So I altered the first chapter a bit…. Sorry I've taken so long to update…

To answer a guest's (Alice) question; yes I will probably include Nico and Bianca and Grover. I really like your idea of the dinner! I'll definitely try and include it!

June 23, 2012

Annabeth sat in the studying, her eyes bearing into the Greek to English dictionary.

Yes, as crazy as it seems, Miss Annabeth Chase was reading the dictionary. She sat at a rather lavished marble table. Its smooth imperfect surface caught and reflected the sunlight that shun through the bay window. The wall AC blew fresh, cool air down onto her sweating face. The study was on the east side of the second floor. Every morning the hot, sunshine filled air would fill the luxurious room and cook inside the walls as if it were an oven. There wasn't anything that could be done to prevent it, everything had been tried; the hardwood floors were a light beige, the walls a powered blue. The AC was on all day and the windows open at night so that the summer breeze would blow in fresh air and give the room a light scent of the sea. It reminded her much of Percy.

Percy was back in Athens for two weeks for a seminar. Annabeth was no damsel in distress. She wasn't just going the lounge around and waste time, wasting for some knight in shining armor. She had to do something to keep Yaya off her back. So she read. She decided that she needed to learn Greek. She had had enough of the English to Greek confusion. So she picked up the dictionary. Not many people would actually read a dictionary, let alone try and learn from it. But she was Annabeth Chase. She was the smart girl no one could get help from. She took pride in her intelligence. It was the one thing no one would ever be able to take away from her.

She only had a few pages left, and planned on finished the bloody thing today. She had started a good four days ago and only had so much time in the day to read. Yaya was quite demanding.

Annabeth was much like a sponge. The words seemed to float off the pages and were sucked up by her mind, permanently implanted in her memory. It was because of this that she learned languages so easily; she just never had the opportunity to.

She practiced her new found hobby of learning Greek vigorously. She was determined to perfect it by the end of the month.

But it also kept her mind off of Percy. She didn't know what she was going to do about him. Yes, she had feelings for him, and yes, she wanted to act upon them, but she was so confused. What was the point? She wasn't one for summer flings. If she was going to have a boyfriend, she would much rather has one at home, one she could actually have a serious relationship with. She was too educated and had her life planned too well for someone to come by and play with it. She was too serious for summer flings. As a wise man once said, there is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.

But the idea still ate at her everyday. She liked spending time with Percy; it helped make up for the fact that she gave up her summer plans to come out to Corfu.

Luckily Percy wasn't the only friend she had. She had plans to go shopping with Silena and Katie, the girls Percy had introduced her to the first day she met him. She wasn't one who loved shopping, but she was grateful to get out of the house.

She hated how quiet it was, up on the second floor.

You could only sometimes hear Yaya's faint commands from the floor below. Much of the staff stayed below, except for the occasional maid that came to clean the bed rooms.

Annabeth stared down at her dictionary. Just one more page to go. She could feel her new vocabulary building into her brain. As she finished she snapped shut the leather cover and placed it back on the mahogany book case.

She had a shopping trip to get ready for.

…..LINE BREAK…. Γραμμής διακοπή …. LINE BREAK…. Γραμμής διακοπή …..

She met up with Silena and Katie at the main shopping center about fifteen minutes away from the house.

As she stepped out of the same car she used to go out with Percy a week ago, she spotted the two in front of the mall entrance.

As she walked toward them, she saw that Silena hair now looked brown, and was curled, unlike the straight black hair she had seen the last time they met. She wore a strapless red dress that flowed down to her ankles. Katie on the other hand, looked the same, and wore simple washed out jean shorts and a flowy tank top covered with images of faint flowers.

"Annabeth! I'm so glad you came!" Silena cried as she saw Annabeth approaching. She pulled her into a tight hug. Annabeth had noticed before that Silena was such a loving person.

For the next two hours the girls shopped through the various shops and stores before sitting down to get some lunch.

"So," Selina started, "what's going on between you and Percy, hmm?" she said staring across the table at Annabeth, causing her to blush.

"Oh, nothing really," She said nonchalantly, but she could feel the blush creeping up. Gods! She hated that even the thought of him could do that to her.

"Oh come on Annabeth! You can't lie to us! We saw how you two act together!" Katie piped in, causing Annabeth to blush more.

"I'm serious though. I not really one for summer flings. I just… would rather like something more permanent." Annabeth replied.

"But that doesn't mean you can't have some fun along the way!" Katie said. Annabeth sighed as she looked up at the two girls in front of her.

Could I?

She groaned in frustration as she laid her head down on the table. Katie looked over at her, confused.

"I-I… don't know. It's just not something I can see myself doing." She said sincerely, looking up at the two girls. They stared back at her with blank faces. No girl had ever been so indecisive about Percy.

"Just try. It's summer right? Time to relax a bit." Silena said, offering her a small smile.

Could she?

Percy was really sweet, and he cared about her. And she loved the way he would hug her from behind and rest his head on hers. The way he would case her around the beach and wrestle her to the ground, but not before stealing a kiss. She loved curling up on the couch in his swim team sweater he had lent her. The sweet smell of the ocean filling her brain.

"Annabeth?" Katie's call snapped her back to reality.

"I guess I could…try?"

This caused Silena to squeal with joy. She loved seeing relationships blossom.

I guess I could try. It's the summer. I've got nothing to loose.

It's thee mighty line break!

Annabeth laid back home on her bed, in the darkness. She let her head sink down into the large pillows. A thin blanket rested on her legs, while she wore Percy's sweater. It was simple, a bright blue with the words "Goode University" in black font on the front. On the back, at the bottom, in smaller font it said "Jackson". She pulled her arms in and had pulled the neck line up so that she constantly inhaled the sweet smell of the ocean. There was nothing like it.

Her hair was scattered around her in tight curls. She gathered herself in a tight ball. Her eyes fluttered shut, and just as she was about to dose off, she felt the whole bed vibrate.

She reached under her pillow and pulled out her phone. Not bothering to look who was calling, she closed her hazy eyes and pressed answer.

"Hello?" she asked in a sleepy voice.

"Annabeth?" she heard an eager voice on the other end.

She jerked up in the bed.

"Percy?"

Yaya, I know, I know expected ending…

Sorry for the long wait

I wrote the last part in the morning after staying up all night with my cousin.

LOL we went to the bakery at 3:30 am to eat! And her sister's friends were there. And they paid for our food! AHAHA

And when we were going back the street lights were turned off -_- That's Bosnia for you. "Saving energy"

R&R

Hope y'all are having awesome summers: D