Yay chapter 10! First kiss time! I'm not going shout outs this chapter because there was like three, plusI didn't give you guys very much time to review so yeah, don't worry all you guys that reviewed last chapter, you'll be getting your shout outs next chapter.

disclaimer: Rick Riordan owns PJO and HoO

Rachel's POV.

"We're back." Leo's voice rang. Rachel turned her head slightly so that she was still in Octavian's grasp and saw Leo and Hazel, Hazel held up a bag of gum balls and tossed it to Jason. They passed the bag around giving everyone a gum ball. Rachel got a blue gum ball well Octavian got a yellow one. He raised his gum ball up in front of her.

"Cheers." He grinned.

"Cheers." Rachel laughed as they lightly bumped their gum balls together before popping them into their mouths laughing.

Rachel glanced over to Annabeth and Percy. Annabeth seemed fine, she was sitting on Percy's lap and laughing at something Jason had said but Percy was staring at Octavian with a thoughful look like he were still unsure of wether or not to trust him. Okay, Percy's been doing that for far to long, Rachel thought. Time to have some fun. She smirked.

"Percy! Enough with the staring! You know what? Your switching seat buddies!" Rachel announced. Percy quickly wrapped his arms around Annabeth.

"My girlfriend is not sitting with another guy!" He told her.

"I know." Rachel replied. "I'm sitting with her, and your sitting with another guy, and his name's is Octavian." She smirked before standing up out of Octavian's grasp. She walked over to Annabeth and plopped down beside her. Annabeth smirked along with her. Percy just stared at them both.

"Well? Get up and go sit with Octavian!" Annabeth told him as she shoved herself off him and then shoved him away towards Octavian.

"Really?" He asked almost desperately. Rachel put her arm around Annabeth's shoulder's and Annabeth did the same to her.

"Really." She confirmed. When Percy finally gave in and turned away to go sit with Octavian Rachel and Annabeth couldn't suppress their giggles any longer. When Percy sat down next to Octavian the first thing he did was glare at Octavian.

"Don't you dare pull your arm around me." He warned. Octavian put his hands in the arm in a mocking gesture.

"Your not that cute dude." Octavian told him. Laughter bursted through out the group. Even Percy couldn't suppress a chuckle. After awhile of joking around they soon got bored again.

"Do you guys have a lake of something here? I feel like swimming." Piper asked Jason.

"No, we have a pool, but it's gotta by closed by now." Jason replied.

"We have a lake." Octavian suddenly said. Jason, Hazel and Frank looked up at him.

"We do?" Frank questioned.

"Yeah, I was hanging out around the boarder once and saw a lake." He told them.

"Okay, lets go." Hazel insisted. They all got up well Percy put out the fire and followed Octavian to the lake. Rachel let Percy return to Annabeth and slid up in front of the group with Octavian.

"So did you have fun with Percy?" She asked him.

"Oh yeah, lots of fun, in fact we're best friends forever now." He grinned down at her. Rachel rolled her eyes and glanced back at Percy. He had his arm around Annabeth and was talking to her about something Rachel couldn't hear.

"Well at lest he's not glaring at you anymore." She told him.

"I think that has something to do with him being scared of what you'll do to him if he does. I mean who knows, maybe next time you'll confiscate his girlfriend." Octavian joked. Rachel laughed.

"Well there's an idea." She laughed. Octavian continued to lead them to the border of the camp. By the time they got there the first star's of the night were starting to appear.

"Octavian, you do know the ship closes at eleven, right?" Piper asked him.

"Don't worry, its only like nine thirty and we're almost there, we have plenty of time." He insisted. And just after he said it a lake appeared in the distance, it seemed to glimmer in the faded sunlight, It would only minutes before the nearly vanished sunlight would be replaced by a thousand shining stars. They suddenly broke out into a run for the lake.

"on the count of three we all jump!" Percy called when they were a mere two yards away. Everyone nodded including Rachel, but she had a different plan in mind.

"One... Two... THREE!" Percy cried as he leaped into the air, only to land in a giant cannon ball followed by other's. But at the last second, Rachel turned her legs to the side and digged her heel into the grassy earth bringing herself to a stop only inches from the water. The first head to pop up out of the water was Piper. When she saw Rachel standing at the edge of the water she scowled.

"Hey! You didn't jump!" Piper cried. Rachel couldn't resist a smirk.

"Oh so you noticed did you?" Rachel replied slyly. Head's continued to pop up out of the water. When Percy came up he turned to Rachel, he was the farthest out into the lake. When he saw her- to Rachel's surprise- He smirked as well.

"I knew you wouldn't jump!" He called. Rachel was starting to get worried by his smirk.

"So why are you smiling?" She called back.

"You'll see at the count of three. One... Two..."

"Three!" Octavian's voice called a split second before he jumped out of the water in front of her gripping her waist and pulling her into the water. Rachel screamed in surprise before the cold water swallowed her hole. When she came up she saw Octavian grinning at her.

"I hate you!" She screamed even though she didn't mean it. Octavian shrugged.

