PERCY's POV

I sat in my dorm room at UCLA, camera setup, guitar in hand. I was playing a song that I wrote and was planning to post in on Youtube. You see, I moved out to LA a year ago to go to my dream school, UCLA. I'm originally from NYC, and all of my friends went to NYU. Me however, UCLA had always been the school for me. I left behind my best friends, Nico, Thalia, Grover and Annabeth.

Annabeth was by far the hardest, and she was part of the reason I had to leave. Let me explain;

I was sitting at my computer looking at my internet browser. I had acceptance letters from both NYU and UCLA pulled up. I've been like this for nearly two hours, still completely undecided. One one hand, NYU was where all my friends would be. I'd be close to my mom, and I'd be in place I'd been all my life. On the other hand, UCLA presented a new opportunity. A chance to explore a new city, make new friends, do everything I couldn't in New York. But something - No someONE - was holding me back. Annabeth Chase. I had been best friends with her for as long as I could remember. And around age 13, I started to develop feelings for her. At first, it was nothing more than an innocent crush. That changed however, back to now, I am 100% certain that i'm in love with her. She's the reason i'm even considering NYU.

I'm broken out of my thoughts to a text from her. I look, and what I see breaks my heart and makes my decision clear as day. It's a picture of her, kissing the cheek of my good friend Luke. Under it it says "Look who asked me out!". I feel betrayal to the highest level. Luke was the only person I told my feelings towards annabeth to. And he went and asked her out?! I was livid. I sent a half hearted "Contratz!:)" and accepted my letter to UCLA.

So here I am, one year after that fateful day. Singing a song I wrote about her to a camera to post it to the world. Only Hoping somewhere, somehow, she'd see it.

ANNABETH'S POV

It's been a year since my best friend left. About 5 months ago I broke it off with Luke, mainly because I found him eating Drew's face off. It was about that time when I first went onto youtube and decided to just explore. I typed covers in the search bar and what I found shocked me. There he was, Percy Jackson, my best friend, covering a song by Ed Sheeran. Immediately I began to listen, and was floored by his voice. I had no idea he could sing that well! I made a youtube channel and subscribed to him. I made the username my nickname. Only he would know it was me.

That brings us to today, I got a notification saying he had posted. I looked at the title and was immediately drawn in. Percy had never done an original before. I clicked on it and his voice immediately rang out.

"Hey guys! Today i'm singing a song I wrote about a girl I used to know. We haven't talked in a while and I'm putting this out there hoping that somehow she sees it. So here it goes. This is When you're ready.

Maybe I had too many drinks

But that's just what I needed

I hope that you don't think that what I'm saying sounds conceited

When I look across the room, and you're staring right back at me

Like somebody told a joke and we're the only ones laughin'

Don't know why I tried

'Cause ain't nobody like you

Familiar disappointment every single time I do

Every single night my arms are not around you

My mind's still wrapped around you

Baby, tell me when you're ready

I'm waitin'

Baby, any time you're ready

I'm waitin'

Even ten years from now

If you haven't found somebody

I promise, I'll be around

Tell me when you're ready

I'm waitin'

What if my dad is right

When he says that you're the one

No, I can't even argue

I won't even fight him on it

Call you when it's late

And I know that you're in bed

'Cause I'm three hours back

Seems like you're always six ahead

Don't know why I tried

'Cause ain't nobody like you

Familiar disappointment every single time I do

Every single night my arms are not around you

My mind's still wrapped around you

Baby, tell me when you're ready

I'm waitin'

Baby, any time you're ready

I'm waitin'

Even ten years from now

If you haven't found somebody

I promise, I'll be around

Tell me when you're ready

I'm waitin', yeah

And if I have to, I'll wait forever

Say the word and I'll change my plans

Yeah, you know that we fit together

I know your heart like the back of my hand

So baby, tell me when you're ready

I'm waitin'

Baby, any time you're ready

I'm waitin'

Even ten years from now

If you haven't found somebody

I promise, I'll be around

Tell me when you're ready

I'm waitin', yeah

Baby, tell me when you're ready

I'm waitin'

Baby, any time you're ready

I'm waitin', oh

Even ten years from now

If you haven't found somebody

I promise, I'll be around

Tell me when you're ready

I'm waitin', I'm waitin'

"Well guys, that was it! I hope you enjoyed!" He finished

I stared at the screen. There's no way. He must have thought I was still with luke. This song was almost surely about me. I didn't think that at first, but the line about the timezones gave it away. When he first moved out there, we tried to skype. The problem was that he got off classes at 9pm his time, that was midnight for me. I was always asleep. After that we just stopped trying. I had tears in my eyes. I have always harbored feelings for him, as long as I could remember, and here was, holding his heart in his hands for me and only me. I knew I couldn't pass this up. So I sent him a text. One that would change our lives for the better.

PERCY'S POV

I woke up the morning after I posted the video to a text from Annabeth. I opened it, and my heart jumped so high I think it landed on the moon. I immediately went online and booked a flight home.

What did that text say, you may ask?

"I'm ready"