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Chapter 4: One way or another

Percy's POV

Like I expected, my dream's main protagonist was the one and only Annabeth Chase. And what a beautiful dream it was! It was all about how I would make her mine. The same dream I've been having since the beginning of this summer. I would take her to Greece, where the greatest monuments in the history of mankind are located, as she says. She would drag me to see all of them. She would explain how and why each column was built that way. And when I couldn't take it anymore I would be the one to drag her to the beach. We would spend some time in my element and then we'd go to our room, where I would show her exactly how much I love her.

I would carry her through the door and place her gently on the bed. In a teasingly slow pace, I would remove her clothes. Because I know her, she would grow sick of my little game and push me down, straddling me. She would probably tear my shirt apart from her eagerness and start trailing kisses upward my torso until she reached my ear where she would whisper.

"Percy, wake up." What in Hades's name is this? Annabeth wouldn't say that. I would already be awake. I could feel her tongue running up my ear.

"Baby, wake up." She said giggling and then I realized my sweet dream was over. With a groan I opened my eyes only to find the object of my lust and obsession right in front of my face.

"Why did you have to wake me up now?" I asked fake-crying.

"Was your dream that good you don't want your girlfriend to wake you up?" She asked faking to be hurt.

"Well, if you had seen how you were in the dream you would understand." I said and buried my head in the pillows.

"Oh yeah? How was I?" She asked smiling.

"Naked. Straddling me. Pecking kisses all over my chest up until my ear. And then you woke me up. Right before the best part!" I said trying to get her to lay with me in vain.

"You know, if you played your cards right, it might become reality in the not so distant future." She said and I shot up.

"What do I need to do?" I asked making her laugh. "What?"

"Nothing. It's just that you are really cute." She answered and kissed me pulling back later.

"Where do you think you are going? You wake me up at the best part of my dream and leave me with just a peck? No way missy." I said and this time effectively pulled her to my bed. I also pulled the covers over our heads and started kissing her body.

"What are you doing?" She kept asking trying to playfully push me away.

I lifted her shirt up slowly, just like in my dream, and kissed the newly exposed skin. The hem of her t-shirt kept rising and rising until it reached her bra. I was a little hesitant, because I couldn't see Annabeth's face under the covers and I didn't know if she was ready for something like that. She must have noticed because she pushed the covers off of us and looked at me.

"What did you stop?" she asked smiling.

"I just wanted to make sure you are sure and ready about this." I said and she kept smiling.

She took the rest of her shirt off and kissed me. In reality she was even more beautiful than the dream. She smiled against my lips, reached her hand down to the waistline of my boxers and grasped my erection tightly. So tight, I yelped and she used that opportunity to push her tongue in my mouth. My gorgeous, independent girlfriend taking charge. I am so in love with her that I found it such a turn on. My hands went to the zipper of her jeans and tried to undo it, but with the way she kept on massaging me I couldn't do it so easily. After a few tries I finally managed to undo it. She pushed her jeans down with her legs and she was now left in just her underwear like me.

"I love you." I admitted once again kissing my way down to her collarbone.

"I love you too, Seaweed Brain." She said breathlessly. My hands went now behind her, to the claps of her bra.

"Are you 100% sure about this? We could always stop."

"I am, baby. I want you and I want this. Now shut up and kiss me!" She said and rose a little from the bed so I could easily unclasp the annoying bra and kiss her as she ordered.

This would be the first time for both of us and we didn't really know what to do, except for the basics of course, but with Annabeth it all came natural. So somehow I knew that what I would do next would give her the same pleasure her hand now gave me. I pushed her down again and returned my mouth to its previous position: her collarbone. But this time, with no material between our chests, I moved lower to the valley of her breasts. She moaned when I wrapped my lips around her left nipple sucking hungrily and pushed my head against her chest. That fact made me smile and hum in content, which vibrated around her nipple.

