Hi guys!

I think that I managed to update in a timely fashion...for me...

Anyway, this is going to be the last chapter for a week while I'm on vacay with my family, cause my mom threw a fit and told me I couldn't bring my laptop, her's, or any other kind of internet device which really made me sad.

Anyway, thank you so much for expressing your interest in this story, and please keep reviewing!

Annabeth's POV

I don't know how I managed to calm down Percy, pack both Thalia's and my bag, get us all in the car, get through traffic, open up the cabin, set up the rooms, make dinner, and unpack, clean off a 'to-hell-with-everything-I'm-freaking-out' Thalia - and did I mention keeping Percy calm?- all without losing my mind.

This must be what being a mother is like.

After making Thalia some strong tea with some (a lot) of whiskey in it, I sat her down on a love seat and wrapped an afghan around her.

"Thalia, you have to tell me everything that happened to you."

Thalia shot me a look through bloodshot eyes.

"I know, but where the hell have you been? You have been MIA for three days. The hospital is ready to fire you Annabeth! Everything you worked for…I managed to lie to them and say that there was a family emergency, but that isn't going to buy you more than a couple more days."

I sighed. I had almost forgotten about my job as a nurse. Everything from before I met Percy seemed like another life ago.

"I'll deal with them later."

Thalia's eyes shot to Percy.

"And you have Apollo patrolling the beaches?"

Percy's eyes narrowed.

"How do you know that?"

Thalia scoffed, but her hands still shook.

"He saved me from putting on a ring. Apparently that sea monster you're fighting, what's his name, Cessiphus? Apparently he needs mortals for something, and the ring captures them."

The thought of Thalia being captured made me want to vomit.

"Anyway…Apollo insisted on walking me home, and I invited him in for a drink-"

Percy held up his hands.

"Dear lord, dear God, please don't tell me that you guys slept together…"

Thalia blushed a flaming red and sputtered indignantly.

"NO! I gave him some water and then several huge creature...things burst into our apartment. He jumped up, told me to look away, and fought the things…I got some blood on my hands from falling on cut glass, and another gash on my leg, and I think something on my head…that's what all the blood was from. I had ran into my room and gotten my gun…I…I think I killed one of them. It dissolved into sand, but then reformed really quickly…Then I ran into my room. I don't know how long I stood in that corner. Until the fighting stopped, but then I still didn't move until you guys came."

Shivering, I motioned for Percy to bring me the bowl of water that I had set out. I wanted to see if I could do my healing voodoo I was able to do before.

Percy handed me the bowl, his face wrinkled in concentration.

It was physically impossible for me not to stroke his cheek as I returned to Thalia. His flickering smile made it worth the look on Thalia's face.

"Can you tell me what the monsters looked like?"

Thalia wrinkled her face a little.

"They looked like…quite honestly, they looked like jellyfish. Jellyfish with the tentacles all twisted up to be arms and legs…they had no eyes but they could sense where we were. It was scary as hell."

Percy sighed and slapped his face.

"He keeps rising all these old monsters…I almost forgot about those…"

I bit my lip, but put that thought under something to worry about at another time.

I grabbed Thalia's hands, and some tweezers, and plucked out some of the glass. When it was clean, I coated my hands in the water. It glowed a pure white, and when I placed my hands on Thalia's wounds, they closed up.

Thalia jerked a little at first, and then slumped back, sighing, "Aww, god, where were you when I broke my arm three years ago?"

"Sitting next to you, laughing my ass off at you on morphine."

Thalia stuck out her tongue at me.

Percy let out a laugh.

"What was she doing?"

"She was playing with jello."

Thalia snarled at me and tried to smack me, but I jerked out of the way.

Percy let out another laugh.

"How was she playing with jello?"

"She had dumped it all out of the little cup thing and was poking it with her hand and trying to make it dance like in that movie, 'Flubber.'"

I knew I lost Percy there, but he laughed again just the same.

Desperate to change the topic, Thalia turned and asked me, "Seriously, where do you learn this freaky juju stuff?"

