This is Austin's encounter...what I imagine Percy would do...Read and review!

I was wiping down the counter. 15 minutes till closing time. There was no one on the streets, but I knew there were plenty in the alley in front of the Subway. Then I saw a tall guy with raven-black hair and sea-green eyes I could see from here. He was what girls and even some straight guys like me would call hot. Next to him was a tall tan girl with curly blond hair and long, long legs. I think everyone would call her gorgeous. The boy stopped and said something and the girl seemed to disagree. The boy finally gave up and walked here, checking his watch before striding in. The girl sat and admired the buildings. "Hi. My name's Austin; what would you like?"

"Um...a foot long with every veggie-extra olives-chicken and ranch," he answered.

"For you?" I asked.

He chuckled, "No, that's for my girlfriend. I want a 6-inch with everything but onion and tomatoes, and ranch. American cheese for the both." I was bewildered-here he was, wanting half of what his own girlfriend was eating! A foot long with those many contents!

"What type of bread?"

"Italian."

I put the bread and cheese in the oven. "So what's your name?"

"Percy. And my girlfriend is Annabeth."

"Ah." I looked out and saw 3 men approaching Annabeth with perverted smiles on their faces, looking her up and down, probably imagining her without much on-translation: nothing. They rubbed their hands together and got way too close to her. "Um, Percy, you might want to watch out for your girlfriend there." I said nervously.

He looked back and smirked, "Nah, she's fine." I was worried-what if he was part of the gang? What were they going to do to her? Of course I knew, but how bad? She was really attractive...He must've seen my expression because he laughed and said,"Don't worry. You'll see why I'm not doing anything."

I watched as she expertly took the 3 men down all by herself, at the end kneeing one in the crotch, spitting in one's face and stomping on one's hand, while Percy was overseeing the fight laughing, but with fists clutched-I knew he would save her if she needed it-which she didn't. "Wow..."

"Yeah..."

I handed Percy his meal and gave him his change. He leaned in close and said, "She would've hurt me worse than she did those 3 guys if I had helped her-learned that the hard way. No kisses or hugs for a week-worst punishment I had ever gotten." I snickered.

"Have a nice day!" I called as he walked out. The way the two teased each other walking down the road, I didn't know if it was just a fling or not, but I knew he loved her with all his heart.