FAMILY WEEK

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[SexyPurpleBeast] [Percabeth]

BIANCA IV

Breakfast was an interesting event. Annabeth was still in the infirmary and Percy was undoubtedly with her. Will wouldn't let any of us into the infirmary because he said visitors with all the commotion could make her worse.

So only him, his sister Althea, Percy, Jason, and Nico had been in the infirmary. Percy, because he would kill anybody who tried to make him leave, stayed with her constantly. Jason had nearly killed himself using all his energy to save Annabeth. He was kept in the infirmary for a night to regain his strength, and was supposed to be released later today.

Nico had been in there because nobody could actually make him leave and keep him out. He'd just shadow travel in every so often to make sure Annabeth was okay. Nico had assured us Annabeth was alive and doing better, but she was still unconscious. He also informed us that when she woke up, we'd be allowed in to see her.

Of course, this was too much for Thalia. She didn't understand why she couldn't go in and see her best friend now. But instead of blaming Will, who had control over who was and wasn't allowed in, she took it out on Nico.

"Why can't you just shadow travel me in there for two minutes to see her?" Thalia screamed.

"What good would it do? She'll still be unconscious if you're in there or not!"

"Maybe I can get her to wake up!"

"And would you risk the chance of possibly killing her? I was lucky enough to revive her once. If she dies again, it's for good!" Nico insisted.

I glanced over to the Athena table looking for Malcolm. I hadn't seen him since last night when he snuck over to my cabin to say good-night. After his show in the arena, we'd decided to try a relationship. I wasn't sure what his family thought, but my mother loved him.

He was sitting next to his family, all who were looking worried except for his father. Fredrick Chase looked guilty and depressed. It was hard to believe Mr. Chase would push Annabeth. Except for him, only Leo, Percy, Jason, Nico and I knew what happened though I wouldn't put it past Rachel to know because after all she is the oracle. Nico had made Leo and I swear on the River Styx not to tell anybody about it.

I knew he had a temper and did not approve of Percy dating his daughter. Mr. Chase was extremely protective of Annabeth and believed he knew what was best for her, despite the fact she and Percy had saved the world.

I was confused about their relationship because last I'd heard, Annabeth and her father had been on good terms. When we'd met Fredrick Chase three years ago in San Francisco*, he seemed to have thought highly of Percy, as did Valerie Chase. I'd have to ask Malcolm about it.

At announcements this morning, Chiron had reminded us about the capture the flag game on tomorrow and that the Hunters would be arriving later today, before letting us finish our breakfasts. Hades was siding with Ares but I was pretty sure Percy wouldn't be playing. Unless Apollo himself came to camp, Annabeth would be out of action until further notice.

He came over to our table and insisted we make the best of this week, despite everything that was happening, which meant classes and activities would continue. At least until the Hunters arrived. Then Nico, Jason, and I would have to keep Thalia away from skewering them.

After breakfast, Nico convinced Thalia to go on a hike. So I decided I was going to spend the day with Malcolm, but I talked with Jason before I met up with him.

"Jason?" I asked tentatively. We'd never been the best of friends. We knew and respected each other, but that was it.

"Hmm?"

"Do me a favor: Get the hunters on Ares' team. It might help Thalia if she can beat them to a pulp without getting in trouble for it." A smiled.

Jason laughed before walking away. A few minutes later, he called over his shoulder, "I'll get Piper on it!"

PERCY XI

"Hey Percy? I'm going to go catch up on my sleep. You going to be okay here?" Will asked me, pausing in the doorway.

"Sure. Go take your nap. And thanks, Will." I told him, not removing my gaze from Annabeth.

She had several injuries from her fall, including long narrow slits in her skin from the mermaid's fingers, bruises and possibly broken bones from the rocks and force of the water, and hypothermia. Will had told me that Annabeth could be unconscious for a few days as she recovered, but we didn't know for sure.

