"Gosh, could you go any slower?"

"Sheesh, Annabeth, I just woke up," Percy yawned.

"So! I just woke up, too, and I'm going thrice as fast as you!"

Percy came out of his room, rubbing his eye sleepily. "You just came here yesterday, and you're already bossing me around. Great."

"Aw, you know you love me," I elbowed him.

"Yeah, but it's times like these that I REALLY want to defenestrate you."

"Wow, I'm surprised that you even know what defenestrate means," I snickered, as I went to brush my teeth.

"Hey, I'm stupid you know," He stated, following me through the corridor and to the bathroom.

I nodded my head. "You aren't stupid, but you are clueless sometimes. And the rest of us don't really have anything else to tease you for."

"Really? Because I know a lot of stuff you guys could tease me for," Percy then put his toothbrush in his mouth, "Wah wa woe rip."

I stifled a laugh. "Um…. In English please?"

Percy signaled her to wait, so she brushed her teeth along with him. Once they were finally done, he repeated, "Like the road trip."

"What road trip?"

"You know, when we went to get Nico and Bi-Bianca," Percy looked close to tears by the time he said Bianca.

Annabeth, wanting Percy to be happy, recounted the trip. "Oh! The one when your mom started saying all your embarrassing baby stories, like the time you went to your friend's birthday party and thought the clown was a piñata, and hit him with a stick until he gave you candy?"

"Oh my gods, Annabeth, I already told you. He was really fat and colorful. I actually thought he was a piñata! Plus, my friend's family was like really healthy. They didn't have any soda or pizzas or anything!" Percy pouted.

"I know, Seaweed Brain, I know," I laughed.

"Come on, Wise Girl," Percy laughed. "We have a train to catch."

"A train?" This was new. I had only been on a train once before, on my first quest with Percy.

"Yep, that's the quickest way to get there."

"Oh- wait, where are we going?"

Percy smirked. "Why don't you wait and see the wonderful surprise your boyfriend has for you, huh?"

I started to get suspicious. Mostly everything Percy did without me ended in disaster. "Uh huh. So you're sure that this isn't dangerous?"

"Annabeth, our lives are dangerous."

He had a point there.

"What will you tell your mom? She's still sleeping."

Percy went to the kitchen and wrote a note to his mom. After five minutes of writing, I could just barely make out his horrible handwriting. It said,

Mom, I went out with Annabeth. We'll be back soon.

-Percy

"Wow, Jackson. Five minutes, and that's all you wrote?" I smiled.

Percy bowed and pretended that there was an adoring crowd. "I know, right? I am the best writer of history!"

"Sure you are. I thought you said there was a train we needed to catch?"

"Crap!" Percy jumped up and gathered all his stuff before you could count to 3. "I totally forgot about that!"

I raised an eyebrow. What am I going to do with him? Percy took me by my waist and danced me out of the apartment.

"Percy, what are you doing?" I questioned as he spun me around.

"What? I can't dance with my favorite gal?"

"There's no music," I pointed out.

"That didn't stop us before."

"Touché."

"What does touché even mean?" Percy thought out loud.

I rolled my eyes. "Percy, it's said when your opponent has made a good point."

"Yes! Two for Percy, none for Annabeth," Percy did a little jig.

"Percy, how much candy did you have?"

"Um… I had a whole bag of gummy dolphins," Percy shrugged.

"This is going to be a long day," I muttered with a grin on my face as we walked into the subway entrance.

One very long train ride later, we finally reached our destination. Wherever that is. Percy and I walked through the streets in comfortable silence. It was rare for us to have a silent moment between us. We were always arguing, talking, annoying one another, or laughing at jokes that we had, inside ones from our adventures, or ones we made up along the way. Then I thought, would I ever be good enough for Percy? I mean, look at him. He is the savior of Olympus. A born leader. A role model with a true heart. The best brother anyone could have. Yes, brother. Not friend. He was too good of a person to be just your friend. No matter who you were, he would always be your brother or more. I think that even Ethan and Luke thought of him as his brother, even some of the gods. Just then I heard Percy mumble something I couldn't make out, and it snapped me out of my thoughts.

"What did you say?"

"Oh, nothing. Hey look! We're almost there!"

I looked at the building he was pointing at. It stood a couple stories tall with 8 pillars, white stoned, like a palace fit for a royal family. It looked huge; at least a fourth of a mile wide. I gasped. I had seen this place in pictures, and heard about it with great reviews.

"Is this-"

"-The Metropolitan Museum?" Percy finished my question with a smirk. "Yes, indeed it is."

"Did you know it was built by Calvert Vaux and Jacob Wrey Mould? And that it was established in 1870? It also has the biggest array of art in all of America? And that-"

"Annabeth, calm down," Percy patted my head, and put his arm around me.

I nodded, and squealed as we headed inside. It was beautiful! I kissed Percy on the cheek.

"Thanks Percy, I thought you were going to let me down with a trip to the Zoo or an Amusement Park."

Percy pouted. "Hey! How did you know that those two choices were my second picks?"

I chuckled. "Because it's you Percy."

