Hi Guys! I'm queenanneg and I hope you like my percabeth story. Please no hate in the comments, just love! Btw: all these characters belong to Rick Riordan!

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"Arghhh," I groaned. I have to go to school.

But then I remembered that today was my birthday, and I hopped out of bed and brushed my teeth. Then I put on a cute gray shirt that showed my belly button when I raised my arms, and some white jean shorts. I chose shorts because I live in Miami Florida so it is basically warm all the time.

I quickly ran downstairs and swallowed breakfast. My mom and dad gave me some gifts that I really liked, but I left them at home because I knew that my ride was waiting outside.

"Tell Percy I said hi!" My mom yelled as I ran outside with my bag.

Percy's sea green pickup truck was there to drive me to school. I hopped in.

"Hey Seaweed Brain," I said with a grin. So basically, Percy and I have nicknames for each other that playfully tease each other, but Percy knows that if anyone else calls me Wise Girl, aka Leo, who grinned and flexed his muscles when he saw it agitated me (he wasn't so happy though, when he stumbled away clutching his jaw.)

Percy snapped me out of my thoughts. "Hi Wise Girl."

Then gray eyes met sea green, I'm not sure how long. It could've been seconds, or worse, even minutes, but I pulled away, my face feeling hot.

As I looked away, I thought about Percy's eyes, how they swirled with flecks of blue with sea green as the base color, and how many years it has taken for me to get to know these pairs of eyes, almost as if they were my own. This pair of eyes had this extraordinary color that I don't think our grumpy art teacher knew how to define.

They looked like the ocean. Calm but ready to flash like a tempest if somebody threatened him, or even worse, blue food. (it was a tradition in the Jackson family, I have no idea.)

As I thought about Percy, I couldn't help but wonder if my parents were best friends like he and I are, before they got married, if Percy even liked me like that, and the idea was so preposterous, I almost laughed. Percy? Like me? Hilarious.

Anyway, then Percy grinned and said, "Shall we get moving to school now Lady Chase?"

I rolled my eyes smiling a little bit to myself. Only Seaweed Brain.

Then, Percy, looking like he suddenly remembered something, took out a sea green box and handed it to me. I gasped. It was beautiful.

Inside was a beautiful heart made out of sea-green stone with silver engraving on the outside of it.

"Percy you didn't have to do that. But thank you so much," I said, hugging him and kinda punching him at the same time.

He grinned again, his teeth almost blinding me.

"Oh Annabeth, by the way, we are going to Miami Beach after school today for your birthday," he said with a smile on his face.

"Really? Just us?"

"No Jason, Leo, Hazel, Frank, Piper and Thalia are coming," he responded.

I should have been happy it wasn't just us, but a part of my body wanted some alone time. I pushed that thought out of my head and enjoyed the drive.

As I got out of the car, Alex, my boyfriend, came up to me and smiled.

"Hey Annie," he said.

I inwardly groaned. I didn't really like Alex, I mean he was great at first, really nice, but lately he had been hanging out with his friends a lot more and flirting with a lot of other girls.

Plus, he geled his hair every morning and when I touched his hair, sometimes my hands got all sticky and gross.

"Hi." I said looking straight ahead.

"How are you Annie? I haven't seen you all week," Alex said frowning a little bit.

I tried to hide my anger because the whole seeing you thing, that wasn't my fault.

"Sorry Alex. I was um...busy," and I inwardly cringed because the end of my sentence almost sounded like a question.

I looked up at the steps to the school and shifted my weight, excited for this conversation to be over, and saw Percy talking to Jason. Lucky. I wish I didn't have to talk to Alex too.

"Alex, actually, I have to go to class. See you soon," and I was about to go but then I realized that stupid Seaweed Brain had forgotten his car keys so I grabbed them.

Then I ran off to go meet Seaweed Brain and give him his keys.

Chapter 2

I found Percy at his locker later, hunched over an old notebook book flipping through the pages. Most of them were notes for something in his messy handwriting that I didn't have the time to decipher because of my dyslexia.

But one thing stood out from the pages, a picture of me smiling with my yankees cap on, in front of the parthenon.

I vaguely remembered sending him that picture over email a while ago, in summer when I was visiting Greece, but he had saved it and printed it out? Why?

I pushed that thought to the back of my mind and focused on Percy.

His eyebrows were furrowed and his eyes were focusing. He had his hair naturally tousled, (no gel) and I kinda liked the look.

"You're cute when your eyebrows are like that," I noticed.