When we'd first gotten here, her lips had been blue and she was nearly white. Will and I worked to heal her injuries, me on the hypothermia and him on everything else, and the next several hours blurred together. Around six o clock this morning, Will had said we'd done everything we could for the moment and that she just needed to rest.

Thalia had been trying to get into the infirmary all night, but Will had ordered no visitors. So it had become Nico's job to keep his girlfriend out. She'd tried shutting off the power and the security systems, ramming the door with multiple spears, mailing herself via Hermes, and just walking into the room hoping we wouldn't see her.

I sat in the chair next to Annabeth's bed and traced the light, new scars that criss crossed on her arms. It was my fault she had those scars. My fault she was in here.

Sure, I wasn't the one who pushed her, but she had been pushed because we were dating. She deserved someone who had her father's approval, but there was no way in Hades I could leave her knowing it would break her heart. Especially when I knew I was the only one at the moment who could make her happy. She meant too much to me.

The Hypothermia had been pretty easy to heal. Because I had control over water, I could just heat it to the temperature I needed it to be. Annabeth had once told me that the human body consisted of mostly water, so I decided to test her theory and see if I could heat the water in her body. I obviously could, because it only took a few minutes to heat her back up.

This reminded me of a trip to the beach we took last summer after the war. Annabeth had been convinced that my father didn't approve of our relationship so she insisted she stay on the beach. Of course, this led to problems and at the end of the day, Annabeth was convinced she had Hypothermia.

I pulled into the parking lot which, despite the fact it was only eight in the morning, was almost full. The Stolls had 'borrowed' a car for the very low price of fifty drachma and I'd taken Annabeth to the beach.

It hadn't even been a week since we'd saved the world from Kronos, so our relationship was still sort of awkward, but it wasn't the bad awkward; just the awkwardness of getting used to the fact that you were something more than friends.

I jumped out of the car only wearing my swim shorts, a blue t-shirt, and flip flops. Annabeth was wearing red sweat pants and a long-sleeved black t-shirt, with black flip flops. I saw she had painted her toe nails red, but I couldn't figure out why Annabeth chose that of all things to wear to the beach.

"Tell me again why you chose to wear that to the beach. Most people tend to wear swimsuits."

Annabeth glanced over to the water, her eyes covered by her sunglasses so I couldn't see her expression very well. "I was cold this morning."

"You do realize it's going to wind up being a hundred and something degrees right?"

"Percy, who's the genius here? Do you really think I'd come to the beach without a swimsuit?"

I didn't say anything as I grabbed the bag that had our towels, money, and emergency rations. Even though the war was over, there were still lots of monsters running around, which usually wound up in us killing a thing or two whenever we left the camp borders.

I grabbed Annabeth's hand and pulled her down towards the beach. She didn't appear thrilled to be here, but when I'd invited her to come she'd seemed really excited.

There were lots of teenagers and families here today. I was psyched being this close to the water and it seemed to match my mood. The waves off the beach for the surfers today were high and wild, the water was the perfect temperature, and appeared to be a crystal blue color today.

I found a spot really close to the water that wasn't too crowded and set our stuff down. I began to lay out our towels when Annabeth spoke up.

"We're too close to the water, Seaweed Brain. Our stuff is going to get wet in a little bit because of tides."

I stopped what I was doing and turned to face her. I crossed my arms and raised my eyebrows before staring at her.

"What?" She demanded

"Annabeth, I'm the son of Poseidon! Our stuff will be fine! So let's go!"

I pulled my shirt off and threw it onto one of the towels along with my flip flops. Annabeth was still standing where she was. She was frowning as she looked to the water.

"What's wrong?" I asked. I could hear the disappointment in my voice as I guessed what was happening.

"Nothing. It's just…"

"Just what, Annabeth? You've been in the water before! You go swimming with your siblings at the beach back at camp all the time!"

"Exactly. Back at camp I go swimming, where the gods can't hurt us. Your father won't exactly be happy with me in his domain. You go. I'll just stay and read on the beach."

