Forever and Always [A Percabeth AU]

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Annabeth

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Luke was waiting for me. Casually leaning on the railing, with his pale blonde hair shining in the sunlight, I smiled to myself. Something normal. I thought.

"Hey there." He said lightly. I probably was blushing furiously. "Hi Luke."

"Milkshakes?"

"Let's go," I said a little too quickly. Ah Annabeth you gotta learn how to flirt. But he just grinned.

We were slurping oreo smoothies, when I noticed he had a scar over his eye- it was pale, but still, I wondered how he'd gotten it. He probably noticed me staring.

"Don't worry about the scar," He said kindly, "A dog had scratched me when I was little." He added. I bit my lip, "Sorry I was staring."

He laughed, "It's fine, I decided to own the inner pirate in me."

"So you work for no one and have terrible hair?" I asked, smirking.

"Ahh you see now," he said stirring the chocolate with his straw, "My hair is amazing."

I snorted. "Oh is it?" It really is.

He gave me a lopsided grin, "Indeed, but not as pretty as yours."

At this point I felt like I was melting through the floor. I wasn't exactly used to the whole flirting thing. And Luke was really nice. Sure he was a year older, but he was sweet.

Did you notice the look Percy gave when you said Luke?

He was happy, right?

...

"So do you know Percy?" I blurted out.

"Percy, Percy Jackson?" Luke asked, raising his eyebrows, still sipping the smoothie.

"Yeah him."

"I know him. We used to be friends." He put each word carefully, like he was calculating what exactly would happen hereafter.

"What exactly happened between you two?" I asked, probably crossing the boundaries of my first date.

"I don't... really want to talk about it." He looked mildly uncomfortable, like a small part of him knew that he'd done something wrong.

"Oh okay." I said.

And we sat in awkward silence. Just the slurping of smoothies breaking the silence here and there.

"Hey Annabeth, would you maybe wanna do this again?" He asked, very quickly, which I took as nerves. He had every right to be nervous, for my stomach had like giant butterflies.

"Yes." I flashed him a smile, which he returned. "I had a lot of fun, Luke." I continued.

"Me too," He said, now paying for the smoothies. I offered to pay, but he gestured that he'd got it covered. He really is sweet.

As I was leaving he pulled me in, and kissed me on the cheek.

"Bye Annabeth." he said, smiling; leaving me in absolute bliss.

As I was entering, Percy saw me and gestured for me to wait. I grinned at him, and he shot me a confused smile and practically ran to see what had happened.

"Is there a new Theana album finally coming?!" He asked, excitedly. I'd forgotten Percy liked my music.

"Nope Percy, but...I had my first date today, with Luke."

He expression deflated, but brightened again, "How'd it go?"

"Amazing, he's so sweet Percy..." and as I continued, I couldn't help but wonder if that really was anger in Percy's eyes I saw there.

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Word count- 537

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