Percy's POV

The day I got home, I felt better. I was greeted by my friends and family: Annabeth, Grover, Nico, Thalia (surprisingly), mom, Poseidon, and Paul Blofis, my new stepdad. Annabeth looked beautiful in her red dress, which matched her gray eyes amazingly, when she walked toward me to give me a hug and she surprised me with a kiss on the cheek. I blushed.

"Welcome back, Seaweed Brain," she said. She gave me another quick hug and walked back, giving me some room. Nico and Thalia were linking arms and stood closely together. I knew they had a small thing for each other. But it was sad since Thalia was removed from Artemis's Hunt. At least she was happy. They just smiled and nodded to me. Grover walked over to me and gave me a guy hug, which always hurts since he slams his fist into your back. My mom acted differently. She ran over to me with tears welled up in her eyes. Poseidon, thank the gods, walked over to her and put his arm around he and pulled her away from me. He could tell I was uncomfortable and a bit embarrassed.

"Welcome home, honey," she said as she wiped the tears in her eyes away.

"Hey. Thank you all for welcoming me but I am really tired. I only got two hours of sleep a night so If you please excuse me, I'll be heading to my room," I said. Sure enough everyone stared at me and stepped to the side saying nothing. Except Annabeth. She stepped toward me, smiled and said, "Goodnight, Seaweed Brain." She hugged me and gave me a kiss goodnight.

"Goodnight, Wise Girl," I replied. She smiled and stepped back. I walked to my room in silence, which was embarrassing since everyone was staring at me. Once I shut my door, I could hear them all talking about me. Poseidon said he had to leave and he left faster than you could say 'salt water'. Annabeth stayed quiet, probably thinking. Paul and Mom were talking about me and Annabeth and they thought I should have a talk with them; not fun. But after that, everyone left. I changed out of my muddy clothes and crawled into bed feeling exhausted. I easily fell to sleep.

My dream when something like this. Annabeth and I were walking around the camp grounds just before curfew talking. I must say it was a bit awkward. The only thing that freaked me out was that Annabeth was probably having the same dream. We found a bench by an olive tree and the ocean, which was ironic since Athena created the olive tree and Poseidon is the God of the sea. We sat in silence until Annabeth spoke.

"Percy…do…do you love me?" she asked. I thought about it.

"Yeah…I do," I said

"My mom was talking to me, not my stepmom. I was talking to Athena and she said it was alright if we got married." She continued.

"Is that like far away since we are only like seventeen-years-old?" I asked kind of nervous.

"Technically, Greek teenagers got married around the age of fifteen sometimes," she said.

"I guess you mom is a bit old-fashioned. But I love old-fashioned people," I said quickly before Athena took offence to that and grew an olive tree right through me, making me bleed to death. Annabeth caught on to that and giggled. I smiled. It was very rare to see Annabeth laugh. She's always stressed or working on something to important.

"Percy?" she asked.

"What?" I replied.

"I love you," she said. I stared into her grey eyes and she stared into my green eyes. We leaned close, our lips a half an inch away from each other when someone yelled, "Okay everyone. Lights out." We sighed. I smiled at her and I stood up holding out a hand to help her up. She took it and we started to head back to the cabins, hand in hand. I walked her to her cabin and faced toward her. I leaned in to kiss her when I woke up and found myself in a place where I never thought I'd ever be again; the Roman Camp.