Hey all! So yes, I decided to continue this story and see how it goes.

Precisely two days after the Save the Baby Seals Marathon Race, Annabeth found herself in her university library trying to proof read her paper on the fusion of Indo western architecture that was due in a couple of weeks. Yes, she was trying to. But failing miserably because her mind kept wandering to trivial things like how Piper was waiting for her at the next cabin and drumming her fingers on the table impatiently, the old librarian glaring at Piper every few seconds, Jesse Parker and Lyle Vines holding hands across their tables giggling silently, Colin White scribbling notes into his thick notepad with a stubby pencil…

But it was only one thing that her mind kept returning to no matter how much she tried to stop - Percy Jackson. If she had to be completely honest with herself, she'd hate to admit that she had constantly thought about him ever since he had asked her out. Sometimes she almost found herself considering calling him, but always stopped herself.

Percy had given her his number and the ball was in her court and as much as she wanted to talk to Percy, she caught herself stalling for God knows what.

"Are you done yet?" Piper hissed loudly, earning a sound glare from the librarian, Mrs. Wills and bringing Annabeth's attention back to her essay.

Piper ignored the reproachful look from Mrs. Wills and continued, "Honestly, you have TWO weeks Annabeth. Can't you do this later? I really want something to drink."

Annabeth shushed Piper. "Give me two minutes, Pipes."

Annabeth closed her paper with a sigh knowing she'd get nothing done and logged into Facebook for her daily check.

There were a few notifications from her friends, invite to the university dance, and a few friend requests.

Annabeth gasped as she scrolled through the friend requests.

"Is it really him?"

Piper cocked her ears eagerly. "Really who?"

Annabeth ignored her friend and stared at the name on her screen. "Percy Jackson"

Piper whistled loudly and sidled up to Annabeth with a grin. "Oooh, Mr. Mysterious!"

Mrs. Wills tutted angrily. "You girls are being obnoxiously

loud. I can't have this here."

Annabeth shot her an apologetic look and promised to not be loud and turned back to her screen, her heart hammering with slight anticipation. She clicked on his name and went to his profile to check if it really was the same Percy from the Marathon.

It was him, alright.

Annabeth could only stare at his profile picture trying a little too hard to not swoon at the godly mess in front of her.

Percy was wearing a well fitted black tee that stood out

against his sinewy goodness and jeans that fit in every way it should. His dark hair was glossy, throwing the morning sunlight off the front strands.

"This is Percy? This dude?"

Annabeth was aware that Piper was screaming into her left ear but couldn't tear her eyes away from the computer.

"Oh my God! You never told me he was this hot. Annabeth, he has sea green eyes wow. I've never seen eyes that colour. And damn that jawline, it could stab me it's so sharp. And and and his muscles…"

Piper's loud rant was cut off by Mrs. Wills clacking over to them and loudly clearing her throat as she stood fuming over them angrily.

"That's it. Out of here, you two."

Annabeth stared meekly at her and quickly logged out of her account as she sprung off her seat, Piper unapologetically following suite.

Percy had just got them thrown out of the library. Okay not him exactly, but his profile picture and Piper's reaction to it did.

…

"Well?"

Piper settled in next to Annabeth on a beanie with a tray of two cups of double chocolate mocha and cheese fries. The pair of them were in their favourite cyber cafe, checking out Percy's profile like two professional stalkers would.

Piper called it "being well informed" and Annabeth sort of agreed. It made sense that she should get to know him before running off on dates with him.

"Percy," Annabeth said digging into the fries, "is into swimming. Look at all those pictures."

Piper bit into a fry looking over her friend's shoulder at the computer screen. "Look at all those abs and speedos," she said.

"And he has a pretty busy social life, by the looks of it."

Piper nodded. "Yeah. So many pretty chicks, right?"

Annabeth shrugged a little glumly. She had to admit, if Percy asked out girls on impromptu dates the way he had asked her, then he was surely going to be one of those pretty boys with girls throwing themselves at him. Or he could be a player.

Either way, it only confused Annabeth more.

The girls sat in silence munching on their fries and slurping on their drinks as they scrawled through Percy's pictures. A sudden ping sounded and the notification glowed red.

Piper jumped on the mouse before Annabeth could looking eager.

"Wow, did Percy just message you?" She laughed enthusiastically.

Annabeth opened her Facebook messenger ignoring the sudden tachycardia and tachypnoea she was experiencing and Piper's comments about how Annabeth should totally land him just for his "uh-mazing jawline."

