All right, so here's one more one-shot , mainly to satisfy all of those who are waiting for the second installation of the Percabeth and the Olympians series. This one-shot takes place in an Alternate Universe where Percy and Annabeth had a lot of adventures together, but Kronos did not rise up. Luke, however, died on his quest for the apple. Everyone else is pretty much alive, and are demigods (unless otherwise noted or obviously non-demigod)

Percy POV

All right, I told myself, I'm going to do it. I'm going to ask her out this time and not chicken out like an idiot.

I walked myself up to Annabeth, with a rose behind my back, getting ready to ask Annabeth out to the Fireworks, which is pretty much the most romantic get together at camp.

"Hey Annabeth," I said, "Can I ask you something?"

"Seaweed Brain," she said, turning around from her conversation with Katie Gardner, "you don't need permission to ask me."

"Hey, Annabeth," interrupted Joey, an Ares camper, "Want to go to the fireworks tonight?"

"Oh, um, sure, Joey," she said, and my heart just burst, "I'd love to."

She turned back to me, and I said, "Never mind, I'll ask Malcolm."

I then left her confused, as I walked briskly (yes, I know what that word means. When you spend time with the Athena cabin waiting for your best friend, who is also an Athenian, then you pick up stuff) back to my cabin. When I got there, I looked for a pen and a notepad, and sat down at the desk that was there.

Annabeth POV

I wonder what's up with Seaweed Brain. Ever since Joey asked me to the Fireworks, he's been acting strange, and the thing is, he never asked Malcolm whatever he was asking. The only reason I asked him was because I figured Percy was too chicken to ask me out, but I guess he wasn't planning on going, which might have been why, since I can't see him anywhere. I hope nothing bad happened to him. I'd hate for anything to happen to him because of me. Then I'd hate myself since it could potentially be my fault that the love of my life (yes, I love that idiot son of Poseidon, but who could blame me?) was injured or dead because of me.

The next day, I got up and after breakfast (which he was absent from), I went to his cabin to check if he overslept, which he often does.

"Seaweed Brain, you in there?" I called, as I opened the door and entered. What I saw took me by surprise. The reason: there was nothing in there that showed any signs of inhabitance other than the Minotaur horn and other trinkets that Tyson, Percy's Cyclopes brother, gave to him. "Percy? Hello?"

I looked in the whole cabin, but found no trace of him. Finally, I checked the desk, and lo and behold, there's a note there, conveniently written in Ancient Greek

Dear whoever reads this,

Don't panic, nothing happened to me. I just need some time away from camp to think. If it's Annabeth that's reading this, I want to let you know that I the question that I was going to ask you may or may not have changed our relationship with each other, but Joey ended up asking it before I could, and you ended up agreeing. (On the margins near this, Percy wrote I know she's too good for me, but I had to try) Annabeth, since I can't say it out loud due to the fact that everything about you captivates me, I'll write it here: I like you, a lot. Heck, I even love you, but you know what, whoever you end up living the rest of your life with, is one lucky guy. I hope he never lets you go. Gods know I wasted all the chances I've gotten, and I can honestly say that I'm giving up. I'm not going to go after you, Annabeth, anymore. I don't deserve you, especially after all the times I've gotten interrupted trying to ask you out or profess my love for you, it diminishes your self-confidence, you know what I mean? Anyways, I've come to accept that Annabeth'll probably never fall in love with a loser like me, and I'll—I just need time alone to figure out what I'm going to do next. Don't worry about me, I'll be fine. I have Riptide and the shield Tyson made me, along with Mrs. O Leary with me. Oh, and for future reference, if I don't end up with Annabeth, which is probably at 1 million % right now, I'm going to stay as a bachelor, for the rest of my life, because there is only one girl I want to spend the rest of my life with: Annabeth.

Your local son of Poseidon, Aqua Boy, Kelp Head, Seaweed Brain, etc.,

Perseus 'Percy' Jackson

By the time I finished reading it, I had tears in my eyes and questions in my head. The first thing I did, though, was logical: I went to Chiron. Well, more like ran

"What's wrong, child?" asked Chiron

"It's Percy," said Annabeth, "He's ran off."