He snapped the book shut stuffed it into a locker, (which I am pretty sure wasn't his) and stood in front of it blocking me, with rosy red cheeks.

I couldn't help but wondering about that picture of me, when he spoke.

"Hey Anniiiiiiiiiieeee," he said, in a voice that sounded kind of like the time he had eaten all the blue crayons in the box when he was four, and got in trouble from his dad.

"Seaweed Brain, what is that picture? Was that of me?"

"Umm… It was a picture from a while ago…"

I stared at him for a while, thinking. Why did he have that picture of me and why was he looking at him so sadly?

Then he yelled, "Bye!" And ran down the hall.

I followed him since I had the same class as him, and shook my head laughing because I hadn't even given him his car keys yet.

Percy P.O.V:

"Arghhh," I mumbled under my breath. Mathhhhh.

I was so bored, so I turned to look at Annabeth, to nobody's surprise, who was eagerly doing the equation on the board.

I kind of admired that she was so focused on schoolwork and stuff like that, but she was kind of making me feel bad. Bad I mean, like I didn't do enough work, which now I think about it, I probably didn't.

I think that I must have zoned out, because in two seconds, the teacher was calling my name.

"Mr. Jackson!"

My eyes snapped open like a rat got sprung in a trap.

"The answer!" My teacher said frustratedly.

"Oh….uh...um...x equals…."

Annabeth looked at me eagerly and held up one hand with five fingers up and the other hand with two fingers up.

"Um, 7?"

Piper and Leo cracked up, but I ignored them and scowled.

"Correct and now we will solve this one…." the teacher drawled on, but I blanked out again.

This time I was looking at Annabeth and how she concentrates with those gray eyes that would be clear and looking almost light blue when she is happy, but stormy and unreadable when she is mad.

Fortunately, I didn't make her mad that often, because she has a very sharp pencil that she reserves especially for people that make her mad.

The rest of the day went by pretty fast and I was glad for it, because I was excited to go celebrate Annabeth's birthday at the beach. You know, just because we got to hang out with all of our friends and everything, of course.

When the day was finally over, Annabeth walked over to my car, talking with one of her friends called Lauren, and I thought about how she always has this strand of hair that hangs over her ear, framing her face.

I mentally poked myself with Annabeth's "pencil of death" for thinking such things about her and she got in my car.

I dropped her off at her house, and she got changed quickly into her bathing suit.

When she came out, my jaw was like a magnet to the bottom of my truck. She was wearing a yellow two piece and it was.. Well it looked really good on her.

She blushed a little seeing my expression and we headed to the beach.

I changed there at the beach and when I came out shirtless with just my swimming trunks on and Annabeth stared at my slowly moving her eyes down, and down, and down….

I coughed a little and smirked.

"You like what you see Wise Girl?"

She swatted my chest, and my heart tightened, but I could almost notice a rosy glow on her cheeks.

We met the others at the beach and we all ran into the water.

We had so much fun splashing each other in the water. We splashed and we swam, and we swam some more until finally we got out.

When we got out of the ocean, it was around 6:30. We roasted marshmallows around the campfire and sang camp songs and had a fun time. Then Annabeth sat next to me on the towel. I mean right next to me. I had trouble thinking straight.

After we finished our smores, I laid down on the towel and Annabeth laid down on her towel next to mine.

Then the others, seeing this, all slowly went into their own tents. Piper and Jason in one, Leo and Thalia in one (which Thalia was not very happy about but she agreed to it since it was Annabeth's birthday), and Hazel and Frank in one.

Annabeth and I looked up at the stars together. She laid her head down on my chest and snuggled up to me smiling. It felt so good like this, old times, when we were kids and had sleepovers, but I had trouble remembering my name because we were so close.

The sun was burning out and I tried to look for the constellations Annabeth had taught me. I couldn't really concentrate and Hercules's already disfigured body got twisted more and more until it was impossible to ignore the goddess that was sitting next to me, with her arms wrapped my waist and her lemon scented hair spread out on my chest.

Somebody slow it down, I thought. I just wanted to be here with her for as long as I possibly could.

Annabeth P.O.V

I must have fallen asleep yesterday because today I woke up and the stars weren't out anymore. I had a very soft yet defined pillow which was rising up and down to the rhythm of the sea, like waves crashing against the side of a cliff.

I stayed there on Percy's chest for a while, how long I don't know, but then I felt him start to stir and wake up.

"Time to get up Annabeth," he whispered in my ear. I felt him slowly get up and put my head on the towel. He came back and I was curious to what he was up to. Then he said,

"Annabeth I know you aren't sleeping," and before I could wake up and laugh, cold salt water was thrown in my face.

