If running around airports wasn't stressful enough, running with two massive suitcases and two backpacks made it harder. And after two international flights and one domestic flight, all Piper could do was be grateful they had finally reached their final destination.

"I left California with a half-empty suitcase, how the fuck did this happen," Piper grumbled while pushing her cart through LAX.

"You have no self-control when it comes to buying stuff," Annabeth replied. Unlike Piper, she had only one massive suitcase she was rolling behind her, and a small carry-on.

"I absolutely do have self-control."

"One and half of your suitcases are just souvenirs, and that's not including all the crap you threw into my suitcase."

"Well you're leaving me and I needed to fill the Annabeth hole in my heart somehow." Piper found two empty chairs and collapsed in one of them. "I can't believe you're not coming home with me."

Annabeth sat down next to her. "Tell me about it, I don't have a home to arrive at."

"Okay, I was being dramatic, but now you're overreacting". Piper took her phone out to see if Leo had texted again, but besides the 'stuck in stupid traffic' he'd sent twenty minutes ago, there weren't any new messages.

"I'm not being dramatic. All my stuff is in boxes at your house or in Percy's or in the new apartment."

"Keyword, new apartment."

"That's not going to be ready to move into for four more days." Annabeth closed her eyes and sighed. "Planning the move around the time of this trip seemed like a good idea at the time but right now all I want to do is kick my past self in the ass, why did I think this was a good idea?"

"See Piper," Piper said, mocking Annabeth's voice, "I'll have everything packed already and then I can just unpack everything in my new house." She smirked, winning a playful glare from her friend.

Annabeth sighed again. "I can't believe we're not going to be roommates anymore."

"I need you to remember that you did this yourself," Piper said making Annabeth chuckle.

"Sounded like a good idea at the time."

Piper was about to say something when Annabeth's phone went off, even before she answered Piper already knew who was calling. If the personalized ringtone didn't give it away, Annabeth's full smiled did.

While Annabeth talked with Percy, Piper closed her eyes and let her body relax for the first time in hours. Traveling Europe for three weeks with her best friend had been the trip of a lifetime, and while Piper was looking forward to being back in California with Jason, who she missed terribly, part of her didn't want to be back. Being back in California meant that Annabeth was officially no longer living with her. Annabeth had been a constant in her life for the past seven years and now she was moving out and it was like an era had ended. When they had started planning the trip a year ago they never imagined how different things would be by then. It wasn't just Annabeth moving out, but also the fact that Jason had been living with her, them, since February. Annabeth had promised and swore that Jason moving in hadn't been the reason she had decided to get her own place, but Piper couldn't help but feel a little heartbroken. Annabeth was her person. The way Christina was Meredith's or Ron was Harry's, the one she had called countless times at three in the morning to come and pick her up after a bad hookup, the one that knew her so well, it had been Annabeth and her for so long and now everything was changing. She loved Jason with all her heart and waking up every day next to the love of her life for the past seven months had been like a dream come true, but Annabeth was her family somehow, the sister she always wanted but never had.

"Señoritas," a familiar voice made Piper open her eyes, Leo was standing in front of them, grinning.

"Leo!" Piper laughed and stood to hug her friend. She could hear Annabeth saying goodbye to Percy and hanging up before she joined the hug. "Los tres amigos are back together."

"Piper, darling, you really need to work on your Spanish," Leo said and Piper slapped his arm playfully.

"She did," Annabeth said while she grabbed her suitcase and followed Leo to the parking lot, Piper did the same while struggling with her stuff, Leo being the amazing friend he was, didn't offer to help her so she stuck the heavier suitcase handle in his hand. "She managed to not get us lost in Barcelona, and she actually had a few decent conversations."

"Unlike Annabeth, who has been living in a city where Spanish is as common as English and yet she has a better grasp of Greek, a language that's useless here."

"You didn't think my knowledge of Greek was useless when you were about to pee yourself and needed a bathroom in Delphi."

"No, but it was useless when we were tipsy in Barcelona and needed directions back to the hotel."

