Annabeth's P.O.V
I couldn't believe that Percy was here! I kept looking at him to make sure that he was still there. Every time I did he would smile at me. "Where are we going?" I finally asked, noticing that we were in the middle of the woods.
"You'll see," He said with a big smile. I rolled my eyes. He always had some secret. I was so lost in thought that I didn't realized that we had stopped, until Percy put his hands over my eyes. "Percy what are you doing!" I asked with a smile.
"I told you. It's a surprise." I could tell that he was smiling. I rolled my eyes. "Okay, open your eyes." I opened my eyes to see a beautiful lake. "Percy! What did you do?!" I asked surprised.
"I didn't do anything. I found this earlier and wanted to show you." I smiled at him. "Do you want to go for a swim?" He asked quietly. I nodded. He smiled and took off his shirt. Wow, I would never get used to how amazing he was. I laughed at my expression and the grabbed my hand. He then pulled me into the lake. We stayed under for a few minutes, but I started to run out of breath. I tried to signal Percy, but all he did was put an air bubble around my mouth. I could breath, but couldn't talk. He kept pulling me deeper. We finally reached an underwater cave. Percy kept pulling into the cave. After a while he started to pull me up. I soon saw that this part of the cave was up so it looked like a little cave with a lake. When Percy pulled me up I saw a blanket and a picnic basket. "Percy did you do this?" I asked surprised. He smiled a nodded. He then dried me off. Dating a kid of Poseidon certainly had perks. We stayed there and talked about meaningless things and ate blue cookies. It just felt good to talk to him. I finally worked up the courage to ask him what I had been thinking since he came back. "Percy why did you go on the quest." The smile instantly slipped of his face.
"I can't tell you," he said quietly. I could feel anger welling up inside me.
"Why not!" I asked angrily I didn't want to be mad at him, but I couldn't help it.
"Annabeth, I want to, but if I do bad things could happen," he said quietly. I wanted to yell at him, but I saw the look on his face. He looked so desperate.
"Why? Percy I'm going to protect you. I promise nothing will happen to you," I said quietly. He shook his head. He looked like he wanted to tell me so bad, but was scared. "What did my mom do to you?" I asked quietly. I kept my eyes down, but heard him sigh. I looked up to find his eyes close to me. "Annabeth do you remember that your mom sent me on that quest?" He asked. I nodded. "Well... she didn't make me go on the quest. I asked to go. Please don't yell at me yet. I didn't want to leave you, but it was the only way that I could protect you. I went on this quest to gain your mothers blessing." He sounded scared.
"Why?" I asked now getting my voice back.
"So I could do this." He made me stand, and then got down on 1 knee. "Annabeth, I love you with all my heart, and I will always want to protect you. Will you marry me?" He asked. His voice, though slightly scared, was filled with passion. It was the same passion the I felt everyday that I thought about him, and the one that I was feeling right now. I couldn't help it, but I started to cry. Every feeling that I had ever held in concerning him just poured out.
Shout out to Mee896. You have given me some great ideas for my story. Also apolgizing if I don't update. I'm going to D.C for a week!