"We made an under water pact." Octavian told her as he pointed to Percy. Rachel looked over to Percy only to see him wiggling his fingers at her. Rachel glared at him only making him laugh. She rolled her eyes before turning back to Octavian and splashing him in the face.

"Hey!" He laughed.

"Revenge, is served." Rachel talked like she where a waiter serving food and a fancy restraint. Octavian rolled he's eyes.

"Whatever. I bet I can stay under longer then you." He told her with a smirk.

"Oh your on!" Rachel cried.

"Okay. One.. Two... Three!" They both dunked their head's under the water. Rachel began to swim down deeper into the lake. When she glanced through the lake water she saw Octavian doing the same only he was coming closer to her with a goofy grin, when he was close her wrapped his arms around her. When Rachel laughed it came out in bubbles, Octavian did the same. They swam around holding hands as they did making every stroke a little harder but Rachel couldn't care less. Soon her lungs where begging for air but Rachel resisted the urge to go up for air, she didn't want to leave Octavian's side. Bubbles of air flouted up to the surface of the water as they continued to swim. But soon the need for air was unbearable and her strokes through the water were almost impossible. Rachel reluctantly released Octavian's hand and allowed herself to flout to the surface of the water.

When her head popped up out of the water, Rachel gasped for air. She looked around and saw Frank.

"How long was that?" She asked.

"Almost a minute." He told her. Rachel frowned down at the water. He should be up any second She thought as she watched the air bubble's raise to the surface, Rachel watched as fewer and and smaller bubbles began the raise until none came up at all.

"Octavian!" Rachel screamed before diving back into the water. As she did she realized that he wasn't holding her hand because he wanted to, but because he had to. It wasn't because of the lack of air the made her strokes so hard, it was that she was pulling Octavian along with her. And she let go of his hand. Rachel continued to Scream Octavian's name even though no one could hear her, she just needed to get it out. Her lunges burned but she didn't care, she needed to save Octavian. Suddenly she saw something flouting deeper into the lake. Octavian. Rachel swam faster and harder. nothing was stopping her from reaching him. Soon she was right beside him. He's eyes were closed like he were sleeping, his mouth was open slightly and his body swayed with the water. Rachel grabbed him by the shirt and shacked him vigorously hopping it would help some how. When nothing happened Rachel wrapped her arms around Octavian's chest and began to swim towards the surface.

Unfortunately, it is extremely hard to swim when your arms are wrapped around someone how might as well be a giant paper weight, it's even harder when that paper weight is bigger then you and your lunges feel like their about to give out. Soon Rachel was on her last breath with only about two more feet to go before their heads were at the surface. Rachel shut her eyes. Come on... come on... COME ON! She thought. She kicked at the water vigorously until their head came up out of the water. Rachel gasped for air as she slurred out thanks to all the gods she could name.

"Rachel!" Hazel's voice came from the side. Soon Hazel was there trying to help Rachel but she pushed her away.

"Octavian." Was all she could gasp. Hazel nodded and began to help pull Octavian to the shore. When they got their they were met by their friends. They laid Octavian on the ground. Rachel leaned her head to his cheast. Panic filled her when she didn't hear a heart beat. She bolted up.

"His heart stopped!" She screamed.

"He need's CPR!"

"Percy knows CPR!" Annabeth cried. Rachel turned to Percy.

"I've never really done it before." He told her. Tear's began spilling down her cheeks.

"Percy please!" She begged through sobs.

"Okay!" He yelled before kneeling down next to Octavian. Percy plugged Octavian's noise and brought his mouth to Octavian's. He then brought the heels of his hands to Octavian's chest, he pumped three times and then repeat. Rachel continued to sob as she watched. Piper wrapped her arms around Rachel and stroked her curly hair whispering that it would be okay using her charm speaking powers but not matter how much Piper spoke it didn't change want she was seeing in front of her.

After Percy did CPR about three times Octyavian's eyes fluttlered open as he gasped for air.

"OCTAVIAN!" Rachel cried as she squirmed out of Piper's arm's, she jumped to Octavian's side. It only took moment's for his eyes to lock with her's. A weak smile over came his pale face.

"Rachel..." He crocked. But he didn't have much time to speek before Rachel flung her arms around him.

"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" She cried into his chest.

"For what?" He asked her. Rachel looked up at him smiling.

"For being alive." She told him. He let out a little laugh. He wrapped his arms around her waist.

"By the way," He whispered into her ear."I win." Rachel laughed but before she could reply, Jason spoke up.

"Well, I don't know about you guys, but I think I`m done with swimming for one day." A mutter of agreement went though the gourp and they began to walk back to the camp. Octavian and Rachel stayed in the back of the group, partly because octavian needed Rachel to suport him as he walked, partly because they wanted to talk.

"So, what where you thinking when you forgot to come up for air?" Rachel Asked him.

"You." He told her.

"What about me?"

"Many things."

"Okay, and by the way, congrates on the first kiss." She told him, a little pissed that she wouldn't give her a straight answer. Octavain looked down at her confused.

"What? With who?" He asked her.

"The great and powerful Percy Jackson." She smirked.

Yep! His first kiss was not Rachel, but Percy! Hell yeah, That`ll stick in you head I bet! Bye fanfics E:=