Hi!

Due to the lovely reviews I've recieved for the first installment (and because I wanted to) I've decided to continue with this chapter. This is mostly lots of unashemed fluff, sorry. :)

I hope you enjoy it!

Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson/HOO or any of its characters, they belong to Rick Riordan.


1.

Annabeth hadn't quite known what she was expecting when she had introduced herself to Percy on the sidewalk, but it certainly was not what had happened.

She had certainly not expected Percy to be so awkward and shy, but cocky at the same time when he flashed her a mischievous grin and then, a pink blush dusting his tanned skin, he asked:

"So… wanna go out some time? Like, maybe… now?"

Impulsively, Annabeth had replied, "Yeah, sure." But immediately after cursed herself at how eager she had appeared, and was suddenly filled with a thousand doubts that were a result of many nights spent overthinking situations like this one.

Maybe he wasn't really the nice person she had thought, maybe he'd turn out to be a total poser. What if he thought she was weird? What if he didn't like her after they had had a proper conversation? What if upon what if piled up in her mind, and she was so caught up in her fretting, that Percy had to tap her on the shoulder and ask, "Hey, you okay? You've just been standing there for like five minutes."

Snapping out of it, Annabeth nodded as a furious blush crept its way up her cheeks.

"So, where d'you want to go?" Percy asked her casually, slinging his guitar over a shoulder and setting off down the street.

"We could go to a café I know that's close. My friend Hazel owns it, so we can get free cake." She suggested, hoping she wasn't being to forward.

"Free cake? Anywhere with free food is perfect in my book. Let's go!" With that, Percy grabbed her hand and began striding purposefully down the street, pulling her along like an excited child.

"Uhm, Percy…" Annabeth interjected tentatively, "It's the other way."

"Oh! Yeah, oops. I got to excited about the free cake and got carried away. Oh so Wise Girl, would you be so kind as to show me the way to the free food?" He laughed in mock chivalry, and it was music to Annabeth's ears.

"Come on you Seaweed Brain!" She laughed, pulling his hand as she lead the way in the opposite direction.

"Seaweed Brain? Where'd that come from?" Percy questioned in false indignation.

"I'm not sure." Annabeth smiled, "It just seems to fit with your kind of stupidness."

He pouted adorably at that, but smiled immediately after, so she knew she was forgiven.

"Anyway, I could ask the same for Wise Girl."

He shrugged, "It just seemed to fit you, y'know."

Annabeth felt a pleasant warmth in her chest as they walked along, chatting and teasing amiably. She was amazed by the ease at which they got along, and in no time at all, she felt like she had already known him for years on end. But then, she figured that in a way she had.

Percy was absolutely over the moon. He felt like he could accomplish anything at that moment.

Annabeth, the girl had finally introduced herself to him, and he couldn't have imagined their encounter going any better.

Well, that was a lie; Percy could have been so much cooler in asking her out, but nevertheless he was pleased with how it was going. They had agreed on a café to visit, and they were even holding hands, and it felt like the most natural thing in the world.

Talking and teasing came easily to them, so easily that Percy could have sworn he had known her for years, but maybe in his mind he had.

And then there were the nicknames. They were odd, but the way she had called him Seaweed Brain out of the blue had been so cute. Percy felt that he could die happily now.

2.

After that first, wonderful date at Hazel's café, they exchanged numbers and texted back and forth for a few weeks, unable to meet because they were both quite busy with their careers.

Then, their next few dates had been perfect, and Annabeth felt like she was floating on cloud nine. It had already been a few months since she and Percy had started dating, and the feeling still hadn't worn off. She hoped it never did.

They had also at one point introduced their respective friends to one another, and they had all gotten along splendidly. Piper even said that she thought Jason was really cute and Annabeth was sure Percy's friend Frank had taken an immediate liking to Hazel.

Now, she and Percy were at the grocery store, shopping for ingredients, because they planned to cook a meal together at Annabeth's house considering her housemates were going out to see a movie that evening.

"No, Seaweed Brain. We are not buying blue frosting, blue sprinkles and blueberries. We're not even making a cake!" Annabeth chided exasperatedly, taking the items out of the cart and putting them back on the shelf.

"But we could." Percy responded, turning his big green puppy dog eyes on Annabeth, whose resolve was already wavering, "Pleeeaase?"

"No."

"Pretty please with a cherry on top?"

"Fine!" She huffed, rolling her eyes as Percy gleefully returned the items to their cart.

"You know, you really are an insufferable idiot."

"Yep! But I'm your insufferable idiot." Percy took her hand and smoothly continued pushing the cart along as if nothing had happened, but grinning wickedly the whole way.

They had finished the meal they had prepared together, admittedly with Annabeth doing most of the work, and now the pair were working on decorating the completely blue cake they had made.

