(Percy pov)
Today was August 18th, my birthday, me and Annabeth's dating anniversary, and the day before summer ended. We had to go back to New Rome tomorrow...but that wasn't important. No, today was the day that I would officially propose to my Wise Girl.
We were having lunch in the mess hall, and Annabeth was busy finishing giving out pointers for archery.
"Just get me a fruit or something, Percy," she said.
"Okay," I replied. With a jolt of excitement, I realized that throwing an apple to a woman in Ancient Greece was considered a marriage proposal. I selected a perfect apple from a bowl and discreetly took out the ring from its velvet box, concealed inside the pocket of my shorts. I got the ring out and embedded it inside the apple by cutting a slit inside the flesh and hollowing it out. Then, I slipped the ring inside the small hole I'd made and closed it back up by putting the piece of apple I'd cut out back in.
I shrugged. It wasn't perfect, but I thought Annabeth would love it.
I got my food and sat down at the Poseidon table. When Annabeth walked in, she looked at me expectantly.
"Think fast, Wise Girl!" I yelled, making sure to catch everyone's attention. Annabeth, being the goddess that she is, caught the apple effortlessly. It hit her palm with athwap,and everyone fell silent. Annabeth seemed to register what had just happened. Her eyes bugged out with surprise and she looked at me, then back at the apple again. Back and forth.
"Seaweed Brain," she said tentatively. "You do realize...that throwing an apple to a woman in Ancient Greece is a marriage proposal, right?"
"Yup,Mrs. Jackson.Happy anniversary," I replied, smirking proudly.
Then Annabeth did something no one expected. She started LAUGHING.
"Oh, Seaweed Brain...didn't you know? You already proposed to me when we were twelve...remember the game of Hacky Sack?" she chuckled.
"...WHAAAT?!" I complained. "Seriously? We were engaged since we were twelve? Way to ruin everything, Wise Girl."
Annabeth laughed again. "It's okay, Percy. Yes, I'll marry you!" She took a bite of the apple and the ring fell into her palm, a silver band with sea-green diamonds embedded into it. (Tyson made it for me, the sweet big guy). As Annabeth slipped the ring onto her finger, the mess hall erupted into applause.
"The canoe lake!" Someone yelled, and we all burst into laughter. They carried us to the lake and dumped us in, where we shared our first kiss as fiances.
It wasn't quite the same as our first kiss underwater...but it was pretty much the best underwater kiss of all time.