Percy's POV
I finished tightening the last screw on Diana's dresser and stood up to admire my work. I had finally finished building up the furniture in her room and was proud of being able to do it in only two days. I looked down at my phone and saw Annabeth had texted me about six minutes ago that she would be home early and that we needed to talk about something serious. My heart skipped a beat as I tried to remain calm and not jump to conclusions. I put my phone back down and tried to distract myself and clean up Diana's room and the trash from all of the boxes. I went outside to throw the trash out and as I turned around Athena appeared in front of me.
"Fuck, Athena! A little warning maybe?" I yelled, scared because she had appeared so close to me and had a serious look on her face.
"Annabeth should have contacted you." She said, ignoring what I said.
"Yeah, she texted me like half an hour ago or so. Do you have anything to do with whatever she needs to talk about?" I asked her.
"Not necessarily but she will be emotional about what she needs to talk about and I am here to simply ask for your patience and to be understanding with her." She said, still with a serious flat tone as if she was a robot.
"Okay…I will. Why are you telling me this though? You should know I would do that even if you didn't tell me to." I said, confused about what was going on.
"Yes I know, but I'm trying to be…more caring…and trying to show that I am there for my daughter. I assumed you were going to tell her about this if I did it so that is what I am doing." She said, clearly uncomfortable with the amount of sympathy and affection she was showing towards Annabeth.
"Yes, I'll tell her. This is actually kind of sweet of you to do this for Annabeth. I assume that means you talked to her?" I said, trying not to smile too hard.
"Yes. It went okay. I still need to talk to her more. But that is all I can say right now because she is almost here." She said, pointing at the end of the driveway. I looked over to see what she meant and as I turned back Athena was gone. Then the sound of a car came from behind me as Annabeth turned into my driveway and parked.
She got out of her car slowly and looked at me with a very concerned look. She clearly had been crying and was upset about something.
"Is everything okay Annabeth?" I asked, walking slowly up to her.
"I don't know….why are you outside?" She asked, still standing at her car with her arms crossed defensively.
"Well, I was taking the trash out when your mom popped up and told me that I needed to be patient and understanding with what you have to tell me. Is it that bad?" I explained, getting up to her now and looking down at her. She looked away to avoid my eyes and flinched back a little.
"Maybe…have you gotten an email or anything from Kenneth?" She quietly asked.
"No…Annabeth, you're scaring me a little, what's going on?" I said, furrowing my brow and trying to remain calm.
"Can we go inside and talk about this?" She asked.
I nodded and turned around to head inside, I noticed though she was still standing at her car. I walked back over to her to see what was wrong.
"Annabeth. I promise you, you can tell me anything…I love you…I want you to tell me what's going on." I said, grabbing her hands and pulling her in closer towards me. She wrapped her arms around me and buried her face into my chest. I wrapped my arms around her too and squeezed her tight a little before pulling a part. I grabbed her hand and led her inside as we made our way to my room. We both sat on the edge of my bed and she started explaining everything.
She told me about how when she was with Kenneth she would get drunk and do a lot of things with him and let him record it all. And for some reason he loved when she would bad mouth me and her, not thinking straight at the time, would do so. She said she regretted it all and when she cut things off with him she told him to delete all of the videos and was promised that he had. Until this morning when he sent her one and threatened to send more to me if she didn't do what he said. She then explained how she quit her job, reported him, told him off and blocked him, and how her mom showed up for her and convinced her to do all of this and that she was done with San Francisco and wanted to go back to New York.
I sat there while she explained, I was trying not to look that hurt or upset about the situation. She apologized profusely throughout the whole thing and explained she was worried that I would be upset or angry with her. As soon as she finished talking though she looked at me with worry in her eyes and asked how I was doing.
"I'm glad you stood up for yourself and want to go back to New York. I'm a bit bummed I just finished Diana's room here but that's okay…I just want you to know even if he did send me videos, I wouldn't have opened them without letting you know first. And I definitely would not judge you for what you said while drunk and under his influence. I love you Annabeth, and while this is a lot to take in, nothing about how I feel about you or what we have been working towards has changed. I just want you to tell me these kinds of things because I will always help you no matter what." I said, putting my hand on hers. "We're not gods Annabeth, we're only half which means we will of course make human mistakes, something the gods themselves have yet to accept that they do too."
She nodded slowly and went in for a hug, I wrapped my arms around her and we sat there for a moment just holding each other. After a few minutes she pulled away and I looked down at her to see what was wrong. She looked up at me and slowly leaned in closer to me, I leaned in closer too and our lips softly, yet firmly pressed against each other before she pulled away.
"I love you, Percy." She said before going in for another kiss.
As we kissed again it became deeper and deeper before I grabbed her waist and pushed her down onto my bed and got on top of her. I began kissing her cheeks and chin, slowly making my way down to her neck. She wrapped her arms around my neck and pulled me in closer. I stopped kissing her neck and went back to kissing her lips before we both stopped to take a breather. We situated ourselves on the bed and she laid her head on my chest cuddling me.
"What time is it?" She asked me as she rubbed my chest and sat up to look at me.
"Um it's like two thirty. Why?" I said, pulling my phone out and checking it.
"Because I wanted to know how much time we had before we needed to pick Diana up." She said, kissing me again and now slowly making her way to my neck.
"Annabeth…don't you think…we should take things slow? I said, trying to not get distracted by the kisses she was giving me.
"If you want…" she said, having stopped kissing my neck and looking at me a bit disappointed.
"I was just asking if you thought we should…if you don't then we don't have to." I said, smirking at her as she looked cute pouting.
"Are you sure?" She seductively asked me, getting closer to my face.
"Yes." I said, smiling as I grabbed her ass and pushed her closer into a kiss.
