Ok, today's chapter is a little slow, not much action. But I can assure you that the next one has much action. Thanks to my cousin's dramatic character. Thanks for all the reviews! :)

As night time neared, Percy was becoming more agitated, tired and impatient. His eyes slowly closed, making the car turn into the opposite direction. A few cars avoided them, but a truck couldn't. As the truck driver beeped his horn, Annabeth and Percy jolted awake. He turned the Ferrari, making it drift slightly.

"Let's stop here!" Annabeth suggested quickly.

Percy nodded in agreement, following her instructions. He made a quick left and the car neared to a stop. The couple climbed out the Ferrari, wearing tired expressions. Annabeth looked up, seeing a sign writing "Nevada Green Hotel."

The place was clean enough, not very clean but clean. The building had white washed walls and a small swimming pool on the left.

Percy slammed the car door lightly and grabbed the keys off the ignition. As they walked into the building, they had gotten a few stares from the tenants there. The main reason was because they were caked in icing from the wedding parlor.

The pair tried to ignore the stares and whispers as they made their way towards the reception. The woman smiled brightly at the exhausted couple, pretending not to notice that they were covered in cake.

"Hi! How can I help you?"

"By getting us a room?" Percy retorted. Annabeth secretly smacked Percy in the back, scolding him for his manners.

The receptionist's perky attitude was replaced by an annoyed one. So Annabeth plastered on a fake smile.

"I apologize for my boyfriend's sour attitude, he's very exhausted." Annabeth explained as the lady eyed her suspiciously.

"But could we just have a room for the night? Mostly one that's on the first floor?"

The woman rolled her eyes, scoffed and placed a fake smile on her face. "Of course. Here."

She gruffly tossed the card at them. "That'll be 40$ for the room."

Percy grabbed his wallet out of his pocket and slammed two twenties onto the counter and smiled a fake smile.

Annabeth laughed sheepishly. "Thanks." She pushed Percy towards the stairs. The receptionist rolled her eyes in return, retorting to herself "What a couple."

They made their way up the stairs; the sounds of shuffling feet filled the silence.

Percy slipped the card in, earning a beeping sound. As they shuffled their way in, Annabeth glared at him.

"What was that?" She asked questioningly. Percy's hardened expression softened. "I'm sorry, I know I was being an ass back there. I'm really upset by my dad's death, even though I wasn't close to him… I still love him."

She dropped her stern look and smiled reassuringly. "Even though he was a terrible dad." Percy added and Annabeth chuckled.

"Well, I'm going to take a shower." She announced, getting up and walking towards the bathroom.

He smiled from across the bed. "Ok, I'm going to order room service."

"Fine!" She shouted from the bathroom. Percy flicked on the TV as he dialed the number.

"Hi, what can I get you?" The voice asked over the receiver.

"Yeah, I would like two cheeseburgers please, no pickles."

There was moment of silence before the voice answered. "Alright, anything else?"

"No thanks. That's all, Room 124."

"Ok. Your orders should be there in 20 minutes."

He placed the receiver back into its holder.

He picked it up again, calling John.

"Ello?"

"John?"

"Yes, this is me."

"It's Percy Jackson, you were right. Right after you left, the killer broke in and tried to kill us. Thankfully we escaped." He explained.

"What? Where are you now?"

Percy checked the time. "We're at Nevada Green Hotel."

Morning soon came and the pair woke up, changed and showered.

They had decided to grab some breakfast. They made sure they locked the door securely.

But unfortunately, there was a lingering figure watching their every move, waiting for the right moment to break into their room and steal the most essential object from them- their car keys.

At that exact moment Annabeth asked Percy. "Did you take the car keys?"

He nodded slowly, checking his pockets to see if he had taken them. He eyes widened and he shook his head quickly.

"Well, go get it!" Annabeth suggested. Percy did as she asked and ran into their room, grabbing at an empty table where the cars keys were.

Percy had an expression of surprise and panic spread across his face. He searched the room as quickly as he could, but found nothing at all.

Great, not only that my dad died, but I lost the car keys too. He thought bitterly.