"Ran off?" asked Chiron, and I handed him the letter, "Oh dear, this isn't good. Not good at all. We'll call a counselors meeting at once."

I nodded, and ran off to get the other counselors informed. Once everyone was in the rec room, and debriefed of the situation, I was still teary and pacing the room

"Wait, hold on," said Silena, narrowing her eyes, "Percy did what?"

"He ran off," said Chiron

"Apparently," I said, "he was going to ask me to the fireworks yesterday, but I agreed to an Ares boy because I thought that Percy was going to be too chicken to ask me out, but I had done it in front of him, and, well, this happened."

"What was the kids name?" asked Silena

"Joey, why?" I asked, when I noticed that the Stolls were missing

"I AM GOING T KILL THOSE TWINS!" shrieked the daughter of Aphrodite, "THOSE THIEVING, CONIVING, RESPECT-LESS MURDERERS!"

"What'd they kill?" asked Katie

"PERCABETH!" yelled Silena, and we were all confused

She calmed down enough to explain to us that Percabeth was me and Percy's couple name. However, that didn't last long, as she stormed off to find the Stolls.

"Does anyone know what that's about?" asked Will

"I know a little bit," said Lou Ellen, "Connor came up to me yesterday saying that he needed a potion to get Joey to ask Annabeth to the fireworks to win a bet with Silena about who'll ask Annabeth first to the fireworks: Joey or Percy. Well, let's just say that the Stolls weren't supposed to interfere with it, and Silena might be mad since, well for one, they broke the rules, and two, her mom probably had Percy ask Annabeth at the last minute, but their interference probably just blew that out the window."

"I AM GOING TO KILL THOSE VLACAS!" I yelled, when Chiron put a hand on my shoulders

"Not now child," said Chiron, "once Silena takes her revenge, then I'll punish them, and then you can have your revenge."

"Fine," I said, since the look on Chiron's face said that I had no other choice.

Silena POV

I am going to kill those slime-ball little cheats unless my mother gets there first. I looked for the Stolls, when I find them hiding behind some bushes pointing to some girls playing volleyball

"STOLLS!" I screamed, "GET OVER HERE!"

"Uh, uh," they stuttered, "we have to go, Chiron's calling us."

"Oh, please," I said, "Chiron'll let me do this"

I dragged them by the ear, despite their protests, into my cabin, and propped them onto a chair which their butts barely fit on, and my sisters tied them up

"Why'd you tie us?" asked Travis

"So you wouldn't run away," said Lacy

"Why would we r-run away?" asked Connor, nervously.

"Oh, I don't know," I said, "maybe because your little stunt yesterday with Joey caused Percy to run away into the night."

"Percy ran away?" asked Connor

"I told you he'd run away," said Travis, "but no, you just had to get Joey to do it."

"Why didn't you stop me?" asked Connor

"You blackmailed me!" said Travis

"So?" asked Connor

"Next time, I'm not helping," said Travis

"but we made 50 drachmas," said Connor

"Actually make that 0 drachmas," said Lacy

"Actually girls," I said, "we gain 50 drachmas each from Connor and only 5 from Travis."

"Thank you for having mercy," said Travis

"Travis, you can go," said Mitchell

"But Connor," said Lacy, "has to swear on the Styz that he'll get Percabeth together."

"Do I have to?" asked Connor

"If you want to have children in the future, you will," I said, "oh, and you can't get a new camper to do it for you. You have to get them together by yourself."

"But I don't know how!" he replied

"Tough luck," sneered Lacy

"I don't want to," said Connor, "I've got good prank to prank and stuff to steal."

"You will do it," I said, "or you can be certain that the clown outfits we hide in the back for revenge reasons will never be in the back for the rest of your puny natural life, and possibly the next one."

"Will it be the make up too?" he asked

"Twice the amount," I replied

"I'll get right on it," said Connor, before we untied him. Once he left, I followed him to make sure that he actually doe help make Percabeth a reality.

