Hey guys! Hope you enjoy this chapter! I think some of you might have missed the chapter I posted on Monday, (chapter 10), so I'm just putting this here as a note (just in case).

Disclaimer: I'd be a narcissist if I was Rick Riordan- and I'm not, so there's that.

He'd thought about it for thirty minutes, what he was going to do to get Annabeth back, and each idea that popped into his head was worse than the first. Kiss her, try to remind her what she was missing on a physical stance? No, she'd probably slap him in the head. Find a way to see her as much as he could? No, that was creepy, stupid, and she'd probably catch on. Ghost her completely? She wouldn't care at all. He'd be doing her a favor.

Let's just say all of the others weren't any better. They just proved how stupid he was for letting her go in the first place. Sure, there would be a low chance of them succeeding- long distance relationships worked sometimes, but in a lot of cases, they didn't.

And he was endlessly confused about why he wanted her as much as he did. It had been six years, after all. Most people get over past relationships within six months.

His phone buzzed, jolting him out of his thoughts. A text, from Jason. "Hey," It read. "I'm hanging out with my sister and some of her friends that are coming into town. Wanna come?"

Annabeth, Percy thought all of a sudden, Annabeth is new. She's friends with Thalia, his mind elaborated.

Percy typed back as fast as he could. "Sure, location?" He asked.

"Brookmore Park." Jason replied, "I'll see you in thirty minutes?"

Percy sent a thumbs up emoji. Brookmore Park was about five minutes away from here, which meant he could finish his shift, and then head over right after it ended. And since Leo was here, Percy was sure he would cover him.

He grinned to himself, and began to finish clearing up some tables that had been left unoccupied from the half an hour Percy had spent not working. He picked up the plates, and carried them to the kitchen, setting them next to the sink, for the chefs to clean.

Checking his watch again, he frowned, seeing not much time had passed. It was annoying. Sure, he liked his job, but right now, it was not the time for one second to start feeling like eternity.

But how the hell could only two minutes have passed? He'd walked super slowly to the sink, and lowered the plates down even slower.

He thought about it- if he did that fifteen times, thirty minutes would have passed.

Another bad idea (it seemed that he didn't have much good ideas at all.)

Instead of biding my time, Percy decided, Maybe I should just do things normally. Plus, it wasn't like Annabeth would be waiting on him. She wouldn't even expect him to be there. In fact, he wasn't even sure the "new friends" Jason was talking about were Annabeth and that girl- Piper.

(Okay, well he did know that, he was pretty sure of it in fact).

Twenty five boredom filled minutes later, Percy grabbed his messenger bag, asked Leo if he could cover his next shift if needed, and rushed out of the restaurant. He pulled out his car keys, and jammed then into the ignition, pulling out of his spot, and heading to the park.

In reality, he didn't need to use his car, the walk wasn't that long, but he did want to get there before Annabeth. If he walked, it would take him five minutes, which sure, was his original plan. But if he drove, it took two minute's tops, and it was good exercise.

Percy loved his car- and despite the fact that it was stereotypical for a guy to love his car, he did. Sure, it wasn't amazing. And yeah, occasionally it could break down, but it was uniquely him.

And he needed that sometimes, to remind himself, yes, I do have a personality.

Upon his arrival to Brookmore Park, he found a good parking spot, and hopped out of the seat. Percy walked towards the main area of the park, eyes open, looking for Jason.

Once he saw him, he rushed over, patting the guy on the back. It had been a while since they had gotten together. Percy had been busy with work, and swim lessons, and life, overall. Jason, who owned a therapy center nearby, had been trying to look for someone new to hire, after one of the previous therapists quit.

"Hey Man," Percy said. "How's life been?"

Jason smiled as he saw Percy. "Not bad, not bad. I just wanted to let you know that Thalia just told me it was Annabeth who was coming. I'm sorry bro, I didn't know before. I know what happened between you two-"

Percy shook his head. "It's fine, I was expecting it would be them."

Jason raised an eyebrow. "Why?" He asked, and then smirked at him, in realization. "Are you trying to win her back?"

Percy felt his face heating up, and nodded, almost ashamed at how fast Jason had tried to pick this up. But, Percy remembered, he did own a therapy center, which meant he had to be pretty good at understanding human behavior.

"Are you sure she wants that?" Jason said. "I mean, I'd think she'd be mad at you or something."

"Oh," Percy shook his head. "She's not mad, she's absolutely pissed."

Jason cocked his head in confusion. "What do you mean?"

"She's renting out the apartment on top of the restaurant with her friend."

"Wow." Jason breathed. "I guess that'll make it pretty easy for you to see her." he said, switching his expression from smiling to frowning, like he didn't know what his reaction to this should be.

And as if on cue, he saw Thalia in the distance, arm around Annabeth, with another girl walking over to the side- Piper, the person who didn't know Thalia.

Jason sighed. "Well this will certainly be… something."

"Yeah." Percy said, waiting for impact- when Annabeth would realize it was him, Percy Jackson, the friend of Jason who was coming.

Percy rubbed his hands together. Even if this doesn't go well, he told himself, it'll be the first step to getting Annabeth back, and that's what's most important.

As they got closer, he could Annabeth's pupil's dilate, eyebrows aiming down, her expression turning cold.

Thalia saw this, and looked up to Percy. "What are you doing here?"

I'm sorry guys, this chapter was mainly filler so I could be set up for the next chapter. Also, I've been having a bit of writer's block (which always sucks), so there's that too.

Anyway, I thought I'd be able to get a lot of work done on this story, the KBHK sequel, and some one-shots, and I'm trying my best, but writer's block is really killing me. But don't worry, I'll be working on this story no matter what (and another story after that, and so on).

On another note, what did you think of the chapter? What do you predict will happen next? I'd love to hear your thoughts!

TheLil'Lion