I let my left hand travel down to the lower part of her body, right above her underwear, and I slipped it inside. I can't believe I have such an effect on her. She was soaking wet. When I was done with her breasts, I went back up to her lips and all her moans were muffled my mouth. Her hips bucked against my hand, as did mine against hers. Soon we were both tired of our little foreplay and she pushed my boxers down with her feet, while I took her panties off with my hands. All this happened without our lips breaking contact.

The last pieces of material were now off and I was uncertain of how to proceed. From the little biology I had learned, I knew that a girl's first time is quite painful for her and I really didn't want to hurt her. But I so fucking wanted to make her mine.

She put an end to my little internal argument by grasping my dick and pulling me to her wet heat. Very slowly and carefully I pushed it in gradually so that I hurt her as little as possible. When I was fully sheathed inside her I stilled so she could get used to the intrusion. Thank the Gods her step-mother put her on the pill when she returned to her father's house a few years ago. I don't think I could handle keeping my hands to myself until I found some condoms. But now the important thing is that she was in complete distress and pain because of me.

"Are you okay, baby girl?" I asked unsure.

"Just give me a minute Percy." She said and I saw how tight her features were. Her eyes were clenched tight, her hands were digging in my flesh and I'm sure that if I wasn't invincible it would hurt like hell. I tried with everything I had to stay still and I was successful. After a few minutes, her face relaxed and the hold she had on my arm loosened. "I think you can move now. But carefully please." She said and I leaned in to capture her lips before starting to withdraw.

When just the tip was inside her, I pushed in again very carefully. I kept the same pace for a couple of minutes just testing the waters. Soon Annabeth wrapped her legs around me and urged me to go faster. I of course complied all too willingly. My girl was a loud one. I'm sure that if I didn't have my lips attached to hers to muffle her moans, the whole camp would hear us. But in truth, nothing else mattered now. We were together, moving as one, in our own little world.

"Oh Gods! Percy, faster!" she yelled and moaned when I sucked on the skin of her neck.

Being our first time, we didn't last that long, but it was the best feeling in the world. Having received a little extra attention from me, Annabeth was the one to cum first, but with the tightening of her walls, I followed soon after. I collapsed next to her later as she turned to the side to face me. After a few minutes of recuperation and a comfortable silence, I also turned to the side to face her.

"How are you feeling? I hope I didn't hurt you much." I said worried.

"I'm fine Percy. I did hurt in the beginning, but that was only expected. Stop worrying so much, baby." She said smiling. The blanket we had over us covered Annabeth's body from a little below her shoulders and down, while in my case, it covered my waist and down.

"You know, when I went to sleep last night after carrying you to your cabin, I never thought I would wake up like this." I said caressing her arm, which made her shiver.

"Me neither, Seaweed Brain." She said and buried her head in my chest inhaling my scent. I loved the way we were now, but I couldn't help but wonder how long it would last.

"How long do you think it will last?" I expressed my thoughts out loud.

"How long what will last?" She asked but it was a little difficult to understand since she was speaking against my flesh.

"This. Us being together like this." I said and she pulled back.

"I thought you said forever." She said a little hurt trying to look away. Wait! Shit! She didn't understand what I meant.

"Hey, hey, look at me. What I meant was: how long do you think we'll be out of trouble and carefree like this?" I explained and she visibly relaxed.

"Oh... Sorry for my reaction." She said and I nodded. "As for your question... with our luck we will probably be given a quest before this summer ends." She said and scooted over to her previous position: in my arms.

"Then let's enjoy it as it lasts." I said and leaned in to kiss her. Suddenly...

"ANNABETH! PERCY!" Grover's voice echoed from outside.

"Not again!" She said and buried her face further in my chest.

"Grover don't!" I said as he was about to step inside. Thankfully he stopped abruptly.

"Um... I don't really wanna know what you two are doing in there, but Annabeth, Chiron asked you to bring Percy, remember?" he said.

"Crap! I forgot. I'm sorry Grover. Can you tell him that we'll have a shower and be right there?" Annabeth asked sitting up and taking the blanket with her. Thankfully, each cabin had its own shower room and since I was alone here, I had it all to myself.

