Greatest Love Story- A Percabeth AU [On Hold]

Chapter 15

Percy's POV:

I wake up suddenly in a room that isn't my own. It takes me a few minutes for my sleep-addled brain to figure out where I am and why. I'm also not sure what woke me up, and I'm about to just go back to sleep, telling myself I will deal with it in the morning.

But then I hear a scream. I've never heard Annabeth scream before, but I somehow know it's her. Even though I'm still half-asleep, I leap out of bed and quickly follow the screams to a door that must lead to Annabeth's bedroom. Her light must be on, because a small amount of light is shining through the crack beneath the door, lighting a tiny patch of the floor.

The screams have been replaced by loud sobs by the time I slowly push open the door.

"Wise girl? What's wrong?" I ask. I'm trying not to scare her any more than she already had been, but she flinched when she heard my voice. She looks up at me, tears still running down her face. It looks like she's been rubbing, or maybe even scratching, at her face-- like she was trying to scrape something off. A second later she's clinging to me and sobbing into my chest.

I wrap my arms protectively around her as she says something through her tears. It's hard to tell what she's saying, but I'm pretty sure it's something about spiders. I scan the room, but don't see any arachnids anywhere, so either the spiders are gone, or Annabeth must have had a nightmare.

I nudge the door shut with my foot before slowly moving us both across the room. Eventually, we're on her bed, me sitting, her laying down with her head in my lap. I'm trying to whisper soothing things to her, but I'm really not fully awake, so before long I no longer have any clue what I'm actually saying. I find myself playing with her hair, letting her curls slip through my fingers.

I'm not sure how long it is until I realize Annabeth has stopped crying and is falling asleep, but when I do, I reach over and flick off the light on the nightstand. I don't get up to leave just yet, though, and it isn't until after she's fallen completely asleep that I realize I won't be able to leave the room without waking her up. Even if I manage to move my legs from under her head without her waking up, I won't be able to navigate her room quietly in the dark. So, finally, I just get as comfortable as possible without moving my legs, and eventually fall asleep.

Annabeth wakes me up the next morning-- well, it was actually long after midnight when I fell asleep the second time that night, so really the same morning-- by telling me "You drool when you sleep."

"Well, " I yawn, "good morning to you, too." I sit up and stretch when I suddenly remember why I had slept in such a weird position in this particular bed. "Hey, are you okay?" I ask, my voice shifting quickly from drowsy to concerned.

I can practically see a storm brewing in Annabeth's eyes as she frowns at me. "I'm fine." Her voice is fiercer than I expect. It's scary, even.

"Are you sure," I start to ask, "because last night--"

"It was just a dream. I've had it more times than I can count." Her voice is softer now, and definitely not as scary.

I can tell that it really is bothering her, but I also know that sometimes it's better not to push her to share her feelings, so I decide to drop the subject for now.

But before I can say anything to change the subject, Annabeth does it for me. "You should probably get back to the guest room. If my mother finds out you were in here at all-- let alone for half the night-- she'll...." She trails off, but I decide I don't really want to know what her mom might do.

I nod. "Got it." I turn to smile at Annabeth right before I open the door and step into the hallway... And walk right into... Well, I'm sure you can guess who I walked into. It's kind of obvious, really. In fact, if it hadn't actually happened to me, I wouldnt have believed it happened at all, since it's such a cliche.

Anyway, you guessed it. I stepped out of the room I was never supposed to be in, and directly into the one person who couldn't find out I had been in that room. Annabeth's mom.

She glared at me and I realized exactly where Annabeth got her scariness. "Why were you in my daughter's room?" It was clear that whatever I said, she wouldn't believe it.

"Nothing happened!" I blurted out. It didn't really answer the question, or make the situation any better, but it was all I could think to say without making everything worse.

Thankfully, Annabeth came up behind me and said "It's true. I had a nightmare, and I must have screamed. Percy came in to make sure I was okay."

This earned us a disbelieving look and "Why was he still in there, then?"

This time I was able to find the words to explain in a way that wouldn't make the situation worse. "She was crying, so I stayed to be sure she would be alright. We must have fallen asleep."

Annabeth's mother looks at her as if to ask is that true?

Annabeth is glaring at her mother now, but she still has some amount of respect in her voice as she says "I wouldn't lie to you, Mother, and I promise Percy wouldn't, either."

Annabeth's mom purses her lips and looks back and forth between the two of us. I try to look as trustworthy as possible, but I'm not really sure how to do that, so I don't think it works very well. Finally, she tells me "I think it would be best if you leave," before turning and storming down the hall.

I quickly grab my bag and hurry out to Annabeth's car so she can drive me home. We're about halfway there when I realize that we are both still in pajamas and start laughing. Soon we're both laughing, and I've almost forgotten about what just happened a few minutes earlier.

When we get to my house Annabeth says "hey, I'm sorry about what happened with my--"

I cut her off by leaning across the car to kiss her. "It's okay," I tell her when we pull apart a minute later. I get out of the car, but before I close the door I ask "See you Monday?"

I hear "See you Monday," and then she drives off.

So much has happened in less than a day, and I can barely proccess it. I have a sister. I have a girlfriend. My girlfriend's mom hates me. And that's just the biggest parts.

Hey y'all. I should know by now that I shouldn't say "I'm doing really well lately at actually writing a bunch" because almost immediately I will slow down a bunch with my writing, but apparently I haven't learned that lesson yet.

Also, at one point while I was writing this chapter, I was using my Amazon echo thing to play music, and whatever playlist I had had playing had ended, so I went to get it to play another one, but when I went to say "Amazon," (the 'wake word'), I blanked on what I was going to say. Apparently my brain was still in Percy Jackson mode, so I said "Annabeth" and fully expected it work. When it didn't work, I said it a few more times, getting increasingly frustrated because it wasn't working. It took longer than I care to admit to realize what was going on. So anyway, if the first 3/4 of this chapter seems like it was written by somebody that hasn't slept in 3 days, there's a reason for that.

Anyway, you guys know what I tell you each time it the end here, so I'm not going to type it out each time. Hope you liked it.

Cam💖💖