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Chapter 1 – Memories of You

Annabeth's POV

"Percy and Annabeth, both of you go in the closet." Silena instructed.

"And we have to stay there for seven minutes?" Percy asked her.

"Yeah, that's why it's called, 'Seven Minutes in Heaven'."

"And we have to do what exactly?" I asked.

"Oh, I don't know, maybe get your first kiss?" Silena teased.

Percy and I got pushed into the closet and were surrounded by darkness. I searched the small dark room for Percy and once I touched his hand, both of us just sank down to the floor.

"So you hadn't had your first kiss?" He spoke softly but enough for me to hear.

He put his arm on my shoulders which was rather normal for the both of us.

"Oh, you hadn't had yours too."

"What makes you so sure?"

"If you did then you would tell me because that's how we are."

So here I am, sitting on the floor of Silena's closet with Percy.

Percy is my best friend. We were best friends ever since we were kids. When I first met Percy, I instantly had a crush on him. We became best friends quickly and as years passed by, the feelings I had for him faded away. Why? Because Percy would never like me and I will never be like those girls who are perfect for him. I saw Percy as a bother, as someone I will never have feelings for, and as a best friend.

"You know what? Let's get this over with." Percy said in the dark.

"What do you mea-"

He didn't give me enough time to finish my question. His lips were on mine, he was kissing me, and I was kissing him back. When we stopped a couple minutes later, I bit my lip and looked away. I felt his hand softly touch my face and made me look back.

"That was a great first kiss I say." I could hear the smile in his voice.

I slowly nodded, still kind of dizzy and overwhelmed with what just happened. I just had my first kiss with my best friend, who I swore to never have feelings for. But the kiss felt so good and so right. No, these feelings are not to be tolerated.

"What was that for?" I asked coolly.

Because I wanted to kiss you. I wanted him to say but instead he said, "To get it out of the way."

"What?"

"To get the first kiss out of the way. So we don't have to worry about who our first kiss will be."

"Good point." I said, leaned back against the wall, and Percy put his arm on my shoulders again.

Percy spoke up a few minutes later, "How about you put you lips like this…?" He trailed off.

I blushed at the thought of kissing him again. We kissed again and it felt right and good. After that, we kept our lips to ourselves but we kept talking.

"Seven minutes are up. Come out guys…but you could stay if you want." Silena laughed.

We waited a couple seconds before leaving the closet. Percy stood up, I held my hands out, he helped me up, and walked back to the group. We sat down on the floor, facing each other. He was giving me a smile as if we had a secret. I felt fuzzy and warm inside.

Oh no. No. No. No.

I must not have feelings for Percy. I swore to myself! And I knew that if I would have feelings for him, I would end up being hurt because he will never feel the same.

One. Two. Three.

Feelings, be gone!

xxxxx

"Annabeth, you have got to help me!" Percy pleaded as he rushed over to my locker.

"Why? What's wrong?"

"You're friends with Rachel, right?"

I gave him a straight face, "Yeah, why?"

"How do you suggest I ask her out?" He smiled at me.

I pursed my lips and thought of a way for my best friend to ask one of my friends out.

"I say that you just ask her. She's the kind of girl who is straight forward."

"So, I just say it straight?" Percy was doubtful.

"Who's the friend here?" I smiled at him.

"Okay. Okay. I'll ask her today."

"Good luck."

"Maybe I shouldn't ask her today. Not today. Maybe tomorrow." He said as he leaned on the locker beside mine.

"No, you do it today. Today. Go. Now! Before the bell rings." I encouraged him and pushed him away.

"Okay. Okay. I'm going." He said as he started walking away from me.

"Good luck!" I called after him.

I smiled to myself because I was happy for Percy. I was happy because he was happy. I closed my locker and walked to my next class.

Later that day, Percy was waiting for me by my locker.

"Hey." I smiled at him and opened my locker to fix my things.

"Hey." He smiled back at me.

I got my books, stuffed them in my bag, and wore my coat and scarf. We walked towards the exit. Percy put his arm on my shoulders.

"So, how did it go?" I asked him.

"She said yes." He said casually.

I looked at him and then smiled widely at him, "That's great! I'm so happy for you. Where are you going to take her?"

"I really don't know. That was what I wanted to talk to you about."

We went to my house, did our homework, ate dinner, and talked and planned his first date.

