Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson and the Olympians. (This applies for all chapters)

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Chapter 1

She had been waiting for almost an hour now. "Ma'am, are you sure you don't want to order?", asked the impatient waitress. "Yes i'm sure. I think i'll wait just a little longer.", Annabeth responded. "Suit yourself, but I really don't think he's coming!" How dare that waitress. She had a good mind to call the manager and report her waitress for being rude to a customer. She sighed, it was useless. And besides, she was probably right. Lately, she had seen Luke getting more and more distant and had suspected that something was up, but when she asked him he only got mad and accused her of not trusting him. That's when she definitely knew something was up because due to her past, trust had always been a rather fragile subject with her. Everyone in her family who she had trusted had left her and Luke had promised that he'd never leave her. He was the first person she'd trusted since the accident, when her mom died. The Luke she knew would never have said something like that to her. But she had never thought that it had been bad enough for him to miss their anniversary dinner! Had he forgotten?

She was just about to get up and leave when someone sat down in the seat across from her. "Sorry, i'm late. Traffic was terrible today.", he announced loudly, gaining the attention of several people around, as well as that rude waitress. "Um, who ar-" "Just go with it", he whispered, cutting her off, "I don't know who you're waiting for, but whoever stood you up is a jerk". She was about to retort that he knew absolutely nothing but kept her mouth shut. Instead, she turned to glare at him and was momentarily stunned. The man was probably around her age, with tousled, jet-black hair, beautiful sea-green eyes and tan skin. He was wearing a dark green shirt and balck trousers and looked simply heavenly. She forced herself to look away, just as he whispered, "Wanna get out of here?" She nodded, Luke definitely wasn't coming and what was the harm in going out with a cute stranger she just met. Wait, WHAT?! What was happening to her. Firstly, she HAD a boyfriend, she couldn't think other guys were cute! Plus, he was a complete stranger! He could be a serial killer for all she knew, she wasn't going to go with him! "Um, sorry. I can't", she told him. He shrugged, "Suit yourself", just thought you'd want to get away from all the people looking at us weird. I could drop you to your car and then you'll be done for the night. She felt her face redden. Of course he didn't want to go somewhere with her, he just wanted to get away. In fact, someone like him probably had a girlfriend, maybe an adorable redhead with freckles all over her face and green eyes like him. Maybe she was British and said his name in a cute little accent, she felt sick at the thought. Wait, what was she thinking? She didn't care! She had a boyfriend of her own, one who loved her very much… though clearly not enough to remember their anniversary.

"Yeah, sure", she quickly responded before her thoughts could get any worse. They walked outside, an awkward silence between them. "Oh um I came here by cab. I didn't bring my car", she quietly said, breaking the silence. "I could call a cab for you, or I could drop you off in my car if you like", said the stranger. She had to stop calling him stranger! He had helped her out of such an awkward situation and she didn't even know his name! "Im Annabeth, by the way. Thanks for helping me out there", she stuck her hand out for him to shake. "Percy, and no problem", he said, shaking her hand with a crooked grin on that face. Oh the things that smile did to her… STOP IT! She mentally chided herself. Then she realised she was still holding his hand and quickly let go, blushing. "Um, you don't need to go to that trouble of dropping me", she said. "Oh it's no trouble! I live on 3rd street, I could drop you along the way if you live that way" He literally just gave his address to a stranger, what was wrong with this guy, she thought. What if she had been some sort of crazy stalker? But it would be a great help if he could drop her off and she lived there too. So she found herself doing the unthinkable, giving her address to a stranger, hopping into their car and driving to her apartment where she lived. "Oh, I live along 3rd street too" "Great, i'll drop you then", he gave her another grin and she felt her knees weaken.

