When I Don't Remember You (Percico)

Chapter Forty: Don't Get Used

Leo Valdez

Piper and I had watch together that night, and it was a weird breath of fresh air because Jason is gone so we don't feel the need to involve him, even though I at least always felt weird having to involve him.

It didn't take long to figure out he was vaguely homophobic and racist after we picked up Percy, Hazel, and Frank. He treated Percy like an absolutely dumbass most of the time, even though I think he's the most experienced demigod on the ship, and he was also just uncomfortable with him and Percy but totally fine with Hazel and Frank being affectionate.

"You doing okay?" I asked Piper, and she shrugged.

"Yeah, Thalia's hotter anyways,"the daughter of Aphrodite insisted, which made me smile. "what? It's true. I was going to break up with him once we got back to camp, anyways."

"You were? I... I mean, I get why, but why?"

"Well I was pretty sure that I was a lesbian last fall," Piper explained, which... Made a lot of sense, actually. "And the only thing that changed was Hera changing my memories so... Do you know if Annabeth is bi?"

I fucking knew it.

"Not a clue, but I can guarantee you that Percy or Grover would know." I figured, really hoping the answer is that she is bi or something like that because I watched Piper, from a distance, develop a serious crush on Annabeth, and I wanted it to happen. "The three of them were super close, remember?"

Slowly nodding her head, Piper figured that now would be an excellent time to go ask the demigod and satyr about their best friend since our shift only started 15 minutes ago, so it's still bright out.

Watch doesn't have to start until it's dark. We had time.

Walking down to what I thought was Nico's room, but Piper said was Percy's room, we lightly knocked and then opened the door to make a connection that I think I knew two months ago when we first boarded the ship:

Nico and Percy share a room.

By choice, it's actually really cute. I'm so glad they had each other down in Tartarus.

They were both asleep, though, and considering what they just went through, we figured we could keep it that way for the night and ask in the morning, assuming Grover doesn't know.

Luckily for us, Grover was awake in his room, looking like he was doodling something, I think. That or writing something.

"Come in!" Grover called out as we opened the door. "Oh, hey guys! What's up? There's not another bird trying to peck away at the boat, is there?"

"Is- no, no birds so far," I reassured the satyr, really hoping those birds aren't around Greece like they were in Italy. "We have a very random question that we were wondering if you had an answer to because Percy's the only other person I think that would know but he's already asleep."

"Oh, yeah, sure. What's up?"

"Is Annabeth bi?" I asked, which definitely wasn't what he was expecting. "I know she used to like Percy for a while, but... Do you know?"

Thinking to himself, Grover looked around I don't think at anything in particular, racking his brain.

"Um... I can find out, I guess I don't know," the satyr answered, shrugging. "Percy's the only real crush I really knew that she had because she liked him for like two years before asking him out and getting rejected. I can IM and ask. It's what? Noon there?"

He paused.

"Can I ask why I should find out?"

Neither of us responded, and he looked at me, and he looked at Piper, and I think he connected the dots.