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A/N Here's another chapter : ) Hoping for some more reviews but if anyone can think of a better summary for the story then PM me because mine isn't very good...
Dinner wasn't too eventful. Percy sat by himself at the Poseidon table, like always. He glanced over at the Athena table every once in a while, but he didn't want Annabeth to notice. He was truthfully a bit embarrassed that she had sort of rejected his kiss. He was pretty sure she was joking, but with Annabeth, you could never really be sure. When he scraped his sacrifice to Poseidon into the fire, he just prayed for one thing: The perfect summer. After dinner, everyone went back to their cabins or hung out in front of them. There would be a campfire in a few hours and it had been announced that there would be a game of capture the flag tomorrow. Athena vs. Ares, naturally. Percy smirked to himself as he realized Annabeth would probably be a bit more polite now that she was trying to recruit him to her team. Just on time, she appeared next to him as he was walking back to his cabin. She had a serious expression on her face and a clipboard in her hand. As cabin leader, it was her job to recruit support for Athena.
"So, you in?" She asked absentmindedly, scanning her clipboard. She was so sure Percy would be on her team, Percy felt like playing with her a bit.
"In...?" He put on a clueless face. She sighed wearily.
"I know you're not quite that stupid, Seaweed Brain. Are you on our team or not?" She glared at him, her grey eyes stormy. He made a tsking sound at her.
"Somebody needs to take capture the flag a little bit less seriously." He told her, grinning. "Lighten up." They sat down on the front steps to the Poseidon cabin. She sighed.
"I know, I know, but Clarisse has been really pushing it. We have to win." She told him determinedly.
"We will." He promised. They held hands again. "Who else have you recruited already?" He asked. She scanned her clipboard.
"So far we've got Apollo, Aphrodite, and since Nico said he'd be on our team, Hades. Silena said she'd convince Beckendorf that Hephaestus should be on our team. So, it's looking good. Ares has already recruited Hermes and Dionysus and they will probably get Demeter since Katie Gardner is dating Jake Tanner from the Ares cabin." She said. It seemed like a pretty good team, but she didn't seem satisfied. Percy stared at her tired face. Her eyebrows were scrunching up like they did when she was thinking hard.
"We need a plan?" He asked, grinning. She grinned back.
"You bet we do." She replied. So, they spent the whole evening working out their plan. They even skipped the campfire, which normally Percy would never do because campfires were awesome. When they finally decided to head back to their cabins, they both felt pretty good about their plan. Annabeth started to walk away but Percy grabbed her wrist.
"Wait." He said. She turned around.
"What?"
"Did you, uh, did you mean it when you said you were running away because you didn't want me to kiss you?" He asked. He felt stupid asking, but it had been bothering him all evening. She smiled. Her grey eyes sparkled as she leaned in and kissed him gently. He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her into his chest, happily. She hooked her arms around his neck and they kissed deeply. When they finally pulled away, she grinned at him before walking back to her cabin.
"I guess that answers my question." He mumbled, as he turned around to enter his own empty cabin.
