Just a normal day for Percy Jackson, fighting monsters, blowing stuff up, and almost getting killed. Yup just a normal day. (Percy POV) When my moms boyfriend Paul Blofis, my English teach at Goode said we were having a school dance everyone was excited except for me. Everyone started asking people because it was supposed to be like a special event like homecoming or something I wasn't paying attention. Anyway, at lunch my friend Rachel Elizabeth Dare came up to blushing her cheeks, they were so red I thought they would explode! So when Rachel came up she asked "Percy will you.. ummm… go to the dance..with me? I was taken by surprise I didn't know what to say, but then again I never know what to say. Then she said "Its ok if you don't I mean there are other people out there" "uh ill have to think about it Rachel" I said. Then a smile streamed across her face and she yelped "thanks Percy!" then she ran away faster then she had come over. After lunch I snuck out and went to the beach, I think more clearly there. So, I thought about me and Rachel going to the dance but every time I tried Rachel kept turning into Annabeth. Why! WHY IS IT THAT I CAN NEVER STOP THINKING ABOUT HER! I was so mad I want to pull Riptide out and stab the water. But as soon as my foot touched the water I immediately felt calm. So, ill ask Annabeth to the dance and if she says no then ill go with Rachel(if she hasn't already found a date. As I got home that afternoon I immediately ran to the shower, found a golden drachma turned on the shower as hot as it could go and as soon as the mist appeared I threw the coin and said "O' goddess accept my offering" "Annabeth Chase" I said. Then right there in front of me was Annabeth, "hey" I said. She looked up at me and exclaimed "Percy!" she ran to the message looking all excited and for some weird reason she was blushing. Wonder why? "hey Annabeth listen um there's something I wanna talk to you about." "Yea Percy?" she asked in wonder. "Goode is having like a kind of homecoming thing and since well I don't want to go with Rachel… will you go with me?" I waited for a really angry answer but instead I got this "Sure id love to go with you! When is it and what do I have to wear?" "Nice dress and in 1 week" I said all happy. After we said bye I disconnected the IM and happily walked out of the room. The next day my mom just had to take me suit shopping for the dance "Mom its just Annabeth" "I know Percy its not that its that well it's a formal dance and if you show up in something ratty it will make Paul look bad" "oh well that clears everything up" I said angrily. After 2 miserable hours we finally decided on a black one and went home.