Annabeth's P.O.V.

At Camp Half-Blood

The girls and I met up after breakfast in the Big House. Thalia even convinced the Goddess Artemis (or "Lady Artemis", as Thalia and the other Hunters address her) to come. "Sooooo..?" I asked. "Is everyone here?" We looked among each other. Piper, Silena, Thalia, me, Katie Gardner, Juniper, and who else?

"Oh, Clarisse is going to join us later" Silena said in her sweet voice (Classic Aphrodite child).

"Ah, okay." I nodded.

"So, this is an 'all-girls' thing?" Thalia asked.

"Yup." Katie replied. Thalia sighed in relief. We all knew she was a Hunter of Artemis, and it would be awkward when she was around men (or rather boys, as we joked) , and some would really bother her ( *cough*Nico*cough*). So, just for her, we made our hangout day an 'all-girls' thing.

"So, Silena," Piper asked. "What are we doing today?" We all looked at her.

"Well, I was thinking we could go to the mall, do some shopping (Oh, Gods this isn't going to be good) , then come back, play a few games, chat, snack, then sleep out under the stars." she says with a small smile.

"Mind if we come?" a familiar voice says behind us. We all turn around.

"Percy!" I said in surprise. That was Percy, all right, with Beckendorf, Travis Stoll, Conner Stoll, Nico di Angelo, and Jason Grace (Thalia's younger brother).

"Hey, Annabeth" Percy grinned. I swear I could've drooled. He probably just came back from training, since he was slightly sweating, and he looked slightly more tan, and his muscles were so... So ripped... He could tear my concentration off a book easily this past summer...

"Annabeth?" a voice says, snapping me back into reality. I then realized the boys left, and the voice was Piper's. Thank Zeus for her charmspeaking.

"Huh? Oh, what?" I said in confusion. The girls laughed.

"Percy Jackson. The one boy who can make Annabeth speechless!" they teased. I was used to this, but I couldn't help blushing.

"Shut up!" I said while laughing myself. It's true. He was the only one who could ever do so.

"So... Mall?" I asked, changing the subject.

"Yeah," Silena said. "Full makeovers!" she said.

"I'll pay" Thalia said, raising a Lotus Casino credit card. We all stared at her, our mouths dropped open wide. Then Katie shook her head as if coming out of a trance, and asked what we were all thinking.

"Where did you get that?"

"Nico gave it to me." Thalia said, and looked down a little. I'm pretty sure she was blushing, but her hair covered her eyes, and the end of her hair (which grew longer since we last saw her) was over her shoulder, and covered her other cheek.

"Yeah, sure," I said, since I'm a good friend, and I know how that feels. The fact that you really like someone and have to, in a way (and there are MANY) , admit it, it can really make you blush.

"Alright." the other girls said in unison, and we all laughed.

Thalia mouthed 'thank you' to me, and I mouthed 'no prob' back. So we left the Camp Half-Blood, all of us wearing the clothes that we preferred. I wore a simple t-shirt and denim shorts, light blue, since it reminded me of Percy, and a small shoulder bag. It had my knife in it, some money, a bottle of water, some cash (drachmas and American money) , and a book. What? It may be a girl's day, but shopping isn't much of my thing. The girls looked like regular teenagers, as if we were all innocent, and didn't have a secret that meant monsters from Ancient Greek mythology could jump out and try and kill us at any point of our lives. Ha! Here, at Camp Half-Blood, that is the myth. Those monsters are real, and we protect the mortals of Earth, with the God's help. But we need days to ourselves too, ya know? So here we are, a daughter of Zeus, a daughter of Athena, 2 daughters of Aphrodite, a daughter of Demeter, a daughter or Ares who's gonna join us later, and a dryad (tree nymph) going to the mall.