Annabeth POV
"Well thanks for helping me find a decent alarm clock." I thanked Percy as I made my way to the front of the store to pay for it.
"Anytime." He smiled at me, walking towards the counter with me. As I was waiting in line I noticed that Percy had nothing in his hands.
"Are you going to buy anything?" I asked him, looking towards his empty hands.
"What? Oh no, no I'm not." He replied just noticing that he had nothing in his hands.
"Then why are you in line?" I raise my eyebrows.
"I'm just waiting to ask a beautiful girl out for coffee." He looked down at me, a grin spreading across his face.
Did he mean me? Surly he wouldn't say that if it wasn't me but then again I've just met the guy. Noticing my silence his grin faded and an embarrassed look took its place. "If you want to." He added.
I couldn't help the feeling of joy his words made me feel. "Yeah sure. I would love to. Sorry I didn't know if you were talking about me or not." I admitted.
A look of amusement crossed his face. "Why would I say that to you and mean someone else?"
"I don't know. People do that." I defend myself.
"Well I'm sorry for not making myself clear." He apologized just as the women from one of the checkouts called, "Next!"
I walked over to her with the alarm clock in my arms, Percy closely behind me. I handed the package over to the lady who quickly scanned it and place it in one of the plastic bags. "That will be $49.99" I grabbed the money from my purse and handed it over to her outstretched palm. She handed me the bag with my new alarm clock and I thanked her, exiting the store.
"So where do you want to go for coffee?" I heard Percy ask, falling into step beside me.
Surprised I asked, "Did you mean now?"
"Yeah… if you want to." He blushed, rubbing the back of his neck in the most adorable way.
"Yeah of course. I just thought that when you asked you meant a different day, but you probably already knew that." I was babbling and I knew it.
"So where do you want to go?" he looked down at me ignoring my pointless comment and I was grateful for that.
"I don't really know any places around here. I only moved here yesterday from Boston to attend NYU."
"You're an NYU girl huh? Me too. Well an NYU boy not girl because- you get the point." Percy finished blushing, I laughed and he smiled. "Well there is this really nice coffee place not too far away from here." Percy offered, looking towards me. He was rubbing the back of his neck, a sign of nervousness I'm assuming.
"Well you probably know this city better than I do so lead the way." I gestured to the path in front of me waiting for Percy to take the lead. He grinned at me, turning left once we reached the ouside of the plaza.
"Here we are." Percy spread his arms out as we stopped in front of a small building nestled between two high rise buildings. The sign out front read 'Zeus's Fist' and the stone walls were covered in some type of plantation.
"Odd name." I noted, not expecting a coffee shop to be called Zeus's Fist.
"Yeah the owners are Greek I'm pretty sure." Percy replied to my comment. "After you my lady." He said in a terrible attempt at a posh accent, holding the small old door leading inside of the coffee shop open for me.
"What is that accent?" I ask him once I'm inside, my eyes skimming the room for a spare table.
"That was a posh British accent." He said it as if it was the most obvious thing in the entire world.
"That was a terrible British accent." I laugh, my eyes finally finding a spare table positioned in the corner of the shop. I grab Percy's arm and lead him to the small timber table.
"Well obviously you have never been to London because then you would've know that that was a perfect imitation of a British accent." He defended himself, pulling one of the chairs out for me to sit in. Thanking him, I sit down and bring my chair forward closer to the table. He then proceeds to sit on the chair opposite mine.
"I don't need to go to London to know that that was nowhere near how they speak." I smirk at him, picking up one of the simple menus and flicking through the pages.
"Well it is. I'll have you know that while I was over there last year some of the native citizens thought I was British too because of how accurate my accent was." He smirked back at me, seeming proud of his little statement.
"I think they were just being polite because that was not British."
"Fine believe what you want but I am taking you to England sometime and showing you how good I am. You won't even be able to tell the difference between me and some British dude." He crossed his arms over his chest and lent back in his chair as if that statement somehow proved his point.
"Deal." I playfully reply causing him to smile.
"Well now that that's settled what are you studying at NYU?" he leans his elbows on the table removing his arms from across his chest.
"Well I'm planning on becoming an architect, so some of the classes I'm taking are design, graphics, art history and of course Architecture 101."
"Very nice. So I'm guessing you're into buildings and all that?" Percy raises his eyebrows, looking interested. He calls a waitress over.
"What can I get for you today?" the blonde waitress asks, notepad and pen in hand.
"I will have a hot chocolate with extra marshmallows please." Percy recites his order to the waitress then looks at me indicating that it is now my turn to say my order.
"I'll have a small cappuccino please."
"Yep, is that all for today?" she asks once she had finished writing down our orders.
"Yes thanks." Percy replied.
"Great. Won't be long." She said before making her way to the kitchen.
Percy clapped his hands together. "So buildings you like them?"
"Well of course I do. Why do you think I want to be an architect?"
He holds his hands up in defense. "I'm just making conversation."
I laugh, enjoying his company. So far New York has been a whole lot better than Boston ever was.
A/N: Sorry for the long wait I've had heaps of stuff going on at school these past few weeks. I will hopefully update the next chapter soon but there are no promises. Tell me what you guys thought of this chapter in the review and thanks for all the support so far.
-Seaweed Brain Herondales.
