I was lying in my cabin when there was a knock at my door. I mumbled "Come in!" to my pillow. I turned my head just in time to see Grover hauling a massive bag in. There were a number of things falling out of it such as wigs and make-up. Behind him Nico carried in three very sparkly, very reveling dresses.

"Hey bro how's it going?" Grover asked me

"Not well, I'm starting to think that Annabeth is being controlled by some sort of magic. Every time I almost break through to her, she gets this glazed look in her eyes… Things are just not going very well." Nico looked apologetic for a while but then got that familiar evil glint in his eyes.

"Well dude, I think that we have the solution to your problems," He looked at the bag and dresses "So, we've been following Noah for a while and you've probably guessed that he's not the most truthful person ever… actually, he rarely tells anything that's true. Well, tonight that supposed "interview" he has? That's totally bogus. He's going out partying with one of his friends."

"Nico that still doesn't explain why you're holding three dresses." Nico just looked at me and smiled.

"Ouch! I can't believe chick wear heels all day!" I complained. Nico and Grover's genius idea was that we should dress up as women and get Noah to hit on us. I now had weird silicone things stuffed down the front of my shirt, my hair easily covered by a platinum blonde wig that fell to my waist, I had to shave my legs, tweeze my eyebrows (luckily not into the almost nonexistent style), and Grover made me bedazzle my phone. Shudder. Now, Nico was standing in front of me (dressed in a very similar way) installing a hidden camera into my blonde hair-do, which I believe is called a Snooky-poof. Since none of us owned a car we were going to shadow travel to some sort of sleazy night club. I was not happy to be dressed as a woman, but if it means getting Annabeth back, I was willing to do it.

"Are you ready to go, Percy?" Nico extended his hand and I took it. Before long we were standing in the bar area of the night club. The music was extremely loud and even though it was before ten o'clock at night, there were at least ten people falling over drunk. As we crossed over onto the dance floor, the pulsating lights and loud music gave me a headache. But, it wasn't long until I spotted Noah. Grr… Even the sight of him made my blood boil. He was wearing a striped short-sleeved button down. Come to think of it, I had the exact same shirt… that upset me even more. I must have been a pretty good looking woman because he started doing this strange combination of dance walking towards me. I took a step back. Grover pushed me forward and hissed in my ear "where are you going! This is a good thing! Dance towards him!" I started the same strange dance walk over towards Noah. We reached each other before long.

"Hey, sexy!" I think that I was about to explode. I really wish that he could tell that I was a man and not a woman, but I played along.

"Hey! I don't know who you are calling sexy, but you are pretty fine yourself!" Did I really just say that?

"Hey baby, let me buy you a drink!" Ugh, he would probably put something in my drink! I looked over to Nico and he gave me a smile that said I know that you don't want to, but you have to! I walked over to the bar with Noah, praying that the weird stuff that Grover stuffed up the back of my dress would not fall out. Noah got the bartender's attention by waving a one-hundred dollar bill in front of his face. That was probably Annabeth's money that she had earned. I cannot believe that I was about to spend it. But, then again, it would work out better for her in the long run.

"Sexy lady!" Noah really needed to stop calling me that, "What do you want?"

"Ugh, a Budweiser would be nice" The bartender gave me a crazed look, "Oh, I mean I'd really like a strawberry daiquiri." The look left the bartender as he mixed up my drink.

"That will be $100.00, please." He extended his hand to Noah, Noah gave him a death glare but handed him the money anyway. I sat down and sipped my drink. Noah's eyes travelled up and down my body. This is even scarier that facing Kronos. After a while he spoke again.

"Hey, my car is parked right around the corner do you want to, ya know." His eyes got wide after he said this. It was going too far. I was defiantly not doing that! But, I had to stay in character.

"Ha, I've just got to go check in with my girlfriends! I'll be right back!" At this I hopped up and practically ran to get to Grover and Nico.

