FAMILY WEEK

Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson & the Olympians

[SexyPurpleBeast] [Percabeth]

RACHEL I

"Me!" I called out after the redheaded girl backed into me. Annabeth and Irene shrieked, while Thalia just laughed. "I'm Rachel Elizabeth Dare: the oracle of Camp Half-Blood!"

She nervously laughed a little on edge, probably from the cave, and began to speak.

"I'm Irene B-"

"Blofis. The step-sister of Perseus "Percy" Jackson: Hero of Olympus!" I finished for her.

"You know all that from being the oracle?" She asked.

I smiled, remembering five minutes ago before I came back from the lake. I'd run into the guys who were giving Damon and Evander a tour, and Percy had decided to take me for swim.

I sat on the beach with my new book in one hand and a chocolate chunk cookie in the other, despite the fact it was only breakfast. It was quiet because everybody was still eating or in bed.

Voices coming down toward the beach distracted me from my book, but I ignored them trying to get back into it. They were guys, but I didn't bother to acknowledge they were there in hope they would leave me alone.

"Hey Sweet Thing, you look lonely down here on the beach all by yourself. Want some company?" A low husky voice that I didn't recognize, whispered in my ear. Why wouldn't the mortals leave me alone! Fury raged through me and I swung my book around to hit the person in the face, but it only connected with air.

"What the-?" I asked myself, confused as I turned to look behind me. The boys were still on their way down and there was no way it was them.

"Honestly Rachel? A book?"

I screamed and looked to my left, and found Percy lying next to me with his hands behind his head. He laughed at my expression before continuing.

"I expect that kind of a thing from Annabeth; after all she is a daughter of the Wisdom Goddess. You should really work on that creativity of yours." He said jokingly.

"Hey Perce." I said, taking a bite of a cookie. "Where's your girlfriend? You two are always making out on the beach."

His face flushed a deep red. "She's giving my sister Irene a tour, while we give Evander and Damon a tour."

I'd met Evander and Damon yesterday, but I'd yet to meet Percy's step-sister, who he raved about almost as much as he did the goddess that was Annabeth.

"Fun Fun! So what are you doing on the beach, Percy?"

He grinned an evil smile. Oh Gods, this couldn't be good.

"You looked bored so I thought I'd take you for a swim!" And with that, he picked me up and threw me, and my book, into the lake. When I came up for air, he was running up towards his friends.

"You KELP HEAD! I'm going to get you for this, so help me!" I screamed.

Percy ignored me and continued up the hill. The only one I recognized besides his brothers was Jason, and he was in hysterics.

"I'm going to tell Annabeth!" I threatened again.

"Sure you will!" He yelled back to me, before all of the boys left the beach.

I sighed and grabbed my soaked book from under the water before wading to shore. I'd have to get Annabeth to make him fix it for me.

"Nope. I'm friends with your brother and his friends."

"Which explains why you are all wet!" Annabeth figured.

I sighed again and nodded, "Yep, which reminds me. Could you have Percy fix this please? I really don't want to have to go hunt down another copy because he and Jason got bored." I asked her, pulling out the book.

She looked horrified at the sight of the ruined book. She grabbed it from me and began to stalk up to the top of the hill, followed closely by Thalia. The daughter of Zeus looked for any excuse to beat up her brother.

"Why did you ask Annabeth to get Percy to fix it?" Irene asked, "I mean I know he's crazy about her, but if you ask nicely, wouldn't he fix it for you too?"

Bianca and I shared a look.

"Oh she's not going to ask him nicely." I said with a look of pure evil on my face.

"PERSEUS JACKSON!" She screamed at the top of her lungs.

Every single person in the valley stopped what they were doing and looked up towards the two girls who were clearly identifiable. Then two figures, who were previously heading towards the arena before Annabeth's outburst, bolted the other direction after figuring out what was coming for them.

Annabeth and Thalia flew down the hill, metaphorically of course because Thalia refuses to try flying, weapons drawn and chased the boys.

Bianca, Irene, and I laughed as we watched the two cousins run into Percy's cabin, followed closely by the girls.