I'm being a supportive friend here, right?

xxxxx

I was at the mall, in a bookstore to be precise, looking through the bookshelves for good books to read. I was supposed to wait for Percy in front of Burger King but I knew if I wasn't there, he'd immediately go to Barnes and Nobles to look for me.

I saw a baby pink book that had the words, "Something Borrowed," on it's spine. I got the book and read the synopsis at the back of it. I was reading it half-way when somebody covered my eyes.

"I know you would be here." The person whispered in my ear.

I held the book in one hand, removed the hands covering my eyes, and said, "Hey, Percy."

"So what do you have there?" He said, eyeing the book that I was holding.

"Just another book that caught my attention." I said as I put the book back.

"I can buy it for you if you want."

"No, it's fine. C'mon, let's look for that gift for your girlfriend." I said as I pulled him away from the bookshelves.

"Okay, okay." He said and then put his arm on my shoulders.

We went around the mall, looking for the perfect gift for Rachel. They were celebrating their two year anniversary in a couple of days. Percy says that he wants me to tag along. We went to jewelry stores, art shops, and boutiques but Percy wouldn't budge. Now, we were at a toy store looking for none other than, a teddy bear.

"You have been with Rachel for two years and you want to give her a teddy bear? Really, Percy?" I said as he looked at different teddy bears.

"This teddy bear will be special." He smiled at me.

"May I help you, sir?" A staff went near us.

"Do you have teddy bears with recording machine built in?"

"Yes, we do. Please follow me."

We followed the staff and then Percy looked at the different bears that the staff showed. He ended up buying a blue bear.

"Is this a gift for your girlfriend?" The cashier asked Percy as she got the bear.

"Yeah, it is." He smiled at the cashier.

"Your girlfriend will love it."

"Oh, you know my girlfriend?" He was surprised.

"Isn't she your girlfriend?" The cashier pointed at me.

"Oh, no, she's not my girlfriend." Percy said then put his arm on my shoulders, "She's my best friend."

"Well, both of you would look cute together." She smiled at us, making me blush.

After we bought the toy, we left the mall. Percy brought his stepfather's car and I wanted to practice driving so I offered to drive the car and luckily he said yes. I was focusing on the road when Percy said something that almost made me swerve the car.

"I love you."

"Excuse me?" I felt myself blush as I tightened my grip on the steering wheel and my eyes widened.

"I was recording it so when Rachel plays it, she can hear me and know that I loved her." He explained to me.

I loosened my grip on the wheel, let out the breath I was holding, and smiled to myself as Percy kept saying, "I love you," over and over again because he said that he just couldn't get it right.

xxxxx

I rushed back to my dorm and turned on my laptop so it could warm up as I changed my clothes. Once that my clothes were changed, I sat in front of the laptop and logged in to Skype. The moment I was logged in, a window popped up, I agreed and a few seconds later, Percy's face was shown.

"Percy!" I smiled as I saw his smiling face.

"Hey, Annabeth. I've waited half an hour for you."

"Hey! I'm right on time, Mister-I've-waited-half-on-hour-for-you." I stuck my tongue out at him.

He smiled widely at me, "So, how's your day?"

"Like every other day, it was fine but better now because I'm talking to you."

"Is it me or does it seem like you have a crush on me?" He said jokingly.

I scrunched my nose and said, "Well, how about you? How was your day?"

Percy smiled and told me how his day went.

We did this every day. Since I'm studying at Harvard University and Percy is studying at Stanford University, we couldn't be together every day. So what we do is that we video chat with each other every day. We talk for more than an hour, never going less than that. And we would talk about our day, favorite professor and subjects, and our least professor and subjects.

"Hey, Annabeth, there should be a package for you coming any day of this week."

"You sent me something?"

"Yeah." He said while nodding.

"Wait, I'll check the front desk if I have any packages." I said then stood up.

"Wear something decent!" Percy said but I was already about to exit the room.

"This isdecent!" I said then left the room.

I went to the front desk and asked if I had any packages.

"You're in luck. This came in just a while ago." The personnel gave me a package that seems to be from Amazon.

"Thank you." I smiled and went back to my room.

"I got the package." I said as I entered the room and went back to my laptop.

"Open it in front of the laptop; I want to see your reaction." He smiled widely.

I stared at the package for a while and said, "Maybe I'll open it later."

"No, open it now."

"Okay, okay. I'm opening it." I said and ripped the tab off.

I was shocked when I opened the package. Percy bought me an Amazon Kindle 3. It was black and had a plastic covering it. I cautiously held it. It was very light in my hands, also very thin. I carefully held it up so he can see it.