"He wants me to go to his car! I am not doing this! It's crazy!" Nico was the first to respond.

"Percy! This is what we wanted him to do! Now, go over there, let him think that he is going to get to, well you know. Then creatively get out of the situation! This is the chance that we have been waiting for!" Nico looked at me like this was going to be the only chance I was going to get Annabeth back. Well, she was my true love, isn't there a saying that people do crazy things when they're in love?

"Fine. But this is the last time that I'm ever dressing up as a woman. Period."

Grover laughed at what he perceived to be my joke. "Never say never, Percy. Did you ever think that you would ever dress up as a woman? Now, go romance Noah."

"Please don't tell me to romance him. I am simply hitting on him." At this, they both laughed and I waddled away in my super high heels back over to Noah, where he had found another woman to hit on. I had to slide myself in between the two and I put my arms over Noah's head and around his neck. To me, it was extremely uncomfortable to be this close to a man that I hated. Well, it was just uncomfortable to be this close to a man at all. But, I just had to keep a picture of Annabeth in my mind.

"Hey, baby. Let me just finish this drink and we can hop on out to your car." At this I gave him a wink and sat down while sipping my drink.

"God girl. You just have an amazing body. You have great legs. And your arms are so toned. And that rack. Do you have implants? Cause god loves you, if you don't." At this Noah reached out and touched one of my inserts. Gods, this is even more awkward than I thought it would be. It just got worse as he started to squeeze them. I was a nanosecond away from smacking him in the face when I heard a pop and felt warm water running down my stomach. I looked down in horror and saw that one of the "breasts" had totally deflated. There was no way that I was passing as a woman now. I did the first thing that I thought of. I threw my drink in Noah's face and sprinted to grab Nico and Grover. I dragged them into the shadows.

"Dudes, we have to go now. My boob popped." I never thought those words in the same sentence would pass my lips. I grabbed Nico's hand and he transported us back to Camp Half-Blood. In all the years he had time to perfect his shadow travel, he hadn't done it yet. Instead of being back in my cabin, we were standing in the middle of the Athena cabin. Where Annabeth was alone gathering some sketches in her arms. She looked up when the Nico fell over his heel. I never knew that someone's pupils could dilate that much, but Annabeth's eyes looked black. We locked eyes.

"Percy, is that you?" She fell silent and just kept staring. Nico and Grover took this opportunity to bolt, so I was left standing in the middle of the cabin.

"Annabeth let me explain. I did this all for you! I have proof."

"So, you dressed up as a woman with one breast to what? Impress me? Show me that Noah would never do that for me or what?" Her face had this look that begged me to explain myself.

"Do you have you laptop with you?"

"Yeah." She handed me her laptop and I woke it up. It was one of those nice Apple ones that she probably used for business. There was an open professional grade Google Sketch-Up with an amazing house on it. It was perfect. For me, that is. It was a yellow Victorian; it looked like the perfect way to sum up the American Dream, except there were remarkable details added on. There was a huge pool. But that was just the start. The porch had a number of large tanks with tropical fish in them. As I scrolled to the back yard, which was perfectly landscaped, the whole back of the house was a mural of the sea. It was flawlessly coordinated with everything. The yellow faded into the multi layers of the blue seamlessly. Then in the middle of the yard, it looked like a mini city made from blocks that you had the option of rearranging and building again. I was in love. Then my eyes traveled to the corner of the document where it says what it is named. My heart almost stopped in my chest. The title of the document was Annabeth's Dream House. This was my dream house. This must be a sign we were still meant to be together. Our dream house looked the same.

"Did you design this? I-I- I love it!" I was surprised my mouth didn't reach the ground it was open so far.

"Does it matter? It still doesn't prove you aren't insane. You are dressed as a woman." Oh, right. I took off my wig and fished the camera out of it. I popped the memory out of it and put it into the computer. When it automatically asked me what I wanted to do, I clicked the option view all videos. This was a mistake. The first video was of Nico dancing. That would have been scary by itself, if he hadn't been shirtless. Annabeth and I were both speechless. Finally she spoke.

