Percy Jackson excerpt
Slowly,the dinner crowd trickled away.Some went to the campfire for a sing-along. Others went to bed. I sat at the Poseidon table myself and watched the moonlight on Long Island Sound. I could see Grover and Juniper at the beach, holding hands and talking. It was peaceful. “Hey.” Annabeth slid next to me on the bench. “Happy birthday.”
She was holding a huge misshapen cupcake with blue icing.
I stared at her. “What?”
“It’s August 18th,” she said. “Your birthday, right?”
I was stunned. It hadn’t even occured to me, but she was right. I had turned sixteen this morning-the same morning I’d made the choice to give Luke the knife. The prophecy had come true right on schedule, and I hadn’t even thought about the fact that it was my birthday. “Make a wish.” she said.
“Did you bake this yourself?” I asked.
“Tyson helped.”
“That explains why it looks like a chocolate brick,” I said. “With extra blue cement.”
Annabeth laughed. I thought for a second, then blew out the candle. We cut it in half and shared, eating with our fingers. Annabeth sat next to me, and we watched the ocean. Crickets and monsters were making noise in the woods, but otherwise it was quiet.
” You saved the world,” she said.
“We saved the world.”
“And Rachel is the new Oracle, which means she won’t be dating anybody.” “You don’t sound disappointed,” I noticed.
Annabeth shrugged. “Oh, I don’t care.”
“Uh-huh.”
She raised an eyebrow. “You got something to say to me, Seaweed Brain?”
“You’d probably kick my butt.
“You know I’d kick your butt.”
I brushed the cake off my hands. “When I was at the RIver Styx, turning invulnerable. . . Nico said I had to concentrate on one thing that kept me anchored to the world, that made me want to stay mortal.”
Annabeth kept her eyes on the horizon. “Yeah?”
“Then up on Olympus,” I said, “when they wanted to make me a god and stuff, I kept thinking-”
“Oh you so wanted to.”
“Well,maybe a little.But I didn’t because I thought–I didnt want things to stay the same for eternity, because things could always get better.And I was thinking…” My throat felt reall dry.
“Anyone in particular?” Annabeth asked, her voice soft. I looked over and saw that she was trying not to smile.
“You’re laughing at me,” I complianed.
“I am not!”
“You are so not making this easy.” Then she laughed for real, and she put her hands around my neck. “I am never, ever going to make thing easy for you seaweed brain. Get used to it.”
When she kissed me, [finally!!?!] I had the feeling my brain was melting right through my body.
I could’ve stayed that way forever, except a voice behind us growled, “Well, it’s about time!”
Suddenly the pavilion was filled with torchlight and campers. Clarisse led the way as the eavesdroppes charges and hoisted us both onto their shoulders.
“Oh, come on!” I complained. “Is there no privacy?”
“The lovebirds need to cool off!” Clarisse said with glee.
“The canoe lake!” Conner Stoll shouted. With a huge cheer, they carried us down the hill, but they kept us close enough to hold hands. Annabeth was laughing, and I couldn’t help laughing too, even thought my face was completly red.
We held hands, right up to the moment they dumped us in water.
Afterward, I had the last laugh. I made and air bubble at the bottom of the lake. Our firends kept waiting for us to come up, but hey- when you’re the son of Poseidon, you dont have to worry.
And it was pretty much the best underwater kiss of all time.
So guys if you want more sneak peaks, like when zeus offered percy to be a god,
or when Luke fought against kronos taking over his body,
or Nico and his father or
rachel and the spirit of delphi, just tell me.
And, the words in bold are my comments in da story.
and i typed this by myself! my fingers hurt like craaazy!
~Note~I do not own percy jackson and the olympians. I also know im not one of the characters, but im their number one fan so i get to work here! This is an exerpt from the last olympian. HA! Percy everyone know your like annabeth already.
