"PERCY!" She screamed, standing in a pool of water at the door to her apartment in New Rome.

The Seaweed Brain came up from the raggedy couch he had been hiding behind with a dopey grin on his face, sea green eyes shining with tears of laughter.

Annabeth let out a growl and launched herself at the dark haired boy, "I am going to kill you!" she bellowed as she struggled to pin him to the ground.

Percy fought back for a minute then gave in and allowed his girlfriend to pin his arms to the ground and plant a knee on his chest while he continued his fit of laughter.

"Will. You. Stop. Laughing!?" Annabeth said as she pummeled his chest with soft punches, her knees now on either side of his torso.

The son of Poseidon opened his eyes only to begin another string of laughs. Annabeth's blond hair was sopping wet and hung in clumps around her tanned face, her grey eyes narrowed at him.

"Dry me off, now." She seethed.

Being the son of the sea god, Percy had the ability to control water and, therefore, could easily remove all water from Annabeth's person in mere seconds. Instead, he simply reached up and placed a soft hand on her damp cheek, laughing subsided. His green eyes bore into her grey ones and her glare lessened. Percy's other hand gently yanked on a strand of Annabeth's wet hair and a smile played across his lips.

"You know you love me." He teased.

"Sometimes I question exactly why," Annabeth smirked, "But, yes, I do love you."

Percy's smile widened, "Wait, who do you love, exactly?" he continued, pulling on her blond curl.

Annabeth rolled her big grey eyes, "Percy Jackson, I love you." She stated, her voice monotone.

Percy's smile widened even more-Annabeth was afraid his cheeks would rip if he smiled any bigger. Then he closed his eyes, concentrating. Suddenly Annabeth was dried off and Percy's eyes reopened.

"Thank you." The blonde smiled and moved to let Percy off the floor but his hand was still latched onto her hair which caused her to get stuck halfway standing, halfway crouching over him.

She let out a little shriek, "Percy! Let go!"

Annabeth looked down to see Percy's bottom lip sticking out, his eyes big and wide, "Come back," He whimpered.

Laughing, Annabeth returned to her previous position and looked Percy square in the face, "Okay, I'm back, now will you let go of my hair?"

Percy released the strand and slid his hand to her cheek then buried his fingers in her hair. Annabeth's breath hitched and she momentarily closed her eyes; Percy knew exactly how to make her melt.

"Percy…" She whispered hesitantly, "I have homework to do and you're being very distracting."

Percy laughed and Annabeth could feel the rumble of his chest, "I'm sorry," he breathed.

Annabeth, eyes still closed, grinned, "No you're not."

"Not even a little." Then he kissed her.

And she melted. Annabeth had never thought herself a girl that was the melting type but Percy was like a hot knife and she was the butter. She felt him smile against her lips and she sighed contentedly.

"Percy, reall-" Annabeth tried to say when they pulled away for a split second.

Now both of his warm hands were in her hair and her brain wasn't working properly. Really, two college students kissing on the floor of a girl's apartment could only end in one thing but that thing hadn't even happened for them yet. They had both decided that they should wait until they were married and, while they were absolutely, completely in love, they still hadn't done that either. It just didn't seem like the right time.

Annabeth tried hard to concentrate but her mind was only focusing on two things: his lips and his hands. Slowly, she began to relax and she tangled her own fingers into Percy's pitch black hair. After a few minutes, they came up for air.

"Okay," Annabeth said breathlessly, "I really need to get my homework done, Seaweed Brain."

Percy still had his hands in her hair and attempted to use his puppy dog face again to prevent her from getting up but it wouldn't work this time. Annabeth planted one last, hard, lingering kiss on his mouth then abruptly stood up. Percy was dazed enough that he didn't have the chance to grab ahold of her and yank her back down so he lay there on the floor for a moment, then he sat up. Bracing himself on his elbows he glanced over to the kitchen where Annabeth now stood.