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Volleyball for the win! It will forever be my favorite sport (even though I get bad scars and bruises from it)

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Annabeth POV

By the time Friday comes around I've never been more anxious and nervous. Of course I've been on a date before but it's just been so long. My nerves are the good kind though. The kind I get when I'm excited about something. If I knew where we were going it'd be easier to prepare for the date but a certain Seaweed Brain won't tell me. I've been texting Percy all week trying to get the answer out of him but he won't budge.

Throughout the week I've also had to deal with Piper constantly asking about our relationship. When I told her we had a date tonight she seemed even more excited than I did. She insisted with helping me get dressed even though I don't know where we're going. So that's where we are now. 5:30 on a Friday night in my room with Piper currently tearing my closet apart.

"Gods Anna do you own anything other than t-shirts?" She asks with her back to me while throwing another shirt behind her. There's quite a collection of shirts lying on the ground which I'm sure I'll have to clean up later.

"They're comfortable." I say in response with a shrug. It's silent for a while before Piper seems to find what she's looking for. She stops destroying my closet and brings out an outfit.

It's a short pale blue dress that goes to just above the knee. She's picked out a white cardigan to go with it. She suddenly rushes out of the room and comes back a minute later with a pair of white flats. She looks at me for approval.

"It's cute Pipes but I have one request." Piper nods for me to continue.

"I get to wear my white converse with the dress instead of flats. You know how much I hate wearing flats. They hurt my feet after a while."

Piper shakes her head and returns the flats to her room before grabbing my white low top converse and putting them next to the outfit.

"There. Now get dressed so I can do your hair." She says. For someone who doesn't dress that girly, she sure knows her fashion.

I quickly get dressed in the clothes Piper had laid out for me. I don't ever remember buying this outfit but I guess that's just because I don't wear dresses that often. When I'm finished I let Piper know. She comes back in with a hairbrush and a single hair tie. I'm relieved that she didn't bring a hair curler or straightener. I like to keep my hair simple whether it be up in a bun, in a braid or just down.

"I was thinking fishtail braid, that ok with you?" She asks.

"Yeah. Perfect." I reply.

She nods and gets to work on brushing and braiding my hair. By the time she finishes it's 6:30. We would've been done sooner but Piper restarted about a dozen times claiming it wasn't good enough. She's always been the perfectionist in our group. I stand up and walk over to my full-length mirror behind the door.

I have to say, Piper did a really good job. The dress fits me perfectly and the cardigan goes great with it. The white converse add to the look making it more casual, just my style. The fishtail braid is practically flawless and falls on my right shoulder with a few strands of hair falling out and framing my face.

"I love it Pipes. Thank you."

"Your welcome. Great idea on the converse though Anna, I might just make a fashionista out of you yet."

I laugh. "I doubt it."

She laughs in response before getting a look on her face like a light bulb just went off in her head. "Oh wait one more thing."

She picks out a long silver feather necklace for me to wear and puts it around my neck. "There. All done. Unless you wanna wear makeup?" She questions.

I shake my head. I'm fine with wearing a dress from time to time but you won't ever see me wearing make up unless it's for something really formal like a wedding. And even then I'll probably only use a tiny amount. I do wear concealer sometimes but that's just to cover up small blemishes so I don't necessarily count that as wearing make up.

I head downstairs with Piper in tow. There's still a few minutes before Percy's expected to pick me up so I make myself comfortable on the couch in our living room. I get compliments from Thalia and Juniper on my outfit when I see them.

"You look great Annabeth. Percy won't be able to take his eyes off you." Juniper comments.

"Yeah you look hot Annie." Thalia adds.

A small blush comes to my cheeks as I respond. "Thanks guys."

We spend the next few minutes watching an episode of Friends before the doorbell rings. I suddenly get a nervous feeling in the pit of my stomach. What if I'm too overdressed? What if I'm too underdressed? Ugh. I hate Percy for not telling me where we're going.

