Annabeth's POV

"The new guy is coming, he is your new body guard. A good man, you can count on him, he is here to help you, he will train you and escort you to wherever you go."

"Why do I need another one? I already have you and Wil, they can handle me" I said upset with the new poker face I that was assigned to me.

"He is part of our detail, three man, that's the protocol from now."

"It's not fair Nico... why didn't I get a normal life? Nothings fair since..." my voice cracked and tears started to stream down my face. I couldn't help it, not since my father died. Murdered. Its been 10 days and all I did was sit in my room and weep, being surrounded with my friends, if you can call them friend. A couple of young men in their early 20 assigned to protect me and now there's a new one coming. My heart was broken and I just couldn't handle someone new in my life. All I wanted was my life to disappear and start a new one. It wasn't fair. My father was taken from me, leaving his little girl in the dark, alone.

"Here he comes, please meet your new assigned personal body guard Percy Jackson." announced Nico.

Near the door a tall, muscular and tanned man was standing, his arms behind his straight back and a pair of sunglasses on his eyes. He slowly took off his pair of sunglasses off of his eyes, reveling a pair of beautiful green eyes, just like the ocean. He kneeled in front of me, resting one of his arms on his knee and the other was waiting to shake me hand. With a heavy heart I complied and shook his big warm hand. He smiled at me with flawless teeth and said with a warm and comforting voice, "Hey girl, don't worry I'm here to protect you. Nothing bad is gonna happen to you, you can trust me. I will always protect you no matter what."

For some odd reason I felt so comfortable near him that I gave him a hug and just rested between his warm arms, it wasn't too late before I fell asleep in his lap, enjoying his warm smell and big arms.

Percy's POV

"Dude! I just got discharged from the military! I am a free man!" I yelled at my phone just as I left the building. On the other side was Nico, my long time friend from highschool and the army. Its been a few weeks since I talked to him so we had to catch up. I was taking the bus from LA to NY.

Its gonna be a long to my mother's apartment and I knew it, so I'll have a lot of time to get my businesses sorted. First on the list was talking to Nico and later on meeting with him. As far as I knew he was in Washington DC on a work that he was supposed to finish in a few days so by the day I get to NY he could make it there as well.

"No fucking shit! Once I'm done here in DC and taking the first bus to NY and we are gonna have a good chat about what is gonna happen. I might have job for you, a long term one, trust me you're gonna want to take this one, definitely worth your while."

"Talk to me Nico, I'm listening."

"So hear me out yeah? 3 years contract from the beginning, home provided by the client and a good goddamn paycheck, trust me plus you're gonna work with me and Wil.

"So what's the catch?" I said while the buss left the station and my journey to the east cost started.

"No catch, all we have to do is basically babysit a 12 years old, ugh..." there was a long pause "Poor girl, her father got murdered yesterday from what I've heard. Shes the daughter of the CEO of "Chase Technologies." He continued to explain. "Besides being her bodyguards we might to train her in martial arts, I think her mother wants her to learn to protect herself, that's all.

"Count me in, I'll get my CV sent to you once I get a hold of a compute.."

"No need" Nico cut me off. "The job is yours, I just need to inform my supervisor which is Wil so I got you covered."

As I was smiling I said to Nico, "It's goddamn good to be back home"

Five days later I was crouching near the twelve years old blond girl reassuring her that everything is going to be OK and that I will be there for her.

5 years later

It was five years since the day I first met Annabeth and we were once again after the funeral, the hardest time for her in the year. Most of the week she kept to herself and wanted to stay alone and seek some quiet. She was probably listening to her favorite songs with her earphones, perhaps laying in bed or sketching something. She was into architecture, it was a huge part of her life, despite her father being a military man and later on the founder and CEO of Chase Technologies, a company that provided high tech weapons to the US and to armies all over the world she wanted to create, not to destroy. And that's how she got into designing building. She was a natural talent I'll give her that.

I decided she spent enough time on her own, I knew what it was like grieving and I didn't want her to spent so much time alone so I made a cup of hot coco for her and went up for her room.

The house was giant, it was more like a mansion rather than a house, perhaps a castle would describe it better. It was winter right now, the middle of February, but the house was warm and cozy and yet when I entered Annabeth's room she was covered in a thick blanket on her chair, staring at the wall with bloodshot eyes and tears on her chicks. The sight broke my heart. After 5 years together she was my little girl and I loved her. I couldn't stand watching her suffer, it was horrible.

I placed the hot cup on her desk and crouched in front of her and said "Come on Annie, you can't sit in here all day, I brought you some hot coco, I made it and I didn't even get burnt!

All I got from her was another tear falling down her face, she didn't even face me.

"OK here we go" I said as I lifted her up from her waists and set her on the bed right next to me.

"Look Annie, I know what it feels like, trust me, I have felt like this more then once. It hurts, yes but its been more than a week from the funeral, you need to get back on your feet and start smiling again." I started stroking her cheeks, wiping the tears out of her eyes, my hands moved to her back, comforting her. Eventually she rested her head on my lap looking straight into my face while the rest of her body was laying on the bed. Her face was still sad, her nose and eyes were red but she looked beautiful. I couldn't deny it, she was 17 already and she was a beautiful young woman.

I watched her grow from a sad little girl to a beautiful young woman. I was proud of her and in a way I fell in love with her, she quickly became my entire life. I loved waking her up in the mornings even though it wasn't my duty, I loved driving her from place to place and taking care of her. For the past five years I lived in this house with her, Nico and Wil. Besides more staff and and guards there wasn't anyone else in the house. Her mother usually was on businesses trips and for the most part wasn't available. It was me, Nico, Wil and my little Annie. She was definitely my little girl.

At that moment she was just staring me with a sad look on her face, she turned to look away from me and closed her eyes. Soon enough she was sleeping in my lap like she used to when she was younger. I stayed with her for an hour or so, I got up and left the room after I covered her with blankets, leaving the cup of coco on her desk.