He just couldn't help it. Yeah, he really wanted to get to know this girl. Percy wasn't sure why. Well he knew why- she was something else, but he wasn't sure why he thought that. So the obvious thought was to give her his number. Yup- he was an idiot. So naturally, he first thing Percy did when he got home was sit down at his table. And then proceed to hit his head on the table multiple times.

"What were you thinking?!" he yelled at himself.

"You barely know the girl." How many times had he said that to himself, he didn't know. Percy decided that it was too late now, and no matter what happened, he had wanted to get to know her.

"I got her name this time, though," he smiled, "Annabeth." It was such a unique name and Percy thought it suited her. He stood up, pushing his chair back, and walked into the kitchen. Opening his fridge, he pulled a Coke out. He hadn't been lying when he said it was his favorite. The caffeine probably didn't help his ADHD, but he loved it.

"Now what? Lie around and wait for her to call?" he thought. No, that was illogical, she'd probably never do it. So Percy slipped in The Lord of the Rings and waited.

He woke to an alarm ringing. It surprised him and he fell on the floor. He had an awful cramp in his next, like he'd been- sleeping on the couch- which he had. Percy realized he was still in his clothes from yesterday, and that he had to work today. He swore and ran to his room.

Percy took the quickest shower in existence while he ran his clothes through the washer and dryer.

"C'mon, c'mon." he urged even though his dryer didn't respond. It was Tuesday which meant Taco Tuesday. Jane would bring breakfast tacos to the early birds.

Bing. That was his cue. He yanked the door open and threw on the clothes.

Percy practically ran to the store and almost knocked over Grandma Jane.

"Woah there. Slow down. I saved a taco just for you." she smiled.

She was just too nice.

"Thank you." she handed him a wrapped package.

He relished Tuesdays. He was so engrossed in eating his food that he didn't notice writing on his paper.

No. You call me.

(801) 123-4767

"What?" he said, confused. Grandma Jane had reappeared.

"You remember that one girl, the feisty one? Well apparently she works at the bakery where I pick up my tacos. They are the best. Apparently, she's the one who makes them."

Percy's mouth dropped.

"Stop gawking and do something. Have I taught you nothing?"

"Yes ma'am."

"Grandma Jane is fine Percy."

He grinned. "Thanks!"

Percy pulled out his phone and dialed the number. It rang and rang, going to voicemail. Of course, she'd be working.

"Hello?"

"Oh! You answered! Hi." Percy stumbled.

"Is this Percy? No one else would be this uncoordinated."

He grinned, then remembering she couldn't see him said, "Yeah it's me."

"Okay, so why did you call me?"

"Because you told me to."

"I...," she paused, "true."

"That was clever there, flipping it on me, since I'm the one who wrote first."

"Yeah, I thought it would be appropriate."

"Anyway, I was wondering if you wanted to do something sometime."

"Very specific there."

"Fine, picnic and swimming, tomorrow at ten."

"Percy, tomorrow's Wednesday? Don't you work?"

"Don't you?"

"No actually, weird it's in the middle of the week, but I find it's nice."

"That's exactly what I think!"

"So you don't work tomorrow?"

"No, I do, but I'll work something out with Jane. See you then!"

"Wait! Where do I meet you?"

"Let's meet here, at Uncle Ricks."

"Deal. Bye Percy."

"Adios!"

He thought he heard a chuckle before she hung up. And then Percy did a little dance.

"So I take it went well?" Jane said, with Jack by her now.

"Yeah, well almost."

"Almost? There is no almost boy, it's a yes or no." Jack grumped.

"I kind of got excited and asked her on a date."

"That's great sweetheart!" Jane's eyes twinkled.

"Yeah well I told her tomorrow, but I work tomorrow-"

"Enough said son." Jack stopped him. "I think Beck was going to take an extra day tomorrow anyway. Go get her."

Percy jumped and gave them both hugs.

"Thanks!"

Tomorrow was really far away, Percy decided. It had been a hard work day, very slow moving. Then he got home and couldn't think about anything else. It was even difficult to sleep- and he loved sleep. When he woke the next morning, he jumped out of bed. It was 8:00, he had time. He had cereal for breakfast and then got started on lunch. He had to go into his attic to find a cooler, since he never did stuff like this. He remembered to slip two Cokes in. Soon he had everything gathered and it was 9:30. Percy decided he should just get there early. He was pulling out of his driveway when he remembered he forgot his swimsuit. He froze and ran back into his house, grabbing the first pair he found. He made it to the store by 9:55, where of course Annabeth was already waiting.

He got out of his car and walked up to her. She looked really pretty. Her hair fell down in waves on her shoulders and she wore a sun hat that looked really cute on her.

"Hi there." Percy managed to say.

"Hi, ya doofus."

"Am not." he noticed she also had a cooler. "Hey, I was supposed to bring the picnic."

"Oh this, it's just leftovers from the bakery. It was kind of a lot so I brought some to share."

Percy let a goofy smile slip on his face. "Okay."

"What?" she looked up.

He felt himself blush. "You look nice."

"Thanks." Percy spared a glance at her nervous that he had said something to soon, but she was smiling.

"I think we'll take my car."

"Okay. I need to be back by four, I have dinner with a friend."

He frowned. Was it another guy?

Annabeth laughed. "Don't worry, it's just one of my college roommates. And its a her."

"I knew that." Percy defended.

"Sure." she rolled her eyes, which Percy found endearing. They walked back to his car.

"Shall we?" he held his the door open and she sat down.

Annabeth smiled, "We shall."