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Oh and I know that a lot of people are probably wondering who ruined Percy and Annabeth's moment….well your gunna find out in this chapter!


Percy's POV

Gods! I swear that girl ruins everything!

I mean Annabeth just freaking told me that she loved me….I know, I know, she said that she loves me 'as a friend', but still, that's still love.

"Ugh, what do you want, Rachel?" (A/N: There is your answer, guys!)

Rachel glared at Annabeth. "I want her to get away from you. That's what I want." She said

I went to go wrap my arm around Annabeth's shoulders. Apparently, as usual, she was way ahead of me. That wise girl. She put her arm around my waist, and leaned her head against my chest. I knew that she was doing it all to annoy Rachel, but my face still got red. Rachel glared at to two of us. Then she turned back to me.

"Percy, I don't know how you can deal with that." She said, nodding at Annabeth.

Annabeth looked like she was gunna kill someone. I put my mouth to her ear, and started to whisper. "Shhh. Its okay, Annabeth. She is trying to make you mad. Don't let her get what she wants." I said while rubbing her back. That seemed to calm her down a bit. Rachel was still glaring at Annabeth. Annabeth glared back, and said, "Oh, and to answer your first question, yes, we love each other." She said while squeezing my waist.

"I'd be careful if I were you, Anniebelle—." Rachel started.

It's Annabeth!" She shrieked. Whoa. Okay, note to self: Don't call her Anniebelle.

Rachel rolled her eyes. "Anyway. I wouldn't mess around with me. I can do stuff you know. Bad stuff."

"Well, so can I." I said. I just really wanted to end this. "All I have to do it say the word to my parents, and you're out of here. This isn't your house, you know. It's mine."

Rachel paled. "Oh come on, baby. You wouldn't do that would you?"

"Hell ya I would!" I said.

"Then why haven't you told me to leave before."

I—." I stopped. She had me there. The reason why I didn't before is cause I knew that my parents would say no. I didn't want to tell Rachel that though. But no fear, Annabeth is here. And she is saving my butt….again.

"He hasn't because he is just too nice. But the truth is that he can't stand you. Don't you get that! He doesn't love you…..he loves me!" I kind of hesitated. How did she know that I love her? Then it hit me. She thinks that I just love her as a friend. She just didn't add the friend part. Gosh, that freaked me out. I didn't want Annabeth to know how I really felt about her. That would be embarrassing.

Rachel looked at Annabeth, and I one last time, and then went off grumbling.

After we were positive that she left, Annabeth turned to me. "Did you hear what she said?" She looked really concerned.

"Uh…how could I not? She was screaming the entire time. Seriously I think that I'm deaf."

Annabeth shook her head. "No. Not that. What she said as she walked away. Did you hear that?"

"No…why?" I asked.

"Well, by the sounds of it, it sounds like she is trying to do some horrible stuff to me while I am sleeping." She looked really scared. I pulled her into a hug.

"Hey, it's okay. What do you want to do?" I asked. She shrugged.

"Do you want to stay in my room?" I asked. Annabeth pulled away from me. Her face glowed with happiness. "Would you let me?" she asked. I nodded. ''Of course."

"Thank you Percy." she sighed with relief.


Annabeth's POV

(A/N: sorry. I know it seems like I am writing in Annabeth's POV more….we cause I am. I guess it is because I am a girl…and Annabeth is a girl, so I can relate more to her. But I'm not so sure. And if you are mad because I am doing less of Percy POV….well I got something to say to you….at least I am still doing his POV. And that is all I got to say.)

I went into my room, just to get some PJ's, then I hurried back to Percy. I was really freaked out about what Rachel was doing to me.

As she walked away, I heard her say something about killing me in my sleep. Now I really don't know exactly how crazy she is, and if she would actually do what she said, but I didn't want to take any chances. At least Percy would be there. He would protect me.

I got a tank top, and sweat pants, and ran to his room. He looked at me and smiled, and then said that I could change in his bathroom.

When I got out, Percy was in his PJ's too. He wore sweat pants with….no shirt. Great. That just gives me another reason to stare at him. (A/N: Sorry about this little intrusion….but I just realized something. PJ's….as stuff you sleep in. There is also PJ's. And that is Percy's initials….God I am such a nerd ;D)

"Hey." He said as I came out. When he saw me, his cheeks got a little red. I didn't really understand why though.

