Hey guys! I am so so so soooooooooo sorry it took me this long to update but my computer was broken, my hard drive crashed, and I just started school today. I am so sorry! Well I hope you liked the last chapter! This chapter is about how they survived their first year of college, and they have a little surprise visit from someone they never thought they see again, who could it be? Well, here's chapter 11. Hope you like it!

Disclaimer: Go back and look at chapter 1


Chapter Eleven: Freshman Year

Percy's and my first year of college was hectic as expected. We could hardly spend any time together because of all of our school work and work, itself. I don't know how much coffee both of us consumed this year, trying to stay up to either cram for tests or finished homework that was due the next day; well, the latter was mostly Percy. But thankfully, we were going out tonight, with all of our friends, to celebrate us getting through our first year of college. Today we had the day off from school and work which was very rare, so Percy and I were doing the natural thing: catching up on sleep.

I finally awoke when the sunlight streamed into our bedroom, uncontrollably. I groaned and turned in Percy's arms, burying my head in his chest. I felt his hand rest on my back and start to draw soothing patterns on my back. Then, a few minutes later, I felt Percy shift under me as he started to get out of bed.

"Noooo, Percy," I whined, already missing his warmth.

Percy chuckled, "Come on, baby, get up, it's already 12 o'clock in the afternoon."

"So? I don't wanna get up. I'm soo tired." I groaned.

"Come on, we'll go to your favorite diner." Percy persuaded me as he kissed my cheek then the corner of my mouth.

"Fine," I caved as I started to crawl out of bed, but before I could get to the edge of the bed, Percy grabbed me by the waist and pulled me back.

"Yes, Seaweed brain?" I asked as I looked up at him slightly amused.

He clucked his tongue, "You forgot to give me something."

"And what was that?" I raised my eyebrow.

"My good morning kiss."

I rolled my eyes and started to lean in. As Percy closed the distance between us, I closed my eyes. A few minutes later, I pulled away and went to the bathroom to go freshen up.

"That was so not cool Anna." I heard Percy yell after me. I laughed as I entered the bathroom. I came out a few minutes later to go change. When I entered the bedroom, I found Percy in a pair of jeans with no shirt.

"What are you doing, Seaweed brain?" I asked as I wrapped my arms around his waist and buried my head into his bare back.

"I'm trying to find a clean shirt, Wise Girl." He turned around in my grip and asked, "You wouldn't happen to know where one is? Would you?"

"That's a real shame Percy, not knowing if you have any clean shirts." I laughed.

"Well, I do have one clean shirt, but someone is wearing it now." He protested as he tugged at the hem of the shirt that I was wearing, which was his.

I rolled my eyes, "Fine, you can have it when I change."

I walked out of our embrace and into our closet to find something to wear. I finally settled on a light grey dress that matched my eyes. I decided to leave my hair down for today instead of putting it up in its usual pony tail. I slipped on some black sandals to go with it and grabbed Percy's light blue V-neck as I walked out of the closet.

I threw him the shirt before I went to go get my phone from my nightstand. When I looked back up, Percy was already dressed in the light blue V-neck and a pair of dark jeans with black converse. Percy walked out of our bedroom towards the bathroom as I walked out into the living room to find my purse.

"Perce, are you ready?" I asked as I grabbed our house keys off of the bar.

"Yeah," Percy called as he walked into the living room and grabbed his wallet off of the coffee table.

Before he put it in his back pocket, he looked in it and sighed, "Babe, I think the Stoll's went through my wallet when they were over here last night."

"I told you not to leave your wallet lying around when they're here, but you never listen." I laughed as I walked out the door.

"I know." Percy replied as he wrapped his arms around my waist after he locked the door.

The elevator ride was silent, but as always, it was a comfortable silence. When we walked out of our building and onto the busy streets of New York, Percy removed his arm from my waist and entwined our fingers, knowing it would be a better way to stay together on the streets of New York.

As we walked to my favorite diner, we decided to go to Central Park afterwards which wasn't far from the diner. When we finally arrived at the diner we sat at a booth next to a window. A few seconds after we sat down, the waitress came to take our orders. After she left Percy asked me, "So, Wise Girl, what do you want to do when summer comes?"

"Well, we could go to Virginia for a few weeks and catch up with our families, and then we could go to San Francisco or to Montauk and stay at the cabin your mom owns." I suggested. I knew Percy was going to go for the Montauk choice seeing as he hasn't been there since he left New York for Virginia a long time ago.

