The life of Annabeth Chase (a Percy Jackson Fanfic)

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Hazel P.O.V

She was right there, in front of me. Drew was going to kiss me. I hadn't said yes to Frank, and I wasn't sure if I wanted to be in a relationship. Not to mention, up until now I thought I was straight.

Drew pulled away, taking my hesitation as a no. I really wanted to kiss her, I guess I didn't really realize my feelings until now. So I leaned toward Drew and pressed my lips against hers, not really sure how to kiss properly.

My stomach was a ball of nerves. This was my first ever kiss. I know how sad it is that my first kiss was in college. I guess I've just never been interested in anyone before . . .

After a few seconds I pulled away and looked at Drew, blushing fiercely. I'd kissed her, and I'd liked it. If you could even believe it, Drew was blushing more than I was.

"I'm so sorry, I don't know what even came over me. I know- I . . . I shouldn't have done that." She stared fixedly at the wall, clearly flustered.

"No . . . It's- it's okay. It was me." I smiled at her, trying to comfort her. Though I must admit she did look kinda cute flustered.

She looked at me, eyes widening. Then, she started to lean in again.

I had no idea what I was doing, did I really want to kiss her again? Were we a thing? What was supposed to happen from now on?!

Drew sensed my hesitation and pulled back. "Is everything ok?" She put her hands on mine.

Not really knowing I just blurted out the first thing that came to my mind. "What are we?"

That one seemed to stump her. She leaned back against the couch and sighed, clearly just as confused as I was.

"I don't know." Her expression was sad, a bit mopey. There was a pause.

"Do you . . . want us to be anything?" She asked, and I could tell that she did.

I thought that I turned Frank down because I didn't want to be in a relationship, but I think that the real reason was that I didn't want to be in a relationship with him. He was nice, sure- very sweet, but . . . Well, he was timid, for one thing. Relationships between two timid people usually didn't get very far. He didn't really expose himself, I knew barely nothing about him or how he reacted in situations. And also . . . Oh I don't know. He just wasn't her. He didn't have the same passion, the same determination, the same light in his eyes when he talked about what he loved . . .

If I looked deep down, I did want to date her. And that scared me . . . A lot.

I cleared my throat. "Uh I don't really know if you want to, or.. uh," I couldn't think of the right words, but I wanted to ask her out, "Uh... like um when two people. They....uh like eachother." I gulped, more nervous than I think I had ever been before. "You and....me....uh."

Drew cupped my cheek in her hand and looked into my eye and said, "Hazel, will you date me?" And you could barely noticed the squeak in her voice. I nodded.   

I had a girlfriend.

Annabeth P.O.V

I woke up slowly, warm and cozy under a thick blanket. I fluttered my eyelids open and nuzzling the pillow. It smelled really nice, like cookies and sea salt.

I sat up lazily and stretched an arm over my head and a beam of sunlight hit my eyes. But . . . My room didn't have windows . . .

I felt my pulse begin to race- I wasn't at home. My eyes flitted around the room. I saw some of Percy's stuff and realized.It was in Percy's room. What was I doing here?