"Maybe that'll change, we're kind of early. Probably a lot of the girls are still doing their hair or makeup or painting their shoes or whatever girls do before something like this." Another reason Percy likes Annabeth - she's beautiful, totally, but she doesn't put serious effort into it and she doesn't need to. She's completely stunning just being herself.

One of the waiters drops by and takes their order (and yes, Annabeth, he gets the green beans) and the menus and leaves them with some water, and Percy can't help but smile at her. "It's kind of nice, I guess - we get to pretend we're just regular teenagers for awhile."