Hi peeps! I'm so sorry this is so so so so late. I know I promised Sunday… like a month ago... but I've been really busy lately with school starting, and getting used to my new classes. I swear I have been trying to find pockets of time to type a little here and there. And I updated this Tuesday like I promised! I promise I'll keep updating this story as much as possible! Pinky promise! I have a really exciting plot planned for you guys!

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This chapter is going to be completely Percabeth! I'm not really good at writing fluff, but I hope that it's good enough to be worthy of Percabeth! To the chappie!

Chapter 3

Annabeth's POV

The moment that I saw all that Percy had done for me I couldn't help but gasp and smile like a love-struck idiot. Believe me, Percy is the only person I'd ever call myself an idiot for. I guess I was- well am a love struck idiot. Most of the time I had spent with Percy was when we were saving the world from some villain with a dream of world domination. I didn't really get to enjoy just being with Percy. The last real date we had was walking along the river Phlegethon about to be eaten by evil blood sucking flying donkey cheerleaders. I'm glad I never have to see them again, thanks to Bob. Bob…

Percy and I still pray to Apollo every morning that Bob will see him and his chariot fly across the sky from the light of dawn to the golden sky of the sunset. Every night, we look up at the stars and say hello… Leaving Bob in Tartarus to face the wrath of Tartarus himself is one thing I will never forgive myself for, and I know Percy feels the same.

I remembered coming here with Percy a couple days after I met him when we were on a quest to find Zeus's lightning bolt. The abandoned park had been a secret date spot for Ares and Aphrodite. Ares had sought Percy out and given him the task of retrieving his shield from Waterland. I used to avoid thinking about that particular part of our quest, because thinking about it reminded me of the flood of metal spiders that surrounded us that day, but now, after facing Arachne, and falling into Tartarus afterwards, the little metal spiders that I had shrieked at when I was only twelve seem small and insignificant.

We climbed down the daisy covered ladder to the ground into the center of the park. Percy dropped our bags next to a beautiful fountain that had tiny figures of us when we were twelve in the center.

"Do you like it?" Percy asked nervously. I took my time turning around, taking in everything. There was a gigantic waterslide to our right that twisted and turned and somehow even had a loop-de-loop. To our left, the Tunnel of Love from nine years ago had been repaired and completed with swan boats and pink archway with little doves on top, no doubt a trademark of Aphrodite. All the slides, although complicated and seemingly dangerous, were structurally sound. It was a park worthy of the gods.

"No duh, Seaweed Brain. What sane girl in this universe wouldn't like it if their amazing boyfriend rebuilt a waterpark just for her?" I gave him a peck on the cheek.

Percy blushed. "I had lots of help. Athena designed most of the park, actually, and oversaw the construction. Aphrodite, my dad-" I went into a state of slight shock at the mention on my mom's name. I had figured that she would have had to check the blueprints to make sure the angles and proportions were right, but I never thought that she would do so much, especially for a date for me and Percy. She had always been a little wary of "that no good sea spawn" and of our relationship.

"Athena was willing to help you plan all this?" I asked, curious to see what he did to convince her.

"I know, she pretty much hates me, but she loves you more than you might realize. As long as I make you happy, and it stays that way, she agreed to postpone incinerating me."

It was nice to finally know that my mom was finally really accepting our relationship, not just tolerating it. I went through the events of the past couple years in my head. Percy had saved my life numerous times, and although Aphrodite would consider Percy a "totes perfect!" boyfriend, Percy's heroics only skimmed the surface of Athena's high standards. Percy being my lifeline in Tartarus probably only made mom reconsider her view of Percy.

I rolled my eyes as it finally hit me. In the past couple of months, Percy and I had taken some classes at SQPR University in New Rome. Unlike other schools we had been to, SQPR was designed specifically for demigods with dyslexia and ADHD. The textbooks were written in Latin, and they had recently added an Ancient Greek option for the Greek demigods who were migrating over the New Rome. Even through Percy could have easily taken classes that were simpler for him, he insisted on taking advanced courses in Marine Biology, Greek and Roman History, and taking Advanced Architecture, just so we could be together.