"You and your blue food." Annabeth sighed as she plopped a dollop of bright blue frosting on top of the blue sponge, but she was smiling as she did so, so Percy knew that in reality, she loved it.

"Yeah, well, it just makes everything taste better. It's science!" He retorted indignantly.

"It is not." She snorted, flicking a blueberry at him.

"Is too!" Percy proceeded to smear some frosting on Annabeth's face in response to her attack.

"Hey!" She returned the favour by painting some on Percy's nose.

With that, an all out food fight started, and they were throwing frosting, blueberries and sprinkles like projectile weapons. When the kitchen was sufficiently a mess and all the frosting was on their faces rather than the cake, they stopped, each laughing at how ridiculous the other looked.

Even with her face, clothes and hair a mess, she still looked radiant to Percy, with her golden princess curls and glittering grey eyes.

"Hey, Percy, you've got a little…" Annabeth brushed a blueberry from his hair with a smirk.

"So do you." He pointed out, leaning closer to her face to brush some frosting off her nose.

As he did so, Percy became suddenly very aware of how close their faces were, and how close Annabeth's lips were, and how much he wanted to kiss her.

Without even thinking, he closed his eyes and gently holding her face between his hands, slowly leaned in, hoping she was doing the same. Their lips met and they kissed slowly and sweetly. Percy felt fireworks of blue sprinkles exploding in his mind as they kissed, and once they pulled away, he acknowledged that she had tasted of blue frosting.

3.

It had been a year since that first kiss with the blue cake. Since that time, Annabeth had met Percy's mother, Sally, a wonderful woman who had greeted her like a daughter immediately. Their two groups of friends had also melted into one, and they all spent as much of their free time together as they could.

Piper and Jason had started going out a few months ago, and Hazel and Frank definitely had a thing for one another. Percy had a plan to get them together by the end of the month. Annabeth also suspected that one of her newer friends, Will, had the hots for Nico, and secretly hoped he returned his feelings. Percy also had a plan for them.

Annabeth also hoped that Percy had a plan for the two of them, because she knew that she loved him, and was almost sure that he reciprocated those feelings.

However, with their relationship progressing so well, and Percy being a famous rock-star, fans and tabloids were starting to talk.

There had always been rumours surrounding the mysterious number one fan, but recently, they had been overshadowed by those of a girlfriend. The couple had always tried to keep their relationship very private, but it was getting more difficult.

Despite this minor inconvenience, life was going quite well for Annabeth. Her career as an architect was taking off, and Percy and the band were doing well too. All in all, things were good.

It was her birthday, and she hadn't heard from Percy all day. Annabeth had been assured previously that there would be a surprise and that it was all very secret, but she would love it. Honestly, she was feeling rather apprehensive, because Percy's idea of a fun surprise was very different to hers, but she had decided to trust him and wait.

That evening, at six o'clock, she received a text saying:

Come to this adress for your suprise.

As always, she found Percy's small spelling errors cute, although she was dedicated to teaching him how to improve, and she checked the address he had sent.

She drove to the address, curious as to what the surprise could be as she didn't recognise the place she was going.

When she arrived, she got out of the car and went to the door, ringing the bell and waiting. After a few moments, when nobody answered, she tried the handle and it was unlocked, so she entered cautiously. Finding all the lights off and hearing no noise, she began to fear she had come to wrong address.

Annabeth walked forward to where the entryway opened out into a larger room, and the moment she entered, was blown off her feet by the sudden brightness of lights and the noise of people shouting "Surprise!" as they threw confetti in the air.

"Happy birthday Annabeth." Percy half said, half laughed as he offered a hand to help her up from her position on her butt on the polished floor.

"Thanks." She grumbled, accepting his hand.

"I can't believe you guys, I guess it would be too much to ask to have a normal celebration?"

"Yes." He answered, nodding gravely, then breaking out into a smile and hugging her.

Annabeth hugged him back, breathing in the scent of the ocean that always came with him.

"So, do you like your present?" He asked enthusiastically, like a puppy waiting for recognition from their master, once they had pulled back.

"You haven't given me anything." She said, perplexed.

"I haven't?" Percy looked genuinely confused, which only perplexed Annabeth further.

"Oh, damn!" He cursed suddenly, "You didn't get a small black box with a bow on it before you left home?"

She shook her head blankly.

"How did you get in then?"

"The door was unlocked."

"Oh man! I must have forgotten to lock it." He groaned, putting his face in his hands.

"Why would you lock it? Percy. Tell me now. What's my present?" Annabeth was growing more suspicious by the second, and hoped it wasn't something disastrous.

"Surprise!" He said weakly, "I bought us a house!" and gestured around them at the room.

For a moment, Annabeth was sure she had misheard him. "Could you repeat that please?"

