Chapter 4 is up hope you enjoy.

I was woke by some shaking my shoulder. "Seaweed Brain we're here" Annabeth said. I opened my eyes and somehow I'd ended up sleeping on Annabeth's shoulder. I felt to sick to even be bothered by it and sat upright. I realised Thalia and Nico were already out so I opened the door and Nico helped me out and helped me walk in.

"I vote we take the lift because somehow I don't think Percy will manage the stairs" Nico said and we all nodded in agreement. Nico helped me in and out the lift. When we got to my apartment Thalia used my key to unlock the door and let us in. Thalia and Annabeth disappeared into the kitchen and Nico helped me to my room and over to my bed, where I flopped down and was slipping under the irresistible waves of sleep before Nico was even out the room.

Chapter 4

I woke up and my room was dark. Everything came rushing back to me, I was still fully clothed thankfully and someone had put my quilt over me. On my forehead was a cool damp cloth, I'm guessing to bring my fever down. I looked over at my alarm clock and saw it said 7:43. I heard voices coming from the living area.

"Are you sure you don't mind Annabeth" a voice said, which I assumed was my mom.

"It's no trouble Sally really, so go out and enjoy yourself with Paul"

"Thank you so we'll be back around 10 and make yourself at home" my mother said.

"Bye Sally, Bye Paul" Annabeth said and I heard the slamming of a door so I assumed my parents had left. I heard footsteps come across the hall and the door to my room opened and Annabeth walked in. "Hey Seaweed Brain I didn't realise you were awake" she said walking over to me and removing the cloth on my forehead.

"I only woke up a minute ago, so what'd I miss while I was out of it" I asked her and she sat down next to me on my bed. She placed her hand on my forehead then moved her hand to caress my cheek. I looked into her beautiful grey eyes and realised she was doing the same. We stayed like that for a few moments then broke the connection, both blushing. "Annabeth what are you doing" I asked her as she got up to grab something from the table in my room.

"Getting the thermometer" she replied then came back to my bedside.

"Why" I asked stupidly, sitting up slowly.

"Um let me think, to see if your fevers gone down" she said "So open wide" she continued in a voice like she was talking to a 3 year old. I decided to be stubborn and shook my head. "C'mon Seaweed Brain we can do this the easy way or the hard way". I kept my mouth clamped shut and she sighed, "Hard way it is", then before I could react she gently prodded the small of my back and I felt a thousand volts of electricity course through my body. My mouth opened in shock and Annabeth used this moment to stuff the thermometer in my mouth. As soon as it beeped I removed it and Annabeth snatched it out of my hands "38.6 degrees" she read aloud. Now I know I'm no expert but I know that is pretty high. She shot me a worried glance and once again the dizziness overcame me.

I placed my head in my hands and groaned. Annabeth looked over and pushed me back onto the pillows. "Get some sleep Seaweed Brain, and don't say you don't need it because I know for a fact you do". Annabeth smiled triumphantly and I sunk back further into the pillows cool softness. Annabeth left the room and came back a minute later and placed a cool damp cloth on my forehead.

I felt my eyes starting to close and mumbled "Good night wise girl"

"Sweet dreams Seaweed Brain" Annabeth said kissing my cheek and tucking in the blankets around me like a mother does for her child. Then I heard her get up quietly before leaving my room and softly shutting the door, before I slipped into blackness.

Annabeth's POV

As Percy closed his eyes I placed a cool cloth on his forehead to help bring down his fever and tucked the blankets in around him. I couldn't deny how worried I was and left the room and quietly shut the door so I didn't disturb him. I didn't understand how he could become so ill in such a short period of time it just didn't make sense. I wandered into to kitchen and grabbed a can of coke and sat on the sofa. I switched on the TV to see if anything good was on, I had the apartment tp myself as I told Paul and Sally to go and use the dinner reservations we made so it didn't go to waste. She didn't want to but I assured her that I would look after Percy and she invited me to stay until Wednesday when my school term started. I agreed and it meant I would be able to look after Percy tomorrow while her and Paul were at work.

Since I had nothing to do I got out my plans for Olympus and got to work on them. I didn't realise how much time had passed until my phone started ringing. I looked at the caller ID and saw it was Sally. "Hey Sally, what's the matter I said"

"Hello Annabeth, Paul and I got caught up on the other side of NY so we're going to stay in a hotel for the night and we'll be back at about 7am. Is that alright"

"Yeah that's fine Sally, I'll see you in the morning"

"One thing Annabeth, how's Percy"

"No change really, but I'm sure he'll get better soon" I said this to reassure myself as much as Sally.

