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I walked into work the next day still confused about the day before. I walked into my office and checked my calendar for today. Not that I had made it, I was not that organized. Annabeth had laid it out on my desk.

Speaking of which, she came in then looking as beautiful as ever.

"Good morning," she said politely.

"Hey Annabeth, so we got another meeting today?" I asked casually.

"Yes, this one is with a couple people from the firm. There is some paperwork that needs to be done before that though."

I groaned, I hated paperwork. "Really? Do we have too?" I whined.

She nodded, "Yes, it needs to be done. I'll be helping you though."

"Then it's okay, as long as you're here," I grinned at her, and grinned even more when she blushed slightly.

And so we sat down, working in relative silence. After a while though I was getting restless.

"Agh! This is impossible! Exactly why I don't like business!"

"I'll get these for you," Annabeth said taking the files.

"You are a lifesaver. Also thanks for yesterday."

"It's nothing," she mumbled then bent her head over the paperwork. I frowned, the whole time I had spent with her she had been polite but formal way, more formal than yesterday. I didn't like that, at all.

"We are going to take a break!" I declared.

She looked at me confused, "What?"

"We are going to take a break. Let's get some coffee, I'm practically falling asleep here."

"Do you want me to get it for you?" she offered.

"No, I mean we go, now. So let's go!" I motioned for her to follow me.

"Um, well I should finish these-"

"Nope, you're coming with me."

She sighed and followed me out.

As we entered Starbucks the smell of coffee greeted us.

"What do you want?" I asked her.

"Oh, nothing. I'm fine." She responded quickly.

"What do you mean? You are getting something, so decide now," I told her, our turn was coming up.

"Hello, what would you like?" the girl at the counter asked cheerfully.

I turned to Annabeth waiting for her response, and Annabeth being put in the spotlight, responded with an order. After I ordered, I saw Annabeth digging through her purse and quickly handed the girl my credit card.

"Thank you. You'll get your orders shortly," the girl said and waved us off.

"I could've gotten that. Here I'll pay you-"

"You will do no such thing!" I said.

"But-" I silenced with a look.

"Please," I asked softly. She bit her lip but nodded looking down.

"Great!" I led her to a table and we sat down.

I leaned back and relaxed, "This is nice."

Annabeth smiled softly, "Yeah it is."

We sat in a comfortable silence for a bit, then we heard a crash. I looked up to see a girl with red hair looking extremely mad at a pale boy with blonde hair. He seemed to be trembling.

"You are a jerk! Don't ever talk to me again!" she screamed then walked out. The boy looked dazed for a second before hurrying out after her. I turned to Annabeth who was looking a bit amused.

"Bad break up, huh," I commented.

"Yeah. But, I've seen worse," she said back.

"Really, had a recent breakup?" I asked. Okay so maybe I was a bit hopeful, but that's beside the point.

She blushed, "Um no actually, a friend of mine..." she trailed off. "I don't have a boyfriend," she explained.

I was elated. I had hoped that she didn't have a boyfriend, I was really starting to like her. At the same time I was surprised. How could she not have a boyfriend, she was gorgeous, intelligent and funny. I decided to express my surprise.

"Really! But you're so beautiful, how are you not dating someone?" she blushed and looked down. I smiled.

"Um, Do you have a girlfriend?" she asked trying to get out of the attention.

"Nope," I said, taking a sip of coffee. She looked momentarily surprised but hid it well. She was bout to say something when her phone beeped.

"We have to go back, Poseidon wants the paperwork," she said glancing at the screen. I sat up,

"But we're not done!" I cried.

She smiled, "It's fine, he wants them by one so we have half an hour to finish them. I set a reminder on my phone early."

I marveled at her efficiency, "You are amazing." She smiled.

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A half hour later we were in my dad's office with the finished paperwork. He looked over it,

"This is great, but there is a form missing," he pointed out.

I looked at Annabeth for help, she calmly got out a sheet of paper.

"I didn't know whether to fill this out sir, so I left it just in case."

My dad frowned, "Why?" he asked.

"This paper is a contract that states you can't back out after a deal, I know this is common but the terminology seemed more binding. If you could take a look at it sir," she handed it to him. He read over it and frowned.

"You're right! I'm going to talk to them about this." He put the form to the side.

"The company should have some rough designs by tomorrow. You'll be meeting with some of the people then," my dad explained. I nodded. We said good-bye and left his office.

"So.." I said as we stepped out, "I guess we're done for the day."

Annabeth nodded confirmation.

"So, want to watch a movie or something?" I asked hesitantly.

"Um..." she looked down, hesitating. I tried to keep the hurt from showing, she was going to reject me.

"Well, I-" she looked up to meet my eyes and I tried to avert them.

"It's fine, I get it. See you tomorrow," I said a bit miserably. And without glancing back at her I turned around and walked away. Okay I was a bit mad, actually I was more sad than anything. Disappointed, yeah that's the word. I was disappointed that she had wanted to say no, she didn't want to be near me. I walked out of the building and across the street to a small park and sat down on a bench. But as I was wallowing in self-pity, I noticed the familiar flash of blonde hair also leave the building. Annabeth stepped out into the sidewalk and glanced both ways furtively and continued walking. This was curious, why was she so careful? I got up and looked down the street where she was hurriedly walking. Where was she going in such a hurry?

I got up and started walking down the same street she was. Okay so maybe I was following her, but I was curious to know where she was headed off to in such a hurry. I followed her for a bit, making sure she didn't see me. She finally slowed down as she reached a bookstore. She entered quickly leaving me on the sidewalk. She came to a bookstore? Really! That is why she was rushing away, and rejecting me. For a bookstore. I looked through the window and saw Annabeth bend down to get a book off a shelf. As she straightened up however I saw that she was not getting a book, she was placing one there. She had a changed her shirt and the one she wore now bore the logo of the bookstore. My jaw dropped. She worked there! What!

I continued to watch her from the window, she was shelving some books and arranging things here and there. As I walked away I decided that one mystery of Annabeth Chase had been solved. She had another job. She worked at a bookstore as well. That was curious I decided. But then again when it came to her, everything was different, it made her special.

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