[The following story takes place after the war with Kronos was over and the last day of the camp arrives. All campers are enjoying their last dinner together for the summer. However Percy seems to have different plans for his last night with Annabeth.]
CHAPTER 1
I finished my dinner quickly and ran towards the Athena cabin's table in the dinning pavilion. Everyone was still busy eating and thankfully no one gave me a second look. I spotted Annabeth holding a slice of pizza in her hand and talking intently (probably some hi-tech stuff about architecture that i couldn't understand ) with one of her sibling. I grabbed her other hand and pulled her out of her seat. Now I know that was a bit rude but I was , I guess you could say, very excited.
"Come on ! Dinner's gonna be over soon ! We don't have much time." I told Annabeth.
Annabeth stood by my side scowling at me and said, "What are you talking abou-"
And then I saw her grey eyes go wide as 'understanding' hit her brain. "Oh my gods, Percy! Sorry, I had forgotten! How did I forget? "
Some of her siblings started giving me suspicious looks, but I knew there was no time to waste on that . I just grabbed her hand and dragged her out of the pavilion and ran towards the beach of Long Island Sound which was a part of the camp.
Don't ask me why I was running. It just felt right saving as much time as possible.
The thing is, this was our last day at camp, before most of the campers, including me and Annabeth, will leave for home tomorrow to spend time with family and attend school. I was going to Manhattan to live in my apartment with Mom and my step dad Paul, while Annabeth was going to San Francisco to spend time with her dad. We won't be meeting for a long time. So I promised Annabeth a few days ago that I would take her on a date on the beach on the last day of camp. The rest of the day we were busy cleaning our rooms and packing our stuff before we leave. So the only time left was during dinner and the after-dinner s'mores before curfew started and we have to head back towards our respective cabins . So I figured this was the perfect time to excuse ourselves from the others while they finished dinner and the sing along in the amphitheater.
And so here I was, running to the beach, holding the hand of my very gorgeous girlfriend, who was trying to keep her pace with me, so we could spend some time together. I could hear her breathing heavily trying to catch up with me. We kept running along the borders of the forest making our way through the trees. And just when I thought that I was going to succumb to my exhaustion, I heard the roaring of waves against the shore and my feet came in contact with the soft, cold and fine sand of the beach (And yes, I didn't have my shoes on, so I could tell that the sand was cold).