"Ok bye dear"

"Bye Sally" I said before hanging up the phone. I looked at the clock and it said 10:30, whoa how did it get so late I thought. I decided to check up on Percy one last time before I went to bed. I put my plans for Olympus away and went into Percy's room and what I saw made me feel sick. I ran over to his bed and saw he was sweating and shivering like mad. His breathing was fast and irregular and he was mumbling in his sleep. I placed my hand on his fore head and found out he was burning up. I grabbed the thermometer and put it in his mouth. When it beeped I took it out and examined it. "39.5" I gasped, ok this is not good and how the hell did his fever spike that high in the space of a couple hours it just didn't seem logical.

I then paid attention to what he was mumbling "Annabeth…. Annabeth… don't go …. Annabeth …. Come ….back." I saw that his sweat had not only soaked through his clothes, but the blankets covering him to. I decided it was best to wake him up.

I placed my hand on his shoulder and shook it gently. "Percy wake up" He stirred in his sleep but didn't wake up, I tried again and shook his shoulder harder. "C'mon Percy wake up" He opened his eyes, blinked a few times before he focused on me.

"Annabeth" he mumbled and even that looked like a huge effort for him.

"C'mon Seaweed brain you need to change out of your wet clothes" I said as he looked like he was about to drift off again.

"O….kaay" he mumbled and I pulled him up into a sitting position and out of bed. I grabbed some a white t-shirt and a pair of pyjama bottoms for him to change into. I grabbed his blankets and sheets of the bed and went to get dry ones.

"I'll be back in a minute" I said then kissed his forehead before leaving the room.

Percy's POV

I dreamt me I was on Mt Olympus during the titan war with Thalia, Grover and Annabeth. We were running along the broken bridge and Thalia, Grover and I managed to jump the hole. I knew what was going to happen and turned around to grab Annabeth as she started to fall, but I was too late and she fell. "No Annabeth" I shouted. I heard a familiar voice calling my name and felt myself start to be shook awake.

I opened my eyes and my head felt light and fuzzy. My face felt very warm but my body felt freezing and I could feel myself shivering. I was also sweating like crazy and my clothes, sheets and blankets were soaked through, embarrassing right. I blinked a few times and focused a girl sitting a my bed looking at me worried. This fever really must be getting to me as it took a few moments for me to recognise Annabeth. I opened my mouth and managed to mutter "Annabeth", but even that was hard work.

I started to drift off again and Annabeth said "C'mon Seaweed brain you need to change out of your wet clothes". I guess she had a point, even I knew that sweat soaked clothes wouldn't do me any good. She leaned down and pulled me into a sitting position then helped me up off my bed. She went into my clothes draw and pulled out a top and pyjama bottoms. She then stripped all the covers off my bed.

"I'll be back in a minute" she said kissing my forehead and leaving the room.

As soon as she was out the door my knees buckled and I collapsed on my mattress. I grabbed my clothes and tried to get change. My fingers fumbled trying to undo the buttons on my jeans and it took me a couple of minutes to actually get them off. I pulled on my pyjama bottoms and tried to pull of my t-shirt but it was soaked with sweat and stuck to my skin. After a few minutes of struggling I managed to get it off but by that time my felt really fuzzy and my vision went all blurry. I groaned and placed my head in my hands and Annabeth re-entered the room with the dry sheets. She saw the state I was in, dropped the sheets and rushed over to my side.

"Oh my gods Percy are you alright" She asked sounding worried, I lifted my head to look at her face and her grey eyes were wide with worry. Gods I must look pretty pathetic for her to give me that look.

I sighed and said sarcastically "Do I look alright?"

"This isn't the time for sarcasm Seaweed Brain" she said her face flickering with annoyance which disappeared quickly when I started shivering, and I realised I was still shirtless. Annabeth seemed to notice this for the first time and blushed, while I felt too sick to really care. "Here let me help you put your shirt on" she said, gods this is so embarrassing. I mean the saviour of Olympus can't even put on a t- shirt by himself.

After she helped me put it on I mumbled "Ummm thanks", and Annabeth just smiled at me before putting the dry sheets on my bed. Once they were on she fluffed the pillows then slipped a gel ice pack in side them, she then helped me onto the bed and I flopped back onto the pillows relaxing into their cool softness. Annabeth picked up the blankets, placed them on me and tucked them in. "Thanks" I mumbled my eyes starting to close, "Annabeth… stay…. Here"

"Ok Seaweed Brain I promise" she said kissing my forehead before I drifted off into blackness.