Chapter 1 ( Percy's P.O.V )

" Thalia this is so stupid!" I said

Me and my cousin Thalia were heading to this ball her dad Zeus was holding for some big victory he had. I could have cared less but since Thalia was my cousin I had to go. BTW me and Thalia are only going together because her boyfriend, Nico Di Angelo, could only come an hour after it started and I just didn't have anyone to go with. Thalia was probley the nicest person you ever meet. SHe just doesn't look it. She has choppy dark hair and rarely wears a color brighter that blue. So as usual tonight she was wearing a sleevless black dress and the only visable color was her eyes. They are bright blue.

" Percy," Thalia began " It's not my fault that you couldn't find a date. Also if this is so stupid than why did you bother coming?"

" Because if I didn't my dad would kill me." It's true. My dad Posidan was very proud. If I didn't show up he would get really mad at I got out of the car anyway because Thalia glared at me. Her glares aren't very fun. Before I could even walk inside I bumped into a really pretty girl. She had blonde princess curls, and was wearing a sea green and gray, strapless stripped dress, that went down to her knees. when she turned around I saw her eyes. They were a stormy gray that could be severly intimadating but beautiful at the same time if that was even possible.

" Hi, um sorry I bumped into you. I wasn't looking. " Wow, that smooth.

" It's no big deal." She said " I'm Annabeth."

"Percy"

Even her name was pretty.

" Nice to meet you. Were you going into the ball?" Annabeth asked.

" Yeah. You?"

" Yup." We both started walking in. " Are you here with anybody?" She asked.

" Yeah. I came here with my cousin Thalia. She said she was going to wait outside for her boyfriend. You?"

" No. I would have came here with my boyfriend, Luke, but we broke up last week so I toke his ticket back."

" Well," I started " Since we both have no one to go with why don't we go together, as friends."

" Sure."

So we keep walkin till we reached the main ballroom. I looked over at Annabeth and her eyes lit up as she looked around. There were already about 200 people on the dance floor already but I could tell she could care less at who was dancing.

" What are you stareing at?" I asked.

" The archture of this place is amazing."

" You're into archecture?"

She blushed. It was really cute. " Yeah. I want to become and acrhtect one day." she confesed " What about you? What are your dreams for the future?"

I had to think about that one. " I'm nopt really sure. I guess something with water. I love swimming."

We kept talking like this till a really good slow song came on.

" Hey you want to dance?" I asked. I stinked at dancing but maybe I could fake that I had only ONE left foot for one song.

" Sure." We walked out on to the dance floor holding hands. Once we started dancing we stopped talking. All I could do was stare into her wonderful gray eyes. So pretty...

"Hey Percy," Annabeth said. Bringing me back to reality.

"Yeah?"

" It's getting really crowded. Want to head to the gardens?" I looked around and saw that it was gettign a bit crowded but not to bad. But a trip to the gardens couldn't kill a guy. I said sure and pulled her out of the dance floor. Once we got out we strolled around till we got to this huge pond. It was picture perfect. There were lilypads, floating in it and the water was crystal clear.

" Look a gazebo." I pointed across the pond. Annabeth looked surprised that I knew the name of the thing.

" What? Can't I be smart once and awhile." I heard her mutter something under her breath as we walked toeards the gazebo.

" Whay was that?" I asked.

She looked up at me and smirked " I said Seaweed Brain."

" Seaweed Brain? Really?" I laughed.

" Yeah really."

" Well, Wisegirl, I think that makes no sense!"

" Wisegirl? Were did you get Wisegirl? I got Seaweed Brain from the fact that you don't seem to smart and you love to swim so much. Plus what else could fit in your brain?"

" I don't know!It was the first thing that came to mind! But I guess Seaweed Brain is better than Thalia's. Her's is like Kelp-for-brains of something."

Annabeth laughed. It was like hearing bells ring. We stood in the gazebo and stared at each other. Like nothing else mattered in the would except this moment. So I wasn't going to waste it. I cupped her face and leaned in slowly, she leaned in as well. We were not even centimeters away from each other. I decided that it was worth the risk and kissed Annabeth.