Spotlight - A Percabeth Fanfiction

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Percy's POV: 

I checked my watch. 2:45 PM, not yet late. I wasn't sure if this was a date or not, what I was sure of, was that I was flaming hot. Smokey barbeque got nothing on me. I arrived there a few minutes early, where she was waiting for me. 

This cafe was lowkey high end, so paparazzi would be easily dealt with. I took in all the features of the coffee shop. It looked really modern, gave me a home vibe, and smelled like coffee. Nothing different, really. Leo's mom actually founded this, she owned it until she...y'know, left. Leo watches it from time to time. 

"How have you been?" Rachel asked, cheeks red. "I was not so great lately. It's hard to sleep when your phone keeps ringing and vibrating. My manager doesn't want me to put it on silent no matter what, so I don't." I answer her.

She nods. "The fandom war is completely unreasonable. All you did was compliment us, and then suddenly BOOM! You did something unspeakable." I agreed with her. The waiter comes to ask us for our order. "Some boba, please." Rachel orders. "Uh...the blueberry twist latte with 3 boxes of cookies, and tell Arnold to make it special.", I tell him, he looked new, so I just assumed he doesn't know my regular orders.

"Is this some sort of insane drug trade?" Rachel questioned, joking but also warily. "Nope, only blue cookies. I'm also a regular here, so their baker, Anson, knows me." I explain, to which I see relief flood across her face. "Thank the gods. I thought I was going to go to jail or something." 

"I'm too nice to go to jail." I retaliated, a smirk on my face. That's when I noticed a mop of familiar blonde hair. "Is that Annabeth?" Rachel turned around to see where I was looking. "Huh. Who's that? I think it's Luke. Oh my gods, are they dating?!", she exclaimed. She got up and went over to the two blondes.

"Hi Annabeth!" Rachel squeaked. "Hi!" Annabeth replied, with the most gorgeous smile on her face. She looked like a literal Greek goddess, if those existed. "Oh! Percy's with me too! I'm so rude! Hi Mr. Castellan, I'm Rachel Elizabeth Dare!" How she said that in one breath, is beyond my knowledge.

I made my way over to the 3. "Hey!" I greeted. Luke shook my hand, and Annabeth just smiled. Annabeth didn't seem too happy to see me, but she grabbed me by my arm, smiled at Luke and Rachel, and uttered a small 'excuse us'. "Wait..where are you taking me?" I choked out as she was pulling me into a hidden corner. 

"I get that neither of us knew we would see each other, but I need my purse. So?" Annabeth stated, calmly. "Lemme check." I ruffled around in my bag, and shook my head. "At home. Sorry." I said, sheepishly.

"If you're not comfortable with it then we don't have to, but I need it ASAP, so can I just go with you and pick up my purse?" she pleaded. "Uh, yeah. Sure, no problem." I blushed, she looked adorable with her puppy dog eyes. "Thanks, but I have to get back to Luke," she answered.