A/N: Hello everyone. Well i just want to thank evryone that is following this story :) This chapter is a bit shorter, but i thought the date should have a full chapter ;). It would REALLY make my day if you guys reviewed. It can be whatever you know like: update, yay, awesome. I'm not picky hahha.

BTW, I update every Tuesday. AND SORRY FOR ALL ERRORS.

The song is Young Blood. I originally heard the Birdy cover, but it's actually by The Naked and Famous.

Disclaimer: I don't own the song or books. :)

Annabeth's POV

Fall back in love eventually

The first thing Piper told me when I arrived at lunch was, "Annabeth, please don't be mad at me." There were about a million and one things Piper had done to make me mad although I had never done more than sigh in annoyance. I don't know what the hell Piper had done to basically beg me not to get angry.

I dropped my plate on the table and audibly took a deep breath, "What did you do now, Piper?"

She looked guilty which surprised, since she was about the most unapologetic person I had ever met. "Ok, so you know how I have Rachel for art?" I nodded and she proceeded, "I kind of heard her talking to Nico about how you and Percy were going on a date."

"I don't mind that you know, Piper," I said trying to ease her pain. It really wasn't a big deal. I was actually planning on asking her to help me get ready.

"Yes I know you wouldn't, but that's not what I'm sorry about." Piper had a frown on her face which made me worry about what she was going to say.

"So what is it?"

"I couldn't help but ask Rachel why she was so cool with it. I mean, I thought they were kind of a thing." So had I. "Rachel said that Percy didn't ask you out on a romantic date. He just wanted to be friends with you again." Piper finished.

Piper hadn't feared my wrath, but in reality, she was sorry for me. I honestly didn't know if I was disappointed or not. Whether he liked me or not, did it really matter? A love triangle was a more effective way to rob a person's mind. Well, according to Young Adult literature at least. That and the end of the world, but I don't think I could ever make the latter happen.

"Its fine Piper," I consoled her. Huh. Wasn't it supposed to be the other way? "I kind of don't like him either." I admitted.

"Oh that's great!" Piper said relieved.

"But I do want him to like me." I continued what I was trying to say in the first place. I really hoped Piper was going to be on this with me. If she didn't approve my idea, then I don't know what I would do. I needed to be valedictorian; however, a part of me didn't want to use someone's feelings in order to achieve it.

"Why?" She asked me.

"Please don't think that I'm crazy, but I kind of want to seduce Percy and make him forget all about his grades," I said my plan really fast, so she wouldn't understand the implications behind it.

Piper stayed quiet for a long time before speaking. "Annabeth that is a very serious thing you want to do." I was happy that there was no judgement in her voice. That meant that she was at least giving me the benefit of the doubt.

"I know Piper! I just don't see how else I can achieve my goal. I've been dreaming about this since I was a little girl. What I really want to know is: are you going to help me?" I had asked for Piper's help instead of Thalia's for a variety of reasons. The first was the Percy and Thalia were family. Second, Piper was better at this romance thing whether she liked it or not. Most important, I couldn't look at Thalia in the eye after what had happened with Luke Castellan.

"Of course! You're really important to me and I would do anything for you, Annabeth." Piper said. I couldn't help but feel touched. Piper was really a great friend. "It doesn't matter if it's legal or not," she added.

"Haha," I laughed, "I think this is pretty legal."

"For now," Piper winked at me, "Besides, you know what they say: All's fair in love and war."

"You guys aren't going to egg Reyna's house, right?" Jason asked. I was distracted by the person that was standing next to him. I may have stared at him for longer than I should, but I couldn't help it. Percy was just so captivating.

"Wow, Percy," Piper said, "You just couldn't wait to see Annabeth again, huh?"

My immediate reaction would have been to look down and start blushing. I didn't do that however. I smirked instead and subtlety flipped my hair. "I know I'm too much to resist," I said teasingly.

Percy laughed a little before sitting down next to me. "You got that right." Why did he have to be like that? You know, share his feelings freely and without a care. I both loved and hated that about him. We stared at each other in wonder. I couldn't help but feeling how right this was. The years we had spent apart seemed so irrelevant at the moment.

"I thought we were the lovebirds here," Jason said.

"Whatever," I said, "At least we're not sucking faces like you guys."

"Yet," Piper responded. "So where are you taking little Annabeth? You guys still have the condoms?" Piper finished her ridiculous questions with a wink.

