𝐍𝐄𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒 | 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐂𝐀𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐇

chapter 16

No. No. No. NO. Why would Leo do this to him? Why would he expose him?

Percy refreshed his messages over and over trying to see if he was imagining things.

Then, a little thing at the bottom of the screen of the group chat popped up. It said, "Seen by @jason_the_brick_lover, @piper.mclean226, @frank.the.puppy, @roman_reyna".

That's when the messages came rolling in.

"Bro, I knew it," Jason wrote.

"You heard us?'' Piper asked.

"It was kinda obvious," Frank told them.

Then, "Seen by @jason_the_brick_lover, @piper.mclean226, @frank.the.puppy, @roman_reyna, @the_ghost_king, @leo.the.bad.boy".

The only person left to see it was Annabeth, and Percy couldn't let that happen.

He wrote to the groupchat: "leo WTF dude???"

"look, man," Leo wrote, "u gotta crush on her and she gotta crush on u. so now? Y'ALL GONNA MAKE LOVE NOW!"

"Leo shut your dam mouth," Piper said. "Take that video off before Annabeth sees it. And delete your last texts."

"Seen by @jason_the_brick_lover, @piper.mclean226, @frank.the.puppy, @roman_reyna, @the_ghost_king, @leo.the.bad.boy, annabeth.chase.707".

Shit, Percy thought. SHIT. SHIIIT.

This was really bad.

"annabeth.chase.707 has left the chat".

"what just happened," Percy asked the group.

"i believe," Leo wrote, "that she saw the vid, got overwhelmed and left. oh, and she blocked me btw. :)"

"leo.the.bad.boy was removed from the chat".

"thanks, pipes," Percy messaged, then he put the chat on mute, and went to iMessage to contact Annabeth.

P: hey

Read at 5:14 p.m.

P: plz don't ignore me

Read at 5:15 p.m.

P: Annabeth, seriously. Please talk to me. I'm just as scared as you about this.

A: Did you just spell properly, with capitalization and punctuation just for me to answer?

P: ...

P: Maybe.

A: You're impossible, Seaweed Brain.

P: So... wanna talk about it?

A: There's nothing to talk about.

P: What's that supposed to mean? You just saw a video that proves the fact that I like you!!

A: It also says that you heard me admit my feelings for you... 3 WEEKS AGO! Why didn't you talk to me about it? Or ask me out? Or both of those??

P: Because.

A: That's not a valid answer.

Percy sighed. Should he really tell her? Tell her the whole story, the whole truth? He should, shouldn't he? It would make her understand and trust him more, wouldn't it?

P: First off, can I stop writing in capitalizations and punctuations?

A: Sure.

P: thank god

P: so, a) u just went through heartbreak w/ luke and all, and i didn't want to push u into something new so quickly. i didn't want to seem clingy or urgent or whatnot and creep u out. and b) my last girlfriend, rachel and i had been dating for 2 weeks when she began falling for luke. she broke up with me to be w/ him, and i just dont want that to happen w/ me and u

A: Oh. Well, Luke had always been kind of a jerk, so it hurt that all he wanted from me was sex, but the breakup didn't really affect me. Honestly, while I'd been with Luke, I started my crush on you. Then, Reyna and Drew and Nancy and every other girl in the school started flirting with you, and it would aggravate me.

A: WHY TF DID I JUST ADMIT THIS TO YOU???

P: :) i'm glad u did.

A: I'm sorry. This is hard for me. I don't like admitting... things to people.

P: that's fine.

Read at 5:28 p.m.

P: so, um...

P: Do you wanna go get ice cream or something sometime?

Ice cream? Really? That's all he could think of? Why not the movie theatre, like all the couples do? URGH, SHE'S GONNA THINK HE'S SUCH A NOOB.

A: Sure. But only because you used capitalization and punctuation.

P: Ok great!!! i'll cya at school tmr

A: Yeah, I'll see you at school.

This was good. this was really very good. Percy would have to remember to thank Leo...

i know that this has nothing to do with this story but i'm at the part in F.R.I.E.N.D.S where chandler and monica get together and i'm so HAPPYYYY