I noticed that you guys were pretty cheesed with Luke showing up and being a bubble burster, but how can it be a good story without some drama? ;) I decided to update as soon as possible to not keep you guys waiting too long. I hope you enjoy!

Disclaimer: PJO was and never shall belong to moi!

Percy POV

If I can give you one word to describe Luke Castellan, it would be asshole. They guy can have anything that he desires, yet he always manages to take what's important to me. He bribed the swim team to name him captain instead of me, he bought the shiny blue Gibson electric guitar I wanted from the music store in front of me, AND I caught him cheating with my first and only girlfriend! You know what the worst part of all of this was? Other than Grover, he was my best friend. You see, the key word there is WAS. After I caught him cheating, it was the last straw. I avoided him for the past two years and I was lucky enough to only have to fight him once or twice. Yet here he was! Interrupting a perfect chance for me to kiss Annabeth. Man, I was having the best time before he showed up to ruin everything. His face brought back so many unpleasant memories, that I could feel them all pushing forward to get my attention. One specific memory came flooding through my mind.

"Happy Birthday Dear Percy! Happy Birthday to you!" I quickly blew out the candles as everyone cheered. My Mom started to cut the cake to distribute to the party guests. I took an extra one to give to Calypso; my beautiful, talented, and caring girlfriend. I walked around the room aimlessly looking for her, but I couldn't find her anywhere.

"Hey Grover, have you seen Calypso?" I asked him as he was stuffing his face with the blue cake.

"Last time I saw her, she was going upstairs with Luke before your Mom brought out the cake" he answered.

"Ok, thanks G-Man!" I started to walk upstairs when I noticed my bedroom door was slightly opened. What were they doing in my room? Probably pulling a birthday prank on me by painting my room pink or something like that.

I opened the door and walked in saying "Hey guys, we started cutting the cake, so if you wa-" My mouth dropped. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Luke, my so called best friend for the past five years, was on top of Calypso, my girlfriend for the past year and a half, kissing her furiously on my bed. They hadn't even noticed me enter the room, which made me even more infuriated. I grabbed Luke by the shoulders and threw him onto the floor.

"WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING!?" I yelled while punching him in the face.

"PERCY! STOP!" Calypso yelled back while attempting to pull me off Luke.

I stopped punching Luke and turned to face her. "How could you do this to me!? You cheated on me with my BEST FRIEND on my BIRTHDAY!" Tears started to fall from her eyes as she pleaded for my forgiveness.

"I'm not apologizing to you Jackson" Luke said bitterly while slowly getting up "If I had the chance to do it again, I would. Calypso's too good for you and she never should have dated a loser like you in the first place." The words stung like a thousand bees. I kneed him in the stomach which made him topple over in pain.

"We are done. We will never, EVER be friends again! Now get the HELL out of my house before I put you in the hospital!" I yelled while pushing Luke out of my bedroom. I then turned to face a very teary eyed Calypso "And you too! GET OUT!"

She slowly walked past me, but before she left, she turned around showing me her big incredible chocolate brown eyes "I'm sorry for hurting you Percy" she said it so sadly that I almost believed her "After today, you will never have to see me again" she walked out without looking back. Little did I know that she meant what she said. She left the island before the school year started. The rumor was that she went to live in California, if only Luke had gone with her.

I was brought back to reality by the bastard's voice "I was going to text you the information for the party, but I realized I forgot to get your number" he explained to Annabeth whose face was quite red when he caught us in each other's arms. "So, I decided to come over and tell you in person... but I can see you're busy." Luke then gave me a glare, so I returned the gesture.

"Oh, no I'm not busy. I'll write the information on my phone right now" Annabeth replied while taking out her silver smartphone. I wondered if she knew how horrible of a person Luke really was. I guess she didn't since she was acting very friendly towards him. I couldn't stand by and just let Luke manipulate her, so I was determined to find a way into that party.

"So Luke, you're having a party?" I asked while putting my best fake smile on.

Luke eyed me suspiciously "Yeah... it's mostly for the graduating class though."

"You should come with me Percy" Annabeth suggested which made Luke cringe at the thought.

"Sure! I'd love to come!" I exclaimed cheerfully "When is it?"