"So, can we go to the Zoo or something some other time?"

"Sure thing, right now, though, it's time to pay for the tickets," I nodded to him, showing him that we were the next in line.

"Two tickets please," Percy asked the man in the booth.

"Here you go. That would be $18."

Percy handed him a twenty, but I snatched it out of his hand.

"No, Seaweed Brain. I'm paying for my own ticket."

Before Percy could even start to protest, the man (or was it a woman? I couldn't tell) from the booth beat him to it.

"Sweetheart," He said with a thick New York accent. "Your lil' boyfriend heya is bein' a nice fella, so yah should just let 'em pay!"

"Uh huh, you should," Percy nodded.

I rolled my eyes, but I handed back his twenty. The man (I was sure it was a man now) from the booth took the money and gave Percy back 2 dollars and 2 tickets. We started to walk away, but the man in the booth stopped me by grabbing onto my arm.

"Hey there, miss. I can tell that he is really unsure about ya' and wants to make ya' proud. You should let him have his chance to impress ya' before ya' go all Chuck Norris on him."

I shook my head. I understood that all guys wanted to impress others. But Percy should know by now that he impresses others just by being himself. And Percy, being unsure about me?! Maybe like the other way around! He let me go, and I walked up to Percy, who was patiently waiting by the next pair of doors.

"What did he say to you?" Percy asked.

"Nothing much."

"You sure?" Percy looked uneasy about it.

"Yeah, Perce. So where do we go first?"

Percy smiled. "Come on."

He took my arm (wow, isn't my arm just sooo popular!) and led me through a maze of corridors filled with majestic paintings and sculptures, that he didn't even stop to look at.

"Where are we going?" I demanded. Percy ignored my question; too focused on remembering his way around the labyrinth they called a museum. I mean like seriously, who decided to make this place so huge?

"Tada!" Percy exclaimed once he walked into the room.

"Wow, I loved the Egyptians! Did you know they created the marshmallow?"

Percy groaned. "I must've taken a wrong turn a while back. I wanted to bring you to the Greek and Roman section."

"Oh, but can we see it anyways? Because we are already here," I pleaded.

"Sure why not. I guess I can't do that bad learning about peeps that made the marshmallow."

"Oh my gods, Percy. That was such a bad pun," I snickered.

"I didn't- oh, now I get it! Marshmallow peeps!"

I laughed as we went to see a piece of wall art. It was beautifully hand crafted with paint that would've been a bright color when it was first painted. I rattled off some facts about the Egyptians, until we bumped into another couple that was there too. I fell to the floor, as did the other girl.

"Sorry! I didn't see you there!" She said with a British accent. She had blonde hair with red streaks and was wearing some pajamas with her worn down combat boots, and she looked as if she could take on anything.

"No, it's okay. It's probably his fault," I laughed and pointed at Percy.

"How is it my fault?" Percy sighed.

"Because it's always your fault, Percy," I laughed as Percy helped me up.

Sadie stood up and then looked at the boy who was all dressed in black. (His style reminded me of Nico's) "Thanks sooo much for your help," She said sarcastically.

He smiled sheepishly. "Sorry Sadie. I thought you would hurt me if I helped a damsel in distress."

Sadie huffed. "Whatever. We should get going, sorry about that!"

We said bye to them and Sadie tugged the boy along, talking her face off.

"Well, that wasn't weird at all!" Percy said sarcastically.

I snorted. "Percy, we're the definition of weird."

Said boy shrugged, as we walked into the museum.

*An Hour of Looking at Egyptian Stuff Later*

"Nope, I'm pretty sure it's called a coffin."

"Ugh! No, Seaweed Brain, it's a sarcophagus!" Annabeth argued.

"No, a sarcophagus is what happens to you when you cough a lot." Percy retorted.

"What am I going to do with you?"

"You could do this," Percy then kissed her, and then after a couple minutes, Annabeth pushed him back.

"Sarcophagus."

"Coffin."

I rolled my eyes. "Perce, you wanted to show me something earlier?"

"Oh, yeah. Follow me!"

"Try not to get us lost again!" I snorted.

He led me through a maze of corridors, long tunnels, and past hundreds of artifacts. We stopped at a long hallway, filled with Greek and Roman friezes, jars, and statues.

"This-" He pointed to the hallway. "-is where I found out I was a demigod."

"Really? Because I remember our first conversation, and you had no idea what was going on."

Percy smiled. "No, this is where I started my journey."

He told me about how he went on a field trip here with Chiron and Grover, got attacked by a fury, and all the other stuff that went up until he went to camp.

"Wow, I can't believe you beat the Minotaur with it's own horn!" I said.

"Yeah, and I can't believe that I'm this hungry," Percy laughed. I shook my head, smiling.

"Then let's get some pizza!"

We went out of the museum hand-in-hand, to Tony's Pizza Palace. Note to self: Do NOT let Percy have a whole bottle of soda.

A/N: So, wat do ya think? 2day i have a snowday, so i had no skool, and more time to work on my stories! Yay! Plz review! Thx! :)