Annabeth Chase; a college student at the University of New York City, was normally very responsible. She always got straight A's (she made sure of that) and was always on time for all of her classes. She studied hard for exams, often staying up late to do the extra credit homework assignments, and always triple checked her work.

Annabeth's POV:

I awoke with a splitting headache. I felt a strong muscular arm wrapped around my bare waist, and so I rolled over on one side. To my surprise I saw a handsome man, with jet black hair and a tan complexion, facing me. I held my breath for a moment; shocked. I couldn't quite recall all of last night's events. So… I naturally ran through last night's events as best I could, with as much detail as possible.

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Flashback to earlier last night

-Last Night-

Normally, I was very responsible. I always turned in my work, and was on time for my classes. But tonight was different…

The girls (Piper, and Hazel) and I decided to head to the club for a night out. It was Piper's idea. She'd already convinced Hazel into going out, and she was usually the shy type. At first, I'd of course refused; but then she'd lectured me about how she could tell I'd been really stressed out lately. Well, of course I was stressed out! What with all of the extra curricular classes I was taking; and how I was overworking myself. She said, and I quote, that I "Needed to ease up a bit, and take a break from my studies; and have some fun for a change." As much as I hated to admit it… she was right, I needed a break from all this. "One night out," I'd told myself, I'll get back to studying tomorrow night… Oh how wrong I was.

I had decided on wearing a stormy grey mini dress, that had a nice heart shaped neckline, along with some below the shoulder straps, and a little criss-cross along the back of the rather tight fitting dress. I also decided on wearing a black choker necklace, with a pair of plain, black high heels, to complete my look. All while still keeping my outfit fairly simple.

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I was walking towards the bar to order a drink when a tall brown haired man intercepted my path. "Well hey there hot stuff!" *hicup* he said wobbling closer to me.

I could barely contain my laughter. I couldn't believe he was hitting on me; when there were tons of other girls in here, who would willingly sleep with him… Assuming that's what he wanted from me, by the way he was looking me up and down. Pervert. He was very clearly drunk, I could practically taste the alcohol on his breath; and he smelled awful.

"Can I buy you a drink!" he smirked.

He then reached forward and tried to grab my waist, in an attempt to pull me closer to him, but I side stepped out of his grasp.

"Umm, no thanks…" I said trying to sound as polite as possible.

"Awww Come'on now doll! Don't be like that. You know you want me…" he whispered in my ear trying to act seductive. He failed; I found it completely and utterly disgusting.

"No, I really don't." I said. "Now please leave me alone." I asked kindly, trying to back away from the drunken man.

Suddenly he lunged forward, aggressively grabbed my waist and kissed me hard on the mouth…

"Urghhh!" I shouted as I pushed him away from me. "Get off of me you creep!" I screamed at him. Then I slapped him across face. I quickly turned away to go to the bar when he grabbed my wrist and twisted me towards him.

"Oh c'mon, I know you liked it…" he said; with a smug smile on his face.

"Leave me alone!" I shouted; then proceeded to punch the drunken man in the face. I'd punched him square in the jaw.

The man leaned over, grabbed his jaw, and massaged it with his hand. "Aww!" he cried out in pain.

I stood there, shocked at my sudden burst of anger; when the drunk man stood upright and grabbed me by my arms and waist. I struggled to get away from him. He leaned in closer to me, and was already inches from my face when he said, "You're feisty. I like that in my women"

I stared in disgust at this man. I was about to punch him again, when all of a sudden, someone came and shoved the man from the side; pushing him into the wall in the process.

"Hey man, back off!" I could hear the anger in the man's voice. "What do you think you're doing!" he shouted. I stood there for a second, puzzled by what had just occurred. I figured, this man might have been drunk as well; and maybe he thought I was his girlfriend, or something of the sort. The stranger yelled at the drunken man again, "She asked you to leave her alone! Can't you take even the slightest, hint of when to back off? She's not f**king interested in you!" He shot the drunken man one last evil glare before turning his attention to me.

When he looked over at me, he must've noticed my shocked my face; because he then softened his expression to a small, yet stunning smile that could've immediately made any girl's heart melt. I instantly felt chills crawling up my spine. Holy Hera! The man was incredibly handsome. He had jet black hair, a surfer's tan, and eyes the most beautiful shade of green I'd ever seen. They reminded me of the ocean. I could have stared at them forever. Then he turned away and reality settled in.

The drunken man started to get up, but then he settled back down. "Jacka*s," mumbled the handsome stranger.

The handsome man looked over at me once more with those beautiful sea green eyes. My gods those eyes, they were so green, yet, they had kind of a turquoise tint to them as well. His irises seemed to go on forever. I could just stand there, thoroughly examining his eyes, for hours, and hours, and hours, and hours, and... "Anyway," the man seemed to be continuing something, I must've not been paying very close attention… "I'm really sorry about all that," he said. "My name's Percy by the way… umm, Percy Jackson."

"Oh... uh, huh, yep it's fine." I stuttered. Ugh... I am not usually at a loss for words like this. "Thank you, for umm stepping in when you did, Percy."

"Oh, it's no problem. I really hate it when jerks like him try to take advantage of pretty girls…" Percy suddenly stopped talking, but as soon as he'd said that last part he blushed crimson. "I, er... uh," He stuttered.

I let out a small laugh at him being flustered by me. I liked that he had called me pretty. "The name's Chase... Annabeth Chase." I said, mimicking James Bond.

He laughed at that. "Well then Chase… You wanna to go dance?" he asked hopefully.

"Sure," I said, "Sounds like fun Jackson." He laughed at my using of his last name.

I usually turned most guys down when they asked me if I wanted to dance or get a drink with them. Yet, I didn't turn Percy down. Why not? I don't know. I have a special feeling about him. He's different.

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Percy and I had been dancing for quite a while, but then a slow song came on… At this point, I had almost completely forgotten about me wanting to go the bar for a drink in the first place; when I began to crave a drink.

"Do you want to get some drinks?" He asked me right on cue, after the slow song had just started. He seemed to have read my mind just then. It's almost as if he knew about me wanting to get a drink.

But then, I thought for a moment… "Sure." I smiled, "But after this song, I kind of like it..."

"Sounds good," Percy said, sounding kind of surprised... "But it's pretty hard to dance to this type of song, don't you think?"

"Not if you dance slowly…" I smiled, as I looked up at him suggestively.

He smirked, getting what I was hinting at. "Oh… guess we'll have to dance slowly then, won't we?…"

"I guess we will." I said smiling. Pleased that my comment took him by surprise.

A/N: Hey guys I'm back! Rather than explaining why I was gone for so so long, I'm just going to keep writing… see you very soon! I hope you guys liked this new story idea I came up with… it's quite different from the writing style I normally do, but I wanted to give it a shot. Please leave a review and tell me what you think!

xoxoxo -Percabeth418