I figure I'll have these up on a weekly basis. That all depends on school and drama and other things though, so don't get mad if I don't have them up every week.

That night I was up late. It was probably around ten thirty, maybe eleven. I was planning the next day with Annabeth. Where I would take her, and what we would do. I had out a map of San Francisco planning out our day. That's when I heard a knock at the door. Without looking up I told the person to walk in figuring that it was Reyna or Frank, maybe even Hazel.

"Percy," she said. I looked up when I recognized the voice. It was Annabeth.

I quickly hid the map and sat up to see her. "Hey, what are you doing here?"

"I couldn't sleep," she smiled and looked at me. She looked kinda cold.

I lifted up the covers, and patted for her to come sit next to me. Se slid in quickly then rested her head on my shoulder. "What was that you hid?"

"Oh, it was just a war map I was going over," I lied. She could always tell when I was, but she didn't inquire any further.

She looked up at me with those gorgeous gray eyes, and I felt myself getting lost in them. "I'm so glad to have you back," Annabeth whispered.

I looked down at her lips then back at her, and then I leaned in and kissed her. We kissed for a while and then pulled apart to catch our breath. We just sat there looking at each other drinking up this moment.

"I'm gonna go get us something warm to drink. Is hot chocolate fine?" I asked getting up.

She smiled then bit her lower lip and nodded her head yes. I gave her one last kiss and left to get our drinks.

Walking back to the room carring the drinks, I started to get a little nervous. Sitting in my room was the most beautiful girl in the world, and I didn't know what she expected from me. I was just hoping that she wasn't expecting it. You know what I mean, when we pronounce our undying love to each other in a physical display of our effection and all that stuff- in a more start forward term, sex. I love Annabeth with all that I am, but I did not want to do it. I believe that that should be saved for marriage and not just something you do for fun. But how was I supposed to tell her that? I walked into the room, and there was Annabeth sitting on my bed looking at the maps I was trying to hide from her. She never could leave things like that alone.

"What are you looking at?" I asked setting the drinks down on the side table.

She tried to hide it quickly when she heard me walk in, but didn't succeed. "What is this? It's not battle plans like you said. It's a map of the Bay Area."

"I know," I said sitting next to her on the bed putting my hand over hers.

"Well then what is it?"

"It's a surprise," I said moving the hair out from in front of her eyes to behind her ear.

"Percy, you know I hate surprises."

"I know, but you'll like this one."

She looked at me quizzically then kissed me. We kept kissing then came up for air, then we kissed some more. Annabeth suddenly stopped.

"We can't do this. I mean….." she got up off the bed. " I'm sorry…. I just can't." she sighed and put her face in her hands.

I got up and walked over to her. Taking her hands I looked into her eyes and saw that they had started to tear.

"Hey," I put my hand on her cheek and rubbed it with my thumb, "It's okay. I… actually was gonna say the same thing."

"You were?"

"Yes. Annabeth, I love you, you'll never know how much I love you, but I think…" I took a breath, "I think we need to wait. I at least believe in waiting till we're married. I think that would make our first time…" my face felt like it was going to burn off. I must have been like seven different shades of red. "That much more special."

Annabeth laughed in relief. "I'm so happy you said that."

I put my fingers under her chin and pushed her head up to look at me. She searched my eyes for a second then we kissed, but this wasn't just an average kiss, it was a true kiss. It's hard to explain, but it felt real, and I never wanted to stop.

I apologize if I offended anyone with the words in the story this week, this is just how I feel. This is how I feel about sex, and having it in a relationship. I believe that sex should be saved for that person you get married to, that one person who you love more than anything in this world. Sex is the best gift you can ever give a person, you don't just give it away to anyone. I want to give that perfect and wonderful gift to the man I marry and love with all my heart not just some guy who I thought I "loved". I my opinion, sex should be saved for marriage, and should not be done outside of marriage. That's just what I think and I didn't mean to offend anyone with my opinion.