Chapter 7

I walked out onto the tiny balcony ledge of the cart. What was going on with me? Any other night and I would have enjoyed what had been going on back there. I tried to calm myself down, I let the breeze of the speeding train blow threw my hair. Ever sense I… killed Luke my nerves have been racking.

"Well Mr. Jackson" A velvety voice rippled through the night air. "That defiantly wasn't romantic…I'm disappointed in you." It was Aphrodite.

I really wasn't in the mood to deal with anyone let alone a god. I Rolled my eyes "Leave me be Aphrodite, what happens between Annabeth and I isn't any of your business."

She Chuckled. "Oh but Percy it is my business, I'm the goddess of love and beauty." She walked up behind me almost breathing on my neck. Athena's not happy with the little scene that just happened back there. That's why I'm here to solve the problem. If you do as I say you can keep Annabeth."

I considered agreeing with the goddess. "There's always something I have to do in return." I stated.

"We'll talk about that later Percy. All I'm worried about is not having the two of you exceeding Helena and Paris." She stepped a couple of feet back and I turned around.

"What's that?" I asked with curiosity.

"It's a head piece Percy." She got a fiery look in her eyes. "Listen to what I'm saying Percy for this will determine the fate of your relationship."

I opened the door to the inside of our cabin. I saw Annabeth curled up in my blue blanket sitting in the seat looking out the window.

"Now perc, you're going to have to be sensitive ok? Can you do this on your own?"

"yeah" I whispered.

At the sound of my voice Annabeth looked up at me. "Hey" I mumbled. I really felt bad I could have been more subtle with the way I did things before.

"Hi" she said. There was no sign of happiness in her voice.

I stared down at my converse, my hands were shaking. I shuffled over to where Annabeth was sitting and she moved her legs to form a spot on the seat for me. I looked into her cold grey eyes. "I'm sorry." I stated.

"I didn't mean to upset you Percy." She kept on looking out the window.

"No Percy, don't accept that. Tell her it's your fault. Tell Annabeth that you love her…um you just didn't know what you were talking about it was a long day…"

I sighed. Lying wasn't going to be easy I still had a temper and even though I did love Annabeth. Taking the blame wasn't something I liked to do.

"Annabeth" I frowned. "I can be… a dick sometimes; you know that… this prophecy has gotten everyone on edge. Especially after losing Luke…" I gritted my teeth at the last sentence. "I'm just trying to say that you didn't do anything wrong and this is my fall. I've cause you so much grief these past two years Ann. I'm not going to do it anymore. I want to be the right guy for you, I love you." I smiled.

Annabeth put a smile on her face and stood up. "I'm ready to go to bed Percy." She grabbed my hand and pulled me up. She had the blanket…our blanket draped around her shoulders. She hugged me and we headed for the bed on the other side of the cabin.

We both wanted to change for bed so we made the agreement to turn to the wall when the other switched clothes. Annabeth grabbed her bags out from underneath the bed and pulled out a pair of sea blue pajamas. I smiled because I could tell I was rubbing off on her.

"Turn around Percy!" she giggled. "if you sneak a peek your gonna regret it!"

I laughed and turned around the thought of peeking was pretty tempting. Oh hell I thought she won't see me. I tilted me head to the side to see what I could. She had her jeans around her thighs and looked up at me. SHIT! I thought to myself. Annabeth freaked out and tried to run at me…she kind of fell. Ha-ha.

"Percy Jackson!" she yelled. Her cheeks were now bright red.

I laughed "Sorry!" this was awkward but pretty funny at the same time.

I stared into her eyes and she starred back into mine. I kissed her and I put some meaning into it. She finished taking her pants off and walked over to the light switch. Annabeth walked back to me and put her arms around me, her lips pressed against mine and for the first time in a long time I felt at home. We fell back onto the bed and I had a grin on my face the whole time.

Annabeth had started unbuttoning my shirt when I heard a voice inside of my head. "I think I'll go for now Percy…you to have fun." I heard a giggle and a little buzz. Oh no! I thought to myself Did Aphrodite hear all of that?!?! the ear piece she had given me then disappeared. I smiled and Annabeth and I continued.

Annabeth's POV:

"Wake up!" Thalia yelled.

Oh my gods! I thought to myself I tried getting up to open the door but I was entangled in the sheets. I fell off of the bed. Woe is the life of Annabeth Chase I thought. I got up and opened the door.

There stood Thalia with her mouth wide open. "Hey" I said trying to keep the grin off of my face.

"Why are you wearing Percy's shirt!" she demanded. I closed the door in her face as fast as possible and locked it.

"Percy!" I whispered "wake up sea weed brain!"

He wiped his eyes and sat up. He stared at me for a second and then at his bare chest. "Wait a sec." he mumbled. "why are you wearing my shir—" he stared and his eyes got wide. "Your moms going to be pissed!" he said louder than I wanted him to.

"Percy's in there too!" Thalia yelled. "I'm so telling Poseidon and Athena!

"Shut up!" We both yelled back.

I threw on a pair of pants. And got into Percy's bag pulling out a camp half-blood T.his favorite. I told him to hurry and put it on. I'd try to calm thalia down and meet him outside.