A/N: Hey fanfictioners! I'm totally new to this site but I wanted to try a fic and see how it goes. Please review! Praise treasured, constructive criticism welcomed, flames used to make s'mores. Ciao!

Disclaimer: Since this is my first time I'll be nice and say it. I do not own Percy Jackson and the Olympians. Happy?

Storm

The daughter of Athena winced as thunder boomed outside of her cabin. The lightning that had flashed only a second before was so bright it must have been right outside her window, and she shivered as she buried herself farther under the covers. She hated thunderstorms. She would never tell anyone this; of course, she had a reputation to uphold. But as she closed her eyes and began futiley counting sheep, she realized there was no point in trying anymore. She was terrified, and there was no way she was falling asleep tonight.

She was considering getting up and working on some more designs for Olympus when she heard it. A long, slow, creaking sound. The door to her cabin had slowly swung open, and framed by the doorway, with the storm as a background, was a tall, shadowy figure. It was holding a tall, gold sword, and as it took three slow, deliberate steps toward her bunk, she hid under her comforter, peeking out of one corner. Her blood turned cold as the figure stared down at her with piercing green eyes, and-Wait, gold sword? Green eyes? It was-"Percy!" she yelled as she tackled her boyfriend to the ground. Relief coursed through her veins as he planted sweet kisses in her soft blonde hair. They stayed like that for a while until Annabeth realized that he must've come for a reason and stood up, brushing herself off and helping him up off the ground.

"Percy, what are you doing here?" she asked as she rearranged her hair.

His eyes twinkled in the moonlight. "I wanted to see if you would go on a date with me," he said.

Annabeth thought about asking him why he had snuck into her cabin at one in the morning to ask her out, but at the moment she was too grateful to have some company during the storm. "Okay," she said agreeably. "When?"

He gave her a sarcastic grin. "Right now." He pulled her into the storm.

They were out for hours, searching for seashells along the beach. They raced each other along the thin strip of land and drew pictures in the sand that were soon washed away by the turbulent waves. Though the storm never let up- if anything, it got stronger- they never once noticed the thunder or the lightning, although Annabeth did notice that she never got wet when holding her Seaweed Brain's hand.

The best thing that they did was plunge under the waves for a late night swim. They splashed each other and laughed, and for the finale, he took her underwater in a specially created air bubble. It was beautiful down there. She could see all of the currents when she was holding his hand, and the fish down there were many beautiful colors. They swam patterns around their bubble, spinning and flipping and performing underwater acrobatics.

Percy took Annabeth back to her cabin just as the first gray streaks of dawn broke through the lightning-filled sky. He gave her a short, sweet kiss, and she smiled into it. He broke gently away and leaned his forehead against hers, grinning hugely.

"Thank you," she said. "For taking me out tonight. It was a great date."

He grinned slyly. "No problem. I know how scared you are of thunderstorms."

She broke away from him, scowling. "I am not scared of thunderstorms!" she said indignantly. "I'm not scared of anything."

"Except spiders."

"Shut up, Seaweed Brain."

He raised his hands in mock submission. "Good night, Wise Girl."

"Good night, Seaweed Brain."

Percy gave her one last kiss before running off to the Poseidon cabin. She smiled after him and stepped inside her own cabin. Then she shut the door.

What do you think? I think it was pretty good for my first fanfic. PM me if you have any suggestions, and as always, REVIEW PLEASE! Ciao!