The Flirt (Earth 4)

XVI) The Interaction

"Hmm, what do we do before then?"

"Hmm, nothing?" I suggested but Annabeth hit me playfully.

"Oww." I complained, pouting.

"Oh, quit being a baby, I know what hurts you and what doesn't."

"You didn't know this didn't hurt me." I smirked teasingly at her, pointing to the marks on my neck.

"Shut up." She said looking away, her face tinted alittle red.

"You're so cute when you're flustered." I said then I pecked her on the lips.

We walked back to Luke and Anna.

"Well, I'm sorry, I guess I thought you were someone else." I said.

"No problem kid." He said.

I was still very uneasy around him so I held Annabeth closer to me.

We sat on the bench together, awkwardly starting conversation.

Luke kept eyeing me curiously.

"Umm, is there something wrong?" I asked.

"No, no, it's just.. you know what? Nevermind." He said looking at my neck and my cheeks immediately flushed bright red. I readjusted my hoodie so it covered it up better. "You guys are 17 right?"

"Yeah." Annabeth said.

"You've been popping up on my screen everywhere. You two look good together." He smiled at us. A genuine smile. Not the one he gave me when he let a scorpion almost kill me.

I rubbed the back of neck awkwardly.

"Is it true your married?" He asked.

I nodded.

"Wow, I'm 26 and I don't even have a girlfriend. What're your plans?" He asked.

"Travel, I guess." I shrugged.

"Oh, cool, I travel too. Where have you two been?"

"Well, we've been to California," I said, yeah, I meant Cali as in Camp Jupiter but I couldn't tell him that, "We've also been to Italy and Greece." For quests.

"Cool, I've been to Greece too. I'm planning to go back soon. What about you?"

"Well, we're planning to go somewhere.. far." Annabeth said simply.

"Far?" He asked.

"Yeah, we're not too sure where yet." I added.

We got up and started walking around a little.

"Hey, I-" Luke's phone started ringing. "Sorry, I gotta take this."

He walked away to talk.

"He seems nice." Annabeth said.

"I still don't trust him too much, you should be careful around him." I told Anna.

"But.. I've known him for so long, he wouldn't do anything bad."

"I once trusted him too, I won't let you make the same mistake I did." I said.

"Just be careful around him, he might be different." Annabeth reassured.

"I'm sorry guys, I have to go." Luke said running up towards us.

"No problem, my breaks soon over anyway." Anna said.

"We should do this again." He smiled at us.

I tensely nodded.

We walked around for a little longer, hand in hand.