Our First Fake Date as Friends

Annabeth

"Are you ready?" Percy asked me.

"Percy, I've been your fake girlfriend for four years, another four won't be that hard." I replied.

"Yeah, but now that we're friends won't it be awkward?"

"You are such an idiot… Come on we're going to be late for our double date with Jason and Piper."

"I still can't believe that Jason finally got the guts to ask her out."

"Isn't it weird to think that your cousin is dating my best friend?"

"Yet you think it's perfectly normal that you're 'going out' with your friend as of yesterday."

I rolled my eyes and headed out the door. I had to admit, he looked nice. Percy was wearing an old swim team hoodie that says JACKSON on the back with some khaki shorts. Me, I left my so-called princess curls down and I was wearing the pair of owl earrings my dad got me with jean shorts and a light orange long sleeve shirt.

"Where are we meeting them again?" Percy opened the dorm door.

"At Demeter's Garden," I locked the door and answered him.

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"Hey Pipes!" I pulled her into a hug while Percy and Jason nodded to each other. Honestly I never understood why guys do that, I mean is it that much trouble for them to just say hi?

"So, how did this happen?" I moved my hands in a huge circle around Jason and Piper.

"Well, after you guys left the party we continued to play truth or dare and Silena dared Jason to kiss me…" Piper started to blush at the memory.

"Then on our way back to our dorm, I asked her out." Jason finished off.

"Aw look at that, they're already finishing each other's sentences!" Percy started talking in baby talk.

"Watch it Jackson!" Jason raised his voice.

"What are you going to do about it Grace?" Percy retorted.

Even though they are cousins, they took their mother's maiden name. They're fathers wanted them to have a 'normal' life, so their last name isn't Olympiad. Another long story; Thalia and Jason's father, Zeus Olympiad, is super-rich dude who owns pretty much everything air related in the U.S, Percy's dad, Poseidon Olympiad owns everything water related, while Nico, Bianca, and Hazel's dad, Hades Olympiad owns most underground related activates like diamond and gold mines. Nico and Bianca are full siblings while Hazel has a different mother, which is another long story.

It's funny how a few seconds ago Jason and Percy looked like they were about to rip each other's throats out now are laughing as if nothing happened.

"Come to think of it, Annabeth, you never did tell us how you and Percy started going out. I just remember that one day you guys came to school and announced that you guys are dating," Piper said defending Jason.

Curse Piper's curiosity! Thankfully Percy got this one. "You see it was March 6th and I took her to the lake for a canoe ride. As we finished the ride, a few friends were helping me out by hold signs that spelt 'WILL YOU GO OUT WITH ME?'"

I shot him a grateful look as he gave me his lopsided grin in return.

"Awwwww!" Piper squealed. Even though down plays her looks, sometimes Piper is a girly girl like her mom. "Man Jason, you really got to man up next time you ask me out!" Which ended up in Percy on the receiving end of an unwanted death glare, it looked as if Jason's eyes flashed like lighting.

"Enough about us! Let's go eat!" I tried to change the subject before Jason was about to rip Percy's throat out for the second time in the past 10 minutes.

Our lunch date ended with Piper and I slapping our respective dates for being so oblivious. Our waitress was batting her eyes like she had a horrible twitch and I swear if she twirled her hair any more than she already had, it would fall off. The nerve of that girl! She even messed up Piper's order and spilled water all over my shirt! Luckily for Jason, Piper forgave him after a bit of begging but I couldn't say the same for Percy…

"Annabeth! Wait!" Percy chased after me.

I started quickening my pace. Unfortunately he caught up. "What Percy!"

"What's wrong? Why are you so mad!" Percy asked.

This boy is completely hopeless… Even though we were friends I was still mad.

"The problem is that my 'boyfriend'," I said with air quotes. "Acted as if there was nothing wrong when the waitress was flirting with him, and did nothing when she spilled water all over me!"

I took a deep breath trying to calm down before looking at Percy. Suddenly his eyes grew, as he was hit with sudden realization. "Gods Annabeth! I'm so sorry! I had no idea she was flirting with me and as for your shirt… Here." He handed me his hoodie, which resulted in me staring at his 6-pack through his t-shirt.

"Thanks," I muttered and put his hoodie on. It smelled like him. Even though it is a swimming hoodie it smelled like the ocean rather than chlorine.

We started walking back to our dorm in a somewhat awkward/comfortable silence before I decided to break it. "Really a canoe ride? And using signs to ask me out? Where did you get that idea from?"

Percy chuckled, "Actually it was from one of my mom's books, so I borrowed it."

"Really? I didn't know Sally writes books."

"Yup, her first one is already published and she's working on her second," Percy explained. I then made a mental note to check out Sally's book one day.

The rest of the walk was in more of a comfortable silence rather than an awkward one. That was how my first fake date as friends with my fake boyfriend/ friend went. Man is this relationship ever confusing… What's even worse, our classes start tomorrow.


[A/N] You get it? March 6th, 03/06 for Poseidon and Athena.

Editor: LeoLuver