A/N: OMG! I'm finally updating! Yay! Guys, I'm so sorry I took so long to update! I had tons of homework and then my final exams and now I have a 2-week holiday and then I have to go back to school. The links for all the clothes are on my profile. One last thing, I'll be posting a Maximum Ride fic soon.

Annabeth's POV, 2 days before the party.

It was early. I woke up and got the mail. I browsed through it but stopped when I saw an envelope for me. I stared at it.

Miss Annabeth Chase

New York

I opened it. It was from that red-haired bitch and it wasn't a letter, it was an invitation. To her Sweet Sixteen. I wonder what she's up to. She probably will hit on Percy or something to make me jealous. But I won't let her. I won't go. I simply won't go.

What if Percy goes?

I pondered the question, and then cleared my mind. I shouldn't even be thinking about that. About him.

I'm going to mail Percy. I'm going to ask him if he's going. I hurried to my room and opened my laptop.

Hey Seaweed Brain. Your friend, Rachel just invited me to her Sweet Sixteen. How the Hades did that happen? I don't even know her! Are you going? If you are, can you pick me up?

See you,

Annabeth

I sent the mail and waited for his answer. I was getting up from my chair to get a shower when I heard a bleep. I sat back down and opened my mail. I had one from Percy. It said he could pick me up.

Great!

I asked my father if I could go and he said I could. Only one more thing to do.

I called Silena.

"Hi Annabeth! How are you?" Her perky voice answered.

"Hi Silena, I wanted to ask you something. I have a Sweet Sixteen coming up and I um...-"

"I'd love to help you pick a dress! We can go shopping for one! Yay! I love shopping!"

"Uh, thanks Silena... Um, is tomorrow at 10:30, fine?"

"Yeah! Hey, I'll pick you up"

"Great! See you tomorrow and thanks!'

I hang up and told Dad. We had to be home by 4 in the afternoon.

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The next day

I woke up at nine that morning. I got up and went to eat breakfast. Returning to my room, I brushed my teeth, took a shower and dressed in a pair of skinny jeans, a yellow off-the-shoulder shirt and yellow flats. I finished and looked at the clock 10:25. Just in time. I took my cell-phone and money and went downstairs.

My cell-phone rang. It was Silena. I walked outside and saw her inside her grey Volkswagen. She was singing and dancing. I laughed and opened the door. Music blasted out. It was "Good girls gone bad"

"Hi Silena"

"Oh! Hey Annabeth. I'm sorry I love the song and it started playing so I started singing." She looked sheepish. I rolled my eyes. She started driving to the mall.

"So who's having the Sweet Sixteen?"

"Rachel"

She looked at me. "That red-head? Don't you hate her? She likes Percy doesn't she?"

"I don't hate her. Yeah I do. She does like Percy"

She sighed. "Then, why are you going?" Realization hit her eyes. "You are going 'cause Percy's going aren't you?"

"No! I just...uh... wanted to go."

"Right. Didn't you just tell me you hated her?" She asked me, a smirk on her face.

I looked at her. "Yeah, but-"

"No but's. Anyway, we're here. We're gonna get you a dress, shoes and jewelry." Se smiled and got off the car. Every single guy, turned to look at her.

I got off the car and followed her. We walked to a store full of dresses.

A blonde woman came up to us.

"Silena, honey! How are you?" They hugged.

"Angie! We need your help. Annabeth here, has a Sweet Sixteen tomorrow and she needs a dress." She widened her eyes "And, the guy she likes is gonna be there" She was beaming. I was seething.

Angie beamed too. She grabbed my hand and pulled me to a rack full of floor-length dresses.

"Um... I don't really like floor-length dresses." Actually, I don't like dresses at all.

"Look, honey. You have to wear a dress. You want to get with this Percy guy, wear a dress. Now, how about this pretty purple dress?"

I was dumbfolded but I still shook my head. I started looking for dresses. If I didn't agree to this, then they would torture me. Besides, I asked Silena for help so it's kind of my fault. I took a deep breath and submerged into a world of dresses. There were purple dresses, yellow dresses, aqua dresses. Wait, aqua dresses. I like aqua. I started looking through the aqua colored dresses. I gasped. I found the perfect one. I grabbed it and went looking for Silena.

It was a knee-length, bubble-hemmed aqua dress. It was strapless and had a thick belt made out of the same fabric. It was gorgeous. I found Silena. She took one look at the dress and squealed.

"Oh, my Gods! It's so pretty! We don't have to look anymore. You have found the dress! Try it on!"

So I did, according to Silena, I looked fabulous. I felt fabulous too. I got my credit card and went to the cashier. They gave us a 20% discount thanks to Silena.

Next, we went to look for shoes. We went to a store with shoes and jewelry. Silena said we had to look for golden shoes and golden jewelry. She grabbed my arm and pulled me to the shoe section.

