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The days that had passed by, had been awkward and uneventful. Those moments where Percy wished that he wasn't a wuss to apologize to Annabeth. Every single moment he bumped into her, she would give him a stiff hello and walk off, leaving Percy hurt by her coldness.

But who could blame her? He was the one who didn't push Joanna off, but given the fact that his body who not respond to the mind. It was after Annabeth came, his body was able to mobilize again. He would always wonder why he didn't stop her.

Or even have to guts to apologize. As much as he hated to admit it, he was afraid of Annabeth. Yes, Percy Jackson, the one that handled fighting three bulls, (And winning victoriously, he may add.) was afraid of Annabeth.

Her stubborn, yet benevolent attitude made him feel attracted to her more.

Unbeknownst to Percy, Annabeth was sad as him. How could he? She wondered. I shouldn't even care, it's not like we were ever dating.

But she knew she was feeding herself lies. If you had asked her a month ago if she would go out with Percy Jackson, she would flat out say no. Now, things were different, more complicated, confusing and unsettled.

Helen did note that Annabeth was looking a little down, and she did in fact, ask her stepdaughter what was wrong.

But Annabeth was never someone to openly tell her feelings to just anyone. The only person that could get Annabeth to pour out her feelings to is Thalia.

And with that Helen had a brilliant idea to ring Thalia up.

"Hello?" The voice answered groggily. Helen smiled amusedly.

"Thalia? It's Annabeth's stepmom, Helen." She listened to the other end groan in agreement.

"I need your help."

That night, after a long conversation with Thalia. She had agreed to come to Tennessee to help Annabeth sort out her feelings.

But it didn't mean that Helen shouldn't try to get Annabeth to blurt out her feelings.

And now's the perfect moment. They were situated near each other in the dining hall, with the twins gone, everything was quiet and sane.

"What's wrong, Annabeth." Helen asked concernedly. Frederick turned his head as he picked a piece of pea off his fork.

Annabeth, who was poking her peas, looked up and blushed in a deep shade of red, unable to acquiesce with the attention that she was getting.

"Nothing." She mumbled earnestly. Helen heaved an exasperated sigh, implying that she was giving up.

And before the silence consumed them again, the doorbell rang. Annabeth let out a breath of relief as she got up from her seat. "I'll get it." She stated quickly as she dashed to the front door.

Before Annabeth could rectify who it was, she was clamped by a bone crushing hug. Annabeth yelped in surprise.

"Thalia! Can't Breathe!" Annabeth breathed as she tried to pry off her best friend off her shoulders. Thalia looked sheepishly at Annabeth before letting go with a quick sorry.

All the color returned to Annabeth's cheeks. "What are you doing here?"

Thalia opened her mouth to explain by was interrupted by a small cough.

"We'll leave you alone to chat." Frederick smiled at Thalia and her daughter before grabbing his wife's hand and pulling her toward their living quarters.

The girls nodded in agreement before heading up to Annabeth's room for more privacy.

As Annabeth closed the door, Thalia raised her eyebrows questioningly. Annabeth's eyebrows quirked up as well, but in the state of confusion.

"What?" Annabeth retorted as she sat down on her desk chair. Thalia rolled her eyes. "Your mom told me that you're… a little unsettled with your emotions."

Annabeth rolled her eyes, as if expecting this. "It's nothing Thals."

"Really? Cause your mom told me that you were upset about something." Thalia reasoned with her best friend.

Annabeth sighed, she knew Helen who do such a thing. Annabeth told Thalia everything, as in everything.

"Wow." Thalia remarked. "I didn't know that your love life was so complicated." Thalia snickered, earning a thwack from Annabeth.

"OK, OK. I'm going to kill that cousin of mine." Thalia mumbled the last part, that it wasn't audible. But Annabeth caught what she said.

Annabeth's head cocked to the side, indicating that she was bewildered.

Thalia looked at her and remember that she didn't who was her cousin. Hell, might as well tell her. Thalia thought.

"Percy's my cousin." Thalia explained softly. Annabeth face turned from confusion, to shock, then to confusion again.

"Percy's…. Your cousin?" Annabeth asked in disbelief. Thalia shrugged as she pushed away a strand of hair from her face.

"Why didn't you tell me?" Annabeth asked.

"I just did." Thalia joked. Annabeth rolled her eyes in amusement.

Thalia got up and opened to door. "I'm hungry, anything to eat?" Annabeth laughed.

As midnight neared, Percy could not sleep as well as Annabeth could. The reason was because he kept playing the scene at the restaurant over and over again.

"Percy." Percy turned his head up, expecting to see a beautiful angel, but instead ended up with a devil.

"Joanna." Percy stated in a monotone. Joanna sat down on the chair next to him. (Much to Percy's dismay.)

And placed her perfectly fake manicured hand on his. Percy pulled away in quick reaction.

"Aw, Percy. You don't have to deny your feelings for me." Joanna cooed disgustingly.

Percy shook his head, hating to see her face instead of Annabeth.

"I do not have feelings for you Joanna, So why don't you piss off?" Percy emphasized on the word piss and do not.

