A/N: Hello Sweeties, I'm sorry it's been such a long time since I've updated.

So much has been going on for the holidays, I haven't had the chance to write anything until recently.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy this next chapter. Just so you know for future reference I'm a huge Whovian, Sherlockian, Starkid, and Glee fan. So, don't be surprised if you see any references from any of these wonderful shows!

I've talked for long enough, enjoy!

-Sorry for any mistakes!-

CHAPTER FOUR:

It's finally Friday, as well as Halloween night. The Bean is closed tonight, since the staff party will be held there later.

It's already about 5:30, and Thalia insists on getting ready together tonight, so I'm about a block away from her apartment with my costume clutched in my arm walking the short distance from my own apartment.

I reach her apartment complex and text her to buzz me up.

A buzz and a short elevator ride, I finally arrive at her door.

I knock on the door loudly, then soon enough Thalia appears.

"Hey, took you long enough!" She jokes, standing in her robe while her hair sits in a towel.

I roll my eyes and follow her into her apartment.

Thalia's apartment is a lot like my own, she lives by herself in a small apartment in upper Manhattan, complete with a master bedroom and a small guest room. As well as, a balcony.

We walk into her bedroom, she takes my costume from my hand and hangs it up.

"So, excited?" She asks sarcastically.

I scoff in response. "You know how much I hate staff parties."

"I know, you know I'm just teasing you." She laugh, and rolls her eyes. "Come on, lets do your hair." She then says, pushing me over to her vanity.

Just an hour and a half later Thalia has me in full make up, my blond hair in ringlets and, sporting a gold headband, and besides my hair an make up completed she has hers done as well.

"Okay, we're done. You can change in the guest room." She says handing me my costume, and pointing down the hall.

I find myself in the small guest bedroom, sliding my body into my costume, then fastening on the buckles to the knee high sandals. Once I finally have it on straight I take a shy look in the mirror.

The girl staring back at me looked like a goddess, but more importantly a Greek Goddess. I catch my breath slightly, and turn my body to the right and to the left. The white and gold costume fit me perfectly, the one shoulder, toga shaped dress stopped mid thigh. I also slipped on gold bangles to my wrists finishing the costume.

There's a knock on the door, followed by Thalia coming in. She's got on the cute police costume, as well as thigh high leather boots.

She gives me a look, the nodding. "Like I said before, it's perfect for you." She smiles, reassuringly. "Now come on we're going to be late."

I nod, and follow her out of the room.

We walk a short distance from Thalia's apartment to The Bean. It was 7:30, and we were already thirty minutes late. We walk in and take a look around. The small coffee shop has been decorated into a creepy dungeon. Cob webs were strung around the corners, and skeletons were hung to the walls by shackles. Besides the decorations and the loud Halloween themed music playing, the whole shop was also filled with dressed up coworkers, there were also some of our regular customers there, Mr. Chiron must've invited them.

I get a tap on the shoulder, and see my coworker Silena practically gaping at me, she's dressed up as Cupid with wings, a bow and arrow, and everything. "Annabeth? Is that you? You look amazing!" she smiles.

"Thanks, Silena. Thalia did it." I say shyly. Thalia shrugs, giving Silena a modest look.

"Where's Charles?" Thalia asks.

"He's helping set up on stage." She replies pointing her thumb in the general direction. Thalia nods in response, then pulling me and Silena by our wrists towards the dance floor.

I groan in response, and automatically start protesting. Before I could say anything Thalia already pushed me into the center of the dance floor, following behind me with Silena, leaving me to be grinded on to by strangers.

After a couple minutes of dancing the music dwindles, and a spotlight beams onto the front stage, causing everyone to turn towards the stage and a Hippie version or Chiron climbs onto it.

"Could I have your attention everyone?" Chiron says loudly into the mic. "Is everyone having a radical time?" He tries in his best Hippie dialect.

Cheers swell through the audience loudly, Chiron laughs then says, "Well, in that case give a warm welcome to my close friend, whose back again from the dead to play for us tonight, Mr. Percy Jackson."

I feel Thalia give me a hard nudge from her elbow wiggling her eyebrows at me. I swat her arm away, and glare back at her. She laughs at my response, I roll my eyes and turn back towards the stage.

When I turn back around Percy is on stage with a guitar in hand but this time he's not alone, he's got a full band behind him. I can't help but to notice that the bass player looks awfully familiar. I finally get a good enough look, and realize that it's Silena's boyfriend, Charles Beckendorf. I turn to Silena, giving her a surprised look. She simply blushes and waves to him on stage.

I finally get a good look at Percy and realize whom he's dressed up as, bow tie, suspenders, brown tweed blazer. . "Oh, crap." I think to myself as my heart flutters. "He's perfect."

"Hello, Everyone. Happy Halloween. I'm Percy, this is the band, and we're gonna be playing some music for you tonight. Remember, Bow ties are cool." He winks. After a count of they go into a cover of Monster Mash.

Soon the crowd starts dancing again loving the music, their set list continues as covers of a variety of character theme music, and Halloween music.

Every now and then between songs I would catch Percy looking at me, wherever I was in the small coffee shop his eyes would find mine. He'd give me a small lingering smile, and continue with the set list, and I wasn't the only one to notice either.

"Oh my god! Annabeth, he's totally checking you out!" Thalia gasped after the second, or third time we caught him staring at me.

"Shut up, Thalia. He is not." I lied, letting my blush give me away.

"He totally is, and you know it. You have to talk to him tonight, or else I'll take matters into my own hand!" She threatened.

"Fine, I'll talk to him." I sighed in defeat.

And like clockwork the band played their last song. The band got off the stage, and Percy was standing by himself over by the smoothie counter and the next thing I knew Thalia was pushing me into Percy, literally. "Whoa, what the—"

"Percy, I am so sorry!" I apologize, completely embarrassed.

"Oh, hey Annabeth, just the goddess I was looking for." He winks.

My face must have looked like a tomato with eyes after that comment.

"How'd we do?" He asks, after my awkward silence.

"Great, I loved your Disney Medley. The 'Go The Distance' sounded great." I smile.

"Thanks. It was a last minute thing Chiron got me to do. The guys in the band with me are some of my friends from Columbia, luckily they had nothing to do on Halloween night either." He explains. I nod in response.

"I love your costume, I'm a huge Doctor Who fan myself." I confess.

"Oh, really? Well, check this out." He says reaching in his pants pocket, then pulling out a Sonic Screw Driver. He holds down a button and it lights up, making a –zzzZZzzzZZzzz- sound. He wiggles his eyebrows, before shutting it off and putting it back into his pocket. I smile, and chuckle at his complete nerdy-ness. "Cool, huh?" He laughs with me.

"Very cool." I laugh.

We drift into a somewhat awkward silence, well minus the silent, since the loud Top 40 music started playing again.

-PERCY POV-

Annabeth is staring at her feet, again. I shouldn't have showed her the Sonic Screw Driver, because that's was girls totally love, nerdy toys from Sci-Fi shows. I curse silently to myself.

"Well, I should get back Thalia is probably looking for me." She says softly, still looking at the ground. She looks up slightly, and I give her a sad smile.

The atmosphere around the room has changed slightly, the music has slowed down. Couples have gathered to the dance floor linking into each other's arms, swaying their hips to the music.

It's now or never.

"Wait, Annabeth. Can I have this dance?"

A/N: To be continued! hehe.

I hope you enjoyed, and congrats if you guess anything Greek for Annabeth's costume. You were right! She went as a Greek Goddess (don't judge me, okay).

I kind of dabbled with some Percy POV.

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