Alright guys sorry about the long delay but I had midterms the last two weeks, and I've been working and studying a lot. I don't own anything. Enjoy and thanks for all the reviews, follows, and favorites.

Annabeth's POV

We aren't supposed to keep things from each other. We can have secrets that he and I share that nobody else knows, but he can't have secrets from me and I don't keep them from him. That has been our rule since before we even were together; he told me his Achilles point for the gods' sake.

Right now though he is keeping something from me, and I don't like it. Maybe he couldn't say anything in front of Thals and Nico I tell myself to try and calm myself down. Maybe he is seeing other girls the other side of my brain says, or worse maybe he's going on quests without me. The car ride to the restaurant is torture, and I know that sitting through a meal without talking about this is going to be worse. I have to be a good friend though; Thals wanted me here for her first official date with Nico so I'll be here.

Percy must have felt my glare because he glanced over at me and gave me a crooked grin, not this time Seaweed Brain I know that trick and it isn't going to work, and I just keep my arms crossed and continue to glare. He frowns a little at my cold expression and mouths later, Oh you bet we'll talk later, you just better hope my dagger doesn't talk later too.

He pulls into Robin's Diner, it is my favorite place to go and that suck up knows it. It is a little diner not too far from his apartment that he and I went into to escape the rain one day, after we got attacked by some hellhounds. It was essentially our place and he was taking me here now because he knew I was mad.

Percy got out and opened my door for me; Sally really had raised him a gentleman. While he was walking to open my door I noticed that Nico and Thalia seemed a little uneasy and were watching us to see how we acted on a date. You're gonna have to suck it up Annabeth, besides we don't even really know if we should be mad yet. I took Percy's outstretched hand and thanked him with a quick peck on the cheek. Nico saw this and quickly hurried around to open Thalia's door but she was already out and walking towards the diner's door. "You coming Skeletor?" she called back.

When we got to the front door Percy opened the door for us, and we all walked in. "Ah, Percy and Annabeth I see you're back for some more of my delicious cooking." Robin the sweet, middle-aged owner greeted us.

"These geniuses tried to cook us a nice dinner but after failing miserably we decided to come see how a professional does it." I joked back with her. She was very nice and with how often Percy and I come here I've gotten to know her pretty well.

"Tsk tsk tsk Percy, how can you plan on keeping such a lovely girl if you can't lighten the load for her by cooking?" Robin shot back at Percy with a laugh.

"Maybe if you would start doing takeout I could at least pretend I cooked something." Percy answered. As we made it to our table Percy took my jacket and slid my seat out for me. Nico again trying to emulate what he thought was date protocol tried to do the same for Thalia. Thalia of course wasn't expecting it and landed smack on her but on the floor. "What's your deal Death Breath?" Nico blushed and stammered apologies as he tried to help her up, but she smacked his hand away and got up and into her chair on her own. Nico looking a little dejected walked around and sat in his chair. Come on kid hang in there don't give up.

Robin came over with her notepad to take our orders, "What can I get you tonight Mr. Jackson" she said with a smile.

"It's Percy, if I have to call you Robin you have to call me Percy." He told her, "We'll have 2 blue cokes, an everything burger for me, and a grilled chicken sandwich with no tomatoes for the lady, and an order of fries to split." He gave me a wink when he said my order how I always get it.

"Don't get cocky Seaweed Brain." I tried to hide my grin that he paid attention to little things that I did like what I ordered.

Robin turned to Nico next, "And what can I get you two sweetheart?"

Nico gave her a nervous look "I'll have a coke and an everything burger." He gave Thalia an apologetic look, "I'm sorry I don't know what she wants." He mumbled but Thals was quick to step up. "I'll have the same; I'll take my coke brown the way it's supposed to be though." She said with a smirk at Percy.

