Colors [Percabeth]

A Splash// Chapter 22

Annabeth

After I had made my way out of the attic, I decided to wait in Percy's room. This must be a hard day for him, considering how deeply he loved his father. A pang of jealousy welled up within me. How lucky was he to have a parent that he loved so much that it actually hurt him when he left? I had felt absolutely nothing when my own mother took off. Believe me, I tried to feel something. Seeing my own father destroy himself over the absence of my mother made me want to feel some sort of sympathy.

I mean, that was what I was supposed to feel right? I was still a young girl who was now going to have to be raised by her depressed father. The only thing I had felt for her was anger and hate for leaving us with bills to be paid and a terrible living condition. For god's sake, she didn't even say goodbye. She packed up what was hers and left her only child with an emotionally unstable father. To this day, I have not shed a single tear over the absent parent.

The door swung open, causing me to jerk out of my thoughts. A puffy, red-faced Percy walked in and sat down next to me on the bed. He turned towards me and said, "Let's do something tonight. Please, just the two of us."

I hesitated. "I have to start packing," I whispered softly. A few days ago, it had been decided that we weren't going to postpone this war anymore. It was all going to end soon. We were all going to head over to a safe house for three days to prepare everything. Using the excuse of visiting nearby college campuses, our parents let us go without so much of a question.

He grabbed my hands and squeezed them tightly. "You don't leave until tomorrow afternoon; you can pack in the morning. Let's just do something tonight. We haven't gone on a date in a while." His eyes showed sadness and it made my heart hurt. "Ugh fine. You win!" I gave in and ran my hands through my blonde hair.

The frown that had been plastered on his face had now lifted up into a grin. "Great. Come on!" My eyes blinked. "Right now? Percy, I'm not even dressed!"

He just laughed and led me away.

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After a lot of convincing that he knew how to obey the speed limit, I let him drive since I had no idea where we were going. After the drive, I was convinced Percy really had no idea what speed limit was and that he was never allowed to drive again.

Stumbling out of the car, I groaned loudly. "I think I'm gonna be sick."

"I wasn't even driving that fast," my boyfriend retorted, making me give him a glare that quickly shut him up.

I rubbed my eyes and groaned quietly, "Where are we anyway?"

A smooth hand wrapped itself around mine and led me again. I kept my eyes closed, for I was certain the world would still be spinning if I opened them anytime soon. Percy was quiet the entire walk, so my own heartbeat thumping in my chest was all I had to focus on. We had been dating for a little less than a month, yet he still had such an effect on me.

He suddenly stopped, causing me to crash into his back violently. He suddenly jerked forward and due to the fact that he was still holding my hand, I crashed forward with him. I had been expecting him to fall onto the ground and for him to cushion my fall, but that was not the case.

Instead, we both fell into a lake. I gasped at the sudden impact of the water, causing me to inhale some of it. Resurfacing, I began to cough. I could hear a male laughter behind me.

"T-that was s-so not funny, Percy!" I coughed out. He gave me a cocky smirk and shrugged. "I dunno,  Wise Girl. It was pretty hilarious to me."

He swam over to me and wrapped an arm around me. Now we were staring up into each other's   eyes as the moonlight beamed on our faces. My heart beamed with excitement as his sea-green compelled me not to look away.

"Seaweed Brain?" I whispered.

"Yes, Wise Girl?" He inched forward.

My arms wrapped around his neck as I whispered, "I'm going to get you back." I suddenly pulled him down the surface and watched him struggle to pull himself back up. He quickly swam away from me as I continued to laugh. Just when I had thought I won, I felt a hand grab my ankle and pull me downwards.

Glaring at him through the water, he pulled me close and gave me a quick kiss on the lips. I couldn't help but grin as I wrapped my legs around his waist. He pulled us both back to the surface as I continued to cling onto him.

He grinned as he whispered, "I love you, Wise Girl."

I pulled him into a passionate kiss and mumbled against his lips, "I love you too, Seaweed Brain."

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A/N: (deep inhale) Okay kill me all you want because I know this is sucky and I keep procrastinating on writing the end. I just want to make sure the last few chapters are well-written and I just have too much going on in my mind to thoroughly write out all the descriptions and plot ideas. Plus I really want Percabeth to have their moment before so many things fall apart. But I promise it will all be revealed soon, once I get out of this writer's block that can't seem to leave me alone. Ugh!

-Alexa