"Oh man," Leo said. "I honestly need to hear all about the trip right now, don't leave any details out."

"Are you okay?" Leo asked once they were back in the car. They had just dropped Annabeth at Percy's apartment and Piper was doing her best trying to hold back tears. It was officially the end of an era. She wasn't sure why this was affecting her so much, after all, Annabeth wasn't moving to the other side of the world, she was going to be only a ten-minute drive away from her.

"Yeah," Piper said weakly.

"It's okay if you're not, after all, I wasn't okay when you went to Stanford." If there was one person who knew Piper better than Annabeth, it was Leo. He had been her partner in crime for almost fifteen years and counting, she wouldn't have been able to survive High School without him and ah, this feeling was similar to what she had felt when High School ended and she and Leo had gone their separate ways. She went up north to college and he decided to stop with his studies and work full time with his mom. "Do you think our friendship changed after High School?"

"No," Piper sniffed. "I think it became stronger."

"So cry it out, Pipes, but remember that while this chapter with Annabeth is ending in your life, you're starting a new one with Jason but that doesn't mean Annabeth is not going to be a prominent character in your story. We've told you this many times, no matter what you are stuck with her and me forever."

Piper smiled at him, even if he couldn't see her because he was driving. "The three musketeers."

"Por siempre y para siempre."

"When did you become so smart?"

"You do realize I graduated High School with better grades than you?"

Piper playfully slapped his arm. He was right, after all, Leo was crazy smart and he could ace all of his exams, the problem had been he didn't like school, he never did his homework and she had to force him to go to class more often than not. Leo could have gone to any college he wanted, but he hadn't wanted it, instead, he stayed in the city with his mom. He was an amazing mechanic and according to him, no degree would have helped him get better.

"You're an asshole and I love you."

"I love you too, you jerk."

The house felt empty, which Piper knew was ridiculous, but Annabeth's coffee and mugs were no longer in the kitchen, her shoes were no longer on the little stand near the kitchen window. When Piper went down to the kitchen at six in the morning, thanks to her jetlag, she almost broke down crying when she remembered that Latte was not going to follow her and beg for treats, the house was too quiet without him. Maybe it was the jetlag making her too emotional, but she had also spent the first week of college crying and calling Leo every moment possible. Piper closed her eyes, took a deep breath and opened them again, her eyes analyzing the kitchen trying to find differences. Annabeth's bag of coffee was gone, that was true, but in its place was Jason's favorite coffee. His Star Wars kitchen appliances were scattered across the counter, their zoo photo booth picture was on the fridge, next to little sticky notes Jason left her from time to time and the magnets from the places they had visited together, there weren't many so far, but it was a growing collection. There was a jar on their kitchen island, filled with different chocolates from Jason's work. Piper closed her eyes again, but this time a smile was on her face. New feelings emerged from her heart, Annabeth moved out but Jason was living with her, the boy she loved with all her heart was the first person she spoke every morning and the last one she talked with every night. Piper knew how to live with Annabeth and then later with Annabeth and Jason, but she didn't know how it was going to be living with Jason and Jason only and she could feel a rush going through her body, excitement bursting out of her at that thought.

Sound coming from upstairs made Piper smile, Jason's heavy steps moving around their room, his alarm clock going off (the fact he was always awake before his alarm went off and him refusing to change the alarm time was something Piper found hilarious and endearing). After six months of living with him, Piper knew Jason's routine by heart, so when he came down twenty minutes later, hair still damp from his shower and wearing his work clothes, she was already expecting him with his coffee and breakfast made.

"Good morning hot stuff," Piper said when he walked into the kitchen. "Slept well?"

"Have a feeling I slept better than you." He kissed her cheek and gladly took the coffee mug she was offering him. "How is that jetlag going?"

"I woke up at four in the morning."

Jason made a face. "Ouch."

"I caught up with Netflix." She pointed to the cream cheese and avocado toast. "And made breakfast." His eyes illuminated at the sight of food.

"I love you."

"I know."

