Hola everyone! Back with another chapter for my amazing readers! I know this one kind of took a while to come out but I've been really busy lately and I've got to start getting ready for move in day for college (still can't believe I'm going to college) This summer is going by so fast I'm sad :( Alright sorry I know you guys want to read this update about Percabeth's first date! I hope you like it!
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"Annabeth stop squirming, you're gonna make me smear your eyeliner!" Piper scolded, lifting up the black pencil liner before the substance got on the blonde's skin.
"You know I don't like too much makeup unless it's for a competition Pipes." Annabeth huffed, trying her best to stay still so her friend could finish up.
"I promise I'm not doing much. Just some concealer and a few things to make your eyes pop. That's all." Piper swore.
When she was done, Annabeth opened her eyes to look at herself in the bathroom mirror. She smiled when she saw herself. She hated to admit it but Piper had really done a great job doing her make up even with a limit to how much she could use. Her skin looked clearer than usual and her grey eyes appeared to look huge with the addition of black eyeliner and mascara.
Piper had also turned her hair from frizzy blonde waves to perfect ringlets with the use of a curling iron earlier that evening. It was Friday night otherwise known as the night of Annabeth and Percy's first date.
After Percy had asked her out a few days prior, Annabeth felt that it wouldn't be right not to tell her closest friends. That was why Piper had practically invited herself to Annabeth's house in order to help her get ready. Annabeth was a bit nervous because the last time Piper had helped her get ready she ended up wearing possibly the shortest dress known to man and it was not comfortable.
She kind of needed Piper though. Ever since she had agreed to go out with Percy the so-called captain of the hockey team had been super secretive about where he was taking her. He hadn't told her anything but he had told Piper. Annabeth wasn't surprised when she found out Percy caved and told Piper. She could persuade anyone to do anything. It was like some special talent she had.
Much to Annabeth's dismay, Piper refused to tell her where Percy was taking her on their date. She promised she would help her pick out her outfit but she wouldn't spill the secret.
"Ok so I already have an idea in my head for what you're going to wear. I just have to hope you have what I'm looking for." Piper explained mysteriously once they were both back in Annabeth's room.
A few minutes passed of Piper making a complete mess of her closet and stopping every few seconds to scold Annabeth for having so many t-shirts and not enough blouses. Athena would probably yell at Annabeth later for the mess in her room but luckily she was working late that day. Finally, the brown-haired girl made a sound of surprise and came out of her now super messy closet with a pair of jeans, some long knitted socks and a slightly off-white knitted sweater.
"Perfect! Now we just need to find you some shoes and then accessorize!" Piper yelled excitedly before shoving the clothes into Annabeth's hands and pushing her towards the bathroom to change.
Once she had the pieces of clothing on Annabeth stared at herself in the mirror curiously. The outfit was very simple which made her as anxious as ever to know where in the world Percy was taking her.
Percy. Even his name sent the feeling of butterflies fluttering in her stomach. It sounded insanely cheesy but she was both excited and nervous that she was going on a date with the Trident's star hockey player and captain. She smiled at herself shyly while making her way back towards Piper who was still in her room.
"Great! Now just for some final touches…"
Piper gave her some brown combat boots to go with the look. Annabeth recognized the shoes from the very back of her closet. She hadn't worn them for a long time. She didn't even think she'd had them anymore but apparently she'd been wrong. She slipped on the shoes and then Piper surprised her by pulling out a tan colored pea coat. That definitely wasn't hers.
"I thought I'd loan you this for the night. It goes really well with your outfit and it was just sitting in my closet at home." Piper said kindly, pulling the jacket over her arms.
"Pipes you really didn't have to loan me one of your jackets, especially one that's this expensive-"
"Oh hush it's just a jacket. As long as you promise not to destroy it then you can have it tonight. It's not like I was wearing it anyway." Piper waved it off. Annabeth nodded.
"Thanks Piper. Seriously, for everything." She said honestly, referring to everything her friend had done to help her get ready.
"No problem Anna. Besides, when we're older I'll be able to tell my niece and nephew that I was the one who dressed their mother for their parents first date."
"Piper!"