Connor POV

After I left the Aphrodite cabin, I made my way to my cabin. I wasn't sure where to start, but I'd get my cabinmates to help me.

"Hey Chris," I said, approaching him and Clarisse, "Want to help me get Percy back and together with Annabeth?"

"Dude," said Chris, "I'm not helping you. It's your fault this whole thing happened, and you have to fix it."

"Fine, don't help a brother out," I said, "I'll just ask the other members of our cabin."

That didn't work out so well, though. Anyone I asked that was part of my cabin said pretty much the same thing, except for Adelade, who tried to hit me with her shoe. I don't know what I did, but after she accidently walked into a prank we had set up for Chris, she's never liked me nor Travis ever since. Oh well.

I tried to think of where Percy could have gone to think, but nothing seemed to come up. Not even when I slept on it, even when I tried to do it for three nights in a row. I then realized someone who might have known other than Annabeth: Chiron. I'd ask her, but she's been getting more and more depressed by the minute, but whenever I'm around, she's glaring at me and sharpening her knife. I then went over to the Big House to ask Chiron.

"I'm guessing Lacy did it," said Chiron, as I approached him

"Did what?" I asked, confused. Hopefully they didn't apply makeup on me before I left. They have this magic spell or something that does that

"So it was the cabin spell, huh?" asked Chiron, with a hint of a smile, and a scowl

"What are you talking about?" I asked

"Is there anything you wanted, child?" asked Chiron

"Umm, yeah," I said, "Where might Percy go to be alone and think? Outside of camp, I mean."

"Well," said Chiron, "I do know for a fact that they own a cabin on Montauk beach that they frequently go to on vacation. He might be there. Other than that, I don't know."

"Can Argus drive me there?" I asked

"I'll inform him right away," said Chiron, galloping away, "Be at Half-Blood Hill in twenty minutes."

I nodded, and happily went to Travis to tell him what I had planned

"Whatever you're doing," he said, "I don't want a part of it. Not until Percy and Annabeth don't want to kill us anymore."

"Percy's not even here," I said

"Think how mad he'll be when he finds out that Joey asked Annabeth because we made him," said Travis, "And that Annabeth was actually waiting for him to ask her out, but figured that he'd be too chicken to do it."

"Wow, you're right," I said, "how'd we get into such a big mess?"

"How'd you get into it?" corrected Travis, "I'm not taking any part of this, and if yougive me some of the blame, I'm not pranking with you."

"Dude, you wouldn't," I said

"Try me," glared Travis, before walking away to the Demeter cabin.

This is worse than I thought if my own brother won't share the blame with me. Maybe winning that bet wasn't the best thing to do.

I made my way up to Half-Blood Hill since my conversation with Travis effectively wasted the twenty minutes, and got into the van. The ride to Montauk was pretty silent, since I was pretty much off in my own world.

When we arrived, I asked Argus if he could wait until I got back before we went back. He nodded, and I made my way onto the beach. Luckily, it was about mid-afternoon, so I could expect Percy to be outside. I was right, and found Percy sitting on the dock and staring at the ocean. I approached him and stopped a few feet away from him

"Mr. Lorenzo," said Percy, "I told you that I'm not interested in burning fish alive. Need I remind you that I am an avid fish fan?"

"It's Connor," I said, "not Mr. Lorenzo."

Percy's head turned around so fast, I thought his face'd just shoot off. "What do you want now Connor? And where's Travis?"

"Travis isn't here," I said, "Look, we found you're letter, and by me, I mean Annabeth. Listen, you really have to go after her again. She really wants to go out with you."

"Yeah right," said Percy, "I bet you that she's just saying that so I can be back at camp and be her fall back guy."

"She's not going out with Joey," I said, "she just thought that you'd be too chicken to ask her, so she said yes to Joey. I swear, she's getting more and more depressed everyday."