"Okay, I say we go to Montauk." He decided.

"Of course you do; I knew you would want to." I laughed.

"You know me too well, Wise Girl." Percy smiled.

"Just like you know me, Seaweed brain." I smiled back just as the waitress came back with our drinks.

When she left with our orders, Percy confirmed our plan for the summer time, "Just to make sure, for when I book the flight, we're going to Virginia for how many weeks? Or, do you just wanna stay for a whole month?"

"Yeah, we could go ahead and stay a whole month."

"Okay, so we're staying in Virginia for a month before we come back and head to Montauk?"

"Yup. So, how's working with your dad?" I asked. Our parents, knowing how hectic the end of the year is becoming for us, let us work half days, which really helped us.

"It's going great! I mean, I always wanted to be a Marine Biologist and see how they do their work! Now, I'm able to do it." Percy explained.

"Percy, that's great and all, but why do you even go to college when you could just work there and take over when your dad retires," I asked; I had pondered that for a while.

"People at work always ask me that, and I tell them that I don't want to take over my dad's company when he retires; I want to build my own company. Maybe I'll be partners with him, but I want to make something by myself." Percy explained. "But of course, not completely by myself," Percy looked at me as he took my hand in his. I grinned at him and leaned over to give him a kiss on the cheek.

The waitress came back with our food a few seconds later. We thanked her, and as soon as she left, we dug in. When we finished eating, we called our waitress for the check. After arguing about how we would pay for it, I finally convinced Percy to let me pay for it, and he could pay for it the next time.

When we left the diner, we made our way to Central Park. As we walked in deeper into the park, I admired the beauty of the park. Since the past year we've been here, I haven't once taken the time to admire Central Park, but today I think I finally realized its beauty.

The sun shone high above the trees as we walked deeper into the park, so we decided to find shade underneath a big tree, its branches and leaves bend into the path of the park. I sat down between Percy's legs and leaned back against him. The park was eerily quiet, and there weren't many people out today.

"Percy, what do you think about getting a dog?" I asked as I leaned my head on his shoulder and looked up at him.

"Okay but why do you want to get a dog all of a sudden?" he looked down at me with curiosity twinkling in his eyes.

"I've always wanted a dog."

"Really? You never told me that." Percy asked me while his eyebrows were scrunched together, probably trying to remember if I did tell him that.

"I think I did, Percy." I told him; really I never told him that, but I wanted to see his reaction.

"What!? I don't remember you telling me that. Are you sure you told me that? Oh wait, I think you did; I think it was that time when we went to the beach for spring break this year." His eyebrows were still scrunched together, still trying to remember if I really did tell him that. I couldn't hold my laughter in anymore, and I just burst out laughing.

"What are you laughing about?"

"I can't believe you actually believed me. Babe, I never told you that." I laughed.

Percy groaned, "Wise Girl that was so not cool."

"Oh come on, Seaweed Brain, you know that was funny!" I argued still laughing.

Percy rolled his eyes and asked me, "What kind of dog do you want to get?"

"So you're really okay with getting a dog?"

"Yeah."

"Okay, I was thinking of getting a Maltese; they're so cute."

"Yeah, they are cute." Percy agreed with me as he started to play with my hair.

"So it's settled? We're getting a dog?" I asked, excitedly as I turned my head sideways to look at Percy.

"Yup, we are definitely getting a dog." Percy nodded.

"Yes! I love you soooo much, Percy!" I tackled him with a hug which caused him to fall back on the ground with me on top of him. Percy wrapped his arms around my waist as he leaned up to kiss me. I responded eagerly, still excited about getting a puppy. I wrapped my arms around his neck, and my hands started to play with the hairs on the back of his neck.

After what seemed forever, Percy pulled away and rested his forehead against mine. "I love you, too Wise Girl."


It was around 2:00 when we left the park. We had to meet the gang at 6:00, so we still had four hours to go. We were wandering around New York, our hands intertwined. After wandering around a few more minutes, Percy started pulling me towards a store.

"Percy, where are we going?" I asked confused.

"Well you said you wanted a dog did you not?" Percy gave me one of his famous lopsided grins. I couldn't help but laugh as l continued to let him drag me through the streets of New York to find a pet store.

Finally, after half an hour of looking for a pet store, we found one. It was placed next to a coffee shop called 'Coffay World' and a donut shop on the other side of it called 'Sprinkle It! Dounuts'.

