Forgotten Paradise by Average Canadian

Chapter 14: The Mastermind of Evil

Annabeth sulked in her room the Saturday morning. She watched the rest of the family leave in a yellow cab as the sun rose through her window.

Well on the bright side she didn't have to deal with them for another week. She texted Piper for awhile but was soon to pick up on the fact that Piper was with Jason, hopefully not on a date because Annabeth wasn't ready to go through Piper's shenanigan of getting her a boy.

Hazel was busy doing heavens knows what and Leo wasn't even answering.

Alone, just like Hazel had said.

So, frustrated and upset beyond repair Annabeth flopped on her bed and watched bubbles skirt upward in her fishless plant aquarium.

She probably had been grumpy all week which explained her lack of friends at the moment.

Playing Tetris was boring, all the books on her shelves she had probably memorized by now and the alarm clock looked at her tauntingly.

She was hungry but too lazy to go get food. Besides they probably left a mess downstairs from there hurry to be on time.

Work was piling up on her computer but what was the point? Helen would probably take more again after. Annabeth sat up and jumped off the mattress and heard it squeak. Crouching, she thumbed through her flat shelf of records thoughtfully. Picking one she flipped it into the record player and let it spin enchantingly.

No one could ever go wrong with Elvis Presley.

'Wise men say.... Only Fooools Ruuuussh in"

Sighing Annabeth belly flopped onto her bed again. Content to just sit and listen to the rich voice of the first famous Rock artist.

'tap, tap tap tap, tap, tappity tap' the muffled sound of glass being hit resonated from her window.

Annabeth swiveled around on her bed and almost had a heart attack. Perched outside the white framed window like a crow on the steep side of the roof balanced Percy. He smiled dorkily and waved like the queen.

Annabeth couldn't help but let a smile slide onto her lips. A natural thing that happened now whenever she saw Percy.

Bouncing over to the window she waved then slid it open.

"Sup?"

"Are you crazy? You're going to fall." she chuckled at him while pushing her hair out of her face.

Percy shook his head "I'm only going to fall if I think I'm going to fall."

"What are you doing here?"

"Can't a guy just visit a friend without being interrogated?"

Annabeth raised an eyebrow "Percy, I never told you where I lived."

"Lucky guess?"

"Spill."

"Fine, Piper told me you were upset and told me where you lived." he confessed.

Classic Piper. She was going to do everything possible in getting her a boyfriend.

Annabeth rolled her grey eyes "So what? You drank a gallon of coffee and ran over here like Speedy Gonzales?"

"Who on earth would name their child Speedy Gonzales?" Percy asked while he crawled in the window.

"Nevermind," Annabeth waved off her Looney Tunes reference. "Why come through the window though? Why didn't you just ring the doorbell like a normal Joe?"

"Well I saw you through the window and didn't want to have that awkward talk with the family member. You know the one that always starts with 'is your daughter home?'" Percy imitated a high squeaky voice for the last part.