Hey y'all! Athena's cabin welcomes you to another trip with our beloved Percy Jackson and his crew. It's going to be much different to my first fic 'Come what may', but will refer to it occasionally, so I suggest you read it before reading this, just to be able to understand certain parts. A special thank you to percabeth-atic-hehe, who gave me such an inspiring review, that despite all my homework (seriously, the pile grows as I write. It almost reaches the ceiling now...) I started to write another fic and to Daughter Of Poseiden, who gave the idea for this story! Pretty much Percabeth, but we'll see another love story developing... If you have read my other fic you might even guess who's love story it might be!

My very sad mission is to inform you, that despite how much I wanted, I do NOT own PJO. It's still Rick Riordan's property.

Okay, that's enough babbling. Enjoy, darlings!


Percy's POV

"Percy, hurry up! You're going to be late, honey!" I heard mom shout from the kitchen.

She had a point. I had been preparing for hours now and I'd soon have to leave if I wanted to be there in time.

What's going on? Well, on my first day at Goode (which wasn't even a real school day, but an orientation) mine and Annabeth's movie plans were trashed by she-demons and Rachel Elizabeth Dare. Now, two years after that incident, Annabeth and I had decided to give it another go.

I was excited. I hadn't seen her in weeks. When the summer had come to its end, and I went to start my junior year at Goode, Annabeth had gone to her all-girls school and had spent all her free time making drafts for Olympus. They were still unfinished. Annabeth wanted everything to be perfect.

So yeah, I was excited to see her again. I had missed her more than ever. Last summer had changed our lives permanently. I still couldn't believe our parents had actually given us their blessing. She was mine to love.

"Percy, darling! You have to go!" mom yelled again.

I took a look at my watch, which said I had two minutes before I should be in the car. I jumped at how long I had spent in my room and bathroom preparing for our date. I'd brushed my teeth extra-carefully and tried (emphasis on the word 'try') to make my hair look neat. After trying on millions of clothes, I had chosen to wear a button-down light blue shirt and black jeans. I didn't want to be overdressed, but I wanted to look smart for my girl.

I ran to say goodbye to mom and Paul, who smiled at my enthusiasm, and then I sprinted out of our apartment, down the stairs and in my brand new car, which mom and Paul had given me for my seventeenth birthday. I loved the car. It was a Volvo C30, which Paul's friend, who was very good with cars, had painted blue and it had a silver trident on the hood. It was awesome.

It took a good twenty minutes to get to the Empire State Building. I would pick Annabeth up from there and give her a ride to the movie theater. She was working on her designs on Olympus today. I stopped the car in front of the tower. I was there just in time. I didn't have to wait more than ten seconds before I saw a tall girl come out of the building, holding a black Converse bag, her blonde, curly hair let loose. My girl. I felt a jolt in my stomach and my heart started to dance tarantella.

"Nice ride, Seaweed Brain," Annabeth smiled as she opened the shotgun door and climbed in.

I couldn't do anything but grin. I had almost forgotten how breathtakingly beautiful she was.

"Earth calling Percy!" Annabeth laughed and waved her hand before my eyes.

"Sorry, I just..." I mumbled.

Annabeth leaned toward me and pressed her lips on mine. Suddenly my brain started to work faster. I could remember what I'd planned to say to her. But I didn't care about it now.

I stroked Annabeth's smooth hair and secured her face to mine. Her lips moved from my lips to my jaw and ventured up to my ear.

"It's good to see you," she said and pulled away.

"You too, Annabeth," I said and took her hand in mine.

"We'd better get going or we'll miss the film," Annabeth reminded me and I started the car.

The ride to the movie theater was too short in my opinion. I loved those moments, when I had Annabeth all to myself. I wish every moment would be one of those. During the ride we caught up with each other. I had basically nothing to say, since school was boring and nothing had happened to me since we'd last seen each other. Annabeth on the other hand had a lot to tell me. Her grey eyes lit as she described all the complicated structures she had designed and the new 3-D design course she had taken up at school.

