A/N OKAY SO I JUST
DID SOMETHING TO MY FOOT YESTERDAY AND NOW IT HURTS SO BAD LIKE HOLY FLIPPIN HADES AND THIS IS BAD CAUSE NOW I CAN'T DANCE ON IT FOR A WHILE AND JUST UGHHH ANYWAYS I KNOW YOU GUYS PROBABLY DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT SO IN OTHER NEWS TIME FOR AN UPDATE!!! (I know it's been a while since the last one. Please don't hurt me) SO ENJOY!!

"Dude, just admit it, you like her!" Conner cried out.

"But I don't!" I responded. I was currently training with some of the Hermes campers and regretting the decision more and more each minute, Conner and Travis kept pestering me about Annabeth and I was one question away from trying my new fighting techniques on two very real dummies.

"Oh you do too!" Travis pressured me, "just admit that you think she's cute,"
I rolled my eyes, Annabeth wasn't cute.... Well okay I mean she kinda was... I mean her hair sometimes looked nice and her eyes are fairly pretty, not to mention she smells like flowers and-
'stop it Percy!' My mind scolded me, 'you don't like her, not like that'
I sighed.

"No, I don't like her, not like that," I said

"You sure?"

"Yes!"

"Really, really sure?"

"Gods yes!"

"Not even the slightest bi-"

"For the last time, NO!" I glared at them both, "honestly we're just friends and-"

"Dude come on, if you don't like her then why are you always talking to her?" Travis smirked

"Ummm... Because she's my friend?"

"Well yeah but you're always going on
quests with her," Conner added

"Yeah because she's my-"

"Not to mention sneaking out of camp for her,"

"And holding up the sky so I heard"

"Just shut up!" I shouted.

"Fine," they both exchanged a look and just walked away leaving me there furious and confused.
I mean I did all those things because she was my friend right? Nothing more.... Right?

"You look mad," a familiar voice sounded behind me. I jumped at the sound and turned around. Annabeth laughed and walked towards me, her fingers plucking a price of straw off my shirt.
"What's got you all grumpy now huh?"

"Nothing, just- just Conner and Travis," I shook my head.

"Mmmm, they can be.... How do I put this.... A little irritating at some points."

"Yeah I was gonna use another word but we'll go with irritating."
Annabeth just smiled and pulled another piece of straw out of my hair.

"How much of a mess am I really?" I asked.

"Well..." She turned to survey the mauled straw dummies I had been attacking, the fabric was ripped apart, the insides spilling out everywhere.
She turned back, eyed me head to toe and raised her eyebrows.

"Oh shut up," I playfully punched her arm.

"Hey, don't hit a girl!" She pretended to be shocked.

"Oh please, I'm pretty sure you're fine, you can stand up to a lot, even though you are pretty tiny," I laughed.

"Tiny? I'm not not tiny!" She exclaimed. I raised an eyebrow at her, I was finally almost 4 inches taller than her and now compared to before she seemed a whole lot smaller.

"Really?" I took her hand and held it against the palm of mine, comparing sizes. Hers was at least half the size. She pulled hers away blushing.

"I can still take you down," she crossed her arms.

"I wouldn't be too sure about that,"

"You wanna fight?" She asked

"Absolutely!"

"Is that such a good idea?" She took a step forwards.

I stepped back, pretending to be afraid. "Maybe not,"

"Too late!" She laughed and then lunged at me, tackling me to the ground.

"Hey!" I protested as I landed on my back.

"You started it," she smirked.

"Then let's go," I chuckled as I rolled over, we wrestled for a while, the whole time I was so unnervingly aware of how tiny and small and delicate she seemed beneath my hands. I was so afraid to hurt her but eventually I managed to get on top and pin her arms down (A/N ...that was really awkward to write... So many sexual innuendos...)

"I think I win," I tilted my head to the side trying not to laugh.

"Oh get off," she managed to pull her arms out of my grasp.

"Not until you admit that I won."

"Fine," she sighed, "you win, now can I please get up?"
I chuckled and got to my feet, offering her my hand and pulling her up.

"So, what valuable lesson did we learn today?" I asked

"Get out," she slapped my arm

"Ouch.." I rubbed the spot where she hit me.

"I'm sorry, did my tiny girl hands hurt you?"

"Hey you know I didn't mean it like that," I said

"Then what did you mean?" She crossed her arms.

"I just.. I just meant that you're smaller than me and stuff and I don't know... I mean now I'm so aware of it and I'm absolutely terrified of hurting you one day or somebody else hurting you and I- I don't know," I awkwardly rubbed the back of my neck, avoiding her eyes, painfully aware of the blush forming on my cheeks

She laughed, when I looked at her she just rolled her eyes.

"You're cute when you're all flustered and embarrassed like that."
Of course that just made me blush even more, and it definitely didn't help when she stood up on her toes to kiss my cheek, her hair brushing against my face. She pulled away and smiled at me, a real smile, not a taunting one, but a real genuine smile that made my stomach flutter and my heart speed up.

"See you later," she said as she walked away, leaving me just standing there in shock.
A hand came to rest on my shoulder.

"I told you," Conner smirked at me as I turned around. Travis held up a camera and I knew they had taken pictures of what just happened and this time I couldn't help but smile.

A/N ALRIGHT, HOW WAS THAT, GOOD? BAD? LET ME KNOW, ALSO REMEMBER THAT I DO TAKE IN REQUESTS AT ANYTIME SO DON'T BE AFRAID TO COMMENT THOSE BUT YEAH, BYE
...I feel like I used the word "smirked" a lot in this story.... Ehh oh whale...