Percy POV

Tonight Percy and Grover are going out. It's been a while. School has been taking most of their time away. But tonight will be different. Grover is already planning on hitting on some girls.

They're on their way to a bar right now. It's already dark outside, and Percy feels pretty amazing. It's not every day that you get to see that much stars in New York. They get inside and order a drink.

"I'm going to be so wasted…" Grover says. Percy grins. "Don't worry, I'll carry you home if I have to."

"Well, you know, you can always leave me with some hot chick." They both laugh. It feels good to just be there, talk and laugh, about the most stupid things, without having to bother about school or homework.

"You can definitely leave me here with her…" Grover says, looking somewhere behind Percy.

When Percy turns around, he sees a blond girl entering. She has incredible eyes. They're grey and stormy, it's like you can see all her emotions in only her eyes.

For one second, their eyes cross, or at least he thinks they do. And that one second he just forgets how to breathe. She's very pretty… He has never seen someone that beautiful. Her blond curly hair is a mess, and that makes her look even more mysterious.

"Percy…Percy!" "Yes?!" "Stop staring…" "I wasn't staring…" "Yes, you were" Grover grins.

"Well, maybe I was…Sorry, what were you saying?"

Annabeth POV

Annabeth is very tired. It's been weeks since she's slept properly. Those terrible nightmares keep torturing her, and she doesn't know what to do about it. So today, she decided to go for a drink. Maybe more.

When she enters the bar it's like a wave of heat hitting her. At first it bothers her, but after a few seconds she decides she likes it. She's going to like everything tonight. Nothing will ruin this evening.

She looks around. Everything seems normal. Then her eyes meet two other eyes. Sea-green eyes. She thinks she has seen those before. It feels like she stares into those eyes for centuries, before she even notices, those eyes have a face. And there's really nothing wrong about that face.

She looks away… she can't meet any strangers tonight. It's not on her list. Annabeth loves writing lists. Well, no… She loves knowing what she's doing and having a plan. And today's plan is to not care. At all.

She takes of her coat and sits down, a few tables away from the sea-green-eyed-boy. And then she orders a drink.

Percy POV

It's already really late. Percy and Grover have been having a great time. For the past two hours they've been rating all the girls in the bar.

"How much would you give that one?"

"She's very pretty, but she's wearing to much make-up. Look at her, I don't even know if it's her real face I'm seeing." Percy answers.

"You're probably right, but I think she's kind of hot."

"Go talk to her! She's been looking at you anyways." Percy chuckles. Grover is already getting up. But suddenly he turns around… "There's one condition" he says with an evil grin.

"And what would that be?" Percy's a little scared, Grover can have some pretty fucked-up ideas sometimes.

"You go talk to that girl, the one with the grey eyes." But Percy loves this idea. The girl has been sitting there for a long time, and she didn't talk to anyone. At first he thought she would've had a date. But nobody came.

He got up and walked to her table. She didn't even look up, so he just sat down. After 5 minutes she looked up. Her eyes were filled with sadness, and maybe even tears. But Percy didn't know for sure.

"Hi, I'm Percy Jackson." "Annabeth."

Percy POV

It's just a whisper. But Percy doesn't need more to realize she's drunk. "Annabeth…" He whispers. He likes the sound of it in his mouth. She smiles, it's not a real smile. It's like she's trying to show she heard him.

"You have beautiful eyes, do you know that? I could drown in them, and I wouldn't even care."

She says it with a tired voice, like her whole life is being blown out of her. It takes him a while to realize what she said.

"I'm so drunk right now." She starts laughing, but soon her laugh turns into crying. The tears flow down her cheeks and her shoulders shake every time she tries to breathe normally.

"You k-know, I'm not like thi-this. Usually I-I'm very smart and stuff. I don't know why I-I drank this much. I wasn't thinking…S-see! This is not like me, I'm so sorry…"

For a second Percy wants to comfort her and hold her in his arms. He doesn't even know this girl, but he feels like he can't leave her like this. He opens his mouth to say something but…

"Life sucks… I feel like I'm nothing. I keep being smart and do the things that are supposed to be right, but I'm not happy… What is it like to be happy? Could you tell me? This is stupid, is it always like this when people are drunk? I'm acting like… I don't know… What was I saying?"

Annabeth POV

Gods, sea-green-eyed-boy is sitting in front of me. I have to stop being drunk… Come on Annabeth, you have done harder things than this.

Percy Jackson… That's his name. It fits him… Shit, I have to answer. Annabeth. I'm Annabeth.

Did he hear me? He just said something… I didn't hear him. Let's just smile, I should be able to do that.

He has beautiful eyes, I could drown in them. I wouldn't even care.

Holy shit, I just said that out loud?! Is this being drunk? I'm just saying everything that comes into my head. This is not good, I'm going to say stupid things. I'm so drunk.

It makes me laugh… The silliness of the whole situation makes me laugh. And then I look into his eyes and it makes me want to cry. So I cry… I guess that's one of the perks of being drunk. I can just cry, without being looked at like a crazy person.

Then there's a black moment. What was I talking about again?