They climbed into his car, a dark blue Lamborghini Huracán. He was rich! It was approximately a twenty minute drive there. He turned onto the street and an awkward silence filled the car. "So, Annabeth, were you meeting your boyfriend at the restaurant back there today?" He was just a stranger, yet somehow she felt like she could trust him and had the urge to tell him everything. It was okay, she reasoned with herself, he was just a stranger that she would probably never see again after today and thus it didn't matter if she said anything or not. "Yes, yes i was supposed to see my boyfriend. It's our one year anniversary." "Oh", he raised an eyebrow, "He missed your anniversary?" "I'm sure there's a valid reason!" she said defensively. "Never said there wasn't. But he shouldn't have stood you up like that. If he couldn't make it he should have told you." She sighed "You're right" He looked surprised. "Damn right I am!" They laughed loudly. That was just what she had needed after such a night! "This may come out wrong but I'm honestly kinda glad he stood you up" "What?!?!" "If he hadn't, I would never have met you. You seem like a cool person" "Oh...thanks", she mumbled, blushing. "Hey, wanna go out for coffee sometime?" He asked, it seemed like he was nervous. "Not like a date, just as friends.", he quickly added. She giggled (What was wrong with her? She never giggled!), he looked cute all flustered like that. "Sure. I would love to!" He grinned, "Great! Here's my number." He dictated it as she put it into her phone and saved it as Percy (Restaurant Guy). "Text me", he said, still grinning hugely. She nodded, blushing.

He dropped her off at her building with a quick wave and she noticed that he lived just two buildings down. She entered her flat, thinking of all that had just happened. Luke had stood her up, a stranger had come to save her, she'd gotten into his car and had him drop her (hence giving away her address), she'd told him all about her and Luke and she'd saved his number in his phone and had promised to text him (and she was going to make good on the promise). Yep, something had definitely come over her. As soon as she had taken off her shoes, she plopped onto the couch and called Luke. But her call went straight to voicemail. She decided that they should talk in person about this and simply left a message asking him to come over whenever he could. Then, she texted Percy.

Annabeth Chase: Hey, this is Annabeth!

He responded within a couple of minutes.

Percy Jackson: Hey :)

Annabeth Chase: So...

Percy Jackson: So… tomorrow?

Annabeth Chase: Tomorrow? What?

Percy Jackson: R coffee d8, Chase! Forgotten already? :p

Annabeth Chase: Of course not! I just didn't think it would be this soon!

Percy Jackson: Is tom not good 4 u?

Annabeth Chase: I am free tomorrow, but…

Percy Jackson: If ur free then lets do it! If not then mayb some other time…

She was glad he wasn't pushing to come tomorrow or to tell him why she couldn't make it. Luke would have done that… He always got upset if she couldn't make it and always wanted to know where she was. She didn't mind too much because there shouldn't be any secrets between them, but the way he said it made it seem like he didn't trust her.

Annabeth Chase: How about the day after? I'm with Luke tomorrow.

Percy Jackson: Sure! Grt so uk that lil cafe called "Cafe Coffee"? Lets meet there tomorrow at 4? K?

Annabeth Chase: Sure!

Percy Jackson: Its a date!

She stared at her phone, wondering if she should correct him. On one hand, she was pretty sure by "date" he only meant one between friends (gosh, she barely knew him for an hour and they were friends now?!), but if she didn't correct him it might seem, just a tiny bit, like it was a date. What if Luke saw the text? But on the other, she couldn't ignore the slight thrill that went down her spine when she read those three words. "Its a date!"

NO! What was she thinking?! She was a taken woman! She loved Luke and would never cheat on him! They loved each other very much and would never cheat on each other! Right? She couldn't deny the fact that it had crossed her mind recently that Luke was cheating. She had instantly dismissed the idea but now that she actually thought about it, all the signs were there. He wasn't responding to her calls or texts, he had gotten furious when he saw her scrolling through his phone (she had only been looking for a picture she'd taken on his phone, why had he gotten so mad? Did he have something to hide?) and he stood her up on their Anniversary (without a phone call or a text message to say that he was busy or to wish her. Had he forgotten? Or did he just not care?). Was he cheating on her? He probably wasn't; she was just being paranoid now. She put her phone down and lay down on the bed, eventually falling asleep with these thoughts pushed to the back of her head.

Hi!!! It's Dorkzrul and THANKYOU so much for reading my story. It would mean so much to me if you review and let me know your thoughts and it would make me update faster;). If not then I'll probably update by next week.