Annabeth: Introduction For 8 months, 1 week, 3 days, 19 hours, 4 minutes, and 37 seconds, we had been working on the Argos II, a huge warship that was going to get us to Rome (the one in San Francisco, we we going to get us to Rome,ren't going to actually fly to Italy) which was where I hoped to find my long-lost boyfriend, Percy Jackson. In the meantime, while we were working on it, Leo was pestering me with questions about Percy. Seriously, he practically worshipped Percy! One day, I decided that I had better things to do than be stalked by Leo, who was annoying me with questions about the way Percy walked, the way he talked, even the way he rolled his eyes! He was like some obsessed fangirl. I decided to show him the videos recorded by the video camera in Percy's cabin.
Piper's POV:
Leo came tearing into my cabin like a hyperactive kid who had drank 4 cups, big cups, of coffee, which, in his case, he probably had. "Come on, come on, come on, come on!" he yelled. Make that 5 big cups of coffee. "What?" I yelled over his clamoring. "Annabeth said that I was annoying her so much with my questions that she would show me, you, and Jason videos from the video camera in the Poseidon cabin!" he replied, jumping up and down from excitement. "Yes!" I screamed and got up from the floor, where I had been sitting and looking over the plans for the Argos II. "Let's wake up Sparky and rush over to the Big House to see the videos on the projector!" Leo yelled. (In case you didn't know, Jason sleeps until around 10 in the morning.) I was way ahead of him, though, and was already knocking on the door to the Zeus cabin. "I don't know where your monkey wrench is, Leo." Jason said groggily as he opened the door. "It's not that, but the monkey wrench would be useful for the work on the engine that's going on." Leo said thoughtfully. I hit him over the side of his head. "What? Oh, yeah." He said, rubbing his head. We explained why we were there quickly, and, this time with Jason, we dashed out of another cabin and ran to the Big House. Annabeth was there, waiting with an annoyed look on her face. "Next time you guys are late, I'm not going to let you see whatever it is you want to see. Now come on in." she said. We walked in while catching our breath.
Leo's POV:
As we walked into the room with the room with the projector, a strange calmness washed over me. Piper said she understood the strange part, as apparently I was always strange, but the calmness bit of it she just couldn't get. I'd argue with her later. Annabeth slipped a cassette into the cassette slot on the projector and pressed a button, which was obviously the "play" button. The projector made a clicking sound and the video started.
Jason's POV:
It began with Annabeth and an average teenage boy sitting on the couch in the Poseidon cabin. The boy was looking down at some pieces of paper that had drawings on them that looked like sketches of buildings. His hair was jet black, and when he looked up, I could see that his eyes were sea green. This had to be the great Percy Jackson. "These building plans look really good Annabeth!" he said suddenly. "I still need to look through them a few more times and hire a few demigod architects, along with some Cyclops ones, to actually put Olympus back together again." Annabeth replied, pleased that Percy thought they were good. I realized with a jolt that this was back when Olympus still needed to be fixed and Annabeth had been appointed the head architect of Olympus. Then, suddenly, Annabeth, the real one, not the Annabeth from the video, fast forwarded the video. "Why did you do that?" Piper asked. "I skipped the part where we chatter aimlessly." Annabeth replied, and we watched from the part where she had stopped it.
Piper's POV:
The video resumed again, but this time Annabeth was sleeping with her head in Percy's lap. He smiled down on her and said softly "You've worked yourself too hard, what with all those gods demanding more statues of themselves and more shrines and temples and pastures for holy cows." I decided I would ask Annabeth about that later. He gently pressed his lips to her forehead and started playing with her hair. I glanced over at Annabeth and saw tears glistening on her cheeks. I focused on the video once again and saw Percy picking Annabeth up, bridal style, and laying her on a bed. He went over to the pieces of paper which were strewn across the couch and began looking through them again. Annabeth paused the video and took a moment to take a few breaths.
Jason's POV:
Just as Annabeth was about to start the video again, Leo had to break the silence. "How tall is Percy?" he asked, using his I'm-just-a-fifteen-year-old voice. Annabeth lost it. She started sobbing uncontrollably and ran out of the room. "Way to go, Dipthong." Piper said, annoyed. "Do you have any idea what she is going through?" she continued. "Um…well…not entirely…" was heard from the now frozen Leo. "Boys." Piper mumbled and walked out of the room. "I'm going to try to comfort Annabeth! Don't do anything stupid." she yelled over her shoulder. Yeah, that's going to happen.
Piper's POV:
I walked out of the Big House and jogged towards Cabin 6. When I reached there, I knocked on the hard-wood door with the large, bronze owl knocker. "Come in. Don't touch anything though." A weak, shaky voice called. I pushed the door open and walked in. Annabeth was the only person, aside from me, in the cabin. Tears were streaming down her face and she was holding a framed picture in her hand and sadly looking at it. I sat down beside her and looked at the picture with her. It was a picture of a boy, Percy, with his arms around Annabeth's waist. They were standing in front of the Empire State Building and laughing like the camera-person had said something hilarious. "Right after the ship is finished we'll leave for San Francisco and Leo estimates that it'll be a day or maybe two before we leave, so you'll be seeing him soon." I reasoned. She sighed sadly and said "I guess you're right…" and stood up. "Let's go to the Poseidon Cabin." She said suddenly. I gasped. Ever since Percy had disappeared Annabeth avoided his cabin, and, out of respect, everyone else in the camp had skirted it too, and now, Annabeth herself was suggesting going in to it! I didn't know what else to do, so I stood up and followed her out of her cabin. She walked like she was in a dream.
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