ANNABETH POV.

I hopped off the train as soon the doors opened. I searched around for a familiar green eyed guy. There he was, standing by the front desk, arguing with the ticket lady.

"Annabeth!" He called, running towards me, ignoring the woman's complaints as he pushed pass the gates.

"Percy!" I said as he hugged me. "I missed you."

"I missed you too." Percy smiled and tucked my hair behind my ear. We were interrupted by the lady. "Hey, no tickets, no enter!"

She pointed towards the gate and we walked out to the front of the station.

"That lady didn't let us finish." Percy teased.

"She isn't here now." I smiled and Percy leaned down to kiss me. Our lips met and we heard an,"Aww!" Our heads shot over to the person who said that. Percy's mother was standing there, looking at us with a grin on her face.

"Mom!" Percy complained, his face red. I just laughed. We got into a cab and drove to Percy's apartment. I jumped out and looked up at the tall building, then caught Percy's eyes. He grabbed my hand and we both ran inside, leaving Sally and Paul with my suitcases. We walked into Percy's room and shut the door behind us. Percy and I sat down on his bed, telling eachother what we had done lately.

"Babysitting Bobby and Matthew." I shook my head in frustration. "Those two inever/i stop fighting about their robots."

Percy laughed. "Is everything cool with your step-mom and dad?"

I shrugged. "Yeah, kind of. Just the occasional fights if I dont do my laundry or something."

"Well, at least its better."

"Mmm." I sighed. "So what about you?"

"What about me?"

"What have you been doing, dumbo!"

"Oh." Percy said slowly. "I went to Montauk, but that's about it."

"Cool." I looked into his good-looking face. "So..."

"So...?"

"What are we going to do now?"

"I," Percy stood up and offered me a hand,"Am going to show you around New York."

"Percy." I sighed.

"What!" He protested.

"I've already seen it." I told him.

"Oh, just pretend you haven't." Percy rolled his eyes playfully.

I laughed and took his hand, then we raced downstairs and into the city.