It was chilly outside, with a gentle breeze. For April, it wasn't too bad. I looked around. There were no taxis in sight. So I guess I gotta walk. I checked my watch, it read 12:23. Too late to take her to Sandra's, I guess she'll go to my house. I started walking left, towards my house. I think it was about 40 minutes away. Would love if a taxi could come across. Well nothing to do unless start walking. I looked around at the houses and buildings. They were all brick buildings. It looked like the older part of New York. I remember when I had come out here with mom on random days. To just hang out. No special reason. Then that all stopped when Gabe had come into the picture. I shook those times out of my head. The woman stirred in my arms. I looked down at her again. I could see her bra because the shirt had been shook out of place. I blushed and looked away. I looked at my watch. It was now 12:59. I looked up and started seeing familiar houses. Instead of being brick, they were wood. Mostly townhouses. This was a nice community. I have been living here for, now how long has it been. I moved here after I could leave the camp and get a job. So that was when I turned 18. So I have been here for 3 and a half years. Doesn't seem like a long time, but I have grown to like it. I then walked in front of my house. I looked up at it. It was a small one story house. With 2 bedrooms. I had gotten the two bedroom because I was moving my mom also. Damn it. Why am I thinking so much about mom lately. I shut her out. I opened the gate and walked up the small incline to the porch. My stomach growled. I remembered I hadn't eaten yet. My dinner at the diner had been interrupted. I set the woman down on a small padded chair on the porch. I reached in to my pocket and got my key out. I opened the big oak door. I left the door and came back to the woman, picked her back up. Again she moved. This time though, there was a slight whimper. I looked down. She nestled against me and clutched a clump of my shirt. She looked scared. I think I was already getting feelings for this mystery woman. Maybe Aphrodite was right, this woman was the love of my life. I started walking into the house. There was a hallway in front of me, an entrance to the kitchen on my left, and an entrance to the living room on the right. I looked into the living room, thinking the best place to put the woman. I think the living room would be a better way to wake up to than the bedroom, which I think is messy right now. So I walked into the living room. An entertainment center with a TV in the center. A nice and big couch in the corner. A coffee table I only used to prop my feet up, not for coffee. I gently set down the woman, who I still didn't even know the name to. I walked back into the hallway and into the kitchen. An old refrigerator in the corner, counter tops beside it. On the opposite side there was a sink, an oven, a dishwasher and a microwave. Cabinets on top of the counter tops. I could just make an egg. So I walked over to the cabinets and got out a skillet. I walked over to the fridge. I opened the door. There was a six pack of Miller. A gallon of milk. Some lunch meat, maybe ham or turkey. There was some ambrosia in a Zip-Lock bag. Also some nectar in a thermos. On the bottom there was a carton of eggs. I looked in the door for some butter, found some. Got both the eggs and butter out, walked over to the oven with the skillet and started cracking. I had a huge appetite so I put enough butter for 5 eggs. I then cracked open 5 eggs and put those in after the butter had melted. They started to fry. I huffed in the smell of the sizzling eggs. I got a plate from a different cabinet. When the eggs were done cooking, I slid them onto the plate. Then I heard a creek of the floor on my left. I turned and saw the woman. She was standing there, staring at me. I smiled.

"Well, you are up. I thought you would sleep for the night." I checked my watch, it read 1:43.

"W-Who are, you?" She said in a scared voice. I walked over to the cabinet and got a fork out.
"Well I'm Perseus Jackson. I saved you from your abusive boyfriend. I'm wondering who you are also." I said as I cut a piece of egg and put it in my mouth. "Eggs?" I said after I chewed and swallowed. She shook her head. "Suit yourself." I said getting a bigger bite of egg.

"Why did you help me?" She said, this time not as scared.

"I can't stand men treating women how you were being treated. So I stepped in. Now we're here." She nodded. Understanding now. "So,what's your name?" I asked, wondering it for the past 2 hours.

"It's Annabeth." Hm, Annabeth. It was a cute name.