Chp 4
Percys POV

I paced the deck, my anxiety ready to burst. "I can see camp!" Leo shouted, jumping up and down again. I rn to the railing, spotting the camp not too far away. The conch horn was blown, probably signaling our arrival.

Leo lowered the Argo II onto the huge field. There were shouts of joy and campers going crazy. Annabeth joined me at my side. "Don't worry." She said, lacing our fingers. I gave her a wide smile and we joined the others.

"Ready?" Leo asked. We all nodded and he let down the gangplank. We kept Leo go down first, which he practically went running down. Piper and Jason went down with Frank and Hazel. They all received congrats and hugs and shouts.

Annabeth and I walked down and there were shouts everywhere. I got tackled to the ground by Grover. "Peeercy!" He bleated. He helped me up, and I laughed at him. Although a little blood showed through the bandage which could be seen through my white shirt, I didn't care.

"Perseus! Annabeth!" I heard. Chiron say. We gave him bug hugs. I got jumped on by Travis and Connor and all my old friends. The crowd kind of parted and I saw my mom and Paul. I ran forward, giving my mom a hug. I was slightly lidpfting her off the ground.

"Percy!" She cried into my shoulder. She kissed my cheek, rambling about how I must never leave her like that again. I laughed and agreed not to. She noticed Annabeth and gave her a big hug. I gave Paul a hug too. "I'm so happy to see you again Percy." He said, patting my shoulder.

I gave him and smile and we turned to the girls. "Everyone! Lunch in the pavilion!" Chiron announced. And everyone went that way. Mom, Paul and the rest of the seven sat with me at my table. "Mom, Paul, please meet my friends who went on the quest with me and saved my butt like a million times." I said, gesturing to my friends.

They all introduced each other and shook hands. We all ate lunch and went back to the field. "Paul and I can't stay much longer, but we will see you, hopefully at home again." Mom said.

"I'm just going to go say thank you to Chiron." Paul said and went off. "You're so grown up now." Mom said, tears in her eyes and she ran her thumb over scratches on my face. I chuckled and gave her a big hug.

"See you soon." I said. We all said goodbye and they left. Annabeth gave me a hug. "How you feeling?" She asked, smiling at me. I breathed in the scent of camp and strawberries as I looked around my home.

"Amazing." I said, feeling redound happiness. We all laughed and spent the afternoon catching up with fellow campers. "Yeah, so right when he refused that he needed help he goes and coughs up blood." Leo said, explaining to some campers about them finding us.

"Oh em gee! Are you, like, okay now?" An Aphrodite girl asked. I chuckled and nodded. He continued his story.

Annabeth had disappeared off with her cabin, catching up on stuff. Later in the evening, at the camp fire, we told them a bit about our journey. And bed time I leaned against Annabeth's cabin door. Knocking, one of her siblings noticed me and called Annabeth over.

She gave me a little smile and I asked, "Will you be fine?" She nodded, us both feeling her siblings eyes on us. I kissed her forhead and said, "Sweet dreams." She closed the door and I went back to my cabin, feeling worried she might have another dream.