Chapter 4

Whats this? An update?

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(Annabeths POV)I got my cabin mates settled down and eating before I started on my own dinner. I had Malcom talk to Rowan and start explaining the ropes a bit. I was talking to another one of my siblings about the structure of the Athena Parthenos and how Leo had set up the ship to rig it. But those were just words. I was barley eating, trying to work out my feelings about Piper.Beautiful Piper with her hair always a choppy mess and braided everywhere, feathers pinned seemingly at random. She dressed in ripped jeans and baggy shirts, trying NOT to look pretty. Of course, it wasn't working. She's beautiful, always has been. with her kaleidoscope eyes, full lips, dark skin. She is, without a doubt, beautiful. Its all I can do not to stare at her all day.I know shes with Jason, like I know I'm with Percy. But it seems irrelevant  when I'm with her. We're all in open relationships. We can see who we want. She loves Jason. I love Percy. But I also love Piper. Now the only problem it telling her...____________________

After dinner, I met up with Pipes again, pulling her away from her siblings."I said I'd hang out with you all day, right?" I laughed as I hooked my arm through hers and lead us to the fairly empty Strawberry fields."So, whats been up with you today? And don't try to tell me nothing, I know when you're trying to solve something." Piper said, quite sternly for the matter of which she does not know. Damn, have I really been that transparent?

"Well, you, um. You're really pretty and you've always been there for me and its like Percy all over again but so much better because it's you." I stammered, trying to get the words out before I changed my mind or lost my confidence

Piper stared at me blankly far a short moment , comprehending my words. Then a small smile took its rightful place on her lips; she places her arms around my neck, her cold hands linked on the back of it.

"Are you trying to say that you like me, Chase?" She paused, choosing her next words carefully. "Because I hope you know that the feeling is mutual."My heart fluttered. This has to be a dream. But I couldn't just leave this banter, it was too great.

"You know what would be perfect right now?" I asked, my heart starting to pound with this crazy idea.

"This?" And with that one simple word, Piper leaned forwards her lips barely brushing mine, seeming to ask for consent before I closed the almost minuscule gap. It wasn't a kiss filled with passion or anything like that. It was just a simple kiss, just lips. Still, it seemed like there were fireworks going off everywhere.

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