SURPRISE CHAPTER! ~ThatGeekFromTatooine

CHAPTER 14

Regain

Percy Jackson's PoV

"You guys were never meant to be." Annabeth tells me.

That's when we stop talking.

Here I am, with Annabeth, crossing my arms in a railing at the top of the Empire State Building, at the top floor, looking out to New York's skyline. It was Annabeth who forced me to come here. She told me whenever she had a bad day, she would come here at the top, relax and think about the things that had happened. She said it would make you feel better about losing someone. She told me she went here when her mom died, and it made her feel better.

She was right.

I know, it's a bit scary at the top floor of the Empire State Building, but if you got a fear of heights, I don't recommend you coming here. But if not, then this is definitely the best place for a picnic if you wanna have one.

Me and Annabeth were side to side, looking out at the New York City horizon. We just stay quiet and don't talk, because, it's pretty hard to take in how beautiful the big apple is if all you do is just talk.

But Annabeth was really trying to engage me in a conversation.

"Hey. How are ya?" she asks. She was actually a bit shy, so it was a bit awkward starting a conversation in that.

"I'm fine." I simply reply.

"Oh…. Okay." She stops. AWKWARD.

But I didn't feel any better from what she had said earlier. "What do you mean we were 'never meant to be'?" I asked.

"Look, Percy." She turns to me, then explains. "Look at you. You're…. uh,…" she starts trailing off, but I try to let her continue.

"Just say it without being shy." I reply with a stern voice.

"You're handsome." She says, which made my cheeks blush a little, but I gestured for her to continue.

"Handsome. Not to mention HOT. You're nice to everyone. You see the good in people even though it's obviously not there. You try to be nice to the people who are mean to you. And you try to help people who need help. Like that girl in the library."

I took that in as a huge compliment. It's not as often that you get a compliment from the girl you have a crush on. But she wasn't even finished yet.

"Unlike Rachel. She's snooty, mean, not to mention ugly—" I didn't let her finish.

"Ugly? You think I'd ever get attracted to her if she was ugly? And you think I'd ever get attracted to her if she's MEAN?" I accusingly ask.

"I don't know what you see in her." She replies with her angry face.

"What I see? Is a beautiful, nice, red-headed girl. She's just plainly misunderstood. You don't know her like I do." I tell her.

"I've known her for 8 years." She replies with confidence. "You've known her for 3 days."

"Were both of you ever really close?" I said to her with confidence.

As much as it sounds, Rachel and Annabeth have been arch-rivals since, oh, before I even had a crush on her. Sure, they knew each other much longer than I knew Rachel, but isn't Annabeth a little biased? I mean, she always hated Rachel, never having the chance to see who she really is, so why bother?

The question I asked her wasn't answered. She just looks down on the floor and tries to not look at me, ashamed of herself.

"Told ya." I tell her, giving her a grin and a wink in the eye.

She grins back and then goes back to her angry phase.

"I still don't know why you like her." She replies with a really stern tone.

"Don't be jealous." I say with my own stern voice.

"I'm not jealous"

"Yes you are."

"I'm not."

"Yeah, right."

"I'm not jealous!"

"Yes. You. Are."

"NO, I'm. NOT!"

Her face was really red right now, and all I can falter is a laugh. Just shows how cute she is when she's mad.

"Fine! I am." She says as she crosses her arms. "A bit." She rolls her eyes. "God, I didn't really know you're a bit annoying." A hint of sarcasm.

"I didn't even know I was hot. Because I'm really not." I replied. Hope to be.

"Well according to no one. Except Piper. And Clarisse. And Bianca. And Thalia." She adds. I let out a laugh. I didn't really know I was 'hot', but I don't really know how girls talk about it. Girls are misunderstood creatures.

"And YOU apparently. And Rachel." I add to her suggestions.

"Well, you are." I could see a hint of embarrassment in her face as she said that.

"I still don't know why you had a crush on me." I say with confidence. How confident was I today? THIS CONFIDENT. She likes me, and I like her. So why not?

"Why do you ask the most awkward questions? EVER?" She asks with a tone of complain in her voice.

I do that. Sometimes.

"Because I don't want cryptive questions. I want the truth." I say with confidence. YET AGAIN!

"You want the truth?" she asks.

"Oh yeah I want the truth." I reply.

"I love you."

Those words echoed in my head over and over again, until she kisses me full on the lips. And here I was, forgetting who the hell I am and just get engulfed in the kiss.

Author's Note #14

Sorry for the annoying short chapters.

So the voting process is really finished. Annabeth vs. Rachel. Annabeth won. Not surprised. Anyway, Next chapter is probably tomorrow. So you can just wait. I need a haircut. My birthday's coming! It's this Saturday!

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Chapter 15: Confession

Percy gets a confession from a girl. And it's not who you think it is.