Hey everyone! I'm once again sorry for my lateness! My computer was (for the hundredth time) bugging out so that delayed the process, but the moment of truth is finally here! You guys are finally gonna find out what Percy and Paul's big plan is! Happy reading!

Disclaimer: I do not own the Percy Jackson series Rick Riordan does.

Percy's POV

"Dad?"

I stared at the man in front of me in shock. He was in his usual tailored suit and had a grim, unimpressed look on his face. His hair, like always, was slicked back neatly and he had a silver watch on.

"Perseus." He greeted and I glared at him.

"It's Percy and what are you doing here?"

He frowned slightly at my cold tone but regained his composure. He cleared his throat before explaining

"I'm here because Paul wanted me to interview a potential architect for my company. He said he met her through you…" His eyes flickered behind me at Annabeth.

"He didn't tell me you wanted to attend the meeting as well-"

"Would you have come if he did?" I asked raising an eyebrow. He looked at me as if that was a stupid question.

"Of course I would have-"

"Bullshit." I spat at him. He was taken aback by my anger, but soon matched it with his own.

"Well maybe I wouldn't have come seeing your obviously not mature enough! I mean really son, making out in front of a restaurant? That's really classy,"

"We weren't making out!" I defended, but he ignored me.

"I thought your mother raised you better!"

"Damn right my mother raised me, since you were too busy being king of the world and a failure of a father-"

"Percy stop it!" Annabeth stepped in. I looked at her incredulously.

"Stop what? Telling the truth-"

"That's enough…What are you going to accomplish by doing this?" She whispered so only I could hear. I opened my mouth to speak, but she beat me to it.

"You wanted me to get this job, so play nice. I'm still beyond pissed at you for not telling me about this, but I'll go along with it for now. Just stop arguing."

"But he-" The words died in my throat when I saw Annabeth's tired eyes.

"Fine." I agreed. She let a small sigh out in relief and my guilt only multiplied. She went through a lot today with her interview, me yelling at her, the fight with Rachel, her brother and now another interview! If I was in her shoes, I'd be exhausted too.

"H-Hi Mr. Jackson." She greeted my dad back to her shy self. She stuck out her hand for him to shake. He shook her hand giving her a wary stare.

"I'm Annabeth."

"Nice to meet you, I assume your Percy's girlfriend."

From behind I saw the tips of Annabeth's ears turn a bright red as my own face started to heat up. I wish!

"No s-sir! We're just friends-"

"Friends kiss?"

"We weren't kissing!" I blurted out attracting stares. Annabeth's ears were now a dark red and she shifted uneasily. My dad rolled his eyes.

"Why don't we go inside…" He suggested already walking in the pizzeria. Annabeth gave me an uneasy look before following after him and sighing I went in too.

We all sat down at the table in awkward silence. Across from me was my dad who I could feel was watching me and beside me was Annabeth who nervously played with her hands. I glowered at the table and avoided making eye contact with my father.

"So…" Paul started.

"I heard that you were working at Hermes Inc." He said and Annabeth nodded her head before pausing.

"How did you know that?" She asked and I kicked his leg under the table. I heard him grunt, but he quickly covered it up with a cough.

"Hermes and Poseidon's companies are very close in business so whenever they hire a new staff member we're alerted." He lied smoothly. Annabeth looked at him skeptically.

"Okay…but if you know I work for Hermes why would you offer me a job with you?"

"Oh were not just offering you a job. We're giving you an opportunity to start a new life." My dad said causing me to look up. Annabeth stared at him like he grew three heads.

"I'm sorry, I am very confused!"

I was also very confused but when Annabeth looked to me for reassurance, I smiled nodding my head. Paul started to explain.

"You see Annabeth, what makes Poseidon's company so successful is that he has a staff that loves what they do. They are very devoted to their craft and based on what Hermes showed us you are too."

"What did Hermes show you again?"

"Your blueprints of course! He was pretty amazed by them and he saw your passion, so he directed you to us." Paul said.

"Do you normally carry blueprints with you where ever you go?" My father asked and I glared slightly, not sure if he was being condescending or curious. Annabeth replied blushing

"Sometimes when I have a day off I work on them. I forgot they were in my bag when I pulled them out."

I let out a small chuckle at her response.