"PERSEUSSSS!" I screamed, and I started chasing him around the beach.

I was aware of everybody slowly getting out of their tents as I chased Percy and they were all cracking up and pointing.

Then we finally calmed down and sat near the water's edge just taking it all in. It felt so good to talk to Percy alone, (the others were packing their stuff up) and he was making me laugh too with his fish expressions, so that was kind of a bonus.

I looked at Percy. His eyes were happy right now, they looked like the sun reflecting off of the blue water. But that wasn't the only thing.

As I looked up at him, I noticed that he had gotten so darn handsome over the years, my gods. I know he didn't realize it, but I know the other girls in MHS were starting to notice too, and it made something stir in my stomach. Jealousy, maybe? I chided myself. Never. I don't… I mean it's not like…

I composed myself.

No way. I thought. Why would I be jealous of them, right?

I felt like I was more reassuring myself than explaining the truth.

Percy P.O.V.

I smiled down at Annabeth. I don't know why this was so easy for me to make her laugh, and how cute she was when she did.

Alex doesn't know what a good thing he has, I thought as I looked at her. Annabeth has golden hair that is brighter than the sun and her gray eyes are so round and full of joy.

She said,

"Do you ever think that anyone is looking out for you Percy?"

I responded, "Well sure, I mean my mom brushes my hair sometimes in the morning when it's extra knot-"

Annabeth stared at me for a couple seconds and then started cracking up. At first I was annoyed, but then I realized that I wanted to freeze this moment and keep it forever. Her eyes were sparkling and her mouth was open with her hand covering it.

As we watched the sea tickle our toes, we sat there for a long time. Finally Annabeth said,

"Seaweed Brain, I think that the person who is protecting me would want me to do this right now,"

I was confused until she put her arms around me and kissed me.

Chapter 3

Woah.

By the time we stopped kissing, I was gaping like a fish and my eyes were wide open.

How could I be so oblivious?

My brain said, how many times do you ask yourself that in a day?

Shut up, I told it.

I mean, Annabeth had just kissed me!

And it was like….good!

I must have looked really ridiculous because Annabeth laughed and tousled my hair like I was a little boy.

Everybody else was just standing at the tents with the bags packed, looking almost as shocked as I looked with their mouths on the ground. Annabeth and I knew they had all been shipping us for while now to get together and now that they were seeing it, they couldn't believe it.

Annabeth P.O.V.

We said goodbye to everyone, because they were all going to their separate homes, but Percy and I were going to go say hello to Sally, Percy's mom, before he drove me home.

I call Percy's mom Sally because I have known Percy since we were four and Sally insisted. I love Sally, almost as much as I love my own mom.

When we got to their apartment, before my hand even touched the door to knock, the door was opened and Sally hugged me really tight. I hugged her back, because it was so nice to see her.

Percy, standing awkwardly behind me, said, "Oh, um…. Hi mom. I'm here too," and Sally laughed.

"Oh honey I'm so glad to see you too! How was your date?" She asked with that mischievous look in her eyes that Percy probably inherited when he did something he wasn't supposed to.

"Moooom, it wasn't a daaateee," Percy whined, with seal eyes, sounding like he did 10 years ago.

Sally just chuckled and gestured for us to come in. The first thing we saw were blue cookies, fresh out of the oven, waiting for us.

Percy and I dug in while Sally and Paul laughed and whispered about how we were so cute together. By the time I had to say my goodbyes, Percy had chocolate all over his face and looked two pounds fatter, but still happy.

When I was leaving, Percy pulled me aside and before he could say anything, I said something first.

"Oh Percy thank you so much for celebrating my birthday with me… It was a…um... it was really great and fun," I finished, my face heating up.

"No problem I-" But I cut him off. and interrupted him with my lips. When I pulled away, it looked like his brain was melting out of his body.

I said goodbye again and headed home.

Chapter 3

When I got home, Alex was there for me sitting in my living room with my mom. As soon as I got there, my mom quickly got up and pulled me to the bathroom.

"How was your date?" she said excitedly.

Sally said that same thing, I thought.

Shut up. She is trying to tell you something, my brain thought back.

I rolled my eyes. "Anyway, why is Alex here again?"

"Oh honey, well…" She looked down and started fiddling with her apron. "Well, darling just talk to him yourself, okay?" And with that she quickly kissed the top of my head and went to the kitchen.

I sighed exasperatedly and went into the living room. Alex looked so out of place here, in our living room.

