Disclaimer: Ahhhhh I'm not Rick!

Chapter 2

Percy POV

I wake up to the sun glistening on the water outside my cabin's window. Smiling I begin stretching out my limbs from a good nights sleep.

I discreetly wipe off the drool on the corner of my mouth and wipe my hand on my blanket.

I put my feet on the floor and push off my bed walking to the end of my bed to rifle through my trunk for some clothes. I quickly choose a pair of blue jeans, my black nikes, and a green t shirt.

Then I shove Riptide in my pocket and head out of the cabin toward the mess hall.

My stomach rumbles with a loud demand for food so I grab a tray and get some bacon, eggs, and some blue chocolate milk.

After I finishing eating I start to head to the practice dummies but then for so unknown reason I feel the urge to go back to the mess hall.

I quickly load up a small paper bag with two blueberry muffins, two cartons of orange juice, a banana, an apple, and three chocolate chip cookies (blue of course). Feeling satisfied with my small feast I head off towards the practice arena once more.

Once I get there I set down my bag and grab Riptide, turning to face the dummy and taking my stance.

I work for awhile slashing, stabbing, and slicing. It starts to get hot so I take off my shirt and toss it aside.

I am completely absorbed on attacking my target that when I hear something small and metal clank to the floor I don't even turn around. I figure it's just someone else with the same idea to get some early morning practice in.

Finally, I start to feel some fatigue and cap Riptide to drink a long swig of my water bottle.

After I put my water down and go to put my shirt on I practically trip over a knife under my right foot.

I bend over and pick it up and once it's in my left hand I immediately identify it as Annabeth's knife.

I look around in confusion but I don't see her.

Maybe she was here before me and left it...?

But no, that couldn't have happened, she's too smart for that.

Just as I'm about to take it to her cabin to check on her, she appears right in front of me.

I startle and drop it but she snatches it up before it hits the ground.

"Annabeth! What are you doing here?!" I exclaim.

I look down at myself and realize I'm still shirtless which causes me to blush a tomato red.

She seems to notice this as well as she blushes an even brighter red.

It's actually really...cute.

Huh? Cute? She's my best friend, I don't like her like that...do I?

Before I can confuse myself even more she answers my question. " I'm here because of your note, you asked me to help you with swords class remember? "

"Oh, right" I say embarrassed.

But something about her expression when she answered me didn't seem quite right. It looked almost..guilty.

What does Annabeth have to be guilty for?

"But swords class doesn't start for another twenty minutes, what are you doing here so early?" I question.

She looks away and says " I needed a place to eat my salad that's all"

"Salad? Since when do you eat healthy?"

She looks up sharply at me after I say this and realize how that probably sounded right as she smacks me in the shoulder.

" I missed breakfast alright? A salad was the best I could do. But gods I'm still starving, remind me to never miss breakfast again okay?" she asks.

I suddenly remembered the extra food I took from the mess hall this morning.

"Hey actually I uh, grabbed some extra food from breakfast. I had a feeling I would need it. Do you um," I was suddenly very nervous "do you maybe want to, um, ditch swords class and go share it with me? Y-You know, like a p-picnic?" I stutter out.

She looks surprised but gives me a rare Annabeth smile that I only see when she's extremely happy about something, like architecture.

"Of course Percy, I'd love to."

"Great!" I say smiling "let's go!"

I grab the bag and reach for her hand when she suddenly puts her hand on my bare chest.

I'm pretty sure my heart stopped beating with her touch.

"Waah, uhmmmm?" I managed.

"Maybe you want to put a shirt on first, hmmm?" she questions smiling.

Then she winks at me, takes the bag out of my arms and starts walking leaving me standing there shirtless, like an idiot.

I quickly toss my shirt on and start after her thinking about what I've just gotten myself into with this girl and simultaneously wondering what my name is.