➵ Beach Please

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"I am this close," I pinched my index finger and thumb together while narrowing my eyes, "to socking you in the face Valdez

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"I am this close," I pinched my index finger and thumb together while narrowing my eyes, "to socking you in the face Valdez. This close."

"There's no space in between your fingers though." Leo frowned staring at me with confusion.

The demigods had decided to take me out to the beach for my birthday. They also invited the McCall Pack. My pack wasn't too far away, only a few minutes before they arrived. Leo had been singing "Happy Birthday" to me almost every minute. I would have ignored him any other day, but my nerves were everywhere as I was anxiously waiting for Stiles and the pack to arrive.

"That's the point." I smiled bitterly. Leo gulped and took a step back, putting Jason in between the two of us.

"Don't use me as a guard, man." Jason laughed as he stepped out of the way. "I don't want to be killed from the birthday girl."

"Smart choice." Annabeth said from sitting on her beach towel. She had a book about architecture on her lap, flipping to the next page.

"Annabeth, come on. Please?" Percy begged in front of her.

"No, let me at least read one chapter." Annabeth didn't bother looking up as she continued reading. Frank, Nico, Will, Jason, and Leo all snickered.

"But one chapter is like fifty to one hundred pages long!" Percy whined, taking the book out of her lap. Annabeth huffed and glared up at Percy. "You can read later. Come join me in the water. Everyone is being boring."

"We are not boring Percy." Piper rolled her eyes and she finished laying out her towel next to Annabeth. She went straight to laying on her back. "It's called tanning."

"Back in the 20's was when tanning first started getting popular." Hazel stated holding onto her beach bag that had her towel sticking out. She sat in the sand next to Piper. "Of course, we didn't have sunscreen. It wasn't invented at that time, but we got pretty sunburnt."

"Hazel, even the guys are being boring. And Nev!" Percy jabbed a thumb towards me. "She's too busy waiting for her boyfriend."

"You know I'll join you once Stiles and the pack gets here Perce." I rolled my eyes before looking towards the parking lot. Cars were driving in and out but none of them were Roscoe. "Besides we're going to a more secluded part of the beach once they arrive."

"Fine." Percy mumbled, crossing his arms. "Be that way."

I sent him a small smile before looking back towards the parking lot. Then a powder blue Jeep drove into the lot. A grin stretched across my face as I saw the window roll down.

Suddenly arms scooped me up and heaved me over their shoulders. A shriek escapes from my lips as my brother cackled like a maniac. Our friends laughed at us as Percy ran toward the water.

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