Thanks again to my wonderful beta who stuck with me through, Venillashiz.

The wind whooshed past her ears as they hurtled downwards, like a small torpedo heading straight for the inevitable doom of the sharp rocks below. And just a split-second before what seemed like the end, the Pegasus spread its wings wide open.

Annabeth's breath caught in her throat as they veered up abruptly, the sudden force of the wind nearly throwing her off the back of her newly-found friend. The wind in hair and the feeling of weightlessness was fantastic, after the few hours of being cooped up in a prison with practically no ventilation system and the condemning darkness.

She had never felt so free before – Pegasus rides were usually a mixture of screaming, threatening and holding on really tight. Annabeth smiled; she totally understood how Percy felt when he took those midnight rides on Blackjack – the feeling that you could let go of everything and just relax, leaving all your troubles behind, even if just for a little while.

Time seemed to slow along with the beating of his heart as he watched the speck fall off the crumbling tower. Percy gripped his sword as he watched helplessly, the pain eating him from the inside out as he watched her fall.

Then he gasped, the speck that was Annabeth suddenly swooped up and for a second he wondered if she really was the angel he'd always felt she was. But as it grew larger and larger, he saw that it was indeed his girlfriend, on the back of a pink Pegasus.

He let out a breath he hadn't noticed that he'd been holding and stepped back as the Pegasus whooshed up in front of him, its wings flapping heavily and it's shoulders sagged with exhaustion. Annabeth on the other hand, was practically glowing as she slid off, landing neatly on the ground. "That. Was. Epic." was all she could say as she rushed to give him a squeeze.

"Percy, I was wondering if you could introduce us?"

His eyebrows rose, stuttering, "Intr-introduce? You and the Pegasus?" He looked at the pink Pegasus and his eyes widened.

"You and Locket?"

"Her name's Locket?" Annaabeth smiled. "Cool!" She stepped forward to pat and combed a hand through Locket's mane.

"Locket," she repeated, as though weighing it. She tiptoed suddenly and whispered something in Locket's ear. Percy couldn't help but be surprised at what she said and the fact that she said it.

"Will you be my Pegasus?"

Annabeth wasn't exactly an enthusiast when it came to things created by or associated with water and that took Percy by a tidal wave of surprise. Then again, he had the feeling that he was getting smarter and maybe he had rubbed off on her too. He shrugged to himself as he swung himself onto Blackjack's back. They were both safe, and the least of his worries were over.

"Wait, you want me to do what?!" Percy took a step backwards from the wild, quivering mess of anger in front of him.

He ran a hand through his hair, "Well… I know it's a bit odd but-"

"Oh no. Nonononono. Helping Thalia dye her hair, that's odd. Cleaning the Olympus toilets with honey, that's odd. But this! Percy, this is stupid! You want me to match-make a Pegasus. A Pegasus, Percy." She growled, turning on her heel.

He grabbed her wrist before she could leave the kitchen. "Aww…come on Annabeth, please? If not for him, then for me?" He pleaded, putting on his best 'please, I love you' look.

Annabeth looked away, her blonde ponytail whipping into his face. "Percy. You are asking me to set a Pegasus up with my Pegasus, and then watch over their 'date' which you want me to plan? You know what's the worst? This horse date happens to take place on the day we were going out!" She prodded at his chest with an outstretched finger. "So you tell me, what you think I should say."

Percy looked at her sheepishly; he did forget about their plans. I mean, he wouldn't have planned things that way if he had known. He smiled weakly, "Yes?"

"No!"

"Please! I promised Blackjack. For me? Please Annabeth?"

She frowned and turned away. "Fine, but you owe me! A lot."

Percy grinned and pulled her closer, wrapping his arms around her. "Thank you. And I'll make it up to you. I promise."

She closed her eyes, her long eyelashes fluttering as they closed. "You'd better."

Gripping the back of his shirt, she buried her face in his chest, breathing in deeply as he kissed the top of her head. "I don't even know how to ship hay from France." She mumbled through his shirt.

Percy laughed as stepped back slightly, his arms still firmly around her waist. "I knew you'd be the only person to take this so seriously."

Annabeth glared slightly, "That better be a compliment."

"It is." He bent his head to meet her lips softly, muffling whatever retort she was going to give in reply. Annabeth sighed slightly as she gripped the fronts of his shirt, pulling him further down, tiptoeing at the same time. He grinned into their kiss before breaking apart for air.

"Let's hope we don't see any of that from Blackjack." He laughed lightly as she whacked him softly before grabbing his hand to lead them out of the kitchen.

