This is my second story. If you haven't seen my first story, Percabeth: a love story, then go check it out. Hope you enjoy!

Percy POV

My eyes shot open, and I woke with a start. Realizing that I was in my apartment and not Tartarus, my breathing returned to normal rate, as did my heart rate. Great, I thought. Another Tartarus nightmare. Ever since that place, my girlfriend, Annabeth, and I have been having horrible nightmares about it. I peered over at my bedside clock. 5:54 it read. Well, no use trying to get extra sleep now. I lazily got out of bed, threw on an orange Camp Half Blood t-shirt (just for the style points since it's the school year) and a pair of jeans. My usual getup. I went into the kitchen and grabbed a cup of orange juice. See, being a demigod, your usually ADHD, so having coffee in the morning isn't the best idea, unless you want to be bouncing off the walls all day, which happened to Annabeth the first time she had coffee. So usually I just get a cup of cold OJ. Hey, it satisfies.

Not a minute later, I hear a blood curling scream followed by a spine tingling THUD! come from Annabeth's room. Oh yeah, Annabeth and I share an apartment for more reasons caused by Tarta...that place. I snap to fully awake and alert mode and sprint into Annabeth's room, not bothering to knock. I saw her on the floor next to her bed having a not-so-successful wrestling match with her sheets.

"Annabeth!" I said, pretty loudly. Since she didn't respond, and continued to loose to her sheets, I knew she was still asleep. I walked over to her, gently stood her up, and sat her down on her bed. That's when she woke.

"Per...Percy?" She mumbled as her eyes settled on the fact that I was in her room. "What are you doing in here?"

"You we're having a WWE match and I think you lost." I said looking down at her sheets all over the floor. She looked at them as well.

"That was me?" She asked.

"Yeah" I responded, putting my arm around her shoulders. "What happened?"

"What do you mean?" She asked.

"I mean, were you having another bad dream?" I knew she was, but I pretended not to know.

"Yeah I was." She admitted. "I hate it! I can never just sleep peacefully!" Her head sunk into her hands.

"You and me both." Was all that came out of my mouth. Then we just sat there. Me with my arm around her, and her with her head in her hands.

"What time is it?" She asked a while later. I looked over at her clock on her nightstand.

"6:43"

"Blue pancakes for breakfast?" She asked.

"Always" a smile managed to crack its way onto Annabeth's mouth. We made the pancakes, which turned out way better than expected. When we were done, I looked over at the calendar.

"You all packed?" I asked.

"Just need an extra drawstring bag if you have it."

"Yeah, I got a few." Annabeth and I were going over to New Rome for spring break to see our friends. Everyone will be there: Jason and Piper(another demigod couple, much like me and Annabeth) Frank and Hazel(yet another demigod couple) Leo and Calypso(yep...couple) and Nico and Reyna( they're NOT a couple, just to get that clear.

"Remind me again why we need to take a plane." I complained. I hated planes, mainly the fear that Zeus would blow us up.

"I know Percy, I hate it too, but it's just too far to drive, and forget about walking." Annabeth joked. Then she got serious. "Don't worry. It's a small plane sent from Camp Half Blood. Highly anti-Zeus."

"Well...I take your word for it. But if we crash, Im blaming you." I wasn't joking. I mean i love her and all, but I really have a fear of Zeus.

"I'll take every bit of blame." She promised.

"Ok, now let's finish packing so we can get to the airport."