Percabeth One-Shots

No One Else Compares to You

"Percy, I need you tonight!" Annabeth said through her phone while walking down the crowded New York sidewalk.

"You need me?" He chuckled over the phone. "Be careful how you say that, I might interpret that the wrong way."

Annabeth rolled her eyes, "No, tonight is the mayoral re-election fundraiser and I have to attend with mother and father."

Percy chuckled into the phone, "Ah, so you need me to be your fake boyfriend again."

Annabeth sighed and walked into Barney's in search of the perfect dress for tonight, "Yeah... I'm at Barney's finding a dress for tonight, I'll call you when I leave here... wear your Armani suit... it's my favorite."

"I haven't even said yes, yet."

Annabeth shifted her purse to the other arm, "But you will... Armani suit... wear it... pick me up at eight."

Percy sighed on the other end of the phone, "See you at eight." Annabeth smiled and hung up the phone.

She hated this time of the year. Her mother always said re-election campaigns started the day after you get elected into office. Athena was quite the overachiever, constantly staying two steps ahead of her opponents. Tonight would be no different, her mother prided herself on the ability to raise the most money and the most support for any office she ran for. Whether it was Councilwoman Athena Chase or Mayor Athena Chase, she did it excellence.

Annabeth was required to stand on the sidelines and be the very picture of prim and proper. Having gone and graduated from Harvard, Annabeth knew how to swoon people but that didn't mean she had to like it. Tonight would be the same, she would have to put on the Socialite of New York facade and be perfect for her mother's sake.

The only good thing about this time of year was that Percy was always by her side pretending to be her boyfriend. They had the act perfected and by this point everyone in New York assumed they really were together because of all of the news pieces about her family included him.

"I don't like this color." Annabeth told the saleswoman, "but I love the material."

The saleswoman nodded, "We also have this in black, Ms. Chase."

Annabeth smiled, "That would be perfect." The saleswoman smiled and turned around to find the dress she wanted. If she got the black dress she wouldn't need to buy all new accessories because she had several pairs of black pumps at home with jewelry to match. Plus, she would match Percy's all black suit.

They would look phenomenal together.

Percy was her best friend... confidant... he was pretty much the only person who knew absolutely everything about her. They were also kind of related... her mother's stepfather was his uncle.

She had long stopped introducing him as family and just simply started introducing him as "her" Percy since all of her mother's friends thought they were an item. No one looked too closely at the familial relation. The saleswoman brought the black evening gown back to her bagged up and ready to go.

Annabeth held out her credit card but the saleswoman shook her head, "It's already been taken care of by Mr. Jackson." She resisted the urge to roll her eyes and grabbed the garment bag.

"Thank you."

The garment bag wasn't too heavy as she walked out of the department store and onto the sidewalk. Annabeth grabbed her phone and pressed the number two speed dial before holding the phone to her ear.

"You shouldn't be so upset that I bought the dress for you." Percy said as a greeting.

"I'm not upset... just... surprised."