This one is my first PJO one shot, but I came up with this idea a long time ago. I hope you like it.

Set after BOTL

Disclaimer: I own nothing.

The honey colored hair bounced over the fifteen year olds face as she paced across the room, her brow furrowed. The blueprints taped to her wall quivered every time she turned, while the sun outside invited her to celebrate the weekend, and the summer. Yet she had to a dilemma that was yet to unfold, something that could cast her into a world where she was alone, or to a place of peaceful bliss, everyday better than the next. And the decision wasn't only hers, but his too.

Annabeth Chase walked into her bathroom, her reeboks squeaking on the hard tile. The light was turned on, and the pale yellow walls looked brighter than usual. She sighed to herself, knowing that her decision had to be made, whether she liked it or not. She turned around walking out of the room, her decision finalized.

Annabeth walked out onto her balcony, watching cars, bikes, buses, and people walking pass by, enjoying this sudden day of warmth. No one was home except for her, so she didn't close the door, knowing she was alone. Again.

She turned to the small flower box, searching for the object she needs. Her eyes fall upon a small hose connected to the house, which was always used by her mother when the daisies, perennials, or roses were wilting. She picked up the hose, turning it on mist, so she could see a faint rainbow floating through the air.

She fished out a golden coin, a drachma, and chucked it into the rainbow saying, "O goddess, please accept my offering."

The coin flew straight into the rainbow, disappearing all together. It shimmered slightly and Annabeth whispered, choking out the words, "P-Percy Jackson."

For a moment, it was quite and all she could hear was the afternoon traffic, beeps and honks, raging through her ears. Suddenly, The rainbow morphed, showing Percy Jackson in his bedroom. His dark hair was shaggy and messed up, but as he looked up, he became very handsome, his piercing sea green eyes looking straight into Annabeth's stormy gray ones.

"Percy!" Annabeth yelled excitedly, "Percy we need to-"

"Hey this is Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon," Percy said now smiling.

"What are you-" Annabeth said, confused, but was cut off again.

"I'm not here right now, if you haven't noticed, but you can just leave me an iris message, and I'll get back to you. See you later."

Percy disappeared, and Annabeth, with her swift brain, understood that Percy was busy at the moment, he couldn't receive the iris message until later. Probably in the shower, Annabeth thought musingly.

She thought about chickening out right there, not even leaving a message about talking together, but she knew this was what she had to do.

"Percy," She said, almost sad, "I really need to talk to you. Like really badly. This is really important. Probably something your little Seaweed Brain could not hold. Now I'm being mean. I promised myself I wouldn't be mean. Well I suck at keeping a promise, you know that."

She started pacing again, until she sat down on a lawn chair and sighed. "I hope you agree with me, but I think I like you. A lot."

She sat up, staring into the shimmering rainbow.

"I've always like you, ever since you danced with me, made me feel happy, even when I knew there was nothing to feel happy about. Even when I knew Luke was gone."

Tears started welling up in her eyes, but she pressed on, whispering, "I told myself I wasn't going to get onto Luke right now. But I guess I can talk about him if you have your little Rachel always hanging around with you. Ugh."

She stood up again, coming closer to the screen, her face growing red with anger.

"Why the hades is she better than me? What is wrong with you? You know I like you, and I know you like that red-headed creep, but seriously, I've known you longer than she has! I've been friends with you longer than she has! So what does she have that I don't?"

Her heart plummeted as the cogs in her brain worked out the answer. She turned away and whispered, barely audible, "She's nice. I'm mean. I always joke about how stupid you are, How you're such a Seaweed Brain, but you should know I have my reasons for that! I have to hide my feelings, like I've done to everyone else. Whenever I am friends or something closer to someone, they always leave me. Thalia, Luke, My dad! It sickens me, knowing that now, me showing my true feelings at Mount St. Helens, was a waste, seeing that you left me for Rachel. I hate you."

She started crying, leaning on the doorway, for support, silence followed for a few moments before she mustered the courage to say, "I'm lying there. I don't hate you, and you know it."

She looked up again, feeling the droplets of water singe her face. "I love you. You and you're sea green eyes that somehow pierce my thoughts. You're always there, when I need you most, when I need someone to hold me close, touch my heart, teach me the truth, even if you are a Seaweed Brain. I love you. And you love that. . . girl," Annabeth added, gritting her teeth.

She heard a ping an knew her time was up.

"Well, you finally got the truth, why I'm always so irritating, distant, to you and Rachel, ugh. I want to hold your hand, to touch your face. Gods, I'm obsessed!"

She went over to the wall, ready to turn off the hose when she needed to end this.

"Listen," She said, turning back to the screen with hopeful eyes, "I'm coming to New York tomorrow, and I was wondering. . ."

She stopped bouncing from one heel to the other. She looked out to the streets and quietly said, "I was wondering if you wanted to hang out. . . like a date, I guess. I've never actually been on one, ever since last year when you blew up Goode. Well just Iris message me I suppose, but you might be spending too much time with Rachel. Well see ya."

She turned of the water, watching everything disappear, and She slowly whispered, "Seaweed Brain."

She spent the next twenty minutes, crying her eyes out, knowing the answer would never appear, knowing Rachel Elizabeth Dare was getting in her way of an actual Love life, once again. After many tissues laying on the floor, too many to count actually, She pushed her blond hair back and her a faint ping.

She was instantly alert, gazing at her computer warily, and noticed the tiny you have mail! icon flashing on her desktop. She jumped of her bed, tripping over the empty laundry basket, hitting her shin. She flew into her chair, sliding across the carpet, before spinning back into place, putting my mouse on the icon.

It blew up, showing my mail box, where a blinking red object appeared. I clicked, and it expanded, showing an email form someone.

From: Seaweedbrain

To: Athenagrl

Subject: Whoa.

I. . .wow. . .I. . . um. . . ok. Well then, seeing that you are coming to New York, Central Park, 5 o'clock, tomorrow. I was thinking of spending the day with rachel, JK ;), But this is way more important.

I can't really follow up on that amazing speak of showing your undying love for me, as I am a seaweed brain, but I'll try.

I love you. ;p

-Percy

P.S. noticed how I can spell good? Spell check, my new friend.

Annabeth sighed, her face growing warm, knowing that she was going on a date with her favorite person. Finally. now for her outfit. . . Nah, She thought to herself, Percy likes me the way I am, I should just be normal for once, He would want that.

Annabeth fell back into her chair, feeling like the top of the world. Knowing, that everything, no matter what, would turn out, all right.