Chapter 6: PERCY POV

"I love you too, Seaweed Brain" she said.

Gods, I love her.

We stood there without our foreheads pressed against each other's and I couldn't believe we were just yelling at each other a few minutes ago. She looked up at me and asked, "What are you thinking about, Percy?"

"The fact that we were just yelling at each other a few moments ago" I said with a smile.

She laughed and said, "Let's sit down, my legs are sore." We sat down, and gazed up at the stars. They were beautiful tonight but that was nothing compared to Annabeth's grace. I wondered if Aphrodite was doing all of this; such perfect timing. Way to go Percy, I could almost hear her saying. I smiled to myself and snaked my arm through Annabeth's waist and she laid her head on my shoulder.

"I'm sorry, Percy. For yelling at you" she said.

"It's okay. I'm sorry too. For being a jackass"

"You always were" she teased.

"Hey!"

"Where will you stay?" she asked, a few moments later.

"This is my only home so I'll be here" holding her closer to me.

"Won't you go to your dad's place? Not that I want you to"

"Only if he needs me there. I would like to spend all my time with you if I can" I said, planting a kiss on her nose. She smiled and said nothing.

"You'll stay away from Rachel?" she asked the question I wanted to avoid.

"Sure"

"Percy, don't lie to my face, okay? I really don't appreciate you going off with her-" she began but I cut her off.

"Annabeth, I told you I won't. You got no reason to be jealous. She was just a friend I had in the mortal world"

"Okay. Just promise me you won't" she said, sitting straight and she bore those stormy grey eyes into mine.

"Yeah I promise" I said, already regretting lying to her. I will have to talk to Aphrodite about this whole "secretly dating" thing.

She pecked my cheek and said, "Don't break my trust, Seaweed Brain" and my cheeks flushed. I just nodded.

She laid her head on my shoulder once more and we sat there in comfortable silence.

"Annabeth?" I called. No response. I looked at her and grinned. She was fast asleep, and her features seemed more calm and relaxed than when she was awake.

"Sleep, my beautiful" I whispered in her ear and scooped her up and walked over to her cabin.

The pleasant morning sunlight shined down on me through my cabin's window and I sat up, my head groggy from sleep. I remembered kissing Annabeth last night and taking her back to the Athena cabin. I smiled to myself and thought, Godhood isn't that bad. I went through all my morning routines and walked out my cabin, greeted by a cool sea breeze. I stared out to the ocean and saw...my dad. I quickly jogged over to him and greeted him.

"Hello father"

"Hello Percy. I take it that you are enjoying immortality?"

"Yeah, it's pretty okay" I said. He grinned and said,

"Do you wish to stay here, at camp? You are always welcomed to my kingdom, anytime you like." Wow. Poseidon's realm? Sweet.

"I'll visit you once a week?" I asked because I have no fucking idea how this whole thing works. Poseidon nodded.

"If you will excuse me, I have matters to attend to. See you, Percy" he said, dismissing himself.

I walked towards the dining pavilion and saw that breakfast was just beginning. Good. I'm famished.

"Good morning, Seaweed Brain. Miss me?" Annabeth asked from behind. I walked towards her instantly and she gave me a light kiss on my nose.

"Morning Wise Girl"

"Did you take me back to my cabin last night?"

"Um yeah"

"That's sweet" she said and I'm relieved. I half expected her to punch me or something. We headed over to the pavilion, holding hands, and sat down on our respective tables. I really wanted to sit next to her, but I knew better than to break the rules.

Breakfast flew past quickly and Annabeth went over for archery practice, while I stood there watching her. I looked over to the Big House and saw Rachel coming out of the building.

Great.

She caught me looking and I quickly stared down. I glanced up briefly and saw her striding towards me in a blouse and her famous ratty, marker-covered jeans. This is bad. Very bad. If Annabeth finds me chatting with her, she will throw a huge fit that will make the Hulk look tame.

"Hey Percy" Rachel said, obviously oblivious that me and Annabeth are dating...sort of.

"Hey. Good to see you" How very unlucky I am to see you.

"Good to see you too. Yesterday was a wild ride, being the Oracle and all." she said with a smile. Oh gods, I totally forgot that she is the Oracle and she had just spilled the next Great Prophecy. I meant to tell Annabeth yesterday but I had forgotten.

"I'm sick of being inside all day so I'm going out for a while. Maybe get a coffee or something" she said.

"Sure. Have fun." She left and I breathed out a sigh of relief. Thank the gods Annabeth didn't see any of that or she would have killed me, immortal or not.

Annabeth jogged over to me after her lesson was over.

"Hey. I've got a few more lessons too and I don't want to bore you or anything so if you want to like go out or something, you can do that. Just make sure to come back by lunch" she said, breathless.

"You know it's fine"

"I know you want to go. Percy. Just go ahead." I nodded and walked out the camp borders. I strode along the street and decided to try teleporting myself to the city. I closed my eyes and imagined myself in the heart of Manhattan and the familiar sounds of the city filled my ears. I opened my eyes to find myself exactly where I wanted to be. I went out to find a really good coffee shop.

I got into one and spotted Rachel sitting a few seats away sipping an espresso. Crap. Before I could walk away unnoticed, she spotted me.

"Hey, Percy! Come on, join me for a coffee" she said. This is going bad. Is Aphrodite doing this?

"Sure" I said, forcing a smile, because I didn't want to be rude. I sat down opposite to her and tried my best to stay calm. She ordered a coffee for me and honestly, I didn't care.

"So" she began, "What brings you here?"

"I um...came here for coffee" I say nervously.

"Okay. Cool"

"Are you immortal?" she asked suddenly.

"Yeah" I replied automatically.

"You've got that aura around you" is all she said.

"You're not surprised?" I asked clearly intrigued that she is perfectly fine with me being a god. That's kind of nice, though.

"Do you want me to be surprised? I'm not surprised 'cause we've been through a lot of crazy stuff, right?" she said, and I laugh.

"Yeah we sure did" I said, and I can't deny the fact that I actually enjoyed having coffee with her.

[Hi all! I'm a little better today so I made it longer and hopefully you all are satisfied :). I'm not really sure if this is a great chapter because I'm doing this on my laptop when usually I do it on my desktop. My mind went TOTALLY blank when I stared at my laptop screen like What the fuck should I write? Anyway thanks for the 600+ views! You guys are the best! So until next week.]

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