`"Um, hi." I muttered. She shuffled around awkwardly until she found her chair.

`"So I'm guessing Thalia blindfolded you too?" I guessed. The girl gave an embarrassed giggle.

`"Yeah, that's kinda why I was late. I'm a bit stubborn."

`"I like you already." I joked, trying to relieve some of the tension. It worked, and she let out a relaxed laugh.

`"I'm Percy by the way." I announced, holding out a hand, before realizing that, duh, she wouldn't be able to see it.

`"I'm Adara." She said shyly.

`"Well Dara, this could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship. Maybe someday I'll even be able to see you!" No need to roll your eyes and say that was corny because, even though it

`was, it's a really good first-date pickup line. Trust me.

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`"Soooo, how'd it go?" Thalia asked, trying to act casual.

`"Well, she's not my usual type." I mused.

`"How so?"

`"I don't usually go for the invisible type." Thalia rolled her eyes.

`"Very mature, seaweed brain."

`"I'm the fun one, the Hooter is known for being mature."

`"The...the Hooter?"

`"Yeah, Wise girl's getting old."

`"Speaking of Anny, here she comes." I groaned. Ever since that stupid truth or dare, she's pretty much been stalking me.

`"How'd she even know we were by the lake?" I asked to no one in particular.

`"I may or may not have mentioned it once or twice." Thalia translation: I straight-up told her we would be here as often as I could. I groaned again and made a mad dash for the water,

`but Annabeth reached me before then.

`"Hey Percy." She grinned, twirling an already curly lock of hair around her fingers and batting her eyelashes. Which is a really odd combination on Annabeth.

`"Oh, hi." I said flatly.

`"New bathing suit. You like?" She twirled to give me the full effect. It was a sea blue bikini with moving waves and little tridents all over it. I saw Thalia giving her a disgusted look, caught

`her eye, and mouthed the words, oh gods, just take me now. She snickered. I forced my eyes back to Annabeth who was watching me expectantly.

`"Oh,um..." what were we talking about? oh yeah... "it looks good." Obviously I said the right thing since she blushed and scampered over to Thalia. I ran towards the water and heard her

`saying, "Oh my gods Tay-Tay! He was totally checking me out." Girls, I thought as I dived into the water, why don't they come with an instruction manual?