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Percy:

Annabeth opened her eyes, looked around, and smiled. I had brought her to a river! I loved the water. I come here all the time on the weekends when we are let out of the foster care. Beckendorf, a really good friend of mine, had made a canoe for me. I hide it under the bridge. Whenever I come here I pull it out.

Annabeth just stood there and watched me struggle to pull the canoe out.

"Thanks for helping me!" I said sarcastically as I continued to pull out the canoe with no assistance.

"Oh," Annabeth quickly came and started pushing the other side of the canoe.

"Is this your canoe?" Annabeth asked once we moved it to the side of the river.

"Yes, my friend made it for me last year. I use it every weekend." I answered as I went back under the bridge to retrieve the oars for the canoe.

I handed an oar to Annabeth. I could tell she had never been on a canoe because of the way she held the oar. She held it a unnaturally and uncomfortably. Annabeth is smart, though. She will learn quickly. I stepped into the canoe, helped Annabeth in and we took off into the small river.

"Be very careful. This boat is very thin and it can be easily tipped over, so try your best to keep balance. I don't think you want to walk around Manhattan soaking wet all night!" I warned.

"Okay," she replied very calmly.

Annabeth had very good control and her balance was perfect. She was obviously not worried about losing her balance. If the boat does tip over and we fall into the water, it would have probably been caused by something I did. Annabeth did not know how to row, though. You could tell because we were just slowly spinning over and over again in the same spot. Annabeth and I laughed as we continued to spin in the same spot.

"I think we are doing something wrong," Annabeth finally said.

"Yeah, I'm getting kind of dizzy"

"Let's stop rowing"

We put the oars in our canoe and went wherever the river pulled us. It was quiet. The only noises I heard was the sound of crickets chirping and the river flowing. I bet Annabeth has never heard Manhattan so quiet. We weren't really in the city.

"Let's try rowing, again" I said.

Annabeth agreed so we took our oars out and started rowing again. We were spinning in the same spot again. I realized the problem. Annabeth was rowing on the wrong side. I took my oar out of the water and switched it to the other side. I must of switched too fast because the canoe lost balance and the canoe flipped over as we fell into the water. Annabeth was going to kill me was my last thought before I fell into the water.

Annabeth was a very strong swimmer. She swam very fast to the shore. I liked to swim. I never was able to swim when I was a kid. I stayed in the same spot where I fell in and floated. I looked to see where Annabeth was. She was standing under the bridge and was twisting her hair trying to get some of the water out. I swam over to where she was.

"Are you okay?" I asked not very concerned. She seemed fine. She actually was smiling a little.

"I'm wet," she said as she continued to twist her hair.

I got out of the water and said, "Stop trying to get the water out of your hair."

"Why?"

"We are going to have to go back in."

"What?"

"We have to get the canoe and the oars."

She hit my arm, AGAIN! "I wasn't the one who flipped over the canoe so why do I have to go?!"

"Come on! I need help and you can go for a little swim!" I pleaded and started dragging her toward the river as she rolled her eyes.

We started wading in the water.

"Percy, you don't even know what is in this river! There could be a bunch of animals that we are stepping on right now!" Annabeth insisted.

"I've been in this river since I was twelve. The only things in this river are goldfish!"

"Goldfish scare me!"

"Well, too bad!"

I knew Annabeth wasn't afraid of goldfish. She was just trying to find a way to get out of going into the water. The river was small and there wasn't really anything in it. It was also pretty shallow. The deepest part was probably only ten feet deep. The water looked really clean, too. It was practically clear.

The canoe was in the middle of the river, so it didn't take that long to swim there. We flipped the canoe back over, which wasn't too hard because it was small. The oars were under the canoe, so we put them back into the canoe and got in. We started rowing again. This time, I put my oar to the other side very slowly and we didn't fall into the water.

"What time is it?" Annabeth asked.

I checked my watch and realized it was dead. The water probably messed it up.

"My watch is broken"

"Give it to me."

I handed my watch to Annabeth without saying anything else. Annabeth started taking it apart and, so assumed she was trying to fix it. After about a minute, Annabeth handed my watch back to me. It was working perfectly. I looked at the time 11:30 p.m. I wasn't tired maybe it's because I just fell into the river.

