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Chapter 3

"It's nice to meet you, Annabeth," Percy said to me.

"Likewise," I said, smiling.

He smiled back. Wow, his smile is gorgeous! The way his teeth just shine.

"Why were you in that abandoned wearhouse anyway?" He asks me.

"Well," I start, "my favorite place to be is in that wearhouse. It has a lot of my favorite books and...oh no!" All my favorite stuff is in that building! Hoot, my favorite books, ugh! I feel tears start to well up in my eyes. Stop! I tell myself. I can't cry in front of him.

"What's wrong?" He asks, confusion written all over his face.

"All my favorite stuff is in that building!" I practically shout. I no longer care about not trying to cry. I just let the tears fall.

"Oh no, come here," Percy says, crawling over to me. He sits down next to me and puts his arm around my shoulders. I fall into his chest. "Shh, it's ok," he says and starts to rub my back.

"It's...just that...my...favorite place...in the...world is...now...gone," I say between sobs.

"It's ok," he says soothingly. "Everything's going to be fine."

"Why...were you there...anyway?" I ask, my sobs starting to slow down.

"I was walking by and I saw the flames. I heard someone coughing, so I guess my first instinct was to save them," he tells me, still rubbing my back. "I tried to find a door but they were all blocked by flames. Eventually, I found the window and climbed up to see you coughing below me. I jumped in and somehow got you out."

"See, I was right about you being my hero!" I said. "You didn't even know me, and you still saved me."

"It was nothing," he said, and now I'm sure he's blushing.

"I can't thank you enough," I told him. Then I realized the position we are in, and I too started to blush. He had his arm around me and my head was against his chest near his shoulder. I leaned up, but he didn't remove his arm from my shoulders. Now we are both blushing up a storm.

"It's no problem really," he says, looking at the ground. He's so cute when he's shy. Wait did I just call him cute? But yeah I guess he is.

And now my face is probably beet red.

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