"You bought me an Amazon Kindle 3?" I asked in disbelief.

"Turn it on."

I did what he asked me to do and saw that there was one file. I opened it…he bought me Something Borrowed.

"You bought me a Kindle to buy me Something Borrowed?"

"And, it's on my account so you can buy any book you want and it will be charged to me." He smiled.

I smiled devilishly at him and went to the Amazon store, "Oh look, a book that costs $7. Buy. A book that costs $5. Buy. Ooh, $6. Buy."

"Annabeth, no, I'm on budget!" Percy said while I was having a shopping spree.

"Nah, I'm just kidding. Cool off, Seaweed Brain." I laughed at him.

"Oh, good, because I really thought that you bought a lot."

"Nah, I really bought them. See?" I showed the screen of the Kindle.

"Annabeth." He said cautiously.

"Okay, okay. I'll lay off. Anyway, what's all of this for?"

"For your birthday. Happy Birthday, Wise Girl. I bet you forgot your own birthday because of all the college things."

"Oh yeah, it ismy birthday today." I slowly realized than laughed.

We talked for hours and when the clock struck twelve in the morning, I told Percy that I should better sleep already because I had classes in the morning.

I miss my best friend.

xxxxx

"Happy Valentine's Day!"

I smiled as Katie Gardner, one of my friends in college, greeted me as we passed each other on our way to our classes. She held out a flower that was made from a colored tissue paper.

"Thank you. I'm sorry; I don't have anything for you." I said as I got the flower.

"It's okay, you don't have to give anything. Being a good friend isyour gift."

I smiled at her and we both continued walking to our classes.

I sighed in relief when my class for the day ended. I went to the library to do more research. I got the books I needed, turned on my laptop, and started my research. A couple of hours later, a window popped up, I agreed, and a few seconds later, I saw Percy's smiling face.

"Hey, Percy." I whispered.

"Why are you whispering?"

"If you can see, I'm in the library." I turned my laptop around so he could see the bookshelves and more.

"Again?" He asked once that the laptop was facing me.

"Excuse me, but I'm doing research." I showed him the book.

"Talk about living in the library."

"Oh, whatever. Anyway, where are you?" I said as I noticed that he was trying to hail a cab.

"Sorry, can't answer you. I better go. Continue with your research, Wise Girl." He smiled at me then he was gone.

I sighed and I got the book and continued with my research. About an hour before Percy and I are scheduled to video chat with each other, I left the library. I was walking along the halls when I heard someone singing the song, "Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You." I smiled to myself, happy for the girl who was being serenaded. I continued walking then a guy with blonde hair and blue eyes, who was singing the same song, smiled at me and gave me a blue salvia.

I smiled at him and thanked him even though I have never met this guy before so I stayed and listened to him sing because I didn't want to seem rude. Probably a minute later, another guy appeared. He was singing the same song and he was heading towards me. Once he reached me, he gave me the same kind of flower. Again, I smiled and thanked him. A couple more guys followed and now they were circling around me but the circle wasn't complete. There was a space that was supposed to be for another person.

As they ended the song, I noticed that there was a person standing at the end of the hall. I squinted my eyes to see who it was. When I realized who it was, my eyes widened. I put my bag and the flowers down then ran as fast as I could to the end of the hall. I jumped at the person and hugged him as tight as I could. That person hugged me back also as tight. I didn't want to let go because he might be gone if I did but I let go to see if it was really him. I held his face and smiled. It was really him.

"Why are you crying?" He asked and wiped the tears away.

"Tears of joy. I'm so happy to see you. What are you doing here?"

"I wanted to surprise you."

I hugged him once again. He thanked the group of guys who pretty much serenaded me. One of the guys got my things and gave it to me so I wouldn't have to go there again. He was the first one to serenade me, the one with blonde hair and blue eyes. I thanked him before walking away with Percy.

"Do you have bags?" I asked him as we exited the building.

"Yeah. I left them at the hotel."

I nodded in appreciation, "I know a good restaurant. C'mon."

We were sitting at a restaurant. We just finished our main course and now we we're eating dessert. A huge bowl of ice cream sat on top of the table and we had two spoons. Both of us looked like a couple rather than best friends because we were feeding each other.

"Really, Percy, what are you doing here?" I said as I withdrew my spoon from his mouth.

He thought for a while, "Because I needed to see you so bad."