"Okay, we have to search for heels." Oh, gods. No way! I don't do heels! She rolled her eyes at my terrified face and grabbed a pair of golden heels. I hate to admit that they're pretty.

I nodded my head. "Those are good. I'll try them on and we can get going." They fit perfectly. She clapped her hands excitedly.

We walked to the jewelry section. We grabbed some golden bracelets and got on looking for a necklace. I wandered off on my own. There were some pretty necklaces, but they were not me. Sighing, I kept on looking. A necklace caught my eye. It was a golden owl necklace. I grabbed it and turned. Silena was behind me. I grabbed her arm and hurried to the cashier. We paid and went to the food court. The food was good.

"Hey Silena? Could you come to my house tomorrow and, you know, help me get ready?" She hugged me.

"Oh Annabeth! That'd be great! What time should I go? We're gonna have SO much fun!"

I laughed, gosh! She always get's excited about everything. "Um I don't know. Around 3:30 in the afternoon? Is that okay?"

"Yeah, sure sweetie." After eating, we went to the parking lot and got in the car. Silena took me home.

"Thanks Silena! I'll see you tomorrow! Bye" I waved at her and went to my flat. I was so tired! We had walked around all day. It was 3 pm. I said 'hi' to my father and went to my room. I left all my stuff on the floor and slumped on my bed. I closed my eyes for a bit. Then, I grabbed 'The Scarlet Letter' from my nightstand and started reading were I left off. I kept on reading until my stepmother called us for dinner. I left my book on my nightstand, rubbed my eyes, stretched and went to the dining room. I acknowledged everyone and sat down. We ate chicken curry. It was delicious! I finished, washed my plate and thanked my stepmother for dinner. I went to my room, changed into my pajamas and slept.

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The day of the party

I have to admit that I slept in. I'm usually up around 7 am, but today, I woke up at 10. I was tired from yesterday but this morning, I felt energized. I took a long shower and dressed in a pair of jeans and a t-shirt. I went to the kitchen to eat breakfast. I chewed my toast slowly. When I was finished, I washed my plate and looked at the clock. 10:30 am. I went to my room and got my dress and accessories ready. I didn't know what else to do so I ended up watching TV with my stepbrothers. We were watching Spongebob. It was annoying. (A/N: I'm sorry if any of you guys like Spongebob. I just think it's lame.)

Finally, 3:30 came around and I opened the door for Silena. We went to my room. She instructed me to change into my dress and then, to go to the bathroom. I did as I was told. The bathroom was completely changed. There were dozens of little MAC eye shadow pots. She pushed me down to a chair and started working her magic. After she finished, I was told to look in the mirror. Wow. I looked amazing! Like a totally different person!

She hadn't added much make-up. It looked natural. My hair was curled into locks and was left loose. I put my jewelry and shoes on. I walked to my room and stood in front of my body-length mirror. I looked really pretty. Silena stood behind me.

"So?" She asked. I was really happy.

"I look amazing. And it's all thanks to you. Thank you so much for helping me with the dress and the make-up." She hugged me.

"No problem" She beamed, "You know how I love clothes and make-up. After all, I'm not Mom's daughter for nothing." She smiled.

I looked at the clock. 4:30pm. Thank god we had finished.

"Ok. We're almost finished." Almost? "I need to paint your nails and toe nails. I was thinking a French manicure. Yeah, that will work just fine." She got a white and transparent nail lacquers from the vanity case she had brought. She started doing my nails. It took us half an hour in total. She said we had to make sure they were completely dry. It was now 5:00pm.

We had about an hour and a half to kill. We –meaning she– decided to chat.

We talked about camp. She knew what everyone was doing during winter. Then, she started talking about Beckendorf. She just talked while I smiled and nodded.

Finally, time passed and it was 6:00pm. I got a little nervous. I said goodbye to my family and went to the lobby. Silena came to the lobby with me. She sat down on one of the couches. I stood there, waiting for Percy and his mom. I was starting to get a little desperate. I meant, what if they didn't come! If they forgot about me? Just as I was on the border of crisis, I saw a car stop in front of the building, and Percy came out. I pushed the doors and felt the wind tousle my gold locks. I shivered. It was cold. I waved to Silena.

"Hey Seaweed Brain. What are you staring at?" I mentally did a victory dance. He, Percy, was staring at me! Oh, gods!

He blushed and looked away. I shrugged, walked over to the car and opened the back door.

"Hello, Ms. Jackson."

"Hi, Annabeth, dear."

Percy stayed outside the car for a few minutes until Ms. Jackson honked the horn. Percy looked around and saw me on the car. Ha! His face was so funny!

He entered the car and turned to me. A mischievous smile was playing on his lips. Ah, those lips, –If you tell anyone I thought that, you'll die– He said, "I'll get back at you later" and turned back.

