Percy and Annabeth Ch. 9

Percy's PoV. Chapter 9.


    When I woke up, I rubbed my eyes and stretched. Woah, I felt stiff. I sat up but something restrained me. I looked down and there were arms around me. Looking over to the other side, a mess of golden curls occupied my pillow next to me.

    "Annabeth?" I whispered so I didn't wake her up too hard. "What are you doing..." I whispered in her ear. It was weird; having Annabeth sleeping next to me in bed. I mean, imagine if you woke up to your best friend hugging you in bed. Even though Annabeth was kind of more than that...

Back to the matter at hand; I poked her a few times in the stomach, trying to make her release her iron grip on me. But only one of her hands swatted my finger away and she groaned and turned around; which set me free.
I got up slowly and climbed around her. I had to crouch though because it was a bottom bunk, but I screwed up bad when I hit my head, yelped, then almost fell flat on Annabeth.

Annabeth mumbled my name... It sounded like a question.

"Erm, no. I'm.. You're dre-e-eaming.. Woo-oo-oo." I tried to sound like a ghost or something. And she mumbled something to low for me to hear and started to breathe a little heavy.

When I got off the bunk, I took a shower and brushed my teeth.

When I finished, I grabbed some fresh clothes and started taking off my night clothes.

"Percy?" I heard Annabeth ask. I glanced over at her and she was staring at me. I didn't have clothes on except my boxers- which thankfully weren't patterned with hearts this time- she blushed and quickly turned the other way.
"Uh, sorry..." She mumbled fast.

I put on the rest of my clothes and gathered up the rest of my dignity and pride and walked over to her.

"Wake up Owl Head, we have to find Artemis' bow." I whispered really close to Annabeth's ear. She turned back around and stared at me with her gorgeous... Stormy... Gray... Eyes...

"Close your mouth, Seaweed Brain." She patted my chin up. I hadn't realized I opened it when I saw her face clearly.

"Sorry... You're just... Dah..." And I felt my mouth opening slowly again. "Pretty." I managed to choke up. How did she do this?

She laughed and leaned closer to me. I went closer so she didn't have to strain herself from moving a lot from the bed, but she grabbed my shirt and kissed me first. Don't people usually have horrible morning breathe? Annabeth's was... Amazing. Period.
She pulled me too hard, I fell on top of her on to the bed which made me pull away. She was breathing hard, so was I. I still had to ask her why she came here.
"I came here because I wanted to sleep with you." She said, reading my mind again.
"I-mean-literally-sleep-with-you, not-that-other-thing!" She quickly blurted out and blushed.
"I know... But, why?" I asked as I got up from her.
"I-I... I had a bad dream... Where you saved me from a monster but you died. So I came to check up on you" She said, starting to whimper.

"Uh... Oh-kay..." I didn't know what to say. She cared about me and that made me happier than Artemis in a world without men.

"What're you smiling about," Annabeth said starting to get up.
"Nothin'. Just that you caaarrrre about me!" And I smiled wider.

She punched me in the arm, kissed my cheek and walked out the door to her cabin.

She mumbled something. I think it was "Yeah Seaweed Brain, I do."