Out Of My League | Percabeth | Completed

Chapter 22

Percy's POV

Annabeth knocked on my room door. I could tell it was her because I saw a blonde lock from the tiny opening in the door.

'Come in...?' I was slightly confused. Annabeth was used to simply barging in my room.
'Percy?' She asked me. 'Look what I found.'
She showed me the printed green paper of the letter, I read it. Though I knew what it said.
'Hmm.' I thought aloud. 'Any idea who it is?'
Annabeth blushed. 'Cal-Callie said that it may be- be you.' she gave a small chuckle. 'As if.'
I shrugged. 'I wouldn't be able to type with capitalisation and punctuation.' I reminded her. Only, Leo wrote it for me.

Annabeth sighed and looked slightly distressed.

'What's up? What's really up?'
'It's just that - she sort of had... proof.'
'What?' I chuckled.
'I mean - she said that there were hints of water. And you love water and sea and all that.' she waved it aside. 'I-'
'Mom made blue cookies.' I said, changing the topic with haste.
'Oh... okay... I'll have them.' Annabeth said. 'Where are they?'
'Downstairs.' I said dryly.
She enjoyed the blue cookies. It was not possible to not enjoy blue cookies. Especially my mom's blue cookies. Even Mrs. O'Leary liked the cookies Mom made specially for her.

Annnabeth suddenly looked like she remembered something and grunted. She took a big gulp of cookie which I was sure hurt her throat.

'The project - where's our next place?' she nibbled on the next cookie.
'Percy!' Estelle squealed. 'BTS just released their new single, Butter! Oh my gosh I'm so excited! Listen to it!'

Without my consent, she plugged in her earphones in my ears. I have to admit, the song was really great. I found my legs tapping to the beat.

'It's nice, Stelle.' I said with a smile.
'You're an ARMY?' Annabeth chimed. 'Piper's one too - she's been listening to the Butter trailer for ages - and that's not even the song.'
'Nice.' Estelle said. She was mainly focused on the choreography. 'How do I learn this dance?' she muttered.

Me and Annabeth bust out laughing. Estelle and Piper had one thing in common after all.
'Hey, Piper's is calling us for a summer vacation party.'
'Wait, summer vacation?'
'Yes! Percy! Don't tell me you forgot the vacation has started?'
'I-' I clamped my mouth shut.
'That's why the project was so long!' Annabeth gave a light chuckle. 'It's a summer vacation homework.'
'Why is there homework in summer vacation?'

Annabeth threw her arm around my neck and laughed.

'Well let's go to Pipers'!' Annabeth insisted and pulled me.
'Mom! I'm going for a party! I'll be back late...' my voice trailed off as Annabeth pulled me.

She stopped abruptly. There was a spider in front. She was about to turn and I bumped into her. We were nose to nose. I daren't lean in. I didn't want to be rejected for the thousandth time in my life.

'Sorry about that.' she muttered.
I cleared my throat. 'It's fine.'

I took my bike and Annabeth mounted hers. We both cycled to Piper's - AKA Annabeth's new house.

'So, when are you going to be going home?' I asked her.
'This is home Percy. Home is wherever Jennifer isn't there.' Annabeth said dryly.
'They would have learnt their lesson,' I insisted. 'by now.'
'I-I don't know.' she dismounted her bike and made her way to Piper's.

I opened my mouth to say something but clamped it shut soon enough. It was no use. Trying to argue with Annabeth in such a mood is going to work as much as trying to read the word supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Yes that's a real word. Watch the Mary Poppins movie.

I walked in with Annabeth. We climbed the first flight of stairs where everyone usually hung out. Frank was trying to struggle out of a pair of Chinese handcuffs. Everyone was trying hard not to laugh. Leo was trying to hide his grin, Hazel was trying to supress her own. Piper was trying very hard not to laugh and was biting her lips. Frank frowned in concentration. Finally he used his teeth and yanked out the handcuffs from his finger.

