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Annabeth's POV

"You ready?" I nudged Percy with my elbow.

"I've been waiting for this day for months." He smiled at me before we strode up to the school. We burst through the doors together, and it felt like a movie scene, except no one was staring at us (not more than usual, at least). It was almost like we were moving in slow motion. We walked down the halls with confidence, which probably meant nothing to everyone—we weren't holding hands (I told Percy that it was so cliche I might die), and there was really no indication that said, we're together! It still felt good to me, though.

We finally found everyone gathered around Piper and Hazel's lockers. Piper saw us first. "You look happier than usual," Piper regarded my smile. "Who did you beat up this time?" She raised an eyebrow and crossed her arms.

"I didn't beat anyone up, Piper." I jokingly narrowed my eyes.

"Then what is this?" Hazel waved to our grins.

"Eh, you wanna tell 'em?" I asked Percy, teasing the others.

"No, you can." He offered.

"I think you should do it," I insisted again.

"Well, clearly, we can't decide, so..." Percy shrugged. "Guess you'll have to wait until we figure it out," Percy said with fake sympathy.

I couldn't help the huge grin on my face as everyone groaned.

"Annabeth Marie Chase I swear to everything holy and good in this world if you don't tell me right now—" Piper walked up to me, jabbing her finger at me.

"Woah," I said, stepping back and putting my hands up.

"Relax there, Beauty Queen," Leo added. He stepped up in front of Piper. "But seriously, what happened?" He asked.

"Oh my god," Frank's eyes went huge, as he couldn't decide whether to gawk at Percy and I, or stare at the floor. Either way, he turned bright red. I burst out laughing, Percy laughing a bit himself.

"What?" Jason nudged him, confused at first. "Oh..." then he suddenly realized. "Oh shit," he said. Then he laughed.

"What?" Piper and Leo asked.

"You're really that dense?" I playfully rolled my eyes. Piper punched my arm, but it didn't hurt much.

"They— He— I—" Jason tried multiple times to explain it. He sighed, giving up.

"Let's just say, Percy's not a virgin anymore." I rocked back and forth on my feet and stuck my hands in my pockets.

"I wasn't a virgin in the first place!" Percy protested.

"You technically were," I insisted.

"Pretty much," Calypso snorted. Percy made a face at her.

"No I—" Percy was cut off by Piper.

"Annabeth!" Her mouth dropped open in a smile. She looked from me, to Percy, back to me. "Oh my god! You—" it was like she couldn't even get the words out.

"Wait," Leo paused. "So you mean to tell me that this," he held up his pointer finger, "went in this."

He put his pointer finger into the hole he had made with his other hand. I started laughing harder. "Percy, my man!" Leo high-fived Percy. Hazel turned bright red, starting to fan herself. Percy just stood there, acting calm and cool while I was basically dying on the floor.

"Oh shit, man." It seemed that Jason was still taking it in.

"I knew it was gonna happen eventually, but not this way." Hazel countered.

"Well, what do you expect? Have you met these two? It's like taking teen angst, hormones, anger, and hidden love and throwin' it all in a pot. What do you get when you mix 'em together? This." Piper explained, finally gesturing to us.

"Really? That's how you look at us?" I asked with mock offense. "We're more than angst, and... whatever else you said," I defended.

"Trust me, we're a lot more than that," Percy laughed, biting his lip. I was having a hard time not kissing him right then and there.

"Wow," Reyna began. "I..." she took a deep breath. "You guys are good for each other. I'm happy for you," She smiled."

"Thanks Reyna," Percy said. I thanked her as well. That was a lot coming from Reyna, considering the fact that she had feelings for Percy. Everyone else congratulated us as well.

"So, how exactly did this happen?" Calypso asked, raising an eyebrow and crossing her arms.

"Why, you want me to take notes?" Leo joked.

"Maybe," she teased.

"What are you tryin' to say?" Leo cocked his head to the side.

"I don't know," Calypso shrugged, turning back to me, leaving Leo with a look of confusion and offense. Piper's eyes got wide like, oh shit.

"I'm not gonna spill all the details because that's fucking weird and no," I started. "But I will tell you, we were fighting before hand, and then..." I didn't bother finishing my sentence, for I knew they all got it.

"Well, that's one way to do it." Jason chuckled.

I shrugged. "Well, I'm okay with it."

"Me too," Percy kissed the top of my head.

I gagged playfully, making Percy laugh.

"laugh.

"Oh please," he grabbed my waist and gave me a proper kiss, on the lips. I placed my hands on the sides of his face. I wasn't one for PDA, but it didn't really matter to me at that moment. We made out for a good minute before pulling away, everyone looking at us with sort of happy looks.

"Now that," I started, "I can get used to." I smiled up at him. Suddenly, the bell rang, ending all of our fun.

"Let's get to class, before we get in trouble," Frank reminded.

"Ugh," I groaned. "I have...?" I looked around to everyone. I had all of my classes with at least one of these people, so I didn't really have to keep track of my schedule.

"Trig with me," Piper said. "Let's go. You'll see your lover boy later." She smiled and pulled me away. Everyone else went their own ways.

"So how was it?" Piper asked excitedly.

"Piper, all I'm gonna say is that it was indescribably incredible."

"That's it? No details?" She whined.

"Nope." I shook my head.

"She groaned. "You're the worst."

"I know," I smiled. We laughed.

•••

I couldn't help the glances I kept sneaking at Percy. He was just so gorgeous. It was hard to focus on anything else, like school work, but it wasn't like I did that anyways. His eyes were so bright, and his skin was smooth—trust me, I had seen every inch—and his hair was tousled in a messy way as it always was, but he was suddenly a million times sexier. Even his Adam's apple, which this is weird, looked good. Is this how everyone sees their boyfriends? Probably.

I bobbed my knee up and down—my ADHD was kicking in. I couldn't keep the thoughts of the last days from replaying in my mind. Everything that Percy did was... perfect. The way that he addressed me, and treated me was exactly what I wanted. He was perfect.

I decided that biting my lip was not going to last me forever. I grabbed a pen and paper.

Meet me in the janitors closet.

I gave it to Percy before raising my hand and asking to use the bathroom. I stood up and walked out of the room, shooting a glance at Percy before closing the door. I made my way down the halls, until I reached the closet. I waited a few minutes before Percy came.

"Hey," I said. "That class was so boring." I complained. I pulled off my hoodie.

"What are we doing?" He asked.

I laughed. "You pretty much were a virgin." I teased, earning a glare from Percy. "You've never done it in a janitors' closet. That's pretty depressing for 17." I joked. He rolled his eyes.

"That's what this is?" He asked. "Here? Now?"

"Why not?" I shrugged. "If you don't wanna do it, we don't have to, you know." I looked at him sincerely.

"No, it's fine, I just have never done this before." He shrugged.

"Well, there's a first time for everything, right?" I shrugged.

"I guess. Let's go," Percy said. He pulled off his jacket.

I laughed. "This is great."

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"Authors note

Ooooooof.

I am sorry for not updating sooner. I have been completely lacking motivation lately and I just want to Yeet everything out the window. I'm so tired—I didnt get much sleep last night and ughhhh I cant. This is just like a filler, pretty shitty but what are ya gonna do amiright? I also can't remember if I made CAleo a thing yet so if y'all could let me know thatd be ?Anyways, hope you enjoyed. Don't forget to comment( please start commenting), etc. thanks and love you guys!-PercyJacksonFanficwriter123