He sauntered back to the place where Annabeth was waiting. She was tapping her foot impatiently.

"Did you get it?" She asked impatiently. Percy shook his head nervously. "It's not there."

"What do you mean it's not there?" Annabeth asked incredulously. Percy scrunched up his eyebrows in confusion.

"It's not there! I tried to find it, I really did, but it was not there." Percy shouted agitatedly. Annabeth's eyes widened in horror.

"What?" Percy asked curiously. Annabeth shook her head unbelievingly. "I can't believe that I was so stupid not to notice! I saw a Ferrari just like ours drive off but I shrugged it off, thinking it was another car with the same color!" She said furiously. She whacked her head in frustration.

Percy grabbed her arm and pulled her in close, their faces barely touching. "It wasn't your fault, it was mine. I was careless enough to leave in it the room."

Annabeth shook her head in disagreement. "It was my fault, I wasn't attentive enough. If I was, we would still have a car."

Percy shook his head, making his hair fall in front of his face. "It was really my fault."

Annabeth snorted. "No, it's my fault."

"It was my fault." Percy retorted.

Annabeth's eyes sparked amusement. "Why are we even fighting about this Seaweed Brain?"

Percy raised an eyebrow, amused with their small banter with each other. "I'm not sure Wise Girl."

"Ok! Could we concentrate at the problem at hand?" Annabeth laughed.

"Fine, Fine. What are we going to do about transportation?"

Annabeth's eyebrows crinkled in thought as she snapped her fingers. "I have a friend who can help us with that."

"This is your friend who can help?" Percy whispered, Annabeth elbowed him in the arm. Percy rolled his eyes and grumbled. "I'm not invincible all the time." Annabeth pretended not to hear his retort.

"Jake!" Annabeth stretched out her hands. Jake happily hugged back.

"It's so good to see you!" He smiled, he had a british accent. He had light brown hair and blue eyes. He was quite good looking.

"Same here!" Annabeth laughed. She turned back and realized she didn't introduce Percy yet.

"This is Percy, my boyfriend. Percy this is Jake, my friend from college."

"Hey." Jake extended his hand and Percy shook it.

"What's up man?" Percy asked. "Nothing much, same routine. Race, advertise and sell car products. Free test drives for new car models."

Percy raised his eyebrows. "Uh.. Yeah."

Jake grinned, showing of his white teeth. "What do you do for a living?"

"Uh.. I used to work for her dad. Now I'm on vacation."

"Oh." Jake answered knowingly.

"Yeah."

Annabeth smiled at the two boys awkwardly. "Alright, thanks for coming quickly Jake." She intertwined her hands with Percy's.

Jake seemed like glaring at Percy before answering. "It's fine, Annie. You needed a car right? Good thing I was near the neighborhood. "Jake laughed.

Annabeth visibly winced when he called her Annie. "Yeah, it was. I'm sorry we can't stay and chat, we're late for something . And we really need to go."

Jake's smiled faltered a little and Percy smirked inwardly. "Yeah, Yeah. Ok. Here's the car keys."

"Thanks! I'll return it to you soon!" Annabeth called over the sound of the roaring engine of the Cadillac.

"Yeah, No problem!" Jake shouted.

Annabeth smiled and shut the door. They both drove silently and the melody of the song The Only Exception by Paramore filled it.

Just then, Annabeth spoke up. "I don't trust John, Percy."

Percy looked at her weirdly. "What do you mean?"

Annabeth gave him a knowing look. "It's just that, after you called him and told him where we were. Someone just stole our car keys."

He stared at the road, trying to avoid morning traffic. "I don't think so. I trust John, Annabeth."

Annabeth sighed and put her hand under her chin. "Percy. Think about it, why would someone randomly choose our room and steal our car keys when they didn't know that our car was a Ferrari?"

Percy was speechless, he could not think of an excuse to make up. So, he gave in. "Ok, you're right. If you don't trust him, I won't."
Annabeth smiled and placed her hand over his.

"Good." She spoke in a soft manner. Percy smiled, but it faded away as quickly as it came.

Trust, it's hard to come by.

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Until the next chapter!

Casey Marie Carter