Charlie shrugged. Was there any reason not to dive right in to the dreaded Percy topic? He couldn't think of any solid one that wasn't just his own cowardice. If he avoided it entirely it might look like he was jealous, or worried. He wasn't jealous, was he? Maybe just a little. After all, Percy had seen the girl Charlie was dating naked.
"Are you worried about your meeting with Percy?" he asked after a mental debate that felt like minutes but was really about twenty-five seconds.