I gave him a straight face but smiled, "That's given."

"I wanted to see how the Kindle is doing." He said as he fed me.

"It's doing very fine. Thank you very much. What else?"

"Because I have a gift for you waiting at your dorm."

"There's something more, I know so." I eyed him, "Wait, it's Valentine's Day! You're supposed to be with Rachel today."

He sighed then his lips formed into a tight line, "Rachel and I had a big fight."

I wasn't really focused on the reason why they fought, I was focused on making him happy again, "You're supposed to face you problems not run away from them."

"Hey, I had plans of coming here. I mean, I already have a ticket for February 15 and we had a big fight so I said to myself, 'Why not surprise Annabeth on Valentines?' So here I am."

I gave him a straight face, "Percy." I warned.

"C'mon, I missed you and I want to spend Valentines with you." He said as he fed me.

"When are you planning to face your problem?"

"I'm staying here for a week. So I'll be in your hands for the whole seven days." He smiled.

I smiled back at him, "Well, I missed you too."

We finished our ice cream and left the restaurant. I brought Percy to one of my favorite cafés and since today was Valentines they were having a gig. Percy and I sat down on the table, with two cups of hot chocolate on top.

Percy was talking about his scholarship and how he was doing in Stanford while the singer sang different love songs.

"The training is killing me but other than that classes are fine."

I sipped my hot chocolate and smiled at him.

"There was a time when…" He trailed off.

I waited for him to continue but I realized he was listening to the song so I decided to listen too.

"Lucky I'm in love with my best friend." The singer sang.

I looked at Percy and he was looking at me too. After probably a minute of staring at each other, we just laughed. He continued telling his story and I just listened to him.

Lucky is a song that will never have a place in my life.

"Well, I don't have any classes until ten in the morning. You should probably go to your hotel now. I'll bring you there." I said as we exited the café after letting time pass by.

"No, I'llbring you to your dorm. I have a gift waiting for you there."

"Oh yeah, I almost forgot."

Percy hailed a cab; we got in, and headed back to my dorm. I have to admit, I was excited for his gift. Percy paid the fare as we got down.

"What did you get me?" I asked him as we walked towards my dorm, hand in hand.

"I'm not telling you." He smirked at me.

"Give me a clue."

"Nope."

When we arrived, I got really excited. I didn't see anything as we got in the building so I gave him a questioning look. He led me to my room. As soon as I opened the door, I looked around the room and saw my gift on my bed. It was a traveling cage. My eyes widened. I looked at him then the cage and then back at him. He let go of my hand and signalled me to go to the bed. I ran to my bed and opened the cage.

A small dog came out. It was black and brown. It immediately went to my legs and stood up to lick my face. I held it and played with it for a while then looked at Percy.

"What's the dog for?" I asked him.

"So the dog would watch over you and keep you safe while I'm not around." He smiled at me.

"Aw, thank you, Seaweed Brain. What do you suggest I name…him?"

"Hmm…how about you name him, 'Onion'?"

"Onion?" I laughed.

"You asked me for a name and onion popped in my mind."

"Onion it is." I smiled and played with the dog.

"It's a Rottweiler. I hope you'll love him."

"Of course I will." I stood up, carrying the dog, and kissed Percy's cheek.

Percy stayed for a while and we talked about Onion and everything that was going on around us. When it started getting late, Percy decided that he better go. I put on Onion's leash, which Percy also got, and brought Percy to the entrance of the dorm.

"Wait! Pets aren't allowed in the dorm and in the campus!" I said as I realized.

"It's cool, I talked to the dean and he was fine with it. Dad and the dean were high school classmates; they're friends." He explained.

"Oh. Thank you, Percy, for everything."

"So, I'll see you tomorrow."

"Yeah, we'll have lunch tomorrow."

"Lunch? Can't it be earlier?" He whined.

"You want me to miss my classes?"

"But I'll miss you already."

"I'll miss you too but I need to go to my classes."

"Ouch, you just broke my heart."

"You won't be seeing me until lunch not unless you want to sit in."

"Yeah! Maybe I would sit in!" He looked at me excitedly. "What's the class?"

"Constitution of the United States."

"Well, lunch it is."

I laughed, hugged him, and waved goodbye as Percy's cab left.

xxxxx

"Are you coming tomorrow, Percy?" I said to my laptop with Percy's face on it.

"I'm sorry but I can't. I'm terribly sick."