In preparation for finals, Percy had studied for one week straight and never left his dorm room's desk. I had to bring him his meals from the dining hall. Some nights, I would find him asleep at his desk at one in the morning, draped over his textbook and drooling all over it. I had to drag him to his bed and turn off his alarm, which he had set for 6 AM so he could get up early and begin his long day of studying again.

Percy had ended up acing the finals, and almost did better than I did. That must have been the turning point for my mom. Save my life a million times and defeat Kronos? Not impressive. Picking me over god hood? Not good enough. Go through Tartarus with me and fight Tartarus himself? Hmm... meh. But study his butt off and get an A in all his classes for me? Athena finally approves.

After my realization, Percy felt for something in his back pocket for a second, seeming nervous. He extended his hand to me, and said, "So, Wise Girl, are you ready to have the best day of your life?"

I took it, my hand fitting perfectly in his, the way it always did. "Sure Seaweed Brain."

"Great!" Percy swooped me up bridal style and piled our bags on top of me. He took off running towards a little ice cream shop with a blue and white striped awning across the park.

"PERSEUS JACKSON! PUT ME DOWN RIGHT NOW! I AM SO GOING TO KILL YOU!" At this, he started

sprinting even faster.

"Sorry Wise Girl, no chance." I tried wiggling out, but he held strong. "TO THE ICE CREAM!" He declared. I laughed and let him carry me, my hair flying in the wind.

When we got to the ice cream shop, Percy finally put me down. He stood happily in the completely blue paradise. When he realized he forgot to hire an ice cream man, he told me to wait at one of the little tables with chairs shaped like open seashells, and ran into a little room in the back of the shop. He came out behind the counter wearing one of those "Kiss the Chef" aprons.

"Vat can I get for you today, Mademoiselle?" Percy said in a horrible imitation of what sounded like a cross between a French and a German accent... I'm not even sure what it was.

"Ice cream actually originated in China, Perce."

"So I did all that for nothing?" Percy drooped his head, faking disappointment.

I rolled my eyes. Looking over all the flavors, my eye caught on something. "I'll have two scoops of Sally's Blue Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough in a waffle cone."

Percy grinned. "Good choice." He picked up one of the blue waffle cones on the stack, and after many failed attempts, finally managed to make one full scoop. He scooped another, put a few sprinkles in, and topped it off with a cherry, just the way I liked it. Then, he grabbed another waffle cone for himself, added four scoops of Sally's flavor, practically dumped all the sprinkles and chocolate chips there were in the bins, added some gummy worms, and of course, the cherry. It barely fit in the waffle cone, and almost fell over.

Have I mentioned that my boyfriend eats like a horse? He is related to them…

I took a spoon of the blue ice cream, and as soon as the ice cream hit my tongue, I moaned in ecstasy. It tasted exactly like Sally's chocolate chip cookies. It has the same chewiness while still having the cold, sweet taste of ice cream. The chocolate chips in the ice cream bring some richness to the mix.

"How'd you get Sally's recipe?" I asked, curious. Sally had vowed to keep her cookie recipe secret until she died. She promised to write it into her will for Percy and me to see then.

"I didn't. She actually took the trouble to make a bucket of ice cream herself and send it over." I smiled. Sally's cookie recipe might be the one thing she loves as much as she loves Percy. Maybe just a tad bit less, but it still comes in pretty close.

Percy finished his monster sized ice cream, and sat on his seashell chair watching me. In a thoughtful, non-creepy way.

"What'cha doin'?" I asked slowly.

"Wondering how a Seaweed Brain like me got someone as awesome as you." I blushed, my cheeks turning slightly pink. I thought for a moment, but couldn't find how to word what I wanted to say. Our relationship had started out as frenemies, then friends, then… something more.

"Well, I am a child of Athena."

Percy's eyebrows scrunched up in that cute confused way. "Which means?"

"It means that I'm smart enough to know that when I meet an awesome guy who makes my heart do backflips when I see him, and would give up the opportunity to be a god for me, I should never let him go."

Percy smiled. He leaned over the table and kissed me, even though I had some sort of ice cream mustache with sprinkles. I smiled back, plucked the cherry from my ice cream, and popped it on his nose. Sadly, the clown nose was gone in a second as he plucked it off the stem and ate it.

"Aww, I thought you looked cute with the cherry."

"Not as cute as you do with that 'stache." I frowned and wiped it off, trying to think of a good comeback. I smirked as I remembered the photo album of baby pictures Sally had shown me when I was over at their house.