"Hi, do you need any help today?" An employee asked us as soon as we walked through the door.

"Hi, yes, we were looking to buy a Maltese today." Percy answered.

"Well you're in luck; we just got a new litter today," she told us as she led us to the back of the shop. She stopped by a pen with small dogs that were all white. As soon as we stopped in front of the cage, we started looking at the dogs. I had no idea how hard it was going to be to pick only one puppy! They were all so cute!

But surprisingly, it wasn't me or Percy who picked the dog. It was the dog that picked us. It was a boy, and as soon as he saw Percy and I, he practically ran to us and jumped into my arms when I opened them.

He looked over at Percy, and his tail started to wag back and forth. I smiled at him before I turned to look at Percy. He nodded thinking the same thing I was.

"I think we found the one we want." I smiled up at the employee.

"Great, I'll go draw up the paperwork," she said before she left us alone with the puppy.

"What do you want to name him?" Percy asked.

"I was thinking Leo, seeing as he reminds me of him." I replied.

Percy laughed as he took little Leo in his arms, "Okay, Leo it is."

"Hurry up, Percy! We have an hour to get dressed and meet the gang at the restaurant, and you know Silena hates it when we're late !" I exclaimed as we hurried into the lobby. Leo trotted next to me on his leash as we walked to the elevator; we didn't have to worry about getting reprimanded about having a dog because our apartment allowed dogs to stay here. I had to stop the doors from closing at least three times before he finally got into the elevators holding most of Leo's things

"I could be faster if you helped me! " Percy exclaimed as he set most of the bags down onto the ground.

"Hey! My hands are full too! Why didn't you just get one of the bell boys to help you?" I asked.

"Everybody's on their break!" He exclaimed as the elevator doors opened. Percy picked up the bags again. I took a couple of the bags from him as we walked out of the elevator.

When Percy got to our apartment door, he had to put down some of the bags to open the door. He went inside to put the rest of the bags that were in his arms before coming back out into the hallway to grab the remaining bags in the hallway. When he finally got all the bags into the apartment, I picked up Leo and walked into the apartment. I put Leo and the bags down on the floor, before I started to our bedroom to change. But before I went to my room, I took Leo's leash off of him, so he can go explore his new home.

When I walked into Percy's and my room, I found him changing his blue t-shirt for a light blue button up dress shirt. I walked into our closet once again to start changing into my dress for tonight.

The dress was a short black cocktail dress; I loved it! The dress had a symmetrical draping and four thin spaghetti straps on one shoulder with a thin red belt that went around my waist. As for shoes, I put on a pair of red heels to go with the small red belt that adorned my waist.

I decided to just leave my hair down in its natural curly state as I walked out of my closet. I heard a small gasp as I was putting on a red beaded bracelet to match my belt and my shoes. I turned around to see Percy looking at me with wide eyes and his jaw hanging open.

"What? Is something wrong with my outfit?" I asked panicked as I looked down at myself to see if there was anything wrong with my outfit.

"No! There's nothing wrong with your outfit!" Percy quickly reassures me.

"Then why are you looking at me like that?"

"Because you look gorgeous and because I love you." Percy said as he walked towards me.

I blushed and looked up at him and asked, "Do you really mean that?"

"What? The fact that I love you or the fact that you're beautiful?"

"Both."

"Then, yes I do. I meant all of it," he told me as he got closer to me.

"I love you, too," I was able to say right before Percy lowered his lips onto mine. I wrapped my arms around his neck and pulled him closer to me, if that was even possible. I shivered as I felt Percy's hands slide down my sides to stop at my hips. I could have stayed there forever as I slid one of my hands down from his neck to rest against his chest.

"As much as I want to stay here right now and continue to kiss you, we have to get going," Percy whispered against my lips.

"And as much as my common sense knows you're right, my body is telling me otherwise." I protested.

Percy laughed, pulling away to get some air, "I suppose you're right. We do have about 40 mins before we have to go meet the gang."

"Exactly," I agreed as I grinned at him before I grabbed him by his shirt and pulled him down to kiss him. I felt Percy grin into the kiss as he moved both of his hands from my hips and rested them a little below my lower back, close to where Brandon kept trying to put his hands. A few minutes later, we heard the doorbell ring. I pulled away from Percy gasping, trying to catch my breath.

"Do we have to get the door?" Percy groaned as my hands left his hair and came to rest against his bare chest.