"Hey." I said. I walked over to his bed, and lay down. He smirked at me.

"Can you ever get enough sleep?" He asked

"No." I responded, grinning.

He climbed in bed and lay next to me. He laced his fingers through mine, and rubbed his thumb on the back of my hand. It felt nice. I scooted over so I was near enough to him so that I can rest my head on his shoulder. He put his head on top of mine.

"Percy?" I asked.

"Ya?"

"What would you do if I told you that I might leave the castle?" He pulled away and looked at me.

"What? I wouldn't let you…that's my answer. Why? Are you thinking of leaving?" He asked. I nodded.

"Why?" He asked. His eyes were sad. Like his heart just got crushed. It made me sad.

I put my head back in his chest.

"Well…the only good that I'm doing by staying here is making you happy. Rachel hates me. I don't think your parents like me either. I just feel like I invited myself to stay in the castle. Like everyone's life was normal…and then I showed up." I explained.

Percy shook his head. "No. Don't you dare think that, Annabeth. My parents love you. Honestly, they really do. I think that they can see that you make me happy, and believe me. Whatever makes me happy, makes them happy. And who cares if Rachel doesn't like you? I sure don't. You shouldn't either. I mean, it's not like she will actually hurt you. I will make sure if that. If you get hurt, she gets hurt. And I promise you that this place has not had this much exciment until you showed up. You make everyone's life interesting. Please don't leave. It will break my heart." He said.

I really didn't want to hurt him. I am his best friend. And if I leave he will be stuck with Rachel. I didn't want to do that to him.

"Okay. I won't leave." I yawned.

"Hey Perce, I'm going to bed. I'm tired. I love you."

"I love you too. Good night." He kissed the top of my head.

When he told me that he loved me, it sent chills up my back. It did every time he said that he loved me. I know that he just means that he loves me as a friend, but still.

I think that I might love him more than a friend. He has been so nice to me. I would do anything for him.

I do love him, more than a friend. I just can't let him know that. That would be humiliating.

Percy rolled over so his arm was around my waist. I turned around so that my head was in his bare chest. Gods, he is so warm.

I was trying to find all of the things that lead up to this:

Percy found me outside the castle.

He brought me in and let me stay in an extra room.

We had breakfast and his parents said that I can stay in the castle

Rachel is trying to kill me

Percy knows that I'm scared and said that I can sleep with him.

And here we are. Cuddled up together. I can't even believe I considered leaving. I knew that Percy wouldn't let me if I tried. I just wanted to know how he would react. He said that it will break his heart if I leave. That's the last thing that I want to happen. I'm defiantly not going anywhere.


When I woke up in the morning I was still in Percy's arms. I smiled to myself. I really love this guy.

I quietly slipped out of his arms, and went to my room. I took a shower, and brushed my teeth, and went to go find what kind of things these people packed for me.

There were a lot of dresses, which I wouldn't be wearing anytime soon.

But also, thank the gods, there were stuff that was not that dressy.

I got into a pair of shorts, and a t-shirt and went back to Percy's room.

When I got back Percy was sitting in bed rubbing his eyes. "Hey. Where did you go? Was last night some kind of amazing dream that I had?" I rolled my eyes. "No, Seaweed brain. I just went to get dressed and stuff like that." He smiled. "I knew that, wise girl."

"Uh-huh. Sure you did." I said, grinning.

"I did."

"Did not."

"Did too."

"Did not."

"Did too."

"Did not."

"Did to-."

"Shut up, seaweed brain. This is going to go on forever if we don't put a stop to it."

He nodded. "Yep. It sure is…You are sooo stubborn."

"Shut up." I said.

"So do you wanna go get some breakfast? I'm starving." He said.

I laughed. "Surprise, surprise." I teased.

"You're such a wise girl." He laughed.

You're such a seaweed brain." I shot back at him.

He laughed. "That I am. Come on. I really am hungry." He said holding out his hand.

I sighed. "Okay. I guess I am too." I said smiling. I took his hand and he pulled me along.

When we got to the dining hall, Percy's parents, and…Rachel were already there.

I kind of tensed when I saw her. Percy looked at me, and then squeezed my hand. I squeezed back letting him know that I was okay.

