Percy's surprise dinner for Annabeth, hurray! Good luck Percy, you'll need it.

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Annabeth's POV

We had just finished with the sails, and Percy told us we could go rest or a few hours. I headed straight for my cabin and grabbed the biggest book I could find. I read the cover, 'Mythical Beasts of the Deep'. Ooh, fascinating. I started reading, and was about halfway through, learning all about the Cetus, an ancient Greek sea monster, when I heard Percy call out.

"All hands on deck!"

I closed the book and went to see what was up. The sun was starting to set, and the sea glowed with a beautiful orange colour. I went to the rail and looked out. Percy came and stood beside me.

"It's so beautiful." I said wistfully.

"Yeah, it sure is." he agreed, but he was looking at me, not the ocean.

I blushed.

"So, what did you need us for?" I said, and looked around. I was the only one here. "Well, me for?"

"You hungry?" he asked.

I nodded.

"Then come on," he said, taking my hand, "I'll show you."

Percy led me towards the front of the ship. I thought we were going to my cabin, but then he turned and walked up a set of stairs, to the deck over my cabin. Percy led me over to a little table with a white cloth over it, and pulled out a chair for me. I sat down, and he sat down opposite me. There was a vase filled with roses, and a bunch of fancy forks, knifes, and plates. Percy clapped once, and soft music started playing. He reached under the table and brought out a silver platter of enchiladas. I smiled. We'd had enchiladas for dinner the day I met him.

"Percy, did you do all this?" I asked him, amazed.

He nodded.

"I thought it'd be nice to just relax after everything we've been through."

I agreed with that.

"Where are Nico and Thalia?" I asked.

He turned a little red.

"They're uh, not going to be here."

"Why? Are they doing something?"

"Well, no. I just, uh, didn't invite them." he said, getting a little redder.

I smiled.

"So then, does that mean this is a date, Seaweed Brain?"

"Do you want it to be?" he asked hopefully.

I nodded. He smiled. We ate. The enchiladas were incredible. I couldn't believe Percy had made them. I couldn't believe he had done all of this.

We talked about random stuff as we ate, he told a few jokes, I laughed at him. It was perfect. I said something about the boat and Percy got all excited.

"Hey, I need to show you something. It's really important." he said, getting up.

"Ok. What is it?" I asked, getting up with him.

"Come with me."

I followed him to the edge of the deck and stood by the railing. Percy grabbed a rope strung between the railing and the too of the mast, and jumped onto the railing. He stuck his hand out to me. I took it and let him pull me up.

"Do you trust me Annabeth?" he asked seriously.

I nodded.

"Good."

Percy looped an arm around me tightly and jumped into the water. He must have used his powers, because we didn't get wet.

"Lean back." he told me.

I did. Percy concentrated and a couch made of water formed beneath us, and rose from the water. We floated up until we were ten feet from the railing. Percy pointed. I followed his hand and saw white letters painted on the dark brown wood. It was a fancy swirling type of lettering and it took me a minute to read it. When I finished I read it again, just to be sure. Yep, I'd read it right the first time. The letters spelled my name. Annabeth.

Percy saw my eyes widen and said,

"Every ship needs a name, and a ship this great needed a perfect one."

I still wasn't getting it.

"But Percy, why's my name on the boat?"

He rolled his eyes and laughed.

"And you say I'm the one whose head is full of seaweed."

I looked at him confused.

"Annabeth, I named my ship after you."

When it finally hit me, I was speechless. I just looked back and forth between Percy and the white lettering.

"Annabeth? Are you okay?" he asked.

I didn't answer.

"Annabeth?" he said worriedly.

I met his eyes and smiled, then gave him a huge hug. He hugged me back. I felt us rising up, and we set down gently on the deck. We didn't let go. I rested my head on his chest and sighed happily.

"Hey Annabeth?" he said.

I looked up at him. "Yeah?"

"Nothing." he said smiling.

He started to lean in, and I didn't object. We got closer, and I closed my eyes. Nobody was around to ruin it this time. I felt his breath on my face. We were only an inch from each other when the boat shook violently. I would've fallen if Percy hadn't been there to catch me. We looked around for what we had hit, but the sun had set, and it was too dark. Nico and Thalia ran onto the deck and it started to rain.

"What the Hades was that! Did we hit something?" asked Nico.

"I don't know, we can't see anything." said Percy.

He hurried to the bow of the ship, where our little table was, and leapt onto the bowsprit. We followed him and watched from the rail as he walked out to the very end and leaned over out, steadying himself by holding a rope. The rain started to fall heavily, and Percy put a hand to his forehead to shield his eyes from the downpour. We followed his gaze and saw what he was looking at. The sea below him began to churn and froth, splashing Percy with brine. A huge flash of lightning lit up the night, and a massive, black shape rose from the water. Percy took a step back, almost losing his balance. Another bolt of lightning lit up the sky, and the beast came into view. It rose fifty feet higher than the tallest mast on our ship, and I suspected that was just the tip of the iceberg. The thing had six red eyes the size of mini vans, and its head was half as big as the ship. Its body looked like a skyscraper, and was covered in hundreds of long tentacles that were as thick as school busses. It opened its huge beak and let out an ear piercing screech.

Percy jumped back on deck and looked at the beast with us.

"Did somebody say, 'release the Kraken'?" he said cheerfully.

Uh-oh, this doesn't look so good.

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