Percabeth High School

Annabeth's POV

Percy and I clutched each other for what seemed like forever. Our parents were now dead and we had no one. No one to support us. Just my brothers. They wouldn't get it that our parents were gone yet but one day they will understand.

Percy and I agreed that we would both have to get part time jobs in order to keep enough money for our apartment.

As the school week started, the school found out what happened to our parents. They were kind enough to send us a check of $500. It was good but we needed much more. It was our Junior year in high school so we could both drop out of college and get the money that we need.

Finally the summer came. We were out of school. Percy and I planned to work overtime over the summer trying to raze money. He was trying so hard to get the money that we needed so much.

Thalia's parents invited us to come and live with them. It was nice, but Percy and I wanted to stick together. Percy finally got a job in late June working as a tour guide for an ancient Roman and Greek art museum in Brooklyn. I had an internship as a librarian. But we didn't love it. But we did get plenty of money with these jobs. We also took the money out of our college fund so we could get more money.

One day in August Thalia came over to our place. We had been living in my apartment because it would be easer for Bobby and Matthew. When she came in, she seemed to be in a great mood.

"Hey guys," she said. "You doing ok."
"Yeah," Percy said. "Were doing pretty good."

"I just want to remind you guys that I'm always there for you."

She was so kind. As Percy's birthday was coming up, I started to get very sick. It started off as a cold but soon it turned into the flu. He didn't know what to do. I had a 104 degree fever, was vomiting, and had the chills. I had never felt so horrible. A week passed, and I wasn't getting any better. I didn't know if I was going to make it.

Finally, Percy couldn't take it. He took me to the hospital. After the test results came back, they found out that I had my appendix had ruptured and that they would need to surgically remove it. They quickly wheeled me into the room. Percy fought to stay with me but the doctors pushed him back. The last thing I remember before I got knocked out because of the Anastasia was he calling me.

"Annabeth," he called. "I love you." Then everything went black.

I woke up feeling like crap. I was lying in a bed in a completely white room. I sum how knew that it was the recovery room. Then I saw Percy by me. When he saw my eyes open his eyes fluttered with relief. He grabbed me.

"I thought that you were dead," he said in a horrified voice. "They told me that you were gone."

"What are you talking about," I said. "I feel fine." Then I tried to sit up and then I felt the pain in my stomach. I fell back down wincing.

"Rest," he said. "It'll hurt for a bit. They told me because your appendix was infected so badly that you weren't going to make it." We sat there together, hugging and kissing. Nothing felt better. Knowing from Percy that I was so close to death was horrifying.

When the doctor came back he couldn't believe that I was alive.

"I told you that she would make it," Percy said. That night, Percy took me home. It hurt too much to walk, so Percy carried me. As we lay next together, I saw him start to cry.

"What is it," I said.

"I am just so happy that your ok," he said shakily. "They told me that you were dead."

"Well I'm not," I said. "Lets go to sleep." As school started again, Percy and I were so close. Bobby and Matthew had started 1st grade, so we had to pay for there tuition along with ours. But we didn't care. At the moment, Percy and I were too happy. Madly in love with each other.