"Nothing is as a-dor-a-ble that picture of Baby Percy in his Finding Nemo diapers!"

Percy's face looked as red as a tomato as he recalled the embarrassing picture. "Come on Mom! Really?"

As soon as I finished my last bite of my blue waffle cone, Percy being the romantic boyfriend he is, swept me off my feet. Literally. He picked me up again, loaded up the bags, and started sprinting again.

I laughed as he spun us around. "What now Seaweed Brain?"

He grinned. "You didn't think I had this place built just to take you out for some ice cream, did you?" He pointed over to the extreme water slides towering over us. "It's time for the real fun part of our wonderful date." The waterslides were, at the moment, pretty much just extreme regular, dry slides. Not an milliliter of water was on the surface.

Percy closed his eyes and concentrated. All of a sudden, the slides sprung to life as geysers shot out of the water tubes and landed, gushing down the spirals and loop-de-loops.

I rolled my eyes. Show off.

Percy turned to me grinning from ear to ear. "Are you ready?"

"I was born ready."

It turned out that Piper had packed a swimsuit for me in my bag. It was a simple grey one piece with a halter neck and an open back. Nothing revealing like a bikini, just the way I liked it. Piper knows me too well.

Percy dragged me up a long set of spiraling stairs which led up the tower the first slide began at. There were two slides side by side, obviously meant for couples. We sat at the edge of the slide, and I took a deep breath, preparing myself for the thrill.

I'm not afraid the feeling of falling you get on roller coasters and waterslides. After freefalling thousands of miles into Tartarus, I've kind of gotten used to that feeling of having your heart beat a million times per second, and having your stomach rise to your chest. It isn't that it didn't scare me half to death when Percy let go of his little ledge. Believe me, for the first hour, I was screaming bloody murder. All my my fear and complete terror came out in the shape of an ear piercing shriek. Percy said his ears didn't stop ringing until we hit the River Cocytus. After the feeling of falling became more natural and expected, I relaxed in Percy's arms. We probably even took a nap or two on the way down.

Percy spoke, bringing me out of my thoughts. "On the count of three?"

"Sure." I replied. "One…"

Percy took my hand between the slides and squeezed it lightly. "Two…"

"Thr- AHHH!" I screamed in surprise as Percy pulled me down with the gushing water. We rushed down the slide, which swooped down, swung up, then stopped- so that we went flying through the air. We were supposed to land safely on another waiting slide, but Percy made a blast of water which would shoot us high up into the air, high up above the rest of the park, and would suddenly drop us, letting us freefall through the air. It tossed us into the sky, and absorbed our fall like a gigantic trampoline. If Thalia had been here, she would have screamed her head off, tried to kill Percy, then fainted. Her fear of heights would have taken over completely.

I took a double take on my thoughts. Wait, Thalia and Percy? I shuddered. Shipping Percy and Thalia together is like… shipping Nico with Reyna, or Katie with Connor. It just isn't right. No, Nico belongs with Will, and Katie with Travis. I shuddered again and let myself live in the moment.

I laughed as Percy manipulated the water to bounce us up and down. Percy was laughing too, his eyes twinkling in the sun. Finally, he let us continue on the slide's course, which went in four consecutive loop-de-loops, then dropped us onto one of those two person floaty tubes, with me in front and Percy behind me. We flew into a giant bowl that spun us until we finally went through the last tube, and shot into the pool for the final splash. We held hands through the whole ride, even on the floaty tubes. Only when we splashed did Percy let go.

"Was that awesome or was it awesome?" Percy asked as we floated out in the pool.

"It was alright…" I said, trying to hold back my laughter, and failing. "I'm not so sure about the surprise twist in the middle though.

Percy punched me lightly in the arm. "Oh c'mon, you loved it." He smiled knowing knowingly.

"Fine." I gave in, and punched him back slightly harder… just slightly.

"Say that again?"

I rolled my eyes. "Your surprise was pretty awesome."

Percy shook his head. "Tsk tsk tsk. You have to say it right! Repeat after me. I loved Percy's surprise, but I love Percy Jackson even more."

"I loved Percy's surprise, but I love…" My mouth formed an "O" shape when I realized what Percy almost tricked me into saying.