"Ok, ok I'm sorry. I'm just really happy for you. You and Percy make such an adorable couple!" She said excitedly.
"We're not together Pipes. It's only our first date!" Annabeth replied exasperatedly, a small blush playing across her cheeks.
"You mean you're not together yet. Now come on, there's still a couple more things I want to add." Annabeth rolled her eyes, blindly following her friend's lead.
Five minutes later Piper had finally finished getting Annabeth ready. Her outfit consisted of brown combat boots with knitted socks sticking out from the top of the boots, dark skinny jeans, and an off-white sweater. Overtop of that she had on Piper's tan pea coat buttoned up with a white infinity scarf around her neck. Finally, on her head she had on a white knitted beanie with a grey pompom on top of it.
In other words, she was dressed for the cold weather outside which made Annabeth wonder if whatever Percy had planned was going to be outdoors. She tried asking Piper but she just smiled and shook her head mysteriously.
After another few minutes of Piper doing final touchups on Annabeth's look, the doorbell rung from downstairs. Piper immediately stopped what she was doing and jumped up excitedly. Annabeth smiled and rolled her eyes at her friend's ridiculous behavior.
"I'll get the door!" The kaleidoscope girl shouted excitedly before rushing down the stairs two at a time. Annabeth took a deep breath, the nerves slowly building in her chest. She overheard Piper and a certain male talking from below her.
"Hey Percy." Piper greeted nicely.
"Piper" He acknowledged back. Annabeth felt like there was a giant knot in her stomach. He was right downstairs waiting for her.
"Annabeth will be down in a minute. Don't worry I didn't tell her where you were going. Just remember to have her home by eleven if you want to keep all your limbs in tact. And don't you dare try anything funny mister!" Piper threatened.
Percy didn't say anything right away so Annabeth assumed she should make her way down to save him from Piper's wrath. That girl could be pretty scary when she wanted to be. After one last look in the mirror, she exited her room and walked down the stairs and over to where she could see Piper standing in front of the door with her back facing her. She couldn't see Percy but she knew he was on the other side.
Just as she thought, when she walked over she saw that Piper was glaring intimidatingly towards Percy and he looked slightly terrified of the smaller girl.
"Okay Pipes. I think you've scared him enough." She said teasingly as she approached the two of them. Piper huffed and backed down.
She felt Percy's stare on her as soon as she came into their line of vision. She almost instantly met his gaze and when she did she couldn't look away. He smiled widely at her before he started talking and she felt her cheeks heat up as she smiled back.
"Hey. You look great Princess." He started. Annabeth blushed and fidgeted with the buttons on her pea coat.
"Thanks. You don't look too bad yourself hockey boy." She complimented after observing his outfit.
He seemed to be dressed for the cold weather outside as well. He was wearing some jeans and a black North Face fleece jacket with a grey hoodie underneath it. His hair was just the perfect amount of messy and he had on his signature black high top converse.
"Shall we?" Percy asked, sticking out a hand towards her. She took his hand in hers and allowed him to lead her through the doorway.
"Have fun you two! But not too much fun!" Piper yelled before Annabeth shut the door behind her. She was now blushing madly. She knew Percy had heard that.
"Sorry she's…insane." Annabeth apologized shyly.
Percy laughed. "Hey I get it. If it were Jason there would've been a lot more embarrassing comments than that one."
She shook her head. "Those two really are perfect for each other."
"You're telling me." He said, leading her over to his car and closing the door for her after she got in before running over to the driver's side.
A few seconds of silence passed as Percy started up the car and put it in reverse to get out of the driveway.
"So will you tell me where we're going now?" She asked hopefully. His expression changed to one of teasing as he smirked and chuckled lowly.
"Not a chance Princess. You're just gonna have to wait and see."
When Percy parked his car on the busy street and told Annabeth they had arrived she was confused. They were in the middle of New York City. Don't get her wrong the city was absolutely gorgeous at night with everything lit up but what exactly were they going to be doing?
Percy didn't let her think about it for too long before helping her out of the car and leading her through the busy streets of New York. She would've been fine if it hadn't been for Percy tightening his grip on her hand as they walked. He walked beside her and she blushed whenever she stared at their hands. They walked about a block and then they stopped and Annabeth finally realized where Percy had planned on taking her for their date.
