AN: I'm feeling good about this one ya'll.

"Urgh." Annabeth moaned as she tried to make some brownies. She'd been wanting to eat some since last night. The craving had yet to go away and she felt like she would go crazy if she didn't. Right now she was pouring the batter into a pan. Her distress was over the weird feeling she'd had. It was a certain chill down her back, that was reminiscent of something else she'd experienced countless times… She wasn't sure what it was but it was starting to freak her out. However, unlike scary movies she wasn't going to call out in the silence of her home. She did though keep her knife on her belt. She heard the door open and waited for Percy's standard greeting.

"Annabeth! Woah! What are you doing?" he asked his face giving her a skeptical look. She blew hair out of her flour-covered face.

"You know what? You can tell me just how to make these brownies, so there." She said slamming the spoon down with the force of an angry demigod.

"Well, first of all you should put some aluminum foil around the pan, so the edges aren't all crusty," he said doing just that. Annabeth gave him a look of surprise.

"Then, wise girl, you should just heat up this chocolate here. I assume you just wanted to put it in there, and let it melt right? Well that's wrong." He said.

"What?" she asked her voice rising with indignation

"Hey, calm down. It's an honest mistake. What you want to do is just heat it up. In the microwave is fine. Then jus stir it up and add milk. Then just a little coffee and your good. I don't know why you didn't just use the mix in here." He said pulling out said mix. She gaped at it like a fish before snatching it from him, and looking inside to see if it were a hoax. It wasn't.

"But where did this come from?" she asked looking a little frustrated.

"I bought it yesterday. You kept saying you wanted brownies, so I figured why not?" he said shrugging.

"Thank you. I guess. You could have told me it was there earlier." She complained leaning against the messy counter.

"I figured you'd see it but I guess not. Well I can make them now if you want." He said taking the apron from her.

"Yes, please. I'll see you later, I'm going to take a shower and hope I can get all this flour out.

"But it matches your gray hair."

"You mean our gray hair. We both held the sky remember?" she said putting some flour on his cheek.

"Well, I guess. But you held it for such a long time." He said. He sounded melancholy, which was expected. His girlfriend held up the sky. What else would he do?

"Yeah, well I'm stronger for it. So I will see you in about thirty minutes maybe if I'm lucky." She said kissing his chastely and walking away. She spent the better part of an hour trying to get all the flour out of her hair. She came out wearing sweatpants and one of Percy's sweatshirts. Her hair was steadily dripping onto the shirt but she figured no one in this household would care. She noticed, though something that marred her happy state. It was a spider, crawling right at her.

"Damn it all! Percy! Get your demigod but in here! Did you spider-proof the house like I asked you to?" she exclaimed from atop the couch.

"No it was your turn." He said a plate of brownies in. They smelled delicious but she couldn't focus on that.

"Percy! I told you that I was designing that building and I specifically asked you to spider-proof while I was working.

"Annabeth I've been working double shifts all week. I told you I was gonna do that months ago." He pointed out setting the brownies on a table next to some flowers.

"Argh, nevermind then. Hand me a spray can so I can finish off that little monster." She said impatiently. He sighed and went to the kitchen as was the drill around here. She sprayed with efficiency that came with years of practice. Though Percy could easily see the fear in her eyes and the shaking of her hands.

"Well, since you've killed another spider, why don't we eat some brownies?" he asked offering the plate to her. They smelled delicious in fact the smell was making her mouth water. But she was just feeling a little nauseous, so she refused

"No, I think I'm going to just watch some TV." He looked crestfallen and a little frustrated but he didn't give up.

"Are you sure? They're really good, and I did slave over a stove for you." He pointed out, his eyebrows waggling in an effort to persuade her. She laughed loudly and sat down on the couch, with enough space between them for the brownies.

"Well, okay, just one. Now. Then when I finish watching TV we can finish off this plate." She proclaimed.

He smiled at her knowingly and shrugged when she gave him a suspicious look. She reached for the brownie at the top and bit down into it.

"Ohhh. Oh! Percy, this is fantastic. How did you do that?" she asked.

"I was inspired, I guess you could say." He answered getting one off to the side.

"By what?"

"You."

"What? Me? That's a little weird Seaweed Brain." She said finishing off her brownie. She reached for another and was surprised when she felt something hard inside.

"Ow! What is this in the—" she stopped all attempts at conversation when she saw the glittering ring sitting in her hand. The band was silver with near miniscule diamonds that went almost all round it. The setting had tiny blue sapphires in perfect little spheres that circled a simple diamond. Annabeth brought a hand to her open mouth and looked at it, and then looked at Percy in a circuit. She was surprised at the way he was looking at her. She wondered if this was how the gods felt because he was giving her a look as if he revered. As if she were the very reason that the earth spun. She felt her head and heart fill with love for the son of Poseidon. He took the ring gently from her and got down in front of her on bended knee.

"Annabeth Marie Chase, daughter of Athena and Frederick Chase. I love you with all of me and every piece of me. I've lived with and without you and I already know which one I like more. Will you marry me?" he asked. Annabeth tackled him to the ground and kissed all over his face before giving him a slow kiss on the lips, filling it with her happiness and joy at the moment.

"That is a yes, right?"

"Yes, Seaweed Brain. More than a yes. It's a promise. I'm not ever leaving you and I'm still going to make it hard on you.

"Naturally." He mumbled kissing her on the lips.

AN: Okay, one you guys need to read this really. If you don't you will be completely lost. First, I won't be updating for a while because I was inspired by a show of mine that I recently just watched the end for. Second, you have no idea how close I was to almost deleting every word I wrote. Be thankful that I noticed and didn't save automatically. Third, please tell me how I'm doing you guys I really need to know. I feel like I'm not growing as an author, so any constructive criticism would be greatly appreciated. Alright you guys, bye for now.