Probably because since my dad is an architect, he designed our living room pretty well, and with my mom's design help, even I will admit it looked really good.

We had white walls, with white molding and gold trim. We also had a few expensive paintings and plush green sofas and chairs, with a clear glass, gold trimmed table with sunflowers in a green vase.

Whilst, Alex had all black clothing on and dirty shoes which he hadn't even bothered to take off (or wipe off) at the beige twine welcome mat in front of our front door.

He looked at me uncomfortably and shifted like he had just been forced to eat a lemon. I asked him to follow me up to my room to talk, just on case my brothers Matthew and Bobby tried to hear my conversation.

When we got to my room, even I was somewhat impressed.

I had three yellow walls, with one sea green wall with a chalkboard in the middle. On the sea green wall, there were pictures of me as a young girl, to the age I am now.

I also had my light pink comforter (my mom's idea, not mine, but at least it went with the room) with of course, yellow and sea green pillows. In the right corner, there was a white desk with lots of papers and homework on it.

I sat down awkwardly on my bed and patted the spot next to me for Alex to sit.

"Um hi," he said.

"Okay Alex, I think that we should just be friends. You were a really great boyfriend and I really think you are a great guy, really, but I- I…"

"Annabeth, I know you like Percy," he almost whispered and he sounded like he was about to cry.

"Oh Alex… I'm sorry…." And I really meant it. As much as I was crazy about Percy, I didn't like doing that to him.

"Annabeth, don't worry.. I'll just leave now," he said starting to get up.

"Alex, I am sorry, let's just be friends, okay?"

"Okay, um… bye Annabeth."

At that moment, as I watched Alex leave and heard him saying goodbye to my mom, I just got so overwhelmed. I was not sure why but I just started to cry. I cried for gods know how long, and I changed into a pair of comfy gray sweatpants and Percy's basketball hoodie which still smelled like him, which I was grateful for.

I snuggled into my pink bed sheets and curled up, so tired of everything.

I don't know how long I was in that state, but my mom must've called someone to cheer me up, someone who she knew was the only person who could cheer me up.

Percy walked through the door.

He ran to me with concern in his eyes, oh gods, I was so grateful he was here for me.

"Annabeth! Anna-oh my gods," he saw me and he ran to my bedside and kneeled down on the floor.

I smiled sadly and opened the covers so he could get in. There was no hesitation, best friends don't have dirty thoughts like that, plus we have done this many times as kids. He got in and then he faced me and wiped the tears away from my cheek.

We sat in silence for a while, but then he spoke.

"Annabeth, I'm here. I will always be here for you. I will do anything for you, you know that?"

Instead of responding I hugged him, my head under his chin. He seemed to like that better than me responding.

After a while like this, we finally got up and sat on the floor, like we did when we were six.

I told him what happened and his jaw tightened when I got to the part about Alex just getting up and leaving. He smiled, even through it all and took down one of the pictures from my wall, the one when we were 5, and we were in kindergarten.

I remembered the story clearly.

A strange young boy with eyes of some cool color I had never seen was playing with his shark and zooming through the room while I was trying to build. Then, this other boy came and knocked over the block building I had been building of the empire state building. "Sorry," he said, not apologetic at all. I stood up and tightened my fists but before I could do anything, the boy with the pretty eyes came over with his shark and asked what the boy did. When the boy found out, he told the teacher about the one who knocked over my blocks. Then, when the meadn boy sat in the corner, the green eyed boy came and helped me rebuild the block tower again and it looked better than it ever did before. I decided I liked this boy. Together, we created something much better than I could ever have built by myself and I was grateful.

I smiled when I finished remembering the story.

"Do you remember that story? The time we first met?" Percy asked, with a look of reminiscing on his face.

"Yeah, that day was one of the best days of my life. The other best day was when you got sick and didn't talk to me for a week." I said smirking.

Percy scowled playfully, but didn't say anything.

We sat in silence and Percy was about to lean forward to kiss me, but before he could kiss me, I put a finger to his lips and said,

"Wait. First, you have to take this sweatshirt back and wear it for a while and then give it back to me."

"Why?"

"Because I need it to smell like you Seaweed Brain," I said like it was the most obvious thing.

"Oh.. um... okay," and he took the sweatshirt and put it on.

Then I kissed him for real, and when I pulled away he looked like he had just been touched by an angel or he had just gotten a really good Christmas present.

I couldn't blame him, to be completely honest, because that kiss was so good, that I probably looked the same way.

And it was the best in-bedroom kiss of all time.