"Don't Star Wars me."

Piper stuck her tongue out at him. "I love you too, dummy."

"How are you holding up?" Jason asked her between bites.

"I just told you I've been awake for a few hours."

"Pipes, that's not what I mean and you know it."

"Was it hard moving out from Percy's place?"

Jason shrugged. "Yes and No? It was weird a little bit, going from living with him to living with two girls and a dog. I was not ready for the hair."

Piper gasped and jokingly threw a napkin at him.

Jason raised his arms in surrender. "I don't know why you feel so sad about Annabeth, I keep finding her hair everywhere, it's like she never moved out in the first place."

"You do have a point there."

"But seriously, I was sad, Percy is my best friend after all, but I was also really excited to move in with you." Jason finished the last bite of his toast and moved his plate to the sink. "But then again, I also see Percy daily at work and I didn't live with him since sophomore year of college."

"Do you think I'm being ridiculous and overacting?" Piper asked shyly.

"Never."

"And…" Piper took a deep breath, this was the one thing she had been terrified of asking him, but she and Jason had amazing communication and she was not going to change that. "Are you mad that I keep feeling so sad about her moving out? Like we are now officially living together, just you and me."

"And you are allowed to feel sad and happy, you don't have to live one emotion at a time, you have never lived like that, why start now?"

"I love you, so much." Piper wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him in for a kiss. "How long till your shift stars?"

"Less than an hour."

She wrapped her legs around his torso, he guided them so she was sitting on the kitchen island. "I can work with that."

"Just don't fall asleep like last night."

"I was jetlagged!"

Jason smiled against her lips. "You still are."

"Shut up and kiss me, Grace."

She woke up to fifteen texts from Annabeth, it was around three in the afternoon and Leo was on his way to keep her from falling asleep again, the next day was Percy's birthday and Piper wanted to not walk around Disneyland like a zombie, even if that meant she would walk around like a zombie today until it was dark enough for her to pass out in her bed again. Instead of texting Annabeth back, Piper decided to call her friend who picked up after three rings.

"Please tell me the jet lag is killing you too."

"Please Piper," Annabeth said on the other end of the line. "I'm an architect, I live tired and sleepless, jet lag has nothing against my deadlines."

"And the fact that you're staying at the Grand Californian has nothing to do with it?" To say Annabeth treated herself that summer was an understatement. She had booked two nights at Disney's Grand Californian Hotel for her and Percy to celebrate his birthday and their one year anniversary. "Look at you, being the rich white girl you were born to be."

"Shut up, you asshole, do I have to remind you about the mansion you grew up in?" Annabeth teased making her laugh. "Percy got off his shift not long ago, Pipes, we haven't been here long." Piper put the phone on speaker and went back to unpacking. "The fact that I slept twelve hours last night is what helped me."

"Ugh, I'm so jealous, I woke up at three in the morning and then fell back asleep a few hours ago."

"Ouch, if it makes you feel better there's a high chance I'm going to pass out like around eight."

"So you better give Percy his birthday present soon."

"Oh, my god Piper."

"You don't want to fall asleep during his birthday sex."

"Talking from experience McLean?"

"Talking about last night."

Annabeth's laugh was so loud Piper was glad the phone wasn't resting against her ear. "Oh no!"

"It's okay, round two was better."

"Well, Percy and I are about to go to the pools soon," Annabeth said. "And then maybe, he can have his present." She added in a lower voice, probably making sure Percy didn't hear her.

"Well tomorrow's your anniversary so I hope he gets you a present too," Piper said in a sing-song voice.

Annabeth snorted. "You are terrible."

"You still love me."

"Unfortunately," Annabeth said and it was followed by a beat of silence. "I am going to see you tomorrow, right?"

"Babe, you can move out all you want, but you are never getting rid of me." Piper could hear Percy talking to Annabeth in the background. "We can talk tomorrow, go and have fun in the pools and then in the room with your boy, Chase."

"Oh, I'll definitely will," Annabeth said. "I miss you."

