Knock, Knock.

Annabeth ignored the knocking on the door. It was Christmas Eve's, and of course, she was spending it alone. God, what did I do to deserve this? Of course, while all her friends were with family and friends, she was stuck in her little apartment. All of her friends were in another state for family, and her father recently passed away, and her mother was still mourning about the death. Annabeth was still too upset about the death, and of course, it just had to happen two weeks before Christmas. Her younger brothers were either with their girlfriends, or with her mother, too mourning the death. Of course, Annabeth was upset, but she decided she would go to visit her mother tomorrow on Christmas, and also deciding that she wanted to relax in her apartment with—don't think about him. It'll only make you more upset, Annabeth scolded herself.

Now, you may be wondering, Percy? Well, honestly, Annabeth tried texting him and calling him, but the connection failed with the snowy blizzard dancing in the air outside. Of course, a white Christmas. Annabeth thought to herself. Gosh, how she wished to spend time with Percy. Percy & Annabeth were best friends, but sadly, they were not going out. Of course, they were completely oblivious to each other's feelings. But, some people thought that they didn't want to go out because they thought that a relationship was going to destroy their beautiful friendship, but that was not true. To some outsiders though, it seemed like they were going out, a married couple even because on Annabeth's 18th birthday, Percy gave her and himself friendship rings, and on the back, it said Percy & Annabeth. They never took off the – knock, knock. Again, her thoughtsinterrupted by the knocking of the door, again. Willing to take a risk, Annabeth tiptoed to the door and bit her lip. Opening it, she found an extremely tall man with a scarf wrapped around his face, with only the sea-green eyes showing through.

Annabeth screamed bloody murder.

"AHHHHHHHH!" She quickly grabbed the nearest object, which happened to be a huge textbook, and was about to throw it, when the anonymous person pulled off the scarf and revealed his face. He quickly stole the textbook, and his amazing, signature grin appeared on his clear face.

"Miss me, Wise Girl?" Percy Jackson said, winking. Annabeth couldn't believe it. Then, snapping out of her reverie, she smiled a huge smile. Not saying a word, she hugged Percy for all that he was worth. He picked her up, and twirled her around. Annabeth couldn't take the grin off her face.

"Percy Jonathon Jackson, why haven't you answered my texts and calls?" She faked scolded, trying to keep the smile off her face. Percy faked gasped.

"Did you just say my middle name?" He said, raising an eyebrow.

"Maybe I did, maybe I didn't..." she said, crossing her arms. Percy raised both of his eyebrows, and without warning, threw Annabeth over his shoulder effortlessly. She squealed.

"PERCY JACKSON! PUT ME DOWN THIS ISTANT!" She yelled, punching his back with her fists.

He just chuckled.

He ran around the whole apartment, until he too was out of breath, and finally ran to her room, gently laying her down on the bed. He looked around her apartment, until he found something he has never seen before.

"When was this?" He asked, not remembering. The camera was focused on him, and he was turned slightly to the side, his brooding, sea-green eyes looking at Annabeth next to him, and she was smiling at him. In the background, there was a beach, a magnificent sunset in the sky, the clouds a beautiful pinkish colour.

"Remember? My 18th birthday, you took me to the beach," Annabeth said, coming up next to him. She smiled, remembering the beautiful day. A flash of realization appeared on his face and he nodded. They just stood next to each other, staring at the picture.

"Ugh, I'm going to go change into my pyjamas," Annabeth said nervously, breaking the silence, because she was sure she felt something. She hurried away, grabbing her stuff, and went in the bathroom. Percy frowned a little, and Annabeth wasn't the only one who felt that... thing. Percy looked around at all the other pictures, and he noticed that all the pictures were of him and Annabeth, nobody else. One picture caught his eye, though.

It was of Annabeth, of a rose in her hair, smiling in the camera. Percy loved this picture so much, and her hair was done in a cute, mess of curls, and there was a beautiful spark in her eyes.

"Rose: the flower of love," Percy said absentmindedly to himself. Then, he felt a shiver and a spark down his neck and he had to bite his lip to keep from gasping.

"You took that picture, it was the same day," Annabeth suddenly appeared behind him. Her hair was in a messy ponytail, and she was wearing a plain shirt with Percy's basketball shorts. Percy raised his eyebrows at the shorts. She just smiled.

"You know where your stuff is. Hey, do you want me to put some movies in the TV?" she asked.

"Pearl Harbour," Percy said. Annabeth nodded, and walked out of the room. You see, since Percy comes over so often, he ends up putting some of his clothes in her drawers for when they hang out or when he sleeps over.

Finally, Percy thought, taking out the little present for Annabeth and hiding it underneath one of the shirts. Tomorrow... tomorrow he would do—

"Percy, it's on!" Annabeth's sweet voice yelled from the living room. Quickly changing his clothes to a t-shirt and pyjama pants, he ran to the living room and sat on the couch. He grabbed a handful of popcorn from the bowl in Annabeth's lap. He vaguely heard "popcorn stealer."

"Percy, I have a question. Why are you with me instead of spending time with your family?" Annabeth asked, pausing the movie.

"Well, I decided I didn't want to interrupt Mom's and Paul's time together, so I decided I would visit them tomorrow. I came here because I knew you would be alone," Percy answered nonchalantly. Annabeth faintly smiled, and snuggled himself next to him.

So, that's how they spent half the night of Christmas Eve's. They watched the fantastic movie Pearl Harbour, but Percy was actually watching Annabeth more than the movie. She was so focused on the movie; it was beautiful, to Percy. Her eyes showed the clear emotions whenever there was an interesting event, and he loved how her hair framed her face, and she didn't bother to push it away. Forget it, he loved all the things about her. He turned off the TV when he noticed she fell. Percy gently picked her up in his arms, and carried her to her bedroom, laying her down carefully on the bed. He opened the windows a little and quietly to let some air in the room. After tucking Annabeth in, he climbed in bed with her also. He looked at her, and set a lingering kiss on her cheek.

"Merry Christmas, Wise Girl."

And, they both fell asleep together in each other's arms.

Oh, my. I really hated this, since I didn't expect it to come out like this. Tell me anything about things I should fix and did you like it or hate it? Oh, by the way, this is a two-shot, so I'll possibly have this story, Forever and Always and Lesson: Love updated tomorrow. Love you guys! ;)