Chapter 16
A/N: GO AND LOOK IN THE FIRST CHAPTER
Annabeth:
Percy: The baby's here! 🎉
I read the text I got from the group chat.
Oh. I never knew Percy's mom was pregnant. I quickly typed out congratulations and went back to doing my homework.
After a few minutes, there was a knock on my door. I walked over to the door. My bedroom was starting to get really messy. I really need to tidy up.
I opened the door to see Malcolm leaning in the doorway. He jumped in surprise.
'Hey.' He greeted.
'Hi.' I said, awkwardly.
'Uh.. so whatcha doing?' He asked.
'Um... Just homework.' I said waving my hand to my desk.
'Right.' He cleared his throat. 'Um. Mom's going to be late. She told us to order pizza or something. What would you like?' He asked.
'Pizza sounds fine.' I said and smiled.
'Yeah, okay. I'll call you down when it's arrived.' He said.
'Okay.'
He lingered for a while before mumbling something and went away.
Wow, that was so awkward.
I think neither of us wrapped our heads around the fact that we had a half-sibling and it's just sinking in. Malcolm must have been used to being a single child. Now with me added into his family... I sighed.
Why does it feel like I reck every family I belong to?
I finished some of my homework before Malcolm texted me that the pizza's here.
I walked downstairs and into the kitchen.
'So I didn't know what pizza you liked so I ordered pepperoni.' He said and waved me over to the counter.
'It's okay. I like pepperoni.' I said and took a piece out of the box.
'Good to know.' He said and we both ate in silence. I looked at my half-brother. He had blonde hair and grey eyes, just like me, but he looked more like Mom than I did.
'So, how was your first day?' He asked, taking a bite.
'Good. Made some friends, I guess.' I said.
'Oh. That's good.'
'Yeah.'
And behold the awkward silence.
'You wanna watch T.V.?' I asked him. He nodded.
And we did that. We watched T.V. even after finishing dinner.
'I'm home!' Mom yelled from the door.
'We're here.' We chorused, deeply concentrated on the movie.
Mom walked into the living room to see us sprawled on the sofa.
'Look at you kids getting along.' She mused. We looked at each other and scowled at her.
We weren't 'getting along' we were just watching T.V.
Some part of me doesn't want to get along with Malcolm. I don't want to know Mom's other life apart from me. I was too scared that I'll somehow be abandoned again.
First by my Mom, then by my Dad who sent me here.
Mom shook her head, smiling. She announced she was going to take a bath and walked upstairs.
Malcolm poked me with his finger. I didn't respond. I was too busy contemplating whether the characters are getting together or not.
He poked me again and again and again. I jumped when he poked a ticklish part.
'Stop!' I said and smacked his hand. 'What do you want?'
'Nothing.' He said and went back to watching the movie.
What?
Is this what it's like to have a sibling?
I think I like this.
Percy:
Tyson was hungry again. It was dinner time.
I took out the leftover salad from the fridge and microwaved it before handing him a bowl.
He started eating, too busy watching some uneven cartoon.
I changed the T.V. to something else. And immediately I was greeted with a couple making out.
Shoot.
Tyson stared wide-eyed at the T.V.
'Percy, what are they doing?' He asked as I fumbled with the remote to change it back to the cartoon.
'Uh. Mouth wrestling. Yeah. Mouth wrestling.' I said. Wow. That's what you got.
'Oh.' And then a while later. 'Can we do that too?'
I jumped.
'NO! I mean, no. Um, you can do that when you're older with someone else.' I said and walked to the sink with my empty bowl.
Having younger siblings is so hard.
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Okay. That instance with Tyson happened to me with my brother. My brother literally asked whether we can do 'mouth wrestling' too. I had to change the channel.
*le sigh* My mind came up with the most stupid thing ever. I just had to add this into the chapter.
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~Hoping she had a way older sibling
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