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Okay! Soooo, I might finish writing my other two AU stories, but right now I want to stick with this! I have all these scenes filling my head and I have to write them down! I do that for my other stories that I actually want to get published one day! I have a separate folder that holds extra scenes that I think, dream, or create! Okay, I'm rambling!

This one-shot is dedicated toooooooooo: foreverfanfiction for being the first reviewer on this story EVER!

Disclaimer: I don't own PJO. Sadly...

I'm right here

Percy walked into the kitchen of The Argo II completely and utterly exhausted. He was tormented with nightmares all night long. Most of them involved losing Annabeth in some way. He had to refrain himself from running to her room, but he knew she was trying to sleep and he didn't want to disturb that. Her nightmares were getting worse by the second.

"Morning, Perce." Jason said as Percy sat down across from her at the table.

Piper was beside him, he thing hair braided back with her feathers. Hazel was standing by the counter while Frank was eating scrambled eggs. Leo was messing with spare parts that he found in his toolbelt. Percy grabbed a bowl and the cereal box. He poured it and heard the clattering of the food hitting the glass. He picked up the milk jug and started pouring.

"Percy?" Jason said, a weird look on his face.

Percy didn't react.

"Percy?" Piper tilted her head to the side.

Nothing.

Hazel walked over. "Percy."

Nothing.

"Percy!" Leo exclaimed. "Dude!"

No reaction.

Annabeth was leaning against the door frame now. Percy's back was to her, Jason could see her standing there.

"Annabeth." he sighed.

Annabeth nodded, her blonde curls bobbing. She walked over to him and placed her hands on his shoulders and rested her forehead on the top of his black hair.

"Percy." she murmured.

"Hmm?" he looked up.

"Now he answers." Leo muttered and went back to his inventions.

"You're pouring coffee in your cereal." Annabeth told him.

Percy sighed and leaned back. He buried his face in his hands.

"I'm going crazy." he mumbled.

"No." Annabeth shook her head. "You're not. You're just tired. There is a huge difference."

"Nope. I'm going crazy. These nightmares are going to drive me insane." he stated.

Annabeth nodded in understanding.

"Maybe."

"Oh, thanks, Wise Girl." he said sarcastically.

Annabeth took his hand and tugged him out of his seat.

"Where are we going?" Percy asked.

"Just shut up and follow me." she told him before dragging him out of the room.

Piper was sitting there with a heartbroken look on her face, Hazel looked sympathetic, Leo was studying the coffee/cereal mix, Frank sat there awkwardly, and Jason was miserable. Seeing both of them like that upset him. He reminded him of how he couldn't save them from falling. And what Percy did for Annabeth. Falling because he would rather be in hell with her than without her at all, he had so much respect for him now.

"I feel so bad for them." Piper breathed.

"What do you think they saw down there?" Leo asked.

He had been curious since they got back, but they refused to tell anyone. It was probably too much to relieve.

"Only the gods know." Hazel muttered.

"I wonder where they're going." Piper thought aloud.

"Annabeth." Percy rubbed his eyes. "Where are we going?"

She didn't answer.

They kept walking until they got to her bedroom door.

"Come on." she opened to and dragged him in.

She sat down crisscrossed on the bed, her back against the wooden head board.

Percy laid down, his head in her lap. She ran her fingers through his dark hair.

"Go to sleep, Seaweed Brain." She said softly.

He nodded, but still hesitated.

"I'm right here." she promised. "I'm not going anywhere."

She continued brushing her fingers through his hair and he eventually shut his eyes and drifted off to sleep.

Annabeth knew how he felt. The nightmares were becoming unbearable. She was starting to see why Percy stayed up instead of falling asleep. But when he did that, she never slept. Then he ended up pouring coffee in his cereal bowl. Normally, she would tease him about that. But nothing had been normal. Nothing will be normal again. She decided not to bring it up to him. He really needed to sleep. He worked alot during the day when they were in the ocean or fighting off monsters. Everyone was having demigod dreams. Well, except for Percy and Annabeth. they got cursed with the nightmares and scared with memories of the Tartarus. She still couldn't believe that Percy went with her. She was relieved that she wasn't down there alone, but then she felt bad because he had nightmares now. She never would've gotten out of there alive without him. If she did, she would've gone mad.

Everyone was wondering what happened down there, but neither Percy nor Annabeth could repeat what they experience down there. It was too painful. They already lived it again at night, did they have to live during the day too?

Annabeth shook her head to clear her thoughts and looked down at Percy. He looked relaxed. Like he was nightmare free. Her fingers continued raking his black locks and she smiled down at him. Thats when she realized that he would always be right here. Right here for when she needed him. And she would do the same for him.

"I'm right here." Annabeth whispered as she pushed some hair off his forehead. "I'm right here."

A/N: I know! Its not the longest one-shot in the world, but it was late when I wrote it! I still hoped you guys liked it! What is some of your favorite Percy Jackson fanfictions that you guys have read? AU or demigod world! It doesn't matter! I'm looking for some new ones! Let me know! Review!

-TheHomeSchooler