"Come on, let's go plan this date before the lava completely melts my hands off." She threw the mutilated rubber gloves she had been wearing into a corner, wrinkling her nose at the stack of plates that remained un-lavaed.

If you walked far enough into Camp Half-Blood, making it past the dragon that guarded the entrance, and making it past Clarisse's fifth electric spear, you'd arrive at the beach. It was beautiful – that beach. The golden sand, the glistening, clear, blue water with the breathtaking view of the marine life in it.

And if you looked to the right, you'd notice a small shrub lying in the middle of nowhere. Looking hard enough, you'd be able to notice that bush move every once in a while, the occasional sneeze or cough coming from it.

There happened to be a small opening in that shrub and it was conveniently placed in a manner where it faced the two pegasi standing not too far off in the distance, their heads bent low. Of course, no one seemed to notice the pair of shiny black binoculars protruding ever so slightly from that opening either, or at least, they pretended not to.

When the sun was low in the sky and the light blue had changed to an orangey-pink, and everyone had left, save for the pegasi, and the ever watchful bush, a tanned hand suddenly made its way out that said shrub.

The hand waved around slightly before another joined it. This time the hand was smaller, slimmer and slapped its partner hard enough to make a rock scream in pain. An angry yelp sounded from within the bush and in a matter of two seconds, a pair of bodies tumbled out in a jumble of arms and legs.

Percy groaned as he grabbed Annabeth and rolled the both of them behind a tree. "Can't let Locket see us, remember?" he whispered into her ear and she nodded as much as she could considering she was currently pinned down by him.

A soft neigh caught their attention and Annabeth looked up, shoving Percy away. She elbow-crawled her way to the next tree. Whipping a watch out from the back pocket of her dark, army patterned, cargo pants, she breathed into it. "Ok Travis, cue the music."

The earpiece in her left ear cackled to life, "Remind me again why we're doing this?"

Annabeth laughed lightly as the air around them suddenly overflowed with romantic music. "Because I will pummel you to death and then fail your cabin for inspection if you don't."

"Geeze...remind me not to cross you, will you? And where'd you get all this spy stuff anyway?" Connor's voice sounded through the speaker.

"I stole it. Why?" She signaled for Percy to join her behind the tree and laughed as he made his way clumsily across.

"What are you? Some kinda ninja-smart-ass-assassin?" Annabeth winced as the Stoll brothers' voices yelled in sync.

"Well if I were, you'd both be dead since I'm still not seeing the lights and the fountain turn on!" She growled as she swatted Percy's hand away from her messy heap if hair.

The fountain that had magically appeared two hours ago, glimmered as the colourful lights twinkled around it. Annabeth gasped as the beach around them lighted up magically. She might have watched the lights being put up but she hadn't pictured them being so beautiful. The surprised neigh that echoed behind them told her those sentiments were shared.

This time, she allowed the familiar warm arms to wrap around her and pull her closer to their owner. The sigh that escaped her lips was a mix of happiness and exhaustion and she leaned back into Percy, allowing his warmth to wash over her, relaxing her tired muscles.

Percy's arms tightened around her and she smiled. "Yeah?"

"Looks like Blackjack just got lucky. Locket's impressed." He pointed at the retreating backs of the two Pegasi, black and pink, a surprisingly good match, Annabeth thought.

"I think she's happy." Annabeth grinned, leaning her head back on Percy's shoulder.

"I'm pretty sure they both are." He scrunched his nose in concentration. "Yep, they're happy. Elated."

Annabeth whacked his knee, "Leave 'em alone." She glanced at him and continued, "And I distinctly remember someone saying that they'd make it up to me for picking the day of our date to match-make a couple of Pegasi. You might happen to know him? My really good-looking yet idiot of a boyfriend?"

"You think I'm good-looking?" was his excited reply.

"Gotta have something to make up for your complete lack of brains." Percy pouted.

"Fine. Go ahead and mock my stupidity. I'll just forget about the plans I came up with for our date."

"You made plans for us?" Annabeth was stunned, Percy wasn't the forward planning sort – he was more of the procrastinating kind.

"Yea, and at the rate you're going, you're never gonna know what they are." He turned his head away but left his arms wrapped tightly around her.

An un-Annabeth-like giggle escaped her lips and she twisted in his embrace, wrapping her arms around his neck and pulling his head towards hers.

"Would a little convincing work?" She wasn't going to wait for his answer. Leaning in, she captured his lips in a heated kiss, pulling his head down and shifting even closer – if it was even possible at that point.

Annabeth could feel Percy smile through their kiss and she broke away, her breathing slightly laboured as she leaned back into his chest. They sat in a comfortable silence before he broke it.

"I think I'm gonna need a bit more convincing than that."