"Yeah, sure. Just be quick." He said and we could hear him walking away.

"What was that about?" I asked bringing her closer to me.

"Chiron asked me to come get you, but you distracted me before I even said anything." I cut her off then.

"And you sooo didn't enjoy it." I said mockingly.

"Of course I enjoyed it, but that's not the point. Due to the gods' oath to you, we have many new campers and we'll have to build new cabins for them since there are many children of the minor gods too." She said trying to find her clothes. "Where is my t-shirt?"

"I don't know. You are the one who took it off and threw it somewhere." I said wrapping the sheet around my waist.

"Shit! I can't find it. Can I take one of yours?" She asked me and I was surprised.

"Is this where we've come to? You stealing my clothes?" I asked smiling.

"Do you have a problem with your girlfriend stealing your clothes?" She asked approaching me.

"As long as I'm the one that removes them, no problem." I said and she smacked me playfully in the arm before going for the shower. Right before she was out of my sight she turned to face me.

"Coming?" She asked smiling suggestively. That girl is really driving me crazy. I approached her and lifted her over my shoulder when she least expected. "Perseus Jackson, put me down right this instant." She said giggling. She even smacked my ass. After our quick shower, I picked my outfit for the day, which would be jeans and a t-shirt like Annabeth, and I gave her my favorite t-shirt to wear. She of course knew that (along with everyone at camp), so she gasped when she realized which top I gave her.

"But that's your favorite..." She trailed off.

"And you are my favorite girl." That earned me a quick kiss before she put it on. "Now, I think Chiron is waiting for us. Piggy-Bag?" Instead of answering she just jumped on my back. Since we were already late, I ran to the big house where a bunch of children were with Chiron and Mr. D. When Chiron saw us he spoke.

"Percy, Annabeth. How nice of you to join us." He said mockingly and our friends around us chuckled.

"Don't mind them Chiron. I'm sure they were busy." Jenny said snickering along with the others.

"Enough with that." Chiron said and everyone shut up. "Now all the eldest of our campers are here, let's get started. As you all can see, we have many new campers, sons and daughters of almost all the gods, but there are not as many cabin here. So what we have to do is build some for them. So, Annabeth I suggest you start designing the new cabins and the others, let's expand the ones we have at our hands." He finished and we nodded. When Annabeth climbed off of my back there were many gasps from our friends.

"What happened guys?" She asked confused.

"What are you wearing?" Malcolm asked his sister.

"Oh..." We both breathed.

"So what, are you taking his clothes now?" Travis asked.

"Why Travis? Do you have a problem with that?" I challenged.

"No man. It's just surprising." He explained.

"Travis is right. It's just difficult to see you two act this way." Katie said.

"Yeah. We knew about your feelings for one another before you even realized them yourselves, but it's still a little unsettling." Clarisse finished.

"Well, Clarisse, imagine our surprise when you and Chris started dating." Annabeth said snickering. Clarisse and Chris went red in embarrassment.

"Stop goofing around! You have work to do." Chiron yelled and everyone went their way, so Annabeth and I were left alone.

"See you at lunch beautiful." I said and kissed my girlfriend.

"Okay." She said pouting.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"I'm just going to miss you." She said and hugged me tight. "I don't want to leave you."

"Are you really saying that you would choose me over your designs?" I asked surprised.

"Well... yeah. If you asked me a few days ago, I don't know what I would have said, but now I would definitely choose you." That made me smile. I was her number one priority. I like that.

"Are you up for breaking some rules?" I asked her and her eyes lit up.

"Are you staying here?" she asked hopeful.

"Well, no. But I was thinking we could eat together. I mean we have our parents' blessing don't we?" I suggested.

"But where are we going to sit? Your table or mine?" She asked.

"I really don't care. As long as you are there with me."

"How about we ask our parents' permission?" She asked.

"We wouldn't break any rules then." I said.

"Yeah, but if they agree, then we can eat together all the time." How much I loved that girl's brains!