"Go on!" Percy said, smirking.

I smirked back and tipped over the floaty tube, flipping us over into the water. I opened my eyes and swam over to Percy. He laughed and pulled me in for an underwater kiss. It brought me back memories of our second real kiss when we were sixteen, under the lake at Camp Half Blood. We broke apart, and I went up for air, Percy following me.

"Love you Seaweed Brain!"

Percy blushed, his face still flushed from the kiss.

"Love you too Wise Girl!"

And with that, Percy smiled at me and motioned for me to follow him. He dove underwater, and I took a deep breath, and followed him. He made a little bubble around my head for air, and led me out of the pool through a glass tube that was surrounded by hundreds of beautiful, colorful fish. I even found a couple that looked exactly like Nemo and Dory. I watched them swim by in awe, then looked back over to Percy. It's 100% impossible to forget how lucky I am to have found someone as amazing as him. I silently thanked the Fates for letting us be together, for letting him remember me when he had to forget everything else.

We kept swimming through the glass tube and passed a couple of hammerhead sharks , which were separated from the fish by another glass wall so that they wouldn't be eastern. The tube finally lead to an area of open water, away from the sharks and fish. Percy looked back at me and grinned, swimming over to hold my hand. He pulled me up to the surface. After I swept my soaking hair hair back and opened my eyes, I looked around and saw that we were in a small, cozy cave with a small opening in the ceiling. The pool we were in was lined with glass tiles. The cave was lit up by a light glowing underneath the glass tiles under the pool. The water scattered the light, creating patterns of light on the walls. Some light shone in through the opening in the ceiling, but the dim room was mostly lit up by the glow.

There was a blue and white checkered picnic blanket spread across the cave floor next to the pool. The picnic basket Percy had picked up at the bottom of the Argo's rope ladder was sitting on the blanket. He must have swam over here when I was changing, swam back, and used his blow dryer powers to dry himself off before I came out.

I shook my head and looked over at Percy. "You don't have to do all this for me you know? I'm fine with just eating McDonalds in the stables."

Percy shook his head. "You deserve this for being such an awesome fia- I mean girlfriend." Percy seemed to have started to say something else, but changed it mid-word. I wonder what it was…

"I mean it. You already an awesome enough boyfriend. Besides, it's not like today is anything special. Our anniversary isn't for…" I did some math in my head. "Three months!"

Percy responded like he knew something I didn't. "Oh, but today is very special."

Sometimes, Percy is just plain confusing. "What?"

"Nevermind." He said in a rush. "Ready for lunch?"

I nodded and pushed myself out of the pool. Percy pushed himself out of the water, took my hand and used his blow dryer powers on us, and led me over to the blanket.

"So, what's for lunch?" I asked, lifting the lid.

Percy quickly put his hand on the lid, closing it. "Niet niet niet niet niet niet!" I gave him a questioning look.

"Why not?"

"Let's just say I have a… surprise in there." I eyed the basket.

"What kind of surprise?" I said, my hand creeping toward the basket again.

"No no no no no let's not do that. How about some lunch?" Percy said, slowly pushing my hand away.

"I don't know, that surprise sounds interesting… " I said, reaching for the basket again.

"Well... " He said. "YOU AREN'T GOING TO GET IT YET!"

Percy grabbed the basket and started to run around the cave. I laughed and chased him around the pool. I honestly didn't really care about not getting the surprise. Seeing Percy's smile and hearing his laugh was enough for me.

—-—-Time skip—-—

Percy's POV

Annabeth and I sat at the fountain chatting happily. We had eaten lunch in the little cave. When Annabeth started reaching for the picnic basket, I panicked. I had put the ring in there to make sure it stayed safe, and didn't want Annabeth to see and spoil my plans.

I had packed the picnic basket with ham, cheese, lettuce, and mayo sandwiches, Annabeth's favorite. I also added some brownies with peach preserves, which Annabeth thought was gross, but all the guys thought was the most awesome combination ever created. Annabeth just ate the brownies.

We laughed and joked around they way we always do, and then swam back to the main park area to get changed for more non- water fun.

As we sat at the edge of the fountain, I checked my watch constantly. I had planned this day right down to the second, and the time for the proposal was just minutes away.

