May 28th

Whenever someone asks him what's got him so cheerful the last few days, Percy just smiles and says 'just woke up on the right side of the bed, I suppose'. But it's not that. It's not that at all. He can only get out of his bed one side anyway because it's pressed against a wall. He's not stupid.

He's been feeling good about himself lately. He took his little sister on a day trip to the aquarium for some sibling bonding, he's beaten Nico on 'words with friends' three times consecutively, he's written four songs all by himself that he doesn't plan on sharing with anyone (at least until the album gets really desperate) and he's woken up before 9am every day this week.

Also he's talking to Annabeth. That's half the reason he wakes up so soon.

Spending hours watching all of a persons content really makes you get to know them, but he's learnt that Annabeth is much more fascinating than she lets on in her videos. They've been sending messages constantly ever since he retweeted that video and Percy's very grateful that he plucked up the courage to do such a thing.

Annabeth is incredibly smart. Of course, she's got her smarty-pants maths and architecture degree but she also had a 4.8 GPA which she blames on herself skiving school for a few weeks after a 'difficult time'.

She also has a pretty nerdy sense of humor. Percy thinks his heart might explode when he sends her a video of himself playing the 'FRIENDS' theme on an out of tune guitar and her response is photo of a stave with '♮A' drawn on.

He's learnt that she's a hard worker too, something he probably could've guessed by the quality and quantity of what she uploads. Good for her, he tries to think to stop himself sulking whenever she leaves to film a video. That's how much they talk, he can tell when she's filming because she won't reply for a few hours.

One time, when they were talking at 11pm and Grover had gone to bed, Percy was tempted to facetime her or call (something he can do because he managed to get her number — she logged out of instagram for a few hours and he was not about to finish his conversation with her). He'd decided against the idea when he realised he was wearing his 'The Little Mermaid' hoodie that Estelle had bought him for his 21st. Percy wasn't fussed about her seeing him in it at all, but it was more that it wasn't the best first impression.

He wanted to make a good first impression, preferably in person though.

percyjackson18 hey quick question

absoluteannabeth shoot

percyjackson18 what does your weekend look like?

percyjackson18 bc i kinda wanna meet you

percyjackson18 see that ugly mug of yours in more than just late night selfies

percyjackson18 if your down w that ofc

absoluteannabeth are you asking me out?

Yeah, Percy. Are you? He hesitated to reply. He can see her little text bubble typing.

absoluteannabeth because i'm free saturday afternoon :)

He's grinning at his phone now and he's so thankful that no one is in the room to see him.

percyjackson18 perfect :)

percyjackson18 there's a cafe on 8th that does the best shakes, meet you there on saturday at 3?

absoluteannabeth i'll be there :) x

She put a kiss on the text! She put a kiss on the text! Percy's sure his face is going to split in half.

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May 30th

Saturday rolled round agonisingly slowly and Percy found himself sending Annabeth selfies of him pouting every hour without fail. Every time, she responded with her own photo with her nose all scrunched up and lips pursed - much cuter than his own photos - or a video of her rolling her eyes.

Percy couldn't sleep. He blinked a few times to get his eyes to focus and glanced at the clock. 2:24am. Groaning, he opened twitter.

Annabeth @absoluteannabeth
I've spent the last half hour trying to fold a sheet of paper in half more than 7 times and I can conclude that I'm very frustrated and am yet to succeed.

Annabeth @absoluteannabeth
There's a whale out there who's been calling for a mate for 20 years but their voice is a different frequency and so other whales can't respond 1) relatable and 2) why am I crying

There's several other tweets and Percy takes a screenshot, sending it to their text chain.

percyjackson18 umm

percyjackson18 you good?

She opens the message and for a few minutes, there's no reply. Maybe she's ignoring him. Percy wracks his brain for something he might've done to upset her.

The video that appears is three minutes long. She's in the dark in her room but Percy can see the reflection of her phone in her silvery eyes. From what he can tell, her hair is piled onto her head in a bun but she doesn't hold the phone still for him to figure it out. Annabeth's on a rant about something scientific he doesn't understand but he does manage to catch the word 'whale' so he thinks she's on about her tweets.

When he finishes the video, she's already typed a message.

absoluteannabeth okay i'm good now, just needed to vent

absoluteannabeth how're you

He's tempted to ask why she needed to vent about a whale but he doesn't, instead vowing to bring it up tomorrow when she's more awake and he can tease her for it.

There conversation lasts until about 4am, talking about nothing and everything once again. Eventually, Percy has to sign off.

percyjackson18 i'm gonna have to go, i've got a shoot before i see you tomorrow and i think nico might kill me if my eye bags challenge his

percyjackson18 not sure that made sense

percyjackson18 but i'll see you tomorrow yea?

absoluteannabeth of course, get some sleep, rockstar

percyjackson18 i will, you should too. talk to you tomorrow x

He falls asleep with a smile on his face.