"Do you mind if we take a look at them now?" He asked. Flustered Annabeth reached into her purse and took them out.

"Damn." Paul said at first glance and dad gave him an unimpressed look. Paul shrugged his shoulders in response.

"She's bloody good."

"She is." My father agreed and that had to be the first time I'd heard him give anyone a compliment.

"Thank you." Annabeth beamed and I saw him trying to fight off a small smile. Even he couldn't resist Annabeth's charm.

They talked a little while about the time and schedules of Annabeth working two jobs and I zoned out.

"There's one more thing though." Paul said glancing at me.

"We provide a living space."

I was taken aback and I had to lift my jaw off the floor as Annabeth stared at him.

"Like an apartment?"

"Yes."

"But why?" Annabeth questioned. Paul motioned for all of us to lean closer and we did.

"There are a lot of rival companies out there that would absolutely love to take down Poseidon in any way possible. Percy already informed us that you were living in an apartment now, but if someone was to bug your apartment with camera's, that could really hurt the business..."

"Can we just talk it over for a second?" Annabeth asked gesturing to me.

"Sure take all the time you need."

I led Annabeth to the bathroom hall way where no one could hear or see us.

"So what do you think?" I asked praying to god that she would accept. Annabeth looked at me nervously.

"These are some really big changes Percy, everything's happening so fast. What if it all disappears just as fast?"

"Don't think like that! This is an opportunity of a life time, that you deserve. Don't let fear keep you from it."

"But what about Thalia? I can't just leave her to an apartment filled with camera's! My mom might hurt her-"

"She was already thinking about moving in with me." I lied.

"She wanted to spend more time with her family, but she's feeling guilty about leaving you."

Annabeth's eyebrows furrowed as she looked at me with surprise.

"Really? I didn't know she felt that way-"

"She said it was nothing personal and that she was actually gonna miss you…if you move out maybe she won't feel so guilty." I suggested. With all these lies, I'm going straight to hell.

"Okay…" Annabeth breathed before giving me a big hug. I froze as the tingles ran throughout my entire body. My brain turned to mush and I almost forgot to hug back. I wrapped my arms around her basking in her scent and just being with her in general.

"I don't know how I'll ever repay you." She said through tearful eyes.

"I think this will do." I hummed embarrassingly. Sadly, Annabeth pulled away blushing.

"We should get back. Don't want to keep my future boss waiting for too long."

Annabeth walked off leaving me completely dazed and whipped. God she's amazing.

I followed after her like a lost puppy and sat back down at the table.

"So have you made your decision?" My father asked and she took a deep breath before smiling.

"Yes and I would love to work for you!"

I couldn't stop grinning and seeing the smile on Annabeth's face just made it ten times better.

"It'll be our pleasure." He said as we all got up to leave. When we were outside my father turned to me.

"Percy?" He spoke, smoothing out his already neat suit.

"Good job with this one…I'll be seeing you soon."

His last sentence caught me off guard and I stared at him for a second to make sure he was being sincere. His confidence was wavering under my gaze and he silently pleaded with me.

"Okay." I agreed and for the first time I stuck out my hand to greet my father.

"Thank you." He said shaking my hand. He smiled his usually business smile but something about this one seemed warmer.

We parted ways and once they drove of Annabeth turned to me.

"This has got to be the weirdest most eventful day of my life! Who in their entire life will ever get to go on two interviews with the two most successful companies in the world and then get hired by both of them in same day?! That's crazy!" She exclaimed jumping up and down excitedly. I laughed along with her until I remembered her concussion.

"Calm down Annabeth, you're still recovering." I said holding her from bouncing around. Annabeth paused staring at me for a few seconds before her eyes started to tear up. Before I had the chance to do anything she wrapped her arms around me and gave me a big hug.

"Thank you so much Percy!" She cried. I was so stunned that my brain turned to mush again and I couldn't reply.

"I can't believe anyone, let alone someone I met less than a week ago, would do this for me!"

Her lemony hair awakened my senses and I squeaked

"N-No problem!"

Annabeth pulled away with stars in her eyes and it filled me with pride that I had been the one to put them there.

"I'm gonna make it up to you." She said and I immediately shook my head.

"No I don't want you to-"

"How about I make you something? Are you free tomorrow night? We can meet up at my place and hang out!"

