Summer Love | Charlie Bushnell

dinner

(Contains spoilers for the Percy Jackson books. If you haven't read all the books skip the dinner scene. Putting a - at the beginning and end to skip)

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The others left early in the morning to catch their flights. Atlas told them she'd be back in town in the next few weeks.

Charlie stayed behind.

A few hours before the show the two went out to dinner at one of the fancy restaurants in the city.

"Did you get to see script for episode 8?" Charlie asked her. She looked up from her food to him. She shook her head. "No, they didn't let me see it." She replied.

"But I'm excited to see it. The end of book one is my favorite. It has been since I was little." She added. He chuckled. "Really?" He asked.

"Yeah, I would always wait for the next book to come out because I was so excited to see what was going to happen." She said.

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"I remember reading it for the first time. I was shocked of Luke's betrayal." Charlie said. "Now you get to play it. You get to start the war." Atlas said to him.

"Can I ask whose side you were on back then?" He asked her. Atlas smiled, spinning her fork in her hand. "I was on Luke's side. And he wasn't the villain, he was just angry. But in the end he was hero." Atlas said.

"He was one in the end, wasn't he?" He asked.

"Yeah. I would wait every year for them to come out. And when the last one came out. I cried. Like my first book crush died." She said.

He laughed. "Luke was your first book crush?"

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She gasped. "Are you mocking me?" She asked. Charlie shook his head. "What? No. I'm just asking a question." He said.

She shook her head. "Yes, he was. Who was yours." She asked back. "Nope. I'm not telling you." He said.

"What? You have to!"

"No, I don't. I'll tell you some other time."

She pointed her fork at him. "You better."

Atlas got distracted by something and looked towards the window to see paparazzi. "Shit, paps to your right." She said, rolling her eyes.

Charlie turned his head to look. Cameras snapping, lights flashing. He turned back to her. "Want to get out of here?" He asked her. She nodded.

She asked the waitress for the bill and left a tip. Charlie grabbed her hand and they walked out to her car. They got in and drove away.

Atlas knew that they would make headlines.

"Spotted: Atlas Quinn having dinner with a mystery guy. Who is Atlas Quinn dating? Who is Atlas Quinn's new boyfriend?"

All of that shit.

Atlas put on a red jeweled corset top and dark blue high wasted pants with black boots. She had her hair and makeup team come to her penthouse so they didn't have to do it right before the show.

Charlie was on her couch on his phone. "Charlie, did you want do come to the show tonight?" She asked him. He looked up from his phone. "Sure, yeah, I'd like that."

She smiled. "Okay, then go put something on. We have 30 minutes to be there." She said and he popped up from his seat and ran to the guest room.

Her driver got to her house and picked them up and drove them to the studio. They walked inside and they went to the dressing room.

While Charlie was sitting down Atlas was passing. He noticed. "You'll be fine Atlas, you've done it plenty of times." He said trying to clam her down.

She looked at him while she paced. "I know, I know. I'm scared I'll mess up."

He shook his head. "Don't worry about it. I'll be in the audience. If you get nervous, just look over at me." He said.

Altas smiled at him. "Thanks."

He nodded. "Of course."

A knock at the door came and Charlie stood up. "Come in." She said. The door opened revealing Savannah. "You're on in 2 minutes. Ready?" She asked her.

"Yep." She said.

Charlie walked over to her and gave her a hug. "See you out there." He said.

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Authors note:

It's picking up.

Sorry, I haven't updated yet today.

Wisconsin got 13in of snow and
that shit sucked to shovel. Took me
3 hours to do my deck. Just the deck.

I'm 4'11 and that was past my knees.

But that shall not interfere with updating!
You guys come first.