So that's why she wasn't wearing a swimsuit. "Annabeth, trust me. You'll be safe with me. Besides, why would he want to hurt you wh-"

"Percy…I'm just going to stay. You go; you swim better than I do anyway. I'll be fine!" She smiled. I could tell she didn't want to stay on the beach by herself, but she didn't want me to stay. "Go have fun!"

"You sure? I don't want to make you feel bad."

She laughed. "Go! I'll be fine!" Then she gave me a peck on the lips and pushed me towards the water.

ANNABETH

After Percy left, I curled up on the towel and pulled out one of the books I'd brought. I twisted my hair up into a loose knot and pinned it up. I was hot, like Percy had said it was already heating up, but I wasn't going to take off my sweats or shirt. My favorite silver one piece had mysteriously vanished this morning and had been replaced with something else; no doubt a gift from Aphrodite.

Over the next few hours I lost myself in my reading. Percy had come to check on me every little while for the first hour or so. Then his visits became less frequent until they stopped altogether about an hour ago.

I scanned the water, hoping to see Percy, but I couldn't find him. He was probably under the water talking to some fish or something. I glanced around the beach. It was much more crowded than it had been earlier, but now that it was lunch time, the families were starting to clear out to find a place to eat. Most were heading in the direction of the pier. Other kids our age were still roaming the beach, talking to each other, surfing, splashing in the waves.

To my left there was a cluster of buildings. There were a few small restaurants, a surf board rental shop, a smoothie place, an ice cream parlor, and a souvenir shop. I decided to get a smoothie for while I was reading, so I grabbed some money and headed over.

There were probably ten or so others outside drinking smoothies, all of them wet and covered in sand. Among them was a familiar guy with black hair. To my disappointment, there was a skinny brunette in a tiny blue bikini sitting right up against him.

I backed up slowly. He-He was up here, with some girl on him. I rushed inside the souvenir shop behind a family of seven and pretended to look at jewelry beneath the window. I pulled my sunglasses on and glanced out the window. The brunette was still clinging to Percy and he was making no objections. She said something to him and he laughed before putting his arm around her shoulders and hugging her. That should be me! My mind screamed at me. I should be over there, whispering things to him. It should be me in his arms. Not this skanky bitch who couldn't find her own boyfriend!

"Stop it!" I ordered myself. "You are Annabeth Chase. You do not act like that over boys." I pulled my hair over my shoulders and put my head down before hurrying out of the store as Percy and the others began to get up, no doubt to return to the beach.

Once I hit the beach, I ran back to our towels, but something wasn't right. The tide was coming in, and our stuff was soaked. I immediately rushed forward and grabbed our stuff and yanked it back. Our towels were wet and the stuff in Percy's backpack was soaked. Stupid Seaweed Brain was having too much fun with his new 'friend' to remember he'd promised to keep our stuff dry.

I lugged our stuff far away from our previous spot to a place farther from the buildings and the beach. I was debating whether or not I should just take the car back to camp when I heard someone coming up behind me.

"Need some help?" I turned and found myself face to face with a guy who looked like Percy. But he was older, and had some facial features Percy didn't. He didn't wait for my answer as he grabbed a towel and began to wring it out.

"Who are you?" I asked.

"The name's Triton. And I'm guessing your Annabeth Chase." He smirked, then laid out the dry towel. He touched the backpack and the water seemed to evaporate.

"Triton, as in the Percy's step-brother?" I assumed. Those other features must come from Amphitrite.

"Yup! He's mentioned me?"

"Not exactly, but I know our history pretty well." I smiled, patting the spot next to me. The son of Poseidon sat next to me.

"Your smart, pretty; I can see why Perce is crazy about you."

"Was. Why he was crazy about me. Now he's found himself someone else."

Triton looked at me like I was insane. "No way. Just last week when he was visiting he was thinking about you non-stop!"