I get up to open the door and when I do Percy's there dressed in a pair of dark jeans, black converse and a sea green v-neck shirt that compliments his eyes nicely and makes his muscles more defined. His dog tags lie loosely around his neck and by the looks of it he tried to make his hair less messy but failed. I'm not complaining though, I've come to like his messy raven black hair- it suits him. (A/N: I know guys in the military have to cut their hair short but I just couldn't do that to Percy's amazing hair! So in this story it's not. Anyway, continue)

He smiles when he sees me and reveals a single red rose that was hidden behind his back.

"You look beautiful Wise Girl."

Okay. Pause. Is this really happening right now? I thought guys only did things this sweet in the movies (or books of course). Percy's incredibly sweet gesture causes a smile as well as a blush to spread across my face. I take the red rose from him and sniff it lightly, enjoying the refreshing garden scent it omits.

"Thanks Seaweed Brain. You don't look too bad yourself."

"Ugh. Save the flirting for the date lovebirds." Thalia interrupts from somewhere behind me. I let a small laugh escape me before excusing myself to give the rose to Piper so she can put it in water.

I grab my cellphone and put it in one of the pockets of my cardigan (yeah I'm not big on purses either) before heading back to the door where Percy is.

"Ready?" He asks.

"Yup." I reply while closing the door to the condo in the process. Before I close the door completely I hear Thalia shout "Have fun but not too much fun!" My face heats up as the door closes completely. I hope Percy didn't hear that but judging by the fact his cheeks have a sudden pink tint to them, I'm guessing he did.

We walk to his truck and Percy opens the passenger side door for me. I thank him before climbing in and buckling up. Percy does the same and starts to drive.

"So want to tell me where we're going now? Judging by your choice of clothing I figure it's nothing too fancy." I inquire.

He chuckles before responding. "You just don't give up do you?"

"Nope."

"Well you'll figure it out when we get there."

I sigh. "Alright. I better not be overdressed Seaweed Brain."

"Don't worry you're perfect." He replies.

Something about the way he says that makes it seem like he's not just talking about my outfit. This of course makes me blush again. Why must I be one of those people who blush so easily? Percy turns on the radio and Gnarls Barkley's Crazy plays. (A/N: Highly recommend this song!) I look out the window while silently humming along to the catchy song.

Maybe I'm crazy
Maybe you're crazy
Maybe we're crazy
Probably

A smile covers my face as I listen to the lyrics. I catch Percy stealing not so subtle glances at me with a look of amusement from the corner of my eye.

Before I know it we've arrived. Percy pulls into the parking lot of Medusa's mini golf course and my smile widens when he opens the door to my side and helps me out of the truck.

"How did you know I've never gone mini golfing before?" I question once I'm standing in front of him and his hands rest on my waist while mine rest on his shoulders.

"I may or may not have asked Thalia." He says.

"Thalia's known this whole time?!"

Percy nods and I laugh. This whole week I could've been pestering Thalia about where we were going. I'm gonna get back at her for this but right now I have better matters to attend to.

"I love it Percy. But I'm warning you, I'm probably gonna be terrible because I've never been before."

He laughs and leans in to kiss my cheek before interlacing our fingers and leading me towards the small hut to get our putters and pick out a colorful golf ball. Once Percy pays the man at the counter and we get our putters, I pick out a purple golf ball and Percy picks out a blue one.

"Enjoy!" The man at the counter says. We thank him and walk towards the first hole. There's not too many people here which I'm thankful for. Only a family of four and a few other couples.

"You really like blue don't you?"

He chuckles. "Yeah. Love it. You haven't lived until you've had my mom's blue cookies."

I practically choke on my own spit. (Hey don't judge, like you haven't before.)

"Blue cookies?" I sputter, looking at him incredulously.

Seeing my confusion, Percy fills me in. "There was this guy who once said there was no such thing as blue food. My mom proved him wrong by dying our food blue and it's been a tradition at our house ever since. Blue cookies, blue soda, blue cake-you name it."

I ponder this. I won't deny that it's a little odd but strangely I find it quite endearing. It's something his family has all to itself. Pretty cool if you ask me.

"That's…pretty awesome." I reply.

I can tell he wasn't expecting my answer. He looks down at me and gives me a genuine smile that I return wholeheartedly.

