Do I look like Rick Riordan to you?

Annabeth

I checked my watch. Ten more minutes till the plane will land. I couldn't help feeling lucky. This year I'll be having Christmas with Percy and his family. I managed to talk my dad into buying me an airplane ticket to New York after hours of begging. He finally agreed, but I could tell he wasn't too happy about it. But wasn't that the purpose of teenagers, to annoy your parents non-stop? I smiled at my achievement as I thought about that.

Percy's mom and I agreed to keep my appearance a surprise. Sally said (or does Annabeth call Percy's mom Mrs. Jackson?) that she wanted Percy's Christmas this year to be special, since she thought he would deserve it from saving New York, and, well, the whole world. So that's why she invited me.

"We will be landing in Manhattan shortly, please remain seated." Said the voice over the intercom.

I looked out the window as New York's bright lights came in view. I smiled in pleasure. As the plane dipped forward to land, a guy that looked like he was around twenty that sat in the seat behind me leaned forward to get a better view of me.

"What's a pretty lady like you doing by yourself?" he asked me, flipping his brown hair out of his eyes. I closed my eyes and thought, Oh no.

"I'm here to see my boyfriend and his family." I said. I bit my lip, hoping he would go away.

"Oh, you have a boyfriend, I'm sorry." For a second I thought the guy actually had some symphony in him when he said "Not. C'mon, how about when we land, we can go back to my place, I'm John by the way."

"Annabeth. And no thank you." I said through gritted teeth.

"Well, Annabeth, are you sure you don't want to change your mind? Your little boyfriend will never know." John said. I sighed in relief as I felt the plane touch the ground.

"Like I said. No, thank you." I repeated as I got my bag and started to make my way off the plane.

I hid myself in the crowd that was in the airport, hoping John would lose track of me. I made my way to the baggage claim, hoping to spot Sally there. With no luck I stood around the baggage carousel looking for my bag.

"Annabeth!" someone shouted from behind me. As I turned around, I could see Percy's mom making her way to me. She pulled me into a hug as she got to me. "You grew so much. I swear that you're having a growth spurt every month."

I smiled sweetly (I learned that if you want to keep a relationship, you have to have a good influence on the parents.) "Strange, my dad said the same thing to me just last week. How's Percy?"

"The usual, desperately trying to keep himself alive every week or so." Sally replied. "Well, let's get your bag and get on the road before the traffic kicks in."

As we retrieved my bag, Sally's phone started to buzz. When she answered it, she said "Hello? Huh? We're still at the airport. Yes, we're going to leave soon. It's not like we're going to spend the night here. Wait, what? No, we don't have a fire extinguisher. Why? Just tell Percy to use the sink. Okay, bye honey. Sorry Annabeth about that. That was Paul. Percy and he were trying to make some Christmas cookies, and they had a little trouble with the oven."

I grinned. "Demigods aren't really known as the best cooks."

"Neither is Paul, oh is this just our luck." Sally exclaimed. We were heading to the parking lot when Sally was on the phone and when we got there, it was packed, and I started to wonder how Sally even found a parking space. "Looks like we're going to be here for a while." Sally said hoping to spot her car.

Okay, I know that wasn't my best work, but it seems that when I started to write this story when I got the idea for it, I'm having writer's block. I promise that I'll try to do better on the next chapter. Criticism is allowed (I have a feeling though that I'm going to get a lot for this chapter.) And maybe some compliments too!