LOOK. I found time to upload just another chapter... And we still have tests tomorrow... My future is broken! Like hell, why do 13-year old 2nd yr highschool students have to study the natural treasures of asian countries? Anyway... PLEASE READ yet another CRAPPY CHAPTER...

Chapter 11: A Little Time Alone

Coz' you're everywhere to me

And when I close my eyes, it's you I see

You're everything I know that makes me believe

I'm not alone…

Annabeth answered her phone. "Hello?" She greeted with a high intonation.

"Annabeth, it's me…" She immediately recognized who it was.

"Oh, Percy… What's up?"

"Are you free tomorrow?" He asked back.

"Well, yeah…" Then she flipped through her notebook thingo. "I think." She continued.

"I need you at around 9."

"Ookay…" She replied in a sort of slow mo manner.

"Great. Meet me at Gustavo's." He said, and then hung up right after.

"He's just been gone for a couple of years and he lost his manners… didn't even say goodbye…" She complained. "Like I have something to do with it…"

9: 10 am… Annabeth arrived at Gustavo's.

Percy was already there, sitting at a table at the far end of the restaurant. Annabeth was looking through the glass window. And there, she cherished every detail about Percy, his every move, every curve on his face… She watched him as he took a sip from his coffee. Basically, she can't help but daze. That went on for about a minute or so. Eventually, she realized that people might think she's some crazy woman. So she decided to enter. Moreover, Percy might have been waiting for a lot of minutes now.

He smiled at her the moment he saw Annabeth by the door. It's hard to admit for her, but she was hypnotized. She was enraptured by the look on his face. She smiled back, and made her way to his place. Percy pulled a seat for her.

"Thanks. So, you're going to show me the place, right?" She asked, sitting down.

"Yep." He replied, with a big wide grin.

"Great, then."

"Wanna order something?" He interrogated.

"No thanks. I'm not hungry."

"Oh…"

Then an awkward moment of silence came up. They didn't know what was running in each other's mind. Annabeth was gazing at Percy's face. Percy was thinking about his future hotel. Two different people… No wonder they broke up.

"So, are we waiting for someone or something like that?" Annabeth asked, breaking the silence.

"Yeah… She'll be here any minute now."

"I see…" And with that, the awfully uncomfortable silence started again. Seriously, they should really think of a long topic so they'd avoid these gauche moments of silence.

Shortly, the one they were waiting for arrived. Percy heaved out a heavy breath, and stood up to meet her, and bring her to the table. Annabeth, on the other hand, wondered who the lady was. But when she saw them kiss, she immediately knew who she was. Just the thought of it made her heart pierced. She was very pretty. Her stature was ideal. And her face has perfectly cut features… Brown flowing hair, fair complexion, staggering eyes… To make it short, she was almost perfect.

'I have nothing against her. She's perfect.' Annabeth thought.

Percy cleared his throat and started introducing the two young ladies to each other. "Uhm, Annabeth, this is -name-… -Name-, this is Annabeth. She'll be the architect for the hotel."

"Oh… Nice to meet you, Annabeth." -Name- said, offering to shake hands with Annabeth.

"Same here." She replied, and shook hands with her.

"Okay then… Let's get going." Percy proposed.

"Right. Let's take my wheels." -Name- suggested.

"We'll take mine." He opposed.

"What about my car? We'll leave it here? Won't it be a bother?" Annabeth suddenly asked.

"It's fine. You can leave it here. You just met the owner." Percy replied, wrapping his arm around -name-.

"What?" Obviously, she was surprised.

"C'mon. We'll take my ride." -Name- announced, grabbing Percy's hand.

"Mine." He, again, opposed.

"Mine."

"No, mine."

"Okay, okay. But I'll drive." She said, admitting defeat, snatching away the keys from Percy.

"Sure…" Annabeth replied.

And off they went.

After about 10minutes or so, they arrived at the place. It was beautiful. The site is situated at grassland, just beside Manhattan's boundary. Everything seemed perfect. Annabeth was fairly astounded, and at the same time, astonished, by the place. And she could just imagine how the hotel would look like.

"Feel free to wander around the whole place." Percy implied. And she did. She explored all the possible places, and took time to appreciate every single aspect. Yep. She was already picturing how the hotel would be.

She was thinking if she'd make it a baroque styled building, or a classical, or a modern one. Shortly, she came up with a pretty idea.

"Got it." She told herself.

"That was hecka fast… 'Kay then. Let's get going… Still gotta go somewhere." -Name- declared.

"Sure…"

"Percy, I'll take your car. Just use mine for the mean time. I need to save time…"

"Yeah, yeah. What else is new?"

"Haha. Very funny, Mr. Jackson."

"Why are you in a hurry, by the way?" He asked.

"Imma hang out with Riles. I so missed him!"

Riles? Who in hell is Riles? Her boyfriend? Can't be… She's with Percy. They kissed. Wait… But it was just a kiss on the cheek. Maybe she's not with Percy after all… maybe she's with that Riles guy!

Annabeth was completely occupied, that she didn't notice Percy and -name- getting in the car.

"Annabeth… get in!" Percy yelled, through the window.

"Oh? Right. Sorry." She said, partially running to where the car was.

The trip was theoretically quiet. Only the sweet melodious sound from the stereo can be heard, sort of.

Percy then, felt this tingly super awkward feeling, and there was this urge in him to start a conversation between the three of them. Unfortunately, his mind was blank. He needed to fill it in with something… Something… Something. His mind was empty. Talk about star-crossed.

Anyways, it was still awkward. But Annabeth didn't notice it. Yep. She was thinking about -name-, the Riles guy and Percy… Percy… Percy. Well, duh.

"Isn't this awkward?" -Name- suddenly asked out of the blue.

"Isn't what awkward?" Percy asked.

"This. Right, Annabeth?"

"Huh? Oh sure." She replied hecka unconsciously.

Weiiiiiiird.

Blahblahlah…

After a few more minutes, Percy and Annabeth were dropped off at Gustavo's. And it was awkward. Anyways… They proceeded inside, and sat down at the farthest table, where Percy stayed earlier that morning.

"Wanna order anything?" He asked.

"Uh, no. I'm fine."

"I see…"

"Uh, Percy…"

"Yep."

"I need to talk to you…" She continued, hesitantly.

Percy, was struck. Yep. I think he knew what it was about… What was it about anyway?

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