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Visits: The 600th Floor

Percy wasn't normally an angry kid, but the thought of seeing Hera made three people's skin crawl: Jason, Annabeth, and Percy's. No one could be as pissed as them. As the elevator reached the 600th floor.

Annabeth stopped designing new temples and archways once Percy went missing and Olympus was put on lock-out… But Percy and the rest of them admired Olympus. Piper and Leo 'oh'ed' and 'awe'ed' over the beauty. A sober air turned over them all as they arrived in the throne room. The doors opened- for the first time in months- to the demigods automatically as Annabeth lead the group. Percy stood behind her with a weary look shared with him and Jason, next to him.

Zeus stood in his throne, regal and ready for his Roman son to visit with the other demigods; it seemed he was just his Greek self, like the other gods. The parents on their thrones looked at there children with a smile, all but Athena, who's daughter was equally unhappy. Her Yankees cap had started working again, but that didn't make up for the total disrespect she received and the mark she was burdened with. Percy was happy to see his dad again, who felt the same. Throughout the tension in the room, it was nice to see heroes in the throne again. Some of the gods and goddesses smiled to see Percy and Annabeth again, once they were done looking at their children.

As Percy saw Annabeth's glare to Hera and Athena he took her hand to calm her down. Athena glared more as Aphrodite squealed. But this only angered Percy more- he was really considering on making good with the punching Hera in the face idea he had at Camp Jupiter. The goddess stared at him and the rest invisibly- not seeming to care that they had saved her ass more than any other demigods. Annabeth just put her chin up to the goddess and focused on the one of the few she still respected in all of this: Poseidon. He seemed like the happiest Olympian here, aside from squealing Aphrodite and smiling Apollo.

The room radiated tension and power- a double edged sword with the demigods there- until Jason spoke up. Percy made it clear he wasn't going to speak unless spoken too. He couldn't hold a grudge against his dad for not telling him- like Luke did- but he could still be mad about not speaking to any half-bloods and agreeing with Zeus. He broke the Big Three Pact, why couldn't he break a simple 'no seeing demigods' rule? Hera was kidnapped and broke it… But still his anger only centered on few: Hera- for obvious reasons, Ares- because he naturally got Percy angry, and Athena- for disowning her daughter and his girlfriend with such utter disrespect. But Percy would let Annabeth deal with that on his own- it was her battle, but he could have a side right? He stuck his hood up and put the hand not in Annabeth's in his pocket.

Jason was nervous as he spoke- he was only truly mad at Hera for the same reasons as Percy, but even more so because his memory was still fuzzy at times. Zeus, his Greek father at this moment, spoke up.

"Welcome back, demigods." It echoed through the room as Nico flinched. Hades attended this meeting also- sitting at his black podium staring at his children carefully.

"Hello Lord Zeus," Percy said quietly after Jason's greeting.

"Take your hood off nephew, I'm sure you do not mean to be so forgone?"

"Well, I've had a Hade- heck of a lot of rough months so far. The bright lights are hurting my eyes, Uncle Zeus." Percy lied and Zeus, along with everyone else knew it.

"You would do well with the whole truth, Jackson."

"I would do well not being switched camps by your wife." Hazel gasped audibly at Percy's audacity. Percy's 'Dan the freaking Downer' mood had a substantial effect on everyone.

"You do not confront me on your issues with other Olympians," he said while loosing patience. "I want to thank everyone on the behalf of the Olympian council for your help with the matter of my mother and Poseidon's and Hades'. May she stay where she lies now- where she belongs." He said speaking of Gaea.

"Before the decisions are made I want to have a celebration. Dionysus has prepared wine of the highest standard for the occasion." It seemed that they were making decisions to reward the demigods at the moment and re-open Olympus again. Throughout the talk Poseidon's warm smiles and Artemis' small nod of appreciation cheered Percy up. Right now he was fine with Jason being the leader- he had learned battling over leadership was unnecessary because it comes naturally at all times, you just have to share it. And right now he was sharing it with Jason so he could calm down the angered Annabeth.

With those words Zeus released all Olympians and half-bloods to the same area the Olympian party was held last time Percy attended. The Greeks mixed with the Romans and spoke to them in a foreign manor. Ares seized his Roman child up and asked of his abilities, while Hazel wondered with Nico to their father. Aphrodite ran to Piper and gossiped about her and Jason's 'Olympus Today- worthy' romance. Piper blushed with irritation while Jason tried to understand Aphrodite's black hair- reminding him of an old Roman companion- and kaleidoscope eye combo. He turned worried it held a different and deeper meaning than just appearances.

Annabeth stayed next to Percy as he approached his smiling father. They stared for a second until he dropped Annabeth's hand and hugged his father. The surprising thing to every longing demigod was that Poseidon was not formal about the matter and hugged back with a dull brute strength. The grasp was enough to crush a normal human but hugging his younger, almost equivalent son, made him proud.

