The Events of Olympus Resort | A Percy Jackson Fanfiction

Chapter 17

Annabeth POV

"Oh not again!" Yells a distant voice, pulling me out of my slumber. I open my eyes, and immediately regret it as I'm momentarily blinded by a strong burst of sunlight. For a minute, I'm seriously confused. Where on earth was I? I sit up a little bit, blinking out the sunlight, and take a look around. The first thing I see is the bright blue sky above me, and then the ocean straight ahead. Then I look over and notice Percy sleeping soundly beside me, and suddenly, it all comes flooding back. I feel my cheeks go hot.

"This is Resort Security," says the same voice that had woken me up. "Another set of pesky teens have fallen asleep on Olympus beach again."

The voice comes from behind me, and grows louder as the man it belongs to walks closer to us. I immediately know we're in trouble. I lean down to shake Percy awake.

"Percy!" I say, gently pushing his shoulder. A part of me feels seriously guilty waking him up. I mean, he looks ridiculously peaceful. His hair is all messy, and he looks so comfortable with the blanket pulled up to his chin. I also feel a pang of regret because, I mean, how many opportunities am I gonna get to watch Percy sleep? Okay, that sounded stalkerish, but I needed to set all my reserves aside. We had to get up. Now.

I shake him harder. "Percy! Wake up!"

I feel him stir beneath me. "Whah--" Percy says, opening his eyes and leaning up. He looks incredibly confused for a moment, but after taking a moment to process his surroundings, he blushes like crazy. "Oh my gods. Please don't tell me we fell asleep."

"I would love to," I say. "But I can't because we did. And anywho, we have bigger problems at the moment." I motion behind me. Percy looks over his shoulder.

The guard is only a few feet away now, and he has his walkie talkie up to his ear. "Yes, right away," he reports.

"Shit," Percy groans, and we both quickly sit up, rapidly trying to fold up the blanket so we can make a run for it, but it's no use. The guard has already reached us.

The guard wears a neon orange security jacket and is incredibly short, with a stubbly beard and a firm expression, like someone who takes his job way to seriously. The sight of him would honestly be comical if we weren't about to be in a shitton of trouble.

"I'm Resort Security Officer Gleeson Hedge," the man says, and flashes his badge at us. It's obvious he's been waiting for an opportunity to do that. "And with the authority bestowed upon me by Olympus Corporations, I am going to have to ask you what on earth you're doing here."

Percy and I nervously glance at each other.

"Early morning trip to the beach?" Percy tries.

The officer just shakes his head. "Beach doesn't open till 6:00 cupcake. You'll both be coming with me."

I groan. The last thing I need right now is to get in trouble again, but alas, it's not like I have much of a choice. Percy and I stand, finishing folding the blanket as we do. Once we're done, Percy takes it, and we look at the officer, who seems pleased that we're cooperating so well. He points a finger at us. "No funny business."

"Yes, because we were really planning on putting up a fight," I mumble under my breath, and Percy shoots me a smirk.

The guard begins making his way up the beach, and Percy and I follow close behind, wading our way through the sand. We head up the stairs to the resort and follow him into the corporate hallway. With a start, I realize that we're heading into the same office that Percy and I were taken into a couple of weeks ago when we got tested for drugs after making a scene in the lobby. I have to put my hand over my mouth to stifle my laugh. I quickly turn my head, and one look at the smirk on Percy's face, and I can tell he's noticed it's the same room too.