Chapter 7

ANNABETH POV

Percy, where are you? I thought furiously, pacing back and forth outside his cabin. He has been gone for 4 hours and it's driving me insane. After what seemed like another 5 hours, he passed through the camp border, at a casual pace and froze when he saw me. I must have looked terrifying. Good.

"Where have you been?" I growl, moving towards him.

"Um...coffee shop?" he says, uncertain. I'm taken aback by his response, though I'm not sure why. Then it hit me. He was with someone, I was certain of it.

"With whom?"

He paled, but quickly recovered.

"By myself. Jeez, Annabeth." he says rolling his eyes.

Of course I'm not convinced.

"Percy, you know that you are a terrible liar, right?"

He doesn't say anything. Instead, he reached over and kissed me and my heart did a cardio workout.

"Why would I be with someone when I have you?" he whispers into my ear. I shudder and try to push him away in a weak attempt. It was very distracting to listen to his honeyed words and I couldn't let myself show weakness; I was a child of Athena.

"Percy..." I whined. He chuckles lightly and pulls away, planting a light kiss on my lips.

"I've got to talk to you Annabeth" he said, his tone suddenly serious.

"While you were...gone yesterday, um, Rachel just predicted the fate of the world" he stammers and I find it awfully cute.

"You mean a prophecy?" He nodded.

"I want to hear it" I said to him.

"Seven half-bloods shall answer the call,

To storm or fire the world must fall.

An oath to keep with a final breath,

And foes bear arms to the Doors of Death"

Silence hung in the air.

"Any idea who are the seven demigods?" he asked.

"I don't know. Maybe it'll be someone new" I said.

"Well that's one problem" he said. What?

"What's the other one?"

"Uh...you see, I haven't exactly told my mom about the whole god thing so I might have to pay her a visit someday" he said, and I totally forgot about his mom. What will she say? Knowing her, she will just be glad that her son is safe. I don't know about the whole 'god' thing.

"How about today?" I said, surprising myself. I don't care anyway, as long as I was with Percy.

He smiled and asked, "You'll come with me?"

"Anywhere, as long as I'm with you" I said, swiftly kissing him before heading to the dining pavilion
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"You ready?" Percy called out.

"Just a minute" I yelled back. I checked my makeup, and headed out the door. Percy wore an orange camp tee and jeans. No matter what he wore, he looked very attractive.

"Took you long enough" he said. I stuck my tongue out at him and he laughs playfully.

We rode a cab to his mom's apartment because I wasn't very thrilled on the 'teleporting' thing. How such travel was possible, I had no clue. Basically it violates all the laws of quantum mechanics and it drove me crazy.

"What's wrong?" he asked, placing his hand on my thigh.

"I'm just wondering how this whole teleportation works" I said. "It violates the laws of quantum mechanics and..." I trailed off and saw Percy gaping at me wondering what the hell I was talking about.

"What?" I said defensively. He bursts out laughing and I glare at him. It isn't my fault that I'm the smartest one in the room.

"Sorry" he said, trying to keep a straight face. "Science doesn't answer everything you know"

"Yes it does"

"Nope"

"Oh yeah? Tell me Perseus Jackson, what has science not answered?" I challenge him.

"Why you're so stubborn and cute at the same time" he said with a smile and I glare playfully at him.

We finally arrived at his mom's apartment and his ADHD was started to make an impression.

"Hey" I said, taking his hand. "It'll be fine." He smiled briefly and led the way.

"Percy!" his mom exclaimed, the second we rang the doorbell.

"Hey mom" he said, slightly nervous.

"I've been worried sick, Percy! Where were you?" she started fussing over little things and I suddenly felt homesick. I wish my dad was like this too. Or my stepmom.

"Hello Ms. Jackson" I greet her with a smile.

"Annabeth, thank the gods you're safe" she hugged me and asked abruptly, "Are you two dating?"

I couldn't tell who's face was redder, mine or Percy's

"Yeah" he said a little embarrassed. His mom smiled knowingly and invited us inside.

"Paul! Percy's here!" she called out.

He rushes out and is relieved to see Percy.

"Percy! We thought you died!"

"Yeah, nice to me you too" he said sarcastically. I swat his arm and he said "Joke"

They shake hands and we go over to have some snacks.

"So, Percy" Paul asked. "You seem different"

How he seemed to know that, I had no idea. Maybe it was one of his teacher qualities.

"So um" Percy began. "There's something you guys should know"

"I'm listening" Paul said and Sally joins him.

"So after the war, Zeus told me he could grant me any wish I asked for"

"And?" his mom said, sensing something was definitely wrong.

"He made me a god" he said flatly.

Sally seemed frozen in time.

"Mom?" Percy asked.

"Um...yes I'm still here. I was just..."

"Please don't worship me or anything" he begged.

"Are you kidding me?" Paul exclaimed. I looked up startled, expecting his face to be purple with rage but he was grinning like crazy.

"That's really cool, Percy, even if it's a little weird having snacks with a god" he said the word god like he couldn't believe it.

Sally smiled and said, "It sure is. Are you still my boy, Percy? I don't care if you're a god. I just want my son, that's all"

Percy looked like the sky was just lifted from his shoulders. He smiled and Percy and Paul started a conversation while I went to the kitchen to help Sally.

"Hey Annabeth. Could you help me with this?"

"Yeah, sure"

We worked in silence until I couldn't hold my question back anymore.

"Ms. Jackson, are you happy?"

She stopped for a minute and gazed out the window.

"Yes. It is still strange, my Percy being a god. But I'll still love him because he's my son" she said sadly.

"I understand. Well, love is love after all" I said, soothing her.

"Yeah, it sure is" she said, a sad smile on her face.
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We got to camp by evening and I was exhausted. We strode down the hill and it raised my spirits being with Percy. At least one weight was lifted off his shoulders.

"I've got to visit my dad" he said.

"Today?" I asked, a little disappointed. He seemed to notice this and he kissed me.

"I just want this to be over with. I promised him I would visit him once a week."

"Okay. Will you be gone the whole night?" I asked. He nodded.

"I'll be back soon" he said, kissing me goodbye and walking towards the beach.

[I felt today's update was pretty long. Well I've got midterms coming up so I won't be able to update next week :(. Today was a really awesome day. I used to write a shit story on Wattpad and somebody just asked me if they could publish it on Webnovel and I told them yes but I still have to see whether they'll publish it. THAT IS SO FUCKING AWESOME! And you guys keep reading! That means more to me than getting my shit published. lol. And thanks for the 800+ views!]

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