'Well done, Frank Zhang.' Leo said dryly. He was imitating our Latin teacher, Chiron 'That's how people get out of Chinese handcuffs. You bite them.'

Piper may have snorted. Annabeth and I busted out laughing. Everyone else joined and Frank blushed and shoved the handcuffs in his pocket.

'Annabeth,' Piper called over from the room. Something in her expression told me she wasn't calling Annabeth over to say something good. 'I need to talk to you.'
She glanced in my direction, making it kinda obvious it was something about me.
'I- Ok.' Annabeth followed our friend into the kitchen.

Annabeth's POV

'What's up?' I asked while pouring myself some watermelon juice.
'It's Percy.' Piper said in a controlled voice. 'Nothing wrong with him- no.' she added at my nothing-is-wrong-with-my-crush expression.
'Then what?' I asked. I was slightly intrigued now.
'You guys are perfect for each other.' Piper gazed into the area where Jason was sitting; like she was implying "more perfect than Jason and me, perhaps". 'But... I heard something - at school...'
Piper looked right into my eyes.
'I recorded it, as well. While I was recording for a video, I heard it and I got it all on camera.' her face said it wasn't something like "Katie Bell is opening a lemonade stand and the lemonade recipe is awesome!".
'Spill the beans.' I urged on.
'I-' Piper sighed and looked at me miserably. She somewhat wanted to tell me this, but wanted to protect me from pain. She fished out her phone and started playing a video.

Piper was wearing her hair braided and wore her clothes from today. She was smiling wide and looked like she was about to say something.

'Hi guys!' Piper's slightly different voice rang out from the phone. 'I'm back with another vlog! This time-'
'Percy Jackson will regret that. He will REGRET that.' Luke's voice rang out.
'That bloke's got nothing more to regret than his existence.' Nancy Bobofit said.
'Look Luke, I've dated Percy - how will you make him regret it?' Rachel's voice said.
'I have a pickle with Annabeth as well.' Luke said. 'I don't like her now - that complaining little rat. But she'll regret all the mistakes she's done. She'll never be able to date Percy Jackson. The moment she does. They both will regret it. I've already sent a warning to them. They haven't seen it yet. No doubt I'm a blocked number. But they will regret it.'

The video ended. Have you ever felt that horror creep up your throat? When you suddenly realize something and it all clicks into place, forming a bad, bad picture?
I'd never be with Percy.

'I'm sorry, Annabeth.' Piper whispered. 'I really am-'
'I can't. I-'
'Maybe you could be secretive about it?'
That idea flooded me with hope.
'He doesn't even like me.' I grumbled.
'He does he's just shy!' Piper insisted.
'He's not shy to pick me up!' I sighed. 'Whatever. Let's get back to the party.'

There was no party for me anymore. My entire mood had been ruined, even Percy couldn't fix it. In fact, he was just making it worse. Nevertheless, I tried to be happy with him. He had only lost his brother. The brother who he loved. His mother had been in a bad state. She wasn't capable of helping Percy or Estelle emotionally. I had become like a big sister. I was trying to pull them together. Multiple times Percy has been crying behind the school, and it was always me who could console him. No teacher, not Leo. Not even Piper with her convincing ways.
Still, looking at Percy made me feel sick to my stomach.

It just wouldn't happen. I've had a crush on him for four months, almost. The feelings showed no signs of going down. Now the universe is playing a cruel game.

'Yep.' I said to myself. 'Lucky me.'
'What?' Percy asked me.
So I said it out loud? Perfect.
'I- nothing...' I said. I tried to not blush.

Piper gave me sad glances the entire party and I could pretty much say it was ruined for me. Percy tried to cheer me up. I tried my best to not look at those sea green eyes.
It would only make me feel worse.

HAHHAHHAHAHAHA I love to have such a dramatic chapter! I love everything dramatic!
*laughs dramatically*.