DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN ANYTHING!

ANNABETH'S POV

"Annabeth! Wake up!" my best friend Thalia said.

"Ugh! Five more minutes!" I replied rolling over, while putting my pillow over my head.

"Annabeth!" Thalia said in a sing-song voice. "The Yankees are in town!"

That got me up real quick. You see my friends, Thalia and Juniper, and I like a couple of the players. Too bad they don't know we exist.

Thalia chuckled. "Works every time!"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah," I said. "Well, at least I didn't build a shrine to the shortstop of the Yankees." I finished with a smirk.

"Oh, that's low even for you, Chase."

"Come on, Thals. I told Bianca and Juniper we would meet them in an hour."

After showering and getting dressed, we left for Central Park.

"How long until we get there? I'm starving!" Thalia complained for a third time in the last twenty minutes. You see the two key ingredients to Thalia's heart are food and money.

"Like I told you before, we're almost there!" I said laughing.

"Why are you laughing? Your best friend is going to die of hunger and you're laughing!" Thalia cried. Ah, good ole' Thalia. Always being the drama queen.

"It's nothing," I replied.

"Yeah, suuure. It's 'nothing'. You do know that when someone says 'it's nothing', it's obviously something!" Thalia shouted.

"Come on, Thals! There they are!"

We jogged the rest of the way, and came to a halt right in front of them.

Bianca was wearing a silver shirt saying 'Join the Hunt', black flip-flops, and a pair of light gray shorts. She was grinning widely, probably because she gets to see her brother, Nico. Yes, that Nico. The shortstop of the Yankees, Nico.

Juniper was grinning, too, but not as wide as Bianca. She was wearing a light blue shirt, with lime green Adidas shoes, and a pair of dark blue shorts.

"Gee, let me think. Why on earth would Juniper be smiling?" I asked looking at Thalia.

"Good question, Annabeth," Thalia said, playing along. "Why is our dear friend, Juniper smiling? Does it involve a certain catcher on the Yankees, whose nickname is G-man?"

By the end of it, Juniper was blushing a dark crimson red.

"Oh, you two are good!" Bianca said laughing.

"We know," Thalia and I said in perfect unison.

We all stared at each other, then we busted out laughing.

"Come on," Bianca said in between laughs. "Let's go before we receive weird glances from p-people passing by."

We followed her into this restaurant on West 57th.

"I remember I used to go here all the time with my brother," Bianca said sighing. "Good times, good times."

We all ordered. Thalia, Bianca, and I all ordered cheeseburgers and fries, while Juniper ordered a salad.

"Wait a minute!" Thalia said. "You mean the Nico di Angelo was here!"

"Hey! Don't forget about his sister, the Bianca di Angelo!" Bianca said defensively.

We all snickered at the look on Bianca's face.

"Hey, stop laughing! I'm serious!" Bianca cried.

That caused us to laugh even harder.

"Okay, okay! Stop you're making my sides hurt!" Thalia said.

Just then, our waitress brought our food over, and Thalia attacked it before the plate reached the table.

"Slow down there, girl!" I said. Thalia stopped eating so she could look up. "It's not going anywhere anytime soon!"

"Actually, yes, yes it is. It's going into my mouth then down into my stomach!" Thalia snapped back.

"True, very true," I replied. "But seriously, Thals, slow down. You look like a pig!"

"Do not!"

"Do too!"

"Do n--" Thalia froze, eyes widening. "It's…it's…"

I followed her gaze. Standing there was none other than the shortstop himself, Nico.

"What's up, sis?" he said smiling.

"Oh, Nico! I missed you sooo much!" Bianca replied hugging her brother. She whispered something else we couldn't hear.

"Oh! They'll be here soon," he explained to her.

"Who?" I asked because I hated not knowing something.

"Oh, nobody," Bianca said.

"Sure," I said clearly unsatisfied with the answer I got.

Nico took a seat next to Thalia who looked as if she was about to pass out.

"I'm Nico," he said. "And you are…"

"Thalia," she replied, staring at him as if he was the best thing since cookie dough ice cream. Believe me when I say that Thalia loves cookie dough ice cream. It's her absolute favorite flavor.

"It's nice to meet you Thalia," Nico said, stealing a couple fries from Bianca, who just glared at him and continued eating her burger.

After a few moments of silence, Bianca said, "Oh, look there's Grover!"

"WHAT!" Juniper yelled spraying water all over Bianca. "Where!"

"Over there!" Bianca said grabbing a couple of napkins, attempting to make herself dry again.

The catcher himself was wearing a pair of dark blue basketball shorts, Reeboks, and a shirt saying 'Save the Wild' on it.

"Hey, Nico!" he shouted. "I'm guessing one of these lovely ladies is your sis, Bianca."

"Yep, that's my name don't wear it out," Bianca replied drinking her milkshake. "And this is Juniper, Annabeth, and Thalia."

"Oh, I see," he said taking a seat next to Juniper. "Oh! Bianca! Percy said he's sorry he couldn't make it today."

"Awww, why not?" Bianca asked looking at her emergency magazine. Yes, she brings an emergency magazine. A magazine used for emergencies only. Well, that, and for when she gets really bored.

"Today's his mom's birthday." Grover explained to her.

"Well, at least he had a good reason." Bianca said still not looking up from her magazine.

"True, very true." Grover said, nodding.

While Juniper and Thalia stared at Grover and Nico with a goofy look on each of their faces, Bianca and I attempted to finish eating our food.