Hana's POV.

As it had became friday, I had just gotten the best news ever.

It was lunch as I ran into the cafeteria screaming: "Guys! Guys! I have the best news! You'll freak out! Oh my God! Guys!"

Everyone I passed on my way to the table my friends were sitting at, looked at me like I was crazy. I didn't care.

"Guess what," I said, as I sat down next to Liam, panting.

"What?" Cath asked.

"THERE'S GOING TO BE A DANCE NEXT WEEK!" I almost screamed.

The room became quite, and everyone, like everyone in the room, looked at me.

"There's going to be a what?" Liam asked.

"A dance! On friday! Not friday today, but next friday! Isn't that great?" I said excited.

Everyone looked at me for a few more moments, before everyone started talking again, and soon the room was filled with noise, girls talking fast and excited, most boys looking uncomfortable.

"Great." Miles said, not sounding convinced though.

"It'll be great, trust me! And since were six in our little group, tree boys and tree girls, none of us will have to go with someone we don't know!" I kept rambling on.

I looked around the table, me gaze stopped at Percy and Annabeth.

They both looked like a dance was worse than doomsday.

"What's wrong?" I asked them. "You don't like dances or what?"

"It's just, at the last dance we went to.. Something bad happened." Annabeth said, and shivered.

"What," Liam said, "one of you got abducted, and the other went out on a dangerous mission to get you back?"

Both of them looked even more uncomfortable.

"I'll bet Percy just was really bad at dancing," Cath said, to cheer them up a bit.

"Yeah, something like that," Annabeth said, but it didn't sounded like she meant it.

"Can we please just not go?" Percy asked, and looked at everyone.

"No! You have to! It'll be great! Come on guys!" I said

"Ugh.. Okay then." Percy frowned.

"Who will go with who then?" I asked, and my gaze automatically found Liam.

All of the boys looked really uncomfortable, and they looked down in the table.

Liam cleared his throat, and then looked up at me.

My heart did a little stupid dance.

"Uh.. Hana, will you uh.. Will you go to the.. to the dance.. with.. with me?" He asked

"Sure!" I said, trying to sound natural. But my heart was about to explode of happiness.

He had asked me. Me! Finally.

The ice was broken, and both Miles and Percy looked up.

They looked between Cath and Annabeth, both of their gazes stopped on Annabeth.

Annabeth looked at Percy, too.

I had known for a bit time that Miles had a crush on Annabeth. He had told me. But I was pretty sure that Annabeth didn't saw Miles as anything but a friend. Of course I didn't say that. I suspected that Annabeth had a crush on Percy. But I wasn't sure. She was, and had always been, good at hiding her emotions. I couldn't see through if Percy liked Annabeth. Maybe, maybe not. But they would be cute together. (Don't tell Miles I said that.)

Percy opened his mouth, as to say something, but closed it again. He repeated it a few times, but not one word came out.

Then Miles bursted out; "Annabeth, do you wanna go?"

"Sorry, what?" Annabeth asked, and slowly moved her gaze from Percy to Miles.

"I just asked.. If you want to go to the dance. With me?" He then repeated, slowly.

"Yeah.. Okay." She said, and smiled.

The smile didn't reached her eyes though. They looked disappointed.

Percy looked like someone who could have slapped him self, and then jumped of a building. But only for a couple of seconds. Then he just looked like Percy again.

"Then I'll go with Cath, if you want to?" He said, and looked at Cath.

"It's cool," Cath said, and they both nodded to each other.

There was an awkward silence at the table for a few minutes.

"Cath, Annabeth," I said and looked at them, "wanna go shopping and find some dresses later today?" I asked them.

"Sure," Cath said, at the same time Annabeth said; "No way!"

"Oh come on Annabeth! It'll be fun!" I told her.

"No. I hate shopping." She answered.

"You can't go to the dance in that orange camp shirt and blue jeans." Cath pointed out.

Annabeth send both of us a scary death glare before she agreed.

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"What about this one then?" I asked Annabeth, and showed her a pink dress.

"There is no way in Hades I'm gonna wear pink!" She said, and frowned.

We had showed Annabeth about 20 dresses so far, and she didn't like any of them.

"You're impossible!" I muttered.

"I told you, I'm not a dress person!" She argued.

Cath and I had already found our dresses.

Mine was a light pink dress, and Cath's had chosen a dark green one. Both of them very pretty.

"Then what about this?" Cath said, and showed her a pretty blue dress in knee length.

Annabeth was about to reject it, without even looking at it.

But then she did look at it, and shut her mouth closed.

"Maybe it'll do." She said, and looked at it again.

"YES!" I yelled. "Finally! Go try it on!"

"Really?" She asked, and raised an eyebrow.

"Really." Cath said, and waved her of, into a dressing room.

Annabeth was about to say something, but then walked into it.

"Look guys, I still don't understand why I can't just wear a shirt and jeans," Annabeth asked from inside the dressing room.

"Because it's a dance, that's why." I answered.

She groaned, and came out a half minute later.

"I don't really know.." She said and looked down at herself.

She was looking stunning. Breathtaking, almost. If I had been a boy, I would totally date her.

"What do you mean, you look beautiful!" Cath said excited.

"You think so?" She frowned.

"Yes!" Both me and Cath said, at the same time.

"Can't we just buy a really nice t-shirt for me instead?" She tried, one more time.

"No, you are wearing that dress. Even if we have to force you down in it." I said, and gave her a serious glare.

"Ugh.. Okay then. But I'm not doing this of my own free will. Now I'll go get my own NICE and PRETTY cloth on." She said, and went back into the dressing room.

As she came back, we paid for the dresses, and left the shop.

"Well, I need to get home. I promised Percy that I would help him with math."

"Okay, tell him we said hi." I said, and she nodded.

She hugged both of us, and left the mall.

"She so has a crush on Percy!" I said to Cath, as soon Annabeth was out of hearing distance.

"You think so too?" She asked me, her eyes shining.

"Yep, wanna grab something to eat?" I asked.

"Yes! I'm starving." She answered.

"Thai?" I asked.

"Thai." She agreed, and we laughing started walking over to our favorite place to eat.