Here I was, thinking I would get a break. Man was I wrong.
It was a beautiful summer afternoon. Everything was perfect. It was hard to believe that just last week was the end of the huge war I had been preparing for since I was twelve and now I was sixteen.
My girlfriend, Annabeth, was coming to the beach with me which was the one place I felt at home other than camp. I had just gotten my driver's license so I could go pick her up at camp. She stayed a little longer this year at camp so we could be together and closer. She told me on the phone last night that she had big news to tell me and I pretty much stayed up the whole night trying to think of it. Was it good, was it bad, I didn't know because Annabeth was always this unpredictable.
I said bye to my mom and took Paul's car (he said it was okay, I'm not a thief). I pulled into camp and I couldn't believe I have already missed this place. It looked the same but not many campers were there. Annabeth wasn't just waiting for me on the hill so what the heck, I went in.
I sprinted up the hill and slammed into Grover. I didn't think he was still here! We high-fived and I told him I was here to get Annabeth and he said, "O yeah, she told me you were coming to get her." We said bye but I had a feeling it wouldn't be for very long which I was pretty happy about. Me and grover have been best friends forever so I loved seeing him.
Then I saw a man slow jogging up the hill in a leopard print jog suit. It could only be one bratty god. Mr.D came up and said, " If it isn't my favorite little camper, Peter Johnson. What the heck are you doing here? Trying to ruin my day?" I gave him a dirty look and then replied, "You would think that you would be a little nicer to me after all of these years but then I remembered it was you. O yeah, and for the last time, it's Percy Jackson . . . sir." He looked at me and said, "You heroes are all the same. None of you will get special treatment from me, even if you did help Olympus."
After my little chat with Mr.D, I went to cabin 3, my home. I was surprised when I saw Chiron sitting on one of the bunks. He looked at me with surprise and said, "Hello, Percy. You already miss us?" We both chuckled. I told him I was here to get Annabeth and he said," Oh, yes. Annabeth has been talking about your little date ever since you left." I said, "Really? Oh well . . ." Chiron laughed and said, "Oh . . . Young love." If it hadn't been for Annabeth bursting in from the door, me and Chiron would have probably continued this awkward chat.
Annabeth looked great. She wore a pink bathing suit with her orange Camp Half-Blood T-shirt and white shorts over it. Her hair was pulled back with a headband which was a new look for her but I thought everything looked good on her. She was a lot tanner than me and wore the blue silk string with gray owl bead bracelet I got her to symbolize Poseidon, the blue sting, and Athena, the gray owl beads, coming together. She loved it which made me happy.
She yelled, "Oh my gods, Seaweed Brain! Where have you been! I have been waiting by the car!" I then ran up to her and gave her a huge hug. She blushed and leaned in to kiss me when Chiron said, "Not in the cabins, please! Go outside. I remember when you two couldn't even stand each other and look at you now! O my, you kids have grown up! I will be in the Big House so before you two leave, please come say good-bye!" We told him we would and we all were laughing. It was true. Me and Annabeth have been best friends for awhile and we would get into so many little fights . . . but Chiron was right. Look at us now. We were a couple. I never thought this relationship would come. I can't say I never wanted to be a couple before or thought about it but now this was real.
Me and Annabeth went outside and continued where we left off. She said, "I missed you." And I replied, "Its only been a week," and she looked at me really sadly and I continued, "but I've missed you too." We both laughed and kissed and hugged. You know, the normal couple stuff. We went to the big house and said good-bye to Chiron and Mr.D which seemed to make him happy. He had a nice smile that I have never seen before.
We headed over to the car and got into it. I put the keys in when Annabeth told me to stop. I did and I asked why. She said, "I don't know, just a weird thought. Sorry, keep going." I gave her a kiss on the check and she forgot about the thought she had that seemed like it wasn't pleasant. I drove out of camp wondering what that was about.
