Olympic Percy

Year: 2009

Percy chuckled to himself as he looked at the letter in his hand. It was his dream. He could do this. It was only three years. He looked out at the waves of the atlantic ocean roll in and out of the shoreline. He heard footsteps behind him. He then heard a sigh and felt a pair of hands cover his eyes. He smiled and turned around to face his girlfriend of two years, Annabeth.

"hey, seaweed brain. What are you thinking about? You haven't moved from that position for an hour. Are you ok?"

He looked at her and nodded before slowly picking her up and setting her on his lap. "I'm fine. I have something to say to you. Before you find out from someone else."

Annabeth sat up straight and looked him in the eyes. "what is it?"

"ummm. Remember how we talked about going to the same college this year?" Annabeth hesitated and nodded. "well, I can't. I was accepted to go somewhere else."

Annabeth sighed with relief. "oh thank gods!"

Percy looked at her confused. "what?"

"I have something to tell you, too." Percy motioned for her to continue. "I was accepted into the college of my dream."

Percy raised his eyebrows, "really?"

"mm-hmm. But there's a catch." she bit her lip.

"there is also a catch for me. I think I should go first."

"why not me. I'm the one that mentioned the catch."

"but my catch is bigger."

"I'm pretty sure mine is bigger than yours." Annabeth pointed out.

"I seriously doubt it." Percy argued.

The two bickered on until Annabeth finally stopped and said, "how about we say it at the same time."

Percy nodded. "ok. 1...2...3...-"

"I'm going to greece!" "I'm going to London!"

They both look at one another and annabeth asks, "you're going to London? Why?"

"I'm going to compete in the 2012 Olympics. The 200 meter men's medley. And the 100 meter breast stroke."

"oh." she looked surprised but she smiled at him.

He looked at her sadly and said, "so you're going to Greece?"

She nodded. "I'm going to study Greek architecture in Greece and I have an aunt that lives there and I'm going to stay with her. I'm all set to go. I'm sorry I didn't tell you earlier, I just didn't want this to change anything. I want to hang out like we still have tomorrow. You know what I mean?"

He nodded sadly. "so can you make it to the games or is it just my parents and Tyson?"

She looked up at him and said truthfully "I'll try my hardest. I need to look up how to get tickets."

Percy smiled brightly and handed her two pieces of paper and she gasped. "they sent me three tickets and I bought four more so I have a few left. My dads just going to show up. He's an Olympian so he can just walk in. I've only used five tickets so far."

"who else are you going to bring?" annabeth asked curiously.

"umm... I don't know. Thalia, and Nico."

"ok. Why'd you just give me two tickets?"

"so you can bring someone."

She smiled and hugged him. "thanks. But as I said, I'll try. If I can't come, I'll give my tickets to someone else."

He nodded and frowned. He really wanted his girlfriend there to cheer him on. He was sure to win since he is the son of Poseidon. But he wanted her there for support. He walked her to her apartment. They both lived close to camp and have their own places to live. He has a house and she has an apartment. She leaned in and kissed him deeply. "I love you, Percy."

He smiled, "I love you, Annabeth. When do you leave?"

"next week. You?"

"two days." he said sheepishly.

She smacked him over the head and he winced and grabbed his head in more surprise than pain. "and you told me this today?!"

"I'm sorry. I was nervous." Percy said.

She sighed and said, "I'll be at your place tomorrow at 9:00am to help you pack. And I'll see you off." she hugged him for a long time and stepped back. She smiled a tearful smile at him and stepped inside her apartment.