"That," Irene said, "is really stupid. Who runs into a cabin with only one exit when you are being chased by two angry demigods with weapons?"

"Only the overconfident,"

"Or overly stupid." I interrupted her.

"…children of the big three!" Bianca answered. Irene looked confused and Bianca explained.

"Annabeth is very protective of her stuff, some of which includes books,"

"Percy." I interrupted.

"Her pride," Bianca continued, ignoring my additions to the list.

"Percy."

"Her blueprints,"

"Percy."

"Her laptop," Bianca said with a shiver, probably remembering the time Annabeth had thought Percy had taken her laptop.

ANNABETH

It was Winter Break and I was at Camp Half-Blood for two weeks. Two weeks without my father and two weeks with Percy! I was waiting for Katie to bring me the dress and my laundry I'd had Piper keep safe for me in the Aphrodite cabin. I was going to see a movie with Percy! And Nico, Thalia, Jason, Piper, Travis, Katie, Bianca, and Rachel but still, I had to savor anytime with Percy.

My cell phone rang and I picked it up.

"Hello?"

"Annabeth? Did Travis drop your stuff off? I'm running late and I asked him to do it for me, about ten minutes ago. I just wanted to make sure he actually delivered it!"

"Let me check, Katie."

I went to check and see if Travis had dropped off my dress. I saw my laundry and the silver dress on my bed. It had long sleeves, no back, and came to about mid-thigh. We would be going to dinner after, so we were all dressing up.

"Yup, it's here. Thanks Katie!"

"No problem. See you in a few minutes!" I hung up.

"I should check my email before we go." I mumbled to myself. I turned to grab my laptop, but it wasn't there. I looked all over my desk, under papers, blueprints, and Percy's Geography assignment that I was helping him with. I'd asked him to drop it off earlier today and-Percy. He'd left it on my desk right where my laptop used to be. He'd taken my laptop!

I hurried to put on the dress, my black pumps, and some diamond studs (a previous gift from Percy), and then I stalked out of my cabin towards Percy's. I began to bang on his cabin door and Nico opened it.

"Sorry Annabeth! I just needed to borrow something, but I guess SOME people are just too selfish to share!" He shouted that last bit loud enough for Percy, who must have been in his cabin, to hear.

"It's your own fault! I'm not lending them to you so get out!" Percy shouted back.

Nico ran back to his cabin, and I stepped inside to find Percy doing his hair. He wore khaki pants and dress shoes. A blue dress shirt was on his bed and he was shirtless.

"Nice!" I complimented him. He hadn't noticed me, but he turned to look and his jaw dropped. I smiled.

"You like?" I asked it a playful voice, before turning in a circle. As I turned back to face my boyfriend he had crossed the room and pulled me up to him.

"Yes. Yes I really…really like it." He said, looking me up and down, before proceeding to kiss me. I kissed back for a moment before pulling away and asking,

"Can I have my laptop back, now?"

"Your laptop?" He asked, out of breath. "Why would I have your laptop? I don't have it."

He tried to kiss me again, but I pulled away from him and crossed my arms.

"Percy, I went to get my laptop and it wasn't there. The only thing I found was your Geography assignment. Now please give it back."

"Annabeth, I dropped my assignment off this morning on my way to archery. I didn't touch your laptop!"

Now he was going to lie to me?

"Don't lie! I promise I won't be mad. Just tell me where you put it and we can go." I promised, stepping up behind him and running my hands up his bare arms. He shivered then said, "I'm not lying. I didn't touch your laptop."

"Well then who did?" I demanded, beginning to lose my temper. "No one else has been in my cabin except for Travis, and he only delivered my dress! People were in my cabin. He couldn't have taken it without one of my siblings noticing! You were the only one who could have possibly taken it because no one in my cabin takes my things!"

Percy looked hurt and I registered what I'd said.

"Are you calling me a thief and a liar?"

"Honestly Percy, just give it back. I'm not going to ask you again."

His face changed from hurt to anger. "And I'm not going to tell you again – I didn't take it!"

