A/N: (Pretty IMPORTANT!) Hello! I'm so sorry that it's taken me this long to update this! I really am! Life's just been a little hectic lately. Don't get mad if I don't update well into May… I'm getting an arthroscopic surgery to remove the plica in my knee in April, so it might take a while for a recover. I don't want to half-try when I write this, too. I want it to be good enough to be read.

Also thank you for all the follows and reviews again! You are all magnificent!

Birdie118: Awe, thanks, bro! (Can I call you that?) I'm happy that you're going to continue reading it! And glad that you like it! I really hope you enjoy this one as well. It took a little longer than usual to get planned out, sorry!

Henrie Locker: Thanks! I'm really glad that you liked it! I hope you enjoy this one as well!

And now! Chapter Four! I hope you enjoy it!

He woke up the next morning, but it wasn't by the usual sun shining through his windows. It was his own doing. Something that rarely happened. He knew that there was absolutely no reason to be up so early, but still he got up.

He cut his blue waffles with no thought at all. All his focus could stray to was Annabeth. Cliché, of course. She'd made the first move on him. He thought about how odd that is; he was usually forced to make the first move and while it might annoying another guy, he was beyond grateful that she did.

But the thing was, Percy was beginning to feel like a girl. His constant overthinking of this situation put him in territory to becoming an analyst. The main questions on his mind consisted of: what did it mean? Why would she kiss his cheek? Was it just a way of saying thank you? Why don't they make blue syrup…?

Okay, so the last question had absolutely nothing to do with Annabeth, but the question still had relevance to him!

So what better way to clear his head than to get some fresh air? And what better place to get some fresh air than the beach?

So with that Percy changed into some board shorts and was headed to the sandy dunes just outside the condo.

He was just enjoying letting the wind and the waves clear his mind of any stressors that may have been in it moments before. But like every other opportunity, it didn't last, "Percy?" He was shaken out of his little reverie by the soft voice. Internally he cursed.

Yes, his problems followed him everywhere he went. Not that this problem wasn't one he liked to see often…

He turned around so he could look back over his shoulder and see Annabeth, "Yeah, what's up?" So he was nervous, don't laugh! Here is the first girl he legitimately has liked, and what if she doesn't feel like that, too? Stupid, stupid crushes.

"Not much, I just finished surfing." She paused, hoping he would pick up the conversation, but he didn't. She sighed, sitting down next to him. Her knees were pulled up against her chest and he could tell that she was uneasy about something.

Then the silence was broken, "Listen about last night…" he almost flinched. Here it was, the rejection. But it didn't come as quickly as he thought, "I'm sorry about Luke. I thought that I could talk some sense into him, but it didn't work like that…" Wait, what? So she wasn't upset about anything other than Luke?

"Well thanks for helping with Luke and everything." He replied sardonically. He felt guilty for saying it so harshly. He meant it more as a joke, but his stupid mouth has to go and ruin everything.

"Sorry… but that was very nice of you to help. I wouldn't have been able to take him on my own."

"So what's the thing with Luke? I kind of get that he may like you, but hey I don't even know the guy that well!"

She blushed looking away from him. She hid her gray eyes behind a curtain of her hair, "He was a close friend at one point. He was a good guy, still is deep down, I know it. He put us at a distance and has gotten closer with a few people that aren't so good. I don't know if he likes me like that."

He smiled a bit at that. Okay, so she was as oblivious as he was about feelings! Score one for Percy!

Maybe he even still had a chance.

She stood up and brushed the sand off of her, "Anyway, now that I finished that, I'm having the group over tonight for pizza. And I figured you liked pizza, I mean you said it was your favorite food last night… but don't feel like that means you have to…" She paused looking at him hopefully.

But was he more than confused? Yes. "Doesn't mean I have to…?"

"Oh, come over to dinner with the group." Her hands were wringing themselves out, but finally dropped back down to her sides as he said, "Yeah, sure."

"Great, be there around seven." She took out a pen from her bag and grabbed his hand. On it she wrote her address and phone number. Yes, Percy Jackson just got her number, and he was more than happy about that.