So, Chapter 2 is going up! Here it is! Thanks to all my reviewers whose names I'm too lazy to look up! =)

I took my second-to-last drachma and tossed it into the rainbow in the bathroom. "O Iris, Goddess of the Rainbow, accept my offering. Annabeth Chase, San Fransisco." My heart was racing. I knew I loved her, but she still loved Luke. I probably only had the tiniest hope with her. Suddenly I heard a loud, "SEAWEED BRAIN!" I must've been deep in thought. I shook myself out of my mind and looked at Annabeth through the Iris-Message. She was as beautiful as ever, and her gray eyes seemed nearly silver. Her hair was in its usual ponytail, and she was wearing a green-gray T-shirt with jeans. I smiled. "Hey, sorry I was thinking."

She smiled back. "You? Thinking? That's something you don't see every day."

I rubbed the back of my neck. "Yeah, well... Anyways, I was wondering, are you doing anything tomorrow? I'm having a party."

She considered it for a moment. Then her smile broadened. I wondered what made her so darn happy. "I'd love to come. Who else is gonna be there?"

I told her everyone, and she was pretty shocked but happy that Thalia got some time off. "So, I'll see you tomorrow at 3:00?"

"Sure, Seaweed Brain. See ya then." And she cut the connection. I was feeling pretty good about myself, so I decided to go for a walk and get a pretzel. I walked out of my apartment and down the street to the nearest cart. As I was walking back, I heard a sound that chilled my blood - a low growl, like the engine of a giant motorcycle.

A huge hellhound - bigger than Mrs. O'Leary - was standing right behind me. I dropped my pretzel, spun around and uncapped Riptide. The sword was comforting, but the hellhound was still the biggest I'd ever seen. I wasn't entirely sure if I could take it.

Luckily for me, it was still a dog. It smelled the pretzel I'd dropped, and while it was distracted I cut it swiftly across its paw and it vaporized. I walked back to my apartment a little shaky.

About 20 mintues later I headed to the store to get some supplies for the party. I got food, drinks, balloons, blah blah blah. When I got home I realized it was dinner time. I made myself some Ramen Noodles (A/N: My best friend is crazy for Ramen, I had to put that in there) and watched TV until I got tired and went to bed. I set my alarm for 10:00 tomorrow so I could get ready for the party.

Everything was set up. The music was out, the food was in the kitchen, and the balloons were tied to various places in the living room.

The first person to get there was Thalia, which wasn't surprising seeing as I'd invited her first. "Hey Percy. Good to actually see you again."

I smiled. "You too, Thalia. How's immortality treating you?"

She did the same. "Oh, nothing new, just not aging. You know, the usual."

Just as I was about to close the door, Grover rushed up. "Hey, G-Man! Good to see you!"

"Perrrcy!" he bleated. "I missed you!" And he gave me a big goat hug.

It wasn't long before Clarrise showed up, followed by Silena and Beckendorf. She greeted me with a punch in the gut and a "Punk." She must be in a good mood.

Knowing Nico, he'd come alone, or melt our of the walls or something. And that's just what he did. As soon as I closed the door I saw Nico tumbling out of a wall in the living room. He looked a bit dazed. "Whoa! Watch it there, cuz." I caught him just before he smashed face-first into the TV.

Annabeth showed up las, of course, seeing how she came all the way from California. Butterflies started forming in my stomach as I greeted her inside. I could've sworn China could hear my heart beating.

"Hey, Seaweed Brain," she said with a smile. "Good to see you again."

"You too. Now that you're here, we can get the party started!"

There was just one problem: I had absolutely no clue what we were going to do. For a while we just sat there, spitballing ideas. Of course, Annabeth came up with an idea. "We could sing karaoke. I saw that karaoke machine, Percy, don't give me that look." I was giving her my, Why in the name of Zeus did you have to bring that up, look. I think she was just mentioning it to annoy me, but I didn't really mind. She was cute when she was annoying - Whoa, did I just think that? Oh, Silena's here, it's Aphrodite's magic. "Fine. Nico, come help me bring it out here."

He followed me into the closet, and lifted it up. It was pretty heavy. "So, you like Annabeth now?" he whispered. "Is it that obvious?" He nodded. I blushed. "I saw the way you were looking at Thalia," I told him. He blushed darker than me, which was surprising becuase he was so pale. "I don't like her." I raised an eyebrow. "Okay, whatever you say."

hen we got back into the living room, everyone was already discussing which song they were going to sing. Apparently, Annabeth was singing I'd Lieby Taylor Swift, Thalia was singing So What by Pink, Clarrise was singing Headstrong by Trapt, Grover was singing What I've Done by Linkin Park, Silena was singing Womanizer by Britney Spears, and Beckendorf was singing Candle by The White Tie Affair. Nico decided on Gives You Hell (He was replacing every 'hell' with 'Hades'). I decided I was going to sing As Lovers Go by Dashboard Confessional.

"So," Nico asked. "Who's going first?"

HA! Cliffie, more or less. Well, kinda. Again, reviews before I continue. This time, there must be 2! I am evil! No, not really. Muahahahahahahahahaha! =P