Disclaimer and request of permission: I do NOT own PJO. Though I am requesting the permission to use some of the last parts of The Last Olympian

Hello peoples! I bet ur happy 2 see another chapter from me. There will be something in here that seems out of place, but just bear in here with me, pleez. This story is taking up the plot of the end of the last Olympian. U guys r the best. Honestly. Thanks 2 all the people that have been sticking with me. (sorry, iv'e been txting a lot; so 4giv me if I use txt talk a lot!) N E ways… grover is explaining why his arm is broke.

"You guys know how protective juniper is… well I was gone for a few weeks on an assignment that I couldn't tell anyone about. It was a demititan. Daughter of Kronos. But it turned out to just be a fluke. But I wasn't allowed to tell any1 about it. So Bcuz I wouldn't tell her why I was gone all day, she got mad at me. We got into a fight on top of the big house. She lunged at me, and I got scared, jumped backwards, and fell off the big house. Of course, juniper was horrified, and immediately felt horrible."

"That's a long fall! Does it still hurt bad?" Annabeth fretted.

"Yeah it does. But the only reason it hasn't fully healed yet is because the nectar that they dropped on my arm was poisoned."

"That's bad," I said, "Who would want to poison nectar that's being used to HEAL?!?!"

"It was probably someone outside the camp," Annabeth interjected.

"Yeah," I supported.

"Anyway, let's get outta here. Percy, is your arm alright?" he worried.

"Yeah, just hurts a little bit. Besides, a little time in the water might help me heal up some. You guys wanna go for a swim?" I said.

"Blehehe!" he bleated " You know that my goat hooves are no good for swimming."

"Eh I forgot. Let's go do something else…"

"No! You need to get some time outside. Why don't you two go out for the rest of the night? I'll go and see if I can't cheer her up some."

"O.K!" Annabeth said happily, out of nowhere.

"Umm… you guys DO realize that it's past midnight, RiGhT!?!?"

"Yeah. But I don't think that the hArPiEs will come after us after we've destroyed Kronos!" she exclaimed.

Uh-oh is the only thing that I could think. We walked out of the door. We started heading towards the canoe lake. She stripped down into her swimming suit. I gave a silent thanks to Apollo and Artemis, that it was nighttime. Because my jaw dropped. She was hot! Hotter than (pray this isn't a prayer and she can hear me) Aphrodite, hot!

She turned around.

"Are you coming Seaweed Brain, or are you just going to stand there looking like an idiot!" she teased.

"Oh, yeah! Sorry. I'm coming."

I took off my shirt and jumped in. The water was freezing!

"Wait," I told her.

I willed the water to warm to where it was just cool, not cold then told her, "alright."

She jumped in. We decided to play Marco-Polo, which I thought was completely random. Even with all my abilities and speed in the water, she still outsmarted me and won 37 times.

"Hey, Percy," she said out of nowhere.

"Yeah," I answered

"I wanna see the camp from high up. Can you, like, shoot us up or something like that?"

"O…K…"

I willed the currents to rush In a circle around us then to jet-rocket us up. I had never seen such an amazing view of the camp. I could see everything from here. I could also see a light on in the Ares cabin.

"Such an amazing view," she exclaimed right before we hit the water.

"So… my arm feels better and I'm all swam out… so what do you wanna do?" I asked.

"I don't know. Let's go to the dining pavilion," she offered.

"O.K.,"I agreed

"OH! Hold on!" she exclaimed, "There's something that I have to go take care of. Go to the dining pavilion, and wait for me there."

"Alright. I'll be waiting."

Annabeth ran over towards the cabin area.

I walked over towards the dining pavilion. On the way, going into several conversations with naiads. Each one, wanting me to stay in the water with them for the night. Each one getting a, not so polite, rejection.

It was about 30 minutes before I got to the dining pavilion. I was worried that she might already be there and have been waiting a while for me to come. But when I got there, she wasn't.

I looked over towards the beach, because the water usually calms me. I could see Grover and Juniper, holding hands and talking. It was peaceful.

"Hey." Annabeth slid next to me on the bench. "Happy birthday."

She was holding a huge misshapen cupcake with blue icing.

I stared at her. "What?"

"It's August 18th," she said. "Your birthday, RiGhT?"

I was stunned. It hadn't even occurred to me, but she was right.

"Make a wish," she said.

"Did you bake this yourself?" I asked.

"Tyson helped."

"That explains why it looks like a chocolate brick," I said. "With extra blue cement."

Annabeth laughed.

I thought for a second, then blew out the candle.

We cut in half and shared eating with our fingers. Annabeth sat next to me, and watched the ocean. Crickets and monsters were making noises in the woods, but otherwise it was quiet.

"You saved the world." She said.

"We saved the world."

"And Rachel is the new Oracle, which means that she won't be dating anybody."

"You don't sound disappointed," I noticed.

"Oh, I don't care."

"Uh-huh."

She raised an eyebrow. "You got something to say to me, Seaweed Brain?"

"You'd probably kick my butt."

"You know I'd kick your butt."

I brushed the cake off my hands. "When I was at the River Styx, turning invulnerable … Nico said I had to concentrate on one thing that kept me anchored to the world, that made me want to stay mortal."

Annabeth kept her eyes on the horizon. "Yeah?"

"And I was thinking…" my throat felt dry.

"Anyone in particular?"

I looked over and saw that she was laughing.

"You're laughing at me." I complained.

"I am not"

"You are so not making this easy."

Then she laughed for real and put her arms around my neck. "I am never, ever going to make things easy for you, Seaweed Brain. Get used to it."

When she kissed me, I had the feeling my brain was melting right through my body.

I could've stayed there except for a voice behind us growled, "well, it's about time!"

Suddenly the pavilion was filled with torchlight and campers. Clarrise led the way as the eavesdroppers charged and hoisted us both onto their shoulders.

"Oh, come on!" I growled. "Is there no privacy?"

"The lovebirds need to cool off!" Clarisse announced.

"The canoe lake!" someone yelled.

With a huge cheer, they carried us down the hill, but kept us close enough o hold hands. Annabeth was laughing, and I couldn't help laughing too, even though my face was completely red.

We held hands right up to the moment they dumped us in the lake.

Afterwards, I had the last laugh. I made a little air bubble at the bottom of the lake. Our friends waited for us to come up. But I didn't have to hurry.

And it was the best underwater kiss, ever.