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And I'm so sorry for not updating for so long! This year is the most important year of school, so the teachers are already starting to pile us with homework. And I've been on hiatus for sometime, due to massive writers' block. Sorry!

Annabeth's POV

"Percy." I said suddenly.

"Yeah?" He planted a kiss on my forehead, brushing a stray strand of my hair away. "What's wrong?"

"My mother. I think she likes you-"

Percy laughed. "We hate each other, remember? She hates me, hates Poseidon, and so hates me even more. Don't worry, Annabeth."

"-And I'm starting to think that that feeling is going to be mutual." I finished.

"Don't worry, Annabeth." He said again. "I love you."

"Me too." I lay my head on his chest, listening to his strong, steady heartbeat. "I'm never gonna let anyone take you away from me."

"And you're never, ever getting away from me again. Ever." He whispered. Together, we watched the last rays of the sun disappear, then packed up and left.

"Bye, Percy." I said softly.

He kissed me gently on the cheek. "Bye, Annabeth."

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Athena's POV

I paced back and forth in the library. Or rather, around the love bubble. 'Give it time'? What the Hades was wrong with Aphrodite? In my fury, I poked the love bubble hard, maybe a little too hard, but luckily it didn't burst. I sat back down on my chair, and the bubble followed me.

This was stupid. For once, I was losing my cool. It was just too much... Percy kissing Annabeth, Annabeth promising never to let him get away from her, their tender love for each other...

I shook my head hard. I had to stop thinking of these things. It was disrupting my work and thoughts. I would never finish my work like this.

I pressed my pencil down on the paper so hard that the lead broke.

"ARGH!" I shouted, pounding my fist on the table. "It's IMPOSSIBLE!"

"What's impossible, Athena?"

I whipped around. Apollo was leaning on a bookcase casually, wearing his signature I'm-hot-and-you-know-it smile.

"I thought you were the high and mighty Athena, the infallible goddess of wisdom?" He used his fingers to make quotation marks as he spoke the word 'infallible'. "Got a problem you can't solve?"

"Shut up, Apollo!" I threw my pencil at him. He stepped aside, and it impaled itself in the bookshelf behind him.

"Now, now, Athena! That's no way to behave, especially for a goddess! Shall we go to the beach to chillax?" He snapped his fingers. There was a blinding flash, and when I opened my eyes again, he was wearing a pair of beach shorts and a loose singlet, with a pair of sunglasses.

"You're a horrible flirt."

"Yes, I am." He nodded agreeably.

"YOU'RE IMPOSSIBLE!" I yelled. I gathered my stuff quickly, then briskly walked past him without sparing him another glance.

As the door slammed behind me, I heard him say, "that's another impossible thing, isn't it?"

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"Lady Athena, you called?" Percy said, opening the door and slipping inside.

"Yes!" I nearly shouted. "You still haven't completed your godly training! It's been a month!"

"That's very little time already," he muttered under his breath.

"I completed mine in a week, Perseus."

"Oh. Okay," he said, rather awkwardly.

"Today we will be learning teleportation," I said. "You should be able to teleport by now, but you have been very slow in training. Anyway, teleporting is easy... For most gods and goddesses." I smiled somewhat evilly, then snapped my fingers and appeared behind him. "Like that."

"AH!" He jumped. "Don't do that. It's creepy."

"Excuse me, Perseus, but I'm the one training you. Not the other way round. You don't order me around." I said. "To teleport, just concentrate where you want to go."

"Then why do you snap your fingers when you teleport?"

"I have my own shortcut for teleporting easily. Now try it."

Percy closed his eyes and concentrated. A few seconds passed, and nothing happened. He furrowed his brow, and closed his eyes tighter.

His eyebrows are so cute when they're all scrunched together.

Still caught up in my thoughts, my heart skipped a beat minutes later when Percy said from behind me, "Lady Athena."

I promptly jumped and gasped in shock, then calmed down again.

"So did I do well?" He asked, smiling charmingly.

I forced my mouth to answer, "no. You didn't." He looked slightly crestfallen as I continued, "you took way too long to teleport."

"How long will you take?" He countered.

"How long? More like, how little." I teleported behind him, then next to him, then back in front, then ten metres away from him, teleporting at random places continuously for five whole minutes.

I tried to hide my panting. "S-see how far you are from teleporting properly?" That had taken up a lot of my energy,even as a goddess.

The clock tower struck nine.

"Today's training is over. Tomorrow, six in the morning. Farewell." I quickly walked away. I could feel my energy draining away. That was foolish of me. I didn't really need to impress him like that!

I turned around the corner, until I was out of Percy's sight, then immediately leaned against a wall, catching my breath. I felt my knees shaking slightly. Sliding against the wall and onto the floor, trying to calm myself down. A hugged my knees against my chest, praying that no one saw me like that. What would they say if they saw the calm and cool goddess of wisdom, now insecure and so startled?

I closed my eyes, leaning against the brick wall.

What if someone found me here?

No, it didn't matter... At least it was better than someone seeing me collapse.

Soon, I fell into a restless sleep.

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I had weird dreams. Even weirder than usual.

I dreamt that I was in my room, and Percy was there. I stared at him, but he wasn't looking at me - he was looking at Zeus, who was saying, "...no, I do not approve. This is outrageous! You and Athena?"

I lunged forward, towards Zeus. "No, father, it-"

My dream shifted.

I was in the sea, struggling amidst the waves. They were wild and choppy, like they had a mind of their own, trying to drown me. I gasped for air. Poseidon's voice boomed around me. "HOW DARE YOU, ATHENA?"

"Lady Athena." I heard Percy's voice. I turned around, barely managing to stay afloat. "Percy? PERCY! HELP!"

"Lady Athena." Percy's voice said again, but he was still nowhere to be seen.

My eyes flew open.

"Lady Athena." Percy was saying. "You're awake."

Percy was looking me quizzically. He sat on an armchair, holding a mug of some hot drink.

I looked around. I was lying on a bed, with a sea-green quilt and white covers. I say up quickly. The walls were light blue, and the floor was made of wood. There was a plasma 56-inch television, and floor-to-ceiling windows. I looked outside. The sky was dark, and the stars were shining brightly.

"Where- where am I?"

"My palace. You passed out nearby, so-" he was interrupted by a loud knock on the oak door, which was followed by several knocks, though try were only slightly softer.

I climbed out of the bed slowly. I was still wearing my clothes from yesterday - a plain white polo shirt lined with grey, and denim shorts.

"Who can it be at this hour?" I said, somewhat disdainfully.

Percy's POV

I turned the brass door handle, yawning slightly - I had fallen asleep on the armchair, but I woke up minutes before Athena did.

I pulled open the door.

"Percy!" Annabeth exclaimed, throwing her arms around me. I hugged her back. "I missed you!"

"I missed you too, wise girl." I laughed. It was good to see Annabeth again, but for some reason... I didn't know what it was. It didn't seem right.

Annabeth studied my expression, as we pulled away from each others' tight embrace. "Percy? What's wrong? Can I come in?"

"Oh, er..."

Her grey eyes shifted from mine to Athena.

"Mom?" She asked in disbelief. "Mom? What are you doing here?"

"Annabeth, I can explain-" I began. Annabeth turned back to me.

"Percy, I- I thought..." She looked at me one last time. I could see tears in her eyes before she turned away and ran.

"ANNABETH, WAIT!" I shouted. I ran after her, but she had already passed through the portal connecting Mount Olympus and the mortal world and vanished.

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