AN at the end now, I know, ludacris.

Words w/out AN: 1095

Pairing(s): Percabeth

I am not Rick, so I own nothing.

the damn books

"Oh my god. Are you alright?" Annabeth asks. She rushes over to the fallen pile of books and the kid beside them.

"What?" The kid asks. He turns his head towards Annabeth. "I think I hit my head."

"Percy?" she recognizes. "If I knew it was you, I would've helped the books instead."

"Oh, wow," Percy sarcastically says. "That really hurts my feelings, Annabeth."

"I don't even know why I bothered to help you." Annabeth smirks.

"Help me?" Percy exclaims. "You haven't done anything. I'm still on the ground covered in books."

"Well, maybe if you didn't knock over a pile of books, this wouldn't have happened."

"I'm the victim, Annabeth." Percy sits up and leans in closer, making his voice a whisper. "I think the books are out to get me."

Against her better judgement, Annabeth laughs. She doesn't want to feed his ego too much.

"No, seriously." He says, still leaning close to her. "First, it was the dictionary. I spent an hour trying to find the word exemplary, and once I found it, I realized I didn't even need that word."

Annabeth laughs again and tucks a loose strand of hair behind her ear. "You do realize that you could've googled it, right?"

Percy looked down and mumbles something incoherent. She leans down to hear better. "What was that?"

Percy sighs. "I kinda dropped my phone in a bucket of water so I couldn't google it. In my defence, it was all Jason's fault."

Annabeth laughs and takes a seat next to Percy. Their legs were touching and they leaned against one of the library bookcases. "Now, this sounds like a good story. Please, do tell."

"I'd rather give you the second reason on why the books are out to get me." Percy pleads.

Annabeth shakes her head. "I already know the second reason. You knocked over a pile of books just now and you think there's a whole book conspiracy."

Percy blushes and shakes his head. "Fine, I guess you do know the second reason, but it's true. I swear."

Annabeth laughs and knocks her knee against his. "Tell me the phone story."

Percy sighs again. "Fine. I was with Jason in Starbucks. You know Jason, right?"

Annabeth nods. "I do indeed know Jason. We all go to the same school, in case you forgot. We even have a couple classes together."

"Good, right, of course. So we were in Starbucks, and Jason got distracted by some girl that was working, right? I'm like, whatever, no big deal. I walked up to order our drinks, and right as I'm walking, a mop appears out of nowhere and I trip over it. My phone flew out of my hand and landed in the mop bucket."

Annabeth stifles a laugh and Percy blushes again. "And how was that Jason's fault?"

"It turns out Jason went to talk to the girl. She stopped mopping to chat to him and the mop fell over, right in front of me!"

Annabeth full out laughs this time. A few people around the library look at her, but none of them do anything about it. "So let me get this straight. Not only did you trip and make a fool of yourself, your phone flew into a bucket of dirty mop water. That's amazing."

"Not for me. I needed to get a new phone and Jason ended up going on a date with that girl."

"So I guess that's why you didn't answer my Snapchat." Annabeth says.

Percy perks up. "You Snapchatted me?"

"Yeah, I asked if you had the homework for that day of school I missed."

"I haven't downloaded Snapchat on my new phone yet, so I didn't see it." He says. "Although, I feel like you have like, 20 other people you could've asked for homework from."

"You're right," Annabeth confirms. "Unfortunately for me, I share more classes with you than anyone else. So it was easier to get it all from you, than several different people."

Percy smirks. "So, basically, what you're saying is you need me."

"That is not what I'm saying"

"That's what I'm hearing."

"Maybe you did hit your head when you fell?"

Percy laughs and it's so contagious, Annabeth can't help but join in. This time they get a few pointed glares and a faint Shh from an elderly lady. This causes Percy to laugh even more but Annabeth smacks his arm a few times to shut him up, while biting her own lip to stifle the laughter.

"Seriously though," Percy says. "I think I actually hit my head. I should go to the hospital or something."

"Oh my god." Annabeth says. She pulls him up and leads him to her car, driving them to the hospital. It doesn't help the jittery feeling in her chest that Percy doesn't let go of her hand during the entire car ride.

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They were in the hospital waiting room. The nurse made Percy go get a brain scan or whatever. He just came back and the nurse then made him fill out some forms. Now they had to wait for the test results.

Annabeth is worried for Percy. He seems fine but there's no way to be sure until the doctor says something. Every now and then she hears him mutter stupid books but other than that they remain silent.

"It'll be okay." Annabeth says.

"Honestly, I'm probably fine. Hopefully." He adds.

"Well let's wait for the doctor's, okay?"

Percy smirks. "Since when do you suddenly care about me?"

Annabeth shakes her head and half-heartedly shoves his shoulder. "I've always cared, idiot. Besides, who else would I get the homework from?"

Percy laughs and Annabeth grins at him.

The doctor eventually comes to give Percy the news. "You don't have a concussion, but I highly suggest resting for the next 24 hours."

"Thank you, doctor."

He smiles and walks away.

Percy smirks at Annabeth. "You know what that means?

"What?"

"You get to be the one who has get my homework for the day. After all, we have most of our classes with each other."

"Yeah…" Annabeth thinks for a moment. "I guess you'll need more than just my Snapchat, then."

"Huh?"

Annabeth winks at him and takes his phone. She puts her number into it. "Let's get you home." She grabs his hand and leads him out the door.

"What just happened." Percy mutters, a smile glazing his face.

Annabeth smiles at him. "I'm sure you'll figure it out."

Okay so, AN at the bottom, kinda funky. Still getting used to it.

I have been like, dead for the past month or two but its okay, its whatever. I'm fine. School's been a drag but that alright. Enough about me, we finally have the start of the Percabeth moments series! If someone thinks of a better title, please do let me know. About that soulmate AU, it's half done. I haven't worked on it in like a month, and that's totally because I'm lazy. Literally no other reason. If it ever does get done though, just know it'll be one of my most proud of works yet. (probably).

Anyway this is just a quick update to let you know that Moments that matter is coming in, while The Ways They Met, will soon be leaving. (insert crying emoji). I'm calling it quits at ten chapters so hopefully the final three are amazing. If they aren't, it's probably because I'm a bad writer.

Anyway (again), all mistakes are mine, and I hope you all enjoy!