"Percy are you up yet?" My mom called from the kitchen, "You only have five minutes to get to school!"

You would think that I would have learned by now, but I haven't have had more than ten minutes to get to school all year. So I got up and put on a clean set of clothes (at least I think they were clean), grabbed a blue waffle (yes I said blue waffle) and ran out the door.

On the way to school, I thought I saw Annabeth on a passing bus. I thought I was losing my mind after that. The last time I saw Annabeth was last summer when she was going back to San Francisco. I tried to get her off my mind, but all I could think about all morning was her: her blond hair with a gray streak in it (from when she held the sky on her shoulders), her beautiful gray eyes that sparkled when she is outside.

Before I knew it was lunch time. I found Rachel in the cafeteria and sat down with her.

"Percy are you ok, you seem…distracted?"

"What? Yeah I'm ok."

We sat there for a while just eating our lunches. The silence was killing me, so I tried to make some small talk.

"So…are you doing anything interesting tonight?" she didn't hear me. She was way more focused on doodling in her notebook than anything in the outside world.

"Rachel, Rachel?" nothing was getting through to her. "Woo, look at that?"

"What, where?" she said finally looking up from the notebook of pictures.

"Nothing, no where, I just need to get your nose out of that notebook of yours."

"For what it's not like you where talking to me?"

"Yes I was!"

"Oh sorry about that, I was trying to figure out this drawing."

"Are you doing anything interesting tonight?"

"Yeah I'm going to a movie, you want to come?"

"Sure. What movie?"

"Don't know we normally pick it when we get there."

"Ok sounds fun. What time?"

"About seven o'clock. Meet at the movies."

"Sounds fun!'

The bell rang and we said our goodbyes, and then went to class. It took forever for school for to end. When it was finally over, I all but ran outside. I walked up to our apartment then opened the door; my mom was cleaning up the place.

"Percy is that you?" She called.

"Yeah, it's me. Hey Mom, something smells like its burning."

"Oh, my cookies!"

My Mom ran over to the oven and a puff of smock came out when she opened it. To make things better, the fire alarm went off.

"We get it there's smoke, just shut up!" I yelled into the air thinking it would do something, but of course nothing happened.

My mom put the burring cookies in the sink and started spraying them with water. I turned some fans on and the smoke alarm stopped ringing.

"Well, wasn't that exciting?" I said looking at the blue clumps on the pan

"I guess we should just order pizza for dinner, I don't trust myself with the oven again tonight." She said looking into the sink.

"Yeah that sounds good, but can we finish by six-thirty?"

"Sure, are you going anywhere?"

"To the movies with Rachel."

"Are you and Rachel going on a dating now, you have been hanging out a lot?"

"MOM!"

"I'm just saying that…" I cut her off before she could do anymore damage.

"We're friends mom, just friends."

"Well okay than what ever you say, but I would like to know which movie you are going to see?"

"Not sure, we are going to pick it when we get there."

"Well ok, just nothing rated R and be home as soon as it's over, ok?"

"Ok," I said as I grabbed the phone "What do you want on the pizza?"

"Have fun Percy be safe."

"I will."

"Do you have your cell phone with you?"

"Yes but it going to have to be off."

"Just call me if you need me."

"Ok mom, good bye."

"Good bye."

I went out the door before my mom could find something else for me to do. I walk to the movies and figured I take the short cut thought certain park. On my I saw some guys playing foot ball. One boy caught the football, dropped the football and skid on the ground for about three feet. I looked up from him and saw some girls giggling. I thought one of them was Annabeth, although I knew it couldn't be her.

I'm going to have a nice night with Rachel, I thought, I need to get Annabeth off my mind or I will ruin it.

I walked up to the movie theaters and saw Rachel standing looking at the different movie playing.

I walked up next to her and said, "So . . . what movie do you want to see?"

She jumped then looked at me, "You so scared me!"

"What do you want to see?"

"Don't know you?"

"The action movie sounds kind of cool."

"That was what I was thinking."

"So should get our tackiest?"

"No we are going to sneak in."

"Ha ha very funny."

We got our tickets and our popcorn then found a seat in the theater. It was a good movie; there was a lot of action (so I stayed focused on my movie most of the time), two big explosions and a kiss between the two main charters.

"That was a great," said Rachel as we walked out of the movies "one of the best movies I've seen in a long time!"

"Yeah it was really good, but the kiss was gross."

"Do you not like romance?"

"No."

"So I'm guessing you have never had your first kiss than?"

I remembered last summer Annabeth had always seemed like a friend until that kiss.

"Percy, Percy are you okay?"

"Yeah I'm fine." I tried to smile Rachel bout it

"So what now?" she said

"I have to get home right away, my moms orders. I'll see you at school then?"

"Yeah I'll see you at school on Monday then."

"Bye Rachel."

"Later Percy."

I was walking back home through Central park when I saw a guy and a girl about my age. The girl had two big cuts from her knees to the top of her shins. I stopped to see if she was ok.

"Oh my Gods are you ok?" I said, looking at the girl's bloody knees.

Her head shot up and I was sitting there looking into the beautiful gray eyes that I have seen thousands of times before.