Chapter 9: Chapter 9
Annabeth was going to kill Percy.
Sure, they were going to have to tell their friends eventually, but the NEXT DAY!? Annabeth was the type of person who planned for everything; who always knew what to say in the moment. But this was something that needed a little more than a couple hours of thought. This conversation was going to hit her pride hard, and considering what her fatal flaw is, she needs some time to prepare. And that's where Percy comes in. He doesn't think about anything, he just acts, and now Annabeth is yelling at him in the living room about how stupid he is ten minutes before their friends were due to arrive.
So, business as usual for them.
"Is there a brain in there? I mean, did you even stop to THINK about how this decision would affect me?" Annabeth shouted, "No, you didn't! Just like you always do!"
Percy just stood there, letting her get it out. When Annabeth got like this, it was best to just tune it out and wait for her to tire herself out.
"Are you even listening to me?! Seaweed brain!"
He sighed, "Yes. I am listening to you. And I know that I made a stupid decision, but our friends are about to be here, so can we please just kiss and make up?"
Annabeth was fuming, but for once Percy had a point. No way was she going to let her friends see her freaking out over her admitting defeat. And to be honest, she wasn't really mad at Percy, she was just stressed, and he was there. So she let it out on him, and now she feels guilty about it.
"Fine. I'm sorry for screaming at you. I'm just stressed," she said hugging him.
Percy pulled back to give her a kiss, "I love you."
"Love you, too, Seaweed brain," Annabeth responded, a smile growing on her face.
That was when a series of knocks came from the front door.
"That's our cue," Percy said, pulling away to answer the door.
He didn't even get to greet his friends before being shoved back, letting in the flood of eager teenagers.
"What is it? Did he propose? OMG he did, didn't he? YES! I have so much planning to do," Piper went right up to Annabeth, grabbing her by the arms.
Annabeth seemed to be too overwhelmed by her friend's excitement that her mind didn't even process what was being said. Percy's did though.
He blushed a deep scarlet before answering for his girlfriend, "No, Pipes. I didn't propose. We wanted to talk about something else, so can you all sit down please?"
They all obliged, turning their questioning gazes onto the two heroes of Olympus.
"Well...we just wanted to let you know that...Percy?" Annabeth struggled.
"Nice. What Wise girl was trying to say was that you were right. We can't live without each other. Happy, Leo?" he said in a rush.
A huge grin spread across the son of Hephaestus' face, "Yes, I am indeed. Jason? My twenty drachmas please?"
The son of Jupiter reluctantly handed over the money, muttering something that sounded like, "You couldn't have held out a little longer, guys?"
The fact that her friends had bet on her need for Percy in her life shocked Annabeth out of her stupor. Now, she was steaming mad all over again.
"You BET on us? You sons of bdelyrós**!" she yelled, trying to break free from Percy's hold so she could strangle the boys.
"I told you she would be pissed," Nico sighed.
"Easy, Wise girl. They're not worth it. Even though they DESERVE it," Percy tried to calm Annabeth.
Annabeth was already pretty high strung today, and this just pushed her over the edge. Not many knew that she had quite the sailor's mouth when she got mad. He did, of course. He was usually on the receiving end of the insults.
Annabeth took one deep, relaxing breath before sitting back down.
"If you interrupt me, I'll gut you," She stated as calmly, "Now, Percy's friends found out, and then the entire school found out the next day. We plan on going back to school, so don't even try to persuade us to come back to camp. Any questions? No? Great!"
The way she said it made it clear that she was not expecting any questions.
"Wait, so you aren't getting married?" Piper asked, pouting.
Annabeth rolled her eyes, but there was a slight coloring in her cheeks, "No, Pipes. We're too young. We've been over this!"
The daughter of Aphrodite huffed, but didn't push it. She knew it was going to happen soon, just like everyone else did. Well, everyone but the actual couple. If only they would get over the whole 'too young' thing. Love doesn't have an age limit!
"On that disappointing note, anyone wanna order some pizza?" Frank asked, changing the subject about as smoothly as a bull going through a china shop.
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Once Percy and Annabeth had finally pushed their friends out the door, they collapsed back on the couch. It had been a long, tiring couple of hours, and now they finally had some alone time.
"We're home!" Sally called.
Or not.
Sally and Paul walked into the living room, the latter holding a sleeping Estelle in his arms.
"What's going on? You both look dead," Sally commented lightly.
Percy gave a half-hearted chuckle, but nothing more.
"I'm going to go put these away," Sally nodded towards the bags of groceries in her hands.
Percy started. He hadn't even realized that his mom was holding anything when she walked in. He must really be tired if he had missed something so obvious.
Sally left to the kitchen and Paul set Estelle down by some of her toys, and then he sat himself down in an armchair.
He seemed to remember something before saying, "Oh! Are you guys planning on going to that dance on Sunday?"
Percy and Annabeth looked at each other in confusion.
"What dance?" Annabeth voiced both of their thoughts.
"The school is putting on a dance on Sunday night. They're posters all around school. How have both of you not noticed?" Paul said.
"We've been a little distracted," Percy answered, sighing, "But I don't think we're gonna go. Right, Wise girl?"
Annabeth didn't answer, and when Percy looked over at her to see why, she had that look on her face. The one that meant she was considering the odds of a choice. Oh, gods. She was thinking about going to the dance.
He had thought that they weren't school dance people. I mean, there were so many awful endings to them going. Like a monster attack! Yeah. Like that.
In reality, he just didn't like dances. Especially dance with mortals that had just found out that the most popular guy at school was dating a 'nerd.' It wasn't on his to-do list, that's for sure.
"Annabeth? You aren't seriously considering this, right?" he asked, worry evident in his voice.
If she wanted to go, they were going. He had no doubt about it. Everything that Annabeth wanted, Percy gave her. He was a sucker for her.
"Well, it would kinda be like ripping off the bandaid, right? And it would be shorter than a day of school. This way, we could deal with the mortal questions earlier. And who knows? It might end up being fun," Annabeth answered.
Percy heaved a great sigh and tipped his head back onto the couch.
They were going to a school dance.
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moonys_padfood68 **Bdelyrós: This word means either a villain or a b*****
Welcome back! I hope you and your family are staying safe in these trying times, and if not, my thoughts are with you...yeah. Just thought I should put that out there. This is the second to last chapter of this story, so I'm aiming to make it really good. I'm going to try and finish this story quickly because I'm barely started on my other one, and I just started a new handwritten story. Plus I have school and life in general. A lot is going on and I just want check something off the list.
Sorry if that was too much dialogue, but I just needed to move the story along to the point it needed to end on. If you haven't guessed what the next chapter will be, then you obviously didn't read this chapter.
Anyway, what do you think'll happen at the dance? Did you like how whipped I made Percy? Voice your thoughts!
Thank you, JJ, my wonderful beta reader. This story would be horrible without you...
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