About twenty feet in front of them was the all too famous Rockefeller Center ice rink.
She gasped excitedly. It sounded lame but even though she'd lived in New York all her life not once had she ever skated on the giant Rockefeller ice rink. It was absolutely stunning. People were skating left and right. She saw little kids with their parents learning how to ice skate, couples skating together and even a few elderly people gliding across the smooth surface.
"Rockefeller Center. How did you know I never-"
"I overheard you telling Calypso you've always wanted to skate here one day."
Annabeth searched her mind for the memory. She vaguely seemed to remember telling her close friend a long time ago in the parking lot of the rink after practice. It had been back when she and Percy hated each other and he'd still bothered to remember such a small detail. Her heart warmed at the thought.
"That was so long ago. I can't believe you remember that conversation." She said, her voice swooning slightly.
Percy shrugged as if it wasn't a big deal but she could see a faint dusting of pink on his cheeks. Her grip tightened on his hand and he smiled.
"Come on."
"But we don't even have our skates." She said.
"We're renting skates. That's the beauty of this date. Tonight we don't have to worry about competitions or state championship games. We can just skate in those god awful blue plastic skates and pretend like we don't have all this pressure on ourselves to do great for everyone around us. Tonight we skate for ourselves and no one else."
Annabeth smiled at the sea-green eyed boy. She didn't think it was possible for a guy to make her feel so warm and fuzzy inside but that's exactly what he did to her.
"Well then what are we waiting for? I hear a pair of blue plastic figure skates calling my name!" Annabeth said happily. Percy chuckled.
"To the skate rental shack!" He shouted goofily. Annabeth laughed as he dragged her over to a crowd of people waiting to get either figure skates or hockey skates.
[Song Tribute-Tonight by Coasts]
"Percy stop you're going to make me fall!" Annabeth shouted happily as she skated rapidly around the ice rink, dodging random people every few seconds as she flew by with Percy right on her tail.
Five minutes after stepping foot on the ice and somehow it had gotten to the point of Percy chasing Annabeth around the rink while the two of them tried their best not to bump into people or fall. They were acting like little kids and people kept staring at them but neither one of them cared. They were having fun and that's all that mattered.
Annabeth didn't have to look back to know that Percy was catching up to her. She tried her best to skate faster but it was hard with all the people around them. Not to mention she had figure skates on while he had hockey skates on. Still, she pushed forward, feeling the cold wind in her face and her hair flying in the wind. There was a song playing through the speakers for everyone to hear and she found herself feeling relaxed and carefree. It was nice to not have to worry about anything for a night.
As predicted, Percy's skating form got closer to hers and within the next minute he'd caught up with her. She turned around to congratulate him but was met with something completely unexpected. She blamed it on the fact that they were skating in cheap skates that neither one of them was used to.
"Gotcha-wow!" Annabeth shrieked when Percy crashed right into her, wrapping his arms around her protectively before the both of them lost balance and toppled onto the ice in a split second.
Percy ended up landing on top of her while she crash-landed onto the cold ice beneath them. He placed his hands on either side of her so that all his body weight wasn't on top of her.
"Are you ok?" He asked concernedly, his eyes roaming all over her face to see if she was hurt. She didn't say anything and just stared up from under him.
"Nice one hockey boy."
She started laughing, her mind replaying the situation over and over again. He let out a sigh of relief and soon enough he started laughing along with her. Before they knew it the two of them were just a couple of people laying down on the Rockefeller ice rink and laughing hysterically.
[Song Tribute-Midnight by Kodaline]
She felt his breath on her face when he laughed and she was sure he could feel hers too considering they were in a pretty intimate position. That idea didn't register in her head until they had calmed down and he was still on top of her looking into her eyes. His green orbs sparkled and she found it impossible to break the intense gaze. They were still breathing heavily, her breath becoming visible in the cold night with puffs of white coming out every time she exhaled. Her nose and cheeks were red from the chilly weather and so were his.
