I got so many nice reviews, I decided to do some more Percabeth! Yay! :D

Annabeth was frozen in shock. She had been through so much that day, and now Luke lay on the floor, dying. His words pounded into her head.

"Did you love me?"

YES! Her entire being screamed. Annabeth didn't know what to say. She glanced at Percy, and the wisps of fog in her brain cleared.

It was Percy Jackson who had shown her what love was. Through the years, she had slowly learned what it meant to care about someone so much you would die for them.

Of course, she would do that for Luke too, but the feeling into just wasn't the same. Annabeth knew there were different types of love. Luke was asking about love that made relationships. But when she reached into the depths of her heart, she realized that wasn't how she loved Luke after all.

But what kind of love was it? She had to say something. Grover, Percy, and Luke were starting at her intently. Her mind whirred a million thoughts per second.

Family. The word sent a jolt through her. She loved Luke as family.

Looking down at him now, blood leaking out of his mouth, his breath growing shallow, she wanted to lie. To tell him, in his last moment, that she did love him. Tears were coming up to her eyes, and she didn't try and stop them from streaming down.

"There was a time I thought… well, I thought…" Annabeth looked at Percy again. Was there worry in those green eyes?

She wouldn't hurt Percy. She wouldn't lie. So she told the truth.

"You were like a brother to me, Luke," she said softly. "But I didn't love you."

Luke nodded. The way he did gave Annabeth a sneaking suspicion that he had expected that answer. Had he known all along how she felt, when she herself was fooled?

Annabeth pondered this while Grover started speaking, his voice only a buzz in her ears. Maybe he had. After all, she thought, he was the one that called me family. She remembered back to the time that Thalia and Luke had found her, and she almost smiled.

Almost.

And now, watching Luke's eyes grow dim, Annabeth finally realized where her heart had been trying to lead her. Luke might be dead, but he would always be there somewhere in her heart. Because she did love him.

As her brother.