My Life as Annabeth

Chapter 7

Did he just ask me out? I'm too beyond shocked that my mind is having trouble processing this situation.

"I said, would you do me the honor in being my girlfriend...?" He says slowly.

"Yeah I kind of heard you the first time." Then I add quietly making sure he doesn't hear me. "I just thought hopefully I heard you wrong." I try to think of reasons to say no. I can't get attached to him. This has gone far enough already. I don't want another person to let into my life. I'm good with just Lily and my dad. I can't say yes. I can't do it. I can't say-

"Yes." I blurt out. Holy- Did I just say yes? Yeah I did. Uh I didn't actually expect to say yes... Okay I'm lying I kind of did but I still should have said no!

Nathan seems generally as surprised as I am, maybe a little a bit more so. His eyes widen in disbelief, he shakes his head, then smiles ear to ear wrapping his arms around me burying his face in my hair. I smile to myself as I hug him back. "I'd really like to kiss you now."

"Don't push it." I laugh. "It was worth a try." Nathan pulls back after a minute and his gaze locks with mine. He's suddenly all serious now. Well what's the problem now?

"What? What's wrong?" I ask.

"I need to ask for permission."

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The next day I was up and busy cleaning up the house in the morning. Everything was already mostly tidy since Lily was here to help me clean up before she left to her house earlier. The only place I needed to clean up now was the living room in which my dad inhabits.

There was empty beer cans on the floor some on the table fallen over and beer bottles still standing. My dad was in the middle of all of it, sitting in his chair watching tv with an open beer bottle in his hand. I noticed it was his first today. Good at least he would be sober enough for the talk.

I was nervous on how my dad would act in front of Nathan. Like would he just not say anything at all like usual? How would Nathan feel about that? Would he ask questions about it? Or would he question where...

I really didn't think this through. But it's too late to cancel now.

With a trash bag in hand, I walk over to where my dad was seated and toss all the beer cans in the trash bag on the floor and then tossed the ones on the table.

I notice my dad take the last sip of his beer and I grab it from his hands and toss it in. He looks up at me confused. "Get up and take a shower and wear nice clothes, we're having a guest over." With that I exit the living room, I leave the house and toss the beers in the recycle bin and trudge back in the house. As I walk up the stairs to head to my room I notice my dad is not in the living room, good that means he's in the shower.

I close the door to my room going through the stuff I bought yesterday to wear for today. I pull out some dark blue jeans that are almost black and a regular grey top that's knotted in the side, all from PacSun. I grab some gray shoes I had bought at Tillys a while back ago and look at the mirror. Casual, I looked casual. Like it's certainly no big deal that Nathan is going to come over and ask my dad if he can date me. His only daughter. This is going to be quiet entertaining.

My phone rings. I walk over to my bed where I had left it and scrolled through all my messages. They were all mostly from Lily asking me what I was going to wear and she couldn't believe Nathan and I are official or how she couldn't believe that Nathan was coming over to my house to ask for my dad's permission.

The other messages were from Nathan. He messaged me: good morning hope you dreamt about me ;)

I roll my eyes as I look at the other messages he sent me.