Piper smiled. "It's weird not having you around, even weirder after being with you 24/7 for three weeks."

"Tell me about it, I was confused this morning when I woke up and didn't see you."

"How disappointing it must have been seeing Percy instead of my beautiful face."

"Ugh, I didn't even see him, he was already at work when I woke up."

"Well enjoy his ugly face today but don't worry, you will see my beautiful face tomorrow."

"I better." Piper heard a door close on Annabeth's side of the line and Percy's voice but she couldn't figure what he was saying. "Percy wants you to know you can come and hang out with us at the pool."

"As tempting as the idea sounds, Leo's on his way to pick me, we're going to the Spectrum and Jason is going to catch up with us after work."

"Making sure you don't take another nap?"

"They want me to be at least somewhat functional tomorrow."

"Okay then, see you tomorrow, love you!"

"Love you too!" Piper said, and before she hung up she heard Percy yelling he loved her too, making her laugh.

It was barely eight pm but Piper could barely keep her eyes open. She and Jason were laying on the couch upstairs, watching some Netflix, she wasn't sure what it was about, but her head was resting in his lap, he was playing with her hair, making her feel happy and content.

"I missed this," Piper said happily.

"I missed you, playing with Percy's hair wasn't the same as this."

She couldn't help the mix of snort/laugh she made. "I'm sure he loved it."

"Not as much as I love you."

"Damn, smooth, Grace."

"Thank you, I try my best." He paused Netflix. "How are you feeling?"

"My brain thinks Annabeth is on vacation and she's coming back soon." Piper interlaced their fingers. "But at the same time, I'm over the moon that you and I are here, living together in our house."

"Is it silly that I love the sound of that? Our house?"

"Nah, I get giddy thinking about how we need to go to Ikea and pick out stuff together for the house now that Annabeth has taken all her stuff with her."

"Why does she own so many lamps?" Jason's asked, incredulous. "Like she left us without lamps."

"She also owns too many plates and glasses but that's Percy's problem now."

Jason hummed in agreement, they stayed in silence for a while, Jason still caressing her hair and soothing her to sleep. "I can't wait too."

"Hm?" Piper asked sleepily.

"To make this house ours." Jason cleared his throat. "I mean it was ours but it was also Annabeth's and yours and, but now it's ours."

"We could make this room our master bedroom."

"Yeah?"

"Rearrange downstairs and put the TV there."

"I like that, but we should probably plan this when you are not seconds away from passing out."

Piper mumbled in agreement and mustering all her will power she stood up. "Okay, I'm calling it a day, wake me up tomorrow when I need to start getting ready for the park."

"Percy texted us that we should meet around eleven in the morning or so."

"Oh, yes, bless his beautiful heart." Piper stretched and kissed Jason goodnight. "Goodnight, hot stuff."

"'Night, oh yeah, you got mail, it's on your nightstand," Jason told her before she left the room.

"'Kay, night."

Brushing her teeth and getting ready for bed took her longer than it usually did. She was exhausted and her body was begging her to just go to the bed and sleep. After what felt like forever she was finally pulling her covers away and sitting on her side of the bed and grabbing the mail on her night table. The first one was a bill that she ignored but after that, there were a few postcards, from the places she just visited.

She turned the postcards around and her suspicions were correct, every single one of them was from Annabeth. Some were long and some had just a few words written on them, others only had a memory of that city, so far the postcards only were from the first half of their trip, the other half were probably on their way. But it was the first one, the one from Paris, the first stop of their trip, that was the longest. The postcard was filled with words telling her how lucky she was to have Piper in her life and her best friend, how she was going to cherish the memories she would make on the trip for the rest of her life, how she was sad about moving out but happy they were having a last hurrah before starting a new chapter in their lives, and how at the end of the day, Piper was not only her best friend but the sister she never had. By the time she finished reading all the postcards, tears were making their way down her cheeks, but a smile was shining on her face.