"Holy hell," I said, "Stop." I rolled my eyes, but I couldn't help but steal Percy a look. He was in deep thought as if he was actually thinking about the sex thing.

He finally looked up and saw me with a raised eyebrow, "What? No. I was actually thinking about the date and not the other thing," Percy explained looking embarrassed. "You know, guys think about more than sex. That's just a rumor. Right, Jason?"

Jason was in the clouds. There was no other way to describe the goofy look upon his face. "Sure, Perce."

Percy sighed in defeat, "Jason doesn't count, guys."

"Ay, true," Piper responded. "Hey," Piper said suddenly remembering, "Where's Thalia?"

I looked around and noticed that there were no more people at the lunch line, yet Thalia wasn't here. I didn't want to admit, even to myself, that I was glad she wasn't here. I didn't like Luke at all: I knew this much although he did make me feel some pretty intense things. The exchanged that had happened between us at the Celibacy Club made me feel incredibly guilty.

Jason started talking with his mouth full of food, which was incredibly disgusting, "I saw her sneaking out after third with Luke."

"Luke Castellan?" Piper asked. Oh no. She finally remembered what had happened yesterday. I didn't think it was that much of a big deal.

"No," Jason said with a straight face, "Luke Williams." When Piper glared, Jason quickly backtracked, "Yes, sweetheart. I love you so much." Piper didn't have the chance to respond because the bell rang. Ha, saved by the bell.

Percy and I walked towards the Problems and Solutions class. Once there, he decided to take a seat next to me. "Huh. This is how the other half lives."

"That makes no sense whatsoever," I said. He was basically implying that I was rich and he was poor which wasn't true. Sure, I came from old money. That wasn't too said that Percy was poor in comparison. His mother, Sally, was actually a bestselling author.

"I meant sitting in the back; that's new to me."

"Who would have thought Percy Jackson was a goody two shoes..." I mused aloud. The Percy I knew always sat in the back. He fidgeted a lot and he always had a sarcastic answer to all of the teacher's questions. It suddenly hit me that I had no idea who the person in front of me was. I didn't know how that made me feel. Sad that I no longer knew someone I considered my best friend? Or happy that I didn't know the person I was planning to use?

"Well, people change," Percy admitted.

"Yeah they do," I agreed.

I almost cancelled the date twice.

Every time I thought about the date, my heart started beating uncontrollably. Was I really that desperate? Sure, I've always had a competitive streak. Sure I've sometimes done less than honest thing in order to win. But this was too much even for me.

The first time was right after school. I asked Rachel, who asked Nico, who asked Rachel for Percy's number. It turns out that Percy Jackson is probably the only teenager without a phone. He didn't even have a flip phone! This is why when I called, Sally Jackson was the one that answered. Sally is Percy's amazing mother. She was almost like a mother to me before Percy and I "broke up."

Sally was extremely excited Percy and I started talking again. She went on and on about how Percy needed me to keep me in check and how she couldn't wait to see me again. When she passed the phone to Percy, I didn't have the heart to cancel.

The second time was on Friday during lunch. I pulled Percy inside a classroom and tried to list all the reasons why we shouldn't go out. I couldn't even say the first one before he started joking around about what to do in an empty classroom. He looked at me with those baby seal eyes and I couldn't do anything but deeply stare into them. Of course, a teacher came inside at that same moment and we were both giving a very serious talk and a lot of condoms.

Maybe this was a sign that I should do this. Or that I shouldn't? It didn't matter because it was too late to change my mind. Percy would be arriving at any minute now and I was officially freaking out now. I mean, more than I already was.

I ran a hand through my straight hair and cursed myself. Why had I even bothered doing that? Did it send the wrong message? What was the wrong message anyways? The whole point of going was to make him love me. I prepared myself with about a thousand Wiki articles on how to flirt. They all said the same: smile, laugh, and flip your hair. I just hoped he wouldn't start laughing if I did something like that.

I probably would have continued my debate if it wasn't for a loud knock. I gathered as much courage as I could and made my way to the door. I plastered a smile on my face and opened the door. At first I couldn't see Percy because he was holding a bouquet of roses.

"Are you ready to go," he asked.

"As ready as I'll ever be," I answered truthfully.

A/N: So what do y'all think about Annabeth's plan? Do you think the date will go smoothly? So many questions.

Anyways, thank you so much for reading and being awesome.

Next time on I Can't Help But Fall: I wonder what it would be like to press my lips against his.