps of his name.
That was it for her; all too soon, she found her release arching her back against him, toes curling in pleasure.
"Oh–oh gods" she moaned with her eyes squeezed shut.
He kept going at the same fast pace, relishing on her new tightness.
"Annabeth" he gripped the sheets beside her head tightly moments later.
They lie still foreheads pressed together while they recovered their senses. He gasped her name again.
"Shit Perseus" She said and he let out something like a laugh in between his pants for breath at the mention of his full name "oh, it is good" she mumbled pressed by his heavy weigh "its...so good. Hell-a...good. I think–that was...yeah. No pain"
He kissed her lips with a lazy grin "you're blabbing" he told her still faltering
"I'm not" he kissed her neck
"Was it that nice?"
"Yeah." Annabeth nodded "The internet wasn't lying"
"I'm glad" he commented.
He sighed and rolled to the side, and started playing with the slightly damp hair sticking at the nape of her neck while he kissed any patch of her skin he could reach.
"I should..." she started, voice a little husky.
"Mmhm yeah"
She almost complained that she had to get up, she felt like curling against him like this and closing her eyes.
Reaching over her, he turned on the light and disposed of the condom in the bin next to the bed and grabbed some tissues from the box.
"Clean up?" He grinned sheepishly holding the tissues towards hers.
She grabbed the corners of the towel and wrapped herself in it.
"Oh, come on. How many times do I have to tell you? Its fine"
She kissed his cheek "I'll be right back"
"You better, I want snuggles"
Annabeth smiled as she picked up her pj t-shirt and closed the bathroom door.
She came back a few minutes later with the blue t-shirt on and climbed onto the bed.
He tucked her in beside him
"Your mom will totally know what we did we that towel"
"We can say I got a very bad nosebleed"
"Right..." She rolled her eyes "it's almost spell out"
"She won't mind but I'll do laundry if you do"
She laughed "you are going to do laundry?"
"I know. I am the best boyfriend ever, right?"
"Like a believe that. You have no idea how to turn the thing on"
"What, I have to turn it on? I thought I just put the things inside and..."
"You better learn because I'm not sharing a place with you if you don't know"
He kissed her temple "Annabeth we're 18."
"I know. That's why I'm giving you a heads up. You have a least three or four more years or something" she turned her face against his neck and closed her eyes.
"Three more years, huh?"
"Mm" she replied
"I better start then"
"You better" she murmured.
He couldn't help grinning when she mentioned marriage so naturally like that. He kissed the top of her head
"I promise I'll learn"
Percabeth like 20 or something...whatever age you want with this one. Location: Camp.
"Percy Jackson you come here right now!"
A pair of campers made way for the couple.
Percy walking with his hands in his pockets shrugged at them apologetically. Annabeth stomped after him with a serious scowl.
"I still don't get what's up"
People didn't even turn to the fighting pair, they were used to it. They'll be kissing in no time.
"What's up?" She retorted "you blew it! Like always"
"By saying we don't want anything to do with that quest?" He asked, turning down a path that was always deserted. Taking their conversation to a private place
"Yes! Now will have to take it anyway."
"I'm not going anywhere. Piper and Jason want to go, let them go. Besides, we discussed this, we didn't want to go"
"It was not that you said it, it was the freaking way you said it. Now it looks like we're bailing on them"
"Well, we kind of are! That's exactly what you wanted to do; you said last night you didn't want to go"
She put her hands on her hips.
"I don't want to go but now we'll have to"
"No way"
"We gotta help out"
"What? No, this is not what we talked about"
"If you had said it any other way...but you just had to explode, right?"
"You're the only one exploding. I don't get why it was so wrong of me!"
"Because–" she sighed exasperated and then started yelling a million reasons.
"Are you even listening to yourself?" He asked and brushed his hair back "are you on your period or something? Because that is totally not my fault"
"What did you just asked me?"
"If you were on your period" he spit back
She shook her head exasperated "I can't believe you"
"Gods. You totally are. We can talk about this later when you're off it and calm down. Gods women" he rolled his eyes and started to turn away from her leaving her standing on the spot, mouth opened in disbelief.
She recovered quickly and her eyes hardened more. "You're so dead. I swear gods help you Perseus"
"What now? Don't tell me-" her nails dig in his forearm and he yelped as she yanked him forward deeper in the woods "ouch. Annabeth, let go"
"I wish your mother was here. I can't believe you. She would kill you"
"Ouch! What does this have to do with my mother?!"
"She raised you well!"
"It hurts! Can you let go?"
