Annabeth hopped onto a bench and spread her arms. 'I could sail to the end of the earth!' She cheered. Percy laughed and jumped onto the bench as well. He put his arms around her waist. 'I'll sail along with you!' he said, half-laughing. Annabeth looked over her shoulder with a big grin on her face.

A random holiday in Rome for day, why not? Of course, the peace could never last long and Annabeth and Percy knew that. Yet, they had decided to make the most of the peaceful time they had.

Annabeth kissed Percy on the cheek. 'This is... sort off weird, isn't it?'

'Who cares? Nobody'll remember. Come, let's grab lunch.' Percy hoped of the bench. He made eye contact with an older man, who rolled his eyes as if to say 'Young people and love, is there anything more annoying?'

Hand in hand, they strolled through the Streets, trying to find a nice looking restaurant. Of course, there were lots of them - they were in Rome! - but they wanted something that looked extra special, just because. Eventually, they found it. It was a small lunchroom, with sight on the Tiber. 'This a good place?'

'Perfect, Seaweed brain.' They sat down. Annabeth grabbed Percy's hand and just held it for some time. She giggled. 'Is this going to be this cutesy the entire day?'

'Absolutely, Wise girl. Who's stopping us?'

'No-one...' She quickly knocked on the table three times. 'You never know. The queen of love might have a day off.' Percy sighed.

'I'd really rather think about anything else.'

'Me too.' The waitress came towards them.

'Ciao! Do you want anything to drink?' She asked cheerfully, while handing them the menu.

Percy chose the spaghetti bolognese with a coke, Annabeth a pasta primavera with cappuccino. 'So, what do you want to do the entire day? Tomorrow, Hazel and Reyna will arrive to go to Milan, so we need to do everything we want today,' Percy asked. He left a pause. 'And we need to do everything before the foes appear.'

Annabeth fiddled with her hair. 'I want to see the colosseum...' Percy shuddered.

'Can we... keep that short by any chance? The last time I was at the colosseum it wasn't the best time. I thought the twin Giants there...'

'Well, then we'll skip that. I want to know how the Vatican is build as well.' Percy smiled relieved. 'Well, we can see that from the outside, right?'

'Yeah. And get ice cream on the way to the trevi fountains.'

'Now that is a good idea! I want to see the fountains too - There is a statue of Neptune, I believe.' He got something out of his pocket. 'I got coins to throw into the fountain. They say you get a wish, which, you know, probably not true, but it'll be lame if we do not at least try.' Annabeth nodded and smiled. 'True. Let's just see what happens after that, shall we?' Percy smiled back and nodded. 'Great idea.'

'It is... big,' Percy said as soon as they stood on the main square of vatican city, in front of the palace. Annabeth nodded enthusiastically. 'I know, right?! It was built when... Ah!' A troupe of tourists ran past them, disturbing Annabeth mid-sentence. She took a deep sigh. 'That seems like the universe telling me not to give mountains of information.'

'When have you ever cared about what the universe told you?'

'I wanted to suggest getting as close as we can without having to pay and then giving a mountain of information. Which I am going to do right now. Come.' She grabbed Percy's hand and pulled him over the square. Percy stared at the long rows of people waiting to enter the vatican. 'I am all on board with the no paying part - mostly because that also means no waiting in endless lines.' Annabeth looked over her shoulder.

'True. Now, the palace was built in...'

A small hour later, Percy's mind was filled with information about the center of Vatican city, Annabeth was tired of explaining everything she knew and they were both glad to just be eating their ice cream and walk along the Tiber, towards the Trevi fountains. 'You should do city tours if money ever gets tight...' Percy mused.

'Yeah, I don't think so. Having to deal with people asking annoying and probably the same questions all day? Sounds like a nightmare.'

'Hm. True, I guess. Hey, a gazebo! We could eat our ice cream there!'

'What? Why?'

'Romantic.'

'... I guess.'

Percy slowly maneuvered her towards the gazebo. They sat down, munching on their ice cream. 'This tastes good,' Percy mused, when he was almost done with the dish.

'What'd you expect? Real Italian gelato here!'

Percy put the last bit of cone into his mouth. 'Whatever you call it.' Annabeth rolled her eyes while finishing her ice cream. 'It's important.'

When she was finished, she stood up. 'Now let's go to the fountain, shall we...' Her voice trailed off while Percy grabbed her hands and held them on about the height of her shoulders. 'What are you...' He slowly stepped onto the bench. It was a longer bench, without armrests. Annabeth chuckled a little and jumped up as well. They didn't realise that people were eyeing them from the Streets.

After a bit of thinking, Percy stepped of the bench again. He held Annabeth by one of her hands. Slowly, they started walking along the bench. Slow at first, but quicker and quicker - like a scene out of the romance movies Annabeth liked to watch (She often watched them with Nico, who loved them too, although he would never say that out loud, except to Will).

The first time they passed the entrance, Annabeth didn't try to jump to the other side of the bench. She hoped off, and Hoped on again. Yet, the second time, she did try it - and managed to get to the other side. Percy laughed out loud. 'Classy!' Annabeth grinned.

They made a few more rounds around the gazebo, before Percy took Annabeth into his arms. With a small pirouette, he put her back to the ground. 'Well, guess we don't need a work out anymore,' He joked. Annabeth chuckled.

'You're right. Eh... let's go to the Trevi fountains, shall we?'

'An idea as good as any.' Hand in hand, they walked out of the gazebo. A few people giggled when they saw them. Another couple slowly sneaked into the gazebo.

'Small me watching the sound of music Always wanted a guy to do that...' Annabeth said. She sounded like she was miles away with her thoughts.

'Well, small you got her wish.'

Annabeth laughed. 'Not so small me as well.'

Percy pulled her closer and kissed her on the top of her head. 'Good.'

Percy got out the coins as soon as he saw the fountain. 'I came prepared. Think of a wish.'

'That is the difficult part.'

'Not for me.' When he reached the edge of the fountain, he made a pirouette and threw the coin over his shoulder and into the fountain. Annabeth rolled her eyes and just dropped in the coin. 'You should have more flair for the dramatic,' Percy whispered.

'No,' was the only, very on-point answer he got. Annabeth linked her arm through his. 'Come.'

'To what?'

'It's four 'O clock. We have to catch the train by eight. We have four hours to do what we want, but we must eat something in between and I am not settling for sandwiches. Percy nodded slowly. The atmosphere was perfect; to him it didn't matter what they did either.

When it was half past seven, they strolled onto the station. Annabeth was humming to herself. Percy chuckled. 'Are you really humming You're The One That I want?

'What about it?' Percy grabbed both of Annabeths' hands again. He slowly started singing along to the song. Annabeth fell in. Half-dancing, half-walking, they made their way to the correct platform. completely oblivious and young and happy and in love.

Arnaldo hid his face in his hands. Did he really just follow two love struck teens around for a day, trying to prove that they had magical powers? He almost felt like giving up... almost. But Not really.