A/N: Over 500 veiws ! You guys rock harder than Apollo himself ! Okay, so last time things got kinda dark, so this time around, we'll ere on the lighter side of things. Also, some one-shots coming up. Probably Thailico, and Leyna, later on. And one that focuses on Annabeth after and during Percy's dissaperence pre- Lost Hero. Please review and share your thoughts. PS. This chapter gets a litte fluffy towards the end. Just a Warning. ;)
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Percy.
It had never really dawned on Percy how quickly an Olympian God bursting into a room could kill a moment. As it turned out, pretty damned fast. Of course, that relaization had come a few days after Annabeth's first nightmare. After the night they had, ahem, shared sleeping quarters, it had become a routine thing. Annabeth would go to bed , and when she would wake up screaming, Percy would rush in, calm her down , slip under the covers, and fall asleep beside her. Until, one night, he had followed her to bed without thinking, and she hadn't said anything, Now, when she wake up, he was right beside her."I'm starting to prefer it this way" Annabeth had mumbled sleepily into his shirt one night. And with that, it became a routine.
As happy as Percy was about their sleeping arangements,a part of him was starting to get worried. Annabeth had assured him that it was just the stress of deciding on a school and getting herself moved in here at the same time, and that they were just "bad dreams". Although, from what she had said in her sleep, they sounded pretty terrible. And, for some reason, they all seemed to involve Percy leaving her. Not, like , breaking up with her, but him dying, leaving her alone. " You know I'll never let that happen, right?" he'd tried to reassure her one night, after a more vocal nightmare."Yeah, I know, Percy. I guess now that the two of us are serious and everything,I guess I'm starting to think more about our future. And every time I picture a future with us together, well, my stupid analityical brain as to come up with an alternate situation.
I can never see you leaving me, so I the only way i'm ever alone is if you're" Annabeth fought back tears as she choked out "gone." " I don't like thinking that way, so I push the thoughts away. And then, at night, I guess they all just bubble up." " Aw, Annabeth. You don't need to think about any future without me in it, alright ? I plan on being in your life for a long time. Or, at least, as long as I'm welcome."
He smiled down at Annabeth, who had gently nuzzled her face into his chest. " Well, you may be in for a pretty long stay, then, Seaweed Brain." Percy grinned, hearing the playful smile in her voice. It felt a bit odd, them talking about their future. But, Percy reasoned, it also felt kind of appropriate. They were 19, about to head to college, living together. They weren't kids anymore. These were the kind of things they needed to talk about, if they were going to have a relationship on any kind of permenant basis. And Percy, well, Percy couldn't see himself ever really being without Annabeth and he hoped, more than anything, that she felt that way about him.
He brushed a lock of honey-blonde hair away from her ear and whispered, "Annabeth, you remember what you said a few weeks ago, about being able to take care of yourself ?" " Yeah ?" "Well, I know that, Annabeth. I know that you're never going to need me to take care of you. But if there is anything you do need, anything you ever need help with, or anything you just don't want to face alone. I want you to know, that I am always going to be there." They were both silent for a moment, the gentle night breeze rustleing through the trees the only audible sound. Percy hoped he'd said the right things. Hoped he'd used the right words to make Annabeth understand that he meant every word bit of what he'd said
. Then she slipped her arms around his chest, resting her head against his shoulder." Oh, Percy. I'm always going to need you. That's never gonna change." "You mean that ?" She turned to look at him, those perfect, grey eyes of hers shineing with happiness. "Of course. You make me happy, Percy. You always have." That was the most wonderful thing she could've told him. It made him think, maybe he did deserve her. "No, I don't, but she seams to think I do." It was an almost perfect moment. And then her mom burst in.
Hoo, boy. How's this gonna work out ? What does Athena want, what's going on in Annabeth's head, and how is Athena going to react to Annabeth sharing a bed with Percy ? ( Tell you the truth, even I wanna find that one out.) J E out.