Percy
A blood curdling scream shook the apartment.
"Percy!"
Percy flew off his covers and ran out of his room.
"PERCY!" Another scream came from down the hall. Annabeth was calling his name.
He raced down the hall and ran into her room.
"Annabeth?" He called.
"Percy!" She called back.
Annabeth was sitting on her bed sobbing. He sat down next to her and wrapped his arms tightly around her.
"Hey, hey, it's ok. I'm here,"
"Percy I can't see!" She sobbed.
That's when she looked up at him. Her eyes were pure white. His blood went ice cold. He remembered lying helplessly on the ground watching Annabeth wander alone calling his name.
"Oh gods, what happened?" He asked.
He didn't let her answer. He scooped her up in his arms and brought her into the kitchen.
He sat her down at the table. She continued to sob.
"It's gonna be ok," he reassured her. But he didn't even know himself if she was gonna be ok.
That hadn't helped her crying. She sat at the table and cried as Percy rummaged through the cupboards. Finally Percy's mother and stepfather came into the kitchen.
"Percy? What in heavens are you doing?"
He didn't bother answering her question.
"Ambrosia, where's the ambrosia?!"
"It's in the medicine cabinet,"
"Where's the medicine cabinet?!" Percy started yelling.
Sally quickly but calmly came to Percy's side and dug out a little silver canister.
Percy swiped it from her hands and ran to Annabeth.
Paul was trying to calm her down but it was no use.
"Annabeth, I need you to calm down for one second. I have some ambrosia that I need you to drink," said Percy.
Annabeth didn't reply but she calmed herself. He put the canister in her hands and she drank.
They all waited quietly as she drained the whole container. The whites in her eyes started to clear.
"Percy!" She lunged forward and rapped her arms around his neck.
"It's ok, I'm here," he said brushing his hands through her hair.
"Oh Percy, it was horrible!" She cried. '
"I know it's over now,"
He pulled her off the chair and brought her back to his room. Even though Paul protested he didn't listen.
Percy shut the door behind him making sure his parents weren't following them. He gently set Annabeth on her bed.
"What happened?" He asked calmly.
Annabeth explained her dream detail by detail.
"So he was able to see you?"
Annabeth wiped her cheek, and nodded. She was
Wearing one of Percy's hoodies, because she said they always made her feel better. Annabeth slumped over and put her head on Percy's shoulder.
"You better get some rest," he said.
"Will you stay with me?" She asked, her voice weak and hollow from crying. She rapped her arm around his.
"Please?" She pleaded, she sounded on the verge of tears.
"Of course, always," said Percy. And with that he kissed her on the lips as another tear slipped down her cheek.
The next morning Sally and Paul were gone. They had jury duty.
Percy made Annabeth blue pancakes hoping they would cheer her up. She just sat quietly at the table and read her book. She often did this when she was trying to get her mind on something else.
"Do you wanna do something today?" He asked.
"Like what?"
"Well, there's a new museum that just opened a few days ago across town,"
"Cool,"
"It's a Greek and Roman museum, it has architecture from way back when." Percy knew that would get her attention, knowing that she loved architecture.
"Really?!" Annabeth closed her book and set down on the table.
Percy felt her arms wrap around his waist.
"Are you gonna take me to it?" She asked
"Maybe," he smirked.
"When?"
"After you pretend to enjoy my pancakes,"
Annabeth squeaked and squeezed him tightly.
"I love you Wise Girl,"
"I love you Seaweed Brain,"
Percy put down his spatula and wrapped his arms around Annabeth and kissed her.
After their blue breakfast, they got dressed and packed a backpack full of things they may need. And just in case Percy grabbed some ambrosia. Annabeth wore her Yankees cap that her mother gave her. When all of the gods got confused and mixed up between Greek and Roman, her hat had stopped working. But as a reward, her mother gave the hat a new power. It only turned her invisible when she willed it too, otherwise she could just wear around anywhere she wanted like a normal hat.
They had to take a bus because his parents had taken the car. He didn't mind that much because he didn't want to damage the car any more than he already had.
When they arrived at the museum Annabeth was head over heels with excitement. They spent hours looking over the blueprints and structures, every time they moved on she would stop for another thirty minutes to explain the history of the artifact.
This was definitely not Percy's idea of fun, but he would do anything for his Wise Girl.
After four hours of looking through the museum, they had decided to go back to some places they had been before during the war with Kronos. Had they really been through that many wars? He thought.
They went back to where the main battle was. Where Daedalus's statues were, the flying pig.
But they found something that really shocked them. Manhattan had to have lots of construction done on it after the war, so there was now a park. It had some trees and a small pond and a couple of benches.
They walked through the park and admired the scenery. Annabeth suddenly stopped in her tracks.
"Hey what's…"
Percy followed her gaze. Over by some rose bushes sat a stone.
In loving memory of Silena Beauregard, hero of Manhattan.
