Percy POV

I couldn't believe that I had run into Annabeth- and drunk too. She doesn't really seem like that type of girl.

Jason had called me this evening. he practically screamed into the phone, "She did it again… Fuck! She was right there! Gah! I need a fucking drink. Wanna get everyone together? I need to forget tonight for a bit. And god help Annie if I ever meet her. She's dead! Oh Percy," He groaned into the phone. "You have no idea how close we got to catching her. I can't believe it!"

Knowing Jason, he would be beating himself up, so I decided that everyone could use a night to cut loose for a bit. Calling everyone in our friend group, I got nearly 9 people together. Then I ran into Annabeth and her friend Reyna.

The Annabeth and Ryena are already pretty wasted when we ran into them, but they were still willing to go clubbing with us. After I introduce Annabeth to everyone in my group, we head down the street.

Walking to Night Shadow, the club, we all broke off into groups. Annabeth and Piper started up a conversation and Reyna and Jason already looked like they were having a heated debate. Luckily the line at the club wasn't that long and after a ten minute wait, the bouncer waved us through. The music was blaring, and I could feel the bass vibrating through my body. There were already tons of people on the dance floor, and the waiters that were manning the long bar that stretched from one side of the room to the other was packed. The thing that I like about Night Shadow is the high ceilings and the separate room that has stand up cocktail tables, more lighting and slightly quieter music for more socializing.

Our group immediately passed through the main part and headed to the back. Frank and Leo grab two tables and push them together. Thalia mutters something about going to grab a beer and heads off into the throng of people. The rest of us are still talking. There are two people at the table next to us- a guy with dirty blond hair and a girl with shoulder length down hair. The guy looks familiar to me, but they look like they are deep in conversation.

I feel a tap on my shoulder- Annabeth.

"Piper, Hazel and I are gonna go dance," she informs me.

"K. Maybe I'll join you in a bit." She just nods and the trio heads out. I notice that Reyna is looking kind of lost, so I use my usual conversation starter.

"Tic Tac," I hold out a container.

She manages to crack a smile and holds out her hand.

"So… youre Reyna." I stat.

She smirks a bit, "Yup."

"How do you know Annabeth?"

"We used to work at this coffee shop together. We're pretty good friends. What about you? What do you do?"

"I met Annabeth today- we got signed up to do an english project together, and I work at a car mechanic shop in Brooklyn."

For the next 15 minutes or so, Reyna and I have a very light conversation, getting to know each other better.

"I'm going to go get a drink," I say. "Do you want anything?"

"I think I better not." She's right. while she is still sort of in her right mind, and the alcohol is starting to wear off a bit, she's still pretty tipsy. "I think that I am going to go find the girls and dance for a bit." She leaves in the direction of the dance floor. I take inventory of my friends. The girls excluding Thalia are dancing, Thalia is talking to some blond at the bar, Nico and Will are in the corner whispering and laughing, Jason (Jason was pretty wasted) and Frank have their heads together and look serious- probably something about work and Leo is at a different table talking to two girls- one is a redhead with freckles and the other is a stunning blond. I see Leo kiss the blond on the cheek- Wow not too many girls would even let Leo touch their arm. I notice that the guy beside me that looked familiar is on his phone I decide to talk to him to see if I do know him.

Annabeth POV (Sorry that last bit was getting very boring (But it was needed) and I had to change it up)

The girls and I were having a great time dancing. The effects of the alcohol were starting to wear off which was relieving. I was mainly talking to Piper. I love that girl- we were having a good conversation though my throat was going hoarse from having to yell over the music. I was having a great time- that is until we started talking about Piper's boy friend, Jason. I could tell that she was really in love and very proud to be his girl friend, so I started asking her questions about him.

"So what does he do," I ask.

"He works for the NYPD," she replies, taking another swing from her beer. The lights bounce weirdly off the glass bottle. "He just got promoted to the drug side of the department a couple of weeks ago." Immediately alarms blare in my head.

"So what does he do exactly?" I ask, dreading the answer.

"Well lately he has been trying to track down the key players in New York. Thats why he was so mad this evening- a big lead just slipped through his fingers."

Oh Shit.

Where Have I Been right!? honestly I am so sorry. After that last chapter I said that i would have the next chapter done in like 3 days… well here we are like a month and a bit later. though in my defense I was gone on a school trip for most of april and I felt so unmotivated. Anyways here you go.. I'll try to update soon but obviously I am even more unreliable than I though… Oh well. So I hope you like it. It's more of a filler chapter than anything but whatever. I'm not too happy with it but I had to do that. at least I posted. next chapter will be better. Any ways, so for most of april, my class and I toured around canada for a bit- it was pretty awesome. Let me know what you think.

-Demi