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The Party

Short Story #58 - The Party - Annabeth and Percy

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*Percy and Annabeth are dating*

*AU of High School... I guess*

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(A/N: Please let me know if any of you can't see the cover or if you are having any problems seeing any covers in your library.)

"But getting a dress is so much work," Annabeth complains as she and Thalia scour the racks.

"We have to get you a new dress for the party!" Thalia exclaims.

"It's not even fair though. You aren't wearing a dress to the party," Annabeth once again complains.

"That is true, "Thalia admits, "but I also have a reputation to keep up, and I don't wear dresses."

"UGH," Annabeth sighs loudly as she looks through some black dresses. One catches her eye. She pulls it from the rack and Thalia gasps slightly.

"Annabeth... That's beautiful," Thalia whispers out in awe, "Go try it on now."

Annabeth makes her way over to the changing stalls and tries on the dress. It is knee length and has a criss-cross pattern in the back. The front comes up to her collar bones and the color contrasts perfectly with her grey eyes and blonde hair.

Thalia gasps again when she comes out in the dress. "PERFECT!"

"I'm definitely buying this one," Annabeth agrees, "Now all I need are some white heels to go with this."

"Yes!" Thalia jumps up to find a pair.

Coming home from the exhausting shopping trip, Annabeth flops face down on her fluffy bed. She can't help but wonder what will happen at Luke's party tomorrow night.

- TIME SKIP -

Annabeth and Thalia wander up to the door and knock loudly. One of Luke's "friends" opens the door and walks away without a single word.

"Percy is coming, right?" Annabeth asks for the millionth time.

"Yes," Thalia answers, "but he is arriving a little late due to swim practice."

"Oh," Annabeth mumbles as she and her best friend make their way into the loud havoc that is the party.

People are strewn everywhere: they're dancing (quite inappropriately), they're kissing in all the corners, they're drinking out of classic red Solo cups, they're doing outrageous things all around.

Thalia spots Luke and pulls Annabeth over to him.

"Hey girls!" Luke shouts over the pulsing music, "I didn't know if you were coming or not."

"Yeah. Annabeth here didn't want to go shopping for a dress, and of course I couldn't show up without my girl looking at beautiful as possible," Thalia says as Annabeth twirls around for him to see.

"You do look very nice," Luke says with a smile. He takes a sip from his cup.

"Thank you," Annabeth says. "Do you want to go get a drink or something Thalia?"

"Sure!" Thalia responds enthusiastically. "I think I know where I can get some non-alcoholic drinks for us goody-two-shoes."

Annabeth laughs and follows Thalia. They come to a blue cooler with Sprite in it. "Perfect," she whispers.

They pour the Sprite into identical red cups and head back to find Luke.

"When is Percy arriving again?" Annabeth asks Thalia for the millionth time.