"Fine then! How about this? You can keep it!" I screamed and marched toward the door.

"Annabeth, what are you doing?" He asked, still angry.

"You can keep my laptop, but guess what you just lost? Me! We're done! You stay the hell away from me Jackson!" I screamed, and I took one look at his face as I stomped out of his cabin.

I ran back to mine, ignoring the shouts from Katie and Travis who were coming to get me and Percy and shoving my way past Rachel. My tears slid down my cheeks as I thought of the hurt and fear on Percy's face as I left.

"Annabeth! What happened to you?" Rachel demanded.

I continued to cry as I pulled her hand and brought her into my cabin, which was luckily empty because everyone else was a dinner, before shutting and locking my door. She waited for a moment, staring at me while waiting for me to explain.

"I broke up with Percy."

She gasped. "What? Annabeth I thought you liked him! What happened?"

"I do like him! But he stole my laptop Rachel! He took it when he came in earlier, and then he lied to my face saying he didn't!" I burst into angry sobs.

"Oh Annie, I'm so sorry! We'll get it back! I'm sure he meant to return it." She promised, trying to reassure me. "That Kelp Head will come to his senses and he'll come crawling back to you!"

"I don't want my laptop back! I want an honest boyfriend who loves me and won't steal from me!"

I went to collapse on my bed, not bothering to move my laundry. My head hit something hard when I fell on top of my clean clothes.

"Ow." I muttered, sitting up.

I continued to cry as I reached under my laundry to find out what Travis had thrown my laundry onto. Rachel looked confused and she came to sit next to me on my bed. My hand felt something hard and flat, and I pulled it out to find my…laptop.

My eyes widened and Rachel gasped. I stared at my silver laptop before I realized something. I'd just broken up with a boy, who I'd accused of stealing and lying to me. The boy I loved. I had just broken up with Percy over Travis' mistake! What had I done?

I looked up to a shocked Rachel, feeling horrified with myself. We held each other's gaze for a moment and I began to hyperventilate.

"What have I done?" I asked, starting to sob.

Before she could answer, I heard a knock on my door followed by Thalia's voice.

"Annabeth? Are you okay? Percy won't come out of his cabin! He's all upset and when we asked him about it, he said to come ask you!"

I rushed to the door, opening it to find Thalia, Katie, Piper, and Bianca.

"Oh Thals! When Travis dropped off my stuff he threw it all on my bed!" Katie looked worried. "Then I couldn't find my laptop and found something I'd had Percy drop off earlier where my laptop usually is! I accused him of taking it, and when he told me he didn't have I broke up with him! Then I come back here and found it-"

"Wait! Let me guess," Katie interrupted, looking like she knew the answer. "You found it under the stuff Travis dropped off. Didn't you?"

I broke into sobs again and nodded.

"What have I done!" I cried, leaning into Thalia.

They comforted me on the steps, and Malcolm was smart enough to keep my cabin away after dinner instead of coming back to our cabin.

"Annabeth, go show Percy. He'll understand. He loves you." Piper told me.

"No he won't understand! He'll probably ignore then go find himself a new girlfriend who won't yell at him and trust him!"

"Annabeth!" She said, I could hear the charmspeak in her voice but I couldn't fight it. "Go show Percy your laptop! He'll understand, I promise. Now!"

Rachel handed me my laptop and I got up and slowly walked barefoot over towards his cabin. Even though I tried not to, my body obeyed Piper's command. I knocked on the door, and I heard a voice yell "Go away."

I didn't say anything. I sniffed, trying to clear away all signs of crying, and knocked again. He didn't say anything this time. I knocked once more, then turned to walk away but I saw Piper giving me a look and pointed to the door. She held up one finger as if to tell me to try one more time, then my friends went into her cabin.

I turned and brought myself to knock. The door opened after a moment and I was face to face with Percy. He was wearing jeans and nothing else. I held my laptop behind my back so he hadn't seen it yet. I looked at my feet when he raised an eyebrow. His eyes were red and I could tell he'd been crying.

"What?" he asked quietly, his voice cracked.