She gripper his t-shirt instead and slammed him against a tree trunk.
"What-" he started cradling his arm with nail marks. She unzipped her shorts "Annabeth!" His green eyes opened up in a horrified expression.
She slipped her shorts taking her panties down with them, far enough for him to see between her legs.
He choked and anything he was about to say got tangled up
"Uh"
"I. Am. Not. On. My. Period" she pointed between her legs "see?" She moved closer "do you clearly see I'm not on my freaking period? And I'm not going to be either. I have a least twenty days and you know it!"
"Oh, no way!" A girl yelped appearing out of nowhere. She had a lilac tone of skin.
Percy fell down against solid ground against a mud puddle because the truck he was supporting himself had vanished. He stood and brushed his face, puzzled
"You demigod heroes think you own everything! You're not using this tree" she looked at them both for another explanation.
"Uh..." he started
"That's not what this is about!" Annabeth blushed
"Hmpf!" She turned and disappeared, her big tree along with her.
Percy turned to Annabeth, trying to fix his eyes on her face but they kept sliding towards down her hips.
She glared at him and crossed her arms.
"This is the last time you dare say that to me"
He put his hands up, "alright. Alright! Please get dress anyone could see"
"I don't care. I'm not a girl on her period. I'm not full of period hormones or whatever crap your manly brain thinks its driving this argument. This is about you talking on my behalf on something-"
"That you said to me the day before!"
"We're not talking about that right now. Now it's about you saying that I'm on my period as if a period has anything to do with this"
"I'm sorry, okay?"
"That was so sexists of you"
"I get it, I'm sorry. You're not on your period. Please put your clothes on"
"I'm not on my period and if I were this has nothing to do with it"
"Okay"
"Say it"
"You're not on your period."
"Go on"
"And if-if you were...it's got nothing. Nothing to do with it."
"Good! That wasn't so hard. Was it?"
He shook his head staring right between her legs. Blonde hair glistening to the stray of sun rays
"Okay, I get it. Get dress"
"Glad we can understand each other" She smirked and nodded once then fixed her clothes.
"For the gods' sake" he muttered and rubbed his mud stained face "you want to freaking kill me"
"I was only teaching you a lesson" she had a smug expression in her face
"You scare the crap out of me and then you start taking your clothes off and seriously woman." He motioned in a general direction down her waist
"I'm still so angry at you. For saying something to them that was totally not what I said."
"You did-"
"You said it wrong alright?! You did not explain the reasons like you should and I'm so mad for it and for the period thing. Especially for the period thing" she crossed her arms tightly on her chest.
"I figured" he brushed sweat from his forehead.
They stayed silent a few minutes. Percy was still kind breathing hard and Annabeth was glaring daggers at him.
She was so angry and…wait, not only angry.
Not only anger was cursing through her body. She felt that and she knew exactly what the feeling was.
Oh gods.
She smirked and put her Yankees cup on, vanishing.
"Walk to your cabin." He stayed looking at the spot where she was standing a second ago. "I'm angry at you and I want to get rid of it. What are you looking at idiot? Move"
"You...want-"
"You've managed to frustrate me enough and I'm going to do something about it. We'll talk about this later. So, quick step. Come on"
"Yes. You're totally going to kill me!" he sighed dramatically but he couldn't hide his growing smirk. Her taunting lips brushed his slightly and she was gone before he could catch her in his arms, which was good because they were probably going to end up with another angry tree nymph.
She wanted his fingers
His mouth.
"Quick step." She pushed him from behind and he let out a breathless laugh "one two. One two. Come on march"
He grinned like an idiot as he started walking down the same path they came this time alone.
"See? My mood changes so fast because I'm totally on my period" she said somewhere to his right
"I don't mind it at all"
He received a smack on the back of his head
"Lesson understood. I'm never going to mention the period thing again"
"Because it's not true"
"I'll never mention it again because it's not true," he added obediently. She patted her shoulder approvingly.
"You better." She said and he could hear her grin. She gave him a little push forward again, hot breath hitting his ear and they way she whispered the word making him shiver "run"
He laughed breathlessly and trotted all the way to his cabin trying to look calm and normal to the rest of the demigods, when inside he was like 'listen up guys, I'm a total loser but I'm going to get lucky for getting my girlfriend angry, how about that?'
He was feeling her racing by his side.
He knew all too well how she was going to slam him again when they get there...this time against the bed.
No, not the bed
The door. They probably wouldn't make it to the bed.
Percabeth is 21? Right after they started sharing a place. Location: their first flat after they moved back from camp Jupiter to nyc to study together at nyu.