I sighed, pulling my hand back from the last of her wounds.

"I don't know. I guess…well, this is going to take a while."

I started to fill Thalia in, about the bonding, everything that I went through, the battle, Triton, and my newfound powers. Throughout the whole speech, she just sipped her tea and whiskey and stared at me with her wide blue eyes.

When I was done, Thalia set her empty glass on the table, and stretched out, her feet on my lap and her head on the sofa pillow.

"OK, well, this is a shitty mess you have gotten into. You put a lot of whiskey in that tea, so don't be surprised if I don't remember anything tomorrow…but right now, let me sleep, and then we'll figure out something in the morning."

With that, she promptly fell asleep.

Groaning, I hauled myself up, letting her feet drop with a thump.

Thalia didn't stir.

Stretching, I walked over to the sink and stripped off my shirt, exposing the camisole I had worn underneath. Chucking it in the sink, I turned around to see Percy looking at me with darkened eyes.

Lust darkened eyes.

Dear heaven keep me sane.

Clearing my throat awkwardly, I hurried over to clean up the mess we had made in the cabin.

The cabin was small, the kitchen and the sitting room all together, with no division or wall. To the back were the three bedrooms, and the tiny bathroom, with a minuscule shower and sink and toilet.

I motioned for Percy to follow me into one of the bedrooms.

I should have known that wasn't a good idea at the beginning of my thought train.

Sitting down on the edge of the bed, I motioned for him to sit next to me.

"What are we going to do now?"

Percy shrugged.

"I don't know. I think stay here until Thalia is OK to move, and then we can bring her to the palace."

"I need to quit my job…I don't think I'm going to be going back to the hospital."

Percy sighed, his face morose.

"I didn't want you to have to give up what you had been working for your entire life."

I couldn't think about what to say to that.

"I also don't want you to give up your family for me…I'm so sorry."

I threw an arm around his shoulders and squeezed.

"Hey, it's OK. I wasn't having that much fun at the hospital anyway. It was a nice thing for me in the beginning, but you start seeing too much bad stuff, start losing your faith in the world. My father never cared about me, neither did my step-mother; my real mother died a long time ago. My twin half brothers don't even know I exist."

Percy looked like he couldn't believe it, but it was true.

"The only real family I have right now is passed out drunk on the couch in the living room, sitting right next to me, or somewhere in the ocean."

Percy smirked and leaned down and kissed me.

It was so abrupt, I could only stay still.

That was for a second.

Then I kissed him back.

It was an atomic bomb, it was the birth of a new star, it was fireworks, it was every cliche you can think about.

I don't know how much time passed. Three seconds, three years?

All I knew was I somehow ended up with him on top of me, both of our shirts on the floor.

I jerked a little, and Percy seemed to see how far we had actually gone.

"Shit…I'm sorry, I didn't mean…I'm-"

I cut him off with a kiss.

Right now, I didn't give a damn about the consequences. I wanted him.

And I knew he wanted me.

"I want this…"

Percy's face twisted with longing and hope.

"I don't want it to be the bond speaking either…"

"It's not. It's me, Annabeth Chase, who wants this."

With a groan, he admitted himself to defeat.

I had to count my luck stars that Thalia was passed out cold on the couch.

That moment of lucidness past…

Percy was making me forget everything.

Sorry this is kind of a filler chapter, but I hope the ending made up for it!

Like I said above, I am going to be away from the computer and internet for a week (sad face), but I am going to be on a beach, soaking up the rays, chilling out, and all that...hopefully not getting eaten by a shark, but IF I do, I sent the outline to my friend and she will take over. I gots you guys covered!

So, do you think I could get to 200 reviews before I come back? IT WOULD MAKE MY LIFE!

If I get to 200 reviews, I will even post the oneshot I have had sitting on my computer since like, the beginning of time, of fluffy Percabeth time with their kids.

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Also, no one mentioned anything about the cover I made. :( Do you guys like it?

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