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Percy's POV

My friends and I laughed as Evan told another joke. "Hey Percy." He said, getting my attention again. I looked up at my friends.

There was Evan,the jokester, Clark, the sensible one, Troy, the friend who had lots of one night standers with girls, Kyle, the one who decided to come to the bar for to celebrate his masters in culinary, and me, the crazy friend.

"I said I'm pretty sure that group of girls came here for a bachelorette party. " Evan said, pointing to a group of girls.

There was a girl who looked like a quiet and collected girl usually but had been introduced to the now empty glass of wine. There was another girl who had choppy hair and was laughing at a girl who I'm guessing was the bride.

The bride was downing shots with auburn haired twins. The bride looked Chinese, with long black hair. But the one out of the group of girls that caught my eye was the one sitting on a barstool.

She had long blonde hair, like princess curls, she was wearing skinny jeans and a three quarter sleeve peplum top with lace up high heel boots. She was just sitting on the side and rubbing her temple with a grin on her face.

She caught my gaze and sent a smile. She sat there for a while and then decided to come walk to us. "Can I sit?" She asked, pointing at our empty chair. I pulled it out for her and she sat down.

"Part of the bachelorette party?" Kyle asked, smirking. She laughed, making my heart beat faster, and said, "Sadly yes." We all laughed. "I'm Percy." I said, holding out my hand. "Annabeth." She said, shaking my hand with a smile.

The guys introduced themselves, shaking her hand. She watched over her friends. A guy went to talk to the girl that looked like she was usually quiet and collected. "Be right back." Annabeth said, got up and walked towards her friend.

She talked to the guy for a bit and he left her friend. She came back and sat down with a sigh. "What are you supposed to be doing?" I asked, laughing. "I'm watching over my friends. Making sure they don't do something stupid." Se said, shrugging.

"So you watching over the bride?" Clark asked. "Actually I'm watching over the bridesmaids. My friend Thalia over there, punk rock girl, can get a bit carried away with her shots." She explained, chuckling.

"So you're like fairy godmother?" Troy asked, smirking. "Bingo." She said and sat back. Her friend Thalia came over. "Annie!" She said. "Have a tequila!" She said, handing Annabeth a shot.

"Thanks Thals." She said, taking the shot glass and putting it on the table. "Say, how about ou go off the shots for a while. I will tell the bartender to bring you some vodka." She said, smiling at her friend. "Okay!" She said.

Once Thalia left, she called over a waiter. "Get Thalia a glass of water. If she asks for a vodka, say sure and refill her glass with water." She told him. He laughed and did as she said. Thalia sent her a thumbs up from across the bar. "She's drunk." She said, turning back to us.

We all laughed. "Do one of you guys want this?" She asked, holding up the sho glass. "You don't drink?" Kyle asked. "I drink, but not shots and not tonight. I cannot get drunk on the job." She said.

Troy shrugged and drank the shot. Thalia came pack and set a tray of five tequilas on the table. "Looked like you are actually drinking tonight!" She said, happily.

"Yip." Annabeth said. She left and Annabeth turned to us. She pushed the shots to the middle of the table. "Knock yourselves out." She said. "Do you seriously not have shots?" Troy asked.

"No, I find absolutely no pleasure in finding out how tequila effects my brain." She said. "Wait, you've never had a shot before?" Evan sked, shocked. "You have to try at least one of these." He said.

"Are you trying to tempt me?"

"Possibly."

"You're a bad influence." She said, chuckling.

"Look. I hate shots. I will have one if you do." I said. She eyed me for a while, then a smirk grew on her face. "Sure." We each took a shot. She didn't ate her eyes off mine as we each had a shot. I smirked, having tricked her.

I didn't mind shots, I just wanted to see what she thought of tequila. We all watched as she screwed her face up. "Oh my god." She said, wiping her mouth with the back of her hand.

"That's vile!" We all laughed. She ordered a beer and had a few gulps to make the taste go away. "Um, guy approaching auburn haired girl." I pointed out. She quickly got up and went over to them.

The guy looked her up and down and tried getting her to dance with him. She must have said something threatening as he backed away and left the bar completely.

"Ass." She muttered as she sat down with us. "What did he want?" I asked. "To take my back to his place." She said. I felt anger grow in me. I didn't know why though, I hardly knew her.

"Annabeth, can we leave before Thalia starts dancing?" The Chinese girl asked, walking up to us. "Sure." She said. The Chinese girl looked at us then smirked at Annabeth.

" Don't." she warned, getting up from her seat. Hr friend laughed and walked away. She gave us smiles. "It was nice meeting you guys. But I am of to go sleep before having to deal with Thalia's headache tomorrow."

She smiled at us, but hold her gaze longer with me. She gave me a smile then went to her friends and left. "Oh, she likes you." Evan said, nudging me. "What are you talking about?" I asked.

"You like her back." Troy said, nudging me. "Just because you guys have girlfriends, besides you Troy, doesn't mean you have to set me up with someone." I said, finishing my beer.

"Dude! She's hot!" Troy exclaimed as we payed and left. "Yeah, which means she probably has a boyfriend." I said. "You like her though." Clark said, smirking at me. "Maybe." I said, getting in my car. I smiled at the thought of her as I drove to my house.