Have a Christmas

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"Merry Christmas, Seaweed Brain."

"What a lovely hour to call. You realize it's fucking 5:27 in the morning."

"I'm gonna ignore your tone and ask what you want for Christmas. I'm not gonna deliver, but I wanna know."

"..."

"Percy, just tell me."

"Wait, I'm just thinking of something I want that you can deliver via cell phone. Um... Lemme think for a sec... Uh, I've got it!"

"What is it then?"

"Tell me why you saved my number."

"Um..."

"Wise Girl?"

"What?"

"Come on, give me my Christmas present."

"Fine, I was tipsy."

"Excuse me?"

"I was tipsy, you seemed nice, we kept on texting after that night, you stayed in my contacts."

"Why were you drinking at all?"

"Okay, Percy, I gotta go."

"Wait, Annabeth?"

"Yeah?"

"It's not gonna be a very merry Christmas for me, but..."

"But?"

"Merry Christmas, Wise Girl."

"Have a Christmas, Seaweed Brain, at least, if it's not gonna be merry."

"Bye."

"Bye..."

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