Disclaimer: I don't own PJO
Annabeth's POV
I was leaving breakfast when suddenly I felt paper against my skin; I turned my head and saw Seaweed Brain, trying to secretly stuff paper in my hand. I then saw Travis snickering and coming towards us.
"Writing love notes to your girlfriend again?" He asked smirking. Before anyone could answer, I ran back to my cabin, and made sure no one was watching while I opened the note. In Percy's scrawny handwriting it said:
Happy Birthday Wise Girl!
Meet me at the beach at twelve for a special birthday surprise.
Seaweed Brain
I groaned. This was typical Seaweed Brain, I go and tell him not to do something, and he goes out and does it. I told him I didn't want anything for my birthday and there he plans something 'special'. At this moment I was seriously thinking about ditching but then I thought about how hurt Percy would be and I convinced myself to go. I still had an hour before I was tortured, so I got out Daedulus's laptop and began doing research.
Percy's POV
I woke up and looked at the watch: 11:55. Holy Zeus! I had to get to the beach . . . and fast. I quickly got out Annabeth's gift. It was a necklace that I had Beckendorf forge before he . . . died. He was the only one who knew of my crush on Annabeth. The pendant of the necklace was a trident with an owl behind it with its wings outstretched, Poseidon and Athena, me and Annabeth.
I went to the beach with the box in my pocket. I came to the beach to find Annabeth in her typical camp half-blood t-shirt and shorts. She turned towards me with an icy look on her. Uh oh, I think I'm in trouble. But Annabeth just sighed and said "Can we just get this done with?"
"Ummm . . . sure." I took a deep breath. Here it goes. "Annabeth I-" I was about to finish my sentence when Travis and Conner burst out of the woods holding a wrapped present. O h this can't be good.