Disclaimer- I don't own Percy Jackson

I don't know what I was thinking. It was a really stupid idea to try and surprise her. I should have known she was going to totally freak out.

It all started that morning. It was Annabeth's birthday. She was turning 21 and she was as beautiful as ever. I woke up next to her. She was asleep, her cheek was smushed into the pillow and her hair was a wild mess around her face. She always makes fun
of me because I drool; I never really told her that she does too. I guess I like it how she teases me. I must have been staring at her cute little face for hours. She looked like a little kid, she look so peaceful lying there, like nothing bad had
ever happened to us. She began to stir; I decided it would freak her out if she caught me staring at her, so I pretended to sleep. I felt her sit up, my eyes close. I heard her yawn and couldn't help but smile.

" I know you're up seaweed brain." She said. I rolled over and started laughing my face off. She sounded so funny all mad and tiredat the same time. "What?" she said, standing with her hands on her hips. "Happy birthday wise girl." I said, sweeping
my hair out of my face. "Mmmhmm" she replied sitting back down on the messy bed. "I have some really awesome stuff planned today." I said grabbing her and ticking her until she begged me to stop. "I'm gonna get you!" I screamed as she ran through
our apartment towards the bathroom. She ran in and locked the door laughing. " You'll never catch me!"

I decided to give up and go put the tv on. I texted our friends about something.

Percy- Come to the apartment around four, I'll take Annabeth to dinner, that should be enough time to get the place set up.

Nico- ok we will be there.

Grover- Where is the key gonna be?

Percy- Under the mat.

Hazel- ok Percy stop worrying. Annabeth will love it!

Percy- She better.

Annabeth stepped out of our bathroom with a towel around her. She cracked a huge smile. "I'm going to get dressed, can't wait for my birthday dinner!"

"Hurry up." I said, " I have something fun for us to do before the dinner."

If there is one thing I love about Annabeth, it's that she doesn't take forever to get ready. She came out from our bedroom with some jean shorts, a plaid shirt and her black Conversts. Her curly blond hair, which she had cut to her shoulders, was held
by a pair of sunglasses. She looked beautiful. She looked like one of those girls you see on the street, dressed just like every other girl, but you can't help but stare because she is ten times more beautiful than any of them. She looked like my
Annabeth. " wow." Was all I could manage to say.

"Come on Percy." She responded," I want to go where we are going." I smiled and lead her out of the apartment, into the busy streets of New York, and called us a cab.