AN- Sitting here bored when an idea strikes me! Firsts are an important part of life and we all have a variety of them. I picked a few important couple-y firsts and wrote a series of one shots about them. All drabble and hopefully good. I picked different couples for every first. Hopefully, I did one on your favorite. I'll try and update every day.

This is Annabeth/Luke. Unrequited but Lukabeth all the same.

Annabeth Chase grows up with a passion for reading, discovering facts and knowing more than the other kids she went to school with. At the tender age of five, she begins to journey into the literary world, starting with easier level books and slowly graduating to a higher reading level.

She learns that the Cheetah is the fastest land animal, reaching speeds between 112 and 120 km/h in short bursts covering distances up to 460 m, and has the ability to accelerate from 0 to 103 km/h in three seconds, faster than most super cars. She learns that there are 206 bones in the adult human body. Annabeth prides herself on her factual gathering. After all, she is a daughter of Athena, Goddess of Wisdom. She is supposed to be smart and studious. She lives to make her mother proud of her.

Her weakness is fairy tales. They aren't based on true facts: dragons and unicorns aren't real; princesses don't' live in castles, waiting to be rescued by handsome princes; and there isn't always a happy-ever-after. But, she doesn't care. Every night before bed, her dad comes and tucks her in and he reads her a story. Cinderella, Snow White, a variety of tales. And, Annabeth listens, eyes wide with childhood innocence as the words pour from his lips, the images floating around in her brain.

Her secret desire is to be rescued by a handsome prince. Her father barely spends any time with her (except the reading part) and her step-mother is every bit as evil as the stories claim she would be. She screams and blames Annabeth for all the bad that happens to her half-brothers and Annabeth hates it. Some days, she sits in front of the living room window and waits for her handsome prince to appear upon his noble steed and whisk her away to a far off palace.

Luke Castellan is her prince.

Age seven, freezing cold wearing flannel pajamas instead of a beautiful gown, he finds her. Hands her a knife instead of a slipper that fits so well in her hand, not on her foot. And, while it isn't cliche, it is what she wants. He is her savior that night and her prince charming. He makes her laugh and smile and feel wanted again. He protects her from the cold and the monsters and the hunger.

She falls in love with him. She's seven and beyond her years, he is everything she ever imagined.

Throughout the years, they grow closer. Thalia's sacrifice bonds them- they have to survive and take care of each other for her. Her "death" would not be in vain. The older she gets, the more the feelings grow. She blushes around him, stumbles around him like a fool. Tries to impress him with her vast knowledge.

Luke Castellan is her first heartbreak.

Age twelve and hearing Percy tell of Luke's betrayal, of Luke being the one who tried to start a war between the Gods. She turns her back on fairy tales then. The princess doesn't need a prince to rescue her, she can take care of herself. The prince should never be handsome or charming; it only hides his true identity-ruthless and cunning. Selfish.

She goes back to studying facts and believing that the heart is just an organ in the body. It is impossible to break.

If only it were that simple.

AN- I know, extremely short. But there are more to come, I promise!