"I'm happy to see you Father." Poseidon grinned at the sight of an once again happy Percy.

"I'm proud of you. Don't stop what your doing right now- you are 'on a roll' as Apollo says." Percy laughed at the though of his centuries old Olympian dad trying to be hip- it reminded him of Paul when he used 'YOLO' to be funny.

"Yeah, thanks," he laughed lightly. Annabeth was holding back a smile in spite of herself.

"And you," he said to Annabeth. "I'm glad you saved my son again."

"Um, You're welcome? It's a habit by now Lord Poseidon."

"I'm glad you two have each other," he said suddenly, before Athena walked over. Percy gripped Annabeth's hand to calm her down before he needed to talk her way out of being shot down… Or pulling her off of her goddess mother.

"Annabeth. Perseus."

"Mother," Annabeth said tightly.

"Hello Lady Athena," Percy said glancing to Annabeth's red face. She felt like she was being mocked. She could feel everyone's gaze on her, touch her mother's sinning hand, even think of all the ways going down due to pouncing her immortal mother. Those were unsafe thoughts- and she could not act on any of them.

"Congratulations. You have proved yourself to me, the first of my children."

"I wasn't doing it for your approval." Percy gave her hand a death grip for a warning- he could see the flash of Athena's eyes as she calculated Annabeth in her head.

"I'm not sure what you mean by that. Was it to save your boyfriend only and not for the salvation of the world?" Athena knew how much Annabeth hated comparing her intentions to sole actions for Percy, as if she were boy-crazy. It was a hard limit for her as much as dumb blonde jokes were.

"Both. I can accomplish both." She was going to say 'without you' but the mark is what gave the mission half the success.

"Your hubris shines bright my child. You need to control it, you can only see Percy's own fatal flaw working against you both when you fell into Tartarus."

"My fatal flaw is not the reason I didn't let her go," Percy growled.

"Your tone should be mindful Perseus. I have other heroes to observe," she said with one last statement. "I will talk to you at a later time, my daughter." Annabeth prepared to go after her mother and start an unwise fight just to prove she wasn't a coward before Percy grabbed her elbow and Jason came over to help.

"You should calm down Annabeth," Jason said cautiously.

"If I could just take-"

"One punch at one of them? Trust me- I know the feeling. How do these parties normally work?" He said gesturing to the gods' random dances- slow and dubstep- to the root beer and expensive wine.

"Different music plays for everyone- it's whatever your feeling. The food is great, and I am feeling like having some red wine," Percy said.

"You only 17," Piper exclaimed as she walked up.

"I'm tired. I have a short life expectancy. I am a teenager, and I'm curious." Percy's ADHD went haywire as he wondered what alcoholic grapes tasted like.

"Not too great of an idea…" Jason shrugged and walked with Percy to Mr. D.

"Why hello Peter. Jasmine," he said nodding his tipsy head.

"Mr.D," he tipped his head. "A wine please?"

"For both of you? I do not feel like having a fight with Zeus and Poseidon with my reasoning for giving you alcohol."

"I'm sure I can handle it," Percy said. "Besides, if we can get Nico in on this also it won't be that big of a deal right? This is a celebration! We have defeated the titan goddess!" High status satyrs, gods, and nymphs cheered.

"I suppose, one drink is not to bad. If anyone can bring me entertainment while being drunk it's you."

"Well that's good to know, thank you." He took his glass before Jason grabbed his and started back to Annabeth, who was giving him an unnerving stare.

"You should not go near that," she said upon arrival.

"It's one glass, I can handle it." All it was was just a glass with about 8 oz. in it.

"Where is Piper?" Jason asked while looking at the red liquid swishing in the glass.

"She is using the restroom. I'm serious you two. If you get drunk I am not helping your asses one bit."

"Annabeth calm down, what's the worst that can happen. I'm just curious- you of all people understand curiosity." Percy looked in the glass as he held it at eyes length and thought briefly about it. Sure it was illegal, but they were in the presence of the healing god if anything went wrong, and he would not be getting drunk from one glass- especially when Annabeth was so high strung.

"Cheers?"

"Cheers my cousin!" Jason said as they clinked glasses. They grinned and drank the red wine down in one- huge- swallow.

"That tastes…"

"Great," Jason finished.

"I look forward to more." He was talking about in the future- when he was at the appropriate drinking age.

"Do you want another glass?" Percy glanced at Annabeth before responding. Now she was not giving him disapproving looks, but glancing worriedly around the room. She was nervous and scared about something- and her hands were at fists as she looked on.

"No, why don't you go find Piper?"

"I see her right now as a matter of fact, see you later man."

Percy took Annabeth's fist and guided her into the empty hallway to their left. It was over a hundred feet high with architecture of all countries- Italian arches, Greek engravings, African culture was even hinted. Her face had gone red and she wouldn't respond to him at all. And he was starting to think it was more than just anger at him trying wine. He had seen this at night almost all the time- this was a panic attack.

