Annabeth hadn't expected seeing clothes all over the floor and Ledd Zepplin blasting on the radio when Percy opened his door. She scolded herself. She should have been mentally prepared. It's a guys room, after all.

"Oh, Hey, Annabeth!" Percy shouted over the music. The first thing she could see was that he didn't have a shirt on, and he was dripping wet.

Damn. She thought. This boy is ripped. He had a six-pack, and was very lean. Annabeth could tell he wasn't an average athlete.

He walked over to his stereo and turned it off. "I'm, sorry, I'm not wearing a shirt. And my room is messy. And, well, you get the point. I just got back from swim practice. You can come in."

She walked inside and studied her surroundings, closing the door behind her. It was a small room, identical to hers. You walked into the living room, to the right was a kitchen, and on the right of the kitchen was a hallway with two bedrooms, unlike her dorm, which had three.

She smelled a strong aroma of cologne, as if Percy rushed trying to cover up the smell of dirty underwear and chips. Annabeth didn't mind.

He grabbed a shirt from the floor and hastily put it on. "So, uh, should we start?" He put his hands in his pockets.

"Sure. What do you want to work on?" She studies the living room. It wasn't much. There was a cheap couch sitting in the room, with a coffee table placed in front of it with a small tv sitting on top. There were magazines and discs sitting beside it. There was another coffee table separating the couch and tv.

"Well, everything, really. But you probably don't have time for that."

"I've got time." She blurted out.

"Oh, well, cool. I've got all my books in my room. Do you wanna work in there?"

Annabeth agreed, and the two walked to Percy's room with was at the end of the hall.

She saw a kid in the room before Percy's. He looked like he was drawing, or maybe writing.

"Oh, that's Nico, my roommate. For some reason he decided to stay home today. Nico!" Percy called. The kid looked over at the two standing in the doorway.

"This is Annabeth, the one I told you about. She gonna help me study and stuff." His eyes widened, but his expression soon hardened. He said hi, and so did Annabeth.

Percy then led Annabeth to his room, and they began to work on his classwork.

She noticed that he had a lot of energy. His leg was always bouncing up and down, and his fingers were tapping whenever he thought of what to write. He also seemed to not be understanding what he was reading or writing either, for that matter. So Annabeth taught him a trick that always worked for her.

"Do you have any candy?" She asked.

Percy furrowed his eyebrows. "I'm, yeah. Why, do you want some?" He got up and reached into a drawer. She shouldn't have looked. She swore there was an open box of condoms. Her heart beat quickened and for some reason, she felt jealous.

Annabeth pushes the thought aside. It was probably something else.

She took the candy, which happened to be MM's, and put one between every few paragraphs. "After each section, I'll have you explain what you read. If you get it right, you can have candy."

"Is this what you do?" He asked.

"Well, I used to. I don't need it anymore, because I've gotten pretty good at understanding what I read."

Studying didn't last for long. After about an hour, it turned into them seeing what cool tricks they could do to eat the MM's in each other's mouths.

For one, Annabeth bounced it off the wall into Percy's mouth. For another, she threw it up at his ceiling fan and the fan blew it into his mouth. The two also played video games on his Xbox, which mostly consisted of Annabeth complaining that the game was rigged, or that it was too hard. Percy just shook his head smiling, saying that it was only because she was a girl. Of course, she didn't find t offensive. It was just a joke.

Let's just say that night was really fun, for a little while. At about 8, Annabeth received a call from Piper, screaming at her demanding her location. Annabeth simply said she was hanging out with a friend, and hung up.

"Overprotective roommate?" Percy asked.

"Overprotective roommate." Annabeth sighed. They were lounging on his couch in the living room, and Annabeth propped her feet up on the coffee table. She wasn't sure if it was appropriate, but then again, who cares?

He handed her a glass of water, and she thanked him quietly. After a long day of studying and playing around, she was tired.

"I know we, like, barely know each other," Percy started, "but do you maybe wanna stay over here tonight? It's kinda late already and so wouldn't want you walking home by yourself, considering that fiasco last week." He joked.

Annabeth laughed. "I'd love to, but Piper and Hazel, my roomates, would go completely ballistic. I should probably get going now, anyways." She stood up.

"Oh, okay. Do you want me to walk you back to your dorm?" His hands fumbled together awkwardly, while she was halfway out the door.

"Roomates!" She yelled, smiling. Percy was such a dork. A sweet, sweet dork.

Her walk back to her dorm room about 10 minutes. She and Percy didn't live that close, they were in neighboring buildings, but they both were very high up.

On her way out of the building, Annabeth saw someone she had her eye on for a long time. All thought of Percy left her mind when she saw him.

Luke Castellan.

She was sure it was him, even though it was dark out. He seemed to be walking back to him dorm which happened to be in the same building as Percy's. He winked at her as they passed each other, and her heart did a complete 360. He was gorgeous. His skin was light, yet tan, and his eyes were a light blue that reminded her of the sky during a beautiful day. His hair was light and golden, shining under the streetlights.

Every girl knew who he was. Herself included. They had heard the rumors about him being with multiple girls, and how good he was in bed.

The sad part was, his arm was around another girl.

Annabeth's heart was confused.

(Short authors note: I just realized I've sort of been writing this in third person, so I'm gonna switch it to Annabeth's POV. Sorry if I make some mistakes. I'm not used to first person.)

ANNABETH'S POV

Piper and Hazel tackled me once I got home.

Well, it was Piper who tackled me, and Hazel who shouted at Piper to be a little more gentle. Hazel was sweet like that. Piper was not.

She studied my eyes. "You were with a boy!" She cried, sitting up.

"Was not!" I sat up, dusting myself off. I crossed my arms. How was she that good?

"Oh please, Annabeth. You're totally blushing. Plus, cologne is all over you. Yuck." She plugged her nose and made an ugly face. (She still looked pretty, however.)

I couldn't think of any way to defend myself. Piper had caught me.

"So, who was it?" Hazel asked, sitting on the floor with us.

"You probably dont know him." I said, trying to stall. It would never work, the two were both fascinated, looking into my eyes with great intensity.

They didn't reply.

I sighed, and rolled my eyes. "His name is Percy."

"Wait." Piper's eyes lit up. "Percy Jackson?"

"Um, yeah. How did you-" I was cut off by Piper screeching.

"Oh my gosh, Annabeth! He's so hot! I've seen him around with Jason- long story, not relevant - and he's like- super cute! I saw him at one of his swim meets, too. He beat the school record. How did you meet?!"

I realized I didn't tell them the guy who saved her at the bar was Percy. "Well, you remember that guy from last week?" Both their faces widened in horror.

"Oh, Annabeth, please don't tell me it was that lobster guy-"

"No. It was 'my savior' and you guys called him. That was Percy. We talked for a while and he gave me his number."

The two jumped up in joy, screeching with happiness. "This is so great! Annabeth is finally gonna get laid!" Piper cried. Literally. I could see tears coming from her eyes.

"Piper. You're crying."

"Yes. Tears of happiness. My baby is finally growing up!"

"I've known you for three months." I scoffed.

"Three of the best months of my life." Hazel smiled, which made me smile too. Hazel was so sweet and innocent, it made me feel innocent too.

What great, yet weird friends I have.