"Annabeth. " I stopped her by the tetherball court. I knew I was asking for trouble, but I didn't know who else to trust. Plus, I'd always depended on Annabeth for advice. "Listen, I had this dream about, um, Rachel . . . " I told her the whole thing, even the weird picture of Luke as a child.

For a while she didn't say anything. Then she rolled up her inspection scroll so tight she ripped it. "What do you want me to say?"

"I'm not sure. You're the best strategist I know. If you were Kronos planning this war, what would you do next?"

"I'd use Typhon as a distraction. Then I'd hit Olympus directly, while the gods were in the West."

"Just like in Rachel's picture. "

"Percy, " she said, her voice tight, "Rachel is just a mortal. "

"But what if her dream is true? Those other Titans-they said Olympus would be destroyed in a matter of days. They said they had plenty of other challenges. And what's with that picture of Luke as a kid-"

"We'll just have to be ready. "

"How?" I said. "Look at our camp. We can't even stop fighting each other. And I'm supposed to get my stupid soul reaped. "

She threw down her scroll. "I knew we shouldn't have shown you the prophecy. " Her voice was angry and hurt. "All it did was scare you. You run away from things when you're scared. " I stared at her, completely stunned.

"Me? Run away?"

She got right in my face. "Yes, you. You're a coward, Percy Jackson!"

We were nose to nose. Her eyes were red, and I suddenly realized that when she called me a coward, maybe she wasn't talking about the prophecy. "If you don't like our chances, " she said, "maybe you should go on that vacation with Rachel. "

"Annabeth-"

"If you don't like our company. "

"That's not fair!"

She pushed past me and stormed toward the strawberry fields. She hit the tetherball as she passed and sent it spinning angrily around the pole.

I was pretty steamed at what happened. To calm down I did what I always did: sit by the canoe lake.

About 5 minutes past. I was calmed. I wanted to stay there forever. Then suddenly, Annabeth came up behind me. "Hey" she greeted me

"hey"

"I'm sorry"

"for what? You have nothing to be sorry about"

We faced each other but we couldn't meet each others eyes

"I'm the one who should've been sorry for being such a coward, thinking about my dream. So I'm sorry Annabeth Chase"

"It's just that, every time I remember the prophecy, I have nightmares, visions start coming before my eyes. You're the prophecy child in this and I can't stand it if anything happens to the one I really love-" she widened her eyes and covered her mouth

"what did you just say?" I asked, not really sure about what I heard

She pausedfor a moment and muttered something I couldn't hear

"What?"

"I love you Perseus Jackson! O.K. There I said it"

I didn't Think, I just did. I smashed my lips against hers. It was a long and passionate Kiss. . Suddenly I heard a click: The sound of a camera going off. I looked around and there were the Stolls with a camera who got a picture of us kissing

"Wassup lovebirds!" said Connor teasingly

Travis grabbed the camera and said "This is sooo going on the yearbook"

At that moment we chased them into the Aphrodite cabin and there was Siena, crying her heart out when she saw us. Silena looked up and she screamed, for the Stolls were in her cabin. The whole Hermes and Athena Cabin heard it and ran here. They swarmed us so we couldn't even see. Finally, we did. But it was too late. The Stolls showed the photo to Silena who showed it to everyone. We blushed. They cheered.

"Annabeth Chase, would you do the honors and be my girlfriend?" I asked getting down one one knee

She giggled.

Whoa, back up. She giggled as far as I know, Annabeth Chase does not giggle! From the corner of my eye, I could see everybody's expressions. I guess they were thinking the same thing too!

"Yes"

I got and up and just kissed her, not even thinking that people were watching. Then shutters clicked. We snapped away and looked at Silena who was holding the camera and at everyone else who were holding their phones. They all said the same thing at once.

"This is soooo going on the yearbook!"