As usual, I understood nothing about the architectural terms she used, but I didn't mind. I loved listening to her talk.

I parked the car on the movie theater parking lot and got out of the car. I went to Annabeth's side of the car and wrapped my arm around her waist as we started to walk toward the entrance.

"Two to Inception, please," I said to the middle-aged man in the ticket booth.

I had let Annabeth pick the movie. I should have known she would choose something complicated and mind stimulating.

We bought some popcorn and went to our seats. Luckily we had gotten pretty good seats and we could actually see the screen. You know those times when some really tall guy sits in front of you and you can't possibly see anything and after the movie has ended you are left wondering what the movie was about? Yeah, it more or less sucks.

Before the movie started Annabeth and I concentrated on only each other. The room was dimly lit and we took advantage of it. Our lips moved in sync against each other. Annabeth's both hands were in my hair, tugging my face closer to hers. My hands caressed her face and neck. It was then when I realized how much I had missed her during the past weeks.

When the opening credits started to play, our kiss broke.

"I've missed you, Percy," Annabeth whispered and leaned her head against my shoulder. I kissed her hair.

"Me, too," I said.

The movie was actually pretty good. I didn't get most of it, but the parts I understood were great. We especially enjoyed the character Ariadne, who was an architect (I laughed my ass off in the theater when I went to see Inception. My friends didn't understand the joke though...). Annabeth was ecstatic about the worlds of dream she created.

After the film Annabeth started to babble about the structures she'd found in the movie she could actually develop and use in her designs.

"So, what shall we do now?" she finally asked when we had reached my car.

"Hmm, dunno. Any ideas?" I said.

"I don't mind. But I'd rather do something with you," she said and touched my nose with the tip of her index finger. I laughed heartily and kissed her quickly.

"How about going to my place? Mom is dying to see you," I suggested.

"Sure!" Annabeth said and we climbed into the car.

I was quite nervous. Mom hadn't seen Annabeth since we'd officially started dating and I wasn't sure how mom would react. Don't get me wrong, she adores Annabeth. I just couldn't know what she would say. Would she giggle and pull stupid jokes? Would she go all 'oh, just call me Mom'? I couldn't tell. And I had no idea what Paul would do. He hadn't seen Annabeth. I had talked of her at home, of course, so basically he knew who Annabeth was, but he'd never met her in person. I had some minor butterflies in my stomach and they grew along the way to our apartment.

"Are you alright, Percy?" Annabeth asked when I parked the car in front of our house. She cocked her head to the side slightly.

"Yeah, why?" I asked. My voice sounded high-pitched.

"You're sweating bullets," she said and took my hand in hers and traced soothing circles on the back of my hand.

"Well, I'm actually pretty nervous," I said.

Annabeth laughed.

"Why in Hades, Seaweed Brain? Your mom has seen me before!" she said.

"Yeah, but not as my girlfriend," I noted.

Annabeth ruffled my hair.

"You're silly. Let's go," she said and got out of the car. I followed her in the house and up the stairs to our door.

Behind my front door we stopped. I looked at Annabeth.

"I love you, you know that?" I said and pulled her closer to me by her waist. She pressed her forehead against mine.

"Yup. It's nice to hear it, though. I love you, too," she replied and sealed the statement with a kiss.


Annabeth's POV

We stayed quite a while behind Percy's door, kissing. I hadn't seen him in weeks and I can't even describe how happy I was to get him back. I had missed him so much. Everything of him: his cute face with sea green eyes, that couldn't see anything, particularly people's feelings, his voice saying my name and telling he loved me, his arms around me, his scent I got to inhale every time he held me and I snuggled to his chest, his lips on mine, sometimes rough, sometimes soft, but always so loving. Him, just being there for me whenever I needed him.

