Percy stared at the number scribbled across his hand. It would have faded long ago if he hadn't kept tracing it. Now it was a multitude of colors and more like his hand writing than Emmy's. It had been a month since he had last seen her, the day they literally ran into each other. Annabeth hadn't even tried to contact him in any way, as if she hadn't cared in the first place. Percy was hurt, and didn't want to have to deal with the drama that came with hanging out with any girl. Though it wasn't like he had many guy friends out side of camp, let alone any that lived in the New York area. At the moment Emmy was the closest thing he had to a friend, and he was tired of being alone. The was also the fact that Percy couldn't get Emmy out of his head, she had made quite the impression.
Percy summed up all of his courage and picked up the phone in the kitchen. He was alone at the moment, his mother and Paul out to dinner. The phone was an old one, so old it had one of those curly cords and was hung on the wall. Before he could back out he dialed the number he had memorized without realizing it. Instead of the ringing he was expecting to hear, Percy was surprised to hear a song. Lyrics flowed out of the headset. It must have been a parody of the Pokémon theme song, he couldn't help but smile. The song suddenly stopped and a voice replaced it. "Hello who is this?" Percy swallowed nervously, strangely Emmy sounded an awful lot like Annabeth on the phone. "Um, it's Percy." There was a sharp, shaky intake of breath on the other side of the line. Percy's eyes widened, Oh Gods it couldn't be coud it? "What do you want Seaweed Brain?" The boy gulped, pain shot through his heart. He wasn't ready for this. He cleared his throat before speaking. "Is Emmy there?" He could almost feel the awkwardness seep through the phone. "No, she left her phone here when she left for practice." Percy could only assume she ment band practice. A little sigh escaped his lips, he wasn't sure if he wasn't to talk to Emmy anymore. All of his confidence was gone. "Oh, well, would you tell her I called when she gets home." Annabeth paused for a moment, clearly reluctant to agree. "Sure." With that the other line of the phone went dead. Percy let out a breath sitting down at the kitchen table. His head dropped resting against the table top. "Well that was fun."
The phone didn't ring again until later that night. He had fallen asleep on the couch while watching the Shining. The phone stopped ringing, he had missed it. "Crap." He rubbed his eyes pausing the T.V. at the scene where the father breaks through the door with his axe. Percy stretched before slowly walking over to the phone to see who had called. A little green light flashed on the base, who ever it was left a message. He brought the phone to his ear to listen to the message. "Hey Percy." It was clearly Emmy this time, no mistaking it. "So um, Annabeth said you called. What's up? Just call me back at this number, though I probably won't answer because I have to go to the library to study. So the best choice would be to text me. I mean if you have unlimited texting, other wise don't bother. Unless you want to." She took in a breath, "Oh Gods I'm rambling. So just text me or call me. Talk to you later Percy." The boy smiled putting the phone back up. Why hadn't he thought of texting her? He pulled his small phone out of his pocket. In less than a minute he had a message ready to send. "Hey, it's Percy. I was just wondering if you were doing anything tomorrow. The zoo is having a special for students because it's the last Saturday of the month. What do you think?" Without thinking about it any further he pressed the send button hoping for the best. Percy returned to the couch continuing his movie. After about ten minutes his phone started going off. He looked down at the screen. "I would love to. Meet you in front of my building at 9. Don't be late." Percy smiled sending a reply to show he under stood. tomorrow was going to be fun.