Admittedly, it was stupid to get nervous about it; it was just some thing...
When Annabeth yelled at him from the other side of the bathroom door of their new apartment he expected something like 'we're out of toilet paper or can I use your razor?'
He didn't expect to hear "Percy! I need a favor"
"Yeah?"
"Go to the store across the street, I forgot to buy tampons"
"What"
"That I forgot to buy tampons. And I need them, like right now"
"Yeah, I heard you...but–um, do you want me to go?"
"Who else is going to go genius? I can't and unless you want to call Mrs. Collins at 4B you're the one going."
He hated Mrs Collins and she was the only other woman tenant of the floor. She would spit on his face if he ever knocked on the door to ask for cup of sugar. Hades, she would spit or throw some holy water on his face if she crossed him on the hall...Apparently her problem was that Annabeth was not his wife and they shouldn't be living together. 'Sinful kids, shame on you'
Yeah, right.
"Don't you have a pad somewhere?"
"Don't think so. But you can check my bag, maybe you're lucky" she snickered and Percy realized that this was actually fun for her.
He rushed over to check her multiple bags and packs and there was nothing. Not a single one, not even those tiny ones.
"Come on, it's urgent"
He ran a hand through his hair.
"Yeah, alright. I'll be back in a few"
He grabbed the keys and exited the apartment, using the stairs instead of the slow elevator.
They were lucky enough to have a store just down the street and they usually run there for urgent stuff like these.
He gritted the cashier with a nervous smile and went over to the aisle of the girl products and...Seriously, why were there so many?
So many seizes and labels and colors. He was dizzy in a minute, looking from one to another...Which ones were Annabeth's? It was a white box...
He grabbed a few trying to remember the package exactly but as usual in these kind of situations his mind went blank.
He couldn't believe his brain was acting like that. He had seen the thing a million times!
He groaned.
"Need help?" One of the girls that stocked products asked from behind him, he jumped like he was caught doing something dirty. He turned towards her and she was holding one of her headphones that were blaring with rock music.
"Oh, hi. Um, I– well...it's for my girlfriend. She's a girl. Female on her…period"
"Wow, really?" she smirked and Percy turned red for her teasing. "I would have been very surprise if your male boyfriend with male body parts was bleeding…because if that's the case then you should probably take him to the hospital"
"Haha, I–yeah, stupid"
"You don't remember its name?"
"No,"
"Mm, she's the tall blonde right?" He nodded "I can ask Tessa what she gets, if you want. That woman remembers everything everyone buys, it's amazing"
"Nah, don't worry," he rubbed his neck and then grabbed his phone "I'll just call her"
"Okay, sure. See ya!" she smiled and put on her headphone going down the hall.
He dialed and surprisingly she picked up. Thankfully she picked up.
"I didn't think you'll pick up" he sighed relieved.
"I noticed you might get...overwhelmed with the varieties. Forgot to tell you what to buy"
"You did it on purpose"
"Maybe" he could hear the smirk in her voice
"Which ones"
"A box of ob. They are light bluish…? Medium size"
"How do I know that? All the boxes are the same"
"Can you spot like three little full drops and some that are not painted?"
He scanned the box and saw one full drop "this was has two"
"I need three"
"Found it!"
"Great, now a bright green package. Called Al-"
"Always." He finished grabbing the pads package he had right in front of him
"Found it? It needs to have wings and be extra thin and have three drops"
He put the package back on the aisle…
"Are you kidding me?"
"No, I'm serious"
"The writing had to be extra small, right? I could be here all day"
"Come on, focus. You can do it!"
"Girls come and go and I look so stupid. They are looking at me weird"
"Percy you're not stupid. It's kinda sexy"
"Oh" he scratched his head.
"I'd love to be there and show you off. There are not lots of guys that would agree to do this."
"Can't imagine why"
"It's so manly" she continued
"You think?"
"Why would it say it louder than going to buy pads for your girlfriend without being grossed out or even acknowledging that these days exists and you're totally fine with doing this. Acknowledging that girls don't want to have sex all the time and they simply want some couch cuddles and some of their favorite Hershey's chocolate bar and lying under blankets with your boyfriend who also happens to be your favorite person ever."
"I hate you"
She laughed
"Did you take notes or should I repeat?"
