Chapter 5

Annabeth

"So," Percy started,"where do you want to get lunch?"

"Well," I said,"there isn't much to choose from, here in Westville. It's either Lauren's or Subway, and I had Subway yesterday, so Lauren's?"

"Sure," he said, turning on the road that would lead us to Lauren's. When the silence got to be too much to bear, I turned the radio on, and flipped it to the only country station that you could get good signal to in Westville. When I finally found the station, my favorite song was playing. "And she was like oh my god, this is my song..." I started singing, completely forgetting where I was, or who I was with. When the song was finished, I snapped back to reality. Oh my god! I thought, this is so embarrassing! I turned my head to look at Percy, who was looking at me in amazement. By now we were at Lauren's, and already parked. "That was amazing!" Percy said, still looking at my like I was the best singer in the world."Sorry," I mumbled,"I kinda got carried away..."

"Don't apologize! Your one of he best singers I've ever heard!" He said.

"I think that's a bit of an exaggeration," I said, a small smile forming on my face.

"No, I'm serious!" He protested.

"Well then, thank you," I said, my face still bright red. Percy just shook his head and mumbled something that sounded like, she has no idea, and climbed out of the truck. I just sat there for a minute, dumbfounded. What could that mean? I wondered. Before I could gather my purse and sunglasses up, Percy was at my door, pulling it open, and offering his hand out to me, like the gentleman he is. "Thanks," I said, trying to fight off the dizziness I was feeling from being so close to Percy. I took his hand and climbed down out of his huge truck. He smiled at me, when I didn't let go of his hand. And together we started to walk towards the front door of Lauren's, our hands still linked together.

Towards the end of our lunch at Lauren's, Taylor, one of the waitresses, came over and asked me and Percy if we would be staying for dessert. "Well," I said,"it's only 12:30, why not?"

"Sure, I'll have a small cookie dough shake please," Percy said politely.

"Actually," I said turning to look at Taylor,"just make that one large cookie dough shake."

"Okay," Taylor said,"that will be right out."

"Thanks," I said to her, a polite smile on my face. I looked over to Percy, only to find him staring at me with a quizzical look on his face.

I shrugged, "One large is cheaper than two smalls," I explained. Percy nodded, just as Taylor came back with our shake, did I mention Lauren's was fast? "Here's your ticket, see ya later, Annabeth," Taylor said.

"Bye!" I called back to her with a wave. Me and Percy both eyed the ticket, daring each other to make the first move, finally, I made a lunge for the bill, only to find that it had already been snatched up. Again. I glared at Percy. "Haha, to slow," he taunted me, sticking out his tongue like the very mature sixteen year-old he is. "Next time," I told him, mentally planning in my head how I was going to get to the bill before Percy did the next time we ate out together. "Yes, because there will be a next time," Percy said, with a wink.

"Definitely," I flirted back, with what I am sure is a cherry red blush on my face.

Percy smirked, and laid down the money to pay the bill. I took a drink of our shake, and I swear, it was like liquid heaven. Lauren's has the best shakes in town, even better that the ice cream parlor down the road. When we finished our shake, Percy and I walked out to his truck together. He opened the door for me, like he always does, and I blushed and climbed in like I always do. It's like we were stuck in the same routine, never moving forwards or backwards in our, ummm, friendship? Relationship? I don't know. Whatever you want to call it, it was stuck. But that was about to change. The movie we're seeing today is Your Next, and I was going to use that to my advantage every chance I got.

Turns out I didn't have to act scared of the movie in order for Percy to console me. I was scared. Your Next was scary as hell! Right now my head was tucked firmly in his shoulder, and I was practically in his lap, with his arms around me. If I wasn't scared shitless, I probably would be in heaven right now. I flinched when I heard someone scream bloody murder, my head digging a little deeper Percy's shoulder. Percy moved one of his arms, from where it was draped around my shoulders, to make back, a started to make small, comforting circles. Maybe this isn't so bad... I thought, and turned my attention back to the movie.

I looked down at Percy's clock in his truck, and the green digital numbers 3:30 stared back at me. By time, Percy and I have survived the movie: Your Next, and we were currently driving down the road that leads to my house. When Percy pulled into my driveway he put his truck in park, and turned to look at me. "Guess this is it for today, Miss," he said, that sweet little southern accent of his slipping out. "Guess so," I said, more than a little disappointed that my day with Percy was over. "Mom and Dad are going out of town tomorrow, so if you could swing by around 11:30, that would be great, I can't handle all if these chores by myself," I said with a small laugh.

"Sure, are you staying here all by yourself?" Percy questioned me.

"Not completely, my brothers will be here," I responded. Percy nodded, and started to walk back to his truck, but at the last second he turned around. "I had fun today, Annabeth," he admitted.

"Me too, again sometime soon?" I said, hopping I didn't sound to eager.

"Definitely."

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