"Are you tired?" I asked Annabeth.

"No, but I'm kind of hungry"

"Let's go get a sandwich"

"We are 15, soaked in water, have mud all over are shoes, and it's nearly midnight. Do you really think any restaurant is going to let us in!?"

She had a point.

"Once we are dry and wipe the mud of our shoes, I'm sure we could eat at some restaurant that's open all night. By the time we get to the city, we will probably already be dry."

We started walking toward the city. Maybe we can go to a nearby gas station and get a sandwich or something.

We walked through the ally of many buildings so we could there faster. That was probably not the smartest idea. Walking through a dark ally in the middle of the night in New York was probably not my best idea. I can't believe Annabeth actually agreed to do that. She must have been really hungry. I was really hungry too.

We found a gas station on the right side of the foster care. I took my wallet out to see if my money had gotten wet. I'm pretty sure that it would be fine because my wallet has a zipper and I don't think that the water had soaked through the leather. My money was fine as I'd expected.

"I'll wait out here." Annabeth said.

"Are you crazy?! Do you know how many psychos there are out here?! You'regoing to get kidnapped if I leave you alone!"

"I can take care of myself!"

I grabbed her wrist and pulled her through the entrance. She is so stubborn, but so am I. I refuse to let her out here alone. When we walked in, I noticed that an ugly and smelly cashier was sleeping in a chair behind the counter. I very impatiently hit the bell very hard, so he could hear it and wake up.

He woke up with a start and asked, "Can I help you?" obviously still half-asleep.

I asked for two sandwiches, gave him the money and quickly walked out. I handed Annabeth a sandwich as we sat down on a bench outside the park. I took a bite of my sandwich. It tasted really bad, but I was too hungry to really care. Annabeth took a bite and made disgusted expression.

"This sandwich is terrible," she said.

"Yeah, disgusting," I said taking another bite.

The taste didn't seem to bother Annabeth that much, probably because she was hungry.

"How are we going to get back into the foster care before Chiron and Dionysus wake up?" Annabeth asked.

"Thalia," I quickly replied.

"What?"

"Thalia's room is on the bottom floor so, we can knock on her window and she can let us in."

"Okay."

We fell asleep on a bench at the bus stop. I set an alarm on my watch before we fell asleep. It was 1:00 a.m. We have 5 hours to sleep because we have to get inside the foster care at least an hour before Chiron and Dionysus. We very quickly fell asleep.

When I woke up, the sky was still a little dim. The sun would probably rise in about half an hour. I turned my head to the right so I could shake Annabell awake, but I didn't really need to shake her. As soon as I put my hand on her shoulder she started waking up. Annabell was a very light sleeper unlike me.

"What time is it? Annabeth said while yawning.

"6:00 a.m."

"Let's go back to the foster care."

"Okay"

The foster care was a very short distance away so, it didn't take long to walk there. We went to the back of the foster care, were Thalia'a room is at. We looked through the window to see if it was thought room and saw Thalia reading a book. We started knocking on the window. Thalia instantly noticed us and ran to the window.

"What are you doing out here?" Thalia whispered-yelled. She didn't want to wake up here roommate.

"It's a long story. We'll tell you later. Let us in!" I replied.

Thalia quietly helped us get in and we ran out into the hall and into Annabeth'a room.

"What are we going to tell Thalia?" Annabell asked.

"The truth. I answered. "She won't tell Chiton. She's snuck out plenty of times before."

"Okay"

I checked my watch again to see to see what time it was. It was 6:14 a.m. We probably had about an hour before Chiron or Dionysus wake up.

"Thanks for taking me out, Percy. I had a lot of fun." Annabeth said to me while smiling

"You are very welcome. I had a lot of fun too."

Someone knocked on the door.

"Now, tell me what happened!" Thalia shouted from the outside of Annabeth's door.

Annabeth stood up and walked to door to open it.

Thalia sat next to us and waited for an answer.

"Annabeth will explain," I said as I walked out the door.

Annabeth didn't look very upset when I left. She probably wanted to talk to Thalia alone. Annabeth hasn't talk to since lunch yesterday. Thalia was one of her greatest friend here.

I know it's still early and he probably isn't awake, yet. I'll have to wake him up. I really wanted to talk to Grover.

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