So far, out of their four or five dates, only one had ended in a monster attack. That didn't mean there wasn't a possibility of it happening again, but Percy hoped that wasn't the case.
"At camp we have this climbing wall with lava underneath," he explained with a chuckle. "I'm definitely not the best at it, but I also definitely never wanted to be bad at it, you know?" He grinned and leaned into Ruby, sort of directing her toward the bus stop. Once they were there, his arm fell away from over her shoulder and his hand slipped into hers. "I was thinking since school's almost over, maybe if you're not sick of me, over the summer we can find something to do together? I heard they're gonna do art classes at the Institute. Gotta warn you though, I'm a terrible artist."