"Percy!" Her voice cracks in the wind. "Percy?"

He sees her there, on the beach with the sand beneath her toes, so golden he's sure it the same color as her hair.

But he doesn't answer, only tiptoes behind her and covers her eyes with his hands.

"Guess who?"

He feels her back stiffen as she forces down a scream. Her hands come up to grip his wrists. With heart-rattling speed, she twists in his arms, forcing them up into an X over his head. Before he can even blink, she slaps him.

"I hate you."

Then she kisses him.