The Events of Olympus Resort | A Percy Jackson Fanfiction

Chapter 12

Percy POV

"They tested you for drugs!" Thalia shrieks with laughter. "Annabeth Chase and Percy Jackson: Olympus Resort's notorious druggies." She shakes her head. "As if."

"Hey, I could be a druggie!" I protest, though I don't know exactly why I feel so adamant about arguing this point. Thalia chuckles in dismissal.

Right now, she and I are sitting together in the (almost scarily clean) back seat of Jason's Lexus while Piper and Jason hog the front, the only upside of this being that Thalia is out of reach of the radio.

We are currently on our way to pick up Annabeth from her room before we head out for the day, and though we haven't even been in the car for a whole three minutes, I feel like I already know that today is going to be all kinds of crazy.

Thalia suddenly erupts into a whole new fit of laughter beside me.

"And I just cannot get over the fact that Annabeth thought you were 'the ex' I was telling her about. Priceless!"

To this, Jason lets out an involuntary chuckle, despite his efforts to hold in his laughter.

"As if Percy could compare to Luke," Jason jokes, and I lean forward to punch his shoulder.

It's almost ten o'clock and the sun is shining brightly over the resort, bringing up everyone's moods. I've got to say, I feel great right now. I mean, despite the fact that I had to get my urine tested yesterday, everything's going awesome.

"Wait, so tell me again how it happened," Piper starts from the front seat with a laugh. She has her feet up on the dashboard and leans her head back over the armrest to look at me, her choppy hair falling into her face.

I groan. "We didn't do anything wrong! We were literally just laughing at something in the lobby and the fucking concierge called security on us!"

"Oh yes, I'm sure the concierge called security on you guys simply because you were laughing," Jason sarcastically remarks with a chuckle.

"Okay maybe it was a little loud," I admit, "But pulling us into the management offices and having us tested for drugs! That's ridiculous," I say, seriously, but apparently to everyone else, I've said something hilarious. Thalia braces her hands on her knees as she laughs.

"I bet Annabeth's mom was pissed," she chuckles.

"Oh you have no idea," I say. "Annabeth literally wouldn't tell them her name for half an hour because she knew that if she told them, word would get back to her mom." I begin to roll down my window. "When Athena finally did find out, though, she was livid. But for whatever reason, I get the strangest suspicion that Annabeth actually enjoyed making her mom mad."

"That's my girl," Thalia says, leaning back. "There's nothing more satisfying than earning the wrath of a neglectful parent."
"Amen!" Piper and Jason respond in unison, and I laugh.

We begin to pull up to the outside of Annabeth's room, and the car comes to a stop. We're only waiting for a couple seconds before I see Annabeth step outside, shutting the door to her room behind her.

I feel a slight tug in my stomach at the sight of her, and quickly suppress it.

Shit, is it always going to be like this?

Beside me, Thalia scoots into the middle seat, making room for Annabeth, who gets into the car with poise, dropping her bag at her feet.

"Hey guys!" Annabeth says, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear.

"Hey girlie." Thalia gives her a tiny hug as Jason and Piper shoot her slight waves from the front seat.

"Heard you had quite a day yesterday," Piper remarks with a teasing tone, and Annabeth goes beet red, breaking into a smile.