Percy's POV

BBBBRRRRIIIIINNNNGGGGG! The final school bell rang as school let out for the summer. I had somehow gone a complete year without getting kicked out of school. It was a good year, as far as monsters go. There were a few here and there {Including me vaporising the principal. Gods, was that an uncomfortable thing to explain to the faculty.}, but nothing too bad.

I hoped Annabeth had been alright, I hadn't talked to her in about 6 months. I really missed her, I had friends here, but none of them were near as cool as she was. I mean, pretty {whoa, I thought that? Gotta look into that one}, smart, kicks ass, and makes peace {except for Hera....}. What other girl do I know could compete with her?! {A/N In this story Rachel Elizabeth Dare was pushed off a cliff by everyone in the PJO world, never to be seen again. We hope sharks ate her.}

I ran down the hall and through the double doors to the school, egear to see my mom. My mom had just left me a message on my phone {I know their not supposed to have one, but here they do, so can it} saying she had a surprise for me, and a surprise and ADHD don't mix too well.

Out in the parking lot, I saw my mom waving at me. She was standing in front of the car....with Annabeth! I ran the rest of the way to the car.

"Hey, Kelp Hea-" She was cut off with her own sequel when I barreled into her and gave her a huge hug. She was shocked at first then recovered and hugged me back. "Miss me?"

"Well, yea! I haven't heard from you in so long!" I said.

"Sorry, I've been a little...preoccupied," She said tensely, as though she didn't want me to notice something.

"With what?" I took a step back and looked at her. She was a mess. She had her long, golden hair in a high ponytail, her face was covered in dirt and blood, her clothes were ripped in jagged cuts, and scratches and blood covered her body. "....OK, I'll bite. WHAT HAPPENED?!" I asked her, taking her arm and pulling up the sleeve. There was a deep cut on her arm, it looked like it had stopped bleeding only recently. There was still fresh blood around it.

She yanked her arm out of my hands and rubbed it gently. "Nothing, I just ran into a few monsters. No biggie,"

"A few?! You look like you went through a blender! And yes a biggie! How much feaking blood do you have left? You look like you lost a lot and some of your cuts are still bleeding. What happened?" I repeated anxiously.

"I told you, I got in some fights with a few monsters!" She said

" Annabeth. Tell. Me. What. Happened. Now," I said, grabbing her shoulders gently.

"Fine. Well, I was home, and suddenly a dracane burst through the window. My step mother freaking flipped, by the way. But it was abnormally strong, I mean dracane on steriods strong, ok? So I got out ok, with a few cuts," She pointed to a few shallow cuts on her face. But after that, no matter where I was monsters went after me! And they were a whole lot stronger then they should be. I got out of there when I got this," She pulled up her shirt and pointed to a deep cut on her stomache.

"But I came here, and all they way the same thing kept happening and I kept getting hurt. Well except for this one," She pointed to a straight shallow cut on her shoulder. "That I got when some guy tried to mug me in the subway, but that's a different subject. Ps, I won!" She pulled out a small wad of money and smiled proudly.

"Okay, why haven't you taken any ambrosia?" I said, calming down a bit.

"Well, I used it all already,"

"That is what you look like after you use your ambrosia?! You look like hell!" I exclaimed increduously.

"Oh,really? Gee, Percy, thanks. That's what every girl wants to hear," Annabeth said, rolling her sparkling grey eyes.

"Well, we better get home. We should take care of your wounds, Annie," Mom said, putting her hand on the nape of Annabeth's neck and gentely lead her to the car.

"I'm fine, really," Annabeth protested.

"No your not so sit down, shut up, and let us take care of you, dangit!" I said, sliding in next to her in the back seat. "Just relax, ok?" I said gently putting my hand on hers. She nodded slowly,and smiled at me slightly. "Thank you,"

"No problem," I said, smiling back.

My mom smiled knowingly in the front seat. I shot her a look said 'What?'. She just smiled wider and shrugged.