"Oh my Gods, it really is him!"

Piper laughed. "Someone's persistent."

Annabeth dropped her fry. "What do I do?"

"Text him back, Annabeth. Like a normal person." Piper slapped her forehead looking heavenward.

Annabeth bit her lip as she finally turned back to her keyboard and screen.

PERCY : Soooo…

ANNABETH : Sooooooo…?

Piper rolled her eyes and yawned. "You guys are definitely not good conversation starters."

Annabeth ignored her.

PERCY : Are you done stalking my profile? ;)

ANNABETH : What are you talking about?! :/

PERCY: Oh please, you think I don't know what you were doing just now?

Annabeth gasped and instinctively looked around, almost expecting to see a black haired boy lurking around.

ANNABETH : I have better things to do, you know.

PERCY : Yeah, but you chose to go through all my photos :D

Annabeth spluttered indignantly. Okay, so maybe Percy was right. But hell, he sounded so smug and how in all the worlds would he even know if she had been checking his profile out.

ANNABETH : Oh please! I did not even open your profile, let alone check out your photos!

PERCY : Right. Okay. Whatever.

ANNABETH : What's that supposed to mean?!

PERCY : Well, the notification saying that you liked my photo from two years ago must be a technical error :P

Annabeth looked at the last message incredulously before turning to Piper.

"Piper, do you have something to tell me?"

Piper looked up from her phone and shrugged when she saw the message. "Oops! I could've like that picture. But in my defence, he was cute and those beach shorts looked amazing on him!"

Annabeth groaned loudly and dropped her head into her hands. "Just great Piper! Now Percy's going to think I'm a creepy stalker!"

Piper giggled. "Well if he did, he wouldn't have to texted you. So shush and go back to texting him."

Annabeth let out another groan and turned away again.

ANNABETH : uh, I can explain…

PERCY : Go on.

ANNABETH : I think that was my friend Piper.

PERCY : :D :D :D

ANNABETH : what?

PERCY : You were stalking with your friend! Even better :P

ANNABETH : We were not stalking you!

PERCY : oh yeah?

ANNABETH : Yes. We were just collecting information about you. Since you asked me out.

PERCY : Right, is that what you girls call stalking these days? And about that date, you still haven't answered me.

ANNABETH : Gee, I don't know. I hardly know you :P

PERCY : Didn't you get enough "information" about me already, ?

ANNABETH : You could be a psychopath with a very attractive fake accout, you know...

PERCY : I'm going to focus on the "very attractive" here!

ANNABETH : You really do have a bloated ego :/

PERCY : Hey, you called me attractive. I'm just quoting your words.

ANNABETH : I didn't call you attractive. I was talking about your profile.

PERCY : the one you were stalking?

ANNABETH : I was not STALKING!

PERCY : Haha okay. You weren't stalking :) Now about the date…

ANNABETH : What about the date?

PERCY : Would you still be up for it?

ANNABETH : hmm, why would I be up for it?

PERCY : It could be a fun evening and I could maybe convince you that I'm not a psychopath…

Piper squealed into Annabeth's ear looking psyched. "He asked you out!"

Annabeth grinned despite herself. "I'm aware," she said happily.

"Say yes! Say yes!"

ANNABETH : Alright, if you convince me…

PERCY : Great :) I'll see you Friday at 7pm. I'll tell you where.

ANNABETH : Sounds good :)

PERCY : Yay! I gotta go then, Chase.

ANNABETH : TTYL

PERCY : yeah. Stop stalking me okay. I'll tell u whatever you want to know in person ;)

ANNABETH : I WAS NOT STALKING YOU!

Annabeth fummed at her screen as she pressed send but Percy had already logged off making her even more mad. "He really drives me up the wall, Pipes."

Piper was grinning like a Cheshire Cat. "But you like him," she said raising a brow in a challenge.

Annabeth shrugged and smiled into space. "Maybe, I don't know. We'll have to see how Friday goes."

That was all Piper needed as she let out another exhilarated squeal. "You like like like him Annabeth!"

Unlike usual, Annabeth did not correct Piper as she logged off her account still smiling dizzily.

Maybe she did. Just a little. She would have to find out on Friday.

And wrap!

I would love reviews from all of you... I'm literally just winging this and would be so grateful for ideas and reviews on how I should take this story :)

love you guys!