Since there was such a great response to my latest story, "Tossing and Turning", I decided to write another story. If you like this one check out "Tossing and Turning" and "Trouble on Olympus." Please review!

Disclaimer: I don't own Percy Jackson and the Olympians.

Just Do It!

"Just do it!" said Grover disgustedly as he twirled his spaghetti. We were sitting at my father's table for lunch but I wasn't eating much. "Look, Percy, I know you like her. Just ask her. You'll enjoy yourself." My best friend was talking about my other friend, Annabeth. He had been pressuring me to ask her out for a while now but I'm always too nervous too. Grover was right, I did like her. But she had been my best friend for four years now and I didn't want to ruin that. I didn't realize I was staring at her until she looked up and we locked eyes. I quickly looked down at my half eaten plate of spaghetti. What if she didn't like me back? What if things got weird between us and we stopped talking? What if it didn't work out and we became worst enemies? But then again, what if everything went well? What if I actually enjoyed myself? What if… "Percy! If you don't do it then I'll just do it for you."

"Okay, okay! I'll do it…" Grover got a huge smile on his face. "After lunch," I added quickly.

"I'll make sure you do," he said as he went back to the kitchen for seconds.

"Great," I thought to myself. "How the Hades am I going to get the guts to do this. I can fight a Minotaur, yeah. But asking my best friend out on a date, that was hard."

After lunch I slowly walked over to archery. On my way there I felt a tap on my right shoulder. I looked over and no one was there. I turned to find Annabeth on my left, giggling. "Hey, Seaweed Brain!" she said with a smile on her face.



"Hey, Wise Girl," I said, trying to hide my nervousness. I looked over at saw Grover hiding in some bushes motioning me to ask Annabeth that dreaded question. "Hey…um…Annabeth…"

"Yeah, Percy?" she replied as we continued walking.

"I was um…kind of wondering if maybe…you uh…"

"Just spit it out!" she said with a questioning look on her face.

"Iwaskindofwoderingifmaybeyouwantedtogoonadatewithmetomorrow," I said, looking down at my feet and nervously rubbing my hands together. It would have taken someone who had known me for a while to translate what just came out of my mouth.

"Sure," she finally said,"That sounds fun."

"G-great. So after breakfast?"

"Sounds good. I'll see you later."

"Yeah. Bye." I finally did it. I, Percy Jackson, was going on a date with Annabeth Chase. I let out a huge smile of relief and immediately became excited for tomorrow.

I woke up the next morning as happy as I have been in a long time. I put on my coolest clothes and messed up my hair the way Annabeth does when I ask her how it looks. I had the perfect plan for the day. First we would take a cab into New York City. Then we would go roller blading through Central Park. Next we would go see Journey to the Center of the Earth. Then we would get something to eat before we went back to camp. I walked to breakfast a little bit earlier than normal. When I sat down at the table Grover immediately leaned back in his seat. "Jeez, Percy," he said as he whipped his hand in front of his nose. "You think you over did it a little on the cologne?"

"Nope." The whole time during breakfast Annabeth kept looking up at me smiling. I smiled back but my stomach was doing flip-flops.



After breakfast I waited outside for Annabeth to come. "Hey!" she said as she walked out the doors of the Mess Hall.

"Hey," I replied. "You ready?" She nodded and we were on our way. The cab ride was great. It was kind of quiet but I liked being alone with her. The whole ride there I was thinking the same thing over and over again. Please no monsters. We arrived at Central park and strapped on the skates I had brought from camp. We actually weren't that bad at it. I was having a great time. It was all smiles. There were a couple times where there were some awkward hand holding moments when we lost our balance. But I enjoyed it. And best of all no monsters.

The movie was amazing. Somewhere in the middle I put my arm around Annabeth. A bold move I know but she seemed to like it. Plus the only monsters were the ones in the movie. We walked out of the theater hand in hand, smiling, talking, and laughing. But everything changed when we noticed something standing outside the theater. It was something more horrible than any monster we ever fought. Something that stopped me dead in my tracks. "Mom?" said Annabeth as we met our doom.

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