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My Whole World Changes

Percy PoV

After a few weeks of being laid up I was beginning to feel better. Annabeth and I were nearly always together, she had the blessing to stay with me day and night until I was better. She even helped me to the borders of camp so my mom could see me with her own eyes. IM's weren't enough for her after she found out I was in the hospital.

One night after Annabeth fell asleep; I quietly snuck out to the arena. I grabbed Riptide and decided to try and practice for the first time in over a month.

"Hey cousin!" Nico called out as soon I walked in.

"Hi Nico, can't sleep?"

"Not really. Keep having weird dreams after what happened" he said as he played with his sword. "What brings you here?"

"I want to practice some, care to spar?" I said as I spun Riptide in my hand…it felt wrong.

"Annabeth is going to send you back to the hospital if you hurt yourself. Why isn't she here?" Nico started looking around.

"I wanted her to sleep. With everything that has happened and all, she's done so much for me. I figured I could let her sleep in" I said and smiled. Truth be told, I already missed her.

"Whenever you're ready, cousin" Nico said as he readied his sword.

I charged him and he easily disarmed me. After picking up Riptide, he started to trash talk but Riptide shut him up. We parried for a couple minutes, and the moves started to come back.

"Hey Percy, you're getting better. Pick up the pace…if you can" Nico challenged and then tried a dirty trick to knock me down. I countered and flipped him over me and I started to feel my back tighten up and my stomach pull.

I decided to try and get a little more aggressive and that's when it went wrong. Pain shot straight up my back and I crumpled over.

"Percy! What's wrong man? Talk to me cousin" Nico said as he rushed next to me.

"It's nothing…just" I was barely able to avoid screaming from the pain, "I over did it. Don't tell Annabeth!" I warned.

"Do you think I have a death wish?" Nico teased back, trying to not freak out so much. "Come on and let's get you back to your cabin."

"No. The water; take me to the water." Annabeth would kill me if she saw me like this.

After a few minutes we were trying to sneak past my cabin and a sleeping Annabeth to get to the water.

"Someone's out on the beach" Nico said as he lowered me down to go see who it was, but it hurt so bad I screamed out again.

"Percy?" Annabeth came running up from the beach. "What happened?" She was about to panic again, I hate seeing her this way. It breaks my heart a little.

"I'm alright Wise Girl, I just over did it with Nico" I said wincing in pain.

Annabeth stood up and looked straight at Nico, "What were you thinking?"

"I'm sorry Annabeth. I really am" Nico said backing away slowly and then he vanished; smart move for him to shadow travel to safety.

"It's ok, Wise Girl. I asked him to. It's my fault." I said as I reached for her hand.

"Perseus, what in Hades were YOU thinking?"

"I wanted to practice, please don't be mad. I'm sorry. Help me to the water, please?"

She looked down at me and nodded her head, I could see the tears building up in her eyes and they hurt me more than my back did. After a few minutes in the water, I came out to find Annabeth sitting on the beach and could hear her quietly sobbing. As soon as she saw me though, she tried wiping the tears away.

"Wise Girl, what's wrong?"

"You scared me tonight. When I heard you scream it took me back to when you were hurt…I've gone passed the point of not wanting to lose you, I can't lose you. Percy, to lose you, would kill me." She said as more tears began to fall.

I was momentarily stunned. Of course I knew what she was saying; she was saying exactly how I have felt for a while. That's why this whole mess happened, she is so much more than my girlfriend, she is my whole world…I knew what I had to do.

"Wait here for a couple of minutes Annabeth, I'll be right back." She started to say something but I put my finger over her lips and kissed her forehead. And with that I sprinted to my cabin.

I went straight to my chest and at the very bottom was a small box that I kept locked at all times. I opened it up and retrieved the ring I had Tyson make me a few months ago. I was saving it for a while, until I was sure she would be ready…and I think the time has come.

I ran back to the beach and found Annabeth laying down and looking up at the stars. I stood there for a moment just looking at how beautiful she is. I have to be the luckiest guy in the world.

"Wise Girl, come over here for a second. I have something to show you" As soon as I called out, she stood up and walked over…slowly. Making me wait and I couldn't help but smile the whole time.

"What is it, Seaweed Brain?" She said as she smiled at me. I took a deep breath as I looked in her eyes.

"Annabeth, you have been by my side since the first day at camp. There hasn't been a danger that we haven't faced together. And I know exactly how you feel about what you just told me. I can't lose you either, you have become my whole world and the shinning light that guides me" Her face lit up and I saw tears threatening to fall.

"We have been through so much, and with almost losing each other a few weeks ago has given me a lot to think about. I had planned on waiting a while before doing this…but after everything, I don't want to wait another hour" I pulled the ring out of my pocket and got down on one knee. I saw her breath catch and tears spilling out.

"I know we are young, but we don't live in a normal world. And it doesn't have to be soon, we can wait a year or so, or whenever you're ready. So Annabeth Chase…will you become my wife?"

As I stood there on one knee looking up into her teary eyes, trying to figure out what she was going to say, I needed her to say yes. These were the longest seconds of my life. Everything hinged on what she would say. Please, any Gods who are listening let her say yes!

After a few more seconds of silence she tackled me to the ground and kissed me with enough passion to burn the world to embers. After a few minutes, I pulled away and sat her up.

"Does that mean yes?"

"Yes. Very much yes" She said as the tears continued to fall. I slid the ring on her finger and whispered "I love you, Annabeth Jackson". She wore a smile bigger than I had ever seen as soon as I said.

After a few hours of sitting there and watching the stars of the night fade as the sun rose up, I stood and helped her up.

"Come on, Wise Girl. Let's get back to normal…our normal" and with that I took her hand as we headed back to my cabin.

I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. I apologize if my grammar is a bit off, it's been a while since I've written anything. Please review! Thank you all so much for reading!

-DarkAngel-