Bonfire

Chapter Four

"What do you mean you don't know how to swim?" I asked Annabeth
"I was never taught. My real mother left when I was really young, my father stays in his office all day, and my step mother doesn't even care for my existence."
"I'll have to teach you some day. But does that mean you don't wanna come with me? It gets lonely just sitting there by myself." I gave her the puppy dog eyes. No one can refuse the puppy dog face. She sighed, looking defeated.
"Fine, I'll come with you. But I won't swim"
"Didn't think so. COME ON LET'S GO!" I grabbed her hand and ran towards the car. She looked flustered after we stopped running. It was really cute...gosh I need to focus. I opened the car door for her and then walked over to my side and got in the drivers seat. We drove in silence for 15 minutes. It was a comfortable silence so it wasn't a bad thing, I just felt like I needed to say something, but nothing came to mind. Once we got to Long Lake, I signed in and got to my seat to get started. We were talking for a couple hours while I watched the teens play in the deep end of the lake. I saw some people from school here as well. Some really nice people, jocks, girls that stay in their "groups" to gossip. It was weird to see them outside of school. I told Annabeth I would be right back to grab a water bottle. When I came back I saw Annabeth surrounded by this group of girls. At first I thought it was just some of her friends I just never met, but the looks on their faces looked devious, almost cruel. They were walking close to her, causing her to back up towards the dock. It was hard to watch so I started to run towards them. They were going to push her in the water, and she can't swim. If I just let that happen, I would feel as if I betrayed her. By the time I was so close to her, the girls pushed her into the deep end. I was so angry, but I kept running towards her. I knew I had to save her, because that was all that was running through my mind. I don't understand why they would even consider doing that to her. I jumped in the water and quickly searched for her. I was panicking. I finally spotted her, looking panicked and scared in the water. She was waving her arms around trying to swim back to the surface, only failing miserably. I swam towards her, grabbed her by the waist and started to swim towards the surface. When we got back I carried her bridal style. I didn't care if people were looking, the only thing going through my mind was getting her to safety. I took her to my seat and placed a dry towel around her and told her to wait while I handled the situation. I was so angry at those girls, I wanted nothing more than to hurt them. But I knew that, that's not how you handle situations like this. I walked over to the girls and said,
"You're out. I'm kicking you out. You've caused nothing but trouble so you are not allowed here today." They looked at me with blank expressions, then at each other and back at me. Finally they packed up their things and left without another peep. I looked back at where Annabeth was sitting and saw she was still there. I trailed over to see how she was doing.
"Hey"
"Hi" She looked up at me
"I'm really sorry about what happened-" She hugged me and whispered "You're the best" she broke away and had her arms around my neck
"What would I do without you?" she asked
"I'm not sure, but I'm glad I'm there with you"
"Dork" she replied. We stared in each others eyes for what seemed like forever, but it was comfortable...yet still had tension. She leaned in and everything seemed to happen naturally. Our lips brushed, it wasn't as awkward as I thought, but I was new to this. It was a new sensation but she gladly lead the way. We kissed for what seemed like forever and it was the best feeling in the word. Her hands tangled into my hair and she deepened the kiss. We broke the kiss and just stared in each others eyes.
"I love you" I admitted. She had a surprised look on her face, but it then softened and she smiled.
"I love you too".

BACK AT THE BONFIRE

    "-and after that, the relationship just came naturally, and now we've been together for 7 years." Percy said.
"AWWW THATS SO ADORABLE!" Piper said "IT'S LIKE ONE OF THOSE LOVE STORIES FROM THE MOVIES!" Percy and Annabeth both blushed and smiled.
"Your love story is SOOO wonderful!" Hazel added. Frank looked at Hazel and smiled, as if he was remembering His and Hazel's love story. Even Nico couldn't help but smile a little...which quickly went away when he realized he was smiling. Percy then faced Jason and made a face.
"What about you Bro?"
"What? What about me?" Jason replied
"Your love story! You and Piper! How did this happen?" Jason's face went pink and he looked at Piper. He smiled.
"Are you sure you want to know?"
"Why, is it funny?" Percy laughed. Leo is just giggling. HE KNOWS.
"Um, no..."
"Oh, I'll tell it" Piper spoke up. She has been so eager to tell it since the beginning of the bonfire. Everyone besides Nico looked quite interested.
"Alright! Let's get started! It all started with my old job as a flight attendant..."