Chapter VII

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Nate's POV

"This place looks awesome" Annabeth said while looking around the indoor minigolf place I chose for our date, "glad you like it" I replied before handing her the putter. You'd think after having been here a couple of times before with family, I would be fairly decent at it, but I wasn't impressing anyone with my golfing skills today. When the ball hit a fake rock and bounced back towards me, "oh come on" I said out loud while she laughed in amusement. Unsurprisingly, with the ball positioned on the dot, she took a swing and got a hole in one, "yes!" She cheered with a contagious grin on her face, making me smile.

With a sigh I positioned the ball on the dot for the second time and as I was getting ready to swing, I felt hands on my waist. Standing behind me, "you have to use your hips" she said while pushing on either side of my waist to move my hips. She then placed her hands on top of mine so that we were both holding the putter, "and then, just take a swing" she concluded while acting out the motion. As much as I enjoyed her body so close to mine, I knew she was teasing me. Turning around, I gave her a smirk and as soon as I took a step towards her, she tried to run away, but thanks to my quick reflexes, I lunged forward in time to wrap an arm around her from behind. "I was just trying to be helpful" she said in between laughs, "looked like you needed it" she whispered loud enough for me to hear making me chuckle.

Grateful for being in the 'jungle section' with fake tall plants shielding us, I let go of the putter and turned her around to face me. With one hand on her lower back, I pulled her against my body so that there was no distance between us. Enjoying how flustered she now was, I held her chin up with my free hand and we exchanged a look of anticipation, before I slowly leaned in. The kiss was gentle and felt right, but before I got too carried away and turned on, I pulled away.

As we smiled at each other, she pulled me back down by my shirt and with my arms wrapped around her waist, we kissed once again, this time more passionately. It was taking me a lot of willpower not to take her right here on the floor and luckily, she pulled away just in time, "get the next one past those rocks and you might just get more of that" she teased while walking out the way for me to take the shot. Feeling more motivated than ever, I took a swing, but to my disappointment, we watched the ball hit another rock and bounce back into the trees, "shit" I swore under my breath while she laughed.

 Feeling more motivated than ever, I took a swing, but to my disappointment, we watched the ball hit another rock and bounce back into the trees, "shit" I swore under my breath while she laughed

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Annabeth's POV

Having eaten a few slices of pizza at the minigolf place, we went for a walk by the canal with a cone of ice cream in hand, "I'm really glad you took me there, I had a lot of fun, thank you" I said with a smile, "despite losing miserably, I had fun too" he replied making me laugh. After a few minutes of comfortable silence spent finishing our ice creams, "so, you know what my job is, what do you do?" I asked curious, "I work at an animal rescue shelter" he casually said, "are you just saying that to impress me?" I asked suspicious, making him chuckle, "I used to have a boring office job, but after watching videos of rescue stories, I knew I wanted to get involved and help" he explained while I mentally went 'awww'.

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