Boy, I was glad that I got into the school in New York. That way, I could be close to Percy. As much as he tried to hide it, I know that he was glad I was there too. Sure, my studies were great, but seeing Percy everyday was defiantly the best part. Every day that we were together, our friendship grew.
"Percy!" I yelled.
I was waiting for him in his apartment.
"Are you ready to go yet?"
"Almost." He yelled back.
We were getting ready to go to camp. Since he was the only on with a car, we had to go together (which wasn't so bad), but it took him FOREVER to pack. He came down looking very strained, but cute as ever. We loaded all of our stuff in the car, and got in. We had made it to half-blood hill, and were getting out when we heard a scream. Percy dropped his bags and ran towards the scream. I dropped mine, and flowed after him. As we rounded the bend, we saw a young kid running up the steep hill, with Grover behind him. All of a sudden, a Minotaur came into view. I guess Percy knew exactly what the poor kid was going through, because he sprinted up to the hill towards the Minotaur. I ran to the kid and Grover. Grover looked like he was about to faint, he was so scared. I jumped between them and the Minotaur with my knife ready.
"Go!" I yelled.
The kid just kind of stood there staring at me, so I gave him a little push. Then, I stepped forward to help Percy. Since we knew each other's attacks, I had no fear running behind the ugly bull to distract him. I knew that Percy would be right behind me, and the monster would disintegrate in a number of seconds. Luckily, it did. When it did though, I saw a terrible sight. Percy was lying on the ground, bloody, and not moving. I ran over to him.
"Percy, Percy." I whispered.
"Annabeth…" He groaned.
"It will be okay. I'll help you to camp." I said.
I checked his arms and legs to make sure there were no broken bones. When I found out that there wasn't, I started to half-carry, half-drag him up the hill. When I finally made it to the top, I only saw a few campers.
"Selina, Beckondorf!" I yelled.
Beckondorf came running.
"What is it?" He asked.
"Percy." I said breathlessly.
It was all I could stutter out. I had just carried a teenage, almost 20 year old guy. It was not something that you do every day.
"Oh." He said.
He saw what I needed, and took Percy from me. He ran to the big house with me trailing behind him. Chiron stopped when he saw us.
"Percy fought a Minotaur, and now, and now he's hurt." I stuttered.
"Yes child. I see. The young half-blood made it into camp with Grover, so Percy's fight was not for nothing." He replied.
"Now go to your cabin. I assure you that Percy will see you at breakfast tomorrow morning."
I saw that I had no choice. I walked to my cabin, and got into my bunk, even though it was still 5:00. One of my younger sisters came over to talk to me, but my oldest brother stopped her. I was glad that he had stopped her. I was in no mood to talk. If your boyfriend had done something heroic, was injured, and could barely say your name, would you want to talk? I didn't think so. I fell asleep quickly, only to be bothered by dreams.
In my dreams, I was running up a never-ending hill. After hours of never-ending running, I finally came to a clearing. In the clearing, I saw a pond. In the pond, I saw a reflection of all of the Gods. They didn't look happy. Zeus pulled out a lightning bolt, and… I woke up in cold sweat. To my horror, I found that the sun was up, and all of the campers had left the cabin. I threw on some jeans and my camp T-shirt, and then sprinted out of the cabin.
I slid onto my bench in the Athena table, just as the food popped up. We went up the burning fire to give our sacrifices, and then came back to our table. As I sat down, my older sister squeezed my hand and pointed to the Poseidon table. There, I saw Percy inhaling his sausage biscuit. He looked my way, stopped for a moment, and flashed me his signature smile. I couldn't help but smile back. Then, he went back to eating, and finished off the biscuit in a number of seconds.
After breakfast was over, I was in a much better mood. I went to archery class, scaled the rock climbing wall, and then, went to my favorite class-arts and crafts. I created a nice bust of Athena. I figured she would be proud. I took it to the camp fire, and set it on the coals. I said a prayer, and the bust evaporated in smoke. Some thunder rolled in the distance, so I figured that I had done well. Finally, I went to my last class of the morning- sword fighting.
When I came in, Percy was already there, fighting a dummy made of straw. He easily whipped it into shreds.
"Percy." I called.
"Annabeth!" He yelled back.
He ran over to give me a hug.
"I'm glad you are okay, Seaweed Brain." I whispered.
"Me too, Wise Girl." He said.
I smirked. "Ready to get your butt kicked?" I asked.
"In your dreams." He said.
The rest of the morning, we slashed, ducked, rolled, and kicked. We were so evenly matched, that nothing happened for a while. Then, I thought of a plan. I got myself over-powered, and was on the ground with a sword pointed at my throat in no time at all.
"Okay, you win." I said.
He laughed, dropped the sword, and helped me up.
Then, with a move worthy of a daughter of Athena, I took my knife, kicked him behind the knees, and had him on the ground with a knife pointed toward his throat.
"Ah, you got me." He said.
I took his hand and pulled him up.
"Come on, let's go to lunch Seaweed Brain." I said.