Percy

He woke up to Annabeth shaking him.

"Percy! Wake up! Your drooling on me!"

"Sorry" he muttered

He was emberassed that he woke her up in the middle of the night because of a bad dream. He was suppost to be the strong one, Annabeth shouldn't have to come into his room in the middle of the night and stay with him just because of a bad dream.

He got up off the bed and grabbed a hoodie from his closet and slipped it on.

"Percy…"

"Yeah?"

"So… I have been noticing something rather odd"

She told him about her dream she had and explained how it seemed they were losing time.

"What do you mean 'losing time'?"

"Like last night, it was 11:06 then a few seconds later it was 11:30"

That gave him something to think about. He stared at her. Her long blonde hair was pulled back into a messy bun. For some reason he found it cute.

He grabbed her hand and pulled her off the bed and gathered her in his arms.

"We can get through anything… as long as we are together"

He kissed her and held her tightly, he remembered his dream and squeezed her even tighter, not wanting to let go… not wanting to lose her again.

Both Annabeth and Percy both ate their blue pancakes in silence. Sally and Paul sat across from them staring at them as if they would break at any moment.

"I haven't seen either of you in so long, what happend when you were away?"

"Um, well…" she looked over at Percy as if saying, help.

Percy cleared his throat.

"Uh we made some friends"

"Where are they?" Paul asked.

Annabeth choked, he could tell she was on the verge of tears.

"Excuse me" she croaked

She scooted her chair back and stepped outside.

Percy looked at Paul, he couldn't help but give him a look that said: nice going.

When he stepped outside closing the door behind him. He sat down on the step next to Annabeth and she leaned up against him.

He could feel her shaking as he held her. A tear slipped down her cheek.

"It shouldn't of been him, it shouldn't of been either of them" she sobbed.

"Let's go for a walk, get our minds off of these things"

Annabeth nodded.

Together they walked the streets of Manhatten eating ice cream and chatting up a storm.

It was nice to see Annabeth smile, after all they had been through it was nice to see her happy.

They sat on a bench and watched as traffic passed. Annabeth was staring across the street in horror. Percy followed her gaze and saw a man in silk robes and a long white beard and tiny glasses that sat on his nose staring at them.

A car passed them blocking their view for a split second, but when it was gone he was gone too.

"That's the man I saw in my dream." she said.

And for some horrible reason Percy felt things were about to take a crazy turn.