Chapter 2
Annabeth leaned down and whispered to the sitting Percy, "Meet me by the pond tonight?" Her blonde hair fell down in ringlets in her pony tail.
"Sure, Wise girl." Percy said smugly.
The rest of dinner went the same as any dinner, Juniper exclaiming, "GROVER!" and hugging him as soon as she saw him, nymphs getting chased by satyrs, and Aphrodite girls screaming when they gossiped about Percy and Annabeth.
As soon as dinner was over, Percy grabbed Annabeth by the waist and pulled her to the lake with him.
"You look excited." Annabeth observed.
"Do I?" Percy asked, rephrasing his conversation from earlier.
"You know, this is sort of our first 'date' as boyfriend and girlfriend." Annabeth said, with a gleam in her eye.
Percy stood up, grabbing a flat rock. With a flick of the wrist, skipped it across the surface of the water. The setting sun on the lake started rippling, distorting its actual shape.
"Yeah, you're right."
Annabeth stood up and grabbed a rock. She sent it eight skips across the lake, opposed to Percy's five.
"Beat that." She said.
"It won't be that hard." Percy teased.
He willed the water just right so the stone skipped eleven times.
"Cheater!" Annabeth laughed, pushing him playfully to the ground. She laid down, too, putting her head on his shoulder. Percy grabbed her tighter, all of her curves pressed to his smooth body.
The sun had set, leaving the first stars twinkling in space.
"Beautiful, aren't they?" Annabeth said in awe.
It sort of reminded Percy of Calypso- how when he was stuck on Ogygia they had looked at the stars like this together, too. Kinda weird to think of another girl while on a date with your new girlfriend.
He looked around. Thinking of Calypso had reminded him of her beautiful flower garden. Percy picked up a violet flower growing out of the ground and handed it to Annabeth.
"Aww, thanks, Seaweed brain. It's a shame that it's a weed."
"It is?" Percy asked sheepishly.
"No. It's beautiful." She tucked it behind her ear. The purple from the flower really made her grey eyes pop. Annabeth put her hands around Percy's neck and leaned in. Closer and closer-
"Hey guys! What did I miss?" Called a spunky familiar voice.
"Oh no!" Annabeth groaned.
Rachel's red hair was bouncing behind her. She unfolded a plastic lawn chair and held out a popcorn bag. "Want any?" She asked.
"No. It's okay." Percy said with an angry edge in his voice.
"Suit yourself!" She sat back intently and started stuffing her face with popcorn.
"Rachel, you knew we were going out tonight, why did you come party crashing?" Percy asked.
"I totally forgot that was tonight! I am so sorry. But since I'm here already, I might as well stay. I gave her a death glare and all she said was, "Silly me." Putting too much emphasis on her words.
"Then why did you bring popcorn?" Annabeth said in an obvious manor.
"Because- what a better way to watch the sky here by the lake with popcorn? It makes the stars just pop. You get it? Pop like popcorn. Okay…." She say the faces of the couple, which were not amused and sighed. "Well, I'll be going now."
She gave Percy a hopeful look, but when he just returned her a face full of hatred. She sighed and moped back to the big house.
Rachel through her popcorn bag across the room onto her night stand. She sat down on her bed, head in her hands.
"What do they hate most?" Rachel said out loud. She laughed evilly. She kind of startled herself. She had never been the evil type, but hey, she had to get what she wanted, right? And what she wanted was Percy.
That was it! She only had to………
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"Now where were we?" Percy asked Annabeth. She leaned over to Percy.
"I think right about here." They were inches apart from osculation when a bright light appeared.
"Oh no!" Annabeth whispered in fear, for the second time that evening.
Srry it took me so long. I have been working on a new story for my 39 Clues fictions and haven't really had time to update. I am REALLY srry. Ok, for all of u people who are thinking, "What the heck does Osculation mean?" I just used it because it means Kissing, and it is like the most awesome word ever! I LUV it! I just think it's pretty cool. I think I'll stop talking now….. Please REVIEW!!!!!!!!