Annabeth couldn't help but stare at her phone the entire walk home. And when she got home. And while she was eating dinner. It had been almost an hour and a half! WHY HAD HE NOT TEXTED HER YET?! Just then, her phone buzzed with a text from Percy. Hey Annabeth, just got off my shift. Hope you didn't miss me too much ;) Her heart did happy jumps when she saw who the text was from. Her heart did happy somersaults when she read that he just finished his shift, and wasn't avoiding her. She could't help but roll her eyes at the second half of his text. The answer was HELL YES, but she couldn't let him know that obviously. She thought about it for a minute and then responded Yikes. Didn't realize you were one of those people… She eagerly waited his response. She threw her head back laughing when she read it. I thought it was obviously I was charmingly funny. Yikes. Maybe you're not as smart as you let on. So he had some wit, but he was still an idiot-or at least until she thought of a better word- for misspelling Annabeth. She clearly, stated the 'beth' part, not 'bel'. Touché. But I'm not the one who, after claiming they knew how to spell it , spelled the others names wrong.
A whole two minutes pass. Annabeth starts to worry that he was mad. She thought about saying sorry, but saw the familiar gray typing bubble. WIthin ten seconds his response came in, Sorry that I had never heard the name Annabeth before. But now that I have, I'll certainly never be forgetting it. Percy was smooth as hell. The worst part was, he probably knew it too. But, having nothing to say, Annabeth just sent three clapping emojis. She got rewarded with a smiley face… and a follow up text. Come in tomorrow morning around ten and I promise to have a grande caramel frappe waiting, with your name spelled CORRECTLY on it. Annabeth smiled, he remembered her order! Sounds like a date :D
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9:30 the next morning:
Annabeth had changed her outfit three times already and still wasn't sure if it was good. Percy was so lucky that he had to wear his uniform, and didn't have to worry about this. She texted her her best friend Thalia with pictures of the three pictures. Checking for Thalia's response she saw that it was already 9:32! She had to leave in three minutes if she wanted to make it on time! After pacing for about a minute Thalia's response came. I like the last one. Now go get him! ;) Annabeth laughed, and quickly grabbed her purse and put on her shoes. On her walk there she thought about her outfit. A cute black and white striped crop top, with a high waisted maroon skirt, and black combat boots. The outfit was sexy- it even showed part of her stomach!- yet conservative. Super trendy too. She felt her ears and was relieved to feel both of her pearl earrings in. Smiling, she put on some music and practically strutted her way to Starbucks.
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10:00 am
It was officially 10:00 and Annabeth hadn't walked in the doors yet. Percy tried not to panic, because she said she would be here, but he was getting a little antsy. The frappe next to him was causing questions from his co-workers, and it would be INCREDIBLY embarrassing if she didn't show up. Finally, at 10:03, Annabeth walked into Starbucks, with a huge grin on her face. She stood behind the one person in line, and not-so-patiently waited. When she got to the front, Percy smiled at her. "Here is your drink, with your name spelled correctly, m'lady." he said with a bow. Annabeth couldn't help but laugh at his dramatics. "I'm taking my break!" Percy called to his co-workers. He took off his green apron and stood next to her. "Any table's a winner."
Annabeth looked around and spotted an open two seater in the corner. "That one. So the four seaters can be filled for people who actually need them."
"Very practical." Percy said with a chuckle. "Now if you will excuse me, I'm gonna go get a drink for myself." He walked back over to the counter to go order, and she couldn't help but stare at his butt. Dang, she thought, it looks good. She was so focused on it, she didn't even notice Percy getting his drink. He turned around, and she quickly averted her eyes. Percy swaggered back to the table, giant smirk on his face. Annabeth was sure her face was a tomato at this point.
"Yikes. Staring at my butt." he started with a teasing voice, "I guess you finally caught on to my charm."
"You wish," she said with a smirk to match his, "Yikes. Maybe you really are a… seaweed brain."
"Yikes. Seaweed brain? What does that even mean?"
"Yikes. Proving more that you are one. It's someone who's head is so full of seaweed, that there's no room for brain cells."
"Yikes. I believe I just got burned by a very… wise girl."
"Yikes. Wise?"
"Yeah that's what I'm sticking with."
"Yikes. You broke the yikes train." That got them both cracking up. So far, this date's pretty good, Annabeth thought with a mental grin.
