I opened my eyes at about 5:00. I looked down and saw Annabeths head on my chest. She was curled up next to me. I realized that I had my arm around her. For a moment, I just layed there and stared at her sleeping. I kissed her forehead, and she curled clser to me. "Morning." She said sleepily. "This is much more comfortable than the couch."
"I know." I started to get up but Annabeth stopped me.
"Five more minutes." She said sleepily.
"Absolutely." She put her head on my chest and closed her eyes again. I was almost asleep when I felt Annabeth get up abruptly. I followed her to the couch. She looked about ready to cry. I put my arm around her. "What's wrong?"
"I'm scared, Percy."
"Of what?"
"Of . . . of you."
"Are . . . are you afraid that I'd hurt you?"
She choked back a sob. "I'm just so used to everything being temporary. I'm just a scrawny little daughter of Athena and you're a son of the Big Three! You saved Olympus, you saved the world! You deserve better than me. I just don't want the day to come that you realize that and leave me." With that, she put her head on my shoulder and cried.
I lifted her head so she looked at me. I wiped her tears away with my thumb. "Annabeth, you deserve better than me. You're the best thing that's ever happened to me. You're the smartest person I've ever met. You have more beautiful than Aphrodite herself. And you know what else?"
"What?" A single tear rolled down her cheek.
"I love you. I always have and I always will and I swear upon the River Styx that I'll never do anything to hurt you."
She looked at me like she was trying to proccess my words. "I love you too." She said and pulled me into a kiss.
Annabeths POV
When we pulled apart, Percy had a smug grin. I couldn't help but start to cry again. He pulled me into a hug. "Annabeth, I hate it when you cry. Look at me." I took took my head off of his chest and looked at him. "You okay?" He asked.
I nodded. "I'm fine. I just. . . need to lay down." I said and layed down on my side. Percy layed down behind me and put his arm around my waist. "I'm fine." I said more to myself than Percy. "You sure?" He asked. I rolled over so we were face to face. When I didn't answer, he hugged me again. I put my forehead on his chest and closed my eyes.
Percys POV
"Annabeth, you okay now?" I asked. "Annabeth?" I looked down and saw that she was asleep. I smiled. I put my head down and closed my eyes too. A few minutes later, we were both fast asleep. I dreamed that I was back in the River Styx. "You're not getting away from me that easy, Seaweed Brain." Annabeth was standing above me with her Yankees cap on. She pulled me out of the water and onto the beach. "I wouldn't dream of it." I said. We kissed, and the entire camp exploded from the pavillion. They lifted us onto their shoulders, and threw us into the lake. As we hit the water, the scene changed. Annabeth and I were about nineteen. We were in an apartment that looked like my moms. Annabeth was sitting on the couch with her head in her knees, crying. I was sitting next to her, trying to calm her dawn. "Everything's going to be fine." I said.
"No it's not." She snapped. "I'm nineteen and pregnant. We just graduated high school, and we can't go to college if we have a baby!"
"Annabeh, I love you. Nothing can change that. Everything's going to fine." The scene changed again. We were laying in bed holding a baby. I woke up then. I looked at the clock, 5:00 pm. I looked down. Annabeth was still curled up next to me, snoring softly. I gently got up and headed to the kitchen when I felt a feeling of nausea in my stomach. I ran to the bathroom and threw up everything I'd eaten in the last 24 hours. I groaned and brushed my teeth. Annabeth was still asleep, but she kept flinching. All of a sudden I felt really hot, so I ran a rag under cold water, sat down on the couch next to Annabeth and put it on my forehead. Annabeth woke then. "Hey. You okay?" She asked as she sat up.
"I'm fine, just a little hot."
"Me too." She said. I handed her her rag.
"Thanks." She said. "How long have you been up?"
"A few minutes. You know that you snore?"
"I do not!"
"Yes you do." A new voice caused us to jump.
"Lord Apollo." I said.
"God of medicine, at your service." He took something out of the bag he was holding. "Here, eat this. It should reduce your fever." We did as he said, and I immediatly felt cooler. He then took two cups out of the cupboard, whispered something, and the cups filled with a yellow liquid. "And this should get rid of any other illness you have." It tasted like a mixture of lemonade and nectar, which tasted unusually delicious. The nausa in my stomach disappeared. "Thank you, Lord Apollo." I said and took out a few drachmas. He shook his head.
"Just doing my job." He said, shimmered and disappeared.
"You do snore." I said.
"You're hearing things." She said.
Should I tell her? I thought. It's now or never. "Annabeth?"
"Yeah?"
"I um . . . I had this dream where you, uh . . ." I sighed.
"Spit it out, Seaweed Brain." She said in a firm tone.
I took a deep breath. "I had this dream where you and I were nineteen and you . . . you were pregnant." I had to choke the last part out.
Annabeth had a stern look on her face. "You make it sound like it's a bad thing."
"Well, we were only nineteen."
"So?" She asked.
I couldn't think of anything to say. "Well . . ."
She moved closer to me. "Percy, I don't care. That's years away. Let's just forget about it."
Annabeths POV
A baby? At nineteen? Thoughts like that kept buzzing through my mind. "Percy, I don't care. That's years away. Let's just forget about it." I lied.
Percy started babbling about Zeus knows what. "Percy!"
That snapped him out of his thoughts. "What?"
"Just shut up and kiss me!" He did as I said, and I swear that I almost had a heart attack. We pulled apart and I started crying. He pulled me into a hug.
"What's up?" I couldn't form the words. "Annabeth, do whatever you want. I don't care. Let's just try to enjoy the rest of vacation."
I nodded. I looked into his green eyes and knew that he meant it. "Okay." I said.
"Good, so shouldn't we eat something?"
I nodded. "Do you have anything that doesn't involve cooking?"
"No, but we could order a pizza, or get Chinese."
"Pizza." I said and Percy picked up the phone.
Percys POV
At about 9:00, we settled into bed. Annabeth was softly snoring, and I tried to fall asleep, but I couldn't get my dream out of my head. I looked down at Annabeth asleep next to me. I still couldn't believe that my girlfriend had just moved in with us. "A baby?" I said aloud.
Annabeth flinched. "Baby." She murmered.
I had a funny thought. "Percy is the smartest person in the world." I whispered.
"Percy's smart." She said. I had to stop myself from laughing.
"Even smarter than me."
"Even dumber than me." She said with a smirk and opened her eyes. "Seriously?"
I shrugged. "You tired?"
"Yeah. You should try and sleep, two."
I was about to close my eyes when Annabeth poked me in the ribs. "Ow."
"Don't even think about waking me up again." She said and wagged a finger at me.
"Okay, I'm sorry." With that, we fell asleep.