After gods know how many minutes of kissing I broke the kiss. Despite loving Percy and wanting to kiss him all the time, I was curious about how Percy was going to present me as his girlfriend to his mother and Paul.

"You ready, Seaweed Brain?" I asked and raised my eyebrow.

"No way. Let's go," Percy said and opened the door.

"Hey! I'm home!" he yelled as we stepped in.

Sally came to the kitchen door and smiled widely.

"Hello, Annabeth!" she said and walked to us to give me a hug.

I had always liked Percy's mom. She was just the kind of mother I would've wanted when I was a kid. Just the one I never had.

Paul appeared in the living room and greeted us with a smile. This was the first time I saw him in person. From what I'd heard of him, he seemed nice. He even looked cool. Sort of movie star-like.

"Great to see you again, Mrs. Jacks... errm, Blofis," I said, remembering, that Sally and Paul had recently got married.

Sally smiled.

"You too, darling. It's nice to see you are alive and kicking," she said.

"Mmhm," I said. I wasn't sure what to say. Percy was staring awkwardly at his toes.

"So... I hear there's something new with you two," Sally said, looking back and forth from me to Percy.

That was when Percy pulled himself together and raised his stare from his feet.

"Yeah, errm... Mom and Paul, I'd like you to meet... well you've met her before, but you know what I mean... In any case, my girlfriend," he said, blushing. I took his hand in mine.

If it hadn't been considered unorthodox in that situation, I would've laughed at Percy's stuttering. He was so cute when he tried to be the perfect boyfriend, which he was even when he didn't try to be one. I enjoyed watching his effort, though. It made me feel special.

Paul stepped forward, offering his hand for me to shake. I shook his hand.

"I'm glad Percy has found someone as bright as you, Annabeth. From what I've heard, you're just the person to keep him out of trouble," he said, grinning.

"That's going to be a full-time job, but I will try," I replied.

Percy made a face of dramatic outrage.

"Percy, honey. You have to admit you are quite trouble prone," said Sally.

We all laughed, including Percy. Everyone knew how easily he got into sticky situations.

When the formal part of 'meeting the parents' was over, Sally invited me to stay over for dinner. Paul, who was apparently a good cook had made pizza. I was delighted, of course. Being with Percy's family was always been something I enjoyed. It felt like being at home, but in a different way than at camp, where I considered my home to be.

After dinner Percy and I went to his room. It hadn't changed a bit since I'd last been there. And it was messy. Percy seemed ashamed of himself.

"Sorry about the mess," he said when I sat on his bed. "I wasn't prepared for special guests."

"I'm a 'special guest'?" I asked.

"You are the most special ever," said Percy and he sat beside me, touching my arm with his hand. His touch sent shivers down my spine.

Over the summer I had realized how much I actually loved Percy. Just before summer had ended I had discovered a completely new way how he appealed to me. It was different of all things I'd ever felt: want. The feeling had frightened me at first. I didn't want to submit to my own lust and jeopardize our relationship, but I couldn't help myself; when I was with Percy, I more or less lost myself to him. His every touch made me burn inside and want more. I wasn't sure if he had a similar feeling, but I started to think we should talk about it. About what we wanted.

I looked at Percy. He was looking at me with an absentminded smile on his face.

"What?" I asked him.

Percy blinked.

"Oh, nothing," he said.

"Seriously, you were just staring at me," I said. I knew him too well to believe he was thinking about nothing.

"I like looking at you," Percy said. "You are the most amazing girl ever."

I blushed. I always did when Percy complimented me.

"You're not that bad either," I said and shifted closer to him.

I leaned my head on Percy's shoulder. He had grown taller than me, which I knew he was a bit smug of. I had always been taller than him and it had bugged him.

I inhaled the scent of his skin and sighed of contentment.

"Since when did you use perfume?" I asked and pressed my lips on Percy's throat.

I planted little kisses up his neck all the way to his lips. He smiled.