"It's this Friday at eight" Luke replied bitterly. He then turned to Annabeth and gave her a sweet smile that made me want to barf "I'll see you later beautiful." Annabeth's cheeks turned pink from the compliment while mine turned red from anger. Why did he always have to meddle with my life!?

As soon as he left, Annabeth said that it was time for her to leave as well. In a spur of the moment I kissed her on the cheek. Sure it wasn't the kiss I had intended to give her, but I'm willing to wait for the right moment. She quickly turned and walked away, but I swear, even if it was just for a split second, I thought I saw her blush.

*Friday Night - Around 8:05 pm*

I was waiting for Annabeth and her friends down the block in my truck. Annabeth didn't want her Dad knowing that it was me driving them so we decided it was best for me to park farther down the road. I invited Nico and Jason to tag along as well, just in case Luke and I got into a little argument. They said they'd meet us there at around 7:50 so we were already late. Why do girls take so long getting dressed? It's not like they're going to walk the red carpet.

The passenger door suddenly opened and Annabeth stepped into the car. I'm not going to lie to you, my jaw dropped. She looked absolutely stunning! She had her hair down which made her curls bounce every time she moved. She wore a purple summer dress that flowed in the wind with silver flats. She also had make-up on, but not too much. The make-up only defined her beautiful grey eyes even more, which I didn't complain about.

"Hello! Earth to Seaweed Brain!" Annabeth was waving her hand in my face which made me realize that I had completely zoned out. She laughed at my dazed look and asked "You ready to go?"

"I've been ready for the past twenty minutes. You guys just took forever to get ready!" I complained.

Thalia punched me in the arm "Hey! It takes time to look this amazing!"

"Besides, we're not THAT late" Piper protested.

"Actually, we were supposed to meet the guys fifteen minutes ago" I replied annoyed.

"Well then pedal to the metal kelp head!" Thalia yelled.

*Luke's House*

Because I'm such an incredible driver, we arrived in less than five minutes. We were able to quickly locate Jason and Nico at the snack bar, and once they saw the girls, their eyes widened with surprise.

"Wow!" Nico exclaimed "You guys look-"

"Amazing!" Jason finished.

"I was going to say hot, but sure that works too" Nico said while giving a slight shrug.

"Well thanks Death Breath, you don't look too bad yourself." I'm not sure if I heard right, but I think Thalia just complimented Nico.

As Nico's olive skin turned pink from Thalia's comment, the DJ began playing a slow song. Couples started going into the middle of the room to dance, which gave me the idea to ask Annabeth to dance with me, but I couldn't seem to get the words out of my mouth. Thankfully, Piper broke the ice.

"I really love this song" she said while looking at Jason.

Jason looked extremely nervous, but he eventually got out "Would you like to dance then?"

"Of course!" she replied with a huge smile on her face. They quickly went off hand in hand to the center of the room.

After a minute of awkward silence, Thalia glared at Nico and said "Well?"

"Well what?" Nico asked clearly confused.

Thalia frowned "Aren't you going to ask me to dance? I didn't come here to just stand around all night"

"Oh, sure, uh" Nico started stammering "Would you like to dance?" Thalia rolled her eyes as she grabbed Nico's hand and dragged him onto the dance floor. And then there were two.

I felt my heart race as I looked at Annabeth. From the expression she had on her face, she was probably waiting for me to ask her to dance as well. My palms started to sweat as I tried to form the words.

"So Annabeth," I began.

Ok, good start I thought.

"Would you, umm, maybe like to, you know, umm-"

"Yes I would Seaweed Brain" she replied before I could even finish the sentence. She then grabbed my hand and led me towards the dancing couples. She put her hands around my neck as I put mine on her waist. We swayed back and forth to the melody, and as I looked into her eyes, it felt like we were the only two people in the room. I could have stayed like that forever, just holding her close to me, but of course something, or more specifically, someone had to disturb this perfect moment.

"May I cut in?" I turned around to face the king of assholes himself. He had this stupid smirk on his face that I just wanted to punch away, but I knew I couldn't fight him with Annabeth watching. I was about to say no when he just came in-between us. "Thanks" he said while giving me a smug look.

