Next one! :two roads! how can you NOT think of Percy, and choosing Greek or Roman? Well, okay, maybe it's just me xD anyway, yeah, I was out of ideas for this one, so it's pretty boring in the beginning.

44. Two roads

When Percy and Reyna walked into the Big House, Reyna burst out laughing.

Percy was so surprised, he stopped walking. "Uh, are you okay?"

"You've got to be joking." Reyna gestured around the room. "This is where you make big, life changing decisions?" And then she began to laugh again.

Percy frowned at the room. Had he never been there before, he might've found it pretty ridiculous, too. Compared to the room at Camp Jupiter, with the two Praetor seats and the somewhat court-looking furnishings, the small ping pong table and lawn chairs looked childish and silly. But Percy'd been in this room a thousand times, and it wasn't funny looking to him.

Percy sighed. Luckily or unluckily, you were allowed to have weapons in this room, unlike Camp Jupiter's war council room, where all weapons were taken away. Considering the fact that Romans and Greeks hated each other, this was going to be an interesting meeting. What happened today would affect what happened for the rest of the world. If they couldn't work together on deciding who went on the quest for defeating Gaea, everyone was in serious trouble.

Not including Percy and Reyna, there were 8 other Romans who'd come with them on their trip to Camp Half-Blood. Hazel and Frank, of course, along with Gwendolyn, Dakota, Octavian, and three other kids who Percy didn't know, but was told that they were from the first, second, and third cohort.

People, Roman and Greek, were walking in. Room had been made for about ten more chairs, and all the Romans took to one side, while the Greeks filed in on the other side. Percy, unsure of which side to sit on, finally took a seat next to Reyna, with Frank and Hazel sitting behind him. He sighed. Being a Praetor, he had to stay with the Romans for now.

Thankfully, Annabeth walked in and sat in the chair next to Percy. He smiled at her and mouthed thanks. Annabeth quickly kissed his cheek.

When the meeting started, Chiron came in, smiling at Percy, before he said. "First off, we would like to thank our Roman, ah, friends, for joining us." Reyna was a little too busy staring at the centaur's lower half, which was a horse, so Percy spoke up. "Thanks, Chiron."

While Chiron spoke, Reyna whispered quietly, "I thought all centaurs were wild creatures."

Percy smiled at her, "Don't worry, Chiron's only wild on the dance floor." Reyna cracked a smile, and, behind them, Hazel giggled.

Trying to listen to what Chiron was saying, Percy's ADHD kicked in, and, at some point, he noticed all of the food on the table. Some of the Romans were eating, but most were just looking at the food with distaste. Percy was looking for something good to eat, when his eyes found a bowl full of jelly beans. There were many blue jelly beans, and, just as Percy was grabbing for them, Reyna stood up, bringing Percy back to the meeting.

"You want to have only three Roman campers and four Greeks go on this trip? There is no way-"

"Uh, Reyna, that's more than fair." Percy started, but one murderous look from Reyna told him to shut up. As usually, Percy ignored it. "I mean, they're the ones who told us about what was going on and-"

"Well, actually, Percy, you're wrong again." Octavian spoke up, addressing everyone in the room. Some of the Greek campers snickered at his outfit- the only one to wear a toga- and others looked a little scared of him, like they sensed his power. "We've known about this prophecy for thousands of years. So, I agree with Reyna that we should have the fourth person for the quest."

"I'm sorry, but who are you?" Annabeth asked.

Percy rolled his eyes. "The Augur of Camp Jupiter. Not nearly as reliable as the Oracle here, of course." Percy gave the Greek campers a half smile. "He slaughters stuffed animals to get information." A few laughs.

Octavian slammed his hand onto the ping pong table, causing a few cups to fall and spill. "That's not the point. The important question," he said, glaring at Percy, who glared back, "is who the fourth hero should be."

Hazel stood up. "I think a vote would be appropriate for this." She looked around nervously, seeing everyone's eyes on her. "I mean, this is a council vote room, right?"