We get to the first hole and Percy lets me go first. When I do I'm surprised at how good my shot is. It's fairly close to the hole and I think I could get it in with two puts. Percy goes after me and gets a hole in one. I gape at him.

"Well then." I say.

He smiles. "I may have played a few times in the past."

"No kidding."

We continue on like this. I do surprisingly well, getting the ball in with two or three puts while Percy gets the ball in with one or two. By the time we get to the last hole I let Percy go first and he gets another hole in one.

"Okay this is not fair. You've gotten more hole in one's than I can count and I haven't gotten one." I pout.

He chuckles. "Come here. I'll help you."

Not really understanding what he's saying, I walk over to him and place my ball on the ground. Once I have the ball lined up where I want it I turn my body sideways and look to Percy, curious to see how he's gonna help.

Before I say anything I suddenly feel Percy come up behind me and wrap his arms around me. He matches my sideways position and places his hands on mine which are rested on the putter. I feel his breath on the back of my neck and I get chills. He's so close to me but I don't feel the slightest urge to move.

"Loosen your arms a bit." He whispers in my ear as I shiver. I could probably win an award for having the reddest face right now.

I do as he says and when I do he places his hands more securely on mine before bringing the putter back a bit and releasing the swing. We both watch as the purple ball heads in the direction of the hole before falling in. A perfect shot. I smile and I can sense that he's smiling too.

I turn to look up at him and when we make eye contact I realize how close our faces are. I can't resist so I close the distance between us. Percy instantly responds as his lips move slowly on mine. Neither one of us tries to rush it. I turn my body so that I'm facing him and when I do his arms wrap around my waist as I let go of the putter and mine wrap around his neck. The kiss is so blissfully perfect but after a while I have to pull away from lack of air. I lean my forehead on his.

"Thank you." I whisper.

"That's a hell of a thank you. I need to start helping you more." He replies with a goofy grin on his face.

I giggle. Since when did I start giggling? "Oh and by the way, you're the most cliché person I've ever met."

He laughs. "I knew you would say that but what's a mini golf date if you don't have a cliché moment?"

I smile. "Very true Seaweed Brain."

Percy POV

It's almost 9pm by the time we finish at the mini golf place. We give our putters back to the guy at the counter and make our way towards my truck in the parking lot. I open the side door for Annabeth again before running over to the driver's side and getting in.

"Well I don't know about you but I could go for some ice cream." I suggest once we're both settled in the truck.

Annabeth smiles and nods excitedly. "Who could say no to ice cream?"

"Crazy people." I reply before starting the car and heading in the direction of Scoops ice cream.

When we get there we look at the menu while waiting in line. I decide on the blueberry and Annabeth decides on the salted caramel. When we get up to the register a guy about my age with sandy brown hair and light brown eyes is standing behind the counter.

"What can I get for you?" He says. I notice he doesn't glance at me for even a second but instead just seems to be looking at Annabeth. I get a sudden feeling of anger in the pit of my stomach and clear my throat before responding.

"One blueberry cone and one salted caramel cone." I say curtly which causes him to finally take his eyes off of Annabeth and glance at me.

I grab Annabeths hand and bring her closer to me. She seems to be oblivious to the fact that the guy is checking her out or more specifically her body.

"$5.58 is your total."

I quickly hand the guy a ten-dollar bill before getting my change and walking over to the other end of the counter to pick up our ice cream. Annabeth follows and I hand her the salted caramel cone before we leave the ice cream parlor.

"Percy?" Annabeth asks in a concerned tone once we're outside and enjoying our ice cream at one of the tables.

I don't respond because at this point I'm too annoyed to.

"Hey. Are you ok?" She asks while placing one of her hands on mine. Her touch calms me down a bit but anyone can still see I'm pissed.

"I'm fine it's just… who does that guy think he is staring at you like that? Does he have no respect once so ever?! He could obviously see you're here with me but that doesn't stop him!" I say.

"Percy slow down. What guy?"

"The guy at the counter! He was looking at you like you were some prize to be won or something. You were completely oblivious to it." I continue.

