Percabeth Fluff

Green and Grey Pt. 3

MWAHAHAHAHA HERE WE GOOOOOO!!! Excuse my evil laugh, I'm in that kind of mood today *hair flip* you know like the whole empowered, girl is gonna strut down a Target toy aisle with a pink drink. Yeah, that kind of mood. (I can confirm I did that today, literally.)

Annabeth's POV

"JUST SHUT UP! PERCY IS MY FRIEND! MY ONLY FRIEND!" 

"YOU CAN'T TALK TO ME THAT WAY!" 

"WELL, MAYBE IT'S TIME I HAVE! FOR YEARS YOU'VE NEVER EVEN GIVEN ME A SECOND THOUGHT! AND GUESS WHAT! YOUR "BABY GIRL" IS ACTUALLY 16 NOW AND SHE IS MAKING HER OWN CHOICES!" 

"Annabeth. You are to not speak to that boy again. He is a bad influence. Do you understand?" 

My eyes were watery, my fists were balled up, and my face was red. For the past 16 years, I've dealt with all of this, but now I'm finally realizing I should've stood up to my dad a long time ago. 

"...No. I don't." I stormed out of the room. I slammed the door shut, not even thinking to acknowledge there were other guests at the resort. I ran down the hall until someone stopped me. I looked and met sea green eyes. The ones that could only belong to Percy. 

"Hey, hey, hey. Annabeth, are you-"

"OKAY? NO! I'M NOT OKAY! DOES IT LOOK LIKE I'M OKAY!?" I pressed my head into his chest as he pulled me close. I don't cry. I never cry, but somehow here I was balling my eyes into Percy's shirt. 

His arms were around me and we stood in the middle of the hallway. He squeezed me tighter and I let myself wrap my arms around him too. 

"Look at me, your dad will understand you, eventually. This is one step in the right direction." 

I looked at him. 

"When did you become the wise one?" 

"I have a gift." He gawked. I shook my head laughing, giving a break from my tears. 

As I met his eyes my stomach had that weird feeling again and I could hear my own heartbeat. It was beating loudly. 

"Does your mom need any more help before the gala tomorrow?" I asked as I wiped the last tears away. 

He shook his head then he blushed a little. 

"Right now is a bad time but- I was coming up here to kinda...maybe- uh- ask you out...like on a date..." 

The heat rushed to my face. I realized we were still close together and when we had let go of the hug we had been holding hands. Now that I acknowledged his hand was in mine I felt a rush through my body. 

"Seaweed Brain-"

"You don't have to say yes! You can say no! But if you say no it's going to be really weird. You can make your own choices though! I'm not making it for you! I just-"

I rolled my eyes as he rambled. Then I decided that maybe one thing would shut him up. I kissed his cheek and he stopped talking. His face turned red and his pupils grew huge.

"I would say yes but you know that I only have the morning after the gala until I go home." 

"Yeah. I realize that." He looked at the floor a little sad. 

I was sad too. I hadn't been happy until meeting Percy. After tomorrow I would go back to the sorrow, the pain, the disappointment. Everything would go back to normal, and this time I would be able to do nothing about it. We both looked at each other, not saying anything.