While she was going to still be sad about not living with her best friend, this was somehow the closure she didn't know she needed. Leo and Annabeth were right, Piper was starting a new chapter in her life, but just because her chapter with Annabeth as her roommate had ended, it didn't mean things would change for bad between them, after all, she and Leo were still as close as they were in High School. Annabeth was still going to be her person, but now, as she turned down her night light and pulled Jason's pillow close to her, letting his smell surround her, she was starting a new page and she couldn't wait to see what adventures were waiting for Jason and her in the future.

Latte was running around the living room, only stopping to sniff boxes before going back to running around. Annabeth was going through a lot of mixed feelings, excitement and happiness were the prominent ones, but there was some sadness about not having Piper by her side, and there was a small hint of weirdness. The new apartment wasn't small, but after living in a house for years, it felt weird not having to take the stairs to get to her room from the kitchen. She was sure there was going to be more than one occasion where she was going to wake up confused about where she was. She walked around the apartment, it was still empty, excluding the kitchen, the only furniture she had moved in with anticipation was the mattress in the master bedroom, having a place to crash after the full day of unpacking had been a priority on her list. She looked around the open space, there was no wall separating the living room from the kitchen, but the space where both were located was more than spacious and Annabeth couldn't wait to see the final result when she had finally settled in. Annabeth's favorite feature of the apartment and the reason why she bought it was the view. Her apartment building was located on a cliff overlooking the ocean, the wall facing the ocean had a massive floor to ceiling window/sliding door that led to a small balcony but even without going outside, you could see the mix of blue coming from the ocean and the sky and on a good day, she could even see the silhouette of Catalina Island.

"I can get used to this view." Percy's arm wrapped around her waist and he rested his chin on her shoulder. "I can't believe I get to see this view first thing every morning."

"Are you talking about the ocean or about me?" Annabeth joked.

"Both." He spun her around so she could face him, Percy was smiling at her, full blinding smile, making her go weak in her knees. She loved that even after a year of dating he still had this effect on her. "We are actually doing this."

She wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him in for a kiss. She and Percy were moving in together and Annabeth couldn't hide her giddiness. When she had first started looking at places, Percy and her living together hadn't really been on her mind, but with Jason moving out of his apartment, and Percy's needing a roommate and his lease ending soon. She and Percy didn't rush into the decision of it, they actually had long conversations about it and they had agreed that it was time for them to take the next step in their relationship, besides it wasn't like they didn't stay at each other's place more often than not.

"We are." Annabeth smiled at him. "I love you."

"I love you too."

"By the way, you need to sign your lease."

Percy raised his eyebrows at her. "My lease?"

Annabeth winked at him and guided him to the kitchen island where a folder was laying. "Remember when you said you wanted to pay rent because I bought the place and it was fair and I said you were crazy?"

"Did you finally change your mind? You do realize I still mean it, right."

"And I still mean when I say we are just going to split the bills."

"Then what is this?" Percy picked up the folder.

"Why don't you read it and find out?"

Percy raised an eyebrow at her, before slowly opening the folder and reading out loud. "The tenant, Mr. Perseus Jackson, agrees to move in with Miss. Annabeth Chase, landlord, under the terms that he," He couldn't hide the amusement in his voice as he kept reading. "Will bake her cupcakes, preferably shirtless, at least once a month. Will take Latte Chase on a walk if Miss Chase is working late and will cuddle Miss Chase after she comes back late from work. Mr. Jackson also accepts to be in charge of the kitchen since Miss Chase is a walking hazard. Miss Chase also accepts to help keep the kitchen clean as long as she is not expected to cook." Percy tried his best to read the contract without laughing but by the time he reached the end, he couldn't stop laughing.

"It's a very official lease."

"Yeah, I can see that, very, very official." He put the folder down as his laughter started to dissipate. "Do you have a pen? So I can sign this very official lease." Annabeth smiled at him while offering him a pen, chuckling, Percy took it and signed the lease. "Well it's official now, we are living together."

"I think we should celebrate."

"Oh yeah?" Percy smirked at her, that trouble maker smirk that was reserved only for her, the one that he gave her when he was up to no good. "Well, what do you have in mind?"