Annabeth doesn't get mad at the fact that I called her oblivious but instead a small grin forms on her face before she speaks.

"Percy are you…jealous?" She questions.

"What? No that's ridiculous. I'm just simply annoyed at the fact that the guy had the nerve to hit on another guys girlfriend." I reply.

It's silent for a minute before Annabeth responds with an even bigger grin than before.

"That was the first time you actually called me your girlfriend without it being in question."

Despite the fact that I'm currently mad I manage to smile at Annabeth's comment and take her hand in mine, giving it a small squeeze.

"Well that's what you are aren't you?"

She smiles. "Yeah. And as for the guy at the register, you're totally jealous."

I sigh. "Alright. Fine maybe I am a little jealous but can you blame me? I'm here with the most beautiful girl. I don't know how I managed to do it but she actually agreed to being my girlfriend."

By the time I'm done Annabeth's cheeks are the color of a tomato. "You just love making me blush don't you?"

"Yup." I reply before kissing her temple. All my anger seems to have subsided at this point.

What Annabeth does next catches me completely off guard. She dips her finger in a little bit of my ice cream before putting in on my nose. My face must seem really surprised because Annabeth erupts into laughter.

"Oh you think that's funny huh?" I say before doing the same thing to her but with her ice cream. I start laughing as well and before I know it a good part of my face has blueberry ice cream on it and hers has salted caramel. Good thing no one else decided to sit outside tonight or they would see two people with faces full of ice cream.

"You're lucky I brought napkins Seaweed Brain or else you would have to go in there looking like that to get some because I sure as hell wouldn't want to." Annabeth says between laughs.

As she's reaching for the napkins it's my turn to catch her off guard. I take her chin in my hand (the one that's not holding my now destroyed ice cream cone) and connect our lips. The kiss is sweet (literally) as her salted caramel lips move against mine. I pull away after a few seconds.

"You know what I said earlier about you being the most cliché person I've met? You're more like the most cliché person on the planet." She comments while grabbing the napkins and handing me some as she starts to clean up her face (which now has some blueberry ice cream on it).

"Like you have a problem with it." I reply sarcastically with a grin as she lets a small child-like giggle escape her lips.

Once we're done cleaning up the mess we made we head back to the parking lot. Once in the truck, I start on the drive back to Annabeth's condo. During the drive Annabeth and I play twenty questions. I learn more about her and her interests and she learns more about me. When it comes to the topic of family Annabeth seems to shy away so I decide not to push it.

We arrive at the condo way too soon for my taste and when we do I open the car door one more time for Annabeth before we walk up to her doorstep. It's silent but it's more of a comfortable silence as we both stand in front of her door not wanting to leave each other quite yet.

"Correct me if I'm wrong but I think the guy's supposed to do something specific at this point in a date." Annabeth starts with an implying tone.

A shit-eating grin spreads across my face. "I believe you're right Miss Chase."

I bring one of my hands up to gently cup the side of her face. I close the distance between us for one last time that night. I don't think I'll ever get tired of kissing her. With a promise of seeing her again soon, I reluctantly walk back to my truck and get in as Annabeth closes the door behind her.

During the whole ride back to my mom's apartment I can't seem to get the stupid grin off my face.

Annabeth POV

When I close the door behind me I just stay there leaning against it with the biggest smile on my face and that's how Piper finds me. She walks up to me with an amused expression.

"I'm guessing the date went well?"

"It was perfect. He makes me feel like I'm back in high school Pipes." I reply with a happy sigh as my smile widens.

Piper laughs. "Alright come on let's get you to bed Anna it's late. Tomorrow you can tell me all about it."

She leads me to my room and I get dressed in some sweats before getting into bed. When I'm about to fall asleep my phone vibrates and I quickly sit up to check it.

Text from: Percy

Goodnight beautiful ;)

If it's even possible my smile gets bigger and it stays that way as I drift off to sleep.

Chapter 10 complete! I've never had so much fun writing a chapter before. I loved writing their first date! I hope you guys liked it too! Please let me know and PM me if you have any ideas for future chapters! Remember…

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Question for readers

What's your favorite ice cream flavor?