Happy Independence Day to any fellow Americans. :)
Summary: The Fourth-of-July fireworks have a habit of bringing people together. [Percy/Thalia.] AU in which Annabeth joined the Hunters in TTC.
52. fourth.
She asked him so casually, July second, and he said sure, I guess without thinking.
Rumors fly, and he says "just as friends" at least fifteen times to fifteen different people the same day before realizing he doesn't exactly know if it's true. She might be his best friend, but she's older than he is and she loved Luke and who is he to compete with Luke twice, anyway?
But they share a towel under a sky artificially dazzling, she smiles a lot and steals his food, and he thinks that he wouldn't mind at all if it wasn't true.