While Robin was back making our food we just made small talk, but it seemed a little forced. Percy kept sending me little looks trying to see if I was still upset, I was trying to decide if I was still upset, Thals seemed a little nervous, and Nico was acting a little nervous and dejected. I couldn't take the awkwardness anymore so I decided to fix what I could, and since I wasn't gonna hash it out with Percy in public I turned to Nico. I stood up and pointed at him, "You, come with me now." I didn't leave room for him to question it I just walked to the front door and stepped outside.

"What did I do?" he asked when he got outside too.

I ignored his question and asked my own "Nico are you a son of one of the big three?"

"Yeah" he answered but it almost sounded like a question.

"Then start acting like it, grow a pair and stop acting so nervous."

"Sorry, it's just Percy is so perfect at the whole boyfriend gentleman thing and I can't live up to that." He said looking down as he finished.

"Look Nico, Thalia likes you for you, she doesn't need you to be somebody different. You'll get the hang of some of the gentlemen things, Percy just has more practice. As for the perfect boyfriend thing, he's in trouble right now so you don't want to be him." He looked up smiling at that. I straightened his shirt collar a little "Now, man up, be yourself, go in there and get her."

"Thanks mom" he said and we both laughed. He then surprised me by hugging me, "Seriously thank you Annabeth, I needed that and I don't really have anyone I can talk to about this kind of stuff."

I almost had an "ahhh" Aphrodite kid moment but I held it in. I hugged him again real quick, "Nico you always have me here if you want to talk about anything." He smiled at that, "Now, enough of this mushy Aphrodite stuff, get back in there and be confident."

We walked back in and our food was sitting there at our spots. Thalia and Percy both gave me a questioning look; I just shrugged with a smirk on my face. Nico laughed a little at my expression, "What's so funny?" Percy asked hating being out of the loop.

"Nothing," Nico answered, "just glad I'm not you right now." Causing everyone else but Percy to laugh.

The rest of the meal went way better, Nico was confident and the whole mood shifted with his new confidence causing a more relaxed atmosphere. We finished our food, it was delicious as always, Percy and Nico paid and we headed back to our apartment.

When we walked in I grabbed Percy by the front of his shirt and dragged him into my room. Thalia and Nico followed us in and sat on the edge of my bed staring at me, with Nico holding a bag of popcorn. "What are you guys doing in here, and where the Hades did you get popcorn?" I demanded getting a little angry I had been patiently waiting to have my talk with Percy and I didn't want to have to wait any longer.

"This is what I've been waiting all night for, I love watching Kelp Head get yelled at." Thalia answered eating a handful of the popcorn.

I gave them my best death glare; this was going to stay a private matter. "You have until the count of 5 to get out of here before I unleash my full wrath on you." I heard Percy swallow hard behind me, Yeah you better be nervous. "O…" Nico jumped up before I even got through saying one, said goodnight everyone and kissed Thalia on the cheek then ran into the corner of the room and vanished. Thalia seemed a little shocked but was smiling, "One…Two… we really gonna do this Thals…Three… If you're sure…Four…"

She gave me one more cursory look making sure I was alright, "Fine Annie, I'm leaving. Just know that my door is unlocked if you want to talk after you throw him out." She stood up and left the room.

I counted to ten then walked over to my door and opened it really fast. I heard the satisfying clunk that meant it made good contact with her head, followed by some cussing. "Damn it, alright Annie I won't eavesdrop."

I turned my glare on Percy and he had that deer in the headlights look. He glanced around as if looking for an escape. "There's nowhere to run Perce, we're having our talk now. Now, I'll give you one chance to come clean and tell me everything that you neglected to tell me earlier. I advise you not to make me draw it out of you, I've read multiple books on forms of torture and some of them I've been itching to try out." I kept a calm even voice throughout and cracked my knuckles at the end.

"Alright look," he started "when I left school, I found out where Kristen went."

"So you lied about where you were." I said, I could feel the first sting in my eyes, but I was not going to cry.

"Annabeth no, I wouldn't lie to you. I went to Montauk to clear my head like I told you, and I ran into her while I was there."