"It's ok Percy" Annabeth said while giving me a small smile "I'll dance the next one with you." I nodded and glumly walked towards the drinks table. I watched in disgust as Luke twirled Annabeth around and pulled her close to him so that their faces where only centimeters apart. Once the song was over I immediately jumped from my seat and took Annabeth away from Luke.

"I believe you owe me a dance" I said with a huge grin on my face. She smiled back and we danced for two songs until Luke took her away again. This cycle continued for the next hour until Annabeth decided to break it.

"I'm really tired you guys, I'm going to go get a drink." She excused herself and once she was out of earshot I gave Luke my best death stare.

"What do you want with Annabeth?" I asked, almost yelling in his face.

"To keep her away from you" he replied with disgust. "She's an amazing girl and she shouldn't be hanging around with beach bums like you."

"The only people she should be staying away from are snobby, rich, backstabbing assholes like you" I mentally patted myself on the back for thinking of such a great comeback.

A smirk started to spread across his face "Oh really? If I'm such snob, then why did her Dad ask me if I wanted to date his daughter?" I felt my face start to burn from anger. He had to be lying. There was no way Annabeth's Dad would set her up like that.

"I don't believe you" I said through my gritted teeth. I was about ten seconds away from punching him in the face.

He shrugged "You don't have to take my word for it, but when Annabeth and I start dating, I'll be the one that says 'I told you so'" I clenched my fist ready to beat the crap out of this bastard when a crash came from upstairs. He groaned and gave me a look that said 'We'll finish this later'. I went to go look for Annabeth when I saw her outside talking to Thalia and Piper on the deck. I was about to walk out to meet them when I heard my name being mentioned in their conversation. I quickly stood behind the wall as I tried to overhear what they were saying.

"Come on Annabeth! Just admit that you like him!" Piper exclaimed clearly frustrated. Wait, Annabeth likes someone? Oh Gods please don't let it be Luke!

"I don't like him! He's just a friend! And anyways, if I did I doubt he'd even like me back" Annabeth replied. Who wouldn't like Annabeth? Whoever that guy was, he must be either really oblivious, or really stupid.

"Then what about Luke?" Thalia asked. I cringed at the sound of his name. "He's good looking, smart, and he's LOADED!"

"I definitely do NOT like Luke" Annabeth answered. I breathed out a sigh of relief. "There's just something about him that doesn't seem right."

Yeah! I thought The fact that he's a lying, cheating, backstabber!

Thalia and Piper both let out an exasperated sigh. "Fine, if you really don't like either Percy or Luke, then we'll drop the subject" Piper said annoyed. My heart sunk. So, Annabeth doesn't like me. I guess I really am stuck in the friend zone.

"Thank you!" Annabeth exclaimed. "Now if you don't mind, I'm going to get a drink." She started to walk in my direction so I quickly hid behind a large plant. As I crouched behind the oversized shrub, I started to think about all the moments Annabeth and I have shared over the past few weeks. I was so sure that there might be the slightest possibility that she had some feelings for me, but I guess I was wrong. I decided it was best to just leave the party and move on when I heard Annabeth yelling at these three guys over by the drinks table.

"Leave me alone! Go find someone else to bug!" she was desperately trying to release herself from one of the guy's grasps as the others were taunting her.

"Oh come on blondie! We just want to have some fun!" the ugly brown haired one replied "What do you say about coming back to my place for some overnight entertainment?" He then started to lean in to kiss her, but she quickly kicked him in the nuts. He bent over in pain while the second guy with crooked teeth came over to defend him.

"Why you little -" he lifted his hand to slap her in the face, but I caught it before he could harm her.

"Ok guys you've had your fun, now why don't you leave the poor girl alone?" I said while pushing the third guy with piercings all over his face off of Annabeth.

The guy with the crooked teeth growled at me as he said "This doesn't concern you pretty boy."

"Actually, when you mess with my friends, it kind of does" I replied while clenching my fists.

Bad Teeth then came at me flinging his arms like a madman. I expertly dodged each punch he swung and kicked him in the stomach. He toppled over and fell alongside his ugly comrade. The guy with the piercings was harder to take down. He was able to hit me in the eye which dazed me for a second. I recovered as quickly as I could and gave him three good hits to the face. He soon fell over just like his friends.

