The Events of Olympus Resort | A Percy Jackson Fanfiction

Chapter 6

Annabeth POV

I wake to the sound of pounding on my window. At first I try to ignore it, but after three minutes, there's no point in trying to fall back asleep. The damage is already done. Groaning, I roll out of bed and walk over to my bedroom window before hastily throwing my curtains open.

Behind my screen door stands no other than Thalia, who looks annoyed that I put off getting up to greet her for as long as I did.

"Up and at 'em sleepy head!" She says to me, shaking her head. "We've got a big day ahead of us."

I look over to the clock on my wall and see that it's only 8:30. "Thalia, what?"

"We're going shopping for the dance tonight," she says. "Honestly Annabeth, what would you do without me?" Thalia shakes her head. "You have five minutes to get yourself looking presentable before I come in there and drag your ass into the car."

I moan and wipe the sleep out of my eyes. "But Thalia..."

"No buts!" She says and walks back to her car holding up five fingers with a glare.

"Ugh..." I groan, opening up my closet. I quickly change into a pair of Nike shorts, flip flops, and a t-shirt before throwing my hair up into a messy bun and rapidly brushing my teeth (only two minutes left). I then grab my purse from off the floor, snatching an apple from the kitchen counter. I open my door to find Thalia looking relieved from the driver's seat of her Lexus.

"Damn Annabeth, you were cutting it real close there. Thought I was gonna have to actually live up to my threat and come in and drag you out."

I laugh, rolling my eyes, and hop into the passenger seat. "Thalia," I start, "you don't even like shopping, so why are we putting ourselves through this?" I ask.

"Because," she says, "last night, at approximately 11:00 pm, my brooding time was interrupted by a panicked phone call from one miss Annabeth Chase, who was freaking out, claiming that she got 'lost in a moment' and almost asked a guy out." I am about to say something, but Thalia cuts me off. "And then, would you believe it," Thalia shakes her head, "this girl had the audacity to hang up on me without providing any details whatsoever." Thalia looks over at me disapprovingly. "Crazy right?"

I blush guiltily and take another bite of my apple. "Yeah, sorry about that, I was a little freaked out."

"Yeah, I'd say," Thalia grins, shaking her head. "You sound better now. I could've sworn you were going to go into cardiac arrest last night after all your hyperventilating.

"Shut up," I say with a grin, rolling my eyes.

Thalia laughs. "But anyway, today we are going to take our own sweet time shopping for the dance so that you and I have a chance to talk this situation over." I shoot her a disbelieving glare. She's definitely leaving something out. "Alright, fine!" Thalia says, I also may have promised Piper and Hazel that we would go with them. But that doesn't mean that I don't want to hear every single detail about this mystery guy.

I laugh and shake my head at her. "Fine."

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My eyes widen as we pull into a parking spot in front of a strip of expensive looking boutiques that line the beach.

"Thalia I am way out of my element," I say, stepping out of the car as I examine the throng of women and girls that move in and out of the boutiques, all sunkissed and wearing flowy dresses.

"Yeah you're not alone," Thalia says, the confident urgency she had to get here earlier definitely gone now. She pulls her leather jacket closer around her tank top and steps up onto the curb. "This place looks like the set of 90210."