Hello, I wanted to start this out by saying that Percy Jackson and the Olympians is the Property of Rick Riordan. Any character likeness is attributed to him and his work.

Annabeth's POV:

I woke up this morning with a huge smile on my face, not because it's my second day of high school, but because I would get to see Percy again. The boy of my dreams, literally. Last night, I had a dream that I was a princess and prince Percy rescued me from a tower that my evil parents had locked me in.

Most people would say that what I dreamed about was weird, but, after what I experienced yesterday, it isn't. I can tell that Percy and I will become far more than friends.

I got out of bed still thinking about my dream and how warm it made me. I opened my curtains and saw that it was raining again. As soon as I saw this I ran to my phone and grabbed the piece of paper with Percy's phone number on it. I sent him a quick text, saying that it was me and asking if he would like a ride to school today because of the rain.

I was in the shower when I heard my phone ding signaling that I had received a text and because of how early it was in the morning, I knew it could be from only one person...Percy. I hurried through the rest of my shower and quickly wrapped myself in a towel before checking what the message said.

It read, "I was starting to worry that you were never going to text me. I'd love to take up your offer of on the ride to school btw."

I replied, "Sorry for not texting earlier. Meet in the lobby of my building at 7:30?" Not ten seconds later, I heard my phone ding again. I saw that he had responded. "See ya then. Wise Girl."

I saw myself go tomato red in the mirror as I got dressed, not because I would get to see Percy again this morning, but because he called me Wise Girl. Don't get me wrong, I don't like nicknames, but coming from him it was different. It was playful in an adorable way and not just a way to shorten your name like Annie or Beth.

My dad and stepmom could tell that something was up immediately as I skipped into the kitchen. For your information, before meeting Percy I hadn't giggled or skipped since I was about five years old. It was something about him and his personality that made me do it and I loved the way it felt.

I asked Julia if it was fine if Percy drove to school with us today. She told me that she had no issue with it, to make sure he doesn't get sick and not for other reasons. Hearing her say that made me blush. Was it really that obvious that I liked him?

My question was answered when my dad asked who Percy was. I explained to him about how he was in all of my classes and he did his textbook "ok, yep and uhuh" routine as I told him. I knew that if I asked him anything about what I had just said he wouldn't have been able to answer anything. Seeing as how, during my entire explanation, he never took his eyes off of the Financial Pages of the New York Times.

Fortunately enough, the end of my explanation was interrupted by Julia telling me to go clean my teeth and to get ready to go. As I walked away I could here my dad talking to her about how he didn't want this "Percy guy" to do anything stupid or rash with me. Hearing him say that really hurt. I don't know who it hurt more, me or Percy. He had never met Percy and automatically assumed that Percy would do something to hurt or take advantage of me.

From then on, I vowed to prove him wrong and to show that Percy was a great guy after all.

I did my best to avoid my dad as I walked to the front door, remembering that every step closer to the door was a step closer to Percy. I could barely contain my excitement during the elevator ride down. As soon as the doors opened, I saw him, standing in the lobby looking like a lost puppy. I ran towards him and yelled his name, giving him about two seconds to realize what was happening before I ran into him giving him the biggest hug that I could. The only thing that he could do was whisper in my ear, "Good Morning Wise Girl." This just made me hug him more and whisper, "Good Morning my Seaweed Brain."

It took me about ten seconds to realize that I had said the word "my." After realizing what I'd done, I started to blush and found a sudden interest in the tops of my Converse. To my surprise, instead of seeing his feet turn and walk away, I felt two hands gently grab my jaw and pull my head up softly until I was looking in his eyes. Damn him, even his eyes were gorgeous. They were a beautiful shade of green, sea green to be exact. They sparkled in the light and I could see subtle hints of gold and other colors that would flicker for a few moments and then disappear.

He snapped me out of the trance his eyes had put me in by saying, I thought that I was the only one that felt like that. At that moment there was no chance that my heart could have beat any faster. I could feel it pounding in my chest. Percy, the boy who I adored just told me that he liked me.

Our moment was interrupted by Julia telling us that we had probably get going to the car so we wouldn't be late to school. Three of us started walking towards the car. Julia in front of Percy and I, holding hands. Julia didn't notice until we got in the car and realized that no one was in the passenger seat. She turned to see what was going on and saw the two of us sitting in the back holding hands and gave us an understanding smile and started the car.

The drive to school flew by far too quickly. I guess that it was because Percy was holding my hand and talking to me for the whole drive. The entire drive seemed to take no more than thirty seconds.

The two of us grabbed our backpacks from the trunk of the car and walked in the front door of Goode, hand in hand.

I wish I could do a better job of describing Thalia's face when she saw the two of us holding hands as we walked up to her. She actually screamed. If you knew Thalia as well as I did, she isn't one of those girls who screams all the time, it takes something major to make her scream. Apparently Percy and I holding hands had done just the trick.

She shot percy a sly grin which was immediately returned. I asked her what was going on between the two of them and she explained how Percy had explained his feelings towards me to her last night and promised her that if he felt the same way in a month that he was planning on asking me out.

I cut her off there and told her that a month was way more time than anyone needed to make a decision. Then I did something that shocked me equally as much as it did Percy, I turned to him and gave him a small kiss on the cheek. He turned so red that it made me jealous of his ability to blush. Then I saw Thalia, who was as pale as a sheet just staring at us.

The only words that she could get out were,"did...did...did you just do that?"

Of course I replied. You just saw me do it. Didn't you. On another note, we should probably get to class.