Percy's POV
I walked into the office and saw Annabeth leaning against Pipers desk with a cup of coffee. "Morning! I got you a latte." She said, handing the cup to me. Piper smirked at me but kept quiet.
"Morning Annabeth! How was your weekend?" I asked, taking the latte and having a sip. "Lovely thanks." She replied. "Um, is it possible if we could work by your office today as my dad is coming and having a big conference with some company." I asked, remembering my phone call with my dad.
"Sure." She said, getting her coffee and waiting for us. Piper called the team and we all went down to her office. We had finished the plans but Annabeth was helping with a late add on to the design.
We all walked onto the floor. "Hi Annabeth." One guy said, smiling at her. He had a badge saying intern on it. "Hi Jeff." She said, casually. "Can I work with you today?" He asked, following her down the corridor to her office. "Why do you ask?" she asked. Annabeth looked at him and then all these interns came flooding into her office.
"Annabeth, Mandy sent me to you!" A girl shouted. "Rob said you would be free to work with me!" A guy said. We all chuckled as Annabeth had a million questions thrown at her.
"Guys!" She shouted, making them all shut up. "I am busy with clients." She gestured to me. "So if you want to keep your internship, I suggest you don't be rude and bother the person judging who is getting a job or not." She said, calmly.
They all nodded and left her office. "Quite a fan club." Leo joked. We all chuckled. "So where do we begin?" Annabeth asked, sitting down.
We all took a break in the coffee room. I sipped my coffee, watching Annabeth intently. She had been very quiet since we all started working. There was a knock at the door, and we all looked up.
"Hi Annabeth. I wanted to know if maybe when you have some free time to check over my Greek designs for this one college project." She said, nervously. "Sure Mel. How's your mom? Khemotheraphy working?" Annabeth asked, kindly. "Yes. They say the cancer is going away." She said, softly.
Annabeth gave her a smile and the girl left. "Shame, her mom was quite sick." Annabeth said, playing with her fingers. We all nodded understandingly. "Say, why did you become and architect?" Leo asked.
He always asked odd questions at odd times. Something about changing awkward subjects. "Um, well I always loved buildings and my art teacher said I was very creative so I decided it was what I wanted to do." She replied, raising an eyebrow.
He nodded. I felt my phone vibrate in my pocket as a message came through. I saw it was from my dad. It said;
Hi Percy. Meeting is over, went well. Could you come to the office? I want to meet the architect.
I sighed and looked up. "My dad wants us all to go back up." I said, standing. They all nodded and got up. We moved everything back upstairs and went to the conference room.
My dad was sitting in one of the chairs. "Hello." He said, as we all came in. "You must be Annabeth, the architect." He said, smiling and shaking Annabeth's hand. "Yes, nice to meet you sir." She said, smiling.
"I'm going to be here for a few weeks to watch the building progress." he said. Annabeth gave me a smile as I glanced her way and she got out her plans. She started explaining the designs to him. He was pleased and so we all went off work early.
Annabeth and I walked side by side as we went for a walk. She was happy hat my dad liked her plans. "So we should do something to get your energy out. How about having some fun at a club? Or we could go and wreck a celeb party?" I said, half jokingly.
"I would never do something like that." She said, shyly. "You don't take risks?" I asked, raising an eyebrow. "Never have. Always stayed on the right road." She said. "I am going to have to do something risky with you." I said, smiling at her.
She laughed and looked at me. I felt my heart flop as her eyes sparkled like gems. I cleared my throat, trying to make it look like I wasn't staring. "So do you want an ice cream?" I asked. She nodded and I went and got us each a cone.
We walked and ate it. I smiled cheekily ather and shocked a bit of my ice cream in her face. "Percy!" She gasped. "Risk number one!" I said. She looked at me then smiled cheekily before shoving her ice cream in my face. I laughed as we both had ice cream everywhere.
She took her finger and wiped my cheek, getting some ice cream, and licking her finger. "It was really nice ice cream." She said, smiling. I chuckled and we both wiped our faces. I loved the way I could make her smile. It was a smile I was addicted to.
I walked into my dads condo as he invited me over for a drink. "Hi Perseus." He said, giving me a smile. We sat down on his couches and he handed me a lass of wine. We were quiet for a bit. He studied me like an artwork.
"You like that girl, Annabeth." He said, a smile forming on his face. I blushed deeply. "What? No!" I said, feeling weird. He chuckled. "Why are you lying?" He asked. "I see the way she is around you. She likes you back." he said.
"She can't be, she has a boyfriend." I Said, reassuring myself. Dad chuckled. "She still likes you. If she has a boyfriend, she obviously doesn't think of him in the same way." He said.
"And how would you know?" I asked, raising an eyebrow. He chuckled. "I have had many more relationships than you have. I know a thing or two." He said, smiling. I chuckled and tried to push thethoughtof her away.