"Yeah…but I don't think that's a good idea." I said and Annabeth's face dropped.

"Oh." A look of rejection crossed her face and I realized that came out totally wrong!

"I get it. That's a little too intimate-"

"That's not what I meant! I meant that we shouldn't meet up at you place cause of the camera's." I whispered making sure nobody around us heard. Realization dawned on Annabeth and she smiled sheepishly.

"Yeah, that's definitely not the best idea."

I laughed at her sudden shyness and suggested

"If you really want to cook that bad you can come over to the apartment tomorrow and we can hang out there."

We both made our way to my care. We both got in, a smile still etched on my faced. I couldn't believe how happy I felt, just because she was happy.

"Seriously Percy" Annabeth said as we drove off.

"You're the most kindhearted selfless person I've ever met!"

"Please Annabeth! It was nothing." I said. Her last comment had made me feel like I was king of the world.

"And plus," I added.

"You did all the work! All I did was make a few phone calls. It's definitely not worth you going through the trouble of making a meal for me! If there's one thing we've learned today it's that you hate cooking!"

"Hey! I can cook!" She said pretending to be insulted.

"I never said you couldn't cook!" I saved even though we both know she can't.

"In fact," Annabeth said ignoring me.

"My cooking is gonna be so great that you'll be begging for more!"

"Oh really?" I laughed loving how playful she was. I wish she was like this all the time!

"Yeah and your gonna be like 'Annabeth can I have some more? Your food was just so delicious!'" She said impersonating my voice in a very low, grumbly tone.

"And you know what I'm gonna say?" She asked her grey eyes sparkling.

"What are you gonna say?" I asked playing along.

"I'm gonna say 'no' cause I hate cooking." We both laughed enjoying each other's company. It was nice to forget things for a while. To not stressed about crazy mother's or neglectful dad's, but to just push all that aside and chill.

"You know we never finished that game?" I said as we approached a stop light. I turned facing Annabeth as she gave me a questioning stare.

"What game?" She asked and I smiled.

"Twenty questions! I believe it was your turn."

"Oh the game we played, right before you gave the 'tour' of your house!" She laughed and I smirked.

"Don't lie! You know you loved the tour!"

"Oh yes, because any girl would love being thrown on top of a person's back-"

"You were laughing!" I pointed out as the light turned green.

"Because you're a kid trapped in a twenty-one-year old's body!"

"No I'm not!" I purposely whined, while pouting. Annabeth rolled her eyes.

"Whatever, let's start the game…What is it with you calling Thalia a pinecone?" She asked curiously.

"You mean the nickname I gave her? Pinecone face?"

"Yeah, why do you call her that?"

"Because when we were younger, she used to have this weird obsession with tress and when we went camping she would always shake the branches to see if she could make any of the leaves fall. She shook the wrong branch one day and out of nowhere at least ten pinecones came raining down on her! She fell down and when she looked up at me there was a huge pinecone in her mouth! Tiny ones were all stuck in her hair and it was one of the best days of my life!" I laughed recalling the memory. Annabeth walked with me and we continued to play the game until we reached her stop. She got out the car and we spoke through the window.

"So I'll come by tomorrow at like two thirty?" She asked and I nodded my head already feeling anxious for two thirty to come. With my excitement and happiness mixed together, I was also feeling…brave.

"You know what? Let's do something different!"

"Like what?" She asked.

"If you really want to make it up to me then…let me take you out to dinner." I said and Annabeth blinked.

"What do you mean, l-like a date!?"

I took a deep breath before saying

"Yeah, exactly like that. I'll pick you up around seven okay?"

"U-Uh yeah! That's better than okay, that's great! I-I'll see you at seven!"

I waited until her back was turned to do a fist pump. I just asked the most amazing, spectacular girl out on a date and she said yes!

She was at the door when she turned around and waved me goodbye. I waved back and she went inside. I drove off feeling like a million bucks, only one thought in mind.

I've got a date with Annabeth Chase!

They're going on a date! Finally! I was fangirling while I was writing this! But what do you think is going to happen on their date? Is it going to be magical or a complete disaster? Stay tuned and you'll find out! Don't forget to follow, fav and review! PERCABETH IS AMAZINGLY AWESOME!

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