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“Piper?” she heard Percy say her name rolling beautifully off her tongue.
“Hey Percy, it's been awhile.”
Percy could only stand there in her doorway as she saw someone she never thought she would ever see again standing on her porch, truthfully she didn't expect to see any of her old friends besides maybe Grover ever again. It wasn't like she was avoiding them…..ok it was exactly like that.
But she didn't think anyone would actually come visit her! Now here Piper was right in front of her like a giant walking ‘Fuck You’ from the universe, and dont get her wrong she loved Piper, one of her best friends, but shit the last time she saw her in person was almost 7 years ago now. Did she feel like shit for practically all but ghosting her friends? Yeah definitely, but her own feelings on the matter weren't the dam point.
“Uhh Percy?” That quickly snapped Percy out of her thoughts.
“Oh uh, sorry got lost in my head for a second there, what did you say?” Percy quickly responded in an attempt to not embarrass herself in front of one of her closest friends.
“I was asking if I could come inside. If you don't mind?” Piper said with a small lopsided smile, Percy had always thought that her smile was absolutely adorable, it just naturally screamed cheeky mischief was somehow afoot. Not that she would have ever told her that, for one at the time they were both dating people already so it would have been inappropriate, but they had only known each other for a few months at best, and it would have just been awkward.
“Oh yeah, of course, I'm sorry. Of course you can come inside, just let me pour you something to drink. Any preferences?” Percy stood to the side as Piper walked inside.
“Uh, I would love some tea if you have any.”
“Great, I already have some brewed Just let me pour you a cup.” Percy walked off to the kitchen to get Piper some tea. Piper walked to the center of the living room before doing a quick twirl to get a glance at the full thing.
This place just screamed Percy in all the best ways, to Piper it looked like if Cabin 3 was made for one person and then mixed with an Alternative store. Not to mention how cozy it was, Piper could definitely see kids happily running around her- Pipe quickly snapped out of that particular train of thought. ‘No No No, Piper Percy just graciously invited you inside her home, you CANNOT be fantasizing stuff like that about your very good friend.’ She quickly diverted her attention to the very big creature of floof that was laying on one of the couches.
“Miss O’Leary! How are you doing girl!” Piper quickly walked up to the very large hellhound and started giving her belly rubs, O’Leary had been one of Percy’s main strategies to cheer Piper up after Jason’s death, I mean who could possibly stay sad when a pupper the size of a buffalo was begging for attention and being cute. “Oh I missed you so much girl!”
O’Leary promptly responded with licks to the face, for a ‘vicious’ hellhound, she is very friendly when she wants to be. “Aww are you giving me kisses sweet baby?” Now ... .in any other circumstance Piper would never drop herself down to baby talk, however this was a big old sweetheart of a dog she was petting…..so her reservations were quickly thrown out a window.
“So Bagpipes, what brings you to my humble abode.” Percy said as she poured Piper her cup of tea, placing the cup in front of one of the counter chairs, where Piper proceeded to sit down.
“Still going with that nickname are we?” Piper deadpanned her tone, holding hidden amusement as she took a sip of the freshly poured tea.
“Well your name is Piper, plus I saw you kill a guy with bagpipes, I will never forget his screams.” Percy just kind of stared off for a few seconds afterwards as if going through a war flashback, before they both just started laughing.
“Your sass never changed, did it?” Piper said with a slight glint in her eye.
“I like to think it’s part of my charm.” Percy said with her hand placed to her chest like a southern woman in shock, her arm flexed in a way that Piper was trying her best to ignore. “Anyway, why are you here again?”
“Ah right sorry, I just needed a break from everything and Hawaii was just the most out of the way option. Sorry if I'm bothering your solitude.” Piper did genuinely feel bad about this, she knew deep down that Percy was out here because she just didn't want to be bothered by her old life again, and she was just a complication in that plan.
“Oh you're fine, my coworkers think I need the social interaction anyway. But it takes a lot to get under your skin so what could have possibly stressed you out enough to-.” That's when Percy noticed the look on Piper’s face. “Noooo, not you and Chel, you guys were adorable together!”
“If by adorable you mean ‘constantly at each other's throats’ then you would be right.” Piper wasn't surprised Percy instantly clocked the reason she was here, she had always been emotionally intelligent like that, it was one of the qualities she lov- Liked! She Liked! About her…..nice save.
Percy looked at Piper for a few seconds before giving her a big goofy smile. “Ok that settles it, you're staying here for the duration of your trip, and tomorrow night we’re going out on the town, I know a great bar we can go to.”
“Wait really?” Percy was actually letting her stay, Percy had always been protective of her stuff, not out of greed or anything, but they were some of the few things she had that were ‘Hers’.
“Yeah, you can sleep in my room, I’ll take the couch, and that is NOT up for debate.” Piper….was sleeping in Percy’s bed……..Piper went red.