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So, HAPPY SINGLES' AWARENESS DAY! ( . . . or Valentine's day . . .) . . . you know, I just realized Singles' Awareness Day= SAD. LOL that IS sad. But whatever. Hope you guys appreciate I'm putting my neck on the line by typing this during school! Again, I've never dated, AND I hate V-day. This just gives me an excuse to do my fave couples. . . . sooo. OH, and forget that they went to New York after the war. And I'm sorry if this sucks, but I'm tired and I'm sorta rushing it. ON WITH THE ONE-SHOT!

Percy Jackson has survived many, many things, while looking totally awesome (but don't tell him that).

He has gotten Zeus's Master Bolt.

He has saved Grover and got the Golden Fleece, which ultimately saved the camp.

He rescued Annabe- eh hem, Artemis, from Atlas.

He went through the Labyrinth, and survived (which is an accomplishment in itself) while busting out a 100 armed dude from an ugly woman dragon.

He has dived in the River Styx, faced down Hyperion, then Kronos, fought both of 'em, and won. He flippin won the second Titan war, at age 16. But right now, Percy Jackson felt like he was gonna throw up. Why?

It was the day. The day. The first the day with his first girlfriend (first kiss, first crush, first lo- eh hem, I mean, first date . . . and more!). Ah, the irony. He can face a hundred hellhounds, slytherin dracaena, empousi, giants, and more without fear ( . . . alright, some fear, with a hint of doubt) yet in the face of romance he's paralyzed with fear[*] (. . . or he would've been, had he not had ADHD. Which just made him jumpy, and pacing his room in the same spot so much you'd be surprised that there wasn't a ditch there yet).

He's been going like this all day. He was so nervous. He woud be lookin in the mirror, practicing over a hundred ways to say that phrase. He was so wound up, if you pushed him down, he probably would've landed on Olympus.

He heard a snicker from the bushes next to his window and he immediately blushed, while yelling, "Stolls! Get outta there, now!"

Surprisingly (sarcasm), the snickering stopped instantly, the rustling in the bushes stopping. Percy sighed, and said, "Oh look, the Aphrodite girls are sun tanning!" in a stiff, awkward voice that wouldn't have fooled anybody, except an idiot.

"Where!"

. . . I rest my case. After Conner said that, he was hit in the head by Travis, who hissed, "retard!"

They got outta the bushes, trying (and failing) to look innocent. These are Hermes kids; they can never look innocent unless they're confused. For real.

Percy sighed again, and said, "Dude, you are such a perv."

Conner just shrugged, and said, "Hey, I'm single. Can't a guy hope?"

"Hoping is different from lusting."

Again, Conner just shrugged. Then, he said, "Back to the topic." He was interrupted by Percy, who asked "what topic?" but Conner ignored him. "WE are here to help YOU with a certain daughter of Athena."

Percy thought that what he was about to say is kinda mean. THEN, he remembered he was talking to the STOLLS.

"This coming from the guy whose never dated a girl, and the closest he got to that seeing a girl naked was his sister in his cabin on accident," Percy retorted.

Connor blushed, so Travis took over.

"Percy, take it from me, another dude who's in deep sh-"

"Language!" said a passing by counselor, who was followed by younger kids, around nine to twelve years old.

" . . . trouble because of this day."

Conner interrupted, saying, "Dude, your first date with Gardner is today. No pressure or anything, but if you screw this up, you're screwed for the whole summer, maybe more."

Travis blanched, but then said, "At least I got a date! The closest you've ever gotten to a date is when you went with our au-"

"You said you wouldn't mention that!"

"You said you wouldn't. . . "

They walked away, clearly forgetting about Percy still standing at the front of his cabin, who would've drowned from his own sweat (if he could drown, that is).

That day, 6:00 P.M.

Because he was well experienced in the mortal world during his half-blood life, he convinced Chiron into letting him take Annabeth somewhere nice for their first Valentine's day together (and it didn't hurt that he was technically the savior of the world).

