This whole story is Percy´s POV.

Percy´s POV

"Race you to the road?" I said.

"You are so going to lose." She took off down Half- Blood Hill and I sprinted after her.

For once, I didn´t look back.

I ran down the hill, but I knew that she hated to win. So I slowed down my pace and caught up with her.

We were both wheezing. I took a close look at her and I realized how beautiful she was. With her blond hair falling over her eyes. Instinctively, my hand brushed it off. She blushed.

"You so let me win, Seaweed Brain." Annabeth started. I grinned.

"No I didn´t." I took her hand in mine and pulled her close. " I mean, I understand that I´m an incredibly good athlete, and you may be just a tad jea-"

"You wish." She pulled away. At least she was laughing.

I put my hands on her neck and brought her close for a kiss. I figured there was no good reason to stop. I only stopped when I heard a car honk. I turned right to see Paul and my mom waiting for me in Paul´s Prius. It looked pretty good, considering a few weeks ago it had hoove marks on its hood.

Annabeth jogged towards the car. "Hi Ms Jackson, Hi Paul."

"Hey Annabeth, I heard you were staying in New York." My mom said. She was pretty cool about everything, and if she saw that last scene, she had a pretty good guess of wether we were together.

"Yeah, it´s a boarding school over at the Upper East Side. As soon as I get to New York I´ll head over there for orientation." Annabeth said.

"How are you getting there?" asked Paul. My mom looked at her curiously as if she was wondering the same thing.

"I was kind of hoping you guys could help me with that, I told my dad I´d find my way there, he hesitated, so I sort of told him I was going with Percy." She looked at me innocently. Gods, how did I ever get a girl like Annabeth to like me?

"Of course honey, get in the car, let´s waste no time!" She buckled her seat belt again. Paul unlocked the back doors.

"Well, are you coming?" She asked me.

I smiled. "Definitely."