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DROOL WORTHY
Annabeth's POV:
"Want some more popcorn?" My best friend Thalia asks me. I groan. "Are
you kidding me? We had pizza for supper, leftover cheesecake for dessert,
drank two liters of pop, ate five bags of Skittles, went through two bags of
chips and you want more food!?"
She grins. "I'm a growing girl."
"You are such a pig." Thalia came over to my place for a sleepover, and we
just finished watching The Notebook. I cried my eyes out but laughed my
head off at the same time because she kept making sarcastic comments
during the movie. We were now just hanging out in my room. I was
sprawled out on the floor while Thalia sat on my bed, which I found unfair,
but she did call dibs.
"So," She starts, propping her head up in her hands, "We covered the
subject of school, people we don't like and life in general. That leaves one
topic left..."
"Boys!" We sing in unison, and burst into giggles. Normally, I nor Thalia
giggle, but we were both hyped up on sugar and overtired, since the clock
already read 1:30, and when that happens, you tend to do things that you
don't usually do.
"You go first," I tell her. "Any new crushes that I should now about?" I know
everything about Thalia (most of the time), and vice versa, but sometimes
something crazy happens and we don't get the chance to tell each other, so
it's moments like these where we get to spill everything.
She scrunches up her nose.
"Not really. I mean, there are plenty of hot guys in our school..."
"Like?" I pry.
"Well, you know, there's Luke, Jason, Will, Nic-...Er, Percy..."
"Aha!" I squeal, a satisfied smile on my face. I had my suspicions, and this
proved it.
"Somebody's got a crush on Death Boy!"
Nico DiAngelo, aka "Death Boy", is a good friend of Thalia's and mine. He's
also best friends with Percy Jackson, and since I'v known Percy since I
was twelve, that's how I met Nico a few years ago. Thalia tended to act
differently when Nico was around, he when she was around, so Percy and I
would tease them about liking each other.
Thalia glares at me, furious and flustered, a blush creeping up her neck.
"No! Nico? That's...That's ridiculous. I do NOT like him."
"You were going to say his name while listing all of the hot guy's at our
school," I accuse her.
"Oh yeah?" she counters. "What about you? Got a crush on Kelp Head?"
I know her plan, trying to change the topic and shove the spotlight on me
so she doesn't have to admit anything. I fall for it anyways.
"Percy?" I scoff. "Puh-leez. I don't even know why you listed his name as a
"hot" guy from school."
She rolls her eyes.
"Come on. You got to admit, he is kinda cute, if not a total hottie, and I don't
even like him in that way."
It was true. Thalia and Percy are so much alike, Nico and I agree that it's
sort of freaky. It's not their looks, but how they act. They could be really
close cousins. Except for the fact that they argue. A lot. They get along like
the ocean and lightning, ready to cause a storm.
"Admit it," she orders, which is something that she's really good at, "You.
Like. Percy."
"No."
"At least admit that he's cute," She pleads.
"Percy Jackson is NOT cute, and he is anything but drool worthy. I mean,
so what he's had a lot of girlfriends? That does not mean that he's hot, it
just means that they are desperate for a boyfriend. Drool worthy is when he
makes you catch your breath and your heart stop when he smiles. When
he makes you feel dizzy in a good way when he talks to you. Not to
mention he has to be at least a little attractive. Does Percy make me feel
that way? No. I mean, sometimes I get a little bit nervous, just a smidgen,
when he walks over. But that means nothing, it's just hormones. And when
he gives me that lopsided grin, I can't help but smile too. But that's just
because smiles are contagious. Right? Is he attractive? Sure, he has nice
eyes, and they sparkle when he laughs, and he always smells fresh and
salty, like the sea, and his hair is messy, in a nice way, but he is not cute.
Nope, not at all. Not drool worthy. And do I like him? As a friend, yeah, but
nothing more. He makes me feel good, but in a friendly way, and when he
hugs me it's nice and warm and comforting. But in a friend way. No, I do not
like him, and he is absolutely, positively, definitely not drool worthy! I don't
care what you say, he isn't. At all. I mean, he has nice muscles, especially
in his legs, but that's just because he swims, he's not super buff or
anything. And he looks okay without a shirt on, but hey, lot's of guys do, so
that's not saying much if I tend to get flustered around him when all he's
wearing is a bathing suit. And he has nice lips. But he is not drool worthy, I
do not have feelings for him, and I don't think about kissing him when he
smiles. Sometimes I wonder what it would be like if he did, but that doesn't
mean that I would enjoy him cupping my face in his rough yet gentle hands
and kissing me softly on the lips while I run my fingers through his dark
hair. No. All girls do that, right? Even if it's their best friend and nothing
more. So, yeah, it's not like I'm the only girl in the universe who thinks
about their stupid, infuriating, immature guy friend and how he's a really
great person and how you like talking to them but they're not gutsy enough
to ask you out. Am I? No. Perseus Jackson is not drool worthy and I have
absolutely no interest in him whatsoever. None. Nada. You can pry all you
want, but all you'll find is that I do not have a crush on Seaweed Brain.
Nope. Not at all. Never. I don't even have that much to say about him, other
then that he. Is. Not. Drool worthy."
I catch my breath, realizing that my little speech had become more of
something along the lines of a monologue. I watch for Thalia's reaction.
She's looking at me with wide eyes, her jaw hanging open a little. This is
what comes out of her mouth;
"Wow."
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