A/N: Okay everybody, I am really sorry I haven't updated in like a week. I feel horrible, I am a terrible person :P JK. I really am sorry, I've been super busy and super lazy which is not a good combination for me. But I have something awesome to tell you. In honors English we had to read the autobio of Frederick Douglass and now that we're finished we have to write a song about his life. My friend and I are doing a parody of "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" by Green Day and it's gonna be EPIC! We have the music to the song too so we're going to play it on our flute and oboe. I can also play "21 Guns". I love that song. So anyway here's the next story based on "Poker Face". I like this seen in the LT movie where they're at the casino. It's hillarious. That's all for now. Go to my page and vote on my student council speech, I'm still really nervous! Review! *Peace, love and Percy*

Disclaimer: Do I own PJO? Yeah... no. Sorry


Poker Face by Lady GaGa

"Annabeth, I can't find the flashlights" I heard Percy call from the kitchen of my apartment. I rolled my eyes.

"They're in the kitchen cabinet, like they always are." I responded from the living room where I was lighting all the candles I could find. Remember when you were a kid and power outages were so cool because you got to do everything in the dark? Yeah, well not so much when half of New York doesn't have electricity and you're tripping over the cat, books, tables and practically everything else in the room.

"Got them all." Percy appeared in the doorway. He shined the flashlight on the cat. "Why does Odysseus look so irritated?"

"Well, I stepped on him but that's not important."

"I'm guessing it was important to him." Percy said scratching the cat's ears. Stupid cat, it always did like Percy better.

"Anyway, what are we supposed to do now? I really don't think we should go out tonight."

"Yeah, I guess not. Umm, what do you do without power? You can't watch T.V., you can't go online. I'll just get a snack." He said heading to the refrigerator.

"No, don't open that!" I yelled.

He turned around. "Why?"

"Because if you open the fridge all the cold air gets out."

"Come on Annabeth, I don't think…"

"No don't Percy. The food will spoil." I said firmly.

Percy sighed. "So are we supposed to starve until the power comes on?"

"You had dinner a half hour ago."

"And your point is?"

"You're still hungry?" I asked in disbelief. Where did this guy put it all? He wasn't fat or anything, not by a long shot, but how could someone eat five meals a day and stay this fit?

"Hey, we should play cards." Percy said. Cards, really? Well at least he wasn't trying to get back into the fridge.

"Sure what do you want to play?"

"Poker." His eyes gleamed.

"Are you sure you want to challenge me to poker? You know I am pretty good. In fact, I was the only one to ever beat Connor Stoll at camp."

"Yeah, come on. It'll be fun."

"Alright, if you want to dig your own grave I can't stop you. But don't say I didn't warn you. Prepare to get creamed." I told him, grinning.

He dealt and we sat in silence play for a while. I got a terrible hand the next time. I thought I'd stick it out anyway.

"Just fold now." Percy broke the silence with a smirk.

"Why would I do that?"

"Because you have a terrible poker face."

"What? I have a great poker face. You'll never be able to tell what I have!" I said indignantly. I took my poker reputation very seriously.

"I can tell when ever you lie even if we aren't playing cards." He said. "I know you. You get kind of red in the face and you start to tap your nails on the table and you blink excessively."

"Excessively?"

"Yeah, it means a lot or more than normal."

"I know what it means, I just didn't think that word was in your vocabulary."

"Ohhhh, burned!" he said dramatically clutching his chest.

"But seriously, are you telling me I can't lie at all?"

"I don't know. Maybe to someone who doesn't know you very well you can lie. But not to me."

"I don't believe this." I scoffed.

"Test it. Do you think that werewolf guy, oh what's his name… Taylor Lautner is hot?"

My face turned pink and I felt hot. "No, why would you think that?"

"Liar!" Percy yelled. "You do to like him because I heard you say so to Thalia on the phone the other day."

"So that just means your 'test' didn't prove anything. You already knew the answer so you still can't prove you can tell when I lie."

Percy looked stumped. I couldn't help but laugh at him. He thought he was really clever.

"I got it." He said after a moment.

"Got what?"

"Do you think I'm hot?"

"And this pertains to the situation how?"

"Just answer the question Annabeth."

Hades, he got me. "Ummm, well what do you expect me to say? You are my boyfriend. Why would I date you unless I thought you were hot?"

This answer seemed to surprise him. He stared at me in disbelief. "You seriously think I'm hot?"

"Uh, yeah."

He grinned. Gods, I could never tell him that again. He was going to have a huge ego now. "So if you really think I'm hot…" he began. I knew I should have said no. "Will you kiss me?"

I rolled my eyes and wrapped my arms around his neck. "Why not?"

Turns out power outages can be fun after all. We didn't even notice when the lights came on. I guess I don't even really mind that he can read my poker face.