"Why?" asked Percy

"Swear on the Styx you won't kill me unless we're both back at camp, with Annabeth, and I get a two second head-start?" I asked

"Everything except the head-start," he replied. Hmm, good enough, so I told him everything, from the bet me and Travis made, to me blackmailing Travis into helping me get Joey to ask Annabeth out, to us finding out what happened, and everything that has happened with the bet up to this point.

"And that's why you should come back with me and pursue Annabeth again," I said

"Are you telling me," said Percy, "that the only reason that Annabeth and I are depressed, Annabeth going to the fireworks with Joey, and me running away is all because you wanted to win some stupid bet about whether who asked Annabeth to the fireworks?"

"Well, it sounds worse when you put it that way," I said, "but yeah, I did."

"You are a dead idiot when we get back to camp," snarled Percy, as he stomped over to where Argus was waiting for the both of us

Annabeth POV

I can't believe that Percy loves me. Yes, I know it's been a few days since he ran away and I found the letter, but I still couldn't get my mind wrapped around it. Maybe because he only wrote it and not said it, so that's why I can't come to terms with it. But, then again, what difference does it make? This is still Percy, I mean, his handwriting's just as Percy-ish as it always was. Connor better bring him back, or so help me, not even Typhon would want the remnants of his body when I'm done.

Other than the fact that Percy loves me, I can't get over the fact that I may have chased away my one true love because of a simple three letter word to the wrong person. I just hope that Percy comes back so I can apologize to him. He deserves it. After all, if experience serves, he must have done it quite a few times (other than the fact that he's mentioned it in his letter) if he was about to ask me right before fireworks. I mean, it's Percy! The only experience he has with girls is with Mrs. Jackson, Thalia, and me and two of them are his family. He barely has any experience asking any girls out (Pray that he doesn't swing that way, or I'd be eternally doomed), unless he's been secretly going out with that red-headed demon during the Titan War.

I was making my way to archery, when I noticed Connor talking to Travis. I whipped out my knife, and started sharpening it, while glaring at him. It's something I've come to do whenever I see him, though people say that it's a sign that I'm not fully depressed (though I wasn't in the first place). They talked for a while, before Travis walked away to the Demeter cabin, and Connor looked like he had come to a realization. If it's about how deep in trouble he's in, then good. If not, then he's in even more trouble.

I guess it was the first, since he made his way to Half-Blood Hill after his conversation with Travis. For the rest of the day, I didn't see him, but I knew he was back since I saw Argus in the Big House when I went to ask Chiron whether he liked my Olympus drawings or not. At dinner, I saw that Connor was back, and he looked like he was happy, so I suspected that Percy was back.

After dinner, I made my way to Percy's cabin, again. Somehow, I always found my way here at night to sleep ever since Percy left, so Malcolm knows where I might be if I don't show up to sleep tonight.

I notice that the light is on, and I slowly open the door. I see Percy inside, sitting on his bed, looking like he's deep in thought, and I let the door swing fully open. His head snaps up, and eyes widen.

"Percy?" I ask, just as he asks, "Annabeth?"

"You're back!" I squeal (which is odd, since I don't squeal), and give him a bone-crushing hug.

"Yup," said Percy, "and I'll be staying, if you answer one question of mine."

"What is it this time, Seaweed Brain?" I asked, still smiling as I pull out of the hug.

"Well," he started, "a little-soon-to-be-dead birdie told me that you went into depression since I left, was waiting for me to ask you to the fireworks, and he mentioned something about you loving me? Is this true?"

"I don't know about depression," I said, "but yes, it's true. I do love you, and I'm sorry that I agreed to Joey before letting you talk."

"It's my fault Wise Girl," he said, "I should have asked you earlier."

"No it's not," I said, "Percy, it's my fault. I know how intimidating I get, so I'm not worried about when you'd ask me, so long as you do."

"I love you," said Percy

"Love you, too," I said

"So," he said, "will you be my girlfriend?"

"Heck, I'd marry you if you'd ask," I said

"That'll have to wait," said Percy

"Can I have a sneak peek of the Wedding kiss?" I ask

"How about our honeymoon kiss instead?" he asks, and we seal our life together with a kiss, and secretly plan to kill Connor the next day.