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Percy's POV

Percy was sad Annabeth couldn't make it in time for the finals, but he was determined to win them for her. He was also sad that she wasn't at school with him, she always made it easier. He texted her whenever he could, but he was starting to think he was annoying her. He spent all of his time with Thalia and Nico. They played some songs. Their new favorite to play was 'Save Yourself, I'll Hold Them Back' by My Chemical Romance, but Fall Out Boy's 'The Phoenix' was a close second. He remembered once when they were all at his place with Annabeth and started drinking beer.

"Aren't you all a little young to drink?" Annabeth asked, being the goodie she was.

"Maybe", Thalia joked. She and Annabeth got along well, which made Percy happy.

" We drink, but we never got drunk", Nico explained.

"Yeah", Thalia added, " Just a beer here and there. Never have we gotten drunk."

"So why do you drink then?" Annabeth asked.

"Well, who knows?" Percy answered, "As Thals said, we have an occasional beer, but we never got drunk because we all know what Smelly Gabe did. You remember him?"

"Oh, yeah", she realized, " Sorry."

"It's all good", Thalia assured her and offered her a beer, but she declined and got a soda.

It was funny, that moment. It put a smile on Percy's face as he was leaving the changing room, ready to win this thing. Practically the whole school was there. He saw Thalia and Nico sitting next to Jason and his gang, as well as Percy's mom and Paul. The commentator introduced the competitors and a roar spread as his name was spoken. They took their places for the first race. Frank was on Percy's right and some scrawny kid on his left. The whistle blew and they jumped in. Percy gave it his best, swimming dolphin style. He got to the finish 4.9 seconds before everyone else. One down, five more to go.

He won the other races with ease as well. The last one concerned him. It was a baton. Some kid Carl was the first and he had to give the stick to Frank who was to give it to Percy. They started and Percy felt anxious. He didn't really know how would they do. They could swim freestyle so he could go faster. Soon, the baton was his. He swam as fast as he could, pushing himself further for Annabeth. He passed the three kids that were in front of him and won by two seconds. Close, but good, none the less. He won!

They went to the locker room to change. Frank patted Percy on the back, congratulating him. Percy smiled as he changed into his swim-team shirt with his surname on the back, along with his number, 5. He put on his jeans and they were called out.

" Alright everyone, give it up for today's contestants!" the commentator, which Percy only now realized was me. Anderson, the school's counselor. The crowd cheered.

"And now, the Principal of Goode High will give out the rewards", he announced as the principal took the mic.

" I am very glad to announce that today's winner is", he paused, "Goode High!"

The crowd cheered louder than before. Percy saw his friends cheering, a new face among them. Annabeth. She was there, smiling at him, clapping. Percy smiled like a madman. The team approached the principal, who put their gold medals around their necks. The second was Yancy Academy and the third some other school he hadn't heard of. Percy was glad they beat Yancy, whose captain was none other than Nancy Bobofit, the girl who used to bully him.

The principal announced the names of winners of every race and every time Percy had to approach, to collect another gold medal.

"Now, for the overall winner of the national swimming contest, I am very pleased to call me. Perseus Jackson to collect his trophy!" Percy approached with a smile and shook principal's hand one more time before he was handed his trophy. He turned to the crowd and put it up. They cheered like it was the end of the world. He saw Annabeth jumping up and down, screaming. He smiled at her. Percy's team ran to him, picking him up, carrying him away as the crowd was leaving. They entered the hall still carrying Percy where the whole school was waiting. They all congratulated him, patting him on the back. Thalia and Nico almost knocked him over. Then he saw her. He gave the trophy to Thalia as she jumped into his spread arms. Percy spun Annabeth around and then kissed her.

"You made it!" he smiled at her.

"Of course I did!" she replied, smiling back, "Congratulations!"

He kissed her again. After the crowd was gone, Frank and he picked up their stuff and all of their friends and them went out to celebrate. Percy gave him mom the trophy and the medals to take home and left with Annabeth, Nico, Thalia, Jason, Piper, Frank, Hazel, Leo, Reyna, Clarisse, Silena and Will to the milkshake station to celebrate.

They all ordered milkshakes in different flavors. They talked, joking around for two hours. Then they decided it was time to go. Percy and Annabeth decided to go for a walk in Central Park. He enjoyed spending time with her. They walked for another hour and a half. Then they sat under the same tree they did every time they were there. He put his head in her lap and they talked.

"So, how did you get here?" he asked her.

"I took the train this morning", she replied.

"So you came all that way to see me swim?" he smirked.

"Of course I did", she frowned, "And just for the record if you hadn't won, I would have killed you. I agreed to do all the chores for next month to come and see you."

He laughed. They got up and started walking away from the tree. As usual, something interrupted them. The rain started pouring down. Annabeth started shivering slightly. Percy somehow knew what to do.

"Here put this on", he said as he took his swim-team hoodie off, giving it to her to put on. She had only a thin, tight T-Shirt on so she must have been cold.

"No, Percy, you're gonna freeze to death", she said, putting her arms around her chest.

"I didn't ask you", he replied. It might sound harsh, but he said it gently, putting a little concern in his voice. She put it on finally. He decided to walk home. They laughed as rain hit their skin as they walked, holding hands.

3rd Person narrative/Author's POV

Piper and Jason were running to the car from Central Park when the rain started falling. They noticed two familiar people later walking by. A boy with raven black hair and a blond girl. She seemed to be wearing his hoodie. He had his arm around her shoulders and she had her around his waist. They seemed happy. Piper smiled at them when she saw what their backs read. She chased after Jason after she saw what her friends called Percabeth, both wearing Percy's swim-team gear. Right over both their backs was written Jackson and under #5.