"How does this prove anything?" I clicked next video. Finally it was what I was looking for. It was Noah in all his glory, hitting on me. We watched everything. A tear glided down her check. I reached over and brushed it off. She looked over at me, tears about to spill over. Just as I took a step forward, the uncomfortable part of my lovely home movie came on. I watched, my face turning a attractive shade of crimson. At least I earned a laugh. As the movie stopped, Annabeth turned towards me.

"My fiancé just hit on another man. How is that right? You don't even look like a woman, no offense." More tears came down.

"None taken. Maybe you shouldn't go home tonight. Just take off your ring for one night. You shouldn't belong to him anymore."

"I will, but you should really take off your make-up first." She led me into the bathroom and got out some cotton balls, face wash, and eye make-up remover. She went to work on my face, which felt much thicker than it should be. Ten minutes, eight cotton balls, and three face washes later, I was as good as new. We were back in the main part of the cabin.

"Annabeth, I think that it's time you take your ring off." She took a deep breath and held out her hand. She had the world's worst ring. The diamonds that haloed the outside were and awful light shade of brown. I was no expert jeweler, but this was low class. I reached out my fingers, and in a manner like a soon to be groom would put a ring on his soon to be bride I took the ring off Annabeth's finger. Or at least I tried to take the ring off. But it wouldn't budge. I yanked, and I pulled but it just wouldn't move. I bent over to take a closer look at the ring. It had started to glow bright blue. I put my fingers on it once more and felt as if I were being electrocuted. My vision went black.

I woke up in a cozy old home. There were many knitting needles, bit of yarn, and at least twenty pairs of scissors lying around. I couldn't figure out where I was. At least, or maybe crap, I heard voices from the other room. I walked towards the sound and saw three crippled old ladies fighting. I remembered them from my first quest. They were the three fates. The one who cut the yarn of life and the one who knitted the yarn were in a heated debate. The one who measured the yarn was asleep in the corner, snoring softly.

"She is destined to be with him. Not that thing that you found on the streets!" The knitter roared.

"Really, because Noah, if you hadn't noticed, Noah is a perfect match for Annabeth!" The cutter yelled. They were arguing about Annabeth's love life.

"Annabeth would have never met him if you hadn't spilled coffee on the sweater! It was a fluke. Brought on by your clumsiness!"

"That is what dealing with fate is all about. Maybe it wasn't the original plan, but the new plan is better, perfect."

"Really, I don't think that Athena is really happy about this, and for the record neither is Zeus!"

"If you have forgotten, there is a way that Percy can win her back. She just needs to say 'I love you' to him and then everything will go back to the original plan."

"Oh, how is he supposed to do that? The plan is a hard thing to fight."

"Sister, if you have done your knitting correctly, and Percy and Annabeth are truly meant to be together, it can be done. If I know anything about your knitting, it is hard to mess with."

"Thank you for the compliment, sister. I just hope it can be done. Percy and Annabeth made the perfect couple."

"I would argue that they, like Noah and Annabeth, they had their problems. Every couple does…."

The two continued their conversation, but my thoughts were already racing. An I love you? That's all it takes? But first that means making her fall in love with me again. I had time…. I had six days left. No! I only had five. Could I make her fall in love with me in five days? Did I have enough time?

These thoughts raced through my head as I regained consciousness.

"Percy are you okay? You scared me…" Annabeth came back into focus.

"I'm fine, just really tired." I fell into her bed and began to snore as if I were already asleep. Annabeth sighed and climbed in next to me. In my "sleep" I wrapped my arms around her. Again, in my "sleep" I murmured "I love you Annabeth". It made my heart swell when she whispered to herself "I think I'm starting to love you again, Percy." This was going to make a good story to tell our grand-children.