𝙸 𝙲𝚊𝚗'𝚝 𝙲𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚜

𝚂𝟹𝙴𝟿: 𝚄𝚗𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚂𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛

Inspired by Community S3E15: "Origins of Vampire Mythology."

Annabeth POV

"Attention New Rome! The traveling San Francisco craft fair will be set up for the weekend here on our campus! Come to the quad for homemade treats, comfy sweaters, Essential Oils, and more!" Dean D says over the intercom, once again effectively interrupting the New Rome Seven's silent study session.

Percy slams his book shut. "Do you ever notice how we never get any real studying done? Like, we open our books, Jason says something about how the first person who talks has to buy us all Starbucks, and then once we're settled in, there's some stupid announcement."

"I thought breaking the fourth wall was Leo's job," Frank says.

Leo clears his throat and scooches his chair in. "There wouldn't be a good plot if we didn't have constant announcements from the dean. Like right there—that announcement was not only the catchy intro to today's episode, but it also stated the theme of the episode, which has something to do with the craft fair happening this weekend."

Piper snaps a finger gun. "Cool. So can Percy buy us all Starbucks now?"

"A craft fair sounds kind of cool," Jason says. "I mean, nothing's going to be affordable 'cause we're all broke college students, but I am a sucker for homemade soaps with fun seasonal shapes and scents."

"We know," Leo says. "Piper and I live with you. Your jack o'lantern soap looks like a turd and doesn't even smell like pumpkin spice anymore."

Annabeth cringes. That's nasty, but it does sound like Jason needs to take a trip to the craft fair. For that matter, she should go too. That's something bisexual women do, right? Now that she's out to herself, she should probably familiarize herself with places she might meet other women-loving-women. Go her—note the lack of enthusiasm.

"I'll go with you. You in, Pipes?" she asks. Here's the thing: Annabeth doesn't want to hang out alone with Jason. Lately, they've been beating around this 'we both like Piper' bush, and Annabeth's not down to have that confrontation anytime soon. That conversation would involve coming out to Jason, who would inevitably tell his bro Percy, who would inevitably tease Annabeth about how he knew before her. That's just not something she's in the mood to deal with, not out of fear, but out of honest to god laziness.

Piper takes in a sharp breath through her teeth. "I would, but Shel is working the Essential Oils booth."

"Who?" Frank asks.

"Shel?" Piper says. "My ex from freshman year? Guys, really? You all bullied her for playing the didgeridoo."

"Oh!" Jason says. "So what's the problem?"

Piper caps her pen and says, "The problem is that I'm not a good ex-girlfriend, but not in a crazy way. I don't know how to act, and I'll be tempted to make amends with her or at the very least hook up with her."

"Okay, so no craft fair," Jason says.

"I don't want to stop you from going to the craft fair," Piper says. "I do need someone to stay with me tonight and make sure I don't send any stupid texts."

Before she can stop herself, Annabeth says, "I'll do it." Shoot. She was going to back off the Piper thing. Piper and Jason had sex. Jason is a better option than Annabeth, yet here she is, offering to keep her from doing something stupid.

"Thanks, Annabeth," Piper says.

Leo perks up. "We can all play games! I just got the MythoMagic expansion deck for Cards Against Humanity. It'll be fun!"