"Since now. I decided to put some effort in tidying myself up for you," he said and pulled me on his lap so that I faced him.

Our lips met again and my fingers wound into Percy's hair. His hands rubbed my back.

Immediately an electric current started to flow through my body. My brain seemed to unhinge and start spinning around in my head. I felt a tugging sensation in my lower stomach.

I wrapped my legs around Percy's waist. He pulled me closer to his body. Gods, I was lost again.

Suddenly Percy let out a small groan and slowly pulled his face away from mine.

"What's wrong?" I asked him. This wasn't something he did often. Had I done something wrong?

"No, no, Annabeth. It's just that... well..." Percy said and blushed scarlet.

"What? Percy, we are supposed to be able to talk about things," I said, unwrapped my legs from his waist and sat beside him on the edge of his bed.

"Tell me," I said as softly as I could.

My heart was beating wildly. What if there was something wrong with me? What if I had gone too far and he didn't want me? I mentally slapped myself. It wasn't normal for me to be so unsure of myself. Falling in love had changed me a lot. I wasn't sure if I liked it, but I loved Percy and I wouldn't change that for the world.

"Um, it's pretty weird," he said. That made me suspicious. What could be in his mind?

"I can handle weird," I said, trying to keep my face straight. "You're worrying me."

"Okay, here's the thing: you drive me crazy. I only can think about you. I'm afraid I can't stop myself if I go too far with you."

Okay, now the subject was on the table. But I didn't know what to say.

"I know, I'm a perverted creep," Percy said. He wasn't looking at me anymore.

I turned his face toward me. I could tell he felt ashamed of himself. Silly thing. He wasn't the only one getting carried away.

"That works the other way round too, you know," I said and smiled slightly. "Whenever you touch me... well..." I shrugged. "I can't help it. So you might be a perverted creep, but you're my perverted creep and I wouldn't have it any other way."

"So... What are we going to about it?" Percy asked. "I don't want to risk us. I don't want to hurt you."

"Don't worry, Percy. We have known each other for years and we can talk about things. Besides, I'm a big girl already and I think I can take care of myself even if a son of Poseidon tries to have his way with me. I don't mean I wouldn't want it, too, but..." my smile grew even wider.

"You would regret it later. We're young. But yeah, I guess you can take care of yourself, even if you are just a daughter of Athena," Percy said and a his eyes sparkled.

"Excuse me?" I asked with fake anger. Inside I was glad that we had been able to talk this through. And I have to admit, the fact that I appealed to Percy as much as he did to me made me feel pretty good about myself.

"You heard me, Wise Girl," Percy grinned and stuck his tongue at me. He could be such a kid sometimes!

"I'll wound you!" I threatened and knocked him over on his bed.

"Wanna bet?" he asked, lifting his head to look at me.

I grabbed his pillow and threw it at him.

"Hey! That's unfair!" Percy yelled, sat up and pouted. He looked so adorable!

"Aww, Seaweed Brain, stop looking so cute!" I whined and leaned my forehead against his.

"I can't help it," he grinned and kissed me again.

"So, do you have any plans for the weekend?" he asked when he pulled away for some air.

"Not really. I'm gonna have to go shopping for some new clothes, but apart from that, I'm free," I said. I wondered if Percy had something specific in mind.

"Well would you like to hang out tomorrow?" he asked. "I could get used to having you over all the time."

"Hmm..." I played thoughtful. "Well, since I have nothing else..."

"Great to know I'm so high on your list," said Percy. I nudged him in the ribs.

"I'd love to do something with you tomorrow, silly!" I cried out.

Suddenly something occurred to me. I glanced at Percy's watch.

"Oh, Hades!" I cried and jumped up. "I'm supposed to help Kathy with her Algebra! I'd better hurry or she'll kill me!"

"Do you want a ride?" Percy asked.

"Oh, thank you!" I said, kissed him quickly and darted out of his room. He followed me.