He got some cheesy first date stuff (though, this wasn't their first date): flowers, and a box of chocolates. VERY cheesy, he knew that, but he was nervous. Reminded him EXACTLY of his first date with her.

"Hey Percy."

Percy was so deep in his thoughts that he didn't notice Annabeth came out of her cabin. He saw her at her best and her worst, but right now, nothing topped this.

She was wearing a simple sea green shirt and light blue skort[1], but he's used to her in jeans and a t-shirt (shorts on a really hot day . . . even though they went to her ankles, his knees still almost buckled) so this turned him into a puddle. His tongue felt heavy, his lips and throat dry, and- wow, his shoelaces are so interesting at the moment!

"H-Hey, Annabeth. I, uh, got you these."

He showed the flowers and candy, acting like a shy little 11 year old giving his first crush a valentine.

She was silent, so he said, "I know that's really corny and stuff, but it is our first Valentine's day, and-"

She just gave him a peck on the cheek, and said, "Thanks Perce. I'm gonna put these in my bunk, k?"

He, of course, didn't notice the light blush, and the way her face lit up when he showed her these. So, of course, he was still sweating buckets, checking if his clothes were still okay, etc. Because he is Percy (sweet, caring creature he is, he's also an idiotic, oblivious Seaweed Brain), he didn't notice Annabeth was outside already, watching him with amusement.

" Good gods . . . I can't do that . . . no, I'll mess up . . " he muttered.

Then Annabeth decided to stop him from embarrassing himself even more, she said, "Common, Seaweed Brain, let's go."

Dinner was okay, nothing bad happening. He just slipped. Three times. And knocked into a waiter. Which caused him to get food on some rich lady. Which caused her to scream. Which got complaints, and long story short, he was so red, he could've been mistaken for a stop light.

Annabeth was giggling all night, watching Percy so flustered. In a way that only Percycan do, he was . . . well, adorable.

After dinner, they were taking a walk in the park.

"I'm really sorry about that . . thing during dinner."

Even though it was freezing, Annabeth was fine with her jacket, but Percy's face was still red.

"It's fine, Percy."

But Percy was babbling now, and didn't hear her.

"I mean, I really wanted this to go well- I was nervous . . . and, uh, I want to say . . . this is hard . . . um, we've been dating for a while . . . well, about seven months, and I hope you don't think this is too soon, but . . . I guess it's tha-"

Annabeth sighed, and said, "Can you please just say it Seaweed Brain?"

Percy mumbled it, loud enough for Annabeth to hear, but too fast to hear what he said.

"Wait- what was that?"

Then Percy sighed, and muttered, "Gods, I hate myself," then said it again, only a bit slower.

Annabeth was frozen for a moment, so Percy started babbling again.

"I mean, it might be too soon, and- this is really corny too, but . . . I do, really, soo . . . you don't have to say i-"

But he didn't finish, 'cause Annabeth tackled him with a hug and kissed him.

Of course, Percy didn't mind at all, and his mind grew fuzzy. At some point, he was laying down on the grass, his only slightly coherent thought being: Um . . . my shirt's getting wet, and-

Annabeth broke off the kiss, and whispered it back to Percy.

A big, stupid, ridiculously goofy grin grew on his face, and he kissed her again.

Now, if you were smart enough to figure out what he said, good for you. If not, then you may be asking, 'What is it?' Well, it's a simple three-lettered sentence.

"I love you."

*-Guess where I got that from. Go on, guess. Put it in your review that I will happily read (wink wink, nudge nudge)! Also, I might do a bonus chappie some time, where a certain Stoll will FINALLY get a girlfriend! Thoughts? Cause even if you don't gimme your opinions, I'm probably gonna do it, just cause that plot bunny's pestering me now.

1- I SUCK at clothes, ok? So don't judge me if this "outfit" stinks.

And I have NEVER been kissed, and I'm not good at kissing scenes (which explains that AWFUL Tratie one). And sorry if any of the characters are OOC. And this might be a bit awkward, but I don't really do . . . "romance". Sooo . . . yeah.