"Yes, now let's go, but we are definitely finishing this later," I told him as I pushed him away from me before taking his hand and dragging him to the door. Percy laid his hands on my hips and pulled me against his chest. I could feel the warmth of his bare chest on my back as he placed his chin on my shoulder.

"Are you sure you wanna answer it?" Percy asked as he started to kiss my neck.

"Yes, I'm sure," I told him as I opened the door. Percy just groaned against my neck in response. When I opened the door I came face to face with the person I thought was out of my life forever when he left to go study abroad.

Luke.

"Uh, hi, Luke," I greeted. I would have slammed the door in his face, but I didn't want to be rude.

When Percy heard me say Luke's name, he froze. He looked up from my neck and sneered , "Well isn't this a pleasant surprise."

"Percy," I warned.

"I'm going to go find my shirt." Percy stated. He kissed me on the cheek before he went to our room.

I turned my attention back to Luke and invited him in, "Come on in."

I led him towards the living room so we could talk. I sat down on our couch as Luke sat across from me in one of our arm chairs. It was so awkward; I didn't say anything, and Luke just kept staring at me. When I was about to break the awkward silence and ask him what he was doing here, Percy came in with his shirt on and Leo following behind him.

"What took you so long to find your shirt?" I asked him.

"Leo was sitting on it." Percy replied frustrated as he cast a quick glare at Leo, who just wagged his tail in response, and came to sit by me on the couch. I tried to stifle my laughter, but a small giggle managed to slip out. Percy glared at me before turning his attention to Luke who was looking at Leo; he had climbed onto the couch.

Finally, after a few minutes of silence, Percy spoke up, "Look, Luke, if you've got something to say can you say it because we have some where to be."

Luke took a deep breath before he spoke, "Okay, sorry and I'm sorry to just barge in here. I hope I didn't interrupt anything. But I just got back from studying abroad and there's something I need to tell you two."

"That's okay, Luke. So what is it you need to tell us?" I asked, trying to be polite while Percy was glaring at Luke.

"Well, while I was studying I, uh, I guess you could say I grew up, and I came to my senses. I've realized that what I did to you two in high school was wrong, and I just came to apologize. I hope that you can forgive me. I've accepted the fact that Annabeth and I are over and the fact that you two are dating. I really hope you guys can forgive me. If I could go back in time, I would have done everything differently."

I looked over at Percy to see that he was still glaring at Luke. I knew he didn't want to forgive him, but I did. So before Percy could open his mouth and reject his apology, I spoke up, "We forgive you,"

Luke looked surprised, as did Percy, but replied, "Thank you. I'll go now. I know you have somewhere to be."

I got up and led Luke to the door to let him out. When I closed the door, I turned around to come face to face with Percy. I could tell he was angry with me for accepting Luke's apology.

"Annabeth, why on Earth did you accept his apology?" He asked me, and I could hear the anger in his voice.

"Percy, we don't have time to talk about this. We need to get going."

Percy shook his head and sighed, "Fine, but we will talk about this later."

I nodded my head before I went to the bathroom to fix myself. When I got out of the bathroom I found Percy sitting on the couch with his arm over his eyes and Leo in his lap. I picked up my purse and made sure that my phone and my keys were inside. I picked Leo up and put him in his kennel before I went to go get Percy.

"Come on, Percy, we're already late."

With that said, Percy got up from the couch, and we made our way to the restaurant.


When we finally got home from hanging with the gang, it was almost 1 o'clock in the morning, and we had left the house at about 6:30.

"Gods, that was the most fun I've had in ages!" I exclaimed as I flopped down on the couch.

"Yeah, you're right." Percy agreed as he sat down beside me and pulled my legs in his lap after taking Leo out of his kennel and filling his dog bowl.

"Annabeth, we still need to talk about Luke."

"I was hoping you had forgotten about that."

"I wish I had too but talking to him is not something I can forget."

"If you really wanna know why I forgave him, then I'll tell you."

"Yes, I wanna know why you would forgive him. He did so many bad things to you: to us."

"I know that, Percy, but if it wasn't for him, we would have never gotten together. And all that stuff he did to us while we were dating, it only made our relationship stronger. That is a major part of why I forgave him."

"As much as I still don't like it, I understand where you're coming from, but what's the other reason for you forgiving him?"

"Everyone deserves a second chance."


So how did you guys like it? Was it worth the wait? Since I just started school, I probably won't be updating soon, so sorry! I'll try to update soon, especially on You Don't Know Everything.

Until Next Time,

~booklover484