"Okay. I have to go beautiful. But we'll ask them later. Promise." She kissed me and I ran after the others.

Annabeth's POV

I can't believe I slept with Percy. Not that I didn't want to, but... just but. Wasn't it a little too soon? But we have known each other and loved each other for so many years. Why would it be wrong? Ahhhh! Damn him and his hotness! I just went to wake him up and I ended up in his bed, naked, full of sweat and... blissful to no end.

Thanks to common logic, I could find thousands of reason why what we did was wrong, but how it made me feel and how complete I felt, tells me otherwise. This wasn't wrong. We were just following our hearts. Yeah, coming from me it does sound weird, but hey, we all do crazy things when we are in love, don't we?

Anyway, I was now sitting in my desk designing the cabin for the new kids. Children of Hades and the other minor Gods. Gods like Hecate, Nemesis, Hebe, Morpheus, Janus and so on. The others and Percy were working on expanding the existing cabins. My designs went well, the absence of Percy didn't affect my designs, just my mood.

"I thought you loved to design." Suddenly a voice I knew all too well said. I looked up and...

"Mom? What are you doing here?" I asked surprised.

"I just came to see my children. Is that such a surprise?" She asked coming to sit with me. "These are really good, Annabeth." Her comment on my work made me smile. It also made me remember all the times Percy said so too. Even though he had no idea what my blueprints were about, he always supported me.

"Thank you mom."

"Was he gentle?" She asked out of the blue.

"Excuse me?"

"I was referring to Percy. Was he at least gentle?" She asked and I blushed deep red. Was I actually going to talk with my Goddess of a mother about my newly found sex life? I guess so.

"He was amazing mom. And I know you are probably disappointed in me, because we rushed into it and everything, but..." She silenced me by putting her index finger on my lips.

"I'm not disappointed in you Annabeth. Yes, I would've liked it if you had waited a couple of years, but I know that a child of mine would never rush into anything unless he or she was sure of the outcome. I have many times expressed my previous disapproval of your relationship, not only because of his father, but also because of the unstable element he represents. But Annabeth, when Percy is around you, he is a different person. Just as you are around him.

You have managed to establish a great balance between the two of you. Two complete opposites, because that's what you are, revolving around the same center. The gravity of which pulls you two together. And I just can't get between you. No one can. No one can interfere in your circle. Having said all this, I know that your relationship will last, which means that what happened today was inevitable." She finished and I couldn't believe my ears.

"But mom, we are kids." The rational part of me said.

"You both stopped being kids and thinking like them a long time ago. That's because of your nature. A demigod has to mature early if they want survive. And that's what happened to you. So stop troubling your mind with this. If the Goddess of wisdom tells you something, she is right almost every time, right?" She asked me smiling.

"I guess. Thanks mom." I said and couldn't stop myself from hugging her. Surprisingly, she didn't push me back. Instead she let me sit in her lap.

"There is nothing to thank me for, my daughter. I think Poseidon made it pretty clear yesterday: from now on we, the gods, will be here for you. We may not help you with your quests, but outside of it all, we will be there. At least some of us." She said running her hands through my hair.

"Mom, can I ask you something? Or rather two things." I asked warily.

"Of course you can." She said and waited for me to talk.

"Well, first of all, will only me and Percy get this treatment? I mean the whole having our parents there for us? Or all of our siblings?" I asked.

"All of you will. Although, from what Poseidon told me, Percy is his only demigod son alive." She said.

"Wait. Percy doesn't have any siblings? None?" I asked surprised.

"Not anyone that is a demigod." She answered. "Will you tell me about your other question?"

"Well... I was just wondering if I could sit with Percy at breakfast, lunch and dinner sometimes or have him sit with us?" I finally asked, sheepishly.

"Exchanging tables, huh? If it makes you happy, I have no objection to him sitting with you and your siblings. But I don't know about you sitting in Poseidon's table. He is the one who can grant you that permission."

