Ben Morton

I was sitting on the beach with my friends Lisa, James, Timothy, and Samantha (a.k.a. Sam). You could say that I'm the most popular guy in school. I have strawberry blonde hair that is gelled up to a point and a muscular structure. I'm the leader of the football team, but I don't act like a brat. People think Oh he's the captain and he hangs out with those people what a jerk. Well I can assure you that my heart is bigger than my ego.

Any way, we were just chilling in the sand talking about what to do over summer, since yesterday was our last day of school. A gray Sedan pulled up to the packed parking lot and two kids got out. The driver was the most beautiful girl I had ever seen. She had long curly blonde hair pinned up in a pony tail and a tan athletic body. Aviator sunglasses shielded her eyes and she wore a a gray bikini.

The passenger door shut close and a handsome boy stood there. He had ruffled black hair with sea green eyes. He had a very toned and muscular body, as well as a six pack. A towel was thrown around his neck and he wore blue swim trunks. The two teenagers made their way through the crowded beach looking for a spot. They came up to us and asked if they could set up next to us. We nodded and they set up an umbrella with an enormous towel.

"My name is Percy by the way," The boy stuck out his hand.

"I'm Lisa," Lisa flirted despite her boyfriend James being right next to her.

I rolled my eyes and grabbed Percy's hand, "I'm Ben and you obviously know Lisa."

Lisa gave a sweet wave and bat her eye lashes.

"This is James..."

"Lisa's boyfriend," James interrupted as he put an arm over her shoulder.

"And that is Tim and Sam, they are siblings," Ben finished.

"It's nice to meet you," The girl said, "My name is Annabeth."

We sat and talked for awhile with them and they were actually pretty cool. Although, as Percy talked about his friends I couldn't take my eyes off Annabeth. She was just so gorgeous. When Annabeth turned her gaze towards me I immediately looked down at the sand.

Out of nowhere Tim blurt out, while Percy was talking, "Do you want to go out?"

Everyone went wide eyed and Tim put both hands over his mouth. They both looked stunned but Annabeth cleared her throat which broke the silence.

"I'm sorry, but I kinda have a boyfriend," Annabeth said.

"You do?" I said to loudly than I wanted.

"Yeah it's this dork," Annabeth pointed at Percy.

I mentally smacked myself. Why didn't I think of that sooner, obviously they would be dating. I mean how would two people that look like that just be friends, it's crazy.

"Oh yeah duh," I said trying to act normal.

We started to ask questions about their relationship and we got to know them even better. My "feelings" for Annabeth were thrown out the window after I found out she was taken. Even then I don't even think I had any feelings for Annabeth, I mean I only thought she was hot to be honest. We started to tell each other jokes or riddles as we packed up. My friends crowded around Percy as he told them another fish joke.

Annabeth and I carried our stuff to our cars. We were luckly parked right next to each other so we just talked for a little bit.

"Hey do u want to hear something funny?" I asked.

"Sure."

"Ok so remember when Tim asked if he could take you on a date?"

"Yeah..."

"Well u can tell Percy but don't tell anybody else. Tim is actually gay."

Annabeth was wide eyed then burst out laughing, since she knew what Percy's reaction was going to be. Percy walked up to me and pulled me aside.

He spoke only one sentence to me before walking over to Annabeth, "Sometimes you have that friend who wants to take the relationship a step forward."

I stood there confused as Percy walked back up to the group who were whispering among themselves. I felt a hand on my shoulder and spun around. Sam was standing there with a worried expression.

"Are you ok?" She asked.

I nodded and then she punched me in the arm.

"Ow what was that for?"

She just shrugged and walked away. I ran up and threw her over my shoulder. I ran us towards the ocean and jumped in with her screaming. We ended up having a splashing fight and laughing. She ran towards me and jumped on me, knocking me down. She lay on top of me laughing and then she looked in my eyes. Her crystal blue eyes was soft and her brown hair was soaked. It was then I realized how beautiful she looked. Without thinking I leaned up and pressed my lip against hers. It was the best kiss I had ever experienced in my life.

"Well it's about time," I heard Lisa's voice.

"Get a room you two," James called out.

We started to laugh and we picked ourselves out of the water. We exchanged our good-byes and got in the car and left. Many years later I was standing at the alter with Percy as a groom and Annabeth as a bridesmaid. If it wasn't for Percy and Annabeth I probably wouldn't be marrying the love of my life, Sam.