He closed the distance between them and pulled her in for a kiss, their lips were moving desperately against each other, and Percy tried to guide her to their room, only to crash against a pile of boxes. Laughing, they separated to make sure there hadn't been any damage to their stuff.

"Annabeth," Percy said, confusion evident in his voice. "Why are there like four boxes that say lamps?"

"Oh yeah, about that…"

"Wake up sleepy head, or you're not going to get breakfast before work."

Annabeth grunted and pulled her sheets closer to her chin, she had been hitting snooze on her alarm clock for over half an hour now, her body refusing to leave the warmth of her bed. "No."

Percy laughed from where he was kneeling on the floor, next to the mattress. "Come on babe, I have coffee and a bagel from Dunkin Donuts." He started shaking her shoulder making her groan.

"Five more minutes."

"You have been saying that to your phone for half an hour."

Yawning, she finally sat down on the bed only to blink a few times trying to remember where she was, the window was on the wrong side of the room and the bed was too low. Oh, right, she was in her new apartment she shared with Percy, even in her sleepy state she felt giddy remembering that. Percy kissed her hair before leaving the room.

She was glad she had prepared her work clothes in advance since there were still a lot of boxes laying around the apartment. She and Percy had spent the whole day yesterday unpacking, well more like the afternoon till night time, she had overslept yesterday, still fighting a little of bit of jetlag, and ended up leaving their hotel room just in time for checkout and went straight to Percy's place to move all their boxes to his jeep and into the new place.

When she finally walked into the living room, Percy was leaning against the kitchen island (they still didn't have chairs) eating his breakfast. He smiled at her and Annabeth felt butterflies go around her belly, this was going to be her new normal routine, waking up next to him (or being woken up by him, he was the morning person out of them, after all) having breakfast with him and then at night, falling asleep with him. Within all the joy she was feeling, there was still sadness with it, missing Piper and their routine, but she knew no matter what her best friend was just one call away.

"Are you feeling okay to drive? Or do you want me to drive you to work? You had quite the full weekend."

Annabeth gave him a quick peck and accepted the coffee he was offering her. "We had the same weekend."

"Yeah but only one of us spent a full day on a plane before that weekend."

"And unlike Piper, I spent most of that trip sleeping."

"So is that a no?"

Annabeth contemplated her answer, she was still feeling sleepy and her body was hurting, she was probably going to need a naproxen at some point in the day. Plus she and Percy still needed to go to Ikea and Target to pick up the furniture they had been looking at online, having him pick her up from work in his jeep from the start made things easier. "No, that's a yes."

"Good, now, if you are not going to eat your bagel anytime soon I'm not responsible if it somehow ends up in my mouth."

"See, I like this coffee table, but do we really need it?"

She and Percy were at Target buying stuff for their new place, something they hadn't really taken into consideration before moving out of their previous places was that neither of them actually owned furniture, and between Annabeth's trip and them wanting to choose it together, well, they had been surviving with two old coffee tables from Percy's grandma. There were a few things about moving into a new place with your boyfriend that Annabeth hadn't considered before, when she lived with Piper there was a clear this is my stuff and this is yours even if they both used it all the time, but with Percy it wasn't like that, it was this is our stuff, which sounded romantic until their styles clashed. Annabeth was wondering how they had agreed on an Ikea couch so easily but choosing tables and chairs was taking them hours.

"Annabeth, that table is over one hundred dollars." Annabeth blinked at him, she was embarrassed it took her a few seconds to understand the problem with the price. "Oh, yeah, sorry."

"But I mean, if you want it, we can buy it." They looked at each other, that had been another thing they hadn't taken in consideration about their furniture shopping. While she barely saw the price tag on stuff, Percy grew up on a budget and even now that he had a nice steady salary, he had trouble spending money on stuff he didn't find necessary, after all he only bought new shoes when his old ones fell apart, literally. They were learning how to navigate around each other's bank accounts and each other's feelings.