"You know, you look really scary right now. I'm starting to wonder if this was such a good idea after all." Percy squeaked, cowering away from her glaring gaze.

"A house? You bought us a house?" She asked slowly.

Percy nodded.

"Oh wait, I forgot, I was supposed to ask you before this:" He abruptly said, "Annabeth Chase, will you move in with me?"

Now Annabeth was truly lost for words at her boyfriend's idiocy and bad organisation, but at the same time, touched and filled with happiness.

Shaking her head, trying to supress a smile, she replied, "Yes, Seaweed Brain, I will." Then, she threw her arms around his neck and kissed him.

The rest of the party was a blur of joy and celebration. Their friends, who had witnessed the whole ridiculous scene, had found it hilarious beyond bounds, and they had shown Annabeth around the house, just as excited about the whole ordeal as she and Percy were.

4.

Sadly, just after they had moved into their new house, the band had gone on a world tour, so the couple hadn't seen each other for months. Annabeth too had focused on work, but they had both missed each other immensely.

Percy was tired and worn out from all the touring as they collected their luggage at JFK airport, finally back in New York, but now he could forget about all that, because in just a few minutes, he would see Annabeth again after so many months.

Walking out towards the doors, Percy spotted their small group through the mass of screaming fans. He saw that Piper, Hazel, Will and Reyna were there too, each to greet their friend – or more than friend. The only one he really cared about in that moment though was the girl standing at the front, with gorgeous curls and a smile that he would wage wars for.

Picking up his pace in excitement, he strode towards her, forgetting about all the cameras pointed at him, and threw his arms around her in a bone crushing embrace.

"I missed you so much." He whispered into her hair as she held him tightly.

"Me too."

Both ignoring the screeching fans and the cameras, the couple walked hand in hand out of the airport. Getting in Annabeth's waiting car, Percy took the wheel, assuring Annabeth that they were going somewhere special. Grudgingly, she conceded and sat back, letting him whisk her away.

He drove and drove, until finally, a few hours later, the car pulled to a stop just as one of their songs came on the radio.

"You know," Annabeth spoke up with a smile, "Every time I hear one of your songs on the radio, even though now I know you so well, I still feel so proud, like the very first time."

Percy was so touched. She'd never said anything like this before, and he didn't know quite what to say, so just laughed lightly.

"It's actually quite a funny story." She admitted with a laugh, "I was driving in this very car when I heard it come on the radio, and I was so overcome with emotion, that I had to pull out of traffic super fast so that I wouldn't hit something by accident."

A flash of a memory suddenly entered Percy's mind, and he laughed out loud too, because that odd car he had seen so long ago when he too first heard their song on the radio had been Annabeth.

"So, now that I'm your girlfriend and still your number one fan, do I get a private concert on the beach?" She gestured to the place Percy had driven them.

He nodded and together they walked down onto the sand of Montauk, Percy with guitar in hand.

Annabeth felt hot tears of joy welling up in her eyes as she and Percy sat on the sand, watching the sunset over the rolling waves that were the colour of his eyes, as he sang to her that very first song: Oceans.

Percy had always had a thing for the sea, so Annabeth thought it fitting that their reunion after so long apart was here.

As Percy sang the last note and strummed the last chord, he placed his guitar down, and they both just stared out over the waves in comfortable silence for a few minutes. Annabeth was happy. Her life thus far hadn't always been easy, especially her childhood, but she had finally found someone who made her truly and unconditionally happy., and she was so grateful for it.

"Annabeth, Wise Girl, Miss Number One Fan," Percy spoke up from next to her, taking her hand, "You've supported me this whole time, and I love you so much. Honestly, I think I fell in love with you that very first moment on the street, so would you please keep being my number one fan for the rest of our lives?"

As he asked that last question, Percy turned to her looking shy and hopeful, his green eyes reflecting the light of the dying sun, making them glitter like stars, and the warm glow of the receding light illuminating his form from behind.

Annabeth wasn't sure what exactly he was asking, but as she got lost in the pools of his eyes, she dearly hoped it was the question she was now giving a reply to.

"Yes. Yes, Percy, Seaweed Brain. I will be your number one fan for the rest of our lives."

Then she kissed him. It was long and soft, filled with all their love for each other, tasting salty like the sea. When she pulled back, as she glanced at her hand, she found a small silver ring with a beautiful little sapphire set in it sitting on her finger. She wasn't sure how Percy had managed to slip it on her without her notice, but Annabeth was okay with that.


Thanks for reading this far, and I hoped you liked it!

I'm considering writing a third and final chapter for this to conclude, please give me feedback as to whether I should.:)

(If I do write a third chapter - which I probably will - I'm sorry to say that it wont be published for at least a month because I've got lots of exams coming up so I'm too swamped to write. Sorry)

Thank you! Trinsaxx