"Annabeth!" I yelled.
I was running through a crowd of people, chasing frantically after her.
"Percy!" she cried out and reached for me.
She was drifting further away being swallowed by darkness.
"No!" I roared just as she was completely covered.
I crumpled to the ground. "Don't leave..." I whispered.
...
I bolted awake heaving. I was just a dream a, horrible dream.
I heard soft snoring and looked to my side. Annabeth was sleeping peacefully next to me.
Mom was out of town so we had the house to ourselves, hey you would sleep with your girlfriend to if you had the chance.
Plus we weren't doing anything wrong really we were just cuddling and I was more than happy with that.
Yes I know...she still has my man card.
I propped up on one arm and gazed at her, she was ok. I had that dream frequently recently and it scared the hell out of me. I didn't tell Annabeth, I just couldn't.
"Percy" she muttered my name still asleep. She was dreaming about me?
"Ice-cream" she muttered. Never mind.
It had been almost a month since we had told each other that we love each other. The memory still brought a smile to my lips.
I brushed the hair out of her face and kissed her cheek.
Her face wrinkled and she woke up.
"Morning sleepy head" I said as I stroked her face.
"Morning", she mumbled into the crook of my neck "How did you sleep?"
I'm glad she didn't see my face because it morphed into a mask of horror.
"It was fine" I lied holding her close to me.
Praying this wouldn't be the last time.
...
We got dressed and went downstairs for breakfast.
"How do you want your eggs?" she asked.
"The red one"
"What?"
"Oh sunny side up please"
She gave me her analyzing look then turned back to the stove. We spent a couple of minutes eating in silence.
"Are you going to tell me what' wrong or do I have to find out myself?"
"Annabeth," I put down my food and looked at her in the eyes "you farted last night while we were sleeping."
She went from intensely focused to intensely enraged in a millisecond.
"PERCY JACKSON YOU ARE A COMPLETE ASS!" she said and stormed out.
I got up, picked her up and hoisted her on one of the counters.
"What are you-?"
"Never leave me" I said hugging her.
"Percy...I won't"
My biggest fear...Annabeth leaving.
...
I was flipping through channels on the TV trying to find something to watch when Annabeth called me.
"Percy" she said in a singsong voice.
"No" I said flatly.
"What? I didn't even ask you anything."
"You're going to ask me to take you somewhere and I told you I don't want to do anything today."
"...I wasn't going to ask you that."
"Oh? Then what is it?" I asked glancing up t her.
Thirty seconds later while she was trying to think of an excuse.
"Pleassssssssseeee"
"No"
"Do it or I'll make you sleep on the couch."
"In my own house? Ha-ha ok there" I laughed. Then I caught sight of her expression.
"Ok let me grab my keys" I said defeated.
...
"So where are you dragging me to?"
She raised an eyebrow at me.
"I meant where I would be happy to take you to" I amended quickly and she grinned.
"There's going to be a Greek art exhibition at the park today" she said excitedly.
Annabeth loves Greek architecture, arts, culture and everything else Greek. She's probably half Greek or something. She never told me because well you know she's really touchy with the family thing.
I parked and we headed to the park. Mom used to take me here when I was a kid; she stopped after I started eating the grass.
The closer we got to the middle of the park the crowd started to thicken, I had a flash back to my nightmare and held Annabeth's hand tighter.
There were pieces of art peppered all around us; some were on easels while others were on pedestals.
"Oh look at this!" said Annabeth as she ran to a statue. I smiled; she looked so happy her face glowing with joy.
I walked toward the statue. "It's the goddess of wisdom, Athena."
I looked at up at the statue, she reminded of Annabeth; intimidating but beautiful.
"Ahhh and look at his one!" she said running to statue and nearly knocking people out of the way.
I laughed and watched her dance form one thing to another, her blonde curls bouncing behind her.
Dear gods if you exist thank you for letting me be with her. She is my life now and I will do anything to make her happy.
"Percy look at this." We both stood in front of a statue of a man wielding a trident.
"Poseidon god of the sea" I murmured.
Annabeth looked at me "How did you know that?" she sounded kind of impressed.
"Not sure...I just knew."
"Hmmm...hey thanks for taking me here I knew you were tired."
I smiled and brushed the hair out of her face then kissed her forehead.
"Annabeth as long as your happy so am I."
She gave me a hug and rested her head on my shoulder. We stayed like that for a long time, still as the statues around us.
...
After a couple of hours, but it felt like minutes, we decided to go home. We turned around and headed for the car.
"Brace yourself"
I whirled round looking for who said it.
That voice...it was the voice from the ocean and the party.
There was no one around us besides the statues.
"Percy are you coming?"
"Yeah...thought I heard someone."
With one final glance at the statue of Poseidon I walked away with a cold tingling running down my neck.
When we pulled up on our street I saw mom's car and sighed.
"Damn guess we can't sleep together anymore."
"I could sneak into your room if you want" she said softly.
I looked over at her shocked and saw that she was grinning.
"Ugh Annabeth"
She laughed as we got out of the car. A perfect end to a perfect day.
"Mom?" I called.
"Ah glad to see you two didn't burn down the house."
"Yep" we both said and smirked at each other.
"Annabeth I picked up the mail and there was a letter for you."
She held out a letter with a strange symbol like a crest on it. Before I could get a good look I Annabeth snatched it and ran upstairs.
...
She didn't come down for dinner and mom was getting worried. I told her I would check up on her later.
"Annabeth?" I knocked on her door. She opened it her face composed.
"What's wrong?"
"My parents want me to come home."