"Please talk to me? Come on, you need to calm down." She turned to face the wall behind her and she placed her shaking hand against the marble.

"I… I'm scared Percy. What are we going to do after this party? After we get back to camp and start life again? It's all setting in so suddenly- and all my plans aren't working!" She yelled suddenly, and turned to him. "This isn't going to last forever so why is everyone pretending it's alright? Can't you see how unfair it is?! I am fine with being a hero and a demigod but I am not a pawn-"

"Shut. Up," he whispered. "Gods, do you hear yourself Annabeth? You can't let that get to you. I know what you mean- but that's the spirits in Tartarus talking to you. We are fine, Gaea is taken care of, and everyone we love is okay. We can relax for a little while, maybe even live life our normal way. And in a few weeks I can take you out for our monthly anniversary date. I can help you, so you don't feel like this- stressed out. Just take a deep breath." She stood their as he held her wrists in front of her chest with begging eyes. "Do it," he said softly.

She looked down and gasped in air as she calmed down- these panic attacks were rare during the day, but they were scary. And they made her doubt everything. But she was fine now. Percy was hugging her close, she was on Olympus, and her family was safe.

"I'm sorry, thank you Percy." She leaned her forehead against his as the dim music of a slow song came on a few feet away from her. She placed her thin hands on his shoulders for support and she pressed her aching chest against his for reassurance. Just because her breathing was calm and her brain wasn't as puzzled, didn't mean she didn't want extra reassurance.

"Give me a kiss Perseus." Why she said his full name was a mystery to both of them, but he didn't respond as he pushed her against the cold wall and kissed her desperately. All Percy could feel was his body come alive with ADHD, wine, and Annabeth affecting him.

"I'm going to go home tonight, I'm not used to seeing Mom and Paul yet. I still miss them," he told her as they walked on the beach in the evening. Dinner had yet to come, but the night was falling quick; maybe Artemis was tired too.

"I don't blame you, Sally must sill be in shock." She swung their hands as they walked, but stopped as Percy stopped walking. She could feel the change in mood and wrapped her arms around his chest as he thought.

"What did my mom do while I was gone?"

"I don't think you or her should think to much about that, honestly. The brain's stress level can be triggered by-" She stopped and cleared her throat as Percy raised his eyebrow at her. He never got sick of the random facts, but it amazed him about how random they truly were.

"Anyway, she was distraught, to the worst degree. But you two, truly, shouldn't even hash that through. Just forget about that for the sake of your mother. Because what I saw, made me think the best and worst sometimes. It was such an uncertain roller coaster. But for the most part it pissed us off, so unless you want an angry and confused mom tonight…" She ventured.

"Fine, I got it Wise Girl. Don't bring it up."

"Smart boy I have here."

"I don't think I could get away with being dumb if I'm your boyfriend."

"What does that mean?"

"What do you think it means?"

"Fine, be sassy. Don't get mad when I get even with you."

"Sassy? I'm.. sassy?"

"Very much so Percy Jackson."

"Whatever Annabeth. I'll talk to you tonight, IM me if you need help tonight," he said, talking about her dreams.

"You too, I'll see you tomorrow."

"You can spend the night," he offered gently.

"You and Sally need some time together. Don't let me ruin all your fun," she smiled.

"Wow, you are sassy. I hate to think that is because of me."

"Get out of here already!"

"Fine I didn't know I was so unloved," he laughed.

"You are so touchy! Seriously, goodnight."

"Goodnight… you know I love you right?" He blushed as he said it and looked to the side a little but Annabeth's heart went into overdrive as he stomach turned. Every once and a while Percy would just remind her with those few words how much they meant to each other. And each time she was reminded how special she was to him, he was her little lady. A bad-ass, demigod, daughter of Athena, with the attitude like no other- but a lady nonetheless.

"Yeah, thank you," she kissed him.

He walked off to the hill after saying goodbye to a few friends and Chiron as she wandered to her cabin to think. The Olympians were satisfied, she didn't get killed because of attacking her mother, and Percy was safe and home. She smiled lightly as she reflected on the visit to Olympus, now she could concentrate on school, Olympus renovations, and keeping the cabin in order like normal. Like she did before Percy was taken away. And she was not going to let nightmares, demigod life, and enemies get in her way. She had a plan to juggle everything and her plans always worked.

"I do like that arch," someone said over her shoulder. She jumped when she visualized her mother standing next to her.

Dun, dun duuun! Sorry, I had too! Anyhoo, I'm not sure what the next 'prompt' will be. I honestly think a real heart to heart with PercyXAnnabeth discussing everything and the future ;). And may I add that I had Percy come to terms this his sassy-ness? I quote- "Sassy? I'm.. sassy?" "Very much so Percy Jackson."- THE WHOLE FANDOM IS WELCOME BECAUSE I KNOW WE ALL THINK THAT THAT PERCY JACKSON IS ONE SASSY MOTHER EFFER. Soo… R and R! Thanks for reading.