"Oh Perce there you are!" Nico exclaimed as he entered the room. He then noticed the three guys on the floor groaning in pain. He looked at me while holding in his laughter. "So, what'd I miss?"

I turned around and noticed the shock on Annabeth's face. "Wow" was the only comment that came from her mouth. I smiled sheepishly and quickly headed towards the front door. I wanted to leave this place as fast as I could so I ran to my truck. To my surprise, Thalia, Piper, and Jason were standing in front of it. I stared at them completely confused which gave enough time for Nico and Annabeth to catch up to me.

"So Perce," Nico began while attempting to catch his breath from the run "we all wanted to go to the strip to grab something to eat since the food here stinks. So we were wondering if we could use your truck since Jason's car is too small. You can come if you want."

"Nawh that's alright," I replied "knock yourselves out." I tossed them the keys and waved goodbye as I walked towards my house. I didn't care if it was a far walk, I needed some time to clear my head. About a minute into the walk I heard someone running and yelling my name behind me.

"PERCY! WAIT UP!" I turned around to see a very exasperated Annabeth.

"What are you doing here?" I asked "I thought you were going to the strip with the others."

"I wasn't hungry." she stated "Plus, I wanted to walk with you." I felt my face turn red, but I quickly shrugged it off. She doesn't like you remember? Although I wanted to be alone, I just couldn't turn her away.

We walked as if nothing happened. We laughed at each other's childhood stories, we played a quick game of 'I Spy', and we talked about what we wanted to do in the future. I told her I wanted to be a marine biologist which made her burst out laughing.

"What's so funny?" I asked clearly annoyed.

"Of course you would want to be a marine biologist," she said while smiling at me "since your head is filled with seaweed and all."

"Ha ha" I replied unamused "So what do you plan on becoming Wise Girl?"

"That's easy, an architect" she said without any hesitation.

"I guess that would explain all the pictures of buildings you have on your phone" I joked.

She chuckled as she said "I knew you looked through it." The realization dawned on me and I immediately tried to cover it up, but it was no use. "Don't worry Seaweed Brain, it's not like I'm going to kill you for looking through my phone. If the roles were reversed, I'd probably do the same thing." I breathed a sigh of relief as we reached Annabeth's house.

"Listen Percy," she began "I just wanted to thank you for what you did at the party."

"Oh it was nothing." I shrugged "I just couldn't stand to see those gorillas hurt you."

She smiled, but it quickly faded as she got a good look at my eye. She raised her hand and touched it softly "I'm sorry about your eye. I hope it doesn't get too bad."

"Don't worry," I said while grabbing her hand "it will get better in no time." We then just stood there, entwining our fingers together. She then stared at me with those beautiful grey eyes and it took all of my strength to not kiss her right then and there. She then looked away and I saw a little disappointment in her face as she turned to her house.

That's it! I can't stand this anymore! I don't care if she doesn't like me! If I do this and she rejects me, then at least I'll have no regrets.

I quickly ran after her and grabbed her hand again. Startled, she turned to face me. "Annabeth, I know this is a long shot and I know that we haven't known each other for a long time, but I was just wondering" Here we go, no turning back "would you like to go on a date with me this Sunday?"

She had a complete poker face on which worried me in ways that you will never know. Fortunately, her expression changed and she now had a really large grin on her face. "I thought you would never ask. Pick me up at five, my Dad won't be home then." She then kissed me on the cheek and entered her house.

What did I do after you ask? Well, I would like to say that I didn't stand on her porch like an idiot with a goofy grin on his face yelling "YES!", but sadly, that's what happened.

I couldn't believe it. I, Percy Jackson, had a date with the smart and beautiful Annabeth Chase!

Author's Note:

Ok guys I apologize in advance for saying this, but I don't think I'll be able to upload another chapter until next week. I know, I'm awful, but as I said before, I'm going on a vacation with my family for a week starting tomorrow. So I hope this chapter will keep you satisfied for a while.

Please comment and review as much as you desire! Until next time Jacksonheads! Talk to you all in a week! :)