How To Love

Ch. 14: One smart Chick with a Hell of Sass

HTL-Ch.14: One smart Chick with a Hell of Sass

-PERCY'S POV-

I sat by the door of the girls' locker room waiting for Annabeth. That made me sound like a creep. Moving on. I was planning on asking her if she wanted to come along with me to meet Leo. Why? 1-Because Leo was surprisingly insistent on this

2- Because I just wanted to spend more time with her.

But she doesn't need to know that.

As the door opened, a small shriek escaped from Annabeth, at the shock of seeing me here.

''Hi?'' My sheepish greeting came out more of a question than I had intended to. Though shocked, Annabeth chuckled. ''What are you doing you little creep?''

''I am not a creep! I was just, you know waiting. Because I am a true gentleman.''

Must to my demise, she bursted into laughter after my comment. I couldn't stop myself from looking at her as she did. Her eyes lit up in amusement when she was laughing. The barely visible under eye circles she had, disappeared. Her lips were stretched into a full smile, unlike her regular small smile. After laughing for a few seconds, she covered her mouth out of courtesy. It was like watching a lady out of a freaking fairytale. She radiated with elegance.

After a few minutes or so of laughing, she offered a hand up for me. I looked right into her eyes as I took her hand. Call me delusional, but I saw a slight flush on her cheeks. Just then, I yanked her towards the ground. You'd expect me to learn from what just happened 15 minutes ago, right? No. No, I wouldn't. I had pulled her towards me with much more force than I had expected, and she came crashing into me. I mean literally. The side of her face hit my nose as she fell and I winced from the pain. She too must have felt the contact, because soon, she got up. With a concerned look on her face, she touched my nose. ''Is it broken?'' she asked. I could see she was scared that she had broken my nose. But I knew she hadn't.

''No. No. Nothing that severe. It just hurts a bit, I'll be fine.''

I got up and walked to the stairs, Annabeth trailing behind me. None of us said a word until we reached the gate of the school. I turned to Annabeth. I was sick and tired of the silence.

''Annabeth?''

''Yes?''

''DoyouwanttocomealongtomeetLeo?'' I blurted out. She scrunched her eyebrows. ''What?''

''Do-you-want-to-come-along-to-meet-Leo?'' I said slowly.

She slapped my bicep. I faked a gasp. ''I'm not stupid.''

''Yeah right.'' I said playing with her.

She just sighed and gave up. I'm proud to say that I have that effect on people.

''So what do you say?'' I asked her once again.

''I don't see how I fit in to the scenario.''

''There is no scenario. Will you come?''

''I suppose.'' she shrugged. With that, I took her hand and ran to my car.

''Where are we going?'' Annabeth asked. She didn't bother to look away from her side of the window. ''Uhh...'' I scratched the back of my neck, trying to hide how nervous I was to answer. Annabeth slowly turned her head towards me. ''Percy?''

''Hmm?''

''Where. Are. We. Going.''

''Uhh... To a b ar?'' I answered quiet and hesitant.