One-shot #1

Between The Last Olympian and The Lost Hero

Researching the laptop so far had been breath taking and wonderful but yet quite stressful for Annabeth. She had seen his greatest inventions through it. Annabeth kept on clicking on the screen, busying herself with the device and scribbling things down on her notepad.

"Annabeth!" someone called out her name from somewhere inside the cabin. The voice was muffled as if the person was far away from her and was in a pile of blankets.

Hearing and knowing that it was one of her half-brothers, she stopped looking through Daedalus' laptop and sighed. Annabeth loved the architecture, but she knew she couldn't just leave her half-brother alone. She was also quite tired from the researching hours she did.

It would be a good time to take a break anyway, she thought. She headed down towards the sound she'd heard into the farthest point of the cabin. The area was filled with tables and chairs with papers and pencils all lying around the place. She observed the place for her brother to pop up until she spotted him in the corner of the cabin.

Lying on the ground was Malcolm, with papers scattered around him. He sat up groggily and pointed at the other side of the room, after glancing at Annabeth. She turned to see a hidden compartment filled with files of accounts of the Athena cabin and the history of Greece, with much other valuable information.

"Interesting, Malcolm," said Annabeth. "How did you find this?"

"I've just found it. Just to let you know that I just saw an old-looking cord, and I've pulled it. I grabbed a few files and walked here to put them inside the cabinet so at least some data could be saved. But as I had to step backward so that the doors would open, one of the chairs caused me to fall down like this. So as for help and discovery, I called you, because I knew our other half siblings are in the dining pavilion right now eating lunch." Malcolm finished his short adventure story with a hesitant smile.

"Speaking of which, let's go eat. I'm hungry. We can tell the others about this as soon as they're done eating," Annabeth said, offering her hand so Malcolm could get off the ground.

Malcolm stood and accepted her hand. Annabeth and Malcolm exchanged their own researches to each other until they reached the dining pavilion. Malcolm talked about the writings in the files while Annabeth spoke on about how Daedalus was an amazing inventor with his critical works.

But then, suddenly, a hand gripped Annabeth's shoulder lightly. She had thought about taking on her judo lessons on the person, but that wasn't necessary because she knew they were campers. Annabeth turned slowly and made contact with the person.

"Hey there, Wise Girl. You're late to lunch." It was Percy. His sea green eyes bore into Annabeth's storm grey eyes. They hugged each other and stayed like that for a while until Malcolm cleared his throat.

"Ahem, excuse me," he muttered. "So much like before I spotted them in our cabin hugging like that," he continued muttering to himself.

Percy laughed as he watched Malcolm left. "He seems to kind of third-wheel us, but he's just only your half-brother anyway. Let's go get some lunch, Wise Girl." Percy headed the opposite way from the dining pavilion.

"Seaweed Brain! The tables are there!" Annabeth exclaimed as she pointed at the seats. Percy turned and smiled that troublemaker grin of his.

"Come on, Annabeth." Percy walked back to where Annabeth was standing and took her hand. He then dragged her near the horse stables.

Neigh! Blackjack spoke to Percy. Neigh, neigh, neigh?

"No Blackjack, no donuts for you this time." Percy petted Blackjack on the neck.

Neigh, neigh? The pegasus seemed to ask Percy another question.

"Not sugar cubes either, Blackjack," said Percy. "Actually I need you to do a favor of mine. Then maybe I can get you both donuts and sugar cubes."

Percy whispered something to Blackjack as Annabeth stood there watching. It went on for a few minutes.

Soon, they were finished.

"Percy?" Annabeth asked. "What are you exactly planning to do?"

"Nothing," Percy replied neutrally. It seemed quite neutral, but Annabeth noticed his eyes weren't on her and his voice had quite a nervous tone.

"Percy. Explain what you're going to do," Annabeth said with her arms crossed.

"It's a surprise, Wise Girl. Now hop on." This time Percy seemed more relaxed. He looked at her with those sea-green eyes, and her stomach made a flip.

Annabeth smirked at him. "Now don't get us into any trouble Seaweed Brain." She kissed him on the cheek lightly. "Let's go."

The two climbed onto Blackjack, and the pegasus took them away in the daylight. Annabeth was seated in front of Percy, with his arms around her. She liked the feeling of his muscular arms from sword training lately. She also saw the city from a bird's eye point of view. Even though she had done this once before, it still was fascinating because she had Percy right behind her. He was such a Seaweed Brain, in her opinion and she loved him for that.

At last, Blackjack dropped them off at a lovely part of Manhattan. Percy took Annabeth's hand as she got off the pegasus.

"Now I need you to close your eyes until we reach our destination," Percy said.

Annabeth smiled. "Surprises are mysterious." Percy looked at her. "Okay, I'll close my eyes. Just don't make me trip or fall, Seaweed Brain."

"Just don't peek," he said with a grin. Percy gently held his hand in Annabeth's and together, they arrived in front of a nice Italian pizza parlor. Percy let go of her hand.

"Can I open my eyes?" Annabeth was wondering why Percy had to let go of her hand, standing in the midst of the sidewalk.

"Well, can you?" Annabeth's eyes fluttered open. She gazed at what Percy led her to and smiled.

"I knew it." She kissed him on the cheeks again. He blushed as Annabeth pulled apart from him.

"It's our fourth date, Wise Girl," Percy said, putting an arm around her. "Let's go eat, then we can head back."

Annabeth had to only smile and nod at this.

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A/N: So hey guys! This is my first published thing on I'm a terrible plot-maker but hope that satisfied you. Thanks for checking out this one-shot and I would love it if you guys told me how I've done so I could improve later in the future. Ily 3