A/n: I have so many tests to do... Thank god for stress relievers, like writing. Yay! I wanna thank everyone who inspired me to keep going with this story. I love it when you review, so thanx for that. :) Anyway...

Annabeth POV

After I told Piper what I did to Percy, she just sat there on the barstool next to me with her mouth open a bit, staring at me. Suddenly she burst into hysterics, laughing so hard she fell off the stool onto the floor where she rolled around laughing. "Haha nice one Annie, haha. I knew you could do it! Haha," she said still chuckling.

She was sitting on the floor trying to catch her breath when Jason walked in, Percy following a short while later. I wonder where he had wandered off to... She burst into another fit of giggles when Percy looked at her. Jason just smiled and lifted an eyebrow while Percy sent me a questioning glance. I smirked and winked and a flash of understanding came upon his face. At first I saw him blush a bit but then I saw his plush lips turn up into a smirk and I knew something had to be coming soon.

I was suddenly aware of how when Piper and I were out here, Jason and Percy were talking in the living room. For all I know, they could have been planning my untimely demise! It could happen... Who knows what those boys are capable of?

Percy took his smirk and walked back upstairs with a look that said "Follow me, if you dare." So of course I followed him. Curiosity is one of my greatest downfalls. My mind jumps at every chance for knowledge. I know that isn't typical for a model, but I'm not typical. Get over it. I discreetly followed up the stairs but when I got to the top, he was nowhere in sight. I walked slowly down the hallway past the bedrooms, continuously looking around as if he'd jump out at me. As I passed his room, the door opened quick and two hands reached out and grabbed me, one wrapping around my waist and one covering my mouth in case I had screamed.

Of course he had taken me by surprise, but I would never tell him that... He pulled me into the room and shut the door. His mouth was pressed against my ear as he whispered to me. "If you promise to cooperate, I'll remove my hand." I quickly nodded and he removed his hand. I took a minute to look around at the room he had made his home. He had chosen the blue and green themed room. It was one of the rooms facing the ocean and the balcony connected to it overlooked the beach. Clothes were scattered across the bed and the covers were thrown back messily. The whole room screamed Percy even though he'd only been here a short while. It smelled like Percy, like salt water and something sweet, chocolate chip cookies maybe?

He gave me a half smile when I looked at him expectantly. I had no clue what was going to happen next. Percy was completely unpredictable. He reached out an arm and placed his hand on the small of my back and silently led me to the balcony. He opened the curtained glass doors and what I saw was beautiful. He had a blue plaid picnic blanket surrounded by small candles and a picnic basket. The railing was adorned with twinkling fairy lights. The whole scene was beautiful.

I smiled slightly as he sat down on the blanket. He looked at me expectantly and I blushed realizing that I was still just standing there awkwardly in the doorway. I sat down across from him, close, but not close enough to be invading. He opened up the basket and took out pasta salad, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, a little bottle of champagne, and chocolate covered strawberries. "Earlier this afternoon while you were in your bedroom, I set this up as a sort of apology for the concussion thing," he said nervously rubbing the back of his neck. I smirked a bit when he said, "I'm really sorry about that, by the way. Usually I don't make pretty girls fall unconscious, unless they're at one of our concerts of course."

I blushed a bit at the compliment and he smiled. He poured two classes of champagne and handed me one. We toasted to the condo and drank. We ate and talked and he was pretty polite most of the night. I laughed when he tried to throw a strawberry up, and catch it in his mouth, and missed, hitting himself in the eye. "Seaweed brain," I mumbled and playfully hit his arm. He smirked. "Wise girl," he said and moved closer to me on the blanket.

I smiled at him but shivered a bit as it was getting chilly from the evening ocean spray. He must've noticed because the next thing I know, his arm is draped around me, pulling me closed to him. I snuggled into his side, wallowing in his body heat. He placed his chin on my head and we both looked up at the cloudless, star-filled sky. I was pointing out constellations and to my surprise, so was Percy. We talked about life and dreams and I was content. Percy told me how he'd like to be a marine biologist and how he took online college courses while touring. I told him about my dream of design and how I want to be an architect. I told him about my drawings and how as a kid I had dreamed of redesigning the empire state building and the skyscrapers in New York surrounding it.

We were lulled into a comfortable silence and my eyelids began to droop. Before I knew it, I was asleep in Percy Jackson's arms.