The return to Miami

After a long drive from the airport, with a lot of bickering on our rented can, we'd finally arrived at our destination with more energy than I'd anticipated.

Percy's private jet was massive. And it brought all of us to Miami in the first place. He also took the liberty of renting out two suites in a hotel, one for the girls and one for the guys.

It was so easy to forget that Percy came from money. Especially because Sally was very minimalistic in her style of living. And Percy was extremely humble. And was also kind, caring, amazingly loyal, and handso-

You get my drift. Just praising a friend.

"Piper! Give me back my sunscreen!" I laughed, trying to steal it back from the evil person.

She threw it in my direction, and I caught it easily, slathering myself in the protective cream.

"Come on girls! It's time to go," Reyna yelled from the foot of the door. She was all set, a lush purple bikini on with a wrap around skirt around her waist.

I'd just thrown on one of my mom's swimsuits underneath my regular clothes.

Talking amongst ourselves, we ladies went downstairs to the beach. The hotel we were staying in had a direct access to it!

Gods these was the type of buildings I wanted to design!

The entire lobby had no walls, just surrounded my the magnificently well maintained beach.

The sand! The glorious sand! It felt like heaven underneath my feet as the tiled floor of the hotel melted away to reveal the glorious beach.

The cool ocean breeze hit my face, practically beckoning me to move forward. I did.

We spotted the guys half a mile away, sitting underneath an umbrella and a picnic basket by their side. Leo had already begun consuming it.

We ran towards them, with waves and hi's being exchanged. We'd arrived here last night, so it'd been almost a day since we saw each other. We'd crashed in our rooms the second we set foot in them.

"Annabeth!" Percy called, waving me over. I laughed, looking down at my own outfit.

We were twinning. Matching orange shirts and shorts.

He grinned, running a hand through his hair as he told Frank something. My heart skipped a beat as I took him in. Gods he was handsome.

Especially standing in his element, with the waves of the ocean slowly crashing to and fro behind him.

I shook my head,clearing out all thoughts of Percy and I said hi to the boys, who had eaten 2/3rds of the food and had gotten crumbs all over the picnic blanket. I noticed ants already having a party.

"You guys are so messy I swear," I commented as I neared Percy.

"You guys are so cute I swear,"Piper  commented from beside him, "I was hoping you'd already be dating by now . But nope! More third wheeling for me,"

With that being said, the idiot walked off to Jason before I could throw sand in her face.

For the next few hours, the gang surfed and had water fights. Except Jason and I who sat on the beach and worked on our homework for an hour before joining them.

What? The deadline was the day we were going back!!!

And I wanted to avoid Percy for a second. Looking at him was enough to make me stop in my tracks. If anyone noticed......

So much for that plan.

The second I was done with my work,as If having some telepathic connection to me, Percy yanked the laptop out of my hands.And before I could protest, shoved it in my computer bag and hung it from the nearest tree so it wouldn't get wet.

Then, the idiot proceeded to scoop me up bridal style, "Percy!" I yelled, as I felt myself levitate off the ground in his grip, "Put me down!"

"Live a little, wise girl," he said, giving me his signature trouble maker smile.

Gods I hope he couldn't hear my heartbeating at the speed of light. He smelled of the ocean. There was sand in his hair I was just dying to reach out and brush it off.

"Come on bro, Piper is waiting for you," he remarked at Jason before we made our grand escape.

"Do you remember the first time we came to the beach?" he asked. I noticed we were a a slight distance away from the group. Not that I cared, I was happy to have him to myself for a while.

"Of course I do!" I grinned, "That's the day we came up with our nicknames."

"And the day I tasted sand."

"What's that got to do with anything?"

"Well you shoved my face into the sand after I got your book wet," he reminded me.

I blushed, burrying my head into his chest. "Gods really?"

"Yeah," he chuckled. "But that's the day I knew you were my bestfriend. And that I was slightly terrified of you."

"Percy....was that this beach?" I asked. I remembered coming to Miami with Sally and Percy when I was a kid. I begged my parents for permission for days.

His eyes sparkled with amusement, "I was wondering when you would notice. The hotel wasn't here though."

We looked at each other. And for a second, in the silence that was filled with nothing but the crashing of the waves and the light sound of the fauna around us, it was like we were the only two people on the beach.

His sea green eyes shimmered under the sunlight and I had to control every cell in my body from the sudden urge to kiss him.

I inhaled deeply, trying to center myself.

At the end of the day, we were going to be better as friends. And my....harmless crush on him wasn't going to change anything.

Then why couldn't I convince myself of that?

"That was also the trip we thought we could be ballerinas," I said,linking my hands around his neck as I felt myself slip.He noticed too and pulled me closer.

"Oh yeah! I remember I said I could lift you up over my head," he laughed.

"You couldn't," I grinned, the memory playing in my mind. We both fell and Sally came running to make sure we weren't hurt.

"I'm sure I can now," he grinned, eyes sparkling with mischief. Oh no.

"Percy!" I squealed, as he lifted me up up up. I looked down at him, utterly terrified at the prospect of falling and breaking his bones.

I wiggled a little, (a lot) until Percy had to take a step forward to balance me steadily. But I moved at the wrong moment and his arms folded as I came practically crashing down.

But not in the way I was expecting.

Because....in the blink of an eye....I was kissing Percy Jackson.

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