Chapter 3

Annabeth jumped off of Percy.

"Mother?" She asked, shocked.

"Annabeth? What are you doing with that insolent boy?" Athena screamed.

"Dad?" Percy asked.

"Percy? What are you doing with that owl head?" Poseidon yelled.

Rachel stepped from behind the two deities looking very smug, arms crossed.

"Rachel? You did this? Why? I thought you were our friend!" Annabeth screamed.

"Oh come on, Annabeth. I'm pretty sure that your mom appreciates the heads up I gave her about you and Percy. She doesn't approve of it much."

"Neither do I." Poseidon said sternly.

"Why do you even care? Can't I date whoever I want to?" Annabeth said pleadingly.

"It's for your own good! If you give him your heart, he will just rip it out and leave you for another women!""Well then it's a shame that I already gave him my heart!"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Annabeth! Don't get yourself in trouble because of me! I'm not worth it." Percy said.

"The boy just said something smart!" Athena marveled.

Percy was going to give her a glare, but then he remembered that this was a goddess he was talking about. Glare at her and you die.

Annabeth looked up at her mother. "Mom, don't you want me to be happy?""Of course, child."

"Then can't you let me keep the one person who gives me a reason to live? Would you really want to take away the one person who makes it so I wake up every morning? Would you want to take away my life? You know how much he means to me. Anywhere you take him, I will follow. Any torture you put him through, you will put my heart through. And any time you try and kill him, you will kill me, too." She eyes filled with tears until the wet salty droplets poured over onto her soft cheeks.

Everyone stared at Annabeth. She looked down, letting her words sink into everyone.

Each word of hers was like a dagger to her mother's heart. Athena realized that every word her daughter spoke was true. "Annabeth….. I think I have been wrong. I think that the only way to keep you happy is to let you stay with the boy. If I took him away from you, that would only put you through misery. I can't believe I didn't see it a long time ago. I have been foolish for that."

"So…. You're saying that you permit us to date?"

Athena glared at Percy. "As long as he stays in line."

Poseidon looked too stunned for words, but also accepted their dated with a tip of his , their parents vanished into thin air.

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