In the living room I almost bumped into Paul.

"Leaving so soon, Annabeth?" he asked.

"Unfortunately I have to tutor my roommate," I said.

"Oh, well, it was good to finally meet you," he said and shook my hand.

"Are you leaving already?" came Sally's voice from the kitchen. She rushed to us and hugged me.

"Yes. Thank you for inviting me for dinner," I said.

"You are always welcome here, honey," said Sally.

"Thanks," I said again. I couldn't help but marvel at the way she welcomed people in her home.

"Are you going to give her a ride, Percy?" Paul asked.

"Yup," Percy answered and wrapped his arm around my waist.

"Goodnight, Annabeth!" Sally said as Percy and I walked through the door.

On the ride back to my school we talked about what we would do tomorrow. Percy suggested we could go visit camp, which was a pretty good idea, so we decided that Percy would pick me up from my school in the morning. The ride was too short for my taste and soon we were on the school campus, close to my dorm building.

"Sweet dreams," Percy said after kissing me goodbye.

"You too. I love you," I said and stroked his cheek once.

"I love you," he replied and I got out of the car.

Kathy was already waiting for me inside.

"Sorry I'm late! I completely forgot the time!" I apologized to her.

"Chill, I'm glad you had fun," she said and smiled.

Kathy was a really caring and easy going person. We had shared the same room for a year and during that time become pretty close. She was a bit plump and way shorter than me and had black hair and olive skin. She was part Bulgarian, which I found fascinating. She knew about Percy and had given me some advice on dating, since she had a lot of experience in that matter. She and his boyfriend Will had been dating for three years now. I hadn't told Kathy about us being demigods, because even though we were close, I wasn't sure if her understanding would reach to things most people considered as myths.

"How was Percy doing?" Kathy asked as she rummaged through her things, tying to find her Algebra book. She wasn't one of the most neat people, but terrific all the same.

"He was fine," I said. "Gosh, I missed him."

I wasn't sure if I wanted to tell Kathy about what Percy and I had discussed earlier.

"I bet. I couldn't stand not seeing Will for weeks," Kathy sighed. "HA! Found it!"

She slammed the mammoth-sized book on her bed and we went to work.

That evening I fell asleep soon, happy to know I would see Percy again in the morning.


Percy's POV

After dropping Annabeth off I wanted to have some time alone, so I decided to stay driving around the city. I had had a wonderful day and about one thing I was very glad of: Annabeth and I had had the Talk. It had been bothering me, because I had felt really filthy about myself whenever I kissed her. Now I was calm. Apparently Annabeth had the same problem, if you could call it that. Yet somewhere in my mind a little voice wondered if, now that we both wanted each other this way, we could maybe do something about it, besides talking. I silenced the thought quickly. We were young. There would be time for us to develop our relationship before getting to the point where we would... Even the thought of it made my stomach lurch.

This was going to become hard to control.

When I finally came home it was quite late.

"Where have you been, honey?" Mom asked when I walked into the living room where she sat and watched Desperate Housewives – a TV-show she had developed an obsession on.

"Driving," I said. I didn't want to tell her what I'd been driving around for.

"Gas costs, you know," she said without lifting her gaze from the screen.

"Yeah. I'll pay some of it myself. I'm going to bed. Night!" I said and rushed to my room.

I lounged myself on my bed, my feet dangling over the edge. I thought about Annabeth. I would see her again tomorrow and we would be off to camp. I was looking forward to it.

Since there was nothing for me to do, I decided to go to bed. I took my clothes off, leaving only my boxers on and curled under my blanket. I was so anxious, that it took me long to get to sleep, but when I did fall asleep, I dreamed happily.


Wehee, that was the first chapter of my second fic! I know, I'm a bit rusty, but don't worry. I have a lot of tricks in my sleeve.

I enjoy reviews.

Athena's cabin wishes you a good night!

Peace, love, PJO!

Luv,

AC