Her trust fund hadn't come up until they had been dating for a while and Annabeth was starting to toy with the idea of buying an apartment, Percy had laughed when she had told him about wanting to buy a place, telling her how she would end up drowning in debt, he hadn't laughed when she told him she could afford to buy an apartment and the whole complex.

"I can't believe you crazy rich asian-ed me." Percy had said when he found out about her trust fund and her family's background.

"I did not crazy rich asian you! I thought you knew!"

"I didn't! I knew Piper was wealthy and you could afford a comfortable life! I just didn't think you were some kind of lost Norwegian Princess."

"Just because I have some kind of royal blood it doesn't mean I'm a princess!"

Percy stared at her. "You do realize you just used royal blood, right? Wait… are you in line to the throne, can you be a queen!?

"Around twenty people have to die but since I'm an American and this is not the Princess Diaries. Not really."

"Do you own a tiara? If you do don't tell Tellie because she is never going to let it go, she already thinks you're some kind of Disney princess." Percy gasped. "Wait does this make you Rapunzel? Am I Eugene?" He tried to do a smolder at her only to fail miserably and trying his best not to laugh, Annabeth threw a pillow at him, making him laugh and chase her around the house with another pillow.

Overall Percy had taken the news well, she had been a little afraid of something changing between them but by the end of that day he was still Percy and she was still Annabeth and they were still them.

"You know what?" Percy said, bringing her back to the present. "I think this works with the tables we got at Ikea." He was holding a stuffed talking fish to mount on the wall.

"That is the ugliest shit you have shown me and if you buy that, I'm not joking Percy, I will kick you out of the house."

Percy laughed and put down the fish where he had found it. "Joking! I'm gonna get it for Leo at some point though."

Annabeth just shook her head at him before continuing down the aisle. "Did Jason reply to you?"

"Yeah, we're going to pick up the couch tomorrow after work." Percy showed her a table and she shook her head. "Frank and Leo said they can also come after work and help with the unpacking, Hazel has a late shift but she's probably going to stop by another day."

"Your mom called me, apparently your grandma has some fine china she wants to give us."

Percy whistled. "If granny is willing to pass on her fine china to us that means she has more than approved of you."

"That's good, right?" Annabeth blushed.

"That's excellent, my family loves you and adores you."

"Good, because I love them too." Annabeth wasn't lying, it had shocked her how easily his family accepted her into their life, his grandma usually sent her chocolates she made specifically for her and Percy's sister always wanted to hang out with them, they usually had dinner with his family at least once a month and Annabeth usually left the Jackson-Blofis house with a full tummy and a happy heart. "What if we call it a day on the furniture and go and pick some bed sheets? We still need to choose some and buy food, our fridge is so empty it's sad."

"Yeah, how am I supposed to be a good tenant and make you food if there's no food at home."

"You're getting us Dunkin again tomorrow?"

"Babe, for you? I would get us Dunkin every day."

"That's the most romantic thing you have ever said to me."

Percy laughed and took the shopping cart from her hands. "That's a fucking lie and you know it."

"Maybe." She kissed his cheek before walking towards the bed sheet aisle. "Come on, after this, I'm getting us falafel for dinner."

"And that's the most romantic thing you have ever said to me."

"Are you ready for tomorrow?"

"For a new batch of fresh chickens? I can't wait!" Piper took a sip of her coke. "That didn't sound right, did it?"

"It sounds like you're going to make chicken nuggets, not have a new class of first graders."

"Right, but they are my little chickens." Piper bit a piece of her pretzel. "And I will teach them to be the best chickens they can be."

It was a warm Sunday morning and they were at the outlets eating pretzels for breakfast, sitting at their favorite table, watching the Blue Truffle window where their boys were working on chocolate covered apples, getting ready for opening time. It had been one week since Annabeth had officially moved into her new place and while she and Piper texted and called each other daily, it was the first time since their trip it was just the two of them hanging out and Annabeth couldn't believe how much she missed her.