Annabeth started talking about the architecture of the park, when I cleared my throat. "Umm- An- An- Annabeth?" I nervously stuttered through my words. Annabeth looked at my strangely.

"You alright Perc?" I cleared my throat and tried again.

"Yeah. Umm…" My heart was thumping so loudly that I couldn't even get my thoughts out. I hoped that Annabeth couldn't hear it. "DoyouwanttogoontheTunnelofLovewithme?" I blurted out all at once.

Annabeth looked unsure.

"I got Hephaestus to un booby trap it." I promised.

Annabeth relaxed. "All you had to do was ask. Why so nervous Seaweed Brain?" She ruffled my hair lovingly and laughed. "Race you!"

She ran off, and I took a deep breath, felt for my back pocket where the ring was, and took off after her. I sprinted as fast as my legs could go without letting the box fall out of my pocket, and arrived at the entrance to the ride panting heavily.

"I won!" Annabeth said proudly.

"Nuh uh! It was a tie!" I retorted.

She rolled her eyes. "You keep telling yourself that."

Once again, being the gentleman I am, I extended my hand out to her. She laughed and took it. I helped her into the swan boat, and we took off. My heart started beating even faster as we floated through the rose petal filled water.

Five seconds left. Annabeth held my hand and gave a peck on the cheek, caught up in the romantic moment.

Four seconds left. I gave her a peck on the lips and looked at her adoringly.

Three seconds. She blushed and snuggled up against me, enjoying the ride.

Two seconds. My hands shaking, my hand went to my back pocket for the last time, and slowly took it out.

One second. I prepared myself to open the box and get down on one knee. "Annabeth? I have something to ask you."

She turned to look at me. "What is is Seaweed Brain?"

Zero seconds. "Annabeth Minera Chase, will you- SCREEEEEECH!

Out of nowhere, two gold feathered harpies swooped down and picked me and Annabeth up by the arms. Annabeth screamed and kicked, but it was no use. They had us firmly in their claws. I dropped the ring box to grab riptide, but I then realized that if I killed the harpies, we would go hurling towards the ground.

The harpies flew us high into the air, away from the park. Finally, they dropped us into a black and gold chariot. It seemed to be a chariot with two rows of seats, but we couldn't see who was behind us. We were still in shock from what had just happened so quickly. Two black stallion pegasi flew the chariot in the front. I grabbed Annabeth and held her in my arms.

"Are you okay?"

She nodded, looking shaken. "Yeah. You?"

"I'm good, as long as we're together." I nodded back.

"Great, now we just have to find a way to escape our kidnappers."

We almost jumped when a snake like, oddly familiar and very annoying voice came from behind me. I still heard the voice in my nightmares, but at the moment, I couldn't quite put a finger on it.

"I don't that's going to be happening anytime soon."

Annabeth's eyes widened. "Percy-"

The voice cut her off. "Perseus Jackson and Miss Annabeth Chase. We meet again. Although this time, I'm afraid, you won't be killing me."

"Don't turn around Percy. It might be Medusa again, and we can't risk looking at her eyes." Annabeth said, her voice becoming calmer as we accepted the situation. I gently slid her hand into mine and squeezed it to let her know we'd be okay, and we were in this together.

The snarky, annoying voice spoke again. "Medusa? Oh no, I'm much more beautiful than that old snake." I felt a cold hand on my shoulder. "Now how about that kiss?"

DUN DUN DUN! NOO! Percy was about to propose… How's that for a cliffhanger? Not quite as good as Uncle Rick's cliffies, but hopefully still good. How was that date though? I know this might seem like an overload of Percabeth, or just a filler chapter, but I wanted to give them a nice date before… THEIR DOOM…

Just kidding! I promise they don't die in this story.

But let me know in the reviews what you think of this chapter! Who do you think the voice is? What's going to happen to Percabeth?

I'll update this story in two weeks or less! School really take up a lot of time though, with homework, and tests… So much stress!

It definitely takes a lot of time to write these chapters, I mean, 4600 ish words?! That's a new record for me! But it's all worth it for you guys!

Hope you liked this chapter! THANKS AGAIN TO EVERYONE WHO REVIEWED! Shout outs to Jay L, Solangeluna, and GuardianGirl24! Sorry about any spelling or grammar errors you might see, I was in a hurry to get this chapter out to you guys!

~Lucy