Annabeth laid her head on Percy's chest,  one hand clasped in his.  Percy rested his chin on her head, hand resting on her waist. Annabeth closed her eyes, turning her head so her forehead was resting on his shoulder.

Percy traced her hip with his fingertips, his hands gliding across the satin.

"Percy?" Annabeth asked quietly.

"Yeah, Wise Girl?" Percy whispered, his chin massaging her head.

"What would you do if I kissed you?"

Percy went silent. What would he do? While he was pondering how he would react, Annabeth was silently panicking.

"I would kiss back,"

Annabeth's head shot up, causing a sharp pain in Percy's chin. "What?"

"I- uh...."

Annabeth looked up at Percy's red face. His green eyes were glassy and he had a panicked look on his face. Annabeth bit her lip, looking around the busy gym.

"Can I talk to you outside?" she whispered, pulling away from him.

Percy furrowed his brows, "Uh, sure."

~

As soon as the brisk hair hit Percy's face, goosebumps sprouted all across the surface of his skin. Annabeth's fingers were wrapped tightly around his wrist, causing purple to spread.

"Annabeth, you're hurting me." Percy whined.

Annabeth rolled her eyes, "Shut up."

Percy hesitated, "Why did you want to talk to me?"

"It's necessarily about talking. . ."

Percy blinked, "What's-" but of course, Annabeth cut him off.

~ Hehe, suckers.

Britt looked around for her best friend, while her date went off to get punch for her. Britt glanced uneasily back to where her date was talking to another girl, offering her a glass of punch. She rolled her eyes and picked up the bottom of her dress, walking around the edges of the gym.

She spotted Leo, and hurried over to him. "Valdez!"

The latino turned to look at her, "Yes, beautiful?"

Britt rolled her eyes, "Don't flirt with me, Leo. Have you seen Percy and Annabeth?"

"I think they went outside? I don't know." Leo shrugged.

Britt shook her head at his stupidity and walked to the exit as fast as she could in high heels. She sighed, exasperated, as she pushed outside. She stopped in her tracks when she saw them. They were talking, and oh so oblivious Percy, had a puzzled look on his face.

As Percy started saying something, Annabeth grabbed the collar of his white shirt, crashing her lips into his. Britt froze, a grin slowly appearing on her face. A completely shocked Percy took a moment to react.

It had to be at least two seconds before he kissed back, wrapping arms around his waist. They were impossibly close.  Britt cocked her head, wondering when they would pull away. After a few moments, she decided it was weird and stalkerish to watch them.

She slowly entered the building, fifty percent sure she was blushing. Leo approached her, grinning. "What's with the blush?" one hundred percent sure.

"Oh-um-see-well-uh."

Leo looked at her oddly, "Well, that is your opinion."

Britt rolled her eyes, "You're an idiot."

"A hot idiot."

"Keep thinking that, and see how guys react when you flirt with their girls."

"Mm. You don't have a 'guy' that would freak out at me, right?" Leo said, a blush creeping up his neck.

Britt inhaled deeply, "I don't see why you should care."

Leo took a deep breath, "'Cause maybe I want to be that guy."

~ I'm sorry darlings. Calypso will come in at... Some point.

When Percy pulled away from Annabeth, his face was bright red.

"Uh..." Smooth Percy.

Annabeth laughed, "Seaweed Brain. . ."

"Hmm?" he asked, blushing at his overly needy response.

Annabeth rolled her eyes, "Don't tell anyone."

Percy shifted, "Tell them what. . . ?"

"If this means we're together, you can't tell anyone."

Percy squeezed his eyes shut, "That's not going to be easy."

"I know, Percy. But if they knew I would lose my popularity-"

"So, you're faced with a choice."

"Percy-"

"Me, or your 'popularity'."

"Percy, you know I can't-"

"So, popularity is worth as much as I am?" Percy hissed.

Annabeth frowned, "I didn't say that."

"You implied it."

"Percy, I have reasons to stay popular-"

"For protection? From what? Annabeth, it's not going to protect you from Luke!"

"Yes it will- it's because if I'm popular nobody will take pictures of me, because I scare them. They can't-"

Percy shook his head, "It's obvious Luke can find you either way. And, I guess you chose your so called 'protection'."

"Percy-" she tried, but he was already walking away.

"Ask a friend to give you a ride." he called over his shoulder.

Annabeth bit her lip, walking over to the nearest bench and sitting down. She slowly undid her braid, tossing the flowers on the ground. She looked up at the dark sky, the stars making her long for something.

"Annabeth!" Annabeth looked back down, spotting Britt running over to her.

"I saw you and Percy," she grinned.

Annabeth put her head in her hands, shaking her head.

"Annabeth, what happened?" Britt asked, sitting down next to her.

"I was too prideful," Annabeth breathed, looking at Britt.

"What did you do?" Britt frowned.

"I chose popularity over him."

~

Percy slammed the door to his apartment, most likely waking up his mom.

"Percy?" Yep.

"Hey, mom." he said, managing a smile.

"How did it go?" Sally smiled.

Percy's smile wavered, "It went fine."

Sally narrowed her eyes, "It obviously didn't."

Percy ignored her comment, "Did I wake you up?"

"Oh, no. I was just working on my book," she smiled.

Percy exhaled, "Okay."

"What happened, sweetie?" Sally asked, forcing him to look at her.

"Annabeth happened."

~

Disclaimer: I own nothing :3 All rights belong to Rick Riordan, because I own none of the books, characters, or anything, it all goes to him.

I'm sorry loves XD It'll um... Work out? soon, I promiseeee. This will have a total of 30 chapters, so I only have 9 to wrap this up. I have other ideas for other stories popping into mind, so give me some help with the characters? BY E DARLINGS