Finally the wait was over. It was that day. The day for which I've been waiting for so long. It was the day of Annabeth's birthday party!!!! And also our first date(if you call a hangout with 6 girls including her as a date). Boy, wasn't I excited. I called her up in the morning and confirmed all the details of today's party. And I gave her the idea to tell others to come half an hour later than me and her. That way, we'd have some private time together and can hangout, have ice cream, chill etc. I took a bath and shampooed my hair. I put on my best shirt, rolled up the sleeves to elbow length, pulled on a casual beige pants and a pair of sneakers. As planned I reached there on time and patiently waited for Annabeth. Soon enough, a red coloured Camaro rolled up with a familiar licence plate number. I smiled and thought to myself, "here she comes. Oh, her mom's there. Time to impress her". I went towards the car, I opened the door and stepped back to allow her to come out. I was itching to hold her hand and help her out, but upon second thought I declined, because that would make things go too far. I smiled at my to be mother-in-law and said, "How're you Mrs. Chase?"
She replied, "I am quite fine Percy, Thank you. How're you?"
I said, "Me too Mrs. Chase. More than fine now. Don't you worry about Annabeth Mrs Chase, I promise, I won't let anything happen to her". She just smiled in response and waved us goodbye.
Annabeth waved to her mom and turned to me. I said,"Well we have 30 minutes honey. Let's make them count??"
She said, "Sure Love." and winked irresistibly. I gestured my arm toward her and she took it. Then we walked towards the plaza.