The rest of the day for Annabeth was...interesting.

She had, of course, been late to meet Chiron, which he wasn't very happy about. On top of that, he had told her that she would be designing shop buildings as a practice for a new job she would be receiving later, which Annabeth was not all to thrilled about. She preferred things like traditional buildings, and, oddly enough, greek-styled buildings. But she clearly would not be getting her way on this.

After that, Annabeth had headed to her friend Piper's house, where the two of them began to work out the details for their new comic strip they were starting. It was going to be an anime-styled story about two twin guys who switch into each others bodies whenever they felt like it, and their adventures with that ability. Annabeth was really enthusiastic about it, and she and Piper started working out the character sketches and personality maps.

She and Piper had been friends since high school, where they had bonded over their love of drawing and anime. And they'd since then become partners who ran an online comic strip site where they made a crap ton of money.

Piper was the same age as Annabeth, and had moved to London during middle school from the states. She was taller than Annabeth, though almost everyone was, and she had dark tan skin and stringy yet gorgeous brown hair that fell around her face in pieces with feathers braided in. Her eyes were the most fascinating thing about her though, as they seemed to change colors every time you looked at them.

Today she and Annabeth were working on their comic strip, and about three hours into their work time they had decided that they needed a snack.

Annabeth hated Piper's house because all she kept around to eat was healthy foods and a bunch of veggies, because she was a vegetarian. Plus, Piper didn't have a roommate and didn't have to deal with anyone else's food preferences. Her dad was a rich actor in the USA, and had basically given her her own place to do whatever the heck she felt like with it.

After they ate - having had salads, much to Annabeth's displeasure - they resumed working for another four hours, getting the first five strips of the comic done. Having done a good days work, Annabeth headed home, planning to come back in a few days, as she now had another work project to get going on.

Annabeth parked the car in her driveway and headed inside the house, slipping off her shoes at the door and dropping her backpack on top them. She made her way to the kitchen were she made some hot chocolate, because they were out of Keurig cups, hence why she had to go out to get coffee this morning.

Coffee this morning.

Annabeth began to recall her encounter with see-green eyed male this morning, and found herself grinning. She found that while he had acted a bit annoying, she was drawn to him and wanted to get to know him better.

"Annie! How was your day?" Yelled Hazel, as she dragged her basket of laundry from the washer in the back room, heading towards the couch to sort her clothes.

"Well, it was half and half, to be perfectly honest. Parts of it were good, parts of it were not that swell. Now how about you?I see your not wearing pj's which means you must have left the house for something, and you were out of work today. Spill." Said Annabeth, crossing her arms before using on hand to sip her hot chocolate as she looked at Hazel expectantly.

Hazel smiled, folding her clothes and sorting them before she said, "Don't miss anything, do you, Chase? Yes, I went out. I actually met up with Frank, and I've convinced him to be the technical guy for the play I'm auditioning for. Oh! Speaking of the play, I meant to ask you this morning but I forgot, would you consider trying out for it? I'm gonna try and get a bunch of friends to audition for it. I think it'll be really fun." Hazel said, looking at Annabeth with her puppy dog eyes.

Hazel was a bit shorter than Annabeth, and adorable. She had dark skin and curly caramel colored hair that went everywhere but was beautiful on her. Her eyes were also a bright gold color, and when she did the puppy dog eyes, she could get just about anything that she wanted.

Annabeth looked at Hazel and wanted to say yes right away. But she remembered that she also had two work projects going at the same time, and that she would be incredibly busy for at least a month.

But she wanted to. She wanted to have some fun, and it sounded like Hazel really wanted her to as well.

Deciding that she would just have to work really hard the rest of the time to stay on top of work, she smiled at Hazel and said, "Alright. When are auditions?"

Hazel squealed in delight and looked like she had just won the lottery, which sent all the nervous feelings out of Annabeth's mind, content to see her friend so happy.

"Yes, yes, yes! Thank you Annie! You're gonna love it! Ok, auditions are tomorrow." Said Hazel, hopping up and down like a bunny.

Annabeth chuckled, glad her friend was so happy.

"Alright, do you have the lines that I need to learn, and a list of characters so I can pick who I want to audition for?"

"Yup!" Hazel reached into her pocket and withdrew a pamphlet that she then handed to Annabeth.

Annabeth saw that the title was 'A Torn Heart' and was already intrigued. But, having things that she wanted to talk about with Hazel she decide that she would look it over in a bit.

"Great. I'll look at it in bit. So, missy, I've got a question for you: what is it about that coffee shop that has you so captivated by it?" Annabeth asked. She really wondered if Hazel had tried to set her up with the guy she'd met, but she hoped not. She wanted to believe that the guy was interested in her of his own accord.

"Well...I like the place because, w-well...Frank is the second manager there. But! But I figured you would like it because of the structure and design of it. It seemed like your kind of style." Hazel said, while blushing and looking at her laundry as she folded it.

Annabeth smiled, knowing with certainty that Hazel didn't set her up. She just had a profound crush on Frank Zhang, a tall asian-looking guy with a big body and a soft heart. He and Hazel were perfect for each other, and no one could deny it. And Hazel was right, Annabeth loved the structure and design. Thats how she had met the guy with the sea-green eyes.

Annabeth considered telling Hazel about the guy, but decided against it. She didn't want Hazel to get excited and do something...well, not smart. Annabeth wanted to do this her way.

But she wanted to know the guys name. And she wanted to know if Hazel knew.

"Second manager? Who's the first?" Annabeth asked, looking curious.

"Oh, he's actually Frank's roommate, too, his name is Percy Jackson. They actually started the coffee shop together." Hazel said, still folding her laundry.

Percy Jackson.

Annabeth felt better knowing the name of the guy who had stuck in her thoughts all day long. She didn't feel so weird now.

"So. Did you like the place? Assuming you went, that is." Said Hazel, looking at Annabeth with curious gaze and still looking adorable.

"Yeah, actually, I did. I stared at the place so long before ordering a coffee that I actually was even later to meeting Chiron." Annabeth said with a laugh. It was at least partly true.

"Oh, Annie," Hazel said while giggling. "At least you liked the place. They really did a good job."

"That they did. I loved it."

"I'll tell Frank," said Hazel.

Annabeth finished her hot chocolate, and told Hazel that she was going to go and pick who she wanted to audition for and learn the lines she needed. She went into her room and closed the door, before plopping on her bed and opening the pamphlet.

She was intrigued by the story, and found herself drawn to the character of Aphrodite. She related to Aphrodite in the way that she didn't know how to always deal with her problems.

In the end, Annabeth decided on auditioning for the goddess of love, but not before wondering who would play her true love, Ares.