Okay Annabeth that's not that bad, "Then why didn't you say you were with her, did you just see her as she was leaving?"

"Well no we hung out for a while. I didn't tell you because I didn't want you to worry, you told me that you felt insecure about her and there was nothing to worry about." He said grabbing my hand sweetly and sitting on the edge of the bed.

"What did you do with her?" I asked a little sharply.

"Nothing Annabeth, we just hung out. We swam around in the ocean, had a race, talked, and watched the sun set."

No way this idiot could be this dense; I yanked my hand away from him and stood up. "So you were late for your date with me because you were on a date with another girl, how is that supposed to make me feel more secure." I yelled.

"What are you talking about Wise Girl it wasn't a date?" he said trying to grab my hand again but I smacked his hand away.

"You sat on the beach talking and watched the sunset, sounds an awful lot like a date to me Percy. Surely not even you are dumb enough to miss that." I shouted, I regretted calling him dumb he hated when I said he wasn't smart but I was pissed.

He looked down a little sad, "Percy, I didn't mean it." I tried to apologize, but he quickly turned angry and he shot back up and defended himself. "No you did mean it Annabeth. Sorry we can't all be genius children of Athena. I know when I am and am not on a date, maybe if you could control your jealousy for a minute and quit being such an emotionally challenged robot I could have friends and not get yelled at all the time."

That was a low blow and I felt the tears start to come down. He knew that it was hard for me to express all of my emotions, being a daughter of Athena but I was trying. "OUT" I shouted "GET OUT NOW!"

"Annabeth, I'm sorry I was just pissed about the stupid comment, I'm an idiot."

"I said get out."

"No" he answered plainly. I tried to hit him but he caught my hand and pulled me in to a tight hug. "Annabeth I am so sorry, but I will not ever leave you alone when you are crying especially when I caused it." I was still mad at him but there was something so natural about me being in his arms that I melted into them and cried into his shirt. "Shh its okay Annabeth I'm never leaving you, you're the best fiancé anyone could ever ask for. You don't have anything to worry about, Kristen was telling me that she really liked someone. I had to leave before I could find out who, but see she doesn't even like me like that."

"Percy you are so clueless with girls," I said pulling out of the hug and wiping my eyes, "she was talking about you. She likes you."

He had a dumb look on his face like he still wasn't grasping it. "No, I would know if she did, right."

I raised an eyebrow at him, "Four years Percy, it took you four years to notice I liked you and I kissed you twice in those four years."

He laughed, "Yeah I guess you're right, but what should I do. I mean she's my friend and I like her like as a friend but no more," he grabbed my hand and played with my ring, "I'm a one woman guy, and it can't get any better than you."

I kissed him once for being sweet, I hated when we fought. "I don't know Percy, I guess you have to talk to her and let her know that you don't feel the same it's the only fair thing."

"Your right" he said with a little laugh, "what else is new?"

He started to walk out the door but I grabbed his arm, "Not now Seaweed Brain, its 10 o'clock, talk to her tomorrow while I'm at school. Besides it is still date night, and since I don't get to see you at school tomorrow I'm spending as much time as I can with you." I pulled him onto my bed and cuddled up next to him and turned on the TV. A Knights Tale was on AMC and we watched that.

I fell asleep with my head on Percy's chest thinking about how much I loved our relationship. We could be fighting one minute and cuddled up the next. It was exciting and I knew that we were meant to be together.

Gotta love the Annabeth/Nico big sister relationship. I have two more chapters pretty much finished I'm just putting on the last touches and deciding which one to put first. Next chapter has two options,

Should it be Percy and Kristen's talk? What will happen? Will she let him go easily? Will she fight for him? What if they get interrupted by someone or something?

Or should it be Nico and Percy guys' day off away from school. If you've ever seen Mighty Ducks D3, it's going to be kinda like Charlie and Fulton's day where they weren't at school with a Percy Jackson twist of course.

I'll try to get it to you one on Thursday but no promises. If your really good you might get both of them by Thursday.