An Apple A Day
Annabeth's POV
She'd been really busy lately; redesigning Camp half-Blood was a lot of work. She knew she'd been neglecting Percy, his puppy eyes each night when asking her to go for a walk on the beach told her that much. But he was busy too, being the top hero of the century makes a guy a little popular. Which made it really hard for the both of them to have any time together.
Annabeth knew that the older Aphrodite girls were zoning in on him. After all at twenty two years old he was even hotter than he had been at seventeen; in Hazels words he'd looked like a god, now it was even more so. Every time Annabeth turned around some new demibeauty was draping herself over him. For his part Percy did his best to not give them reason to flirt, but Aphrodite girls will be what they are.
So here they were at dinner, she was working, and he was talking. She didn't mean to be working right then, this was their anniversary after all. But she really had to finish this set of blueprints so that they could begin construction on a demigod Museum; completely her idea by the way. She was sitting there with her lap top working with the architect program completely oblivious to the world around her.
Although she wasn't oblivious to the growling of her stomach. She hadn't eaten much all day, she'd been too engrossed. She sighed as she felt the hunger pains increase, she half looked up and spotted Percy by the food and half smiled. "Hey Percy can you grab me something to eat? Just a little fruit?" She asked turning back to her work.
Percy was talking with Jason about something, they were planning out some Demigod games to help build friendships between the Romans and the Greeks. He didn't even look up or pause his conversation; he simply grabbed a shiny perfect apple and tossed it into the air to Annabeth. The second the apple left his hand the entire pavilion went silent. Annabeth caught it without looking and then turned to take a bite and paused.
"Percy to remember when I said throwing an apple at a girl in Greek tradition is considered a proposal?" She asked nervously looking over at him after looking at the apple for a moment longer. She was surprised to find him watching her with a huge smile.
"Yeah Wise girl I do. You want the ring that goes with it?" He asked coming to stand in front of her. She stared at him in shock, her mouth hanging open as she clutched the apple to her chest. Percy knelt down on one knee in front of her and pulled out a box. "Figured I'd better do it both ways, to bring together the two worlds we live in." He said taking one of her hands away from the apple, he kiss the top of it lightly and then held it with a smile.
"So Annbeth Chase, daughter of Athena, my Wise Girl….Will you marry me?" He asked giving her another winning smile. Annabeth couldn't believe this was happening, a smile slowly lifted her mouth and she slowly took a bite of the apple as she push her ring finger through the ring Percy was holding out to her. She tried to eat her bite of apple quickly but Percy was impatient and pulled her for a deep kiss.
He smirk as he pulled away, pulling her into his arms and wrapping her tightly with them. "I always like the taste of apple." He said nuzzling her ear before giving her another softer kiss. She buried her nose in his shirt as she lifted her arms and wrapped them around his neck. "I love you seaweed brain." She said tangling her fingers in his hair. "I love you too Wisegirl." He said softly and kissed the side of her jaw. Just then the pavilion broke into cheers. "Okay guys you know what to do!"
Clarissa and a group of Ares kids lifted them both up and carried them to the lake, and once more it was the best underwater kiss ever.