A/N: Thanks for all the great reviews! I don't usually do alternating POV's, but I had to for this chapter, otherwise, it wouldn't have come out the way I liked it to. Last chapter here! Oh, and I also realized I did not post a disclaimer, so here it is.

Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson and the Olympians.

No One's POV

"What are you doing here?" she managed to stutter out. Annabeth looked at Percy. Hair matted to his face, clothes sticking to his body, he looked really good. After being side tracked by his looks, she stepped aside to let him in from the rain. Thanking the gods for hardwood floors, Percy walked in all wet, dripping all onto the floor.

"Um, Percy, can you dry yourself and the water up first?" she asked, afraid of what her stepmother would do when she found water all over her living room floor the next morning.

"Oh yeah, no problem," and the water instantly dried up and so did he. After doing so, he grabbed her hands in his and sat them down on the couch.

"Look, I know I've been a complete jerk, but I'm sorry. I can't say sorry enough to really make up for what I've put you through for the last months, but I still love you, Annabeth. I will change. I promise you and this is a promise I intend to keep for the rest of our lives. I'll cut back hours, I'll get more employees to do the work, just please come back to New York with me," he pleaded with her.

"Percy, I know you love me, it's just that the past months felt like I was alone. It felt like you loved your career more than me. I know it's selfish but…"

"It's not selfish. I'm your fiancée, I should love you more and I do. I didn't want you to feel like that. I…I think I was just caught up in my work because it's the first time in my life where my ADHD and dyslexia hasn't interfered with my life. And that's thanks to you. Without you I wouldn't be a C.E.O. You were the one who tutored me day in and day out, everyday in high school and college and I can't thank you enough. You're the reason why I'm me, in my career and in my personality. Without you I'm nothing. I just wanted to say that I still love you. I still love you like the days at camp and I know you still love me. Please, come back with me," he cut her off and finished his rant.

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She was blown away by the little speech. But what was she to do? Did she trust him enough to really go back to New York and that he would keep his promise? Or would everything turn back to same three months later like it did before? It was just too overwhelming to handle. It was the same battle again in her conscience, logic versus love, brain versus heart, Athena versus Aphrodite. Her logic reminded her of the past months and the horrid feeling, but her heart reminded her of the greater moments and the amazing feeling she felt when she was with him. But what would she choose? She couldn't decide now.

"Percy, but I'm sorry, I can't do this right now. I can't decide," she said. Tears had long ago started to flood down her face.

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No, he came all the way from New York to her front door on a Pegasus in the rain for gods' sake! There was no way in Hades he was going to give her up that easily.

"No, you can do this. Please, I'm begging you, come back. Remember the time of our first quest, the time at Mt. St. Helens, the time we first kissed, the time of our first date, the proposal. They were amazing memories and I still want to create new ones with you. I'll get on my knees and beg if you want me too," tears were welling in his eyes and he tried to keep them in.

"Annabeth, you are the absolute best thing that has happened to me. I am not going to lose you that easily," he whispered. Percy pulled her close to him, wrapping his arms around her waist. He lent in a bit and she could see that she lent in too. He took the sign and met her, giving her a passionate kiss that she won't forget anytime soon. Naturally, Annabeth wrapped her arms around his neck and ran her hands though his hair.

"How dare you come to my door and kiss me like that!?" she was panting, he could tell the kiss left her breathless. He looked shocked, but his face soon morphed. He now held a smug look on his face.

"Annabeth, both you and I know that you actually enjoyed that kiss. We both also know that you still love me. I will stay rooted in this spot until you agree to come back with me," she knew he was always stubborn when he couldn't get what he wanted.

"Why should I come back when you neglected me for the past months?" she stood back, arms crossed across her chest.

"Look I know I did that, I know it now and I fully know what the consequences will be and how to prevent it. Please just come back," he pleaded with her. He started to talk again, but she stopped him.

"Percy just…"

"No, please, let me get this out." He made sure that he had her full attention before he proceeded. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry for everything. I'm sorry for missing mom's birthday; I'm sorry for missing Silena and Charles' wedding; and I'm sorry for what I've put you through. I knew that what I was doing was wrong, but I was just so blinded by everything that has happened that I didn't realize what I was doing to you. I don't deserve you at all. "He brought up his hand and stroked her cheeks. Tears were resuming running down her face, and he used his thumb to stroke them away.

"Annabeth, I don't expect you to forgive me right now. I don't expect you to forgive me any time soon, but I needed to apologize. I need you to know that I love you more than I could ever tell. You're the best thing that ever happened to me, and I'm sorry that I lost sight of that for a little while."

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"I forgive you, Percy." She told him through her tears. She broke when he finished. He had never been this sincere and she could tell that he still loved her, despite what happened.

"I know, I don't deserve a second—what?" He asked a little shocked.

"I said that I forgive you." She repeated once more.

"So all this time, you've never been angry at me for the way I've been acting."

"I was mad that I was losing you. I was sad that you were going through this phase where I seemed to be the last thing on your mind."

"Look, I am so sorry for making you feel like that, you know that I love you right?"

She sighed. "Percy, I know you love me, I am forgiving you because I love you too and I want to make this work. This is what I want, a working relationship."

Percy was immobile for the moment. She had just forgiven him when he hadn't deserved her forgiveness. And she had just told him she loved him when he hadn't deserved her love.

"I love you, too." He crushed her to him and held her. "I love you so much. I'm going to do as much as I can to make this work. It will work."

How'd you like it? My other story Better Now, was the draft to this. Read that if you liked this.

-azngirl123