Meanwhile, Annabeth's friends were gathering at the Chase household to watch the first episode. Thalia, Silena, and Rachel were sitting in Annabeth's living room with Mr. Chase and Annabeth's half brothers. At eight o'clock everyone was crowded around the television watching the title sequence. First they saw Percy on the screen. Silena's jaw just about hit the floor. Annabeth never showed Silena the picture of Percy. He had black hair and sea green eyes.

"He's hot!" Everyone laughed at how blunt Silena was. The title sequence played out. They saw twenty-five girls and their names. Annabeth wasn't showed much during the show. Most of the show was focussed on the girls who were always crowded around Percy. The confession room was the best part.

Annabeth was sitting in the confession room.

"Well I couldn't care less about whether or not I stay on this show. I didn't even sign up for this!"

Annabeth faded out and Percy faded in.

"I've been getting to know a lot of the girls. I've only just met them so its going to be hard to choose who stays and who goes." Percy fades out and the commercial starts.

The show restarts and the girls are standing in the ballroom. They were lined up and whispering to each other. The camera zooms in on Annabeth. She looks completely uninterested. Percy comes into the ballroom and stands in front of the girls. He talks for a few seconds before he starts calling out names. Annabeth's name was the third one to be called.

Silena was just about jumping out of her seat. She had a feeling about Annabeth and Percy, that means something coming from the daughter of the goddess of love. The rest of the people in the room were trying to calm her down as Silena started babbling about weddings and china patterns.

In Los Angeles, Annabeth was in the kitchen for a midnight snack. She couldn't sleep. Not only did she make it to the next round, she also didn't see any signs of getting eliminated any time soon. She heard footsteps coming towards her, she automatically reached for her knife.

"Hey, midnight eater too?" Percy's voice came from behind her. She immediately stashed her knife, praying that he hadn't seen it. Then again, he would probably see a stick or something. Percy saw something alright, it looked oddly like a dagger; it was probably just his ADHD playing tricks on him.

"Uh...yeah, couldn't sleep." Annabeth didn't know why she was being mildly polite right now, so she wrote it off as her exhaustion talking. She went back to eating the slice of chocolate cake that she found on the bottom shelf of the fridge.

"You said that you were here against your will. Why?" Percy asked while he was looking through the fridge.

"Well, my dad thinks that I need a boyfriend. I'm pretty sure Aph-" Annabeth stopped herself just in time. "Aunt Bessie had something to do with it." Percy looked at her, confused. He could've sworn that she had been about to say Aphrodite.

"What does Aunt Bessie do?" He asked, trying not to sound too interested.

"She's a uh... matchmaker in um... Canada." Percy looked at her, unconvinced. He didn't get into it, the girl already hated him.

"Sure...well, good night Annabeth." Percy walked out of the kitchen with a cold slice of pizza. Annabeth stared at him in shock. What did he know about Aunt Bessie? She thought as she finished her slice of cake. I should think of a better name next time, Aphrodite would probably resent being called Bessie, she thought. Annabeth finished her cake and went bed. When she slept, she had a dream about Aphrodite sending cows to chase her.

"Bessie!" They all mooed. The cows were closing in around Annabeth mooing, "Bessie, Bessie, Bessie."

Annabeth bolted upright in her bed. That is the last time I eat sugar before bed, she thought as she got up. She went into the kitchen and all the other girls were crowded around Percy, fighting for his attention. They were crowded near the fridge. Annabeth tried pushing her way through, but it wasn't getting her anywhere.

"Hey! Hey! HEY!" Her attempts at getting the girls to move away from the fridge were failing miserably. Finally she put two fingers in her mouth and whistled loudly. Everyone in the room shut up and turned to look at her.

"Would it kill you guys to move over! Some of us come in here to eat!" She said gesturing to the fridge. The crowd took one giant step over, clearing a path to the fridge. The girls were practically cowering with fear while Percy just stared with interest.

"Thank you." She snapped as she took a toaster waffle out of the freezer and put in the toaster. "And by the way, lay off you've known him for thirty-six hours you can leave him alone for breakfast." The girls looked down and practically ran out of the kitchen. Percy and Annabeth were left alone in the kitchen. Annabeth looked at Percy and saw that he was smirking at her.

"Thanks." He said as he got a box of cereal out of the pantry.

"I didn't do it for you. I did it so I could get to the fridge. So don't go getting a big head." Percy was starting to think that Annabeth was warming up to him. They ate their breakfasts in silence. Percy had to go somewhere for the show and Annabeth had to go get ready. Percy was driven to what looked like an empty warehouse. He went inside and saw that it was set up like a game show with twenty-two buzzers and a sign that said "Win A Date". Meanwhile at the house, the girls were getting ready for the first challenge. The only thing they knew about the challenge was that it involved using your brain. They all piled into a limo and headed out.

"Since this challenge involves brain power I'm so going to win." said the girl sitting next to Annabeth. Ever since the refrigerator incident that morning, most of the girls were avoiding Annabeth like the plague. The car pulled up to the warehouse and the girls walked in. Percy was sitting on the sidelines to watch the challenge. They saw the row of buzzers with their names on them. Annabeth stood behind the buzzer with her name on it. Camera men rolled their equipment into the warehouse and the challenge started.

"Percy likes smart girls. So we've set up this game show to see who knows their stuff. Whoever answers the most questions correctly, wins an alone date with Percy." The announcer said. The first question appeared on a big TV that was mounted on the wall. They were given three multiple choice answers. Annabeth pressed the buzzer, intent on answering incorrectly. Before she could stop herself she said, "A." A bell sounded and the announcer said, "Correct."

There were two questions left in the challenge and Annabeth had twenty points while the rest of the girls had less than five points. She was going to win by a landslide. She didn't want to spend hours alone with Percy. Annabeth made an honest effort to get the answers wrong, but she couldn't make herself seem stupid. Percy had watched Annabeth get answer after answer correct. Annabeth answered the remaining questions.

Later that night...

Annabeth was in her room with five other girls. A girl with red hair came up to her when she was getting ready for her date with Percy. Annabeth was holding a green dress that Silena made her buy. She ended up arguing with a redhead for about ten minutes about that dress. Meanwhile Percy was waiting with a picnic on the beach. Percy must've tuned out; the next thing he knew Annabeth was walking towards him. She was wearing a green sundress with flip flops.

"Hey Annabeth. You look great."

"Thanks."

"So why are you on this show?" Annabeth was dying to know why people go on shows like this. Percy blushed.

"Well my mother is under the impression that she will quote, grow old and die before I get married." Annabeth laughed. What was with their parents and marriage? They made small talk while they ate. The date ended after a few hours and Annabeth had to go to the Confession room.

A new episode was coming on that night and Thalia, Silena, and Rachel were crowded around Annabeth's TV yet again. Silena talked about how Annabeth and Percy were perfect for each other as the title sequence played out. The first thing they showed was Annabeth eating a slice of cake at one thirty in the morning. They watched Percy come in and start looking through the fridge. Thalia, Rachel, and Silena laughed so hard when they heard Annabeth covered up her slip by calling Aphrodite, aunt Bessie.

Percy was in the confession room.

"Annabeth is something. I will be eternally grateful to her for getting the other girls to give me some personal space."

Percy fades out and Annabeth fades in.

"I don't hate Percy Jackson. I simply want to choose who I date."

The episode ends and the credits roll on the screen.