I didn't look up as I pulled the laptop out from behind my back to where he could see it. After thirty seconds he hadn't said anything so I risked a peek at my boyf- ex boyfriend. He stared at the laptop like it was the worst thing he'd ever seen.

"Where was it?" he finally asked. It was not the forgiveness I was hoping he'd give me.

"Under the stuff Travis dropped off. When he delivered my clothes, he threw them on top of it." I told him, tears once again falling down my face.

"I-I just wanted to say…I'm sorry. I've known you for six years, and I should've trusted you when you said you didn't have it. You deserve someone who'll trust you. I'm so sorry, Percy." I turned away and slowly began the painful walk back to my cabin as I said good-bye to the best thing, or person that had ever happened to me.

Nobody was around, because they were all at the campfire or, in our friends' cases, in Piper's cabin watching us.

The tears began falling more frequently as I took each step. I must have been about fifteen feet away when I felt someone grab my shoulder. I caught my breath as I turned around to face Percy. He stared into my eyes for a moment, and then he did the last thing I expected.

He smiled. It was small, but it still made a huge grin want to come to my lips. I was confused and I guess he could tell, because he then explained.

"Yes. You should have trusted me. I know you too well to be stupid enough to take your laptop, Wise Girl."

I smiled a small smile at Percy's nickname for me, but it wasn't enough to make everything better.

"But, your temper makes you rash. It makes you, you. And that's what I love. I love you. I love your impulsiveness, your stubbornness. I love the scowl you make when you're concentrating. I love you when you ignore me because you have something more important to do."

Now I was really confused. He just said he loved my flaws?

"My flaws? Of all the things to choose, you choose to love my flaws?"

"I love all the good things about you too!" He told me, caressing my cheek. "Your loyalty, your beautiful gray eyes, your dedication, but I love your flaws too; because they are what make you special. They make you Annabeth Chase, my Wise Girl,"

He smiled at me and pulled my face up to his.

"My everything." He whispered before his lips brushed against mine. I was stunned for a minute, before my lips responded and kissed him back. I dropped my laptop, the one that had caused me so much trouble, onto the ground without a second thought and put my hands around his neck. I pulled him down closer to me and the kiss deepened as he put his arms around my waist and lifted me up off the ground.

We stayed like that until we heard the conch shell, signaling the campfire was over. Percy pulled back and looked at me.

"You know, we told Chiron we weren't going to be back until eleven thirty or twelve." He said, not needing to say his offer. I took in his beautiful green eyes, which stared lovingly back at me. I nodded and he swung me up into his arms and carried me back to his cabin. He locked the door behind us and pushed me up against it.

Right before his lips came down on mine once again, I whispered,

"I love you, Percy."

He was quiet for a moment, before he said just loudly enough for me to hear,

"I love you too, Annabeth."

RACHEL

Annabeth began to walk away from Percy, and after a moment he ran up behind her. He stopped her and began to talk to her, but we couldn't hear what he was saying.

"What's he saying?" Jason demanded.

"I don't know!" Thalia responded.

"Quiet!" I screamed.

We continued to watch him talk to her, and finally after what seemed like forever, he kissed her. And she kissed back.

"Her knife,"

"Percy" I said, coming back into reality.

"Her Yankees cap,"

"And most importantly…"

"Percy!" We both said simultaneously.

"So he probably thinks he can distract her before she kills him." Bianca said with a laugh.

Irene giggled, "Percy's that important to her?"

I smiled thinking about everything the two of them had gone through.

"Yep. C'mon inside and I'll tell you the details of the 'greatest love story since Paris and Helen'!"

Author's Note:

-There's Chapter 10 of the Re-write. When I originally began writing this story, this would have been a third of the way through. Now that I'm doing it over, I have no idea where we are. Originally, this story was Chapter 8 but has been pushed up to 10 so who knows where it'll end. Perhaps this story will be even longer.

-Reviews are as always appreciated. Tell me what you think of the story and any ideas of what you'd like to see.

Hugs & Kisses, SexyPurpleBeast