"But everyone will just vote for whatever side they are on." Reyna said impatiently. "and there are more Greeks than Romans." Percy did a quick count. Yep. 12 Greeks, including Jason Grace, who was silent, and two new campers, who Percy assumed was Leo Valdez and Piper McLean. Only 10 Romans, including himself.

"Chiron," Percy looked up at his old mentor. "What do you think we should do?"

Chiron sighed heavily. "Well... if the Romans won't cooperate unless they have four, then it only makes sense to-"

"Chiron, no!" Annabeth stood up angrily. "That's not fair!"

"Annabeth," Percy said calmly. "There really is no fair way for this-"

She turned on him. "Percy, whose side are you on?"

Percy just stared at her. Whose side was he on? He was the camp's Praetor now, but his girlfriend and his family was on the other side, probably all wondering why he was siding with the Romans. "I- Annabeth!" She ran out of the room, pushing everything out of her way.

Percy looked at Chiron. "I need to-"

"Yes. Go." He looked sympathetic.

Percy turned to Reyna. He just looked at her, hoping she got the message. Don't start any fights.

He felt everyone's eyes on him as he left, but Percy didn't care. Right now, he had to find Annabeth.

When Percy got outside, He saw Annabeth's blonde curls, rushing for the cabins, no doubt going for the Athena cabin.

He rushed after her, feet pounding against the grass. Up ahead, Annabeth suddenly took a turn, not going for her cabin, but... Percy's. The Poseidon cabin.

Percy slowed, and he heard the slam of the door even from this distance. A few campers topped and stared at the cabin, then over at Percy. Most of them waved excitedly at Percy, glad to have him back. Percy waved at them and smiled. Then he walked up the creaky steps of his old home, walking in and shutting the door quietly behind him.

Annabeth was crying, laying down on Percy's old bunk bed, her face in the pillow. Percy walked over to her and paused. Then he knelt and stroked her hair. Her sobs got louder, and she said something, but Percy couldn't make out what it was.

"What?"

She lifted her head. Her eyes were puffy, but she was still extremely pretty. "I said get out."

Percy smiled at Annabeth. "You do realize this is my cabin, right?"

Annabeth coughed, trying to hide her laugh. Then she dropped her head back into Percy's pillow, sniffling.

"Annabeth." Percy picked her face up and cupped her cheek. She plopped her face back down.

Finally Percy put his chin on the pillow and waited for her to lift her head. When she didn't, he kissed her cheek, over and over, until Annabeth was laughing uncontrollably. She rolled over to make room for Percy, and he laid down beside her.

Annabeth sighed. "I missed you, Seaweed Brain."

"I missed you, too, Wise girl. Actually, you're the only thing I remembered from my past."

"Really?" Annabeth's eyes shone with tears.

"Really." Percy smiled at her. "But, please don't cry, Annabeth, you know I hate when you cry."

Annabeth smiled at his worried face."You must really love us, huh? Greeks, I mean?"

"Of course I do, Annabeth. Me losing my memory didn't change my feeling when I got them back. But…" he sighed. "The Romans… they're my family, too, now. You guys will just have to share me." Percy smiled over at Annabeth. Annabeth hugged him, but pulled back, frowning. "I don't have to share you with that Reyna girl, though, right?"

Percy laughed. "No, Annabeth! Gods, it's kind of funny to see you jealous."

Annabeth rolled her eyes. "I was just making sure I didn't have to beat anyone up."

"Oh, I'm pretty sure she would win." Percy grinned. "You Greeks wouldn't stand a chance against our butt kicking fighting skills."

Annabeth raised an eyebrow. "Is that a challenge, Seaweed Brain?"

Percy kissed her nose. "You bet."

Annabeth hugged him once more. "You're on, Percy."

Hope you enjoyyyyyed! Please Review and everything C:

Oh, for the last little Percabeth moment, I was listening to "1,000 Years"- Christina Perri ( LOVE her music C: ) and "She's everything"- Brad Paisley! He's a great country singer, go look up that song! Even if you don't like country music, it's still really good (I don't like the beginning too much, but I love the chorus 3) I don't like country music that much, but Brad Paisley is a great artist!

But, yeah, "She's everything" reminds me of Percy and Annabeth C: as does "1,000 Years"