Percabeth One Shots

Best Friends

Best Friends

The music blasted in his car as Percy nervously banged his head to the beat and tapped his fingers impatiently on the steering wheel.

He was sure he hadn't even been this nervous in his life before.

The Led Zeppelin song ended as a slower Elton John sang began to play.

He chuckled at the irony and started humming along and eventually singing.

"Don't go breaking my heart"

God, he hoped she wouldn't.

It felt like he was driving towards a test. The most important test of his life that is.

Maybe you're familiar with the feeling; first it's not really there. Just the thought of it. But then it slowly comes. The uncomfortable feeling in your stomach that grows and grows and the only thing that seems to make it stop is to get it over with. To get those nerves out of your system by giving them no reason to stress.

Well that was what he tried to do.

Eventually he slowed down and stopped at a parking lot he knew as good as his own.

He took a few shuddery breaths and closed his eyes to try and slow his heartbeat down, but of course that didn't work.

His heart beat loudly as he walked up the staircase.

His heart seemed like a drum and his heartbeat the sound of the drum.

It got louder and louder. He heard the pounding in his ears.

Boom. Ba boom. Ba boom.

The thumping became unbearable by now. He kept walking.

It seemed like hours had gone by, yet it had only been seconds.

Why was he even so nervous? He could guess the answer and he was fine with that.

He just needed to get it off his chest.

Just like this raising heartbeat.

He squeezed the bouquet of flowers too tight, a few of the thorns cutting in his skin. But he didn't care.

Ba doom. Ba doom.

He recited the speech in his head. Reminded himself that she and Luke were something of the past.

They broke up more than a month ago. He was sure they wouldn't get back together this time.

He couldn't help but smile a bit at the thought of Luke finally gone. He hated Luke. And Luke hated him. They were both open about it. At first when Luke had started dating her, they had tried to keep it civil for her sake, but of course, that didn't last long.

He was sure she was over him. She had told him that enough times this past month that it was over. And sure, she told Percy that every time they would break up. But this time it felt different. There had been the flirting. There had been this moment between them and the kiss-

No. He shook his head. No, no, no. "Don't get your hopes up."

But his mind did. It brought him back to the night when he stayed over, because she had been scared Luke would come over since he had left her some drunk voicemails.