It's nice - Annabeth decided - being home.

She sits by the lake where she first kissed her wonderful boyfriend about a year ago. Now, her boyfriend sits next to her, enveloping her in his arms. The mix of the homey smell of the lake, the faint smell of strawberries, and her boyfriend's salty ocean scent illuminating off of him like his own aura, calms Annabeth. It always has.

He kisses her forehead and pulls her closer.

She closes her eyes, and for a moment, she refuses to open them; scared that when she does, she'll be back in Tartarus. Skin crumbling, hope fading. Then she feels her boyfriends grip around her and realizes that no matter where she is, he's there. So it'll be okay.

As if reading her mind, he says, "It's okay, Annabeth."

"I know," she says, not missing a beat.

He doesn't believe her. He can always see through her Daughter-of-Wisdom thing. Though, he's very good at pretending that he doesn't. So instead of talking it out of her, he holds her tighter. Which is all she needs.

"FEW TIMES I'VE BEEN AROUND THAT TRACK AND I HATE EVERYONE AT OUR SCHOOL CAUSE I AIN'T NO HOLLA BACK GUUURRRLLL."

Leo lead the way to the lake butchering a Gwen Stefani song. Annabeth could hear Calypso dragging her feet behind him. "Where are you taking me now?"

"We're just crashing a little party, Leo-Style! AHHH there y'all are!"

Annabeth can practically hear Calypso rolling her eyes.

As Leo comes into sight, Annabeth can see him wagging his finger. He uses his best mexican motherly tone to nag at them, "Mijos! It is a school night, you all should be en tus camas ASLEEP, AHORA!"

Percy doesn't let go of Annabeth as he replies to Leo. "Excuse yourself, son," he says very fatherly, "I believe it's past your bedtime, young sophomore."

"You make a good point," Leo replies, sitting down in front of them and grabbing his girlfriend onto his lap. "Aren't you guys seniors? Should you guys be partying or some shit?"

Percy gestures to the empty beach around them, "We are partying, can't you tell?"

Calypso laughed, "Yeah you guys party too hard."

"Like any of us would know what partying actually is," Annabeth sighs.

"Kids at school were talking about a party this weekend," Calypso says shyly, looking down at her hands. "They invited me, during last period. Said I could bring my "superhero posse" or whatever."

Leo's face lights up to the sound of a party. "Wait seriously? We got invited to a party?!"

Annabeth laughed to herself that Leo didn't realize that Calypso probably got invited by guys, not realizing that she has a boyfriend. But Annabeth decided that it probably wasn't the best time. Leo fist pumped the air. From his lap, Calypso rolled her eyes and giggled. Annabeth couldn't help but think how dedicated Calypso must have been to be putting up with Leo's terrible jokes. But Annabeth took one look at the sparkle in Calypso's eyes and knew that with every bad impression, she was falling harder.

"What are we sitting here for?!" Leo got up and grabbed his girlfriend. "Let's go tell the others."

Annabeth got up, wiped off her jeans, and then helped her boyfriend up. "But isn't it lights out soon? We should be getting back to our cabins."

Leo laughed, "Percy, I thought we were above the law, right?"

And with a smirk from Percy, Annabeth knew they weren't sleeping tonight.

A/N: Hey guys! Let me know what you guys think so far, thanks for reading(: