Percabeth As Seen By Mortals

Caramel Abraham

{This is with the mist, so it's before the last one happened. I know I said none of the stories would be connected, but this one is kind of connected to the last one. Notice i said kinda. This one Carmen finds out at the same time, so they've got slightly different details. Enjoy! Disclaimer: I'm not a middle aged man, I'm a girl, therefor I don't own any of his stuff, least of all his writing and characters! I only own the plot and the OC.}

       I had a brief crush on Percy. At least, that was until the new girl showed up. Every girl had tried to get with Percy, but he rejected them saying "I have a girlfriend" every time. Percy has sea-green eyes and black hair that looks like he came from a walk at the beach. I caught him saying things in a different language all the time, or going around the corner and hearing him say stuff in the same language I caught him muttering to himself. I never asked about it, because the one time someone did, he tensed and walked away. The new girls' name is Annabeth Chase. I saw her glancing at Percy with concerned looks, or caught them occasionally muttering words quietly in that weird language with each other, sharing looks, whenever they thought nobody noticed.

          English was particularly strange. They were mouthing words to each other, some in English, some in that other language. Every question. He's dyslexic, I wondered if Annabeth knew. Why would they mouth words to each other? I was fairly certain Percy couldn't lip read. He always got the question right though, some of the teachers doubted he was dyslexic, but lots of kids were whispering the answer for him. He was nice to everyone except bullies, and stopped them from hurting people. From what I saw, Annabeth was tough too. A couple times they helped each other take down bullies. Annabeth protected mainly just the nerds, while Percy had everyone's back. Annabeth was hot, too. She has honey blonde golden curls and stormy grey eyes. Unless you look closely, you'd make the think that she's a stereo-typical dumb Californian blonde. She's not. She proved that in Architecture class. And Marine Biology. And Science. And... you get the point. In school generally she was the best. She was as good as Percy in P.E. She didn't swim like me and Percy, but she watched every meet. At first I was thinking, Wow. Desperate much?, because she seemed to follow Percy everywhere. Then I saw him smiling at her, and figured if he didn't have an issue with it, neither should I.

                         When I figured out they were friends, it was in English, actually. Percy's cousin Nico was called on in class by Mr. Boring on a Thursday.

"Mr. di Angelo, would you like to answer the question? How about I pick three of you to answer the question. You, Nico. And... Percy and Annabeth." Mr. Boring smiled cruelly, and didn't seem to notice that the three shared a smile. 

"Hades is the Greek god of--" Nico started.

"Of course the little freak knows about Hades." My sisters' jock boyfriend of the week snickered.

"OF THE UNDERWORLD AND RICHES. AHEM. I WAS SPEAKING!" Nico yelled.

The jocks jaw dropped in surprise. Annabeth and Percy just smiled.

"Poseidon, Greek god of--" Percy said, then noticed the jock snickering again. "AHEM. SHUT UP. As I was saying. He is the Greek god of the sea."

Annabeth glared at the class, as if daring them to interrupt her. I heard the jocks suck in a breath and stop making noise. Damn.

"Athena, goddess of wisdom and battle strategy." Annabeth smirked, as if forseeing what was about to be said.

"Of course nerd girl knows about her." My twin, Carmen, said.

"This nerd can also break every bone in your body while naming each one and telling you random facts about them." Annabeth growled.

"Besides, we know all the Greek gods." Percy smiled.

The trio continued to name all of the Olympians and several minor gods and goddesses.

"What're the Greek Geeks gonna do next? Speak Greek?" A jealous nerd asked.

"Μπορεί (Maybe)." The three of them said together.

"T-That's just one word. Bet you can't speak fluently!" The nerd spluttered.

  They raised their eyebrows and began to have a conversation in what I assumed was Greek.

"Πώς πηγαίνει, παιδιά;" Percy asked. (Translation: How's it going, guys?)

"Καλός. Όταν επιστρέφουμε στο στρατόπεδο;" Annabeth said. (Translation: Good, When're we going back to camp?)

"Η αποστολή του Χείρωνα για μας την Παρασκευή το απόγευμα, ο Άργος μας παίρνει. (Chiron's sending for us Friday afternoon, Argus is picking us up.)" Nico explained. I think.

"Δροσερός." Percy smiled. (Cool)

"Μας πιστεύετε ακόμα, σκύλα;" All three asked the nerd. (Believe us yet, bitch?)

"What?" The confused nerd widened their eyes. "Holy shit!"

"We said, 'Believe us yet, bitch?', thought you were supposed to be 'smarter' than us?" Nico smiled evilly.

"Uh... um... er..." The nerd stuttered. "At least I have a girlfriend! None of you are dating!"

"Wanna bet?" Percy grinned.

"Yeah! Five bucks for each of you if I'm wrong." The nerd smirked, thinking he'd caught them.

Boy, was he wrong. I'm scarred for life now. Nico dragged Will Solace to the front of the class, both looked kind of embarrassed but smiling. Percy and Annabeth just started making out right there and then. Damn, how long had they been together? When class ended the nerd gave each of them five bucks reluctantly and walked sulkily out of the room. Everyone went home shocked except for Will, Nico, Annabeth, and Percy. Both couples resumed making out as soon as everyone else had left for home and were seemingly rooted in place, because when I walked past to exit the building they were still kissing. Well, shit. My crush has a girlfriend.

I suppose it's not all bad.

It was quite entertaining.

My sister's face certainly turned an interesting shade.

Probably wouldn't have worked out anyways. Besides, the two are clearly in love, and it's not just a week long affair.

{I like her better than her sister, she's not controlling. Or demanding. Or possessive. The twins really are opposites.}