Chp 4
Percy's POV

I smiled as Annabeth walked out her house in a pair of shorts, a tank top, vans and sunglasses with her hair in a braid. "Hey." I said, jumping out my car to open her car door for her. She gave me a hug and kiss on the cheek and got into my car. I closed the door and went to my side, buckling in and driving off. I had the roof down so that we could enjoy looking all awesome.

She tapped her finger to the beat of the song on the radio as I drove towards the mystery date. She looked kind of nervous, probably wondering where we were going. "Don't worry, I'm not taking you anywhere weird." I said, making her laugh.

"Good, I was getting worried." She said in a sarcastically tone. We finally reached the area and she smiled. It was a lake I had discovered that not many people came to. It was pretty safe, and you still had privacy.

"So we're fishing, are we?" She asked. I chuckled. "Not exactly. I'll answer all questions once we're on the boat." I said. She nodded and got her bag. We walked on the little boardwalk and I got in the little dingy first. I held out my hand to help her in. She jumped down, and when she landed I had both my hands around her waist. I removed them from her waist and untied our boat from the boardwalk.

I rowed us do we were in the middle of the lake. I had a cooler, sunscreen and a beautiful lady on a tiny boat made for two. Heaven. She decided to take a seat not he opposite side of the boat, with the cooler in the middle with her bag and my sunscreen.

"Ah, you had to sit all the way in the others die of the boat?" I asked, giving her a joking pout. She chuckled. "Need to make sure you don't get touchy on date four." She said, making me smile. I grabbed a beer from the cooler, and put on my sunglasses before relaxing on the dingy.

"So, question one. Why are we on this little boat on the lake?" She asked. "Ah, well you see. This leaves us with three un interrupted hours alone to do and talk about anything we want. If you can't stand being on the boat with me anymore, you are welcome to jump off and swim back to shore." I said, cheerfully.

"So that's what the costume is for? You think I'll get that tired of you?" She asked, smirking. I returned the smirk. "I just thought, well I'm going to tan, and that you could if you wanted to." I said, shrugging and taking a sip of my beer.

She smirked. "Oh. Okay." She pulled her top off and I restrained from staring at her. She had a beautiful athletic figure, and her bikini just accentuated it more. "Remember what we discussed the other night. Staring is rude." She said, smirking. I laughed and took my shirt off, her turn to stare.

Although I loved food, I kept up to keeping fit and swimming, leaving me with a six pack from high school. "Don't forget what you just said." I said, making her glare at me and take out her book.

She lay back and started reading. I couldn't help but watch her. Everything just seemed so perfectly done. The way she blew a strand of hair out her face. The way she turned a page in her book. The way her athletic body looked so - gah! Stop looking at her. I averted my eyes to the sky. There wasn't anything to look at.

I sighed and thought about how everything seemed so relaxed now but when I go back to culinary school it would be hectic with no social time, no rest, no Annabeth. The more I saw her, the more I started to like her. I was afraid I was nearing the L word. But I've known her less than a week so I can't say that.

"I want to know something about you." Annabeth said, pulling me out my daze. I looked down at her and saw she had put her book down and was leaning forward and looking at me with interest. "I know you are a great person with an amazing personality." She said.

I smiled and nodded. "And you seem relaxed when you are talking and stuff. But right now when you looked up you just zoned out. Your composure was rigid. Why is that?" She asked. I leaned forward and looked down at my hands.

"Talking and interacting with people is a way to occupy my ADHD mind. When it's quiet, I just think. Think of everything that has happened. And not all of it is good." I said. She nodded. "I know what you mean. I was kind of like that when you first came and sat down with me at the bar." She said.

I smiled. "We're having a moment." I said, chuckling. She laughed and said, "Way to spoil the atmosphere." I just shrugged. "It was getting to mushy." I said. She nodded. "You know, we could always sit in the middle together, it wouldn't capsize us." I suggested, getting my jokes back.

She grinned. "And have you stare at me up close? No thanks." She said. I rolled my eyes. "I am your boyfriend and have the right." I joked. She chuckled. She leaned forward and grabbed a drink out the cooler. We talked all afternoon, the boat slowly drifting in circles but not far distances.

"Hey, there's a deer." I said, looking at the animal. It was hidden away so I persuaded her to sit in the middle of the boat to see it. I had my chest against her back and put my arms over hers, guiding her arms to show her where it was.

She smiled and looked up at me. We held each other's gaze for a while. I started to lean in when suddenly the boat tipped us. If you stood in the area we had been the water would have come up to your elbows.

She laughed and grabbed her soaked book and bag with her top and sunscreen in it. "It must be a sign. Someone doesn't want us to kiss. Or me to finish this terrible book." She said, making me laugh and collect the cooler and spun crewmen and top of mine and flipping the boat back over. We jumped in and I rowed back to our area where my car was. We tied the boat down and walked to the car.

I handed her a towel from my boot and one of my tops. She thanked me, drying off and pulling my top on. We drove back to her place in peace and she stood in her open doorway, like we always did at the end of a date.

"Thanks, I really enjoyed myself." She said. I smiled. "My pleasure. I enjoyed it a lot too." She looked at the time on the wall in her house and said, "I can't do any dates the next two days because I'm going to New York for work but I promise we'll do something on Saturday." I smiled. "That's great." I said. She smiled and cupped my cheek, gave me a small kiss before a last smile and closing her door. I stood there for a few moments then smiled.