I opened the car door and stepped out of the car. I opened my brothers' door and let them out of the car. Thalia stayed in the car and she rolled down her window.

"Annabeth," she said,"please try to remember that Percy's dead. I know you will never get over him but if you stop thinking about him, things like today won't happen."

"Okay," I said,"but I hope you know that you can't stop me from trying to find him. I will search everywhere and as long as I need to until I'm sure that he's either alive or dead. Bye Thals." She waved as she rolled up her window and drove away. As I walked to the door, I pulled out my phone. Most monsters won't come near me and I had it designed to be untraceable. I went on a website where you can search anybody in the United States. I typed in 'Percy Jackson' and no results showed up. So I tried something different I typed in 'Perseus' and sure enough a few results showed up. I looked at them until I found one that was addressed in New York. The address seemed familiar.

I got out of the car and ran to the door. I took a deep breath and whispered,"Please be you Percy, please," and I knocked on the door. A woman answered and she looked at me for a minute. I tried to place her familiar face and we realized who the other one was at the same time.

"Annabeth?" Sally asked questioningly,"but you're dead. You died in Tartarus and Percy was all alone. How are you alive?"

"Sally what do you mean?" I said stunned that she thought I was dead,"Percy's the one who disappeared. Everyone thinks he's dead. I didn't give up hope. He's alive right?" I asked hoping for the best.

"Of course!" She said,"here I'll give you where he works he just left." She grabbed a pen and paper and wrote down his workplace. The place that he worked at was the pizza parlor that I went to today. That's why I saw him there. I took the paper from Sally and she said,"I sure am glad you're alive, Percy's been so different since he thought you died. Thank you for coming by Annabeth."

"Your welcome Sally," I said with the happiest smile,"I have a feeling I'll be seeing more of you."

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I jumped out of my car and dashed into the parlor. As soon as I entered I felt like my confidence was gone. What if he got over me? I felt tears stinging my eyes, it's been years and I thought I was alone.

I started talking staring at my shoes the whole time not wanting the worker to see me crying,"I need to know if Percy Jackson is here. I need to speak with him."

I felt a hand lift up my face and I stared into sea green eyes,"Wise Girl. You're alive! I thought you were dead all this time. Exactly four years ago I was told that I... Umm... Got taken over by a monster and killed you."

"Everybody said I was crazy that I believed you were alive. You disappeared in Tartarus. Then when I saw you today I was sure I wasn't going crazy! I always felt like you were still alive," I said tears falling as I collapsed into his embrace. " I thought I'd never be happy again."

"Then this is long overdue," he said as he leaned in and kissed me. "I've been wanting to do that for four years, Wise Girl."

"Me too, Seaweed Brain," I said ruffling his raven black hair. "Come on," I said grabbing his hand, that felt perfect in mine,"We've gotta go tell everybody else."