"What?" She asked quietly, moving a strand of hair away from his eyes as he looked curiously down at her. She waited for him to speak because he looked like he wanted to say something.
"Nothing I just…" He trailed off, leaving her more confused than before. She furrowed her eyebrows but kept her eyes locked on his. He was looking at her with such concentration and emotion and she couldn't figure out why.
"God you're beautiful." He whispered honestly to her once a minute of blissful silence had passed.
Annabeth's breath hitched in her throat. The smile disappeared from her face as her expression changed to a serious one. She didn't know if she'd heard him right but she hoped to god that she had. She saw that his smile had faded too. She suddenly didn't mind the fact that her back was currently being pressed into the ice or that her beanie was getting all wet. All she could process was that she was on a date with Percy Jackson and he had just called her beautiful.
He started leaning down slowly. She closed her eyes when his lips were mere centimeters away from her own. His nose brushed against hers and then right when he was about to close the gap between them…
"Attention skaters. Please make you way off the ice for the Zamboni to smoothen the surface of the rink." A voice announced through the speaker above them.
Everyone started making their way to the entrance of the ice. There was movement all around them. Much to Annabeth's disappointment, Percy pushed himself off of her to stand back up. He offered her his hand and she took it, brushing the ice shavings off her jeans once she was standing up. Neither one of them said anything while they waited for the giant ice machine to clean the rink.
When they were allowed back on Annabeth mended the tension in the air by taking his hand hesitantly in hers. From the corner of her eye she saw him smile at her. They skated side by side for a while just observing the other people around them. She didn't really know why but ever since she was little Annabeth had loved people watching. So many different lives, so many different stories around them.
"So, how am I doing so far?" Percy asked from beside her as they continued to skate around the rink.
"Hmm well I guess this is better than my usual Friday nights of sitting at home watching Netflix." She teased when she realized he was talking about how the date was going for her.
Percy laughed. "I'll take what I can get."
They spent the next hour skating around the rink slowly. They talked about the most random things and Annabeth felt genuinely happy. It was peaceful and relaxing to skate for fun rather than training everyday like she'd been doing forever. She knew that Percy must've been thinking the same thing.
At one point Percy had adjusted his grip on her hand by moving to interlace his fingers with hers. Annabeth tried her best to hide her smile at the action by biting her lip. They continued talking as if nothing had happened but the only thing she could think about was the fact that his hand felt so natural in hers.
"So I guess this is it" Annabeth caught the hint of disappointment in Percy's voice once they were stopped in front of the door to her house.
Without a second's hesitation, she grasped his bicep muscle and leant up to place a soft kiss to his cheek. He was surprised at the action but smiled nonetheless, looking down at her curiously. She blushed and released her grip on his arm, taking a step back.
"What was that for?"
"I had a great time tonight. It was nice to have an escape from everything so…thanks Percy." She said shyly, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear.
"Does this mean I can take you out on another date sometime?" He asked hopefully.
"I'd like that." She said quietly.
She caught his eye as he took a step closer to her. Her heart rate started to pick up speed. He leant down towards her face and she got a close up view of his incredibly attractive facial features in the dim light from her front porch.
"Can I kiss you?" He whispered against her lips when there was barely any space between them.
She nodded silently and then his lips were on hers and all thoughts left her mind. He kissed her gently and she nearly melted on the spot. It was slightly longer than the first time they had kissed, this one lasting about eight seconds before he pulled away. He knew she wanted to take everything slow so he didn't want to rush her.
When he pulled away Annabeth kept her hands on his shoulders. He smiled down at her and she grinned shyly back, hoping he couldn't see the blush on her cheeks.
"Goodnight Annabeth"
He turned around and started the trek back to his car. She watched his retreating form while leaning against one of the pillars of her house.
"Goodnight Percy" She whispered into the night air once he was gone.
End of chapter 31! What did my amazing readers think of Percabeth's first date? I thought it suited the two of them well. I really need a Percy in my life guys. I hope you all liked the fluff in this update and of course the kiss! They're not exclusive yet but they're in that dating stage between friends and more than friends. Hit that review button and let me know what you thought because I love reading them! I'll try to update as fast as I can! Love you all!
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