"Noted, I'll be right there. You're my favorite person too"
"I know"
"Also, thanks for the confidence boost…all the manly stuff, I think I'm going to pick up some chicks in the girl products aisle any time I'm at the store"
She huffed annoyed, he liked to spike up her jealousy sometimes "Scratch that, it's not sexy, you look like an idiot and I want you back home with me"
"wait up Love, I'm being sexy…"
"Well," she said nonchalant trying to give it back to him "you should totally meet Jake, he lives on the building next to ours and he's vegan, I totally visit the veggie section when he's around. He likes brussels sprouts..."
Percy hated brussels spouts and he probably went red with envy...he knew who Jake was alright, he had seen him around the area.
"Okay, I think I found th pads and please" he pouted and even thought Annabeth couldn't see him she guessed his face "you really talk to this Jake guy?"
She snickered
"sometimes"
Percy groaned and she laughed harder.
"Anything else Wise Girl?"
"Your turn to cook dinner, maybe you'll like to think of something while you're there"
"Mm, yeah. See you"
He came back with a bag full of groceries and that's what he hated about going to the store for just one thing, because you came back with a hundred and you spent that bill you weren't planning on spending. And maybe it was the fault of the girls products being pile on the back because when he got to the cashier he had his arms full of totally unnecessary stuff.
"So...how did it got?" Annabeth asked plopped down on their couch. Her voice full of mockery
He closed the door and set the paper bag down
"W-what are you doing out of the bathroom?" He pointed accusatory
She laughed "well hun, you were there half an hour."
"And? This was because you were out on every..." He rubbed his face "was this some kind of test?"
"You passed" she smirked. She kissed his cheek and kneeled on the floor and started rummaging through the bag's contents "I still need them though...oh! A Hershey's Cookies and cream chocolate, you were listening!"
"Of course I was"
He put the stuff in the kitchen while she used the bathroom.
When she came back out, he had changed into comfy clothes like the ones she was wearing and he had her favorite thick blanket and her chocolate on the other hand.
"Someone order some cuddles"
She grinned and climbed in the couch and he slumped beside her and pulled the blanket over her.
They spent the rest of the afternoon rubbing socked feet and cuddling, watching movies and eating pieces of chocolate.
"Jake probably wouldn't spent the afternoon this way. Who other guy would buy you your favorite chocolate and watch Les Mis with you for like the tenth time?"
"Jake's favorite movie is Les Mis"
"What?! how long have you talked to him that you know what he likes" she kissed his pouty lips and laughed
"I'm just kidding!" she turned in his arms "I invented it, I doubt he likes Les Mis"
"Who in their right mind would? its like four hours long" he received a punch in the stomach because it was her favorite movie
She kissed him "don't tell anyone I said this but you're a good boyfriend"
He laughed and kissed her nose "Your secret it's safe with me"
"Love you"
i didnt plan it to be this long! 10k is the longest I've written for this series
Oh god! I'm so sorry. I received a review the other day kinda demanding a new chapter and it was good that I did because I probably wouldn't be pushing myself to post this right now.
Last month was absolutely crazy and December is even crazier! For us in the south hemisphere (hot whether yuck) it's the end of school year so I had like a tone of projects and essays and stuff. And guys! If I pass all the coming exams I'm going to be two years away from finishing college. That's crazy too. It's been two years and it was (is) hard!
I started working in October because apparently I'm an adult now and it's my first formal job with all the formal stuff and woah I'm tired. Working is fun sometimes …but I wake up at 5.45 am ride the train to college spend 4 hours there and then 4 more hours at work, public transport in the middle and then I ride the train back home.
It's exhausting jeez. I need a rest. Like, now. I'd love to sleep for the next two years actually. Thankfully college its over in the 20 and then summer holidays!
Also November was the month I had lots of different family gatherings with birthdays and baby showers and my sister graduated from college and my niece had like three school plays I had to go to.
Writing this is fic my break and I absolutely haven't stopped, I write about these two cuties all the time. I have like 5 iphone notes of fics I just need to finish them and edit them, that is actually the hardest process for me being a nonnative English speaker and all. After three years of sitting for my CAE I think I'm kinda losing stuff, I need to practice.
That leads me to...a beta. Someone here said months ago he/she wanted to be my editor and I accept the offer now. It clearly needs to be a native or someone who has good knowledge so if anyone wants to I won't mind exchanging emails. I'll probably be one or two ffs to correct every month –sometimes none depending on how crazy my life –but with the summer holidays I thought I should give it a try so if you're interested send me a PM and we'll talk. I think I can learn a lot from it.
That's all. This was probably the longest a/n you've ever avoided reading.
Bye! Next post will be around the holidays.
Christmas percabeth yeeeees!
Xoxo, Maria.