Joanna shook her head in disagreement. "You can't deny your feelings for me Perseus." She answered flirtatiously. Percy verbally winced at that name, nobody had called him that, except his mom.

Percy growled, trying to keep his anger in control. So he put on a fake smile. "Joanna, I don't have feelings for you." He retorted. But Joanna wouldn't give up.

"Listen, Perce. You don't want to mess with me, or reject me. Or else your little girlfriend, Annabeth, gets bankrupt and humiliated at the same time." Joanna threatened.

Percy snorted. "What? You have no power Joanna." He stated confidently. Joanna smirked.

"Of course I do! I can make Annabeth look bad, until she won't ever show her face again!" Joanna squealed, causing Percy to cover his ears.

"You can't Joanna." He lowered his voice, until he saw her squirm a little. "You will not embarrass Annabeth."

Joanna was somehow able to gain her confidence back.

"You think so Percy?" Joanna warned. Percy nodded. "You'll be wrong."

Percy raised his eyebrows, not suspecting that Joanna would lean in, grab him and furiously kiss him.

And that's exactly what she did.

"Percy?" Annabeth asked silently as she neared the table.

Percy shook his head furiously, unable to get Annabeth out of his mind. He couldn't forget the words and the look she had gave him, including those past few days.

So he decided to do something crazy.

Percy checked around for anything sharp or poison ivy. He notified that nothing was wrong, or out of place, so he climbed onto the branches near Annabeth's room window.

Now you're probably thinking that it was only a two storey house, so it wouldn't be hard. Well, you're wrong. Percy had to climb a four storey house. Yes, the Chases house was very large indeed.

"Oof." Percy grumbled as he tried to climb the branch properly. As he reached the window, he pulled out a few pebbles that he had picked up.

Pit Pat. Percy threw the stones as light and loud as he could. After a few more tries, the light in the room turned on. Percy saw a figure walk towards the window.

"What?" Annabeth blurted, her eyes were closed and she had messy bed hair. Not that Percy minded though, he thought she looked beautiful.

"Annabeth." Percy hissed. Annabeth opened her eyes and saw Percy. She was thinking of closing the window and leave him out there, dangling. But she wasn't that sadistic.

"What?" Annabeth snapped. Percy shook his head, not wanting to be hurt by her snappiness.

"I'm sorry. For being an ass, idiot, moron. Anything you want to call me." Percy apologized. Annabeth rolled her eyes.

"There's nothing to be sorry for." Annabeth said softly. Percy shook his head, causing his black locks to fall on his framed face.

"No, there is. That was the biggest mistake I ever made! I was not fast enough to push Joanna off! It is my fault. And I want you to know how sorry I really am."

Annabeth shook her head, not wanting to believe his lies. "I don't believe you."

Percy looked at her pleadingly. "Annabeth, please listen! I-" He was about to say something, but the sound of a snapping branch caused him to fall.

"How is he?" Annabeth asked worriedly. He could have a concussion! She thought. The doctor shook his head reassuringly.

"Don't worry, he's fine. Just a slight cut on his head and a broken leg. But he'll be fine."

Annabeth let out a breath of relief. 'Thanks. Can I see him?" She asked. The doctor nodded before briefly walking off.

A few hours ago, Percy had fell from an unstable tree. He was bleeding on his head and his leg was turned in so many ways, that Annabeth couldn't even fix with her few years of training in Red Cross.

Annabeth walked in silently, noticing that Percy was reading a magazine, maybe a car magazine? She wasn't sure.

Annabeth closed the door lightly, not making a sound. But Percy looked up anyway.

"Hey." Annabeth said awkwardly. Percy smiled and patted a chair near him. Annabeth nodded and took a seat.

"Hey." He said softly. Annabeth smiled but it disappeared quickly as it came.

The silence filling the room was unbearable, so the pair blurted out. "I'm sorry."

Percy and Annabeth broke out in laughter.

"I'm really sorry, Annabeth."

"Don't be."Annabeth smiled.

Percy grinned as he tried to adjust his position. "But I really am. I realized that I was an idiot to let you go, or chase after you."

Annabeth smiled slightly. "Yeah, you are an idiot."

"But I'm your idiot." Percy announced. Annabeth raised an eyebrow again.

"Really?" She asked teasingly. Percy smiled and nodded. "Yup. So this time, will you really go out with me?"

Annabeth pretended to ponder for a minute. "Hmm. Well, I have to check my schedule and I do have some stuff I need to attend to."

Percy's smiled faltered. Annabeth laughed, filling a melodious sound into his eardrums. "I'm kidding, Seawwed Brain."

Percy's smiled reappeared again, larger than the last before. "So?"

"Yes, I'll go out with you." She smiled happily. Percy grinned victoriously and grabbed Annabeth's hand, rubbing it in small circles.

"Good." He breathed as he pulled Annabeth in for a soft kiss. And somehow, the couple hoped that they'll still be together.

Fin

I know, it wasn't my best work. But I didn't have time anymore. But do you guys want an epilogue?

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Peace Out, (For now)

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