A few moments passed in silence. I was submerged on my thoughts. Ms. Jackson started talking.

"Annabeth, dear. I was discussing with Percy whether he should leave his hair like it is, messy. Or let me comb it and gel it?"

Hmm, I actually liked it the way it was now. Kind of. It was too messy but I just had to fix it a bit and it would be perfect.

"Well Mrs. Jackson, it's a tough question. I love Percy's hair the way it is now but" I blushed. Gods, it was embarrassing. Though it got a bit better when Percy blushed "I think I should comb it." I blushed redder when I finished saying that.

She looked pleased. "That's a wonderful idea. I'll give you the comb once we get to Rachel's place."

Finally, after quite an awkward moment, we got to Rachel's place. I thanked Ms. Jackson and she gave me the comb. I got off the car and walked to the door with Percy by my side. There were fancy people there. They rolled their eyes at us. I ignored them and turned to Percy, trying to comb his hair. He would have none of it.

"Come here, Percy! Stop acting like a baby!"

He unconsciously pouted. Hades! I really had to control myself once he did that.

"I'm not acting like a baby!" Too late Seaweed Brain. I put my hands on his shoulder too still him. I had to threaten him. "Just wait and don't move and it'll be fine."

I combed his hair and then messed it up with my hands. I put the comb in my purse.

"There we go, much better." It was, in fact, much better. He looked –

The doors opened to reveal a huge illuminated hall leading to the party room. We got there and there were balloons everywhere! There were a few scattered tables and a buffet. I had just gotten here and already, I was bored.

The music started to get louder. There was smoke coming from machines and she was raising from and elevator through it. Wow, tacky. I clapped. I had to! Percy can't see through my I-hate-that red-head façade. It was time for the father-daughter.

I put my body on automatic and buried myself on my thoughts. I think I'll ask Seaweed Brain to dance. After all, he is Seaweed Brain after all. Sweet and naïve Seaweed Brain. Right? I took a deep breath. I will do this.

The father-daughter dance ended and I gathered all my courage. I was about to ask him when he stuttered, "Hey Annabeth? Will y-you..um..d-dance with...me?"

Oh. My Gods! "Sure Seaweed Brain." My stomach rumbled. 'Hey, I think I'll go eat something. I'll be right back"

He nodded and I went to the buffet table. I grabbed a plate and went to the pasta section. A butler served me some gnocchi's. They were delicious. I made sure I didn't have anything on my teeth and went back to Percy. He asked if I wanted to dance now. I agreed. We danced and halfway through the song, I rested my head on his shoulder. I was a tad tired. As the song ended, he asked me,

"Um... Annabeth, do you want to go outside with me?"

"What for?" I asked. I was suspicious.

"I have something to tell you." Okay, now I'm even more suspicious. He led me out of the room and into the hall. We sat down on a couch. He looked into my eyes and seemed to get lost in them. Ha! That's the effect my eyes have on men! Back to Percy. I too, looked into his eyes.

"We have known each other for a while and I...um wanted to tell you that I... ugh, screw it! I love you Annabeth. I have loved you since the first time I saw you. You've been more than a friend for me. I really hope you feel the same way for me." He declared.

Wait, WHAT? He said he loved me? Oh, my gods! Uh, um, what am I going to say now?! That I love him too. I hugged him tight. Screw it.

"Oh Percy! I love you too."

And then he kissed me. I didn't see that coming. The kiss we shared was amazing. My every sense tingled. We broke apart and stayed on the couch, talking and enjoying each other's company. We finally got inside.

He extended his hand to lead me. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Rachel. I kissed Percy and took his hand. Ha! That'll show you Rachel. The tables are turned! I said,

"I love doing that as much as I love you." I didn't even know were that came from! I'm getting too mushy. He smiled at my out-of-characterness.

Something in his eyes told me we were ready to leave. He went to look for Rachel but two of her friends intercepted us.

One of them said, "You must be Percy." The other one seized me. "And you are Annabeth."

Percy answered for us.

"Yes we are. Where is Rachel? I want to thank her."

One of them sneered, "She's gone. We believe she's in her room, but don't bother to look for her. She won't see anybody."

He frowned at them, "Okay. But tell her that thanks for the party, that it was great." He looked at me and I smiled. "And that we said good-bye."

"Yeah, sure. Whatever."

Percy called his Mom to let her know we were ready. Percy and I waited on the couch. You know, the couch.

I will only say that time fly's when you're busy. And you do know what I mean.

A/N: Yay! I'm done with the fic! I'm so excited! I know it might have seemed a little OC, but I wanted to do a different version of Annabeth. Thank you so much for reading this story! Please be sure to read my other fic, a Maximum Ride fic, when I post it. Thanks again!

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