"Thank you, Thank you, thank you..." I kept ranting. She let me go a little crazy with excitement and then I went back to my seat. The moment I sat my butt on the chair Amber, my little sister came through the door.

"Mommy?" She asked and our mother nodded. The six-year-old ran to the goddess's arms.

"Hey Amber. How are you sweetie?" Mom asked and from then on I didn't hear their conversation. All that mattered was that I could now see my mom and Percy would sit with me during our meals one way or another. "Annabeth?" My mother called sometime later.

"Yes mom?"

"You should go to the pavilion. Dinner will be served shortly. Actually,scratch that. Percy is coming for you." She said and not a minute later my man came through the door.

"Hey Annabeth... Oh, lady Athena." He said when he noticed my mother and bowed in front of her.

"Stand from your bow, Percy. And you'd better be gentle with my daughter in future." She said smiling while Percy was red like a tomato.

"I will, my lady." He said as she passed by him. She was probably taking Amber to the pavilion. Another thing that would have never happened previously.

"Guess what!" I said excitedly.

"What?" He asked.

"She is letting you sit with us at our table." I exclaimed and jumped in his arms. I was now being cradled like a baby.

"Are you joking?" He asked in disbelief and I shook my head. "That's great baby!"

"I know! Now can we get going? I'm starving and I have missed you." I whined. He carried me down to the pavilion like that and I have to say that I liked the fact that everyone could see that he is MINE. I saw all those new girls how they were eye-fucking him just a few hours ago. But they all had to know that I was the only one to touch him in general or literally sleep with him. Like I did this morning.

Arriving at the pavilion we could see many of the gods there. Hermes, Apollo, Demeter and many others interacting with their kids. Percy carried me over to my usual seat at the head of the table, (after all I was the head of the cabin of Athena), and went to get us something to eat. When he returned, he put the double tray in front of us, I got up and he sat down with me in his lap. There was a tentative atmosphere around us, but soon it all died down.

Percy and I joked around with my siblings and our friends from the different tables, as the gods that were present watched us. I stole many glances to my mother and each time, I saw her smiling at me and Percy. Soon after, the gods kissed ALL of their kids on the cheek, and departed.

"Can you believe this? Mom was here watching us, interacting with us. It's unbelievable." Jenny exclaimed and my siblings nodded. They kept on talking about this matter but I wrapped my arms around Percy's neck and leaned in to whisper in his ear.

"How about I take you up on your previous offer?" I asked.

"What offer?" He asked, confused.

"Of breaking some rules." His eyes lit up just like mine had.

"What do you have in mind?"

"How about I creep in your room, get under the covers and sleep in your arms?" His eyes darkened a little at my suggestion.

"I would like that very much." He whispered in my ear and then blew in it, making me shiver. I saw Jenny giggle at my reaction.

Time seemed to still now that I made up my mind. I couldn't wait until this day ended for the camp, so we all had to go to sleep. The difference would be that I would sleep in the arms of the man I love. But the fucking clock went at a snail's pace. Percy must have noticed my frustration, because he started rubbing the small of my back soothingly. I just let myself cherish his touch and soon it was time to go to sleep. Percy walked me to my cabin where he kissed me with all the passion he could muster and then ran back to his.

I waited until everyone was asleep, put on my invisibility cap and ran to cabin number 3. I walked in like I always did and found Percy in just his boxers again, gazing at the horizon. I took my cap off and threw it on his desk. The sound it made on the impact made him turn around and smile at me.

"Are you always in your boxers?" I asked stepping closer to him.

"Only when I'm about to sleep." He smiled and lifted me up. I wrapped my legs around him and grasping his neck, I kissed him. I felt him step backwards until he slowly placed me on his bed. I was still very sore from this morning, which meant having a second round was out of question, so after a couple of minutes of making-out, we snuggled together and for the first time fell asleep in the arms of one another.

The first version of the chapter contained an explanation to the title, but now that I think about it, it's self-explanatory if the chapter is read, so no need for an explanation.

Catherine-PJO