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It was a pretty normal day at the Jackson/Blofis household. Well, normal as in no monsters had burst through the walls just yet, thankfully, and no gods had popped up unexpectedly at our front door. I trudged out of my room, hauled myself to the kitchen table where my mother and Paul sat, and murmured a quick "Good morning."

Plopping down in my seat, I rubbed the sleep out of my eyes and squinted down at the blue pancakes stacked up on my plate. Once I drowned them in syrup I immediately devoured my breakfast, never mind the fact that I was barely awake.

"So, have you talked to Annabeth lately?" Sally asked, stirring he cup of coffee.

I looked up at her, mouth full of pancakes. My mind went totally blank. I hadn't said a single word about Annabeth at all, even though we had been dating for more than two weeks. For some reason, I was still hesitant about telling my parents, which was crazy considering everybody at camp already knew and it wasn't like I was something I was ashamed of. (Heck, after five years of trying, I was still shocked that she Annabeth Chase, one of the most sought after girls at camp, was finally my girlfriend.)

I shrugged, trying to play it off like I hadn't talked to her every single day since we started dating. "I don't know. Good, I guess."

Sally and Paul looked at each other, raising their eyebrows.

"Well, do you think she'd like to come over and have dinner-" Sally started.

"Oh, no, she's really busy. Suuuuper busy. She can't, sorry," I interrupted quickly. I could practically feel the blush forming on my cheeks, traveling to my ears.

She gave me a questioning look. "Percy, school doesn't even start until two weeks from now."

"S-she's working on Olympus and all that architecture stuff?" I said, though it sounded more like a question.

"At least ask her, Percy. Why are you getting so flustered?"

"I'm not!" I protested, sounding like a four year old. "Fine. I'll call her."

Sally smiled. "Tell her to come at six, okay?"

"Yeah, sure, whatever," I muttered.

I dragged myself into my room, cursing under my breath. I prayed she wouldn't answer or wouldn't be able to come. I dialed her number into my phone, which I could use safely now that Hephaestus had designed some sort of mechanism that prevented monsters from picking up a signal from demigod's cellphones.

"Hello?" Annabeth picked up, sounding frustrated. Something crashed to the floor in the background, and a girl squealed.

"Uh, it's Percy. Everything all right over there?"

"Ugh, no. Mia almost broke my laptop, and she won't stop blasting some stupid boy band music. And Athena won't stop bugging me about the stupid Throne Room."

"Sounds fun," I said sarcastically. "So, I need to ask you a question…"

"Shoot."

I sighed. "My mom wants you to come over for dinner tonight."

"Tonight? But won't we have to…" she trailed off.

"Yeah, exactly."

"I don't mind coming, but…I'm not too crazy about the whole telling your parents thing. I'm not good with awkward situations," she laughed.

"Well, I don't know either. But we can't just keep it a secret forever. Besides, it's better than telling Poseidon and Athena," I muttered.

"Oh gods, don't remind me. She's going to kill you once she finds out we're going out."

"And she's also going to kill you once she finds out that you made the first move," I reminded, grinning.

"I did NOT make the first move!"

"Oh, come on. You kissed me first."

She went silent, and I laughed.

"Oh, whatever, just tell your Mom I'm coming," Annabeth said exasperatedly.

"I'll pick you up. And I won't be late this time," I promised.

"You better not."

"I will!"

"Bye, Seaweed Brain," she said.

"Oh, fine. Bye, Wise Girl."

"Percy, that's SO old. Please, don't ever-"

"You know you love it! You want me to call you babe instead? Sweetie pie? Honey-"

Annabeth hung up, leaving me standing there looking like a smiling idiot.

I turned around to see my mother peeking her head out of the doorway, smiling. "She said yes?"

I nodded hesitantly.

She grinned, stuck her tongue out at Paul, and exclaimed, "Hah, told you! Now pay up."

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