"You're glowing, how do you look even prettier than usual? Is life without me that good?" While Annabeth had been joking with the last comment, she hadn't been lying about Piper looking amazing. Her long dark hair was blowing in the light morning breeze, her teal tank top making her skin glow.

"It's the daily sex, babe." Piper winked at her. "Now that we don't have to worry about you walking in on us or hearing us…well, Jason and I have been really busy, but I guess you and Percy are the same."

"Percy and I have been pretty busy…you know, putting together chairs and tables, moving stuff around, making sure our apartment is complete." Annabeth took a long sip of her coke, enjoying the coldness against the warm morning. "Unfortunately it's not the fun busy type."

"Yeah, you look tired as hell."

"Stupid Ikea's chairs," Annabeth mumbled. "They shouldn't be that fucking hard to put together, I'm a fucking architect Piper, an architect!"

"On the plus side if you and Percy didn't break up after putting Ikea furniture together, you two are good to go, you guys should marry already, nothing can break you two up." Piper dipped her pretzel in Annabeth's cheese dip, ignoring Annabeth's hand trying to slap hers away. "But you also look happy, really happy."

"Percy makes me happy."

"Ugh, look at you being all romantic and in love."

"Says the girl that is literally glowing from living with her boyfriend for a week."

"Yeah, but this glow is going to disappear tomorrow exactly five minutes after I see my new class."

"Yeah, that's true." Piper sighed. "It's weird not having you around. I miss your dog."

"Latte misses you so much, he keeps running towards me every time I put you on speaker." She started playing with her pretzel. "Thank you for taking him out for walks while I was at work."

"I did it more for me than for you." Piper took a long sip of her coke. "Thank you for giving back me some of the lamps."

"Yeah, I did it more for me than you."

"Fair enough."

While Annabeth had gone back to work the Monday after their trip and having to catch up to three weeks work of projects, Percy, being the child of his boss, had more freedom around his schedule, and he, with the help of Jason and Piper, who was still on summer break, had been unpacking all week in their free time. Piper had also taken Latte on walks since Annabeth and Percy had been extra tired from the moving and work.

"So…dinner at least once a week?" Piper said and Annabeth nodded.

"And brunch one weekend of the month."

"And that's outside our monthly dinners with Leo." Piper sighed. "So tonight is going to be dinner at Ruby's while the boys play video games?"

"It's a date, babe." One thing Annabeth and Piper had agreed on, once Annabeth had given her the news she was moving out, was that they were going to have some days to hang out just the two of them. They were each other's best friends and one of the most important people in each other's life. It was weird scheduling dinner plans, when before they just went out whenever they were filling like it, but it also it helped them with the weirdness of not living together after seven years of being roommates. "We're going to have our housewarming party next Saturday."

"Do you want me to make the cheese dip?"

"See, McLean? This is why I love you."

"Fun fact, I'm your real soulmate, Percy who?"

"I'm sure Percy already knows that, he told me he's already expecting you to crash at our place at some point and he'll end up sleeping in the guest room," Annabeth took the last sip of her coke.

"Yeah, I already warned Jason that you and I are totally going to have sleepovers."

"Good." Annabeth collected her trash and was about to throw it away when something caught her eye. "We never got your picture with the massive bear, did we?"

Piper also looked towards the bench where the bear was happily sitting, next to him, across the window, Jason was dipping the apples in blue colored sugar. "No, I don't think we did."

"Go and pose next to it."

"Oh my god, Annabeth." Piper threw their trash away. "Are you serious?"

"Of course I am! Come on, we need to capture your glow before it goes away."

"You're ridiculous." Piper laughed but still started walking towards the bear, Annabeth could see her blowing a kiss to Jason, before sitting next to the bear. Jason looked at them confusion clear on his face, Annabeth waved him off, making him 1shake his head, but she could still see the fond way he looked at Piper before walking towards the back of the store, carrying the finished apples and leaving the bowl full of sugar on the counter he had been working on.

Opening the camera on her phone, she said to Piper. "Say sugar!"

"Sugar!"

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