"Well, isn't that ironic? A doctor is terribly sick." I laughed, "Well, get well soon."

We said our good nights and went to bed. I couldn't help but be saddened by the fact that Percy can't attend my graduation.

The next day, I woke up late, which was fine because I didn't have classes anymore. Around after lunch, I started to get ready for the graduation. I wore a dress that Silena gave me a couple years ago. It was a light blue and sleeveless cocktail dress; Calvin Klein rain draped dress to be exact. My hair was in a messy bun and I wore make-up. My shoes were silver Alexander McQueen heart peep toe skull pumps that Silena forced me to buy some years ago.

I went to the venue of the graduation and as I got there, they were already lining up, wearing the toga. I went to my place and wore my toga. The program went on smoothly, no problem or whatsoever. When I went up the stage to say my speech, I was hoping that Percy would magically appear out of nowhere. I scanned the audience before I gave my speech and I saw someone waving at me…someone named Percy.

I smiled widely and said my speech, happily and confidently. Everything was rather a blur after my speech because all that was in my mind was talking to Percy.

As soon as the program ended, I ran to Percy, which was quite hard because of my heels.

"Congratulations, Wise Girl." He said as he hugged me.

"Thank you." I said as I let go of him after a few minutes, "What are you doing here?"

"I can't live with myself knowing that I missed your graduation."

"But I thought you were sick."

"I still am but don't mind that. You finally graduated Law!"

"I still can't believe it, you know."

"After how many years of studying, you finally did it."

I smiled at him and he smiled back but he started coughing.

"C'mon, let's take you home." I said as I rubbed his back.

"No, you go out. Celebrate. I'll stay at the hotel."

"No, I'll go with you."

"You shouldn't stay in with me. I'll probably just get you sick. Go out and celebrate, Wise Girl."

"Then have some extra medicine because I'd have more fun being sick with you rather than celebrate without you."

He smiled at me and gave me his blazer as I removed my toga. We got a cab and I told the cabbie the hotel's address. We went to his room when we got to the hotel. He let me use the bathroom first so I exchanged my dress for Percy's shirt. After I used the bathroom, Percy went in and changed. A few minutes later, he came out only wearing pajama bottoms.

"Come here, Percy. Let's rub some Vicks on you chest."

"But I don't like that!"

"I said come here, Percy. This will make you better."

"Well, catch me." He said then ran away from me.

I ran after him then I tackled him. I was on top of him and opened the container while he squirmed under me. I smiled at him menacingly then rubbed some Vicks on his chest. He pouted at me; I laughed at him, and then stood up.

"Now, turn around so I can rub on some Vicks on your back."

He followed me and turned around. I put on some Vicks on his back.

"Wear your shirt. Drink lots of water and go to bed." I instructed.

Since there was only one bed, we had to share and sleep beside each other. Percy did what I told him to. I sat down on the bed, under the blanket, and watched TV. Percy lied down and a few minutes later, he was snoring. I smiled to myself, played with his hair for a while, and continued watching TV.

Frankly, being with Percy and taking care of him is better than celebrating.

xxxxx

"Annabeth, where's Percy?" Silena whined.

Right now, we're sitting at BLT Steak, waiting for Percy. We have this friends get together every Saturday. This week, I chose the place where we were having dinner and of course since I love Gordon Ramsay, I chose his restaurant.

Silena, Nico, Thalia, the Stoll brothers, and I are sitting at BLT Steak, waiting for Percy.

"I don't know, he's not answering his phone." I said as I put my phone back in my bag.

It was kind of a miracle to have all of them here.

Silena writes for Vogue. She's a regular columnist and she sometimes interviews people. There's no doubt that she's always in style and knows what's in or out. Nico does autopsies and works along with the Stoll brothers. As for the brother's, they are NYPD detectives. They know almost every case of murder, suicide, or homicide in New York City. Thalia is a journalist and a columnist for the New York Times. I'm a defense lawyer and Percy is a doctor.

"Of all the time to be late, Percy chooses to be late right now." Silena complained.

I looked at the door and that moment, I saw Percy come in.

"Percy's here." I announced.

Percy removed his coat and walked to our table with a huge smile on his face. He sat down, his smile still unfaltering.

"Why are you late?" Thalia asked angrily.

"I asked Rachel to marry me." Percy simply stated.

There was a chorus of what's and how's but the one I heard the loudest was, "What did she say?"

He sighed, smiled widely, and said, "She said yes."

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