"Then he became a hero and realized he could get someone who he had more in common with. Some skinny brunette who loves the water as much as he does."

I pointed towards a group of surfers off the coast. Percy, the brunette, and a blond haired kid were all close together. Triton looked at them before scoffing.

"Nah! He's just being friendly. It's no fun at the beach by yourself, and seeing as how you're on the beach in long sweats, he went and found somebody to do something with. If you were out there, he'd be focused on you. Why are you in sweats?"

"I know, I know. We're at the beach. You're supposed to wear swimsuits. But I'm not going out there in this swimsuit. It was a gift from Aphrodite." I scowled.

Triton laughed and I couldn't help but notice it sounded similar to Percy's; happy and carefree. "Oh come on. Show me. It can't be that bad!"

PERCY

Ava, Ryan and I paddled up to the beach laughing. Ava's father ran the surfboard rental shop and we got to take out some of the boards for free, so we'd been surfing all day.

We'd had lunch at one of the only restaurants here that didn't serve seafood earlier, then we were going go out on one of Ava's friend's boat in about an hour for waterskiing.

"That was insane! This has had to be one of the best days for surfing!" Ryan exclaimed, jumping up and down.

"Yeah, the waves have been tiny every other day this week." Ava explained, taking my hand and pulling me towards some of her friends who were building an insanely large sandcastle.

We set down our boards and fell onto the beach. I was exhausted, but I scanned the edge of the water, looking for Annabeth. It had been a few minutes since I'd seen her.

"So how long are you in town, Perce?" A guy, who I think was named Thomas asked.

"Only until Sunday, then I head back to New York for school." I sulked. Despite returning to Goode, I was not looking forward to school.

"Aw! Can't you stay longer? Or at least come back tomorrow?" Ava pouted, putting her head on my shoulder and giving me puppy eyes. As much as I liked Ava, she was extremely touchy. She was always holding my hand, rubbing my arms, or sitting against me.

"Sorry, I haven't seen my mom in weeks. Plus, I'm here for a summer camp. I was lucky to get today here." I shrugged away from her and stood up. I stretched and continued looking around the beach. I could have sworn Annabeth and I had left our stuff closer to the beach, but I wasn't seeing her.

"Well, they let you come by yourself today. Why not tomorrow?" Ava insisted.

"What? I'm not here alone! I came here with my gir-"

"Noo!" I was interrupted. I looked to Ryan and Thomas who had just yelled. "Why does he, of all people, have to get the hottest girl on the beach!" Ryan whined.

"Who?" I asked, turning to see who they were talking about. Everyone else turned to look as Thomas explained. "Triton Seas. He comes here a lot. I guess his extremely rich father owns some stuff out here, so he's always coming around."

"So are you going to show me which girl is better looking than moi?" Ava purred, rubbing my arm again which was starting to get on my nerves.

"Duh! The blonde haired beauty in the black bikini! Right next to him!" Ryan pointed.

I looked in the general direction he was pointing and couldn't believe what I was seeing. The guy, Triton Seas, was none other than my immortal stepbrother. He didn't have a tail this time, and his skin was no longer green. His hair was shorter than mine, but still just as messy and he wore green plaid shorts and a green t-shirt.

The girl in the black bikini, who looked like she was modeling it for him, was none other than Annabeth; My girlfriend! I didn't even know Annabeth owned a bikini, let alone wore them! (I'd only seen her wear her silver one piece that had been a gift from Thalia for her birthday.) And why was she modeling it for Triton? I was her boyfriend!

I could feel myself tense and I glared daggers toward my father's son.

Author's Note:

The link to Annabeth's swimsuit is on my profile, if you want to check it out. In the story, it is currently Thursday morning (think about eight-ish). This chapter isn't as different as it originally was, except I cut the flashback in half because if I didn't, this chapter would be about 10,000 words.

Hugs & Kisses, SexyPurpleBeast