Annabeth and Percy walked through New York city with their arms linked. Annabeth took a long, nice, refreshing breath (as far as breaths can be refreshing in one of the most polluted cities in the world). 'This would be out first dinner date where we are not interrupted by monster attacks or gods,' She remarked happily. Percy kissed her on the cheek.

'It is.' Annabeth giggled and looked at her watch.

'Oh, it is only eight 'O clock. We could still go to the cinema, or we could just take a walk in Central Park.'

'Let's just go to Central Park. I don't believe there are currently any good movies running.' Annabeth laid her head on his shoulder. 'Good.'

It was one of the first warm nights of the year. Percy Always thought of those nights as special. To celebrate it, he had asked Annabeth to go on a date with him, to make it extra special. It was a well-known fact that New York was a brooding place for monsters and not of course the Gods resided there. To put it simply: It was almost impossible to have a nice night out there without being attacked at least once. Yet, it seemed that Tyche was on the demigods' side today.

Together, Percy and Annabeth walked through Central Park. At first sight, it was a peaceful night. Neither of them felt the presence of monsters in the bushes. There were no gods in disguise sitting on the benches. They did not get calls telling them that something was wrong with a family member or that Camp Half-blood was in a ton of trouble.

Yet, there still was something. From behind a tree, none other than Leo Valdez was looking at them. Or rather, was paid to look at them by the Olympian gossip service, the group that took care of the gossiping magazines on Olympus and in the godly camps. The nymphs desperately wanted a piece describing the wonderful 'forbidden' relationship between the daughter of Athena and the son of Poseidon, so they gave Leo a nice amount to go and make sure Olympus was not starved for gossip that weekend.

Annabeth was an experienced demigod. When she thought something was staring at them from behind the really big Oak tree, there was a great chance something was actually staring at them. She nudged Percy in his side. 'That really big Oak tree.' Percy nodded slowly and pretended like he was laughing about something she just said. 'Do you know what it is?'

'No, but it feels passive.'

'Than we just go ahead and look at what it is.' he rolled his eyes. 'I feel it too, now. Well, I guess this evening was getting boring anyways.' Annabeth nudged his shoulder again.

'That was not funny.'

'It kinda was,' Percy answered, as they walked towards the tree.

Leo noticed that they noticed him. He did not wait for them to recognise him, but just ran away. The camera that was hanging around his neck bounced up and down (it kinda hurt a little tat). Yet, Percy and Annabeth had started to run after him. 'LEO! What the heck are you doing!?' he heard Percy yell behind him. He started to run faster.

He made it to the street, but Tyche was apparently still on Annabeth and Percy's side, because the street lights jumped to red. Running into traffic in the middle of New York is a bad idea, even if two of the strongest demigods of the century are running after you.

Annabeth put her hand on his shoulder. 'Leo, why were you spying on us!?' she bellowed.

'Uh...' Leo truly did not know how he was going to explain that he was trying to snap a picture of them to sell to some nymphs on Olympus, all so that he could afford food at a restaurant with his siblings that Friday? 'I was just... walking here, trying not to bother you two because I probably have monsters trailing after me?' Annabeth raised on eyebrow.

'Yeah, sure, Leo, why do you need a huge paparazzo camera for that?' Leo sighed. She had figured it out. Annabeth Chase always figured it out. He sighed. 'It's Nyssa's birthday this Friday and I really wanted to buy everyone dinner for it and they offered to...' Percy slapped him on the shoulder. 'OUCH!'

'Good. It's fine now.' Annabeth let go of Leo, who stumbled back.

'Please leave us alone on this one date. No, you know what, we'll pose for a picture.' Percy gave Annabeth a weird look. 'What? But...'

'Why not? He probably sends them to the Olympian press and they'll eat everything up, even a picture of us just walking.' Percy sighed.

'Alright, then.' He and Annabeth put a few steps back. Leo picked up the camera.

'Guys, guys, don't look at the camera, it needs to be natural! Percy, put the arm lower… No, Annabeth, that smile looks fake...' He saw Annabeth angrily staring at him through the lens.

'Well, maybe it does not look natural because it isn't exactly natural, have you thought of that?' She yelled. Leo rolled his eyes. 'Uhh, this is not worth it. Wait…' He ran over to them, planning to adjust a few things. Yet, he ran to fast. He bumped into Percy, who was slouching in place and did not see him coming. Percy put his arms around Leo to catch him. Leo put his arms around Percy to make sure he did not fall. Seeing them in their 'hug,' Annabeth started giggling.

Yet, she was not the only who thought it looked cute. A random man came running at them. 'Hello! Are you two gentlemen dating?'

'Eyh...' Leo muttered.

'Great! Here are three tickets for dinner. They expect two men and an interviewer there in fifteen minutes and I do not feel like that today.' Percy started at the tickets that just got pushed into his hands. 'What? But...'

'Just go. Please do that for me.' the man ran away before any of them could protest.

'What just happened?'

'What are we going to do? Go there?'

'We do not know why that man ran away from it.'

'Come on Annabeth, he said something about an interviewer. He probably ran away to avoid press.'

'Yeah, the same way we tried to avoid you.'

Leo rolled his eyes. He linked his arm through Percy's. 'I am hungry. Let's go see what's it all about.' He pulled Percy along.

'It's dangerous. There might be monsters,' Annabeth stated.

'No way that that person was a demigod. Plus, we can fight ourselves free, right? Let's just try it.' Annabeth sighed. 'Alright then, but I'll blame you if something happens.'

They made it to the restaurant in time. When they got there, immediately a waiter came running over to them. 'Are you two the misters Terry and their interviewer?' He asked.

'Uh, yeah I guess,' Leo answered. The man sighed happily.

'Oh, great! Please come along.' They did, and the waiter lead them to a very nice table in the middle of the restaurant. 'Do you want to drink something first, or immediately order dinner?' the waiter asked. Annabeth and Percy only ordered a cup of soup. Leo, who had not eaten since lunch, ordered a full meal and made both of his friends wait on him and act like they were doing an interview for way to long.

after an hour and a half they stood outside again. 'I have no idea who that guy in Central Park was, but that was delicious!' He chanted. 'Now I have to leave for Olympus. Bye!' He sprinted off. Percy gave Annabeth a confused look. 'To Olympus? But when did he have the time to snap a picture?'

Meanwhile, Leo was sitting in the Underground with the camera. He looked at the picture of Annabeth and Percy taking a bite of soup and looking at each other. He giggled. It was adorable. This would give him enough money to celebrate Nyssa's birthday.