Percy

I brought her in through the window of the Monthouse's living room and placed her on an arm-chair. She looked at me with huge scared grey eyes. She was the most adorable person I have ever met. I gently rubbed my thumb against the bite mark on her cheek. She winced.

"Does is still hurt?" Old bite marks generally do not hurt but the one on her cheek looked fresh. I wondered who bit her there, no, I wonder how could anyone have bit her, let alone her face, at all.

She nodded weakly to answer my question and I stood up to fetch some holy water. Those liquids help to soothe the pain caused by a vampire bite. As soon as I had turned around she had caught my wrist and was looking at me with those huge grey eyes. She was not all that afraid of me by that time. Still I didn't understand why she suddenly caught my hand. I smiled and bent a little to kiss her forehead again and said, "Don't worry I will be back in a minute I promise." She blushed slightly which brought color to her skin and made her look even more prettier. She nodded and slowly released my wrist.

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By the time I was back with the holy water Annabeth was coughing badly, her whole body was shaking and she was coughing blood. The site of blood made my throat burn. I stiffened and looked at her blood stained hand. She looked back at me and tried to hide her hands and wipe her face. I went over to her and patted her back. I had too over come my thirst. She is really sick. When people have bloody coughs, according to Jason's medicinal research, they die within months or even maybe weeks.

"It's alright." I tried to console her, "My cousin is great with medicines, he would figure something out. You will live a happy life now on you see."

She smiled for the first time.

"What is your name?" It was the first time since we have met that she had spoken. Her voice was so soft and melodious that I just stared at her face and forgot all about the holy water and even the question she had just asked me.

"What is your name?" she asked again, this time a little more loudly and clearly.

"J-just call me Percy... I..." I thought about telling her that I wasn't a human. I looked at her smiling eyes and decided to do just that.

"I am a vampire." She burst out laughing.

"What? I really am a vampire! You should be scared!" I whined a bit and leaned down and put a handkerchief dabbed in holy water on her bite marks. Her laughter died down a little. She lifted her had and ran her fingers gently through my hair. I stiffened. I had never felt electricity run through my body before.

"I know what you are alright. No human can run that fast. I have faced vampires before..." She shivered a little but then smiled at she continued, "But your sincere resolve to confide in me was so cute and adorable and funny, I couldn't help myself from laughing!" She laughed again but stiffened suddenly.

I knew why. I had sensed Jason coming in through the door but I had thought that he would go straight towards his bedroom as he was carrying that delicious smelling girl with him. I turned around and saw the look of surprise on his face.

"Percy who is that girl."

"She is Annabeth. She is my friend." Annabeth looked a bit disappointed at that comment. May be she doesn't want to be the friend of a vampire after all.

"Jason why is Lady Rosmond clinging to you."

"Jealous?" Jason asked with a cocky smile and Annabeth suddenly became interested in our conversation.

"Not at the least. But I would recommend you not to drink her blood. You would get addicted to it and lose your sanity." I said with a straight face and Piper looked up and stared at me too.

"How about your little friend there." Jason said pointing towards Annabeth.

"What about her? I guess you have noticed she is sick and has bloody coughs."

Jason looked startled and dropped Piper with a thud.

"Oh you foolish monster. First you carry me to your lair and then drop me like a sand bag! How outrageous!"

Jason helps her up while saying, "She sure had the signs of that disease but I have no idea how to cure it unless... she becomes one of us."

I just nodded.

"Anyway Percy I am somehow unable to dull Piper's memories. I think there is something wrong with her. I want you to give it a go."

"I thought you just wanted to bite her."

"She is not my type." Well, Jason didn't realize that he should never say that to a lady. Piper hurt and angry at the same time.

I stepped forward and looked straight into her eyes and tried make her senses dull. It obviously worked as her eyes became cloudy and she fell back into Jason's arms.

"I don't think there is anything wrong with her." I said, "You just subconsciously don't want her to forget."

"But-"

"I can't force her to forget if you don't really want that to happen Jason."

I turned towards Annabeth and whispered, "Annabeth, you are dying."

"I know." she whispered back.

"Don't you want to live?"

"I really didn't before but now that I am out of that place I do."

"So you wont hate me if I turn you into a vampire like me?"

"No. I could never hate you. But just not yet."

"Why?"

"I can't tell you."

"okay."

"Thank you Percy... for bringing me out of that death trance and that horrible place I-I"

The moment she called my name my demonic heart skipped a beat.

"Don't worry Annabeth." I said and from my periphery I could see Jason closing the door behind him as he carried Piper away. "I will always protect you."

After hearing that she smiled fully at me. I couldn't control my temptation any more and I leaned in and closed the gap between us but stopped just a centiimeter away from her lips, thinking what I was about to do. I had never kissed anyone before and now I was a monster I couldn't possibly-

Annabeth closed the gap and kissed me and startled me in the process. At first I didn't respond but then I pushed her back against the arm chair, kissing her feverishly. She smiled into the kiss and kissed me back with unimaginable force. I picked her up and took her to my room and literally jumped into my bed, while still kissing her.

I winced a little on the impact. I was tired after manifesting all that holy water also I was short on blood.

"Are you okay?" Annabeth looked worried. I smiled at her and nodded. But as soon as I tried move I winced again.

"You are hungry aren't you? I figured you don't drink from people often when you hesitated and finally did not bite me back there." She said with a smile.

"How did you get the holy water by the way? It really is a myth but as it really did ease the bite pains I guess it was the real thing. How did you get that?" She is so smart huh?

"I manifested it. Water is my element. Controlling your element makes it easier for you to walk under the sun. But it took me 200 years to master it at my will of course."

"So you tired yourself out to just get holy water for me?"

"I'm not tired." Nut my next wince convinced her that I was lying.

She hugged me tightly and whispered, " go ahead. you can drink from me but only me." She was cute even when she was being cocky.

"I would never hurt you."

"I know you won't. God look! you are about to faint! please Percy!"

"No! I wont!"

She took a hair pin out of her hair and pricked her neck just below my nose. Smelling the blood made me more and more thirsty so I bit her neck.

She didn't scream but her grip on me became stronger. I squeezed her closer to me as I drank from her. After about a minute I let go of her. I was still tired but a question nagged me too much.

"Hey Annabeth, why did you kiss me back then?" But she was already fast asleep so I just cuddled beside her and drifted off to sleep.

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