The Events of Olympus Resort | A Percy Jackson Fanfiction

Chapter 5

Percy POV

The second I pull up in front of my room, I decide very quickly that there is no way I will be able to fall asleep when I am feeling this great and make my way over to Thalia and Jason's room instead of my own. After knocking on their door, I check my phone to see what time it is. It's only 10:00, so there's no way that either of them are asleep yet. A couple seconds after I put my phone back into my pocket, Jason opens the door. He looks tired and disheveled, but completely unsurprised to see me.

"What do you want?" He asks, just as I push my way past him and plop down on the couch, in front of the TV. There is a game of halo on pause in front of me, and I pick up the controller to continue where Jason just left off. I am honestly on such a high right now, I just need something to do with my hands. Stupid ADHD.

Jason stalks over to me, tiredly rubbing the back of his neck. "Perce you're gonna ruin my score." I shoot him a quick glare.

"Jase, we both know that I am a hundred times better than you at halo," I say shaking my head disapprovingly, and continue working the controller.

"That is so not true," Jason protests, rolling his eyes, but he doesn't make any move to take the controller back as he sits down next to me on the couch.

We stay like that for a couple minutes, taking turns getting through the single player levels and eating hot Cheetos out of the family size bag on the coffee table. I have a giant grin plastered on my face the entire time though, and finally, Jason decides to break the ice.

"Percy, why are you glowing? You're smiling so hard, I'm worried that your happiness is contagious," he says without so much as looking up from the screen.

I scoff. "I have no idea what you're talking about."

At that, Jason rolls his eyes and pauses the game, making a show of putting down the controller and turning toward me, fixing me with a hard glare.

"Percy who is she?"

I blush and scratch the back of my neck, trying to look away from Jason and cover my expression, but it's no use. I can't help but get a massive smile at the mere thought of Annabeth's face.

"She's no one," I lie. "Just some girl I met around the resort."

"Uh huh," Jason nods his head with sarcasm. "And does this 'no one' have a name?" He asks, teasing plain in his voice. I jokingly smack him with one of the throw pillows and take a deep breath to try and contain my grin.

"Her name is Annabeth." I say, and can barely get the words out because of how much I like the sound of her name. "She just arrived today."

Jason takes another handful of chips and motions for me to go on. "And?"

"And nothing!" I say. "That's it. I met her earlier today, and then ran into her again tonight at dinner. Her mom and your dad work together on the board."

Jason chuckles and picks back up the controller, resuming the game.

"Well she must be something special, because I honestly don't think that I've ever seen you act this way about a girl," he says with a smirk, and I just put my head in my hands in embarrassment.

The memory of her flashes through my mind; Annabeth laughing across from me at dinner, her smile as she teased me in the elevator, the moonlight turning her blond hair silvery as she looked out the window of the car on the drive back.

"So, you gonna ask her out?" Jason asks, pulling me out of my reverie.

"Ask her out?" I reply, probably looking dumb with my blank expression.