I don't know why I get so scared when I see her. It's just I know that she will find a way to kill me somehow. Percy was right. When she gets jealous…things get ugly. I just didn't know they would get ugly enough to where she would want to kill me though. I'm not a threat. Percy doesn't even like me. Even though I do have feelings for him, we are only friends. Best friends. But that is still not a reason to where she would want to kill me because of jealousy. It's not like Percy had ever liked her before.

"Good morning Percy, Annabeth."

"Good morning your highnesses." I said bowing to them.

"Morning mom, dad." He said.

"Please sit down." Percy led me to the same seat that I was in yesterday. I looked up at the king, and queen, who were smiling at me and Percy. I glanced at Rachel and she was glaring at me, like she was figuring out what kind of knifes she would like to use to get the job done.

I glanced back down, and I noticed that my food was already in front of me.

There were pancakes, eggs, bacon, hash browns, sausages, all sorts of stuff that you would find at breakfast. One thing that stuck out to me though, is that everything was blue. It was really weird. I had never seen blue food before.

I don't know if the food that I had last night was blue or not. I guess I wasn't really paying attention.

I looked down at the food, and then at Percy, who was digging in. I pinched his arm so he would look at me. I glanced down at the food, and then back at him.

He started to laugh. "Oh ya. I guess I should explain this to you. You see, my favorite color is blue, and when I was young the chiefs would always make blue food for me. They still do it. Last night they didn't because they ran out of blue food dye or something like that."

I felt relived. "So it is only food dye?" I asked.

Percy laughed again. "Yep. Don't worry. They are totally safe to eat."

"Good. Because I am starving." I said. Percy chuckled. I took one bite into it. It was amazing. The best thing I had ever tasted. I guess the blue just made it ten times better or something, because they tasted much more…..magical…than what everything should taste like.

I looked at Rachel who was smirking at me. I couldn't tell why. I looked at Percy, and he started to laugh lightly. He took a napkin and wiped my face.

I had food all over my face!

That is sooo embarrassing.

I blushed and smiled slightly at him. I looked up at Rachel, and she looked like she wanted to kill me. She glared at me, and mouthed, I will get you, Anniebelle. I glared back at her. She pointed down under the table. As much as I didn't care, I looked. She had a knife. I shot back up. Percy looked at me with concern.

"Umm. I don't feel very good. Can I be excused?" I asked.

The king and queen also looked concerned. "Of course, dear."

I got up and walked away. When I knew that I was a good distance away from them I started to run.

There were tears running down my face. What did I ever do to her? I ran into my room, and shut the door quickly behind me. I slid down, hugged my knees and started to bawl.

She really wanted to kill me.

The knife proved it.

Then I heard footsteps coming down the hall. I got up and slowly back away from the door. The handle started to jiggle. I was crying very hard. It was Rachel. She has come here to kill me.

She door swung open, and I closed my eyes, and pleaded, "No! Please don't hurt me! I will stay away from him. I will leave right now. Just don't kill me!" My eyes were still squeezed shut.

I heard some footsteps come near me. I cringed at every step. I started to cry really hard. The footsteps stopped. This was it. She is going to kill me.

Then something happened that was least expected. Big, warm, and strong arms wrapped around my waist. "Annabeth. What is wrong?" I opened my eyes and found that I was in Percy's arms. I sighed, and pug my head in his cheast , and started to cry really hard. He pulled away from me and examined my face. He looked sad. "Annabeth. Tell me what is wrong. Now."

He said while wiping my tears away.

"Rachel." I said. It was all I could get out.

"What happened? You were fine until you looked under the table. What did she have that scared you?"

I went back into Percy's arms and started to bawl. "S-she had a knife P-Percy. She is gunna try to k-kill me."

He rubbed my back. "Don't worry. I will not let that happen. I love you Annabeth."

I looked up at him, and kissed his cheek. "I love you too, Percy. Thank you. So much."

I really did. I just don't understand what I did. I'm best friends with Percy. So what?

"Annabeth. I am going to beg my parents so that she can leave. Okay? I never wanted her to stay here in the first place, and messing with you is going way too far. She has to go."

I nodded. "Thank you, Percy. I really appreciate it."

He kissed my forehead. Gods, I really love this guy.