V; Ways to Die

Annabeth had already made plan for her lovely Saturday, and now she has move all of it to the next Saturday. Why? Because Piper's cousin is coming to stay with her, and she forgot. Instead of taking her to interesting places they can see together, Piper decided to go on a museum date with her boyfriend Jason, and she begs Annabeth to accompany her cousin, Hazel.

Hazel isn't a little kid who needs supervisor all the time. She's probably 18 or 19, or even 20. Who knows. The only thing Annabeth knew about this younger girl is her name, Hazel Levesque.

She walked in on Annabeth making breakfast with Fall Out Boy on full volume, since Piper is out and there's no one to stop her. Annabeth didn't even realize Hazel was there until she hums along to the tune of Uma Thurman. She liked her immediately.

They share pancakes and coffee, and Annabeth learned that the girl loves black coffee with a dash of caramel. Annabeth also discover that she's 20, she's majoring in astronomy and archeology, and she loves mythical things.

"Staying at home all day is kinda boring, don't you think?" Hazel said. Her voice is sweet and nice and warm, and she loved hearing it. "Well, what do you want to do?" Annabeth ask, leaving Hazel to think about all sorts of activity they can do together.

"Do you want to go to the mall?" She asked. Annabeth shook her head. "I would love to, but then I'd ended up in some store, crying over some shirt or dress that's way too expensive, and trust me, you wouldn't want to be in that situation." She said. Hazel laughs, and her laugh reminds Annabeth so much of cinnamon.

"Okay, so… the food fair?" Hazel offered. "I'm trying to eat healthy, but I'll go with you if you wanna." She said, but Hazel shook her head, making her dark brown curls bounce around her head. "No. I want to eat with you, actually, but its okay. What about the theatre?" She asked.

"Me and Piper checked yesterday and there's no good movie."

"The museum Piper and Jason went to?"

"That's actually a good idea, but I really don't want to see Jason right now."

"Me too." Hazel agreed. "Hey, we can shop for Halloween!"

Annabeth bursts out laughing. "Its August!"

A few ideas and a couple of nopes later, they decided to go to an amusement park. It really is a great idea, because Hazel had a VIP ticket, which means they don't have to stand in line. Yay!

"Hey, you wanna ride this?" Hazel asks, pointing to a big rollercoaster full with people queuing. Annabeth nodded enthusiastically, and they pass the people who probably has queued for hours. Annabeth feels too happy to be sorry for them.

There's only two guys in front of them, and Annabeth and Hazel squeals in delight. They both hated waiting in lines, so having a VIP ticket is really convenient.

"It's a really great thing you have those VIP tickets, Haze." Annabeth says.

"Yeah, my boyfriend bought it for me. We were supposed to hang out together, but his grandma is sick, so he can't." Hazel answers, her cheek flushed red. So everyone she knew is in a relationship, and she's still single. Great. Its not like she needed a man to complete her, she's an independent woman who don't need no man, but a companion would be nice, yes?

Suddenly, she hears one of the guy standing in front of her talking loudly. "Can I go now? I don't want to die." He says.

Annabeth suppressed her laughter. He's taller than her, and probably older than her, and he's afraid to go on a ride?

"You've dive into the ocean in the middle of the night for like 15 minutes are you're afraid of a ride?" The guy beside him ask.

"I mean, what if it crashes down and we're stuck up there?" He ask again.

"They'll get us down. There's this thing called ladder, you know."

"Yes, but what if on our way down, the rollercoaster suddenly works again so we're like hanging on the side of it until the ride ends?"

Annabeth started to think about that possibility. Its scary – can this guy please lower his voice?

"Don't even think about it, man. Everything will be alright."

"Yes, but what if it get stuck on one of the loop? We'll be hanging upside down like a bat and what if we fell?" He ask again.

His friend didn't reply.

"And what if someone's planning to murder someone but they accidentally murder the wrong people? What if the murderer accidentally murder me? I don't want to die! And if that didn't happen, what if the murderer is feeling murder-y and decided to kill everyone?"

"You need to stop." The other guy said.

"What if our safety belts aren't safe enough and we got ejected from the ride?"

Annabeth can't take it anymore, all of this horrifying mental image is killing her.

Hopefully not literally.

"Sorry to interrupt, but–" She said, but she stopped talking when the guy who has been talking and set a terrifying image turn around.

It was the Frisbee pizza wedding-interrupter and serenading guy. Of course, out of all people, it has to be him. Again.

"Oh hey! Didn't expect to see you here." He said like they were friends.

"Wait – you know him?" Hazel asks. Annabeth shook her head. "No!" She denied.

"You don't?" The black haired guy stupidly ask. Annabeth wants to smack his head with a bat. "No, we don't know each other! And can you please shut the hell up and stop putting horrifying mental image on my brain?" Annabeth said.

"Whatever you say, but if any of that scenario happens, you know who to thank for preparing you." He answers.

"Dude!" Annabeth yelled, causing a lot of people look at her.

Great.