Hey guys, don't have many announcements this chapter. I'll just respond to your reviews today then.

Jackson Fan Girl: Um, ok? Sorry, I guess. But I'll take a look at your story. One word of advice, before you review, you can't just say that you like or dislike something in a story without saying why or why not. Just sayin'.

PercyJacksonLittleSister: Lol, you're right about the hitting/biting thing. I'll keep that in mind the next time someone has a seizure in my story. :p

I'm so, so sorry I didn't answer many of the other reviews from the other chapter. I would if I hadn't been too lazy to open up my e-mail. I did read them though, I'll tell you that.

Well now as a gift from me to you as a late Easter present, I give you this chapter.

Merry Hanukkah! :P

Chapter Seventeen: A Godly Party…Literally

After tracking down his wallet in his back pocket, Percy paid the shop owner. She gave him his change and his bouquet of flowers.

"Are they for someone special?" She was an older woman, so he didn't feel weird from the question.

He shifted the flowers so he could see her, "Yeah, actually. My girlfriend."

"Well that's very nice of you, I hope she likes them," The woman smiled, and he gave a small smile back.

He had ten minutes before he needed to be back to Starbuck's, he wasn't going to make it in time. He didn't feel like standing around and halting a taxi, so he ran into an alley. Avoiding the rabid cats and rotting garbage, he let out a whistle. Within a few minutes, his Pegasus, Blackjack swooped down into the alley.

"What's up, boss?" Blackjack called in Percy's head.

"Nothing much, but I need you to fly me to Starbuck's," Percy said, beginning to climb up on Blackjack.

"Starbuck's, don't they have sugar cubes?" Blackjack whinnied.

"You bet they do; now we really have to go!" Percy shouted as they flew higher and higher.

Percy shouted as they flew higher and higher. About two minutes later, Blackjack dropped him off in the alley behind the café. "I'll bring you out something to eat in a few. Got any special requests?"

Blackjack neighed, "Anything with lots of sugar and carbs is fine by me!"

Percy smirked and rubbed the Blackjack's nose, "You got it,"

Grabbing the flowers and tucking them under his arms, he sprinted out of the alley, crashing into Annabeth as a result. They crashed down on the gritty, gum infested sidewalk, and people walked around them. One of the pedestrians said,

"Hmph, freaking kids…think they own the place."

Annabeth stumbled to her feet first, "Percy! What's wrong with you, and what were you doing in that alley? And what-"She stopped talking. Percy followed her eyes, and they were staring intently at the now smashed flowers. "Percy, were those for me?" Her voice was small.

He straightened up and picked the flower petals that were stuck to him, "I don't know why you're using the past tense, but yeah. These are for you. I'm sorry I smashed them I-"The tingle of lips crashing onto his cut him off. People walking by did double-takes at them, he could see them staring at the corner of his eye. They broke off the kiss and Percy pulled the phone out of his pocket, "I don't know how to put this, er…you-were right about the old lady. She wasn't a monster after all."

The dreamy look from the kiss on Annabeth's face faded. It turned into a smug, sly smile. "I knew it!" Percy turned in the direction of the Starbuck's and tuned out Annabeth's victory speech. "For that, you've got to take me out to dinner!" Just then, an envelope fell into Percy's hand. It was sealed with a lightning bolt stamp, the symbol of Zeus. He tore it open, and pulled the message out. It read:

Contestants!

You are invited to a party that I, Zeus, king of the gods will be hosting. You must show this letter at the door for entrance. If you are unable to present it, you will not be welcome in. It will be a lively party, I'm sure.

Sincerely,

Zeus

"Hey what's this?" Annabeth asked. He heard the rustle of paper and knew that she had gotten one, too. Percy turned on the heels of his sandals,

"Oh, Annabeth? Would you like to be my date?"

Percy sat on the bed that was in the center of his open-air pavilion. There was still another two hours before he had to be at the party, but it felt like he was going to be late. He decided to start by taking a quick shower. To his disappointment, there weren't showers-there were baths instead. He ran the water, and the tub filled with suds on its own. Percy closed the lid down on the toilet. Sitting down, he brainstormed what he could wear.

"What am I supposed to wear? He didn't even say if it was formal or not!" Percy said out loud. His bath water stopped running on its own too? Talk about fancy. He peeled off his clothes and settled to the bottom of the bathtub. After a few minutes of soaking his body and head, he sat up and looked around for shampoo. Over to the right of him on the wall, were bottles of his favorite shampoos. He grabbed the bottle of Phoenix, popped the cap open, and squirted the dark blue liquid into his free hand. He set the bottle down and started to run the goo through his hair; after it turned into suds, he rinsed it down. Percy grabbed a bar of soap, tore off the wrapper, and washed down. He stepped out of the bath when he heard someone call his name,

"Percy? Where are you?" It was Annabeth. He panicked. Where were the towels in this place? He spotted a button on the wall, so he slammed it desperately. A drawer of heated towels popped out; he grabbed one and wrapped it around his waist just as Annabeth walked in. "Um…sorry. I guess I should've knocked."

"Pfft…you guess." Percy smirked to show he was just joking. He walked out to get his shaving stuff out of his bag, and he heard Annabeth sigh.

"I was just going to ask if you could help me pick an outfit for the dance," She said this as if there was nothing wrong with a guy helping a girl pick out an outfit. Percy nearly dropped his can of shaving cream.

Percy slowly turned towards her, "You're joking right?"

Ah…the art of boyfriends helping girls pick out what to wear. :P

Again, I hope everyone had a nice Easter; my family and I had a nice dinner together. I got a bunch of candy and stuff. Yesterday I went shopping, too. And after many long months…I changed my profile picture *queue the dramatic churchy AaAh*. It's Nyan Cat :3 I bought the Nyan Cat bracelet at Hot Topic. As soon as I saw it I took it off the shelf…it was worth the seven bucks.