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PERCY JACKSON

About an hour or so after we arrived, Annabeth and I were hanging around in the downstairs portion of the lounge. They had a ton of our favorite arcade activities, including air hockey, Pac-Man, and the ever-famous Dance Dance Revolution. We were just about done with the determining round of DDR when Annabeth...stumbled. 

"Percy!" Annabeth screeched.

I grinned and glanced down at her, trying to match my feet with the arrows on the screen. "Yes, Annabeth?"

"You cheated!"

"I beg to differ."

Just then, the end screen popped up.

Annabeth groaned. "Shoving people off the dance mat is definitely considered cheating, Seaweed Brain."

I laughed and offered her a hand. "Either way, you won. Congrats, Wise Girl."

She scoffed. "Of course I won, you have the agility of a beached whale."

Rolling my eyes, I latched on to Annabeth's hand and tugged her to the photo booth in the corner. "Come on, let's take some hot pics."

 Annabeth sighed, trying - and failing - to hold back a smile. "Whatever," she mumbled.

I inserted three quarters and nudged the red velvet curtain aside. Annabeth climbed inside, and I followed behind her. We sat side by side and scanned the little description displayed on the screen.

As the timer beeped, I tossed my arm across Annabeth's shoulders and hugged her to my side. We both grinned at the camera just in time for the first picture. 

"Let's do a silly one," I said.

In response, Annabeth stuck out her tongue and scrunched up her eyes. I laughed, before puffing out my cheeks and crossing my eyes.

We erupted into a fit of giggles at the tiny preview picture in the corner of the screen, and the third picture ended up capturing us mid-laugh.

For the final picture, I angled myself to face my girlfriend and tilted her head up by hooking her chin with my pointer finger. I latched my lips onto hers just as the camera flashed.

We kissed for a bit longer before pulling apart and clambering out of the tiny booth. I grabbed the two strips of photos and handed one to Annabeth.

She smiled wistfully as she gazed down at the pictures. "Cute," she commented.

I smirked. "I know I am, there's no need to tell me."

Annabeth rolled her eyes and lightly punched my shoulder. "We should grab something to eat. It's almost lunchtime."

I glanced at the clock on the wall and took a moment to decipher the time. It was about half-passed eleven.

"Yeah, we should. How about Chipotle?"

Annabeth smiled. "I'm always up for Mexican food, you know this."

I chuckled and entwined my fingers into hers. "Let's go, then."

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Laughing at your girlfriend will always have one of two effects. It will either end up in her laughing with you or end up with her inflicting serious pain on you.

In my case, I had been laughing at Annabeth because she had a bit of salsa on her cheek. It only got funnier when she couldn't figure out why I was laughing.

"What?" she asked me. "Percy, seriously, what is it?"

I pursed my lips and pointed at my cheekbone. "You've got a little something," I spluttered.

Annabeth rolled her eyes and scraped the side of her face. "Oh, wow, real mature."

I practically lost is once I realized she had only succeeded in smearing the salsa all over her cheek. "You missed a bit."

She sighed. "Can you just get it?" she asked, handing me her napkin.

I took the napkin out of her hand and leaned across the small table, but instead of wiping the napkin onto her, I pressed my lips to Annabeth's skin. I kissed from her cheekbone downward, tracing the path she had dragged the salsa in. I watched her eyes flutter shut as I pressed a final kiss on the corner of her mouth, teasing her a bit.

Annabeth's grey eyes shot open. "You're such a dork," she murmured.

I winked. "But I'm your dork."

She blushed a bit, laughing. I grinned and stretched out across the table to place a firm kiss on her lips.

"Oh my gosh," an unfamiliar voice exclaimed.

As I settled into my seat, I looked around, searching for the source of the voice. 

I noticed a girl sitting in the table behind Annabeth, on the side of the table that faced me. Most of her chestnut brown hair was tied up in a messy bun, but several pieces were falling out of the style and landed at varying lengths, all near her collarbone. Her eyes were a wild combination of brown, blue, and green, and her lips were quirked up into a happy smile. She was very pretty without trying very hard. She was sitting with some guy with short blonde hair, but I couldn't see his face from my seat.

I raised an eyebrow at her questioningly. She bit her lip and a faint blush showed up on her tanned skin.

"Sorry about that," she called over, "but I couldn't help myself. That has to have been the cutest thing I've ever witnessed."

I chuckled, rubbing the back of my neck. "Thanks?"

"Pipes, who are you talking to?" the guy sitting across from her asked. He glanced over his shoulder, and I was met with a pair of familiar blue eyes.

"Well if it isn't Jason Grace," I drawled sarcastically. 

Jason scoffed. "I was hoping I'd never have to see your ugly face in this town, Jackson, but I guess wishes don't come true."

I held my hand against my heart, pretending to be offended. "Jasey-poo, I thought you loved me. I thought I was your most favoritist cousin and that you loved me with all of your heart and - "

He cut me off with an abrupt laugh. "I don't have much of a selection to choose from, Percy."

I smirked. "Nice to see you, man. I see you've found a girlfriend."

Both Jason and the girl blushed ferociously. "No, Piper is one of my best friends here."

I opened my mouth to make a retort, but he held up a finger and said, "Yes, Percy, I have friends. Shocking."

I laughed. "Well, it's nice to meet you, Piper. I'm Percy, Jason's cousin, and that's Annabeth, the smartest, prettiest, and luckiest girl alive because she's - "

" - 'dating the one and only Percy Jackson, hot guy extraordinaire,' yes, we know, babe," Annabeth interrupted.

I frowned. "I see how it is. I come to California and everybody thinks it's okay to cut me off. But yeah, that's correct."

Piper laughed. "Well, it's nice to meet you guys. You're attending OAAA, right?"

Annabeth nodded. "Yeah, we are. Are you in high school still?"

Piper sighed. "Sadly. This will be the fourth school I've attended, but at least this year I have a couple of friends made there before it even starts."

I nodded. "I get you. I went to a different school practically every year K through 8, but luckily in high school, I had someone to straighten me out." 

I nudged Annabeth with my shoulder, and she laughed, wrapping her arm around my waist.

"It kind of stinks that you guys are seniors, though. It'd be cool if we all went to OAAA or something," Annabeth mentioned.

Piper shrugged. "Yeah, it is a little annoying, but I have a few other friends who don't go to our high school and I've managed to keep our friendships throughout the years."

"Maybe we can all hang out at some point," I suggested.

Jason nodded. "I only have met them once, but they are all pretty great. Maybe this Saturday we can all meet somewhere."

"I'm pretty sure we're free," I said. 

Annabeth nodded in agreement.

Piper brushed a hair behind her ear. "My dad is going away for the weekend, maybe we could have a sleepover Friday night and spend Saturday together."

Annabeth smiled. "That would be fun, and we haven't really made friends yet, so it'd be a good opportunity."

I grinned. "It's a plan then."

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Phew. That was a lot. Anywho.

IM BACK BEECH!!!! Did y'all miss me or what?????

Yes, I've been hit by this awful plague commonly known as "high school." I have full honors classes, so it's a lot of work, and I've been procrastinating. But today, I decided to jump on Wattpad and power through this chapter. I think it's pretty good myself, but please let me know if you like it!

I can't wait to read your guys' reactions to Piper and Jason lol...based off of LL, y'all love Piper and Leo. Let's just say we'll be seeing a lot more of them in the future ;)

I think that's it for now...I missed this if I'm being honest. Thanks for reading, and I'll see you in approximately 2-6 days.